Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Linux promotion on TV

[kdemarest]

Hi Christian:

I'd like to go if there is room on the list.  I just went to the embarcadero
this weekend with a friend, so getting to the studio shouldn't be a problem
at all ^_^.

Just so I'm clear, are the people on the list just going to be in the
audience?  Or should I brush up on my one liners and/or sound bites?

seidos

On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Christian Einfeldt wrote:

> It was pointed out that I didn't have the time when this show will be
> airing.  Doh! It will be airing on Monday, 12/13/10.
>
> On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Christian Einfeldt wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just spoke with a program manager for a TV show called ABC 7 Live.  They
>> are interested in having supporters of Linux in schools (and particularly
>> Partimus.org) attend a show. The show airs daily from 3 pm to 4 pm.  I need
>> a list of 25 people who will attend.  I need the list by Thursday at 3 pm.
>>  You must be on the list to be admitted to the studio.  I am coordinating
>> the list, so please be sure to email me to get on the list. You can watch
>> shows from the archive here
>>
>> 7liveonline.com
>>
>> They have had famous people like Mark Zuckerberg on this show.
>>
>> The show features a host, Brian Copeland, with his two co-hosts, Elizabeth
>> Bermuda and Jennifer Jolly.  Jennifer Jolly was an anchor on another ABC
>> show.
>>
>> During the show, the hosts will be chatting about technology and
>> non-profits, and they will ask questions of 10 people in a portion of the
>> audience called the Voice Box.  Apparently, the Voice Box is situated just
>> to the left of the hosts, and the hosts will talk with them occasionally.
>>  Apparently, there will time for numerous sound bites from the audience, say
>> 5 to 10 seconds in length.  It is not a lot of time for speeches, but it is
>> time for several one-liners from the audience in response to questions from
>> the hosts.  Audience members are also allowed to boo and to clapp.
>>
>> Again, the focus of this show will be technology and non-profits, and so
>> the hosts will be asking us substantive questions that call for brief,
>> snappy, on-point responses.  My impression is that this is a serious
>> opportunity for us to present Partimus to a Bay Area audience.
>>
>> We need 25 people to come to the Jackson Square district of San Francisco
>> at Front and Pacific on Monday, December 13, 2010.  The Voice Box section of
>> the audience can hold 10 people, and 2 people unrelated to Partimus have
>> aleady signed up to be on that show.  During a break in the show, the hosts
>> will rotate people out of the Voice Box so that others can rotate into the
>> Voice Box and participate in the show.  Even if you don't want to get into
>> the Voice Box, this is an opportunity to support Partimus and Linux by
>> showing up and cheering and making noise when Partimus or Linux is
>> mentioned.  They want a lively show, so enthusiasm will definitely help.
>>
>> If you want to show up, you need to send me an email confirming that you
>> will be there, and I will add your name to a list of attendees.  Your name
>> must be on the list for you to be admitted to the show.  Please do RSVP
>> early for this event!
>>
>> Dear Christian & Partimus,
>>
>>
>>
>> Welcome and thank you for participating in *7Live’s* “Voice Box” studio
>> audience,
>>
>>
>>
>> YOUR NAME MUST APPEAR ON THIS TICKET. TICKETS ARE NOT TRANSFERABLE AND ARE
>> CHECKED AGAINST A LIST AT THE DOOR. PEOPLE NOT ON THE LIST WILL NOT BE
>> ADMITTED.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Studio Location:*
>>
>> *7Live* is broadcast from the ABC studio located at 900 Front Street, San
>> Francisco, CA  94111. *7Live’s* audience entrance is located on the North
>> side of the building on Green Street between Embarcadero and Front Streets.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Time:*
>>
>> Our doors open for admittance at 2:15pm outside the ABC studio on Green
>> Street. *7Live* airs Monday through Friday, 3 - 4 p.m. PT. Ticket holders
>> should plan to be at the studio by 2:15 p.m. and should plan on leaving at
>> 4:15 p.m. Anyone arriving after 2:30pm will not be admitted. The show
>> begins at 3:00pm and ends at 4pm sharp. The show will be so fun and exciting
>> you’ll be on the edge of your seat, but you must remain there for the
>> duration of the show. *7Live* tickets are FREE, so we overbook slightly
>> and cannot guarantee admission.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Transportation:* Audience members are responsible for their own
>> transportation to and from our studio, unless special arrangements have been
>> made with a member of the *7Live* production staff. *7Live* does not
>> reimburse for travel expenses or lost wages. We recommend car pooling or
>> taking public transportation to the ABC studio. If you take Bart the
>> Embarcadero stop is a short walk to the studio. If you plan on driving there
>> are parking lots on either side of the ABC building, fees are $16.00 and
>> $18.00. There is two hour and four hour meter parking available on both
>> Green and Front Streets. If you par

