Machines for the tutorial at PyCon

[Edward Cherlin]

I can bring at least three.

On Jan 29, 2008 9:35 AM, Mike C. Fletcher <mcfletch at vrplumber.com> wrote:
> Seems we'll have plenty of machines available for the Sprints after
> PyCon.  That's great.
>
> I'd like to have a number available on the tutorial day as well (the day
> before the conference starts).  I have a B4 and can likely get a B2 back
> from one of my local developers for a few days, but I'd like to have at
> least 5-6 machines so that people can try out the software we'll be
> building as we go.  Any people with laptops willing to loan them for a
> few hours on the day before the conference starts (first thing in the
> morning, March 13, 2008, in Chicago)?  We'll need a reasonably stable
> environment on them (e.g. Update.x) so that tutorial-goers are not
> hitting regressions as they try to work through the tutorials.

We can decide on a common build for the tutorial machines closer to the time.

> Shouldn't be all that much 'wear and tear' on the machines, mostly
> they're just so that people who learn best by muscle memory of the steps
> can learn how to work on the systems.

We should put ID stickers on the machines.

Do we want external USB mice and keyboards?

> Thanks all,
> Mike
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