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Ubuntu US District of Columbia
September 2010
Kevin Cole — 128346450502 Sep 2010
Forwarding from OCTO: Last February, you joined Bryan Sivak, Chief Technology Officer of the District of Columbia, and over a hundred other area leade...
TOI? (3 Replies)
Brian Curtis — 128362531904 Sep 2010*
Hey all, I know it's a holiday weekend and some people probably went to visit friends etc.. What kind of interest is there to go to TOI this after...
Phil Shapiro — 128363010304 Sep 2010
sweet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDMsQNAl90Y if you have a youtube account (it's free), subscribe to this youtube producer. phil...
Phil Shapiro — 128387363107 Sep 2010
A nice, short YouTube video showing Ubuntu One in action. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5E0W2oGBPA Phil...
Nathan Bahn — 128397744008 Sep 2010*
Kevin Cole-- Funny Jokes! [?] The 2nd joke reminds me of something I read on some bulletin board: To wit, that M$ had stacked some standards committee...
Kenneth Stailey — 128403160009 Sep 2010
Actually I blame DELL for it more than I do any Linux developers. Based on what I can see, the issues are likely due to BIOS bugs....
The Final Straw (9 Replies)
Michael Haney — 128403615309 Sep 2010*
Several versions ago Ubuntu once had a feature where you could go to the same window where you selected your screen resolution, then click on a tab an...
Phil Shapiro — 128412695410 Sep 2010
Book review - Learn OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet Macro Programming. http://bit.ly/cIQzY3 Packt @packtpub @linuxtalk phil thanks for tweeting, if you hav...
Kevin Cole — 128413148010 Sep 2010
Hi, At the moment, I only have two copies printed of a flyer I cooked up: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7596221/sfd10-dc.pdf The model for this is the set o...
TPFF: Volunteers, chairs, wheels, etc... (7 Replies)
Kevin Cole — 128415211510 Sep 2010*
Hi all, I've received confirmation of our table at Takoma Park Folk Festival. I have the tent, the banner and a box and a half worth of CD...
Co-incidence or Plan? (4 Replies)
Kenneth Stailey — 128415269010 Sep 2010*
In case you haven't noticed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS uses kernel 2.6.32 and RHEL 6 also uses kernel 2.6.32. Seems that 2.6.32 will have a lot of hands and...
An Install Fail Party (15 Replies)
Kenneth Stailey — 128422440711 Sep 2010*
Friends, I am hosting a Linux install fail party where you bring the computers that can't run Linux and spend countless hours trying and failing t...
Phil Shapiro — 128424634311 Sep 2010*
hi ubuntistas, i recently visited the new watha t. daniel library in DC, which is located on rhode island avenue -- right at the shaw/howard universit...
Last minute request (1 Reply)
Kevin Cole — 128429718312 Sep 2010*
Though not critical, 9 paperweights, string (sturdy string, thin rope) and tape, would be welcome additions. I think I am ok with the large plastic ba...
Kevin Cole — 128439458313 Sep 2010*
...and anyone else I may have missed, for coming out in the rain yesterday for the Takoma Park Folk Festival. Considering the weather, we still did qu...
Scott Wells — 128441208713 Sep 2010
Dear LoCo -- Something fun ... Many of you may believe that Sunlight Labs is run by a bunch of robots, but it turns out there are (some) real humans m...
Free Ubuntu LoCo Banner from Canonical (1 Reply)
Jeremy Bicha — 128442581214 Sep 2010*
Canonical is giving away a free conference banner to approved LoCos like ours. So, Kevin, please send an email to the contact listed on https://wiki.u...
Kevin Cole — 128456307015 Sep 2010*
Future employment opportunities and/or stock options await, I'm sure. ;-) -- Forwarded message -- From: Kevin Cole Date: Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 03:0...
Linux in a Windows-only helpdesk (5 Replies)
Thomas Doggette — 128458832215 Sep 2010*
I'm preparing a presentation (Powerpoint, natch) for work (Arlington County) about Linux. The helpdesk boss is very impressed with the capability ...
32-bit vs 64-bit ubuntu (7 Replies)
Phil Shapiro — 128460671316 Sep 2010*
hi ubuntistas, if i installed ubuntu on a core i3 notebook that previously had windows 7 64-bit, do i need to install the 64-bit version of ubuntu? (i...
Scott Phelps — 128474401117 Sep 2010
I know some guys over at the US Treasury (Washington, DC) looking for a skilled RHEL/KVM Engineer. Hit me back with a resume if you're interested!...
Kevin Cole — 128476254617 Sep 2010*
Oh, yes! I hope so! http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/......
TOI This afternoon? (7 Replies)
Brian Curtis — 128483781018 Sep 2010*
Hey all, This is my typical e-mail seeing what kind of interest there is in a TOI gathering this afternoon. Who would be going today? ~Brian -- Resear...
Phil Shapiro — 128485231018 Sep 2010*
hi ubuntistas, this small form factor Asus desktop looks like it's ideal for ubuntu. http://tinyurl.com/2bz4ul8 does anyone on this list happen to...
Phil Shapiro — 128490039319 Sep 2010*
An interesting talking-head and screencast showing some tips and tricks for using google app inventor on ubuntu. http://tinyurl.com/2f76gxg The above ...
Kenneth Stailey — 128493188419 Sep 2010
See comment #15 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/fir......
Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu 10.04 (12 Replies)
Kevin Cole — 128526325723 Sep 2010*
http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/......
VLC Media Player for iPad (2 Replies)
Phil Shapiro — 128533264824 Sep 2010*
I'm real curious to know if the new VLC Media Player for iPad plays OGG (also called OGV) video files. see http://itunes.apple.com/app/vlc-media-p...
my next ubuntu computer (3 Replies)
Phil Shapiro — 128535273324 Sep 2010*
My next Ubuntu computer is also going to have 480 terabytes of storage, just like this one. http://tinyurl.com/2g59loh The Internet Archive is an offi...
building a computer from scratchthese days (2 Replies)
Xian R. — 128543527525 Sep 2010*
Hi all. I need to build a desktop from scratch these days. It will need Windows 7 (possibly XP, but it will need to have the capacity to upgrade to W7...
Nokia N770 (2 Replies)
throughnothing at gmail.com — 128544191025 Sep 2010*
I have a Nokia N770 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_770_Intern...) that has been lying around not getting any use. I figured I'd see if anyone...
Phil Shapiro — 128558357027 Sep 2010
ubuntistas, in case this might be of interest, here's a new web think-piece i wrote this morning. http://tinyurl.com/296rxto thanks for sharing th...
Kevin Cole — 128561275327 Sep 2010*
It's Saturday afternoon, which begs the usual question: Taste of India circa 4:00 PM?...
Chuck Glenn — 128570514928 Sep 2010*
http://www.eglobalwireless.com/p-4333-new-7-m......
Phil Shapiro — 128575029429 Sep 2010
This newly announced software looks like it might have lots of interesting uses besides grants management. (i.e. other project management uses) http:/...
Kevin Cole — 128577002629 Sep 2010*
Hiya gang, Those of you in the education biz, pay attention! Prolog: Dave Eggers won a TED prize for his "Once Upon a School" wish. See: htt...
Hmmm Peppermint (4 Replies)
Michael Haney — 128587902830 Sep 2010*
After struggling with my computer for several months I've come to the horrific conclusion that Ubuntu is getting to be too much for my ancient har...
Kevin Cole — 128588563630 Sep 2010*
Hi gang, The Maverick Meerkat (no relation to the Maverick McCain) is rapidly approaching. In a parallel universe, some LoCo folks -- among them, Luke...