[Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" Beta
Just a refresher for you: the beta version of Ubuntu 19.04's on the cdimage.ubuntu.com server. Jump in early! Have fun! Charlie "carbonzero" Luna -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Mastodon account
Hey folks. This is an official announcement to let you know that the team now has an official account on the Mastodon service. Mastodon is like Twitter and has a lot of the same functionality. Please go to mastodon.technology and search for Ubuntu California and follow the account. Have a great weekend and thank you! Charlie Luna IRC: carbonzero -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu Hour
Ubuntu Hour: I've had the greatest idea. I'm in Lancaster twice per week and both of those times are on campus at school with many, many students. What better way to have an Ubuntu Hour at a school? I'll need to do some preliminary scouting for the best place to do it and ask the proper questions but this is awesome. Haven't thought of this until now.I still want to do Ubuntu Hours in Apple Valley, too. So what I'll do is this: two Ubuntu Hours per week, granted my schedule allows for it. One in Lancaster and one in Apple Valley. This makes me feel very good. Upcoming days and times will be announced upon securing a location to sit down and do this. \○/Charlie LunaIRC: "carbonzero"-- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] ALERT
Team, I feel that I'm in a better position now to declare my hard lockdown ended. All security measures have been updated and if you still notice anything odd from my social media accounts, emails, or anything, let me know. Luckily, the laptop that was taken was encrypted and required a login password and so that person won't have an easy time getting into it if at all. Charlie Luna 'carbonzero' on IRC On 3/8/19 9:12 AM, Charlie wrote: Thank you for the info Michael. I'll check out that website. I had a lack of common sense and I hadn't written down the serial number of the laptop. I remembered the exact model, the stickers on the screen/lid and the OS I use (kubuntu). Luckily it was in suspend and needed a password to get back in. Ha! Take that criminal! And don't worry, the laptop I'm getting today has some sweet features and I plan to encrypt it all over again. I'm going to be checking with local pawn shops on Tuesday to see if they've seen it. -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] ALERT
Thank you for the info Michael. I'll check out that website. I had a lack of common sense and I hadn't written down the serial number of the laptop. I remembered the exact model, the stickers on the screen/lid and the OS I use (kubuntu). Luckily it was in suspend and needed a password to get back in. Ha! Take that criminal! And don't worry, the laptop I'm getting today has some sweet features and I plan to encrypt it all over again.I'm going to be checking with local pawn shops on Tuesday to see if they've seen it.-- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Yesterday's events
Yesterday, I attempted to inform all of you that I was in hard lockdown after my Jeep was broken into and my backpack, which contained my laptop, homework and other items, was stolen from my vehicle at around 5:20am. I had stopped at a Starbucks near my college campus in order to get some coffee and get to campus for class.This incident happened right in front of a security camera mounted below the sign of the Sprint Store right beside the Starbucks in the same building. The Jeep got repaired but my belongings were gone for good.On that laptop was a setup using Kubuntu and Ubuntu Studio controls/packages to demonstrate how you can have Ubuntu Studio software, namely the audio production pieces, on any flavor of Ubuntu besides the default Ubuntu Studio installation.At one moment, I contemplated several things. Quitting school and backing out of SCALE.By the time I arrived at home, and it was a damn cold ride but I survived, I got word about something that brought me to my knees and cried.My fathet-in-law was buying me a brand new laptop, an amazing piece of hardware, and these heavily encouraging words and I quote:"Charlie,Jenny got with me today about what happened to you at school. I was all over the emotional spectrum. From sad, to worried, to outright mad at the person who'd do such a thing to such a good man who's doing his damndest to get ahead in a fastly changing world that needs someone like. You take care of my Jenny better than anybody I've ever seen, including me. You're a sweet, intelligent and caring young man and I can't sit here and just let you give up on your dreams. In light of that, I've taken the liberty of doing something for you to help you get back on track. I ordered a brand new laptop (*: my edit here, the specs he listed made my jaw hit the floor), for you with your favorite mouse and it'll be delivered by the time you get from SCALE. I insist on doing this for you because you mean the world to my daughter and to me and I absolutely want to help you achieve your academic and career goals. Now, another thing. I know you're rattled hard. I was told what you said to Jenny. It broke my heart. The above actions were in part for that. The other parts, I can only do in person. Call me and/or come see me when you can. I love you, son. Dad"I admit, I was speechless. My father-in-law is a good man. He's adamant about education and having a career that you love. That's why I won't let vehicular burglarly ruin my day today at SCALE. I'll be there from 14:00-18:00. I hope everyone has a family like I've got. Family who are adamant on helping others. That's the beauty of being involved with this team and the Linux community in general. We believe in helping each other learn and create. I know this has been a rather heartfelt email but I wanted to come forward with it because I believe in keeping you in the loop. Thank you for listening/reading and if you can, come to SCALE this weekend. It's my first time and I want to meet all of you. Thank you for being my friends and family and mentors on a road that's gorgeous from all views. Charlie Lunaubuntu-california.org'carbonzero' on IRC.-- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] ALERT
ALERT: my jeep was broken into and my laptop was stolen. I'm in lockdown mode as of right now. This occurred at a starbucks near my school. any odd behavior from any of my accounts isn't me. i'm in the process of getting everything locked downbe on alert! charlie luna-- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Fwd: [ubuntu-studio-users] Fwd: UbuntuStudio flavor status in jeopardy, action needed [Was, Re: [Ubuntu Studio] Cry For Help]
my friends,I'm sharing this with you because Ubuntu Studio is in jeopardy. I use it for all of my audio production. please support it with a branded tshirt or something. The guys who work on it are super cool and amazing talent. Ubuntu Studio needs to remain an official flavor. this a virtual call for action. please don't let it die.charlie 'carbonzero' luna-- Forwarded message --From: Erich Eickmeyer Date: Mar 6, 2019 09:10Subject: [ubuntu-studio-users] Fwd: UbuntuStudio flavor status in jeopardy, action needed [Was, Re: [Ubuntu Studio] Cry For Help]To: Ubuntu Studio Development ,ubuntu-studio-us...@lists.ubuntu.comCc: Hi all,Please see the forwarded email below. I'm forwarding this to you so that you can see the dire need we have at this time for a MOTU to step-in, sponsor the packages that we need sponsoring, and then sponsor myself and/or Ross to become Per-Package Uploaders (PPU). There is a meeting on Monday to decide this. I have to have my application (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Eickmeyer/DeveloperApplication) done by Friday, which means the packages awaiting sponsorship must be sponsored and Ross and/or Myself must be sponsored as well by said sponsor. If this does not happen, then there will not be a 19.04 release, which could effectively kill Ubuntu Studio as an official flavor of Ubuntu.So, please spread the word, and try to rally support to keep this effort afloat.Thanks,< div>ErichErich EickmeyerCouncil ChairUbuntu Studioubuntustudio.org-- Forwarded message --From: Steve Langasek Subject: UbuntuStudio flavor status in jeopardy, action needed [Was, Re: [Ubuntu Studio] Cry For Help]Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2019 14:23:18 -0800To: developer-membership-board@lists.ubuntu.comCc: technical-board@lists.ubuntu.com, Erich Eickmeyer , Ross Gammon Dear DMB, In October 2016, I wrote a mail to ask the DMB to revisit their approach to the question of Ubuntu upload rights for Ross Gammon, in light of the fact that this meant the difference between having or not having any uploaders on the team of an official flavor, UbuntuStudio. Because there has been some turnover on the DMB since then, and because I'm adding some new cc:s here (including the TB), I'll quote my original email for context: On Tue, Oct 04, 2016 at 10:49:57AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: Hi Ross, On Tue, Oct 04, 2016 at 07:11:06PM +0200, Ross Gammon wrote: > Hi Laney & Steve, > Thanks for helping us out in the Ubuntu Studio Team. I know you guys > already have plenty on the go. > As Set says, I did apply to be a Contributor. But, because I had only a > few uploads in Ubuntu (I am a DM in Debian), and all to different > sponsors, I didn't manage to get any endorsements. It didn't help that > I emailed all the sponsors just before the northern hemisphere holidays > either :-) > Anyway, after a few more sponsored uploads you can expect a fresh > application to the DMB. I will probably ask for PPU rights to the > ubuntustudio-* packages first. And then I will begin working towards > rights to the Ubuntu Studio package set (which needs a little update by > the way). I think it's important that we as a community not be overly process-bound here. It is of course still necessary to make sure the people asking for upload rights are trustworthy and know what they're doing, but we're talking here about a situation where an official Ubuntu flavor has an active community but no active members with upload rights. Fixing this should not require multiple round trips to the DMB for them to grant gradually more permissions over a span of months; the Ubuntu Studio package set exists to serve the needs of the Ubuntu Studio community, and it should be uncontroversial for the folks who are actually maintaining Ubuntu Studio to be given access to this package set. I am cc:ing the DMB to make sure they're aware of this situation, and to ask them to proactively address this gap for the Ubuntu Studio team. While this resulted in some email discussion with members of the DMB at the time, there was apparently no formal follow-up by the DMB, and I am dismayed to learn that two years on the situation remains unchanged and there are no active members of the ubuntustudio team with upload rights to the Ubuntu archive, which only came to my attention because of Erich Eickmeyer's email this weekend to ubuntu-release: On Sat, Mar 02, 2019 at 11:54:38AM -0800, Erich Eickmeyer wrote: [Sent to: Ubuntu Studio Development, Ubuntu MOTUs, Ubuntu Release Team] Hello all, Over the course of the past few months, myself, Len Ovens, and Ross Gammon have been working hard on updating the Ubuntu Studio tools. In particluar, we have done a number of things to the tools: * Updated Ubuntu Studio Controls (ubuntustudio-controls) with a number of bug fixes * Renamed Ubuntu Studio Meta Installer to Ubuntu Studio Installer (ubuntustudio-installer) and
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] mastodon account
jacky: that's cool! what's your username on there?