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Staying in San Francisco

[kdemarest]

Thanks for the heads up pleia2.

On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Elizabeth Krumbach  wrote:

> Hey seidos,
>
> Last month we moved the San Francisco Ubuntu Hour to sync up with the
> Bay Area Debian meetings, so they are now held on the 2nd Wednesday of
> the month. The next one will be December 8th.
>
> I've gone ahead and created a loco directory entry for it:
> http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/team/572/detail/
>
> Welcome!
>
> On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:50 AM, kdemarest  wrote:
> > Hi all.  I am presently staying in San Francisco, for an unknown amount
> of
> > time.  At least 4 weeks I think.  I'm not sure who is all up here, but I
> > should be able to make the next Ubuntu Hour @ The Roastery on the 14th of
> > December.  Look forward to meeting some of you.
> >
> > seidos
> >
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[Ubuntu-US-CA] Staying in San Francisco

[kdemarest]

Hi all.  I am presently staying in San Francisco, for an unknown amount of
time.  At least 4 weeks I think.  I'm not sure who is all up here, but I
should be able to make the next Ubuntu Hour @ The Roastery on the 14th of
December.  Look forward to meeting some of you.

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[Ubuntu-US-CA] Statistically speaking: server line makes desktop line more likely to be "Linux Friendly"?

[kdemarest]

Just wanted to do a brief survey against a hypothesis to see if I'm crazy or
not.  Given mainstream computer manufacturers, is the probability that their
desktop and notebook systems will be "Linux friendly" positively correlated
to whether or not they have a Server line?

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Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Planet project page created (was re: howdy all)

[kdemarest]

I'm not really sure what the Planet Page is supposed to consist of, aside
from blog entries.  Perhaps someone who does should be assigned to the
project.

seidos

On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Elizabeth Krumbach  wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 7:30 PM, kdemarest  wrote:
> > Now that there is a "Planet" page for individual member's blogs, do we
> want
> > to place a link to it under "Contact US" on the main page?  Or perhaps
> > somewhere else?
> > The whole point of the page was to add transparency to what people are
> > doing, so that if there are any intersections of interest, people could
> > discover them.
>
> Since the wiki page is a project page that leads toward building the
> actual team planet (hopefully in the very near future) I think maybe
> we want to link to the planet page once it's up and running, rather
> than the still-in-the-works project page.
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Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Planet project page created (was re: howdy all)

[kdemarest]

Now that there is a "Planet" page for individual member's blogs, do we want
to place a link to it under "Contact US" on the main page?  Or perhaps
somewhere else?

The whole point of the page was to add transparency to what people are
doing, so that if there are any intersections of interest, people could
discover them.

seidos

On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 3:33 PM, kdemarest  wrote:

> nUboon2Age cool!  thanks for making that page.  It looks like there was
> already a good response, and someone actually put my blog on there!  Really
> cool.
>
> seidos
>
> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 8:32 AM, nuboon2age  wrote:
>
>> Hey all you Ubuntu California LoCo Team bloggers out there,
>>
>> i saw this previous thread and so i started a project page for our Planet
>>
>>   and added seidos as contact:
>>   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/Planet
>>
>> Please add your blog info to it.
>>
>>
>> nuboon2...@gmail.com
>>
>> *
>>
>> kdemarest* kdemarest at gmail.com
>> 
>> *Thu Oct 28 07:52:48 BST 2010*
>> --
>>
>> i'm working on getting my site up and running with wordpress.  here is the
>> link:  www.fictionalphilosophy.org.  i realized that i don't have any of
>>
>> your blogs in my reader, except for iheartubuntu's.  so if you have a blog,
>>
>> please send me a link to it so i can check it out!
>>
>> seidos (kevin)
>>
>> ...
>>
>> Cool, got everyone so far.  Thanks.  A list on the website sounds good.
>>  Perhaps i should start a wiki page to include a list of members and their
>>
>>
>> blogs?
>>
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>>
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Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Planet project page created (was re: howdy all)

