From James.Elliot at novell.com Wed Jun 2 13:46:35 2010 From: James.Elliot at novell.com (James Elliot) Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:46:35 -0600 Subject: [buug] Linux days event in Santa Clara on June 10th Message-ID: <4C068AEB020000260000510E@soto.provo.novell.com> Hello everyone, I would like to personally extend an invitation to the entire BUUG user group for Novell's Linux Day event in Santa Clara, on June 10th. Join technical experts from Novell for demonstrations and interactive discussions. This is a great chance to improve your Linux knowledge, and meet/talk with others with a passion for Linux! Learn more about: - The newest release of SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1 - SUSE Studio; fast and easy core image building - SUSE Appliance Toolkit - SUSE Mono extension for developing and running .NET applications on Linux - Virtualization and cloud computing with Linux - High availability, realtime, and mission critical computing with Linux - Migrating from Solaris on SPARC, and UNIX to Linux on Intel Architecture Date: June 10, 2010 Time: 9:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. PT Location: Santa Clara, CA There is no cost for this event! A tasty lunch will be provided too! Enter to Win! When you register and attend this event, you'll be entered in a drawing for a chance to win an Amazon Kindle running on Linux! However, you must be present to win. Please follow the link below to register: http://register.novell.com/adtracker/?id=628 We hope to see you there! Thank you. Have a great day! James Elliot Novell Inside Territory Manager-Northern California Data Center Solutions 416-203-4795 james.elliot at novell.com From john_re at fastmail.us Fri Jun 4 02:59:44 2010 From: john_re at fastmail.us (giovanni_re) Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:59:44 -0700 Subject: [buug] BerkeleyTIP Join June Global Free SW HW Culture Mtgs via VOIP or in Berkeley Message-ID: <1275645584.32731.1378441381@webmail.messagingengine.com> Rabbi Rabbs, the UnixRabbi, leads a group of Unix geeks, Comedy, UUASC, BS"D, 2003 - video this month. You're invited to join in with the friendly people at the BerkeleyTIP global meeting - newbie to Ph.D. - everyone is invited. Get a headset & join using VOIP online, or come to Berkeley. 1st step: Join the mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal Watch the videos. Discuss them on VOIP. 8 great videos/talks this month - see below. Starting off year 3 of BerkeleyTIP :) Join with us at the LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED at the University of California at Berkeley, or join from your home via VOIP, or send this email locally, create a local meeting, & join via VOIP: Tip: a wifi cafe is a great place to meet. :) JUNE 5 & 20 AT UCB MEETING LOCATIONS TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE VIEW THE BTIP WEBSITE & MAILING LIST PAGES FOR THE LATEST DETIALS. http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal BerkeleyTIP - Educational, Productive, Social For Learning about, Sharing, & Producing, All Free SW HW & Culture. TIP == Talks, Installfest, Project & Programming Party http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip ===== CONTENTS: 1) 2010 JUNE VIDEOS; 2) 2010 JUNE MEETING DAYS, TIMES, LOCATIONS; 3) LOCAL MEETING AT U. C. Berkeley LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED; 4) HOT TOPICS; 5) PLEASE RSVP PROBABILISTICALLY, THANKS :) ; 6) INSTALLFEST; SPECIAL: FREE 7th Annual BERKELEY WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL June 5 Sat; 7) ARRIVING FIRST AT THE MEETING: MAKE A "BerkeleyTIP" SIGN; 8) IRC: #berkeleytip on irc.freenode.net; 9) VOIP FOR GLOBAL MEETING; 10) VOLUNTEERING, TO DOs; 11) MAILING LISTS: BerkeleyTIP-Global, LocalBerkeley, Announce; 12) ANYTHING I FORGOT TO MENTION?; 13) FOR FORWARDING ======================================================================= ===== 1) 2010 JUNE VIDEOS Super Computing for Business, Brian Modra, CLUG State of the Linux Union 2010, Jim Zemlin, Linux Foundation Journaled Soft-Updates, Dr. Kirk McKusick, BSDCan 2010 Scientific data visualization using Mayavi2, Gael Varoquaux, Python4ScienceUCB Bringing OLPC to children in Afghanistan, Carol Ruth Silver, OLPC-SF Text-to-Speech