From nbs at sonic.net Tue May 1 21:23:09 2012 From: nbs at sonic.net (nbs) Date: Tue, 1 May 2012 21:23:09 -0700 Subject: [vox-announce] Linux Users' Group of Davis, May 21: "Ubuntu 12.04 and Unity; What is it all about?" Message-ID: <201205020423.q424N9LG026444@bolt.sonic.net> The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD) will be holding the following meeting: Monday May 21, 2012 7:00pm - 9:00pm Presentation: "Ubuntu 12.04 and Unity; What is it all about?" Philip Ballew, Head of Ubuntu Youth This talk will focus on Ubuntu 12.04 ("Precise Pangolin"), the latest release of the Canonical Ltd.'s Linux-based operating system (and also the most recent "LTS", or "Long Term Support", release), and Unity, Canonical's graphical shell -- well-suited for netbooks and tablets -- for the GNOME desktop environment. Specifically, this talk will cover some of the ways that you can customize Unity. About the Speaker: Philip Ballew is an Ubuntu member, head of Ubuntu Youth, and works heavily in the Ubuntu Power User Community that helps customize Unity, Ubuntu's new GUI. This meeting will be held at a special location: Yolo County Library, Mary L. Stephen's Davis Branch 315 East 14th Street Davis, California 95616 For more details on this meeting, visit: http://www.lugod.org/meeting/upcoming/ For maps, directions, public transportation schedules, etc., visit: http://www.lugod.org/meeting/library/ ------------ About LUGOD: ------------ The Linux Users' Group of Davis is a 501(c)7 non-profit organization dedicated to the Linux computer operating system and other Open Source and Free Software. Since 1999, LUGOD has held regular meetings with guest speakers in Davis, California, as well as other events in Davis and the greater Sacramento region. Events are always free and open to the public. Please visit our website for more details: http://www.lugod.org/ -- Bill Kendrick pr at lugod.org Public Relations Officer Linux Users' Group of Davis http://www.lugod.org/ (Your address: vox-announce at lists.lugod.org ) From nbs at sonic.net Fri May 18 17:19:39 2012 From: nbs at sonic.net (Bill Kendrick) Date: Fri, 18 May 2012 17:19:39 -0700 Subject: [vox-announce] Reminder: Ubuntu 12.04 / Unity talk on Monday (May 21) in Davis! Message-ID: <20120519001939.GA30224@sonic.net> Reminder! The Linux Users' Group of Davis meets next Monday, May 21st at 7pm at the Yolo County Public Library, Mary L. Stephens Davis Branch (315 East 14th Street in Davis), in the Blanchard Room. Philip Ballew, Head of Ubuntu Youth, and contributor to the Ubuntu Power User Community, will be coming to speak about Ubuntu 12.04 and the Unity graphical shell. For more information, visit: http://www.lugod.org/meeting/ Maps/direction: http://lugod.org/meeting/library/ -- -bill! Sent from my computer From nbs at sonic.net Mon May 21 17:33:36 2012 From: nbs at sonic.net (Bill Kendrick) Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 17:33:36 -0700 Subject: [vox-announce] Reminder: Ubuntu talk TONIGHT! Message-ID: <20120522003336.GA27776@sonic.net> 7pm at the public library, a talk on Ubuntu 12.04 and Unity! Join us! There'll be plenty of free CDs, I've been told. ;) http://www.lugod.org/meeting/ -- -bill! Sent from my computer From nbs at sonic.net Thu May 24 12:36:10 2012 From: nbs at sonic.net (nbs) Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 12:36:10 -0700 Subject: [vox-announce] Linux Users' Group of Davis, June 18: "Wikimedia and Wikipedia" Message-ID: <201205241936.q4OJaAGP004732@bolt.sonic.net> The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD) will be holding the following meeting: Monday June 18, 2012 7:00pm - 9:00pm Presentation: "Wikimedia and Wikipedia" Trevor Parscal and Roan Kattouw, Wikimedia Foundation Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is the non-profit organization behind Wikipedia and several other online collaborative wiki projects. The foundation's goal is to develop and maintain open content, wiki-based projects and to provide the full contents of those projects to the public free of charge. Wikimedia currently runs on dedicated clusters of Ubuntu Linux servers, with a pair of OpenSolaris machines for ZFS. There are 400 servers in Tampa, Florida, and 60 in Amsterdam, as well as 450 in Virginia that are still being built out. The operation of Wikimedia depends on MediaWiki, a custom-made, free and open source wiki software platform written in PHP and built upon the MySQL database. About the Speakers: Trevor Parscal has been working at the Wikimedia Foundation since 2008, focusing his engineering and design efforts on the front-end of MediaWiki. Key projects he's worked on include redesigning the look and feel of Wikipedia and creating ResourceLoader which optimizes the way JavaScript, CSS and image resources are sent to the client. His most recent work has been building a visual editor for Wikipedia. Roan Kattouw has been a MediaWiki developer since 2007 and has been working for the Wikimedia Foundation since 2009. Roan has worked on usability improvements for Wikipedia and on ResourceLoader, a front-end resource delivery system, and is now working on building the visual editor with Trevor. Roan also works on various small things, ranging from JavaScript code review to MediaWiki backend hacking to deploying code on the cluster. This meeting will be held at: Yolo County Library, Mary L. Stephen's Davis Branch Blanchard Community Room 315 East 14th Street Davis, California 95616 For more details on this meeting, visit: http://www.lugod.org/meeting/upcoming/ For maps, directions, public transportation schedules, etc., visit: http://www.lugod.org/meeting/library/ ------------ About LUGOD: ------------ The Linux Users' Group of Davis is a 501(c)7 non-profit organization dedicated to the Linux computer operating system and other Open Source and Free Software. Since 1999, LUGOD has held regular meetings with guest speakers in Davis, California, as well as other events in Davis and the greater Sacramento region. Events are always free and open to the public. Please visit our website for more details: http://www.lugod.org/ -- Bill Kendrick pr at lugod.org Public Relations Officer Linux Users' Group of Davis http://www.lugod.org/ (Your address: vox-announce at lists.lugod.org )