[DC LoCo] CoderDojoDC needs Ubuntu tech support! ;)

[Robert Simmons]

On a side note, what does playing Minecraft have to do with
learning/teaching code?  Perhaps a better idea would be to include
some basic Minecraft moding?
http://mcp.ocean-labs.de/index.php/Main_Page

Stuff like this, for example:
http://mcp.ocean-labs.de/index.php/MCP_Mod_System:_Basic_Block_Tutorial

On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 7:40 AM, Jason Blum <jason.blum at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
>  I am scrambling to prep seven Ubuntu 12.04 laptops to run
> https://minecraft.net/download in time for our meeting Saturday:
> http://CoderDojoDC.com/next - I bring these laptops for kids to use who are
> unable to bring their own.
>
> if anyone can write up the steps to get minecraft.jar running on Ubuntu
> 12.04, I'm not real technical and keep running into advice not to use
> openJDK and to use Oracle instead, but then apt-get install
> oracle-java7-installer can't be found, etc.
>
>
> Incidentally, over time I think CoderDojoDC and working with kids (and their
> parents) in general could potentially be a huge venue for promoting Ubuntu,
> FLOSS and Open Source values in general, so Kevin, Brian or anyone else -
> you guys are always welcome to come out to talk (or provide technical
> support :).
>
> We could probably even set up a "tech-support-google-hangout" in the corner
> of the room, where kids can go to meet with any one of you who can be online
> Saturday mornings, but can't quite make the long haul all the way out to
> Silver Spring...
>
> Anyway Im just swamped with the logistics of this club (room, wifi,
> registration, cabling, tables, etc., etc.) so if anyone would like to get
> involved, simple tech support would be a massive help!
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Jason
>
> P.S. we're also always looking for teachers on anything nerdy:
> snap-circuits, how to read a binary clock, Python programming, Rasberry
> Pi's, whatever.  We'll also gladly take any not-terribly-old laptops to make
> available to kids unable to bring their own:
> https://twitter.com/CoderDojoDC/status/298024904194924544
>
>
>
>
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