in Ubuntu with Kttsd Kmouth Festival, blip.tv Rabbi Rabbs, the UnixRabbi, leads a group of Unix geeks, Comedy, UUASC, BS"D, 2003 The Great Debate - Are We Alone?, Geoff Marcy and Dan Werthimer, SETI at UC Berkeley Thanks to all the speakers, organizations, & videographers. :) [Please alert the speakers that their talks are scheduled for June for BTIP (if you are with the group that recorded their talk), because I may not have time to do that. Thanks. :) ] URLs for video download & full details: http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/talk-videos Download & watch these talks before the BTIP meetings. Discuss at the meeting. Email the mailing list, tell us what videos you'll watch & want to discuss: http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal Know any other video sources? - please email me. _Your_ group should video record & post online your meeting's talks! ===== 2) 2010 JUNE MEETING DAYS, TIMES, LOCATIONS In person meetings on 1st Saturday & 3rd Sunday, every month. June 5 & 20, 12N-3P USA-Pacific time, Saturday, Sunday Online only meeting using VOIP: June 14 & 29, 5-6P USA-Pacific time, Monday, Tuesday Mark your calendars. 5 Sat 12N-3P PDST = 3-6P EDST = 19-22 UTC 14 Mon 5-6P PDST = 8-9P EDST = 0- 1 UTC Tues 15 20 Sun 12N-3P PDST = 3-6P EDST = 19-22 UTC 29 Tues 5-6P PDST = 8-9P EDST = 0- 1 UTC Wed 30 USA-PacificDaylightSavingsTime is -7 hours UTC, due to daylight savings currently. Times listed above should be double checked by you for accuracy. ===== 3) LOCAL MEETING AT U. C. BERKELEY - LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/directions RSVP please. See below. It greatly helps my planning. But, _do_ come if you forgot to RSVP. THE JUNE 5 & 20 ON CAMPUS MEETING LOCATIONS ARE CURRENTLY TO BE DETERMINED. HOPEFULLY KNOW ON FRIDAY JUNE 4. PLEASE VIEW THE BTIP WEBSITE & MAILING LIST FOR THE FINALIZED LOCATION. THANK YOU. ALWAYS BE SURE TO CHECK THE BTIP WEBSITE _&_ MAILING LIST FOR THE LATEST LAST MINUTE DETAILS & CHANGES, BEFORE COMING TO THE MEETING! :) http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal DO BRING A VOIP HEADSET, available for $10-30 at most electronics retail stores, & a laptop computer, so you are able to communicate with the global BTIP community via VOIP. It is highly recommended that you have a voip headset, & not rely on a laptop's built in microphone & speakers, because the headphones keep the noise level down. Bringing a headset is not required, but is a great part of the being able to communicate with the global community. :) Clothing: Typically 55-80 degrees F. Weather: http://www.wunderground.com/auto/sfgate/CA/Berkeley.html Other location local meeting possibilities: http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/local-meetings Create a local meeting in your town. ===== 4) HOT TOPICS Oracle owns Sun - Free SW implications? OpenOffice? OpenOffice - Ready for college Fall 2010? MakerBot, RepRap - Personal Making - Like where PCs were in 1975? Android phones - Besting iPhone? worthwhile? How knowable is the hw? - Can BSD be run on Android phones? iPad, iPhone & iPod- rooting & running GNU(Linux) & BSD ===== 5) PLEASE RSVP PROBABILISTICALLY, THANKS :) If you think there is a >70% chance ("likely") you'll come to the in person meeting in Berkeley, please RSVP to me. Thanks. It helps my planning. Please _do_ come even if you haven't RSVP'd, it's not required. Better yet, join the BerkeleyTIP-Global mailing list, send the RSVP there, & tell us what things you're interested in, or what videos you'll try to watch - so we can know what videos are popular, & we might watch them too. :) http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal ===== 6) INSTALLFEST Get help installing & using Free Software, Hardware & Culture. Laptops only, typically. There isn't easy access for physically bringing desktop boxes here. RSVP _HIGHLY RECOMMENDED_ if you want installfest help. Please RSVP to me, Giovanni, at the from address for this announcement, or better, join & send email to the BTIP-Global mailing list telling us what you'd like help with. This way we can be better prepared to help you, & you might get valuable advice from the mailing list members. If you are new to using free software, an excellent system would be the KUbuntu