[kdemarest]

nUboon2Age cool!  thanks for making that page.  It looks like there was
already a good response, and someone actually put my blog on there!  Really
cool.

seidos

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 8:32 AM, nuboon2age  wrote:

> Hey all you Ubuntu California LoCo Team bloggers out there,
>
> i saw this previous thread and so i started a project page for our Planet
>   and added seidos as contact:
>   https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/Planet
>
> Please add your blog info to it.
>
>
> nuboon2...@gmail.com
>
> *
>
> kdemarest* kdemarest at gmail.com
> 
> *Thu Oct 28 07:52:48 BST 2010*
> --
>
> i'm working on getting my site up and running with wordpress.  here is the
> link:  www.fictionalphilosophy.org.  i realized that i don't have any of
> your blogs in my reader, except for iheartubuntu's.  so if you have a blog,
>
> please send me a link to it so i can check it out!
>
> seidos (kevin)
>
> ...
>
> Cool, got everyone so far.  Thanks.  A list on the website sounds good.
>  Perhaps i should start a wiki page to include a list of members and their
>
> blogs?
>
> seidos (kevin)
>
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Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] howdy all

[kdemarest]

hey aaditya:

I'm not sure if this is right or not, but I noticed that the page doesn't
have me on it O_o.  My launchpad page says I'm a California member though:
https://launchpad.net/~seidos

So, if that's the page where the data is
coming from, it doesn't look like I'll be included.  I'll have to look at it
more later, I have a ton of errands to run out in la la land.

seidos

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Aaditya Bhatia wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Aaditya Bhatia
>  wrote:
> > Ubuntu-US-CA Membership implies that the person has joined the
> > ubuntu-us-ca launchpad group, and we all get to add a wiki page link
> > on our launchpad profiles. There is an extensive launchpad API that
> > could possibly used generate this page automatically. Would be a
> > better alternative to wiki page.
>
> https://api.launchpad.net/1.0/~ubuntu-california/members
>
> This is an array of team member objects, and each object has
> "wiki_names_collection_link" and "homepage_content". I'm nearly done
> writing the script to extract all the homepages and wiki pages.
>
> Is there a way to have the script update a wiki page, e.g. once a day?
>
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Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] howdy all

[kdemarest]

Cool, got everyone so far.  Thanks.  A list on the website sounds good.
 Perhaps i should start a wiki page to include a list of members and their
blogs?

seidos (kevin)

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Jack Deslippe  wrote:

> Here is my info:
>
> http://www.jdeslippe.com - though I also blog a lot at www.berkeleylug.com and
> my profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/jdeslip
>
> Cheers!
>
> -Jack
>
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Jessica Ledbetter <
> jess...@jessicaledbetter.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Elizabeth Krumbach wrote:
>>
>>> Hopefully this thread will be less important in a few months though,
>>> since one of the things we're taking about for our web site project[0]
>>> is including a planet which aggregates member blogs. Much easier to
>>> subscribe that way!
>>>
>>> [0] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/Website
>>>
>>>
>> Planet sounds awesome. :)
>>
>> And mine: http://www.jessicaledbetter.com/
>>
>> Just started blogging again. Lots of stuff in draft including some "how do
>> I fix a bug."
>>
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[Ubuntu-US-CA] howdy all

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i'm working on getting my site up and running with wordpress.  here is the
link:  www.fictionalphilosophy.org.  i realized that i don't have any of
your blogs in my reader, except for iheartubuntu's.  so if you have a blog,
please send me a link to it so i can check it out!

