Oh...<br>LOL<br>I'll go in a couple of hours, I'll see what I can do.<br>Cross your fingers!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Akshay Lamba <<a href="mailto:akshay@lambaweb.com">akshay@lambaweb.com</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><p>I live in Dubai mate.</p> <p></p><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Sofian Rahmani" <<a href="mailto:sofiankrt@gmail.com" target="_blank">sofiankrt@gmail.com</a>><br>To: "Ubuntu UAE Mailing List" <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-ae@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-ae@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br> </div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2008 5:14:39 PM (GMT+0400) Asia/Muscat<br>Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-AE] Long but interesting read<br><br>Can you go there tonight?<br><br></div></div><div><div></div> <div class="Wj3C7c"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Akshay Lamba <<a href="mailto:akshay@lambaweb.com" target="_blank">akshay@lambaweb.com</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> <p>Cool. I'm in, maybe list members can put in a rsvp on the list and their location preference (Dubai/Abu Dhabi/Sharjah) and we can set something up.</p> <p>A</p><font color="#888888"></font> <p></p> <div><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Sofian Rahmani" <<a href="mailto:sofiankrt@gmail.com" target="_blank">sofiankrt@gmail.com</a>><br>To: "Ubuntu UAE Mailing List" <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-ae@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-ae@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br> </div> <div> <div></div> <div>Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2008 5:10:26 PM (GMT+0400) Asia/Muscat<br>Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-AE] Long but interesting read<br><br>Not bad at all!<br>It is in Abu Dhabi, close to the Old Sheikh Zayed Mosque, at the end of Electra Street.<br> <br><br></div></div> <div> <div></div> <div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Akshay Lamba <<a href="mailto:akshay@lambaweb.com" target="_blank">akshay@lambaweb.com</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> <p>Oh and there are 19 non-digest members and 7 digest members in this list. So a total of 26 members...not bad!!</p> <p></p> <div><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Sofian Rahmani" <<a href="mailto:sofiankrt@gmail.com" target="_blank">sofiankrt@gmail.com</a>><br>To: "Ubuntu UAE Mailing List" <<a href="mailto:ubuntu-ae@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">ubuntu-ae@lists.ubuntu.com</a>><br> Sent: Sunday, March 9, 2008 4:43:07 PM (GMT+0400) Asia/Muscat<br>Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-AE] Long but interesting read<br><br></div> <div> <div></div> <div>Wow, that was quick! 3 replies in half an hour!<br>How many people are in this mailing list?<br>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?<br> <br></div></div> <div> <div></div> <div> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Brad Campbell <<a href="mailto:brad@wasp.net.au" target="_blank">brad@wasp.net.au</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div>Akshay Lamba wrote:<br>> Hi Sofian,<br>><br>> Welcome to ubuntu! There are quite a few users in UAE that I'm aware off<br>> though dont have any indicative numbers. I've surely seen much more<br> > server based implementations than desktop implementations of linux, but<br>> looks like we're getting there slow and steady.<br>><br>> There is a LUG (Linux User Group) also in Dubai, they do meet off and<br> > on, though I don't think they've met in quite a while. If there's enough<br>> numbers on this list and a volunteer to help set something up then we<br>> can surely give it a shot. I'm happy to volunteer my home @ arabian<br> > ranches as a venue.<br><br></div>We used to meet monthly, but as most of the meets involved a bar, beer or a pakistani restaurant<br>there used to be between 5 and me as the usual turn out. Great fun when it happened though.<br> <br>I'd be happy to get together for a monthly meet somewhere, it's usually a laugh at worst and<br>educational at best.<br><br>Oh, and I'm relatively new to Ubuntu, having my first install being 6.06LTS when it was released,<br> but I've been using Debian for a few years now. I use Ubuntu exclusively on my Laptop (6.06LTS<br>heavily patched) - Desktop (7.10 Dual boot with MacOS but very rarely in MacOS) - Spare Laptop<br>(8.04) - Co-Lo Servers (6.06 LTS-Server). Other machines around the house all run Debian (Servers,<br> NAS, TV, Stereo) and a few mix and match variants of Familiar, Angstrom and dd-wrt (3 iPAQ, Linksys<br>WRT54GL and Buffalo WHR-G54S).<br><br>I do have an iPAQ that runs windows, though I only use it as a bootloader for Linux with HaRET, and<br> my TV box boots into DOS 6.2 on a USB keystick to run loadlin and load linux.<br><br>I do have a Windows install in Virtualbox on my Desktop that I use for Microcontroller fiddling and<br>AutoCAD as required.<br><br>Now I've typed that all out, it's pretty scary really!<br> <br>I do actually own a device that has it's original OS on it (actually 3).. My Treo(s) 680 still runs<br>PalmOS.. but it's only a matter of time I tell you!<br><br>Brad<br>--<br>"Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability<br> to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable<br>for their apparent disinclination to do so." -- Douglas Adams<br><font color="#888888"><br>--<br></font> <div> <div></div> <div>Ubuntu-ae mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ubuntu-ae@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">Ubuntu-ae@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ae" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ae</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Best wishes,<br>Sofian<br>Linux user </div></div></div><br>--<br>Ubuntu-ae mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ubuntu-ae@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">Ubuntu-ae@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ae" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ae</a><br><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br> Best wishes,<br>Sofian<br>Linux user </div></div></div><br>--<br>Ubuntu-ae mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ubuntu-ae@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">Ubuntu-ae@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br>Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ae" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ae</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Best wishes,<br>Sofian<br>Linux user </div></div></div><br>--<br> Ubuntu-ae mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-ae@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-ae@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ae" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ae</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Best wishes,<br>Sofian<br>Linux user