GNU(Linux) software. It is very comprehensive, fairly easy to use (similar to Windows or Mac), & suitable for personal, home, university, or business use. We are also glad to try to help people with software who join via VOIP. Please email the mailing list with requests that you want help with, so we can try to be prepared better to help you. Installfest volunteers/helpers always welcome, in person, or via VOIP. :) ===== SPECIAL - MUSIC IN BERKELEY JUNE 5 SATURDAY ===== Also June 5 Sat in Berkeley, after BTIP: ===== FREE 7th Annual BERKELEY WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL ===== Telegraph Avenue 12 Noon - 9 pm "Berkeley World Music Fest... has some of our best world musicians who call East Bay home...a wonderful event, and intimate, mix of outdoor performances in cafes and shops(the best music People's Park gets each year along Telegraph Ave. (Larry Kelp, KPFA music host)" Continuous music outdoors & in cafes http://www.berkeleyworldmusic.com/entry.asp?PageID=118 ===== 7) ARRIVING FIRST AT THE MEETING: MAKE A "BerkeleyTIP" SIGN If you get to the meeting & don't see a "BerkeleyTIP" sign up yet, please: 1) Make a BTIP sign on an 8x11 paper & put it at your table, 2) Email the mailing list, or join on IRC, & let us know you are there. Ask someone if you could use their computer for a minute to look something up, or send an email. People are usually very friendly & willing to help. We can also email you a temporary guest AirBears account login. We will have wifi guest accounts available for BTIP attendees. Be sure you have wifi capable equipment. Be Prepared: Bring a multi-outlet extension power cord. ===== 8) IRC: #berkeleytip on irc.freenode.net For help with anything, especially how to get VOIP working, & text communication. ===== 9) VOIP FOR GLOBAL MEETING Speak & listen to everyone globally using VOIP. Get a headset! See some VOIP instructions here: http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/voice-voip-conferencing ===== 10) VOLUNTEERING, TO DOs Enjoy doing or learning something(s)? Help out BTIP in that area. Website development, mailing list management, video locating, VOIP server (FreeSwitch, Asterisk) or client (Ekiga, SFLPhone,...), creating a local meeting. Join the mailing list & let us know. Your offers of free help are always welcome here. :) ===== 11) MAILING LISTS: BerkeleyTIP-Global, LocalBerkeley, Announce Everyone should join the BerkeleyTIP-Global list: http://groups.google.com/group/BerkTIPGlobal Say "hi", tell us your interests, & what videos you'll like to watch. Info on all lists here: http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/mailing-lists ===== 12) ANYTHING I FORGOT TO MENTION? Please join & email the BerkeleyTIP-Global mailing list. ===== 13) FOR FORWARDING You are invited to forward this message anywhere it would be appreciated. Better yet, use it to create a local meeting. Invite & get together with your friends locally, & join in with us all globally. :) Looking forward to meeting with you in person, or online. :) Giovanni From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Fri Jun 11 06:36:37 2010 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:36:37 -0700 Subject: [buug] BALUG Tu 2010-06-15 The vi editor, introduction through advanced usage, presented by Michael Paoli; & other BALUG news Message-ID: <20100611063637.60546pcfmq80gko4@webmail.rawbw.com> BALUG Tu 2010-06-15 The vi editor, introduction through advanced usage, presented by Michael Paoli; & other BALUG news In this issue (details further below): 2010-06-15: The vi editor, introduction through advanced usage, presented by Michael Paoli; & other BALUG news Installfests (2010-06-13 in Berkeley; etc.) 2010-05-18 Sam Bowne IPv6/sslstrip/Slowloris materials/"slides" "Working in the Business" (Linux, IT, etc.), panel discussion ------------------------------ Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG) Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2010-06-15 The vi editor, introduction through advanced usage, presented by Michael Paoli Please RSVP if you're planning to come (see further below). For our 2010-06-15 BALUG meeting, we're excited to present: The vi editor, introduction through advanced usage, presented by Michael Paoli Don't know what