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[Ubuntu-US-CA] Looking for a fellow team member that i met at SCALE

[kdemarest]

I have a rather strange request.  I met a team member at SCALE last year,
had lunch with him at Subway, but i don't remember his name.  I do recall
him being an Astronomy major.  Not sure if he's on IRC, in fact, that's
pretty much all i remember of the conversation.  it was some time ago.
 Anyway, just wanted to reach out and reconnect.  So if you get this, send
me an email so we can sync up again.

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Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Team Leadership Election Announcement!

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+1 , but i have a couple silly questions.

The document at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Leadership still says
it's in a draft phase.  is there anything else that should be changed before
it's no longer a draft?  or are we voting to stop it from being in a draft
phase?

Is the document open to change after it has been voted on?

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Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Linux rules and probably has gained a new user

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Hey Bob:

Very cool, i'll have to remember this in case someone else has the same
problem.

On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Adrian Petrescu  wrote:

> Nice quick thinking! :)
>
> On Friday, October 8, 2010, Robert Lewis  wrote:
> > I had an old friend call who had his MBR fail so he couldn't boot.
> > He had no MS floppy and no CD/DVD media for MS to use the
> > Recovery option.  Here is how I fixed it for him.  He is in Indiana.
> >
> > I had him come up on Ubuntu 10.04 Live CD.
> > I then had him install "teamviewer" which gave me remote access to his
> > machine even though it was a Live CD.   Teamviewer installed into ram.
> >
> > I then had him use Applications -> Ubuntu Software Center and download
> > a program called "mbr".I read the destructions and then typed:
> > install-mbr /dev/sda
> >
> > and he rebooted and everything worked again.
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Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] "The Ubuntu community cannot, and does not want to, prescribe which formal s tructure its local teams should use”

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Hi Robert:

Good to hear from you.  I actually had a thought that it is probably too
inward looking because nobody really knows each other.  Well, I know I don't
really know anybody.  I did take the time to read everyone's wiki that i
could get a hold of.  Here is mine:  http://wiki.ubuntu.com/seidos.  Do you
have one?

Quite frankly, I don't really know of anybody on the team that i can really
work with on stuff.  I'm a part of this team and i still kind of feel alone.
 Probably my fault, i don't know.

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Robert Lewis  wrote:

> This group is to inward looking and therefor self serving in my view.
>  I think we need to focus on the real common goals of helping others
> in our efforts to promote Linux within the community.
>
> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 8:30 AM, kdemarest  wrote:
> > I couldn't help but get the feeling that we might be taking this
> leadership
> > election a little too seriously.  Maybe it would help to point out the
> > truism that a leader can't force anyone to do anything on our team.  All
> > they can do is make suggestions.  I mean, from the looks of things we're
> all
> > volunteers for goodness sakes.  The best that a leader can do is remind
> us
> > why we're here, in case we spend too much time chasing our own tails.  I
> > mean, if we refuse to do what the leader wants, who is going to force us?
> >  The FOSS police?
> > We should probably be looking to ourselves for leaders, and not looking
> > outside ourselves.  Oftentimes, we expect too much from our leaders,
> because
> > we expect so little from ourselves.  For this we probably owe our leaders
> an
> > apology.
> >
> > I still think the best leader is someone who is best at teaching.  I know
> > for me, personally, I need to connect with knowledgeable individuals who
> can
> > *gracefully* show me what I don't know.  I mean, let's just get the fact
> > that I'm an idiot out of the way, and let's just move forward to try and
> > reduce my idiocy.  -_-  On this same line of thought, I would suggest
> that
> > ego is detrimental to Us.  Wanting to help with FOSS is great, but if you
> > don't have the knowledge, what good is the desire?  And I don't mean to
> > project my own feelings of inadequacy on the team, but I really don't see
> > how the problems I see with Ubuntu, or GNU/Linux for that matter, are
> > presently going to be solved.
> > I talked to a friend yesterday.  You know what she said?  I mean, we all
> > probably already know this, but it is probably worth repeating.  "I want
> > something that works and is cheap".  How can I, in good faith, recommend
> > Ubuntu to someone when this is what they are looking for?  What is the
> sound
> > bite?  They are not interested in philosophical notions of right and
> wrong,
> > monopolies being bad, etc.  They want it to be cheap, and to work.
>  Enough
> > said, end of story.  I mean, having their ear is fine.  I suppose the
> best
> > that can be done, at present, is planting the seed that there is a more
> > ethical alternative, that may be cheaper and work better for them (but
> > probably not on the latter).
> > This all having been said, if I offended anybody with my candor, let's
> talk
> > about it.  I am more than inclined to admit that I'm wrong with my
> opinions
> > based on my own limited personal experience.
> > Speaking of personal experience, I know that my own insistence on working
> on
> > my own projects is a major reason why I'm doing them alone.  So if you
> have
> > a project you want help with, even if it's just you in front of your
> > computer "alone" on the Internet, by all means, let me know.  Perhaps
> others
> > will feel the same way.
> > So, this all having been said, here are the projects I'm presently
> working
> > on everybody.
> > *  Trying to figure out why top says that all but 52MB of my RAM is being
> > utilized at present of 2GB
> > *  Trying to see if i can configure compiz standalone by following this
> > guide:  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompizStandalone
> > * Figuring out how I'm going to host my website
> > http://www.fictionalphilosophy.org
> > * Reading Python the Hard way (ug, someone give me some motivation on
> this
> > one!).
> > * Trying to figure out what all the processes in ps aux are for, and if
> any
> > can be eliminated.
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Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] "The Ubuntu community cannot, and does not want to, prescribe which formal s tructure its local teams should use”

