[Ubuntu-AE] Long but interesting read

[Sofian Rahmani]

Not bad at all!
It is in Abu Dhabi, close to the Old Sheikh Zayed Mosque, at the end of
Electra Street.


On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Akshay Lamba <akshay at lambaweb.com> wrote:

> Oh and there are 19 non-digest members and 7 digest members in this list.
> So a total of 26 members...not bad!!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sofian Rahmani" <sofiankrt at gmail.com>
> To: "Ubuntu UAE Mailing List" <ubuntu-ae at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2008 4:43:07 PM (GMT+0400) Asia/Muscat
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-AE] Long but interesting read
>
> Wow, that was quick! 3 replies in half an hour!
> How many people are in this mailing list?
> Hmm... I might be able to organize something at the Cultural Foundation. I
> have many friends there! Perhaps we might bring some Ubuntu CD's and give
> them out? Even a lecture, perhaps? I'm going there today actually. How many
> people do you expect will show up?
>
> On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Brad Campbell <brad at wasp.net.au> wrote:
>
> > Akshay Lamba wrote:
> > > Hi Sofian,
> > >
> > > Welcome to ubuntu! There are quite a few users in UAE that I'm aware
> > off
> > > though dont have any indicative numbers. I've surely seen much more
> > > server based implementations than desktop implementations of linux,
> > but
> > > looks like we're getting there slow and steady.
> > >
> > > There is a LUG (Linux User Group) also in Dubai, they do meet off and
> > > on, though I don't think they've met in quite a while. If there's
> > enough
> > > numbers on this list and a volunteer to help set something up then we
> > > can surely give it a shot. I'm happy to volunteer my home @ arabian
> > > ranches as a venue.
> >
> > We used to meet monthly, but as most of the meets involved a bar, beer
> > or a pakistani restaurant
> > there used to be between 5 and me as the usual turn out. Great fun when
> > it happened though.
> >
> > I'd be happy to get together for a monthly meet somewhere, it's usually
> > a laugh at worst and
> > educational at best.
> >
> > Oh, and I'm relatively new to Ubuntu, having my first install being
> > 6.06LTS when it was released,
> > but I've been using Debian for a few years now. I use Ubuntu exclusively
> > on my Laptop (6.06LTS
> > heavily patched) - Desktop (7.10 Dual boot with MacOS but very rarely in
> > MacOS) - Spare Laptop
> > (8.04) - Co-Lo Servers (6.06 LTS-Server). Other machines around the
> > house all run Debian (Servers,
> > NAS, TV, Stereo) and a few mix and match variants of Familiar, Angstrom
> > and dd-wrt (3 iPAQ, Linksys
> > WRT54GL and Buffalo WHR-G54S).
> >
> > I do have an iPAQ that runs windows, though I only use it as a
> > bootloader for Linux with HaRET, and
> > my TV box boots into DOS 6.2 on a USB keystick to run loadlin and load
> > linux.
> >
> > I do have a Windows install in Virtualbox on my Desktop that I use for
> > Microcontroller fiddling and
> > AutoCAD as required.
> >
> > Now I've typed that all out, it's pretty scary really!
> >
> > I do actually own a device that has it's original OS on it (actually
> > 3).. My Treo(s) 680 still runs
> > PalmOS.. but it's only a matter of time I tell you!
> >
> > Brad
> > --
> > "Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability
> > to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable
> > for their apparent disinclination to do so." -- Douglas Adams
> >
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> Sofian
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Best wishes,
Sofian
Linux user
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