What do you want from the tx loco?

[Skip Guenter]

They can save the Mint install step too... let us do it: 
http://www.heliosinitiative.org/index.html

We'll take anything that's > 2GHz and can be upgraded to 512MB (except 
CRTs).

Dan Healy wrote:
> At the last Ubuntu meeting, 6/23/10, Jonny Nguyen and I were the only 
> attendants.  For me it was one of the most beneficial I have 
> attended.  We talked about programming and I got a lot of useful 
> information, and I was programming before he was born.  That is 
> community. 
>
> I am working on a web based project and have received a lot of help 
> from this group by simply asking questions.  That is community. 
>
> I have successfully tested my project on Amazon Web Services.  Just 
> getting it moved to AWS was quite a project and I have learned a lot.  
> If anyone wants to do that I would be willing to help.  That is community.
>
> I have volunteered at our church to help with their computer 
> facilities.  They have a problem disposing with obsolete computers.  
> They don't want to have to buy the licenses to install Windows to give 
> the computers away.  I suggested Ubuntu.  Their reaction was "...what 
> is that?"  They had heard the word but didn't know what it was.  Their 
> professional consultant supported my recommendation and suggested they 
> install Mint as it was closer to Windows.  They have done so and it is 
> working fine.
>
> Next meeting, 7/21/10, Holiday Inn Sports Bar, 7:00 pm???  Let's get 
> together and talk about what we are doing useful and how we can help 
> each other and the rest of the city.
>
> Dan H.
>
> On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Daniel VanStone 
> <webmaster at catcodesigns.net <mailto:webmaster at catcodesigns.net>> wrote:
>
>     What do I want in a LoCo?
>
>     I believe what everyone has basically said so far is all to the same
>     tune. 'Community'
>
>     A community that works and help each other. Not that someone is
>     going to
>     take my daily duties but more just the:
>
>     open conversations
>     mentoring
>     Community involvement
>     Professional Advice
>
>     Or in simple terms a group working to help members of the group
>
>
>
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