Great write up James. Where are the photos ???? On Mar 21, 1:09 pm, James Beake <jamesbe...@moonmarsh.com> wrote: > A very late write-up from our most recent meeting. Enjoy. > > --- > The second Brisbane Ubuntu community meeting was held at Gilhooley's > Chermside, a typical Irish style pub. As I was the nominated meeting > organiser for the event so I got there early, ordered a Kilkenny and sat > back to wait for folks to arrive. > > I found myself scrutinising everyone that walked past to see if I could > identify if the person was an ubuntu user. Not sure what I was thinking; > that by using ubuntu we are all somehow develop a power to be able to > instantly recognise another member of the tribe. Anyway my powers were on > the fritz that day as all I managed to do was get some odd looks from some > poor people that where wandering around just trying to find the loo. > > Do we ubuntu users need to come up with a secret signal so that we can pick > each other out in public? > > What a relief when I recognised someone from our previous meeting. Andrew > was at the other side of the room near the bar scanning the area for signs > of ubuntu geeks. At about the same time a couple of other ubuntu-ers arrived > and the combination of swivelling heads and searching looks and my vigorous > arm waving must have been enough of a signal to everyone that like minded > people were in the area and we were all soon seated and making > introductions. The last couple of attendees to arrive seemed to have no > trouble finding us. Might have been due to the laptops and other gadgets > that had appeared soon after we were all seated. > > It was great to see a 50% increase in attendance for this meeting. There > were six of us at the meeting! Fingers crossed we can match this growth for > our next meeting. > > After we completed the introductions everyone started talking about their > favourite topic, tech. There were a number of different conversations at the > same time, here is a list of the ones I was apart of, or caught snippets of: > > - Conroy's filter plans ( what's a gathering without a bit of political > chat) > - Calendar synchronisation > - How to secure home environments with tools that work with ubuntu > - Options for ditching itunes for teenagers with iPods. > - Are we brave enough to install Ubuntu on relatives computers? > > Packages/products discussed: > - ispconfig > - amsn > - atunes > - xaile > - quickcad > - spyspurt > - GNOME configuration cleanup tool - name? > - randr.com > - Lenovo D10 server > > Just before we pulled stumps Paul asked each of us "What is the one thing > you would change about Ubuntu if you could?" > > Here are the answers everyone gave: > > Cary: combined DVD of all *buntu, no need to carry separate CDs for server, > desktop, Kubuntu, etc. > > Andrew: fix the regressions, esp. laptop power management > > David: iPod/Nokia/electronic device support > > James: added onto Andrew's point on laptop power management; more intuitive > keychain password management when passwords change > > Nigel: slick shared calendar across all desktop apps > > Paul: compelling web admin interface for directory/file > sharing/email/calendar setup; Active Directory & Exchange are killing us in > this space > > Just before everyone went their own way we agreed our goal should be to all > have ubuntu tee shirts so that we at least can find each other and hopefully > raise the profile of ubuntu at our next gathering. > > We finished the meeting at about 5pm. Three hours goes fast when you having > fun. I had a great time geeking out with a group of like minded people and > am looking forward to our next gathering. Hopefully we can lure more ubuntu > users and people who are curious about ubuntu and open source in general to > our next meeting. > > The list of attendees and where they travelled from to attend: > Andrew - Mt Gravatt > James - Mcdowall > Nigel - Hendra > Cary - Wamuran (Caboolture) > David - Springfield > Paul - Birkdale > Thanks to Paul for taking notes during the meeting. > > Next meeting: Release party for Ubuntu 10.4 - Lucid at Breakfast Creek > Hotel. Date TBD - End of April/Early May. > > Until then, as my wife likes to says, "Shouldn't you, Ubuntu?". > > ----- > James > > -- > ubuntu-au mailing list > ubuntu...@lists.ubuntu.comhttps://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
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