vi is? New to vi, or been using vi for years? Whatever familiarity and experience you do or don't have with vi, this presentation promises to include something useful for everyone. It will cover from basic introduction to vi, through many powerful and useful tips and tricks (e.g. handy and powerful editing operations, and leveraging vi to do much more than "just" edit files). Some of the differences and advantages and disadvantages of various vi implementations (historic vi, nvi, vim, etc.) will also be covered. While vi may be simply and modestly described as "a screen oriented text editor", vi is in fact the standard (and de facto standard) text editor for at least UNIX, Linux, and BSD environments, and it's also been ported to many other environments. But don't underestimate vi just because it's "standard". vi is a quite powerful and capable editor, and greatly outperforms the text editing capabilities of many other editors. Michael Paoli has been using vi for well over a quarter century, from humble beginnings with introductory documentation and quick reference card in hand, to oft repeated, "Wow, how did you do that?" remarks from co-workers watching some of his vi wranglings. He's also been doing Linux systems administration for over a dozen years, and used UNIX all the way back to his humble vi beginnings. So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to: rsvp at balug.org **Why RSVP??** Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and they help ensure that we'll be able to eat upstairs in the private banquet room. Meeting Details... 6:30pm Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 2010-06-15 Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/ 731 Grant Ave. San Francisco, CA 94108 Easy PARKING: Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny: http://www.sfpsg.com/ Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13 cash, we give you a gift of dinner ticket to join us for a yummy family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue and helping to defray BALUG costs such treating our speakers to dinner). ------------------------------ Installfests (2010-06-13 in Berkeley; etc.) Looks like the Berkeley Linux Users Group[1] is doing an installfest in Berkeley on 2010-06-13, not at their regular (Bobby G's) location (they may not be meeting there that day), but at ZaReason[2]'s location in Berkeley. Details should be findable somewhere on their website[1] and/or list[3]. Noisebridge[4] and the Ubuntu California Team[5] teamed up for a 2010-05-30 installfest[6][7] at the Noisebridge[4] location in San Francisco. The above are some examples of additional installfest activity in the (near) Bay Area region that have at least occasionally been happening, in addition to the quite regular installfests at Cabal[8]. 1. http://www.berkeleylug.com/ 2. http://zareason.com/ 3. http://groups.google.com/group/berkeleylug?hl=en 4. https://www.noisebridge.net/ 5. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam 6. https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Lucid_Lynx_Installfest 7. 2010-05-30 http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2010q2/007815.html 8. http://linuxmafia.com/cabal/ ------------------------------ 2010-05-18 Sam Bowne IPv6/sslstrip/Slowloris materials/"slides" At the 2010-05-18 BALUG meeting, Sam Bowne not only covered (and demonstrated) sslstrip and Slowloris, but also covered IPv6. Materials for/from the meeting, including now also IPv6, may be found on/via: http://samsclass.info/ipv6/evangelism.html http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-announce-balug.org/2010-May/000152.html ------------------------------ "Working in the Business" (Linux, IT, etc.), panel discussion BALUG is working to assemble panel (and moderator) for "Working in the Business" (Linux, IT, etc.), panel discussion Should make for very interesting, lively, informative and useful discussion/presentation/"talk/debate". For more information, and also if you know someone you'd like as panelist or moderator (or are yourself interested), and/or if you have specific topics/questions you'd like to see covered by the panel, PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT: http://www.balug.org/#panel At the present time we're ACTIVELY