On 2/1/19 12:22 PM, Jacky Alciné wrote:
I'm on there a lot, it's a good idea! I even have my personal
consultancy on it as well
On Fri, Feb 1, 2019, 10:30 AM charlie <mailto:i...@soulgrave.com> wrote:
hey guys. I was told about this Twitter equivalent service called
Mastodon and I've tried it out and I think it's an awesome alternate
choice to twitter. I'm up for making a team account on there as
well as
having the Twitter account for the team, too. Can never have too much
publicity. I'd like to get a consensus from everyone about it and
then
go from there. Adding this to the accounts will give us three outlets
for publicity. Thanks!
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[Ubuntu-US-CA] mastodon account
hey guys. I was told about this Twitter equivalent service called Mastodon and I've tried it out and I think it's an awesome alternate choice to twitter. I'm up for making a team account on there as well as having the Twitter account for the team, too. Can never have too much publicity. I'd like to get a consensus from everyone about it and then go from there. Adding this to the accounts will give us three outlets for publicity. Thanks! -- Charlie Luna ubuntu-california.org -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Fwd: Announcing Keynote Speaker and Schedule
Just got this from the SCALE team and I'm posting it here in case anyone's not on their mailing list. Charlie Luna ubuntu-california.org Begin forwarded message: > From: SCALE TEAM > Date: January 29, 2019 at 09:59:54 PST > To: ircsur...@icloud.com > Subject: Announcing Keynote Speaker and Schedule > > The SCALE Team is excited to share Mitchell Hashimoto will be joining us at > SCALE17x as our keynote speaker! > > Mitchell will share his experiences in growing HashiCorp and it's > communities from their start as dorm room open source projects. > The keynote will be on Saturday, March 9th. > https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/17x/presentations/growing-hashicorp-dorm-room-oss > > We are also happy to share that the full schedule is now available! View > the schedule at: > https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/17x/schedule > > Make sure you register soon, as prices increase February 25th. > https://register.socallinuxexpo.org/reg6/ > > > To volunteer please contact us via email at st...@socallinuxexpo.org > > We look forward to seeing you in Pasadena! > The SCALE Team > > -- > If you do not want to receive any more newsletters, > https://lists.linuxfests.org/lists/?p=unsubscribe&uid=85b7de6e3d482357f023975df7e8d254 > > To update your preferences and to unsubscribe visit > https://lists.linuxfests.org/lists/?p=preferences&uid=85b7de6e3d482357f023975df7e8d254 > > > -- powered by phpList, www.phplist.com -- > -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] launchpad issues
hmm, ok. must just be my account then. i'll have to dig into it some more. thanks, nathan. On 1/27/19 12:14 PM, Nathan Haines wrote: On 1/27/19 12:02 PM, charlie wrote: Have any of you had problems logging into launchpad? I've been trying for about 20 minutes and I can't get in. Just tried it and succeeded with no issues. -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] launchpad issues
Have any of you had problems logging into launchpad? I've been trying for about 20 minutes and I can't get in. charlie -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Massive Collection #1 Breach Exposes 773 Million Emails
Please read this and check your email addresses! I know data breaches are becoming commonplace these days and that's truly sad but it's something we must anticipate and make absolutely sure all of our online accounts have different passwords and now to change them all again. Sigh. But these things are very serious to me since I value privacy at all costs and I want all of you and others around the world to be safe and protected. https://gizmodo.com/mother-of-all-breaches-exposes-773-million-emails-21-m-1831833456 Charlie Luna ubuntu-california.org -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Hi, what can I do?
Jacky, Same here but down here in Apple Valley. Hopefully I'll return to IRC very soon. A lot going on right now. Charlie Luna ubuntu-california.org > On Dec 12, 2018, at 10:10, Jacky Alcine wrote: > > Hey Charlie! > > It's been some time. Out here living and enjoying the sunny yet frosty nature > of the Bay. Lemme hop into that IRC room. > >> On Wednesday, 12 December 2018 03:55:59 PST Charlie Luna wrote: >> Hey Jacky! How have you been? >> >> Charlie Luna >> >> ubuntu-california.org >> >>> On Dec 12, 2018, at 00:29, Jacky Alciné wrote: >>> >>> Hey Jim! Nice to meet you! >>> >>> Now I feel compelled to introduce myself too. I'm out in Northern >>> California myself. In Oakland (like two hours from ya!)> >>>> On Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 11:43 PM Jim Nessen >>> Howdy everyone... >>>> >>>> I’ve been a lurker for awhile now and just rejoined the team on >>>> launchpad. I just wanted to see how I could help out the group, whether >>>> it be providing resources for hosting stuff, or whatever! >>>> >>>> I plan on hopping into IRC in the next few days to say hi! >>>> >>>> I am located in Northern California (live in Dixon and work in >>>> Sacramento). >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> Jim >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone > > > -- > Jacky Alcine > > Work: https://black.af > Blog: https://jacky.wtf/weblog/ -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Hi, what can I do?
Hey Jacky! How have you been? Charlie Luna ubuntu-california.org > On Dec 12, 2018, at 00:29, Jacky Alciné wrote: > > Hey Jim! Nice to meet you! > > Now I feel compelled to introduce myself too. I'm out in Northern California > myself. In Oakland (like two hours from ya!) > >> On Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 11:43 PM Jim Nessen > Howdy everyone... >> >> I’ve been a lurker for awhile now and just rejoined the team on launchpad. >> I just wanted to see how I could help out the group, whether it be providing >> resources for hosting stuff, or whatever! >> >> I plan on hopping into IRC in the next few days to say hi! >> >> I am located in Northern California (live in Dixon and work in Sacramento). >> >> Thanks! >> >> Jim >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> -- >> Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list >> Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Hi, what can I do?
hello Jim! Welcome back! Allow me to introduce myself as well. My name's Charlie Luna. I've been with the team now for almost three years and I'm located here in Apple Valley, way south of you, near San Bernardino. Some ways you can help are to have Ubuntu Hours, being active on the Ubuntu California twitter and facebook accounts (I'm an admin of both accounts and you can search for our FB page and Twitter account), hosting events such as installfests or whatever you can dream of. We've got Scale 17x coming in March (if memory serves me correctly), and we'll have our booth there and we'll be having our UbuCon at the same time and I know we need volunteers to help with the booth. One of the ways that I'm promoting our team is by making clothing (such as the awesome shirt I made for myself a few weeks ago with our team logo, albeit with some of my own mods to it, and having it printed on a shirt and wearing it and answering any and all questions about the website and team. I mentioned above about having Ubuntu Hours. Those are fun to do and you just dedicate an hour of your time at a location of your choice and if you go to meetup.com, you can sign up for that service and then use our team account (I mist admit that I haven't been able to visit our meetup account in some time) to post your Ubuntu Hour. Plus just hanging out on our IRC channel and talking with the crew. An idea I've got that I'm going to be working on once I return home from Los Angeles is to make some team-oriented stickers and a few more items to hand out whenever and wherever I can. If you desire a t-shirt, I can show you what I made and help you get one as well. Just let me kno. I can also point you to the source of the graphics files we've got stored in our launchpad account so you can take those and make whatever you desire as well. Other ideas for you: just about anything you can think of. There's no limit to what you can do to help. I know we discuss each new release at our meetings and if you like, you can pick up a copy of the latest daily build from cdimage.ubuntu.com (be warned though, lately the images have been having issues with the installer crashing upon startup/reboot when you're beginning the installation process. I got told it has something to do with changes in the CSS coding on the server and it affected some of the builds especially with the installer (ubiquity for one since I use kubuntu, but ubiquity may be the installer across all versions of Ubuntu anyway, I should know this by now, whether it is or not, but I don't). If you do the QA testing, you can let us know in our meetings how it's going for you. I know there's a page for QA to log your testing outcomes but I can't remember the address at the moment. Any questions, comments, suggestions, anything, let us know here on the mailing list. I'm exited to see new people come aboard and I look forward to more conversations with you. Oh, I'm known as hangar18 on IRC. Charlie Luna ubuntu-california.org > On Dec 12, 2018, at 00:29, Jacky Alciné wrote: > > Hey Jim! Nice to meet you! > > Now I feel compelled to introduce myself too. I'm out in Northern California > myself. In Oakland (like two hours from ya!) > >> On Tue, Dec 11, 2018, 11:43 PM Jim Nessen > Howdy everyone... >> >> I’ve been a lurker for awhile now and just rejoined the team on launchpad. >> I just wanted to see how I could help out the group, whether it be providing >> resources for hosting stuff, or whatever! >> >> I plan on hopping into IRC in the next few days to say hi! >> >> I am located in Northern California (live in Dixon and work in Sacramento). >> >> Thanks! >> >> Jim >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> -- >> Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list >> Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Holidays
The end of 2018. It got delivered really quick and it brought its own gifts. A nine (yes, 9) day long medical procedure (not me, my wife) and a wedding (my wife's dad, my FIL) will require my full attention until the beginning of 2019. With that, I'll be unavailable for meetings and anything else team related until these personal matters are done and we're on the other side of them. So with this email, I bid ALL of you a happy holiday season. Please, be safe. Please, have fun! That's important! Most of all, be happy and joyous and spread it! If you do need to contact me, you can still email me and I'll try my hardest to get back to you as soon as I can. "The future always looks bright and shiny no matter how dark and ugly, or warm and pleasant it might be today." Charlie Luna ubuntu-california.org -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] team t-shirt
