[plug] Installfest notes

[Harry McNally]

Cheers Chris and thank you for the link

Having had a look at Win11 and trying to look past all the UPSELL-BABY-UPSELL 
cruft I feel happy I don't have to go there again. I have an isolated Win10 on 
KVM as a "software wrapper" for a few things I need to run on there and that's it.

Yes to next time .. we'd love to have you there.

As I said, there was some uncertainty on the date of this November one which 
pushed our organising too close. Next year we either have a date earlier from 
our co-host or we run an independent event.

The venue has turned out to be useful and we're arranging the upstairs meeting 
room for the AGM, Tuesday 13 January 6pm to 8pm. Note that date and we have a 
talk in preparation for the night also.

All the best
Harry

On 20/11/25 09:41, Chris McCormick via plug wrote:
> Hi Harry,
>
> I won't be able to make this one as I have a busy Saturday, but for the 2026 
> one if you give me (and maybe others on the list?) a heads-up we could share 
> the link around on different channels to help with promotion. There are a 
> lot of Linux-adjacent channels around. I'd be happy to drop the link in some 
> Discord groups I am in for example.
>
> I feel there is a real hunger for Linux on the desktop at the moment:
>
> <https://www.theverge.com/tech/823337/switching-linux-gaming-desktop-cachyos>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris.
>
>
> On 20/11/2025 09:08, Harry McNally via plug wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> As you will have seen, we're running another Installfest this Saturday:
>>
>> https://www.plug.org.au/installfest/
>>
>> It will only be for three hours because we don't expect a huge number of 
>> installees this time. We missed a chance by a couple of days to promote the 
>> event on Curtin Radio. With a core audience of 55+ it was an opportunity to 
>> help people with Win10 to refresh their laptop rather than retire it.
>>
>> On the first revived Installfest in August, we had a few PLUG people come 
>> along and chat about projects etc so feel free to drop in and say hello. If 
>> you also have someone you've wanted to help with an installation and 
>> haven't found the time, this is an excuse to bring them along and have 
>> other PLUGers there to provide knowledge for any wrinkles or finding 
>> desktop applications.
>>
>> We plan to run another Installfest early in 2026 and we will have more time 
>> for promotion. It was always expected that it would start slowly so we'll 
>> see what Saturday brings and then be ready for a well promoted event in the 
>> new year.
>>
>> We've also had feedback from Steve Foreman who has people at MustardSeed 
>> expressing interest in Linux. Growth in Steve's Linux users provides an 
>> pathway for application support that hasn't been a strong part of the main 
>> PLUG list.
>>
>> https://mustardseed.wa.edu.au/
>>
>> If you see Steve or one of the MusteedSeed members on the day, please say 
>> hello and ask if any specific help is required.
>>
>> All the best
>> Harry
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> PLUG discussion list: plug at plug.org.au
>> https://lists.plug.org.au/mailman/listinfo/plug
>> Committee e-mail: committee at plug.org.au
>> PLUG Membership: http://www.plug.org.au/membership
>