[huskerlug] Re: Meetings with the new semester and such
- From: Jim Worrest <jworrest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 14:25:22 -0600
Ah, if you mean tomorrow fine, otherwise how about the 24th or
31st. Thursdays and Fridays are fine with me too. I probably could even
bring 5 or 6 copies of OpenCD 3.1, which apparently is still the latest
one out there. ---Jim
Cesar Delgado wrote:
>I'll go and do the paperwork for the meeting. How's next Tuesday at 5
>or 6 for most people?
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>-Cesar
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>Jim Worrest wrote:
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>> It sounds like a good idea to me. Like some Tuesday other than the
>>1st or
>>the third? You can see I have a lot of questions! By the way, perhaps
>>it has
>>been mentioned before, but there is an Open CD out there, that has free,
>>well
>>Open Source Windows programs on it, and will also boot up Ubuntu Linux.
>>Any Linux that doesn't have Realplayer on it --or it's equivalent--
>>doesn' do
>>much for me, but it is a way to introduce people in your dorm, or classmates
>>to Linux. I don't have the missionary zeal for OO that some of you do,
>>but I
>>do like free stuff. 8-) The OO software for Windows I find impressive,
>>such as Gimp,
>>and of course it ran from the Live Linux CD side of things. So, some of
>>you might
>>do some late night burning, and get more people to come to the Linux
>>meetings. ---Jim
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>>Martin Wolff wrote:
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>>>I personally think that we should have regularly scheduled meetings at some
>>>interval...say... two weeks? Perhaps we could schedule one meeting and then
>>>at that meeting, have a vote for a regular time?
>>>Talking on the mailing list is great, but if you think about it, we could do
>>>that same thing with the mailing lists of any lug or Internet forum. I
>>>think one of the __big__ benefits of a lug is that you can meet in person
>>>and discuss.. Even if we don't have presentations, I wouldn't mind sitting
>>>around with other members discussing Linux, asking questions, and if I can
>>>answering other people's questions. If you have something to show off, show
>>>it off. That sorta thing.
>>>On 1/8/06, Jim Worrest <jworrest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>>> I would sure like to hear about qemu, and setting it up. I know
>>>>there's a qemu-launcher, but I suppose that might only work on
>>>>FreeBSD, and perhaps Gentoo?
>>>> I would think newbies would always need help, I mean beside me, who
>>>>always find something new to overcome! Getting WINE to work on FreeBSD
>>>>is one of my problems, at the moment. But getting Realplayer and a few
>>>>other programs to work can be a challenge and a strong desire for
>>>>newbies. All the fun things that can be done with Gimp or OpenOffice.
>>>>If you want to encourage the use of Linux, Newbies should be told about
>>>>Mepis, Knoppix, Kanotix, and PClinuxOS, for starters. There are many
>>>>topics that you might want to point out to the new user, or to that
>>>>dormer down the hall, who needs to be weaned off of Windows. ---Jim
>>>>
>>>>Martin Wolff wrote:
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>>>>>Are there any new meetings planned for the new semester at this time? Do
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>>>>we
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>>>>>want to plan one?
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