Installfest

An installfest is an event, generally sponsored by a local Linux User Group, at which people get together to do mass installations of computer operating systems or Software, most often the Linux operating system and other open source software.

It is generally an advocacy and community-building event, where novices bring their computers along with their preferred operating system installation discs to the location of the installfest, and experienced users help them in getting started and troubleshooting problems.

Sometimes distributions and informative flyers are given or downloaded from the Internet for free to the attendants.

=External links=

*[http://www.installfest.org/tiki-index.phppage=InstallFest A detailed description of an Installfest] *[http://festival.linux-egypt.org An example of a Linux installfest] *[http://installfest.info Latin American Free Software Installfest]