hey everyone. I'm back with another email. I finally received my team based shirt in the mail yesterday and I've got to say I'm very happy and excited to start wearing this awesome piece of merchandise. I'm going to be posting pics of it in the next few days here on the mailing list and on our social media accounts to show you what you can do with Ubuntu and open source software and free files made available on our team Launchpad account in the code section. Can you get one like this? Absolutely. I can help you get one if you need help or don't have the time to do it or you can pull together the files and do something that fits your tastes with any service you prefer. Either way, it's all worth it when you get to promote an awesome Ubuntu Loco Team and the software itself. If you'd like my assistance, feel free to email me personally and I'll help you all I can. Charlie "hangar18" Luna -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Holiday idea
Hey folks! I wanted to bring this up to all of you because I've been sitting here in my office and this idea just came to me and it's amazing. The holidays are coming. A lot of people have the means to get things for others. A lot of people struggle to even find food for the day. With the latter I'm more concerned about here. All of us sit here in front of our computers reading this email. We bought the computer and put Ubuntu on it so we could have all of the benefits of it and have some participation in its continuing mission. To be secure, to be free, to be fast, to be open. Take that ability you've got and apply it to the people who're in need. I propose this. Look around you and find a computer that you don't use anymore. Ask yourself, does it still work? Would it work with Ubuntu? If you said yes to both questions, AWESOME! Now, take that computer, ask this..do you need it for anything? If yes, then ok. If no, do this instead. Donate it to someone in need. Think about it. What better way to empower someone than with a computer with the best operating system in the world installed on it? Imagine handing a used laptop to a person that gives them access to the internet, word processing and other productivity/office software, email, games, and whatever else they need to make their lives easier. Imagine that homeless person who camps out down the street from you. Imagine that person getting a laptop from you and you help them use it and you tell them where they can get free wifi service such as a library or coffee shop. Imagine that person being able to contact a homeless shelter, or family, for help? Or they fill out a job application online and they get a chance to work somewhere. Then that helps them apply for a place to live. Imagine what we can do by just doing that? Sure, what they do with the laptop/desktop computer after you give it to them is up to them. We can all hope that that person takes it and uses it for good reasons to get them back to a healthy, happy and productive life. But if not, that's their choice. Not ours. So for this holiday season, I encourage you to take an older laptop or desktop that you don't use anymore and put Ubuntu on it. Find someone who needs computer access. Give it to them for free. Give them a chance at a better life. With software that's always free, safe, fast and open. We know its benefits. Give those benefits to someone who needs it. Bless you all and I hope you consider this and follow through. I'm going to do it. Will you? Charlie "hangar18" Luna -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu 19.04 development ISOs
Hey folks! Just a note to let you know that the daily builds of Ubuntu 19.04 'Disco Dingo' are available on cdimage.ubuntu.com for testing. This release is an interim version (non-lts) but no details are available yet for what it contains. But, you can get it and start testing it for QA. Have a great weekend! Sent from my iPhone -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Team tshirt design
Additional comment to previous email: The t-shirt can be in a range of colors as can the logo and wording. You don't have to go with what's shown here, I just happen to love black and wear it a lot so I made the prototype in those colors just to show what can be done. Charlie Luna > On Nov 4, 2018, at 19:58, charlie wrote: > > hello fine people! Lately I've been working on a tshirt design using artwork > that was previously done by a member of our team and by using GIMP, I was > able to create a simple design with some slight modifications to the original > artwork so that it works with the color of the first design. Several details > need to be discussed here. First of all, this shirt and any future > merchandise that I can create, won't be for profit. It's all going to be sold > at cost which I think is how much it costs for the printing service to make > the merchandise and the cost of shipping. No profits at all. I'm working with > two services at the moment to get this started and going forward, I'm hoping > to be able to go down to one and that's going to be a local printer. Custom > Ink, which is an online printing service, and a local company called > Splattered Ink, LLC., here in Apple Valley. Custom Ink offers no minimums > only on one, maybe just a couple more, categories so that's going to be very > limited in use and since everything else has a minimum amount before the > order can be placed, I'll go to the local printer and then collect orders > from the team and then when the minimum gets met, the order gets placed. > > Now, for the design, the one I'm showing here is just one of many that I can > do so if you've got a color choice you'd rather have, for the color of the > tshirt, logo and/or writing, then just let me know and I can custom make it > for you. Ubuntu Cali Tshirt > > I'm doing this so we can promote Ubuntu and the team even better than before. > > Once I get the method of payment configured, those details will go out as > well. > > And don't forget to come hang out on our Twitter and Facebook accounts. I'm a > new admin for both accounts and it's been great to have that outlet because I > love promoting something this much. It's just like my love for music and the > experiences I've had in the music world. I'd like to thank Lyz and Nathan for > that opportunity and I hope I make the entire community proud and please, > please let me know if I need to improve something. I'm all ears for > CONSTRUCTIVE criticism, or negative, I can take that, too, lol, about > anything. > > In closing, the community gets better with communication because a community > exists on communication. A city of people who don't talk to one another is > just a city of people living together. A city, county, state or country > becomes a community when we communicate. Let's do that. > > Until next time, keep it free. Keep it secure. Keep it fast. Keep it Ubuntu. > > -- > Charlie Luna > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Team tshirt design
hello fine people! Lately I've been working on a tshirt design using artwork that was previously done by a member of our team and by using GIMP, I was able to create a simple design with some slight modifications to the original artwork so that it works with the color of the first design. Several details need to be discussed here. First of all, this shirt and any future merchandise that I can create, won't be for profit. It's all going to be sold at cost which I think is how much it costs for the printing service to make the merchandise and the cost of shipping. No profits at all. I'm working with two services at the moment to get this started and going forward, I'm hoping to be able to go down to one and that's going to be a local printer. Custom Ink, which is an online printing service, and a local company called Splattered Ink, LLC., here in Apple Valley. Custom Ink offers no minimums only on one, maybe just a couple more, categories so that's going to be very limited in use and since everything else has a minimum amount before the order can be placed, I'll go to the local printer and then collect orders from the team and then when the minimum gets met, the order gets placed. Now, for the design, the one I'm showing here is just one of many that I can do so if you've got a color choice you'd rather have, for the color of the tshirt, logo and/or writing, then just let me know and I can custom make it for you. Ubuntu Cali Tshirt <https://www.customink.com/designs/ubuntucali/ygu0-00bf-pdq5/share?pc=EMAIL-40778&utm_campaign=shared%20design&utm_source=share%20link&utm_medium=shared%20design&utm_content=shared%20desktop> I'm doing this so we can promote Ubuntu and the team even better than before. Once I get the method of payment configured, those details will go out as well. And don't forget to come hang out on our Twitter and Facebook accounts. I'm a new admin for both accounts and it's been great to have that outlet because I love promoting something this much. It's just like my love for music and the experiences I've had in the music world. I'd like to thank Lyz and Nathan for that opportunity and I hope I make the entire community proud and please, please let me know if I need to improve something. I'm all ears for CONSTRUCTIVE criticism, or negative, I can take that, too, lol, about anything. In closing, the community gets better with communication because a community exists on communication. A city of people who don't talk to one another is just a city of people living together. A city, county, state or country becomes a community when we communicate. Let's do that. Until next time, keep it free. Keep it secure. Keep it fast. Keep it Ubuntu. -- Charlie Luna -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] LA Comic Con
Hey guys! I'm going to put this up on the team wiki for meeting discussion but I wanted ask it here as well. As some of us know, if not all, the LA Comic Con's coming this weekend. What would be the consensus for us having a booth there to promote Ubuntu? I know we've got UbuCon at SCALE but I think this would be a great opportunity as well. Reason I'm asking is that I'm in LA today for familial reasons and I follow a lot of comic cons and entertainment related things on various social media outlets and I found out about LA Comic Con and wanted to to know what, if anything, we could do to make an appearance at it. Let me know. Charlie Luna -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Future articles for Full Circle Magazine.