GATHERING INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL PANELISTS, MODERATORS, available dates, etc., to plan and coordinate this event. Please also do feel free to pass this information along to any contacts you feel appropriate that may be interested. ------------------------------ Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or things we should do differently): publicity-feedback at balug.org ------------------------------ http://www.balug.org/ From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Wed Jun 16 06:20:33 2010 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:20:33 -0700 Subject: [buug] Ubuntu CDs at BUUG 2010-06-17 (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Desktop CD PC (Intel x86) i386) Message-ID: <20100616062033.67153n5asimm32ww@webmail.rawbw.com> Ubuntu CDs at BUUG 2010-06-17 (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Desktop CD PC (Intel x86) i386) Ubuntu CDs - I should also be bringing a small supply* of CDs: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Desktop CD PC (Intel x86) i386 to the 2010-06-17 BUUG meeting. Thanks to Grant Bowman and the Ubuntu California Team for getting CDs to us. *first come, first serve; if we run out, I'll likely have more for the 2010-07-01 and 2010-07-15 BUUG meetings. references/excerpts: http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2010-June/004615.html From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Fri Jun 18 16:22:58 2010 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:22:58 -0700 Subject: [buug] Wi-Fi, etc. [DON'T REPLY-ALL UNLESS YOU'RE SUBSCRIBED TO BOTH [L]UG LISTS] In-Reply-To: <20100617200358.26623pobillp5qg4@webmail.gct21.net> References: <20100617200358.26623pobillp5qg4@webmail.gct21.net> Message-ID: <20100618162258.32042zxs7ds1dv40@webmail.rawbw.com> [DON'T REPLY-ALL UNLESS YOU'RE SUBSCRIBED TO BOTH [L]UG LISTS] If you're looking for more help on Linux + Wi-Fi (and/or AT&T Internet connectivity), etc. and/or Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Desktop CD PC (Intel x86) i386) CD(s) before the next (2010-07-01) BUUG meeting, you might consider: Friday evenings (including this evening): Diablo Valley Linux Users Group http://www.dvlug.org/ Berkeley Linux Users Group http://www.berkeleylug.com/ (I believe next meeting's 2010-06-27 at Bobby G's) If you're in/around Berkeley, contacts from that group/list, might also be able to hook you up with a CD sooner. (Sorry I ran out of CDs yesterday - I will likely have more for the next BUUG meeting 2010-07-01) There's of course also BUUG's list, the Berkeley Linux Users Group list, etc. SF-LUG http://www.sf-lug.org/ also has a quite active list (they also meet this coming Monday). Looks like Geeknic2 also meets this Saturday. Cabal also does quite regular installfests. There are some other installfests that have been happening that may be closer, though perhaps not (yet?) on so regular of a schedule (e.g. in Berkeley last Sunday, San Francisco 2010-05-30, etc.) Oh, and DNS has been flakey at Au Coquelet Cafe for at least the last two BUUG meetings. Work-around: configure yourself to use DNS server(s) other than that what Au Coquelet Cafe's Wi-Fi provides (and that doesn't work) via DHCP, e.g. Google's public DNS at 8.8.8.8 (if you really don't like Google's DNS, that's enough for you to start hunting down some other DNS you might prefer). references/excerpts: http://www.buug.org/ http://www.weak.org/pipermail/buug/2010-June/003626.html http://www.berkeleylug.com/ http://www.dvlug.org/ http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=caj9iea2ol69b7n2uqdek4ocso%40group.calendar.google.com http://linuxmafia.com/bale/ http://linuxmafia.com/cabal/ http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-announce-balug.org/2010-June/000153.html http://www.svlug.org/farm.php Quoting "Zeke Krahlin" : > Irshad, from our discussion at the latest BUUG meeting, re. the AT&T > ADSL particulars, this page by Michael Paoli, may help: > > http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2010q1/007388.html > > As for cleaning up your Windows partition from viruses and other > malware, may I offer my own audio blog, with excellent links: > > http://ezekielk.tblog.com/post/1970050664 > > Let's take it from