[ubuntu-us-in] Notes from 2007-09-10 Indiana LoCo team meeting

[Jason Corfman]

I apologize for missing the meeting the other night, but I have a good 
excuse. A friend of mine picked up a used computer from his local 
library the other day. It was a decent system for $20 (2.4 Ghz Pentium 
4, 512 MB memory, 40 GB harddrive), but it didn't have an operating 
system. So he asked me over Monday to install Linux on it while we 
watched the big football game (Who Dey!). He had heard me talk about 
Linux for years and finally had the opportunity to try it out for 
himself on his own system. So he is now running K/Ubuntu 7.04 as his 
second computer. So far, he likes what he sees (although he would be 
happier if the system had a sound card and a DVD drive, but that is a 
hardware issue, not a software issue, and he can't complain too loudly 
for $20).

So my excuse for missing an Ubuntu users meeting was I was installing 
Ubuntu for at least one new Linux user (I don't know whether his wife 
and son will touch the system or not, but I know he will).

Jason Corfman

Robert Freeman-Day wrote:
> Michael,
>
> Thanks for posting the synopsis.  I was not able to attend and have
> not posted to the forums much (yet).  Thank you for keeping us all in
> the loop.
>
> Robert
>
> On 9/11/07, Michael Schultheiss <schultmc at cinlug.org> wrote:
>   
>> The Indiana LoCo team [1] held its sixth monthly meeting in
>> #ubuntu-indiana on irc.freenode.net on 2007-09-10 at 8:00 PM EDT.  8
>> team members participated in the meeting.
>>
>> Several LoCo team members are planning on attending the Ohio Linux
>> Fest[2] in Columbus, OH on Saturday, September 29, 2007.  Carpools and
>> in person meetups are being planned.  We're thinking of getting together
>> for lunch at the conference on Saturday.  Additional meetups are also
>> being considered by people who will be in Columbus longer.  Our team
>> logo was approved by the Ubuntu Trademark Committee and team merchandise
>> (T-shirts and a Polo shirt at the moment) are available from our
>> CafePress store [3].  Team members are encouraged to wear a team T-shirt
>> at Ohio Linux Fest to make meetups easier.
>>
>> The next release of Ubuntu, Gutsy Gibbon, is scheduled to be released on
>> Thursday, October 18, 2007.  The Indiana LoCo team is planning a Release
>> Party for Saturday, October 20, 2007.  Our current plan is to have a
>> group dinner at a restaurant in Indianapolis.  The Claddagh Irish
>> Pub [4] was mentioned as a possible location.  The finalized location
>> will be decided on the mailing list or forums.  Stay tuned for updates!
>>
>> We adjourned at ~9:00 PM EDT.  Further discussion is welcome on the
>> mailing list or forums.
>>
>> If you're interested, a log [5] of the meeting is available.  The actual
>> meeting is at the top of the log.
>>
>> Thanks to everyone who participated in the IndianaLoCo team meeting.
>> We're off to a great start!  See you online!
>>
>> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IndianaTeam
>> [2] http://www.ohiolinux.org
>> [3] http://www.cafepress.com/inloco
>> [4] http://www.claddaghirishpubs.com/
>> [5] http://logs.ubuntu-eu.org/free/2007/09/11/%23ubuntu-indiana.html
>>
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