Hey all! I wanted to get this out to all of you about something I'm really passionate about. As some of you may know already, I've got a huge desire to promote not just our team, the Ubuntu California loco team, but Ubuntu and its derivatives, as hard as I can while contributing in whatever ways I'm able to and that includes writing articles for a well known free magazine called Full Circle Magazine . This independent publication's created and published by Ronnie Tucker in the U.K. and he's been doing a phenomenal job of reporting everything concerning Ubuntu. And the contributions of its readers are excellent! And now, I'm doing the same thing. Not only will I be reviewing software and doing opinion pieces, but I'm also going to be doing personal interviews with anyone who's involved with Ubuntu on any level. Whether you just use it as a general user or do programming or even work as an administrator of an IT department where Ubuntu reigns supreme. No matter your skill level or involvement with Ubuntu, I want to interview you. What I've got to offer is a questionnaire of some general questions and then some more directed ones that focus on some current events and I'm looking for any and all who want to participate in this. But why personal interviews? One main reason. It's YOU that puts Ubuntu on the map. It's YOU that works behind the scenes, even as a general user who knows how to file bug reports and that's it. It's YOU who's important and I think personal interviews of the people who use Ubuntu on a daily basis need to be heard from. Sure, Full Circle Magazine does offer opinion articles and reviews and even how-to's. But, I feel there's a major need to take a look at the individuals responsible for all of this stuff, and that's where you come in. I want to pick your brain as much as I can for this. Now, for the disclaimer. The questionnaire I mentioned isn't quite ready just yet since this is the first time I've ever done anything with journalism. It's a refreshing step outside of my circle of usual areas of interest and I'm super happy to be adding this to my list. I'm only doing a questionnaire type of interview because I'm very limited in resources to travel to you to do a face-to-face interview and I know your time's precious and I don't want to take away from that if I can help it. So, in closing, if you're interested in participating in this questionnaire interviews, please let me know. You can reply to this email or send one directly to me and when the questionnaire's finally done, I'll inform you and if you're still interested, I'll send a copy to you. And just so you know, anyone can contribute to it as long as it's related to Ubuntu and its derivatives. Talk with you soon! Charlie Luna IRC username: hangar18 -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu-us-ca Digest, Vol 133, Issue 3
andrew, no, there's not. i checked the team website/wiki and there's not one and i even searched for it on IG and there's nothing. Charlie Luna - Ubuntu California Loco Team member IRC username: hangar18 IRC server: chat.freenode.net ubuntu-california.org > On Aug 28, 2018, at 13:41, Andrew R Gross wrote: > > Is there an instagram page? > > Andrew R Gross > > www.shrad.org > 412.657.5332 > > >> On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 5:09 AM >> wrote: >> Send Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list submissions to >> ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> ubuntu-us-ca-requ...@lists.ubuntu.com >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> ubuntu-us-ca-ow...@lists.ubuntu.com >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Ubuntu-us-ca digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >>1. social media accounts (Charlie) >>2. Re: social media accounts (Lyn Perrine) >>3. Re: social media accounts (Nathan Haines) >> >> >> -- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 19:28:19 -0700 >> From: Charlie >> To: Ubuntu Cali >> Subject: [Ubuntu-US-CA] social media accounts >> Message-ID: <3d4c730d-2321-440c-86e7-6659bc304...@charlieluna.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> I'd like to get a show of hands. I'd love to create some social media >> accounts for our team and I'd also like to oversee them. What's everybody's >> opinion? >> >> Charlie Luna >> >> - >> Ubuntu California Loco Team member >> IRC username: hangar18 >> IRC server: chat.freenode.net >> >> ubuntu-california.org >> -- next part -- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-us-ca/attachments/20180827/2e483481/attachment-0001.html> >> >> -- >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2018 23:15:26 -0700 >> From: Lyn Perrine >> To: Ubuntu US California >> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] social media accounts >> Message-ID: >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >> >> I know they exist for google+ and I am pretty sure a twitter account >> exists. I think I still have access to the Google+ page but have not been >> on there in a while. >> >> On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 7:28 PM Charlie wrote: >> >> > I'd like to get a show of hands. I'd love to create some social media >> > accounts for our team and I'd also like to oversee them. What's everybody's >> > opinion? >> > >> > Charlie Luna >> > >> > - >> > Ubuntu California Loco Team member >> > IRC username: hangar18 >> > IRC server: chat.freenode.net >> > >> > ubuntu-california.org >> > -- >> > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list >> > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com >> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca >> > >> -- next part -- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-us-ca/attachments/20180827/8a6db00b/attachment-0001.html> >> >> -- >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 01:36:48 -0700 >> From: Nathan Haines >> To: ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com >> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] social media accounts >> Message-ID: <1969934b-b5c4-d3f8-51c8-966d76265...@ubuntu.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed >> >> On 08/27/2018 07:28 PM, Charlie wrote: >> > I'd like to get a show of hands. I'd love to create some social media >> > accounts for our team and I'd also like to oversee them. What's >> > everybody's opinion? >> >> Hi Charlie, >> >> Thanks for offering to help out! You can see a list of our existing >> social networking channels here: >> >>
[Ubuntu-US-CA] social media accounts
I'd like to get a show of hands. I'd love to create some social media accounts for our team and I'd also like to oversee them. What's everybody's opinion? Charlie Luna - Ubuntu California Loco Team member IRC username: hangar18 IRC server: chat.freenode.net ubuntu-california.org-- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting frequency
hey guys. I'll address each thing separately here.
Nathan:
meetings: I think having one monthly meeting's good for now since
participation has been low like you said and I've noticed it as well. I
know for myself it'll be ok since I'm about to start school in September
and I'm not really sure how busy I'm going to be but I should still be
able to have time for a monthly meeting. Per your statement about having
meetings just to have them is understandable. Maybe we should start a
new process now where we only have a meeting when there's an absolute
need in order to get a live vote or something. Just an idea. Or if
something does come up on the agenda from someone to discuss, we can do
it via the list or IRC.
I know I've got that tshirt design (with more coming) that I'm looking
to sell and take the proceeds and donate it and that's one way to get
noticed more. My head's so full of ideas and I want to run with them all
and get this Ubuntu machine humming loudly. lol
One of the biggest things I love to do is promote something I love if
I've got enough to do so. What I mean is this. If I'm educated enough
about something where I can talk about it and explain it well enough to
get some interest going, then I'm very stoked. If I've got merchandise
and materials to either sell, give away, hand out, then that's a good
thing as well and I think that's where we need to focus; the promotional
work. Just a simple sticker could even get some interest going. I know
we've got Ubuntu Hours we can do and I'm trying to get back to that.
Promotion's big to me because I've been in the world of music for a long
time and I know what it takes to get the word out about something (be it
a band, concert, festival, album, whatever) even if it means having a
free concert. But, in the world of software and Ubuntu specifically,
there should be an interest in doing Ubuntu Hours, Installfests and even
conventions of our own. Perhaps not as big as SCALE but something like
that because I see and read about Comic Cons nearly every week and I
think that might be a great way to promote Ubuntu. Like the San Diego
Comic Con which seems to be the largest of them all and if we can get a
booth there for our team, WOW!
I'm going to go call the Apple Valley city hall and inquire about the
convention center here and ask how much it'd be to rent it out for a day
or two for a mini-convention. I know that's going to be a task as big as
the universe but I'm really wanting to do something like. Maybe even
have an old-school LAN party there.
Phil:
slack: I'm not a user of that service and I'd be willing to check it out
but I'm more 'old school' and prefer IRC since I've used it since the '90s.
But let me ask this: do we have social media accounts for the team? If
not, I'd be happy handling that since I'm on the computer and my phone a
lot during the day anyway. I'd love to see us on Instagram, twitter,
google+, and (i hate to say it), facebook. maybe even MySpace.
what do you guys think of my ideas?
On 08/22/2018 07:24 PM, Philip Ballew wrote:
What about a slack channel? Many people are logged in to slack for
work and can then keep the channel open to hang out there.
Thanks,
Phil
On Wed, Aug 22, 2018, 19:10 Nathan Haines <mailto:nhai...@ubuntu.com>> wrote:
Hi team,
We've always operated the California LoCo with the idea that most
things
are discussed via the mailing list and online IRC meetings were
held in
real-time to sort of summarize and verify any consensus that had
formed
when it came to making important decisions.
In the past few years, participation both on-list and on IRC has
dropped
precipitously.
I'd like to bring this up for discussion. There are really two
issues
at hand.
The first, is that meetings do take time and interfere with other
plans.
Meetings haven't been well-attended for some time now, and I don't
think having meetings just to have them are very helpful. Would it
be a
good idea to reduce meetings to monthly?
Second, of course, is that participation and activity are very low.
This is a global problem across the Ubuntu Local Community Team
landscape. But we shouldn't take it for granted, either. If
there are
issues that need to be addressed, or improvements to be made, it's
important that I hear from you so that we can all work together to
make
things better.
Let me know if there's anything that you think we could do to help
make
the California team a more interesting thing to be involved in.