there, feel free to post further questions. From jim at well.com Mon Jun 21 20:27:17 2010 From: jim at well.com (jim) Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:27:17 -0700 Subject: [buug] BayPIGgies meeting Thursday, June 24, 2010: Exploiting Parallelism - A Concise and Practical Introduction Message-ID: <1277177237.1583.108.camel@jim-laptop> BayPIGgies meeting Thursday, June 24, 2010: Exploiting Parallelism - A Concise and Practical Introduction Tonight's talk is * Exploiting Parallelism - A Concise and Practical Introduction, by Minesh B. Amin, the first part of a two-part presentation Meetings usually start with a Newbie Nugget, a short discussion of an essential Python feature, especially for those new to Python. Tonight's Newbie Nugget: A Documentation Tip LOCATION Symantec Corporation Symantec Vcafe 350 Ellis Street Mountain View, CA 94043 http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&ei=w6i_Sfr6MZmQsQOzlv0v&hl=en&t=h&msa=0&msid=116202735295394761637.00046550c09ff3d96bff1&ll=37.397693,-122.053707&spn=0.002902,0.004828&z=18 BayPIGgies meeting information is available at http://www.baypiggies.net/ ------------------------ Agenda ------------------------ ..... 7:30 PM ........................... General hubbub, inventory end-of-meeting announcements, any first-minute announcements. ..... 7:35 PM to 7:45 PM ................ Newbie Nugget: A Documentation Tip ..... 7:45 PM to 8:40 PM (or so) ................ June 24, 2010 -- First of a two-part presentation: Exploiting Parallelism - A Concise and Practical Introduction by Minesh B. Amin In his book In Search of Clusters, Gregory Pfister said it best. To paraphrase, there are three ways to do anything faster: work harder, work smarter, or get help. In computer-speak, this roughly translates to: increase processor speed, improve algorithms, or exploit parallelism. With processor speeds no longer doubling every eighteen months, and little or no room left for improvements in serial algorithms, exploiting parallelism is the one frontier with the potential for delivering huge improvements in performance. This talk introduces terminology and concepts to develop an understanding of how to exploit parallelism; present mental models for decomposing problems to exploit parallelism; and apply these concepts to survey available solutions, including Open MPI, Open MP, MapReduce/Hadoop, Intel threading blocks, Python multiprocessing module, and a handful of commercial solutions. Minesh B. Amin is the founder and CEO of MBA Sciences, which recently introduced the SPM.Python product that enables users to easily create parallel applications using an integrated Python API and framework. Minesh received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota and moved to the Silicon Valley, developing software solutions at ViewLogic and Synopsys prior to starting MBA Sciences in 2006. He is a big fan of the Python language and in his spare time enjoys Pink Floyd, House, hiking and firing up a barbecue grill, though not necessarily in that order. :-) Links: http://mbasciences.com/ ..... 8:50 PM to 9:30 PM ................ Mapping and Random Access Mapping is a rapid-fire audience announcement of issues, hiring, events, and other topics. Random Access follows people immediately to allow follow up on the announcements and other interests. From grantbow at gmail.com Tue Jun 22 00:43:19 2010 From: grantbow at gmail.com (Grant Bowman) Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:43:19 -0700 Subject: [buug] Wi-Fi, etc. [DON'T REPLY-ALL UNLESS YOU'RE SUBSCRIBED TO BOTH [L]UG LISTS] In-Reply-To: <20100618162258.32042zxs7ds1dv40@webmail.rawbw.com> References: <20100617200358.26623pobillp5qg4@webmail.gct21.net> <20100618162258.32042zxs7ds1dv40@webmail.rawbw.com> Message-ID: On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Michael Paoli wrote: > ... > (Sorry I ran out of CDs yesterday - I will likely have more for the next > BUUG meeting 2010-07-01) > ... You will :-) Thank you for marking 100 of them at the last Berkeleylug.com meeting. I've put them all in sleeves and am starting in on another sleeve. Grant From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Wed Jun 23 11:28:40 2010 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:28:40 -0700 