diff --git a/content/events/installfest-s25.md b/content/events/installfest-s25.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0f20efa --- /dev/null +++ b/content/events/installfest-s25.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +--- +title: "Spring 2025 Installfest" +date: 2025-04-02 +tags: [events, installfests] +author: LUG Board +--- + +Free Pizza will be provided!!! + +The Linux Users Group (LUG) at UCLA invites you to attend the quarterly Linux +Installfest! Please fill out the RSVP form to indicate your pizza preferences. + +* Date: 2025-04-11 (Friday of Week 2) +* Time: 6-9 PM +* Location: Engineering IV (room TBD) +* RSVP: [link](https://forms.gle/6XRzGgdqXddJJ76L9) + +## General Info + +LUG hosts a quarterly installfest on Friday of the 2nd week. We will start by +giving a presentation on Linux to get newcomers up to speed. Then, attendees +will be provided a USB drive and guided in dual booting their computers with +Linux (most likely Ubuntu, Debian, or Linux Mint). However, you are welcome to +bring your own flash drives and install any distro of your choice. Or if you +don't feel comfortable with the possibility of losing their data, you can set +up a Virtual Machine instead. + +This time around, we have various Dell Optiplex workstations that we snatched +from the med school's e-waste (lol). + +The officers will also be doing a show-and-tell of their own hardware which +they have installed Linux on. Experienced users are also encouraged to show off +their own setups. + +At the end, we'll have a SuperTuxKart LAN party with our freshly installed +Linux machines. + +## Past Installfests + +You can view pictures from past installfests [here](https://linux.ucla.edu/zenphoto/). + +## Note on Apple Silicon (M1-M4) Macs + +Due to their custom Apple silicon, the only Linux distro which works on M1/M2 +Macs is the experimental Asahi Linux. There is no support for M3 or M4. You +still have the option of setting up a Virtual Machine to run Linux so feel free +to come and chat with us!