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Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu California meeting on Sunday, July 15th, at 7pm PDT
Hey Nathan, thanks for the notice. I'll do my best to be there. Charlie On 07/13/2018 06:43 PM, Nathan Haines wrote: I distinctly remember writing and sending this email on Tuesday night. But apparently not! So here's your bi-weekly reminder email. Sunday, July 15th, we're having our regularly scheduled bi-weekly LoCo meeting at 7pm PDT in #ubuntu-us-ca on chat.freenode.net. There are no items on the agenda at the moment. Feel free to add additional items to the meeting page on the Ubuntu wiki. The meeting page is available here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/18July15 If you are unable to edit the wiki, reply to this message and I'll get your topics added. For help connecting to IRC with a client, see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat Or simply join us via your web browser by going here: http://ubuntu-california.org/chat/ Logs will be available after the meeting and you're welcome to add your comments here on the mailing list if you're unable to attend. -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Confirmed! Microsoft Has Bought GitHub for $7.5 Billion | It's FOSS
I'm against this deal. I don't like a corporate giant jumping into our open source community and exerting its influence with money. We of the free and open source software community need to be alarmed by this and if any of you have code on github, I'd suggest you put it somewhere else. Linux is about being open source and FREE and I don't want anything to do with Microsoft. Microsoft, as you all know, is all about the money and their proprietary software that's weak and virus/malware prone. Their closed environment philosophy is against what we stand for. Mark my word, Microsoft WILL try to cash in on our hard work and make it all about profit and take all the code internal and eschew open source philosophies. If they don't, I'll eat my words. Charlie Luna IRCID: hangar18 https://itsfoss.com/microsoft-github/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=microsoft_buys_github_kernel_417_and_linux_lite_40_released&utm_term=2018-06-07 It’s Official! Microsoft Has Bought GitHub for $7.5 Billion Last updated June 4, 2018 By Abhishek Prakash 28 Comments Earlier a Business Insider report suggested that GitHub is seriously considering a $5 billion buyout from Microsoft. Bloomberg later confirmed that the deal has been finalized and Microsoft is buying GitHub. And Microsoft has now officially announced that it has bought GitHub for $7.5 billion. In case you didn’t know, GitHub is the largest software developer’s community with more than 23 million individual developers from over a million organizations worldwide. A huge number of open source projects use GitHub for development and for hosting their source code. Though GitHub is famous for open source projects, it is a private limited company. Top GitHub Alternatives to Host Your Open Source Project Not the first time Microsoft tries to buy GitHub This is not the first time that Microsoft attempts to buy GitHub. Back in 2016 when GitHub was raising the second round of fundings, Microsoft saw an opportunity for itself. GitHub denied the ‘rumors’ and Microsoft declined to comment on it. Two years later, Microsoft has been successful in its attempt. GitHub complements LinkedIn Microsoft bought job-oriented professional social network LinkedIn for a massive $26 billion in 2015. This was one of biggest tech deals ever. And this huge investment in LinkedIn has already started to pay off for Microsoft. LinkedIn and GitHub complement each other. LinkedIn is the biggest social network for professionals where job aspirants and employers hangout. GitHub is the platform where developers can show off their work. Lately, GitHub has been playing a crucial part in job hunting for software developers. With GitHub in its kitty, Microsoft will surely use it in expanding and strengthening LinkedIn. Embrace, extend and extinguish: The evil philosophy of Microsoft in play again? If I have to look at this Microsoft GitHub deal from the negative aspect, I’ll recall the ‘Embrace, extend and extinguish’ strategy of Microsoft. Two decades back, US Department of Justice found Microsoft’s ‘secret philosophy’ of Embrace, Extend and Extinguish. More than 20 years later, Microsoft seems to continue following the same strategy. GitHub was the favorite place for open source developers to host their open source projects. Then Microsoft entered the screen screaming “Microsoft loves Open Source“. [Embrace] Microsoft used its army of developers to create or contribute to a number of open source projects and thus Microsoft became one of the top contributors on GitHub. [Extend] And now Microsoft has bought GitHub. [Extinguish?] Of course, this is a mere speculation and only time will tell if Microsoft is going to bury GitHub or not. What does it mean to you and open source projects? Microsoft is a name that almost always creates heated arguments in open source communities. Microsoft buying something that is so closely related to open source is certainly going to see plenty of backlashes. I can prophesy that some projects will move to GitHub alternative platforms like GitLab or SourceForge. Most organizations and developers will stay with GitHub at least for some time. What do you think of Microsoft and GitHub deal? As Microsoft buys GitHub, will you continue using it? What difference will this acquisition make for you? Sent from my iPhone-- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu California meeting on Sunday, June 3rd, at 7pm PDT
Nathan, I apologize for not being at the meeting. I wasn't able to be there due to family issues that were taking my focus. I'll catch up with you later on. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 2, 2018, at 13:18, Nathan Haines wrote: > > Tomorrow, June 3rd, we're having our regularly scheduled bi-weekly LoCo > meeting at 7pm PDT in #ubuntu-us-ca on chat.freenode.net. Ubuntu 18.04 > LTS has been released, so let's look at what's coming up next. > > There are no items on the agenda at the moment. Feel free to add > additional items to the meeting page on the Ubuntu wiki. The meeting > page is available here: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/18June03 > > If you are unable to edit the wiki, reply to this message and I'll get > your topics added. > > For help connecting to IRC with a client, see: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat > > Or simply join us via your web browser by going here: > http://ubuntu-california.org/chat/ > > Logs will be available after the meeting and you're welcome to add > your comments here on the mailing list if you're unable to attend. > > -- > Nathan Haines > Ubuntu - https://www.ubuntu.com/ > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] (no subject)
i know i'm late but i can't make it to the meeting. family issues. talk with you soon. Sent from my iPhone -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] heads up
hey team. i wanted to inform you that i've changed my username for IRC yet again. i first changed it to talos7 but i ran into an issue with someone else having a name that was close to that so i'm going with hangar18. have a great weekend. charlie 'hangar18' luna -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Hackers infect 500, 000 consumer routers all over the world with malware | Ars Technica
I'm not sure if this sort of thing concerns any of you, but I just read this and I'm heavily concerned. With this announcement, I'm gearing up to go purchase a suitable desktop computer that I can convert into a router using Ubuntu Server. This type of cybersecurity scares me and it now makes perfect sense to use an unused computer to be a router and other equipment with ubuntu as the OS. We've got the software, Ubuntu Server, and tools and knowledge to stop this. Please do what you can to protect yourself and keep your computers updated. In my opinion, if a router comes off a shelf with software installed by the manufacturer, I don't trust it. I can just as easily convert any computer into an internet server/router on my own using Ubuntu Server and a few other pieces of software. In the name of computer power and security, keep it ubuntu (you choose the distro)! https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/hackers-infect-50-consumer-routers-all-over-the-world-with-malware/ Hackers infect 500,000 consumer routers all over the world with malware VPNFilter can survive reboots and contains destructive "kill" function. by Dan Goodin - May 23, 2018 1:13pm PDT Enlarge / A Linksys WRVS4400N, one of more than a dozen network devices targeted by VPNFilter. Linksys Hackers possibly working for an advanced nation have infected more than 500,000 home and small-office routers around the world with malware that can be used to collect communications, launch attacks on others, and permanently destroy the devices with a single command, researchers at Cisco warned Wednesday. VPNFilter—as the modular, multi-stage malware has been dubbed—works on consumer-grade routers made by Linksys, MikroTik, Netgear, TP-Link, and on network-attached storage devices from QNAP, Cisco researchers said in an advisory. It’s one of the few pieces of Internet-of-things malware that can survive a reboot. Infections in at least 54 countries have been slowly building since at least 2016, and Cisco researchers have been monitoring them for several months. The attacks drastically ramped up during the past three weeks, including two major assaults on devices located in Ukraine. The spike, combined with the advanced capabilities of the malware, prompted Cisco to release Wednesday’s report before the research is completed. Expansive platform serving multiple needs “We assess with high confidence that this malware is used to create an expansive, hard-to-attribute infrastructure that can be used to serve multiple operational needs of the threat actor,” Cisco researcher William Largent wrote. “Since the affected devices are legitimately owned by businesses or individuals, malicious activity conducted from infected devices could be mistakenly attributed to those who were actually victims of the actor. The capabilities built into the various stages and plugins of the malware are extremely versatile and would enable the actor to take advantage of devices in multiple ways.” Sniffers included with VPNFilter collect login credentials and possibly supervisory control and data acquisition traffic. The malware also makes it possible for the attackers to obfuscate themselves by using the devices as nondescript points for connecting to final targets. The researchers also said they uncovered evidence that at least some of the malware includes a command to permanently disable the device, a capability that would allow the attackers to disable Internet access for hundreds of thousands of people worldwide or in a focused region, depending on a particular objective. “In most cases, this action is unrecoverable by most victims, requiring technical capabilities, know-how, or tools that no consumer should be expected to have,” Cisco’s report stated. “We are deeply concerned about this capability, and it is one of the driving reasons we have been quietly researching this threat over the past few months.” Cisco’s report comes five weeks after the US Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and the UK’s National Cyber Security Center jointly warned that hackers working on behalf of the Russian government are compromising large numbers of routers, switches, and other network devices belonging to governments, businesses, and critical-infrastructure providers. Cisco’s report doesn’t explicitly name Russia, but it does say that VPNFilter contains a broken function involving the RC4 encryption cipher that’s identical to one found in malware known as BlackEnergy. BlackEnergy has been used in a variety of attacks tied to the Russian government, including one in December 2016 that caused a power outage in Ukraine. BlackEnergy, however, is believed to have been repurposed by other attack groups, so on its own, the code overlap isn’t proof VPNFilter was developed by the Russian government. Wednesday’s report provided no further attribution to the attackers other than to say they used the IP address 46.151.20
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Tonight's meeting is canceled.