Subject: [buug] Free parabolic dish, first come, first serve, qty. 1, Berkeley Message-ID: <20100623112840.21144huqtx7urym8@webmail.rawbw.com> At least as of about 8:15 A.M. this morning, spotted in front of approximately 1832 Carleton St. in Berkeley (curbside, along with recycling, etc.), one fair sized (rather large) parabolic dish, I believe it indicated "Dish Network" on it, and had some cabling and electronics attached to it at the time. Based on what I've seen previously[1], these things seem to "disappear" (get scavanged or find new homes) within typically about 2 or 3 days - but could be significantly shorter, or longer. footnotes/references: 1. http://weak.org/pipermail/buug/2010-February/003575.html From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Wed Jun 30 07:10:19 2010 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:10:19 -0700 Subject: [buug] Linux CDs at BUUG In-Reply-To: <20100616062033.67153n5asimm32ww@webmail.rawbw.com> References: <20100616062033.67153n5asimm32ww@webmail.rawbw.com> Message-ID: <20100630071019.127531byxv95cby8@webmail.rawbw.com> Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Desktop CD PC (Intel x86) i386 I'll have a generous supply of the above CDs at the 2010-07-01 BUUG meeting (and probably also for BUUG meetings after that, at least while the CD is still current - sorry I ran out of those CDs at the 2010-06-17 BUUG meeting - almost had enough to meet demand). Also at the 2010-07-01 BUUG meeting, I'll have a quite limited supply of these CDs (I may or may not have more of these at other future BUUG meeting(s)): Fedora-13-i686-Live ubuntu-10.04-desktop-amd64 ubuntu-9.04-server-amd64 Thanks again to Grant Bowman, the Ubuntu California Team and others for getting CDs to us (including the burning, etc., of many of these CDs). references/excerpts: http://www.weak.org/pipermail/buug/2010-June/003626.html From grantbow at gmail.com Wed Jun 30 14:56:37 2010 From: grantbow at gmail.com (Grant Bowman) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:56:37 -0700 Subject: [buug] Linux CDs at BUUG In-Reply-To: References: <20100616062033.67153n5asimm32ww@webmail.rawbw.com> <20100630071019.127531byxv95cby8@webmail.rawbw.com> Message-ID: I am happy to help. Thank you Michael for helping produce discs that we can give out to those who need them. There is no substite for face to face user groups but IRC is a great resource once one sets their expectations to match how IRC works. The Ubuntu community and Canonical staff use it heavily, allowing and encouraging interested folks to participate. Our state wide team (Local Community, aka LoCo) primarily uses our mail list and irc.us.freenode.net in the channel #ubuntu-california with IRC meetings every other Sunday night at 7 PM. While I am not always looking at my screen I check activity roughly daily and will see if people decide to drop by and say hello. There are often people around to chat with, and if not there then certainly one of the hundreds of people online 24x7 in #ubuntu might have something relevant to say about particular problems you might have. I would be happy to answer any questions. I will be at the buug meeting tomorrow. Cheers, Grant Bowman https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam On Jun 30, 2010 7:10 AM, "Michael Paoli" wrote: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Desktop CD PC (Intel x86) i386 I'll have a generous supply of the above CDs at the 2010-07-01 BUUG meeting (and probably also for BUUG meetings after that, at least while the CD is still current - sorry I ran out of those CDs at the 2010-06-17 BUUG meeting - almost had enough to meet demand). Also at the 2010-07-01 BUUG meeting, I'll have a quite limited supply of these CDs (I may or may not have more of these at other future BUUG meeting(s)): Fedora-13-i686-Live ubuntu-10.04-desktop-amd64 ubuntu-9.04-server-amd64 Thanks again to Grant Bowman, the Ubuntu California Team and others for getting CDs to us (including the burning, etc., of many of these CDs). references/excerpts: http://www.weak.org/pipermail/buug/2010-June/003626.html _______________________________________________ Buug mailing list Buug at weak.org http://www.weak.org/mailman/listinfo/buug -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: