From nbs at sonic.net Wed Sep 2 11:58:17 2015 From: nbs at sonic.net (Bill Kendrick) Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 11:58:17 -0700 Subject: [vox] Go programming group meets tonight! Message-ID: <20150902185817.GA31845@sonic.net> The first meeting of 'Go on up', the Golang programming meet-up group, happens tonight at Temple coffee in downtown Davis. 7pm! http://www.meetup.com/Go-on-Up-Programming-with-Golang/ -- -bill! Sent from my computer From brian at brie.com Sat Sep 19 20:08:16 2015 From: brian at brie.com (Brian E. Lavender) Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 20:08:16 -0700 Subject: [vox] software freedome day is today Message-ID: <20150920030816.GA2742@brie.com> It's today. http://softwarefreedomday.org/ Google reports that the site may be "hacked" though. :( Lugod hosted a booth at the Davis Food Co-op in 2010, but we haven't had anything since. brian -- Brian Lavender http://www.brie.com/brian/ "There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." Professor C. A. R. Hoare The 1980 Turing award lecture From rick at linuxmafia.com Sat Sep 19 21:45:32 2015 From: rick at linuxmafia.com (Rick Moen) Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 21:45:32 -0700 Subject: [vox] software freedom day is today In-Reply-To: <20150920030816.GA2742@brie.com> References: <20150920030816.GA2742@brie.com> Message-ID: <20150920044531.GF16685@linuxmafia.com> Quoting Brian E. Lavender (brian at brie.com): > It's today. > http://softwarefreedomday.org/ tl;dr: _My_ answer to LUGs getting involved with MS-Windows software has always been 'Nope. Have fun.' Quoting what I recently said on a different mailing list: ------ Other people's experience may differ, but, in my neck of the woods, Software Freedom Day -- when I checked into it, several years in a row -- turned out to overwhelmingly (to exclusion of almost everything else) about an unpaid PR effort for open source applications Win32-compiiled for MS-Windows users. At the time, much of the activity centered around publicity for a CDR image called OpenCD, comprising _entirely_ binary MS-Windows desktop applications. No source code, and nothing for anyone but Windows users. OpenCD has been unmaintained since a schism in 2007 and problems involving sponsor Canonical, Ltd.: http://web.archive.org/web/20150403213028/http://www.chrisgray.me/2007/09/mutiny-aboard-the-good-ship-theopencd/ (Successor project OpenDisc is likewise limited to Win32 desktop software.) Obviously, views differ widely on this, but I personally have better things to do with my time than helping MS-Windows users use MS-Windows. Of course, it's entirely possible that the focus and activities of Software Freedom Day differs between years and between locations -- but I thought I'd mention the issue. ------ Of course, it's whatever you make of it (you could certainly do a SFD event tailored for open source OSes, if you wish) - but that brings us back to the fact that the 'Software Freedom Day' people are actually _providing nothing_. It's a 'Hey, you Internet people should stage local events, create everything, and do all the work yourself' idea. Basically, yet another meme in search of hosts. And, if you didn't start doing the planning and scutwork for such a I-have-an-idea-you-do-everything event several months ago, you'll need a TARDIS to do one today. From rick at linuxmafia.com Mon Sep 21 08:41:43 2015 From: rick at linuxmafia.com (Rick Moen) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 08:41:43 -0700 Subject: [vox] [Lug-nuts] software freedom day is today In-Reply-To: References: <20150920030816.GA2742@brie.com> <20150920044531.GF16685@linuxmafia.com> Message-ID: <20150921154143.GJ16685@linuxmafia.com> Quoting joe (joeedh at gmail.com): > Disliking Windows is natural. Disliking windows users is just rank > prejudice. Did you have to work at missing the point, or is that something that just happens? I join you in deploring dislike of MS-Windows users -- as at least damned peculiar (whether or not it qualifies as 'prejudice'). Which dislike, of course, I nowhere articulated. Just in case this is all too difficult: People on amiable terms with World of Warcraft players, who nonetheless lack interest in that game and its players, will seldom choose to spend weekends solving their problems for free. (Incidentally, I don't share your notion that disliking MS-Windows is natural, either. I would classify that as 'waste of time'.) From nbs at sonic.net Tue Sep 29 21:42:34 2015 From: nbs at sonic.net (nbs) Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 21:42:34 -0700 Subject: [vox] Linux Users' Group of Davis, Oct. 19: "PlayOnLinux" Message-ID: <201509300442.t8U4gYeL027604@bolt.sonic.net> The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD) will be holding the following meeting: Monday October 19, 2015 7:00pm - 9:00pm Presentation: PlayOnLinux: a graphical front-end to Wine presented by Ronin Dusette PlayOnLinux is a piece of software which allows you to easily install and use numerous games and apps designed to run with Microsoft Windows. A minority of commercial games are compatible with Linux at the moment, which can be a factor that prevents some users from migrating to it. PlayOnLinux brings a cost-free, accessible and efficient solution to this problem. Written in Bash shell and Python, and using wxPython of its interface, PlayOnLinux is graphical front-end to Wine, an open source "compatibility layer" capable of running Windows applications on Linux, Mac OS X and BSD. Wine translates Windows API calls, which eliminates the performance and memory penalties of other methods. This means you do not need to own a Windows license to use PlayOnLinux! About the speaker: Ronin Dusette is a web developer/designer, photographer, technical consultant and musician, as well as a member of the PlayOnLinux team. His website is https://dusette.net/ This meeting will be held at: Explorit Nature Center 3141 5th Street Davis, CA 95616 For more details on this meeting, visit: http://www.lugod.org/meeting/upcoming/#next For maps, directions, public transportation schedules, etc., visit: http://www.lugod.org/meeting/explorit/on.php ------------ 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. You can 'like' LUGOD on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/LinuxUsersGroupOfDavis join the LUGOD group on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lugod/ and find us on LinkedIn at: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=35879 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 at lists.lugod.org )