Install Fest
Install fest was a 2 day (15.08.15 – 16.08.15) event preplanned. The event was arranged to create an awareness about GNU/Linux usage amoung people in Karaikudi and to install the same on their laptops and PCs.
Linux Mint 17.0 was selected for installation. And stickers were prepared to provide them.Manoj from chennai helped us by sending his design works for the stickers.
Flex board was designed by Lenin Guruswamy and was planned to fix near Alagappa University. But the flex had to be moved near Alagappa Engineering college , in the same night. Lenin, Suresh, Barathi, Kaleeswaran and Vignesh helped in fixing it.
Bit notices were designed by Lenin and were distributed to the Alagappa Engineering College students and also were distributed through news paper.
DAY 1:
Venue : HAWDMA NGO
The responce wasn’t as much as expected.
With only 9 interested people the event started and 8 laptops of them were installed with the Linux Mint 17.0.
Intro to Linux usage and installation were taught to them.
Stickers were distributed and pasted on thier laptops.
DAY 2:
Venue : HAWDMA NGO
The second day of the started with not more than 4 participants.
Linux Mint was installed on their laptops and stickers were distributed.
Where we went wrong:
The problems or mistakes we found for not much response from public could be due to mentioning of the term ” Linux “.
People weren’t used to this term and probabily didn’t wanted to try it out.