[kdemarest]

I couldn't help but get the feeling that we might be taking this leadership
election a little too seriously.  Maybe it would help to point out the
truism that a leader can't force anyone to do anything on our team.  All
they can do is make suggestions.  I mean, from the looks of things we're all
volunteers for goodness sakes.  The best that a leader can do is remind us
why we're here, in case we spend too much time chasing our own tails.  I
mean, if we refuse to do what the leader wants, who is going to force us?
 The FOSS police?

We should probably be looking to ourselves for leaders, and not looking
outside ourselves.  Oftentimes, we expect too much from our leaders, because
we expect so little from ourselves.  For this we probably owe our leaders an
apology.

I still think the best leader is someone who is best at teaching.  I know
for me, personally, I need to connect with knowledgeable individuals who can
*gracefully* show me what I don't know.  I mean, let's just get the fact
that I'm an idiot out of the way, and let's just move forward to try and
reduce my idiocy.  -_-  On this same line of thought, I would suggest that
ego is detrimental to Us.  Wanting to help with FOSS is great, but if you
don't have the knowledge, what good is the desire?  And I don't mean to
project my own feelings of inadequacy on the team, but I really don't see
how the problems I see with Ubuntu, or GNU/Linux for that matter, are
presently going to be solved.

I talked to a friend yesterday.  You know what she said?  I mean, we all
probably already know this, but it is probably worth repeating.  "I want
something that works and is cheap".  How can I, in good faith, recommend
Ubuntu to someone when this is what they are looking for?  What is the sound
bite?  They are not interested in philosophical notions of right and wrong,
monopolies being bad, etc.  They want it to be cheap, and to work.  Enough
said, end of story.  I mean, having their ear is fine.  I suppose the best
that can be done, at present, is planting the seed that there is a more
ethical alternative, that may be cheaper and work better for them (but
probably not on the latter).

This all having been said, if I offended anybody with my candor, let's talk
about it.  I am more than inclined to admit that I'm wrong with my opinions
based on my own limited personal experience.

Speaking of personal experience, I know that my own insistence on working on
my own projects is a major reason why I'm doing them alone.  So if you have
a project you want help with, even if it's just you in front of your
computer "alone" on the Internet, by all means, let me know.  Perhaps others
will feel the same way.

So, this all having been said, here are the projects I'm presently working
on everybody.

*  Trying to figure out why top says that all but 52MB of my RAM is being
utilized at present of 2GB
*  Trying to see if i can configure compiz standalone by following this
guide:  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompizStandalone
* Figuring out how I'm going to host my website
http://www.fictionalphilosophy.org
* Reading Python the Hard way (ug, someone give me some motivation on this
one!).
* Trying to figure out what all the processes in ps aux are for, and if any
can be eliminated.

