[CoLoCo] resources for a linux newbie in the Denver area

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Question1: I would just recommend that she joins this group and fires off
questions as she has them.
Question2: I was looking to possibly pick up a Zune a few years ago so I
researched this very topic.....and from what I read back then and have read
recently Zune/Amarok and Zune/Songbird don't completely work yet. The issue
from what I have read is that the Zune uses a slightly different transfer
protocol then MTP (which was the transfer protocol created by Microsoft for
these very devices), instead they use a protocol known as MTPZ. Any other
MTP devices should work, just not the Zunes. I don't know about Amarok but I
know that the Songbird team has an open bug with Microsoft/Zune and are
working hard on getting this resolved.

-Simon

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 6:55 AM, Jeffrey LePage <jeffrey_lepage at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> One of the teachers at the school where I do IT work wants to get a linux
> laptop.  She has the opportunity to buy a very cheap no-OS laptop, but she
> doesn't want to pay extra for a copy of windows.  And she's heard terrible
> things about Vista.
>
> She's moderately familiar with Ubuntu as she uses it every day on her
> school desktop.  I'm helping her along, and I've pointed her to the local
> LUG's, etc.  The one piece of software that she really _needs_ is something
> to work with her Zune.  A few minutes of googling suggests that the Zune
> works (almost) with amarok as long as you compile in libmtp.
>
> Question1: what good Denver area resources are there for newbies?  I've
> already suggested the local LUG's and possibly attending an installfest.
> Question2: Any recent (Ubuntu 8.04/8.10) experience with Zune/Amarok?
>
>
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