hey nathan! understood. be careful wherever you may be. talk to you on the 3rd. Sent from my iPhone > On May 20, 2018, at 14:07, Nathan Haines wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > Tonight's LoCo meeting on IRC is canceled. > > Sorry for the late notice. I'm traveling and am experiencing some unforeseen > delays. Unfortunately, since I don't know where I'll be at 7pm, there was no > alternate member available to chair the meeting, and the agenda is empty, > I've decided to cancel tonight's meeting. > > Our next meeting will be on June 3rd. I hope to see you all there! > > -- > Nathan Haines > Ubuntu - https://www.ubuntu.com/ > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] update
hey folks, i just wanted to let you know that i'm changing my username from metalbiker to talos7. reason: two parts. one, i just felt some change needed to happen. two, talos is an excellent game available from steam and it deals with philosophy and other elements in a high tech version of an ancient greece-like location. very cool stuff. the 7 is for my 7 string guitar. and it sounds like a really cool planet, galaxy, star, guitar, etc. so yeah, there's that. i also made a decision to acquire another computer for my home server so that i can keep my current desktop for my recording rig so i can't do the ubuntu server write up for that just yet. ubuntu touch: eh, haven't played with my phone lately. been too occupied with other things. i'm not going to do anything with it until after i'm back in school. but by that time, the librem 5 phone from purism should be released and i'll pick that up for sure. i'm gearing up to do ubuntu hours again. finally. the last few months have been crazy busy. but, i'll let you know the day and time i'll be able to do that and i should have a better idea after next weekend. and here's something i'd like for everyone to think about: Hawaii's having a terrible time lately and I'm sure all of you know about it by now. I bring it up because we've got a LOCO team out there and they could use our positive thoughts and maybe even some help of some kind and as well as the civilians who aren't part of the team. Everybody out there needs help. i'm going to see if i can get an agenda item listed to discuss tonight at our meeting. talk with you soon. -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] weird emojis in thunderbird
arnold, have you tried restarting your router/modem? if it's showing your network but not displaying the icon for being connected, it's at least detecting your network so i don't think it's a driver issue, unless i'm wrong. you could also try connecting to your router/modem by ethernet cable to see how that works. if that connects with no issue, then i'd say it's the wifi signal where it may not be strong enough to reach your laptop. have you tried sitting closet to your wifi ap? usually a modem/router restart helps. you could do it either by unplugging everything and giving it like 60 seconds to make sure everything has drained of stored energy and then reconnecting everything. if you know how, you could also get into the router by way of its IP address. usually that's 192.168.1.1 but it may be different for you but that's generally the default IP address for most routers. you just put that in the address bar and enter. the username and password are usually on a label on the router itself. hopefully all of this helps. Sent from my iPhone > On May 7, 2018, at 10:16, Arnold Cohn wrote: > My Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS has suddenly stopped bringing up the WiFi network > connection. > The Ubuntu displays my Wifi network but will not bring up the network > connection. Ran > network-manager restart, but no network connection. > > Can you advise or refer me to someone with knowledge in this area. > > Arnold Cohn > >> On Mon, May 7, 2018 at 9:57 AM, Charlie wrote: >> has anybody has issues with large emojis such has hearts showing up in >> thunderbird? i just installed ubuntu desktop 18.04 to have a look at it >> after using kubuntu 18.04 for a while now, and when i open thunderbird, >> there's large heart icons overlaying the text of my emails. so weird. and >> what's also weird is that this very issue has been there ever since ubuntu >> 18.04 was released as a daily build back last year. at the time, i was >> testing this new version of gnome and the problem persisted even after >> several updates and even reinstalls of new daily builds. i can't remember if >> i filed a bug for this and i'm going to do it again and go back to kubuntu >> 18.04 since i've had much better luck with graphical stability. and no weird >> hearts floating around. it feels like my email's sending me love notes or >> something. lmao like it's saying 'show me some love!' yeah, i'll show you >> love when i delete you, you wretched emails! lol so, i'm heading back to >> kubuntu 18.04 after i file a new bug. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list >> Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] weird emojis in thunderbird
has anybody has issues with large emojis such has hearts showing up in thunderbird? i just installed ubuntu desktop 18.04 to have a look at it after using kubuntu 18.04 for a while now, and when i open thunderbird, there's large heart icons overlaying the text of my emails. so weird. and what's also weird is that this very issue has been there ever since ubuntu 18.04 was released as a daily build back last year. at the time, i was testing this new version of gnome and the problem persisted even after several updates and even reinstalls of new daily builds. i can't remember if i filed a bug for this and i'm going to do it again and go back to kubuntu 18.04 since i've had much better luck with graphical stability. and no weird hearts floating around. it feels like my email's sending me love notes or something. lmao like it's saying 'show me some love!' yeah, i'll show you love when i delete you, you wretched emails! lol so, i'm heading back to kubuntu 18.04 after i file a new bug. Sent from my iPhone -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu California meeting on Sunday, May 6th, at 7pm PDT
cool! thanks for the reminder nathan! i'll be there! On 05/06/2018 04:05 PM, Nathan Haines wrote: Hi everyone, Tonight, May 6th, we're having our regularly scheduled bi-weekly LoCo meeting at 7pm PDT in #ubuntu-us-ca on chat.freenode.net. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has been released, so let's look at what's coming up next. There are no items on the agenda at the moment. Feel free to add additional items to the meeting page on the Ubuntu wiki. The meeting page is available here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/18May06 If you are unable to edit the wiki, reply to this message and I'll get your topics added. For help connecting to IRC with a client, see: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat Or simply join us via your web browser by going here: http://ubuntu-california.org/chat/ Logs will be available after the meeting and you're welcome to add your comments here on the mailing list if you're unable to attend. -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu California meeting on Sunday, April 8th, at 7pm PDT
awesome! i'll be there! > On Apr 6, 2018, at 2:00 AM, Nathan Haines wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > This Sunday, April 8th, we're having our regularly scheduled > bi-weekly LoCo meeting at 7pm PDT in #ubuntu-us-ca on > chat.freenode.net. Now that SCALE is over, it's time to look towards the > upcoming Ubuntu 18.04 LTS release. > > There are no items on the agenda at the moment. Feel free to add additional > items to the meeting page on the Ubuntu wiki. The meeting page is available > here: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/18April08 > > If you are unable to edit the wiki, reply to this message and I'll get > your topics added. > > For help connecting to IRC with a client, see: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat > > Or simply join us via your web browser by going here: > http://ubuntu-california.org/chat/ > > Logs will be available after the meeting and you're welcome to add > your comments here on the mailing list if you're unable to attend. > > -- > Nathan Haines > Ubuntu - https://www.ubuntu.com/ > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Personal recording studio
hey guys! it's me once again and this time I'm reporting on one of my other Ubuntu projects. This one's my very own recording studio. For those of you who may know me a little more, I'm a musician and a biker. One of my long time dreams was to finally have my own recording studio so I could pick up my guitar, put some songs together, do the whole process of engineering, recording, producing, editing, mastering and releasing it out into the world. That dream's one step closer. I picked up a very valuable piece of hardware today that puts me closer to having this recording studio. What I got was a Dell Precision T1600 desktop tower with the Intel Xeon processor and I believe it's a quad core unit with up to 32 GBs of RAM and I can put a high end graphics card inside of it as well. Now I need to find the M-Audio Delta 1010 audio interface, purchase a Shure SM-57 microphone and all of my guitar gear. Why am I telling you this? I'm doing this to show the world that you don't have to spend millions of dollars on equipment and software to record music. This tower cost me a whopping $35! I was thrilled to get this. And another reason I'm talking about this is that I've been a long time user of Ubuntu Studio and I want to record an album using that and show everyone that a professional recording can be done on FREE, OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE! I majored in Music and Audio Engineering back in the 90s and this is that dream coming true. And to keep the mailing list from piling up with my emails about the whole process, I'll put the whole process up on my personal site if I can manage to get that finished up. So this is Ubuntu project #2 for me. #1 was getting my LG Nexus 5 running Ubuntu Touch, and that's done and waiting for the write up and now, #2's underway. Stay tuned! charlie -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu Touch and more
Hey guys, I wanted to update you some more about my adventures in flashing my LG Nexus 5 over to Ubuntu Touch. I've gone through the flashing process (yes, I was suppose to include a complete walk-through on my personal website and I'm still working on that), and it was easy. Took about 20 minutes to get through it and man, the interface is really nice. It uses Unity as the GUI and that's ok with me. There's some growing pains here. Many of the apps I relied on while using my iPhone are not available on Touch but, that's ok. We've got an SDK, the Ubuntu SDK IDE, to start making those apps, granted I can get permission from each company to make the app for Touch if someone's not doing it already. So, I installed the Ubuntu SDK IDE to get into app making since I'm going to be enrolling in school this fall to finish out my bachelor's degree and I thought this would be perfect to do along side my school work for my computer science major. And not to mention learning some great software to develop some badass video games for 'buntu. One thing I want to mention, Plasma Mobile's available to use for your smartphone and Purism is delivering on their Libre 5 phone in January of 2019 since they blew past their funding goal with change to spare. Go pre-order one of those bad boys for $599. I'm about to. It uses pureOS as it's operating system and that even looks good on their own laptops. I think it uses the Gnome desktop with the Wayland server. So, my daily driver is up and running and I'm loving it so far. it's at least taking care of my basics needs. charlie -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] proposal to change meeting time
understood elizabeth. i'm not asking to change the time anymore. i spoke with nathan regarding this and i realized i just need to do better about being at the meeting when it's scheduled. i, unfortunately, fell asleep before the meeting last night and i didn't wake up until 10pm. my work hours are long and killing me. lol but, i'll just do my best to be there. > On Mar 26, 2018, at 7:50 AM, Elizabeth K. Joseph wrote: > >> On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 8:51 AM, Charlie wrote: >> i'm wanting to get some feedback on this to see what the consensus is. >> >> my issue is that i miss a lot of meetings due to my work hours and >> schedule and i really do miss participating. i'd like to propose the time >> be changed to an earlier time in the day, say 3pm? > > I tend to be out during the daytime on weekends since it's the only > time I get to do errands and adventures. Sunday during the day won't > really work for me. Sometimes I'm also not back until 7PM even (or I'm > traveling, like I was during the meeting last night). > > Thanks to Nathan for reminding us about this thread during the meeting > last night[0], hopefully others can chime in too. > > [0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/18March25 > > -- > Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2 > > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] some personal announcements
many of you have probably heard of Ubuntu Touch OS. the operating system for smartphones and with just a couple of dedicated phones such as the BQ E4.5 and 5.0. and the Meizu model. sadly, they vanished. but, the OS, the zeros and ones that control the phone, is STILL with us! it was picked up by UBPorts and has three, 3, successful ports living on the OnePlus phone, the Fairfone 2 and my personal favorite and my daily driver cellphone, the LG Nexus 5. UBPorts has been doing an amazing job building a community of adopters, developers, contributors and testers ever since they started handling the progression of the software. Several apps exist but more official apps from the likes of Starbucks, CVS and many others need to be brought over to it. in light of that, I decided to start acquiring the software necessary to develop apps such as Ubuntu SDK, GIMP, QT Creator and more with some hopeful collaborations between myself and individuals and companies needing apps. wrapping up, get ready for news about my new website where I'll be documenting more about my road testing of this software and more projects in the works. charlie "metalbiker" luna -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] proposal to change meeting time
i'm wanting to get some feedback on this to see what the consensus is. my issue is that i miss a lot of meetings due to my work hours and schedule and i really do miss participating. i'd like to propose the time be changed to an earlier time in the day, say 3pm? i know a lot of us are probably busy at that time but this time change would help me be there. i joined the group to participate and learn and, currently, my work's getting in the way of that. so if we could bring this to a vote, for either a yes or no, that'd be great. if the time remains the same, so be it. i'll make do and just alter my schedule accordingly so i can be there. thanks! charlie 'metalbiker' luna -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] happy holidays!