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Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Team Leadership Election Announcement!

[kdemarest]

hi Christian:

i think you just sign up here:  https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-california

seidos (aka kevin)

On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 7:03 AM, Christian Einfeldt wrote:

> hi,
>
> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Elizabeth Krumbach  wrote:
>
>> The final question the team needs to discuss is whether we should
>> continue to have a single leader, or if we should have a team of three
>> leaders sharing responsiblity equally.
>>
>
> I think one leader would be best.
>
>
>> Anyone who is a member of the California LoCo can vote
>
>
> How does one become a member of the California LoCo?
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Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Team Leadership Election Announcement!

[kdemarest]

I can't really offer any discussion without a definition for the word
"leader" in the context of a LoCo, and more specifically the California
LoCo.

Perhaps we should create the wiki ourselves, since we're insistent on having
one?

Maybe it would help if we assumed a specific title instead of "leader".
 Like "President" or "Speaker of the House" or "Colonel".

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Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Fwd: Google Data Centers run on Ubuntu

[kdemarest]

Grant:

Thanks for that link.  It's interesting to see where Ubuntu is thriving.

seidos

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 12:09 PM, Grant Bowman  wrote:

> Google said They run Ubuntu publically. Now we can tell others.
>
> Grant
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: "Jeremy Fluhmann" 
> Date: Sep 8, 2010 8:01 AM
> Subject: Google Data Centers run on Ubuntu
> To: "Ubuntu Texas Local Community Team" 
>
> I think it's been mentioned on here before, but just thought I'd share -
> http://dell.to/d1zCPY
>
> From Chris DiBona at OSCON 2010 - "These clusters all run a
> Google-optimized version of Ubuntu Linux" 
>
> Cheers,
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Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Brochure

[kdemarest]

I saw some typos under the Ubuntu Philosophy section.  There are two typos
the word "freedrom" and "theiry".

Regarding viruses, maybe the elephant in the room is that ubuntu doesn't
have viruses because there aren't enough people that use it and thus nobody
is writing viruses for it (obviously not a "selling" point).  Though, I
suppose it is possible with automatic updates any vulnerabilities could be
found before a virus could exploit the vulnerabilities making ubuntu virus
proof, though I'm not sure that this is absolutely the case.

Kevin aka seidos

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>   4. Re:  Ubuntu Tri-Fold Source Files (Aaditya Bhatia)
>   5. Re:  Ubuntu Tri-Fold Source Files (Nathan Haines)
>   6. Re:  Ubuntu Tri-Fold Source Files (Nathan Haines)
>   7. Re:  Ubuntu Tri-Fold Source Files (Aaditya Bhatia)
>   8. Re:  Ubuntu Tri-Fold Source Files (Jack Deslippe)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 12:13:28 -0700
> From: Jack Deslippe 
> Subject: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu Tri-Fold Source Files
> To: BerkeleyLUG , Ubuntu US
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> Hi Everyone,
>
> I have put up the source files for our second brochure here:
>
> http://civet.berkeley.edu/~jdeslip/Ubuntu/
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> From: Aaditya Bhatia 
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu Tri-Fold Source Files
> To: Jack Deslippe 
> Cc: Ubuntu US California ,
> BerkeleyLUG
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> On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Jack Deslippe  wrote:
> >
> > http://civet.berkeley.edu/~jdeslip/Ubuntu/
> > Have a look and give me some comments.
> > -Jack
> >
>
> "Do I need to defrag or use antivirus software?
> Nope. The Ubuntu filesystem DOES need to be
> defragmented and ..."
>
> Looks like a typo near the end of the brochure.
>
> The brochure looks very professional and appealing overall. Great job!
>
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> Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:10:51 -0700
> From: Mark Garrow 
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu Tri-Fold Source Files
> To: ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com
> Cc: BerkeleyLUG 
> Message-ID: <201003281310.51568.markgar...@gmail.com>
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> I can't tell because I haven't really looked close enough, but on the front
> of
> the brochure is "Ubuntu" in the new Ubuntu font?  Should it be for
> consistency?
>
> Also, under "Join the Community / Get Help:  should we mention the IRC
> channels and the relevant server?  Granted many won't know what that is but
> others will. Perhaps with a corresponding link to the wiki on IRC.  There
> seems to be enough room to do it.
>
> In the "Connecting to WiFi:" section on the first line there is a
> misspelling..
> networks instead of networs.
>
> Section "Thumdrives / Mediaplayers in Ubuntu:"  Thumdrives should be
> spelled
> Thumbdrives.
>
> In the "Do I need to defrag or  " section..   "nearly no virus" has two
> issues.. bad english, and virus should be plural.  "Nearly no" implies
> there
> are viruses (viri?) but then we state that we don't need a scanner.. There
> should be a better way to state that.
>
> Best,
>
> Mark Garrow
> (Scunizi)
>
> On Sunday 28 March 2010 12:13:28 pm Jack Deslippe wrote:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I have put up the source files for our second brochure here:
> >
> > http://civet.berkeley.edu/~jdeslip/Ubuntu/
> >
> > Have a look and give me some comments.
> >
> > -Jack
> >
>
>
>
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Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu-us-ca Digest, Vol 34, Issue 4

