[Ubuntu-AE] Long but interesting read

[Sofian Rahmani]

Not bad at all!
The Cultural Foundation is in Abu Dhabi, close to the old Sheikh Zayed
Mosque, at the end of Electra Road.
How many of you live in Abu Dhabi?

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
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