[ubuntu-arizona] Ubuntu-Arizona Weekly Newsletter, Issue #33

[Craig A. Eddy]

Welcome to the Ubuntu-Arizona Weekly Newsletter, Issue #33 for the week
January 14 - January 20.

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        Summary of the January 20, 2008 meeting

johnc4510 called the meeting to order at 9:00 PM

There were no new members to introduce.

johnc4510 began the meeting by welcoming rsthree back to the meetings.

johnc4510 then made some announcements from the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter:

1. Announcing a mockup contest for kubuntu.org The aim is to find a new
layout for the official Kubuntu website:  http://www.kubuntu.org More
information for the contest can be found on 
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Kubuntu/WebsiteMockups. If you want to enter,
making up a new web page for Kubuntu

2. Oakland University Replaces UNIX with Ubuntu - The School of
Engineering and Computer Science (SECS) now uses Linux for CAD/CAM/CAE
applications. 
http://www.ubuntu.com/products/casestudies/oakland-university

3. Ubuntu supports technology-enabled teaching at The Johns Hopkins
University - John Hopkins uses Ubuntu as the OS platform for its
BigBoard <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BigBoard> support system. 
http://www.ubuntu.com/products/casestudies/johns-hopkins

4. The tutorial of this week is "HOWTO: RT2500, etc. wireless cards
[Gutsy Gibbon]," by wieman01. While the thread is specific to a
particular range of hardware, it stands out as a tutorial that's well
written, concise, clearly documented and constantly maintained. If you
have a Ralink-based wireless adapter, you'll want to look it over; if
you don't, it's still worth reading as an excellent example of a
how-to.  http://tinyurl.com/2g

Then, johnc4510 listed information on our Team Server:

1. Our Server is at  http://ubuntuaz.selfip.com/

2. Team Stats are at  http://ubuntuaz.selfip.com/~ianmcorvidae/
<http://ubuntuaz.selfip.com/%7Eianmcorvidae/>

3. gtetrinet server address:  http://ubuntuaz.selfip.com/ Install the
game from the repos, launch, hit the connect button and type in the
address. Up to 6 can play. fast paced and fun for all. The more playing
the better the game.

In addition, the computer club jsonders belongs to in Green Valley does
Linux introductory support every 4th Wed of the month. To view their
support page:  http://members.cox.net/jsonder/linuxintro.html. johnc4510
offered, on behalf of the team, to help jsounder however we could.

Last week we discussed having a barcamp and a couple of install fests,
barcamp being an open source conference and incorporating a state wide
meet up at the same time. The idea is to promote open source in AZ and
support for the LUG in the state and maybe get some of the inactive
members to show up for the conference. Some of them have never attended
a meeting. This will be on the calendar for the last half of the year.

Install fests. We decided on 2 during the year, about 6 wks after the
release of the two yearly ubuntu versions. 24 April is release date on
web for the 8.04 release. So first week in june might be good then for
the first install fest. This week, johnc4510 is going to make a wiki
page for the install fests. He'll post it in the topic so everyone can
see the address. He'll put in the basics and leave a section at the
bottom for comments and ideas. Any member can go in and edit the wiki
page and add constructive ideas. Please add comments so he can get an
idea of what everyone thinks. He'll also try to set up a wiki page for
the barcamp idea. If he do, he'll post it's addy in the topic too. tyche
suggested that we might want to put out special announcements on the
mailing list, too, for those who aren't in channel. johnc4510 agreed.
So, as soon as we have the pages up, we'll get an email together and
post it to the team mail list.

johnc4510 wondered if Google in Phoenix would be interested in
sponsoring the barcamp and also to donate space for it. johnc4510 then
added that he would have to Google around to see who to contact.
Probably their marketing representative in Phoenix, though. Phoenix is
pretty central in the state, too. We need to contact some of the other
loco's who have done a barcamp, and ask some questions about how they
went about organizing and getting people for talks. We want some good
folks for talks and of course we should do a talk on Ubuntu. johnc4510
volunteered to contact the other LoCos <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCos>
about the barcamp.

johnc4510 then asked if anyone had a projector to hook up to a laptop,
for giving a presentation. Soldats replied that he had one, and would be
willing to lend it to the Team. jsounder responded that we'd need to
check compatiblility of connectors and drivers. kennymc0 suggested that
if we have it before he graduates he could ask school and see if he can
get a room for this.

johnc4510 then was wondering what subjects would interest everyone for
the conference. Various ideas for presentations were suggested,
including linux security, wireless, video driver installation, Wine and
VirtualBox <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VirtualBox> or VMWare, and system
administration. soldats suggested that if there are move novice people
there should be some sort of visual demonstration on basic commands to
use in everyday computing. rsthree suggested overcoming terminal
phobias. Other suggestions were graphics programs like inkscape, gimp,
etc., troubleshooting, command line, and basic messaging. Also suggested
were peripherals, such as joysticks, cameras, video cameras, and scanners.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:48 PM


      Credits

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      CraigAEddy <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CraigAEddy>

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      Johnc4510 <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Johnc4510>

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