[kdemarest]

I gotta' agree with DW.  -1.

Kevin

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>   1.  Leadership Appointment Process (Alan Ostlund)
>   2. Re:  Asking For Opinion: Leadership Appointment   Process
>  (Larry Cafiero)
>   3. Re:  Asking For Opinion: Leadership   Appointment Process
>  (David Wondelry ~DarkwingDuck~)
>   4. Re:  Asking For Opinion: Leadership   Appointment Process
>  (Akkana Peck)
>   5. Re:  Asking For Opinion:  Leadership  Appointment Process
>  (David Wondelry ~DarkwingDuck~)
>   6. Re:  Asking For Opinion: Leadership Appointment   Process
>  (Mark Garrow)
>   7. Re:  Asking For Opinion: Leadership Appointment   Process
>  (Jack Deslippe)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:30:40 -0800
> From: Alan Ostlund 
> Subject: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Leadership Appointment Process
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> I vote +1, but only because if we don't do something about the issue, it
> will get out of hand.  Neal has done a great job so far, but new blood
> is usually a good thing.  At least we have more than one person willing
> to do the job.  In a lot of cases, you will find no one willing to
> devote the time this job will require.
>
> Alan Ostlund
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 07:35:36 -0800
> From: Larry Cafiero 
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Asking For Opinion: Leadership Appointment
>Process
> To: Ubuntu US California 
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> It seem that this particular situation requires a leadership process, and
> the one proposed is sound.
>
> +1
>
> Larry Cafiero
>
> On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 12:44 AM, Jono Bacon  wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I just want to clarify my original question as there was a little
> > confusion reported to me earlier: I am asking whether you feel that the
> > leadership process is required at all. If you feel the team would
> > benefit from having that process in place, vote with +1, if you feel
> > that the team is running just fine without it, vote -1.
> >
> > Sorry for any confusion. Thanks, all!
> >
> > Jono
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> From: David Wondelry ~DarkwingDuck~ 
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Asking For Opinion: Leadership  Appointment
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> On 03/09/2010 12:44 AM, Jono Bacon wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I just want to clarify my original question as there was a little
> > confusion reported to me earlier: I am asking whether you feel that the
> > leadership process is required at all. If you feel the team would
> > benefit from having that process in place, vote with +1, if you feel
> > that the team is running just fine without it, vote -1.
> >
> > Sorry for any confusion. Thanks, all!
> >
> >  Jono
> >
>
> -1
>
> For my reasons feel free to email me.
>
> DW
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 09:18:28 -0800
> From: Akkana Peck 
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Asking For Opinion: Leadership  Appointment
>Process
> To: ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com
> Message-ID: <20100309171828.gb1...@shallowsky.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
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> Jono Bacon writes:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I just want to clarify my original question as there was a little
> > confusion reported to me earlier: I am asking whether you feel that the
> > leadership process is required at all. If you feel the team would
> > benefit from having that process in place

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu-us-ca Digest, Vol 30, Issue 3

[kdemarest]

Like DW, I won't be able to make it this time around either.

