workshops

Leave having done it

Two hands on sessions. In both of them you do the work and someone sits with you while you do it. You leave with something that runs.

the main eventruns 3 times · 12 places each

Liberation Lab: install your first Linux

You arrive with a laptop and no experience. You leave with Linux Mint installed on it, connected to the wifi, updated, with your browser and your files where you expect them. Mint is the version we start people on because it looks and behaves close enough to what you already use that the first week is uneventful.

This is the point of the whole festival. Everything else is context for the ninety minutes you spend at this table.

beginner desktop 90 minutes

Straight answers, before you sign up

Do I bring a machine? Bring your own if you want Linux on it. If you would rather try first, we have loaner laptops at the table and you can use one for the whole session.

Is my data at risk? We start from a USB stick that changes nothing on your disk. Before anything is written we go through what is on your machine with you and get your say so out loud. Bring a backup anyway.

Can I keep Windows? Yes. We can install Linux alongside it and you pick which one starts when you turn the machine on.

What if it goes wrong later? You leave with a printed sheet of exactly what was done to your machine and an address to write to. There is a follow up session on campus a few weeks later.

by the end you will have A working Linux install on a machine, updated, online, with your files in place.

bring A laptop and charger, a USB stick of 8GB or more if you have one, and a backup of anything you care about.

skill level None. This session assumes you have never opened a terminal.

times and capacity 11:00, 13:30, 15:30. Twelve places each, first come. confirm

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self hosting clinicruns twice · 8 places each

Self hosting clinic: bring a problem, leave with a running service

Self hosting means running a service on a machine in your own house instead of paying a company monthly for it. Come with the thing you want to stop renting. Photo storage, file sync between your devices, a film and music library, notes, passwords, a family calendar.

We work on it with you at the table until one service is actually running and reachable from your phone. One service, working, is worth more than a list of ten you never set up.

some experience self hosting 60 minutes

by the end you will have One service running on your own hardware, reachable from your phone, with notes on how to keep it updated.

bring A laptop, or the small machine you want to use as a server. A spare mini PC or an old desktop is ideal.

skill level You should be comfortable installing software. You do not need to know Docker or networking.

times and capacity 12:30 and 15:00. Eight places each. confirm

Not sure which one you want?

Start with the Liberation Lab. If you already run Linux at home, the clinic is the one to book.