[Ubuntu PA] NTR Laptop Project: need volunteers

John A Back opensourcepen at gmail.com
Tue Jan 15 03:06:43 GMT 2008


Kevin - Quick question, is there anything special I should know about 
parking in the area? - Thanks, John

Kevin Valentine wrote:
> John A Back wrote:
>   
>> Hi Kevin, 
>>
>> I am happy to help and your Saturday plan sounds fine. Will we be 
>> working at NTR on Bradywine Street in Philly?
>>
>> Being a relatively new convert to Linux and open source I will need a 
>> little assistance in getting started but my experience goes back to 70's 
>> and the Radio Shack Trash80 along with the Apple II so I'll be an 
>> independent worker in short order.
>>
>> Are you thinking of next Saturday the 19th?
>>
>> Looking forward to helping,
>> John
>>     
>
> Thanks John, glad you can help.  Yes, the tentative plan is to meet at
> NTR on the 19th.  I got a reply from Stan saying that between 12 and 2pm
> would be good for him.  Another guy we really want to talk to is Ayende
> but he's in a board meeting with Stan until noon.  I'll show you around
> and you may get a demo of a salvaged laptop.
>
> Hah, I had a Trash80 when I was a kid.  Fun stuff!  We'll be using DSL
> and Puppy with these laptops.  In the mean time, take a look at the DSL
> and Puppy sites for more info:
> http://damnsmalllinux.org/
> http://puppylinux.org/
>
> -kevin
>
>   



Kevin Valentine wrote:
> John A Back wrote:
>   
>> Hi Kevin,
>>
>> I am happy to help and your Saturday plan sounds fine. Will we be 
>> working at NTR on Bradywine Street in Philly?
>>
>> Being a relatively new convert to Linux and open source I will need a 
>> little assistance in getting started but my experience goes back to 70's 
>> and the Radio Shack Trash80 along with the Apple II so I'll be an 
>> independent worker in short order.
>>
>> Are you thinking of next Saturday the 19th?
>>
>> Looking forward to helping,
>> John
>>     
>
> Thanks John, glad you can help.  Yes, the tentative plan is to meet at
> NTR on the 19th.  I got a reply from Stan saying that between 12 and 2pm
> would be good for him.  Another guy we really want to talk to is Ayende
> but he's in a board meeting with Stan until noon.  I'll show you around
> and you may get a demo of a salvaged laptop.
>
> Hah, I had a Trash80 when I was a kid.  Fun stuff!  We'll be using DSL
> and Puppy with these laptops.  In the mean time, take a look at the DSL
> and Puppy sites for more info:
> http://damnsmalllinux.org/
> http://puppylinux.org/
>
> -kevin
>
>   



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