hey folks! this email is totally non-ubuntu related but you're my team and I wanted to say hi and happy holidays. i hope 2018 is a great year for everyone and we can, hopefully, close out 2017 on a good note. Which we can, actually. Daily builds of ubuntu 18.04 LTS already available on cdimages.ubuntu.com. With that, be safe, have fun, enjoy yourselves with your family or alone. Talk with you soon! charlie "metalbiker" luna -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu Hour Apple Valley
hey guys! Ubuntu Hour Apple Valley has finally kicked off but I got here a bit late and I still need to keep my end time @ 15:00 PDT. Next time I get to do this, I'll make sure to be on time but I came straight here after an appointment that ran late but come by. I'm at Starbucks, 12218 Apple Valley Road, Apple Valley, CA 92308. I'll post any pics I've got when I get a chance to do so! I'm considering an IRC channel for this so I can do a live IRC chat when I do this so if there's anything I need to do for that, such as not having the channel on a certain server such as freenode (where our ubuntu channels reside) or if I should have that specific channel on that server, please let me know. I want to engage as many people as possible with this and I need some feedback. Charlie 'metalbiker' Luna -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu Hour Apple Valley
Hey guys! If you remember, I wasn't able to get my first Ubuntu Hour off the ground a couple weeks ago due to a family illness. Luckily, that's not an issue now and everything is a green light for a new meeting. So, here's the skinny on what you need to know: Date: 2017/08/19 Time: 14:00 PDT Location: Starbucks, 12218 Apple Valley Road, Suite A, Apple Valley, 92308. This cool location is not hard to miss because it sits on the corner of the building and overlooks the intersection of Apple Valley Road and Bear Valley Road. It's right across the street from Del Taco and Lowes on the west side of the street and across the street from Nubi Yogurt, Gamestop, Jess Ranch shopping area, etc. Please head over to our team wiki, team meetup page or use this email as a way to register for the event. Those of you who know someone who might be interested in coming along, invite them, please! And remember to have them bring a laptop and/or a USB flashdrive and/or a blank DVD+-R/RW so they can at least take a copy of the .iso home to try out. I'll be showing off Ubuntu 17.10 since I'm testing it as reporting bugs as they come up but I'll do what I can for all of you. See you then! Charlie "metalbiker" Luna -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu Hour Apple Valley
hey folks! I'm saddened to say that my Ubuntu Hour today has to be canceled and rescheduled for another time. An unforeseen illness in my family is keeping me grounded today and I'll keep everyone updated about the next time I'm able to do an Ubuntu Hour. I'm very sorry about any inconveniences this may have caused if you were planning to come. Charlie "metalbiker" Luna -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] 2017 Election and Ubuntu Hour Apple Valley
Hey everyone!! First of all, I'd love to say this to Nathan Haines: Congratulations on winning the vote! You're absolutely the better candidate between the two of us and it was a pleasure to put my name in the hat for this and I'm very happy you secured the position. Your knowledge and experience are exemplary and I'm very proud to be under your leadership. A round of applause and celebatory party is in order for you if we get the chance to do so for you! I'm also very proud to announce that I'm hosting my very first Ubuntu Hour meeting this Saturday, July 29, 2017 at the Starbucks located at 12218 Apple Valley Road, Suite A, Apple Valley. It's located across the street from Stater Bros, Del Taco and Lowe's but if you've got GPS, you'll be able to find it if you don't know where it's at. It starts at 14:00 PDT and ends at 15:00 PDT. Perhaps in the future I can bring some swag if I can get my hands on some to give to any attendees. This information is also located on our team wiki and meetup.com and if you've got any questions, please feel free to contact me about it here or our other communications channels. I hope to see anyone there!! Charlie -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] 2017 Election for Leadership
Hello all!! My name is Charlie Luna. I’m running in the election for a leadership position and I feel that I’m a great candidate to take on that role because of my following experience and ideas: I come from a long history of working in manufacturing and being part of teams and contributing to our goals. At my former employer, SMC Corporation in Indiana, I sat on two committees in charge of creating a new floor plan to increase productivity through better work-flow of the product to reducing the amount of errors in the production of the various parts. Both agendas had goals and those goals were met 100%. Leadership is something I grew up around with people who took the lead when it was asked of them to do so or when they saw they needed to step up to that plate to do it. No, it’s not genetic, but I feel at times that I need and want to step up to that role to get things moving towards a goal and perhaps present some ideas that get implemented like some of my ideas were when I was sitting on the aforementioned committees. I love being challenged and I love being part of a team. And most of all, I love the Ubuntu Linux operating system. My father was the Fire Chief of my hometown’s Fire Department for over 15 years. My stepbrother has been my hometown’s Chief of Police for nearly 30 years. My mother is a business manager for a large company. My uncle is a Lieutenant in the National Guard. For myself, I was the Team Lead and Head Technical Officer for a paranormal research group. My Associate’s Degree is in Manufacturing and Industrial Technologies with the focus on CNC setup, programming and operation. I began a quest to find a Linux system for this industry even at that time. I came across Ubuntu desktop over 10 years ago and when I found it, I immediately made it the ONLY operating system I used and I’ve been in love with it ever since and I’ve never regretted it. My favorite OS is by far Ubuntu Gnome and I’m very happy to see that Ubuntu Desktop is changing back to it, even though I did like the Unity interface. After switching to Gnome, I found that this is by far THE epitome of an operating system and I know the merge between the two is going to be phenomenal! Now, for my ideas, they churn perpetually like the great, wide, blue ocean! One of my biggest pet projects is promotion. This project is two fold in nature. Side one involves promoting Ubuntu, the operating system, hard and heavy. How do we do this? Ubuntu Hours. Local conventions. Getting promotional materials from Sharebuntu and hand them out! Create installation parties at your house or in a local establishment. Create swag packages and take them to businesses and give them out. Or simply, just wear a t-shirt with the ubuntu logo printed on it or one of the mascots. And there’s more! The other side, promote our team! We’ve got to view ourselves like a sports team and put our information in front of as many people as possible. Those team members become walking and talking billboard signs. They glow with enthusiasm like the bright, neon lights that pump out a psychedelic palette of colors that dazzle our eyes. All of this comes down to one thing: I want to be in a role of leadership for you, our team and for Ubuntu. But why? I know that our team needs to be re-energized and I bring an enthusiastic, knowledgeable and youthful desire to reinvigorate our passion for this cause. To further spread the benefits of open source software and give this world a real chance to have an industrial strength operating system that increases safety and speed along with being absolutely free! I'm a leader that this team desperately needs. Please vote for me on election day. Charlie Luna. Candidate for the 2017 Leadership Election. -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] more t-shirts?
I'm about to coordinate with the City of Apple Valley to see what it'd take to rent out the conference center for some Ubuntu Hours for each month and maybe see if I can get some local businesses, such as some local computer shops, to maybe help with it or maybe even donate some stuff to the effort, maybe turn it into some kind of convention for us Ubuntu users so that we can teach and discuss all things Linux. My recent job hunting efforts have put me back to square one since I've been looking for new work after I recovered from shoulder surgery and now that I've got a bit more time on my hands, why not make it productive? I'm interested in perhaps making some custom t-shirts for it or something to really get the interest going and then push for membership into our LoCo group since it'd be awesome to see our numbers grow. any feedback is welcome! thanks! charlie luna ubuntu user since 2006! -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
[Ubuntu-US-CA] success!
