Brisbane Ubuntu Community Meeting - 7th February, 2010.

[AndrewG]

Great write up James.
Where are the photos ????

On Mar 21, 1:09 pm, James Beake <jamesbe... at moonmarsh.com> wrote:
> A very late write-up from our most recent meeting. Enjoy.
>
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> The second Brisbane Ubuntu community meeting was held at Gilhooley's
> Chermside, a typical Irish style pub. As I was the nominated meeting
> organiser for the event so I got there early, ordered a Kilkenny and sat
> back to wait for folks to arrive.
>
> I found myself scrutinising everyone that walked past to see if I could
> identify if the person was an ubuntu user. Not sure what I was thinking;
> that by using ubuntu we are all somehow develop a power to be able to
> instantly recognise another member of the tribe. Anyway my powers were on
> the fritz that day as all I managed to do was get some odd looks from some
> poor people that where wandering around just trying to find the loo.
>
> Do we ubuntu users need to come up with a secret signal so that we can pick
> each other out in public?
>
> What a relief when I recognised someone from our previous meeting. Andrew
> was at the other side of the room near the bar scanning the area for signs
> of ubuntu geeks. At about the same time a couple of other ubuntu-ers arrived
> and the combination of swivelling heads and searching looks and my vigorous
> arm waving must have been enough of a signal to everyone that like minded
> people were in the area and we were all soon seated and making
> introductions. The last couple of attendees to arrive seemed to have no
> trouble finding us. Might have been due to the laptops and other gadgets
> that had appeared soon after we were all seated.
>
> It was great to see a 50% increase in attendance for this meeting. There
> were six of us at the meeting! Fingers crossed we can match this growth for
> our next meeting.
>
> After we completed the introductions everyone started talking about their
> favourite topic, tech. There were a number of different conversations at the
> same time, here is a list of the ones I was apart of, or caught snippets of:
>
> - Conroy's filter plans ( what's a gathering without a bit of political
> chat)
> - Calendar synchronisation
> - How to secure home environments with tools that work with ubuntu
> - Options for ditching itunes for teenagers with iPods.
> - Are we brave enough to install Ubuntu on relatives computers?
>
> Packages/products discussed:
> - ispconfig
> - amsn
> - atunes
> - xaile
> - quickcad
> - spyspurt
> - GNOME configuration cleanup tool - name?
> - randr.com
> - Lenovo D10 server
>
> Just before we pulled stumps Paul asked each of us "What is the one thing
> you would change about Ubuntu if you could?"
>
> Here are the answers everyone gave:
>
> Cary: combined DVD of all *buntu, no need to carry separate CDs for server,
> desktop, Kubuntu, etc.
>
> Andrew: fix the regressions, esp. laptop power management
>
> David: iPod/Nokia/electronic device support
>
> James: added onto Andrew's point on laptop power management; more intuitive
> keychain password management when passwords change
>
> Nigel: slick shared calendar across all desktop apps
>
> Paul: compelling web admin interface for directory/file
> sharing/email/calendar setup; Active Directory & Exchange are killing us in
> this space
>
> Just before everyone went their own way we agreed our goal should be to all
> have ubuntu tee shirts so that we at least can find each other and hopefully
> raise the profile of ubuntu at our next gathering.
>
> We finished the meeting at about 5pm. Three hours goes fast when you having
> fun. I had a great time geeking out with a group of like minded people and
> am looking forward to our next gathering. Hopefully we can lure more ubuntu
> users and people who are curious about ubuntu and open source in general to
> our next meeting.
>
> The list of attendees and where they travelled from to attend:
> Andrew - Mt Gravatt
> James - Mcdowall
> Nigel - Hendra
> Cary - Wamuran (Caboolture)
> David - Springfield
> Paul - Birkdale
> Thanks to Paul for taking notes during the meeting.
>
> Next meeting: Release party for Ubuntu 10.4 - Lucid at Breakfast Creek
> Hotel. Date TBD - End of April/Early May.
>
> Until then, as my wife likes to says, "Shouldn't you, Ubuntu?".
>
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> James
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