Re: Debian Install workshop in Brest
On Tue, Jun 03, 2025 at 07:12:49PM +0200, Alex wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> Windows 10 goes out of support on the 14th of October. As many of you
> know, a lot of the devices currently running Windows 10 are not
> supported by Windows 11.
>
> To, among other things, prevent unnecessary e-waste KDE has started the
> [End of 10 campaign][0] which was also featured by the DPL in [his April
> mailing][1]. The Debian project is an official supporter of said
> campaign.
>
> [0]: https://endof10.org/
> [1]:
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2025/05/msg00001.html
>
> Now, I was thinking maybe Debconf would be a good opportunity to have
> Debian contributors (e.g. those maintaining the installer but not only
> them) help newcomers install Debian on their machines. Has anyone
> thought in this direction already?
>
NO - I haven't got room to bring one of the Debian mirrors I have here :)
Sounds like a good idea -and I'd be happy to help - but we would need
to make it VERY clear that we weren't accepting responsibility for data
loss, damage etc.
Install fests largely went out of fashiion for just this reason.
Andy
> While I'd be willing to help in such an event, I don't want to be in the
> lead for the simple reason that I don't speak French.
>
> Best,
> Alex
>
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