Luke, I somehow lost the previous email where we were conversing about my issues with the wifi. After a thorough investigation and plenty of testing and tinkering, I got my issue resolved. Per your previous comment about distance issues with 802.11ac, I concur with that statement. But, fortunately, I'm having much better success now after I switched between the 2 bands to test them both. I reinstalled ubuntu and made the investigation and everything is working way better. I had known about the other SSID since getting the new router and it slipped my mind until you mentioned it and I appreciate you bringin that to my attention again. Now if anything happens to the 5G channel, such as connection issues, I can switch over to the 2G channel and use it just fine, until the 5G band decides to cooperate. lol Thank you for your help and at least now I've got this amazing laptop blazing fast on the appropriate channel. Charlie -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] hello!
everything seems to be working pretty good now. i've reinstalled everything and switched between the 2 SSIDs and everything works far better than it used to. Not sure what I did but whatever it was, I'm super thankful that it's working great! I appreciate you waking up my mind to this. It helped me a lot. On 05/12/2017 03:50 PM, lmpvanderv...@icloud.com wrote: That depends. Most routers have the ability to offer separate SSIDs for each band so to switch you would simply select the other network name on your laptop network setup, however I notice that lately the thing seems to be offer both bands under a single SSID and let the router choose which band you use. Sounds like maybe what you have. You may want to look at the router setup to see if you can split the two bands apart. If not maybe someone here knows how to force your card to pick one band over another. --- Luke Van Dervoort Life is short, Love someone ... LLAP On May 12, 2017, 15:05 -0700, Charlie Luna , wrote: hey luke, i don't even know how to force the card to use the 2.4ghz band. my other laptops have no problem at all it seems. they only have 802.11b/g/n cards and they seem fine. i can get closer to the router with my lenovo and it does get better but it seems to drop the signal anyway periodically. i can sit on the couch which is about 20-25ft from the router and it's just as intermittent as it is in the bedroom which is farther away. but, there's a wireless camera behind my head when i sit on the couch so i could switch sides and check it out. how do i force it to choose n? On May 12, 2017, at 12:35 PM, Luke Van Dervoort mailto:lmpvanderv...@icloud.com>> wrote: Charlie, Do you have problem with wifi on both bands, or just one of the two? While AC is faster it is frequently more likely to drop out at range. --- Luke Van Dervoort Life is short, Love someone ... LLAP On May 12, 2017, at 11:01 AM, Charlie Luna <mailto:cont...@charlieluna.com>> wrote: hello all from Apple Valley! I'm a member of the SoCal loco group and I'm very happy to be on this email list now. Some things are concerning and I'm about to start investigating them. This concern pertains to my laptop which is a Lenovo Ideapad 310-15ABR and I run Ubuntu on it but man, I'm having the hardest time keeping it connected to my wifi which is a brand new router from Charter and it's an awesome setup since it supports 802.11ac and it's dual channel and I've got a brand new Intel 3165 802.11ac/b/g/n + Bluetooth 4.0 wifi card in it that replaces a Realtek model that came as standard equipment for the laptop. I vetted the hardware thoroughly and got documentarion from Lenovo confirming the approved models of wifi cards for my laptop and I verified the new card with the vendor and I chose Intel, which I try to do all the time, since Intel is fully supported by Ubuntu and Linux in general. I'm going to be taking my laptop to another location and connecting to the wifi there too see how it performs. My home is blanketed with various wireless signals from the wireless alarm system, to the tv streaming devices (roku), and many other things. I get the feeling that due to this, that's why my connection always suffers. But this is a preliminary assessment and I want to conduct thorough investigations into this and try to get it figured out. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. Charlie -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
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yes, you're correct. And honestly, I knew that already and I don't know why I didn't think of that before. I can log into that other SSID and use it but I haven't tried it yet. Been away from my laptop for other matters. But right now, ac is working decently but I'm going to change over to the other SSID for a baseline test and maybe get a better idea of what's going on. On 05/12/2017 03:50 PM, lmpvanderv...@icloud.com wrote: That depends. Most routers have the ability to offer separate SSIDs for each band so to switch you would simply select the other network name on your laptop network setup, however I notice that lately the thing seems to be offer both bands under a single SSID and let the router choose which band you use. Sounds like maybe what you have. You may want to look at the router setup to see if you can split the two bands apart. If not maybe someone here knows how to force your card to pick one band over another. --- Luke Van Dervoort Life is short, Love someone ... LLAP On May 12, 2017, 15:05 -0700, Charlie Luna , wrote: hey luke, i don't even know how to force the card to use the 2.4ghz band. my other laptops have no problem at all it seems. they only have 802.11b/g/n cards and they seem fine. i can get closer to the router with my lenovo and it does get better but it seems to drop the signal anyway periodically. i can sit on the couch which is about 20-25ft from the router and it's just as intermittent as it is in the bedroom which is farther away. but, there's a wireless camera behind my head when i sit on the couch so i could switch sides and check it out. how do i force it to choose n? On May 12, 2017, at 12:35 PM, Luke Van Dervoort mailto:lmpvanderv...@icloud.com>> wrote: Charlie, Do you have problem with wifi on both bands, or just one of the two? While AC is faster it is frequently more likely to drop out at range. --- Luke Van Dervoort Life is short, Love someone ... LLAP On May 12, 2017, at 11:01 AM, Charlie Luna <mailto:cont...@charlieluna.com>> wrote: hello all from Apple Valley! I'm a member of the SoCal loco group and I'm very happy to be on this email list now. Some things are concerning and I'm about to start investigating them. This concern pertains to my laptop which is a Lenovo Ideapad 310-15ABR and I run Ubuntu on it but man, I'm having the hardest time keeping it connected to my wifi which is a brand new router from Charter and it's an awesome setup since it supports 802.11ac and it's dual channel and I've got a brand new Intel 3165 802.11ac/b/g/n + Bluetooth 4.0 wifi card in it that replaces a Realtek model that came as standard equipment for the laptop. I vetted the hardware thoroughly and got documentarion from Lenovo confirming the approved models of wifi cards for my laptop and I verified the new card with the vendor and I chose Intel, which I try to do all the time, since Intel is fully supported by Ubuntu and Linux in general. I'm going to be taking my laptop to another location and connecting to the wifi there too see how it performs. My home is blanketed with various wireless signals from the wireless alarm system, to the tv streaming devices (roku), and many other things. I get the feeling that due to this, that's why my connection always suffers. But this is a preliminary assessment and I want to conduct thorough investigations into this and try to get it figured out. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. Charlie -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
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hey luke, i don't even know how to force the card to use the 2.4ghz band. my other laptops have no problem at all it seems. they only have 802.11b/g/n cards and they seem fine. i can get closer to the router with my lenovo and it does get better but it seems to drop the signal anyway periodically. i can sit on the couch which is about 20-25ft from the router and it's just as intermittent as it is in the bedroom which is farther away. but, there's a wireless camera behind my head when i sit on the couch so i could switch sides and check it out. how do i force it to choose n? > On May 12, 2017, at 12:35 PM, Luke Van Dervoort > wrote: > > Charlie, > > Do you have problem with wifi on both bands, or just one of the two? While AC > is faster it is frequently more likely to drop out at range. > --- > Luke Van Dervoort > Life is short, Love someone ... > LLAP > >> On May 12, 2017, at 11:01 AM, Charlie Luna wrote: >> >> hello all from Apple Valley! I'm a member of the SoCal loco group and I'm >> very happy to be on this email list now. >> >> Some things are concerning and I'm about to start investigating them. This >> concern pertains to my laptop which is a Lenovo Ideapad 310-15ABR and I run >> Ubuntu on it but man, I'm having the hardest time keeping it connected to my >> wifi which is a brand new router from Charter and it's an awesome setup >> since it supports 802.11ac and it's dual channel and I've got a brand new >> Intel 3165 802.11ac/b/g/n + Bluetooth 4.0 wifi card in it that replaces a >> Realtek model that came as standard equipment for the laptop. >> >> I vetted the hardware thoroughly and got documentarion from Lenovo >> confirming the approved models of wifi cards for my laptop and I verified >> the new card with the vendor and I chose Intel, which I try to do all the >> time, since Intel is fully supported by Ubuntu and Linux in general. >> >> I'm going to be taking my laptop to another location and connecting to the >> wifi there too see how it performs. >> >> My home is blanketed with various wireless signals from the wireless alarm >> system, to the tv streaming devices (roku), and many other things. I get the >> feeling that due to this, that's why my connection always suffers. >> >> But this is a preliminary assessment and I want to conduct thorough >> investigations into this and try to get it figured out. >> >> Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. >> >> Charlie >> >> -- >> Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list >> Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca > -- > Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list > Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
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hello all from Apple Valley! I'm a member of the SoCal loco group and I'm very happy to be on this email list now. Some things are concerning and I'm about to start investigating them. This concern pertains to my laptop which is a Lenovo Ideapad 310-15ABR and I run Ubuntu on it but man, I'm having the hardest time keeping it connected to my wifi which is a brand new router from Charter and it's an awesome setup since it supports 802.11ac and it's dual channel and I've got a brand new Intel 3165 802.11ac/b/g/n + Bluetooth 4.0 wifi card in it that replaces a Realtek model that came as standard equipment for the laptop. I vetted the hardware thoroughly and got documentarion from Lenovo confirming the approved models of wifi cards for my laptop and I verified the new card with the vendor and I chose Intel, which I try to do all the time, since Intel is fully supported by Ubuntu and Linux in general. I'm going to be taking my laptop to another location and connecting to the wifi there too see how it performs. My home is blanketed with various wireless signals from the wireless alarm system, to the tv streaming devices (roku), and many other things. I get the feeling that due to this, that's why my connection always suffers. But this is a preliminary assessment and I want to conduct thorough investigations into this and try to get it figured out. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated. Charlie -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
