[ubuntu-us-ma] SETC

[Daniel Hollocher]

Here is the website: http://www.tech-center-enlightentcity.tv/

It is a community computer center.  Martin used to run classes there
every Tuesday, and we used to have the occasional meetings there.

Right now, there is nothing formal happening on Tuesdays.  It is an
open question as to how folks can participate.  My plan is to just
show up occasionally, and see what is going on for myself.

Dan



On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Dave Hunt <ka1cey at gmail.com> wrote:
>  What is this place?  You say that Tuesday is Ubuntu Night.  What does this
> mean, and how can I participate?  You mention donated computers?  I may be
> able to help with those.  I have two, both with Lucid, in addition to the
> one I use daily.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
>
> Dave
>
>
> On 10/10/10 00:35, Daniel Hollocher wrote:
>>
>> Hey folks,
>> I talked with Mel about the SETC, and it sounds like there are still
>> opportunities for us there.
>> Tuesday nights are still reserved as an Ubuntu night and apparently
>> there are still a couple people that show up (regulars).  We are still
>> welcome to use that night to do Ubuntu stuff.
>>
>> I think the introduction of all the Macs presented a problem.  Mel's
>> thinking behind that was that he wanted to make available OSX,
>> Windows, and Ubuntu as options for people, and he assumed that we
>> would be able to work with that.  I think we have to respect that the
>> SETC is a general computing center serving the community at large, so
>> it makes sense that he would want to provide access to all the major
>> computing environments.  Mel is very willing to help make things work,
>> ie if the macs are a pain to setup Ubuntu on, there are still some pc
>> computers around, whatever.
>>
>> Also, it is still the policy to recommend Ubuntu on the donated computers.
>>
>> Hopefully we can make use of the SETC, at least keep it on our radar.
>> Mel would really like for us to maintain a relationship.  Even though
>> the situation may not end up living up to expectations, we can still
>> be a part of the SETC.  We can't really have an fsf-approved, all or
>> nothing attitude toward the situation.  There are still things that
>> linux can't do, or can't do very well.  We can't expect everyone to be
>> happy with linux now.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>
>



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