Kevin aka seidos

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>   1. Re:  Karmic Party in SF Thurs Nov 12 (Joe Smith)
>   2. Re:  SoCal Karmic Launch Party (Neal Bussett)
>   3. Re:  SoCal Karmic Launch Party (Troy Ready)
>   4. Re:  SoCal Karmic Launch Party (Darkwing Duck)
>   5. Re:  SoCal Karmic Launch Party (Nathan Haines)
>   6. Re:  SoCal Karmic Launch Party (Nathan Haines)
>   7.  Wed Nov 18th UC Berkeley Sproul plaza - Ubuntu CDSleeves
>  (Grant Bowman)
>   8. Re:  Wed Nov 18th UC Berkeley Sproul plaza - Ubuntu   CD
>  Sleeves (Ernest Rogers)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:00:48 -0800
> From: Joe Smith 
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Karmic Party in SF Thurs Nov 12
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> That's awesome. I actually had to slow down and mentally translate
> everything in my head.. I can't keep up with the lingo kids use these
> days..
> :)
>
> On Nov 10, 2009, at 5:51 PM, Grant Bowman  wrote:
>
> Here is an announcement that went out to another email list about this
> Thursday's event.
>
> Grant
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: "k9d" 
> Date: Nov 10, 2009 4:41 PM
> Subject: [m3d.n00z] starpa...@databeez in SF this week // karmic kola //
> video from LA stop // !~
> To: 
>
> please find some updates regarding thursdays party + 0day artifacts
> from DATABEEZ in LA!
>
>
>  .
>  .
>  .
> -=== THURSDAY IN SF ~ DATABEEZ & KARMIC KOLA PARTY ===-
>
> buy your tickets now! only $7 advance ($12 at door):
> 
>
> also note that this is an early show from 7PM - 12PM so you can't
> whine about having to work the next day =)
>
> ~! entertainment !~
> minusbaby [NYC] ? http://www.minusbaby.com
> Paris Treantafeles [NYC] ? http://www.parisgraphics.com
> Trash80 [LA] ? http://trash80.net
> starPause [SF] ? http://www.starpause.com
> crashfaster [SF] ? http://www.crashfaster.com
> Daniel Rehn [SD] ? http://www.danielrehn.com
> Fx6Ex6 [NYC] ? http://www.fx6ex6.com
> harbour dj [SF] ? http://www.myspace.com/harboursounds
>
> click the links! drool! prepare to feast your ears and eyes! and for
> everyone alive after the vnsares show at DNA, it won't be nearly that
> loud =)
>
> ~! ubuntu install fest !~
> Ubuntu Linux 9.10 (Karmic Koala) was just released, featuring a slew
> of improvements! rather than seeding awkward videos encouraging forced
> bonding over commercial products offering nothing but bondage, the
> California user group decided to release-party proper with the
> dutycycle crew .\m/
>
> protip: besides bringing the ORBSWARM robots to the party, the user
> group is also sponsoring a BYOLaptop install fest with free admission
> before 9PM if you rsvp to karmicko...@gmail.com
>
> 
> 
>
> ~ r . s . v . p . ~
> NOV 12, 7PM - 12PM
> DNA Lounge on 375 Eleventh Street, San Francisco, CA
> 
>
>
>  .
>  .
>  .
> -=== DATABEEZ LOS ANGELES ~ 0DAY VIDZ ===-
>
> GameSetWatch & Nobuooo sent Jeriaska to document the lecture
> starPause, Paris, and Daniel Rehn gave at the Japanese American
> National Museum hosted by the Gianot Robot for their Biennale show ...
> he did an awesome job, i only wish he could have edited out the
> embaressing uhms!
>
> 
>
> Jeriaska also shot some stills if moving pictures make u queasy:
>
> 
>
> vids of the concert are in post prod so they'll drop soon ... and for
> the absolute latest just search for #DATABEEZ trending on twitter ; __
> ;
>
> 
>
>
>  .
>  .
>  .
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