From edslinuxbox at cox.net Thu May 1 21:19:58 2008 From: edslinuxbox at cox.net (EdsLinuxBox) Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 21:19:58 -0500 Subject: [brlug-newbies] CCCC Linux Desktop SIG Workshop, Monday May 5, 2008 Message-ID: <200805012119.58589.edslinuxbox@cox.net> Greetings all, The next workshop will be held on Monday, May 5, 2008, starting at 6 PM, in the club Linux lab. Since we had an Open House this past weekend, this workshop will be an InstallFest. The purpose of an InstallFest is to help you install Linux on your personal computer. To have Linux installed, bring just "the box". We don't need your mouse, keyboard or monitor. If you wish to continue to use Windows along with Linux, prior to the InstallFest, you will need to boot into Windows Safe Mode and run both scandisk and defrag. If you have time, run them both several times. We also recommend that you back up your Windows installation prior to the InstallFest. We will have copies of PCLinuxOS, and Xandros Open Circulation Edition 3.2 and 4.5 available. In order to install Xandros OCE 4.5, you will need to have a DVD drive in your computer. If you wish to install a version of Linux other than PCLinuxOS or Xandros, please download the ISO, burn it to the appropriate media and bring it with you. You can browse the many various Linux distributions that are available at Distro Watch. http://distrowatch.com Some other popular desktop distributions are Mepis, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Knoppix, and LinuxMint. Veteran SIG members, please come out and help us with the InstallFest. I need some folks that can possible be at the club at 6 PM to get the InstallFest moving as I may not be able to get there until a bit later. However, I will get by the club during the day Monday and leave some copies of PCLinuxOS and Xandros on the instructors desk. Also, any current SIG members that are needing help with hardware or software configuration or needs to do a new installation, please bring your machine and we will see if we can get you fixed up. I look forward to seeing everyone at the InstallFest. Ed Richards _______________________________________________ Newbies mailing list Newbies at brlug.net http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/newbies_brlug.net ------------------------------------------------------- From cjames at cybergod.net Thu May 1 22:49:22 2008 From: cjames at cybergod.net (C. James Callaway) Date: Thu, 01 May 2008 22:49:22 -0500 Subject: [brlug-newbies] Acadiana Open Source Group - http://www.acadianaos.org In-Reply-To: <200805012119.58589.edslinuxbox@cox.net> References: <200805012119.58589.edslinuxbox@cox.net> Message-ID: <481A8F42.5010204@cybergod.net> Greetings all, The Acadiana Open Source Group had their first meeting last week. Over 30 people showed up. It was very interesting. Since it's right down the road, I thought you'd want to know. http://www.acadianaos.org The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 29 at 6:30 p.m, on UL Lafayette's Campus. Frank Ducrest and Ryan Farnell will be doing a joint presentation on programming basics with the Alice and Ruby programming languages. See the website for more information. -cjames -- Web: http://www.cybergod.net Email: cjames at cybergod.net Phone: 337-322-5681 Postal: P.O. Box 60187; Lafayette, LA 70506 From edslinuxbox at cox.net Sat May 17 11:33:51 2008 From: edslinuxbox at cox.net (EdsLinuxBox) Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 11:33:51 -0500 Subject: [brlug-newbies] Linux Desktop SIG Monday, May 18, 2008 Message-ID: <200805171133.52071.edslinuxbox@cox.net> Greetings all, The next Linux Desktop SIG Workshop will be held on Monday, May 18th at 6 PM in the Linux Lab. In this workshop we will sharpen our skills regarding installing, uninstalling and updating the base operating system, as well as the programs. We will also look into how to find Linux programs and how to determine what programs you may want to install. This will be a hands on workshop so be sure and sign up to insure that you will have a comptuer to work on, and feel free to bring your personal desktop or laptop if you wish. If you are having some specific issues regarding this or any other topic, please post them to the list and we will try and address them as well. Cal Esneault mentioned to me at the Board Meeting this past Monday evening that he has been running the latest release of Ubuntu, and is really liking it a lot, so he may do a demonstration of it for us too. I look forward to seeing everyone Monday evening, Ed