[ubuntu-us-mi] Introduction

[Matt Arnold]

Since this is my first post as a member of this mailing list, a word
of introduction. I live in Hazel Park. I've done most of the Penguicon
program books, been head of programming, been right hand man to four
Penguicon convention chairs, and I will be the Chair for 2009. I've
been an artist and graphic designer in the print industry for eight
years, but recently changed to work on a corporate website, intranet
and extranet.

I was introduced to Linux at the first Penguicon. I've been using
Ubuntu as my desktop for two or three years now, and I push it on my
family, friends and coworkers. I usually avoid the command line as if
it were a pitch-black warehouse where I bark my shins on unseen items
in the dark. But every month or two I experiment with something that
will stretch my meager command line skills and try to learn. Then to
fix what I've broken, I reinstall Ubuntu, or I get new hard drives.
GRUB for my latest set of hard drives currently offers me a half-dozen
Ubuntus which I broke, and one good one. When I installed Gutsy, I
used Symantic to install Mediabuntu on top of it. This broke the
splash screen, and most of the restricted packages like DVDs and
Flash. By failing you learn, or so I've heard.

This makes it sound like my experience has in some way been
dissatisfactory, but to the contrary, Ubuntu is quite forgiving of
normal use, short of all but my most ambitious fumblings. Who would
have imagined an operating system so easy to install that the
procedure is more painless than almost any simple repair measure? I
wholeheartedly recommend Ubuntu and am very excited about promoting
it, both in my Penguicon work and anywhere else.

-Matt Arnold

[Trevor Jagoda]

Welcome aboard, Matt!

I'm rather the reverse of you - I found out about PenguiCon because of
Linux! Anyway, we'll sure be able to get some involvement in 2009
planned, with the chair for 2009 on our lists and all.

Here's hoping we can get your splash screens and command-line-fear
resolved. The best place I've found for support from the LoCo is this
very list, or possibly the IRC channel on freenode, if you're looking
for something a bit more real time. If it's person-to-person you
prefer, I don't know of anybody off hand who lives in the Hazel Park
area. Most of us (myself included) are somewhat near the Detroit chunk
of the state, so that's not really an issue. Welcome!


Trevor Jagoda

Post by Matt Arnold
Since this is my first post as a member of this mailing list, a word
of introduction. I live in Hazel Park. I've done most of the Penguicon
program books, been head of programming, been right hand man to four
Penguicon convention chairs, and I will be the Chair for 2009. I've
been an artist and graphic designer in the print industry for eight
years, but recently changed to work on a corporate website, intranet
and extranet.
I was introduced to Linux at the first Penguicon. I've been using
Ubuntu as my desktop for two or three years now, and I push it on my
family, friends and coworkers. I usually avoid the command line as if
it were a pitch-black warehouse where I bark my shins on unseen items
in the dark. But every month or two I experiment with something that
will stretch my meager command line skills and try to learn. Then to
fix what I've broken, I reinstall Ubuntu, or I get new hard drives.
GRUB for my latest set of hard drives currently offers me a half-dozen
Ubuntus which I broke, and one good one. When I installed Gutsy, I
used Symantic to install Mediabuntu on top of it. This broke the
splash screen, and most of the restricted packages like DVDs and
Flash. By failing you learn, or so I've heard.
This makes it sound like my experience has in some way been
dissatisfactory, but to the contrary, Ubuntu is quite forgiving of
normal use, short of all but my most ambitious fumblings. Who would
have imagined an operating system so easy to install that the
procedure is more painless than almost any simple repair measure? I
wholeheartedly recommend Ubuntu and am very excited about promoting
it, both in my Penguicon work and anywhere else.
-Matt Arnold

[Matt Arnold]

Post by Trevor Jagoda
Welcome aboard, Matt!
I'm rather the reverse of you - I found out about PenguiCon because of
Linux! Anyway, we'll sure be able to get some involvement in 2009
planned, with the chair for 2009 on our lists and all.

It's not too soon! This year's Tech Guests of Honor are both
intimately involved with Ubuntu. We've got a good start with an Ubuntu
Q&A session. ("Good start" is a veiled hint that we're throwing this
wide open for more.) As always, if we get more Linux people involved
in running this convention, it sure couldn't hurt. So anyone on the
Ubuntu Michigan LoCo, step right up! Ask anyone you know, if they want
to present.

I'm excited about attending Ohio's Ubuntucon too. One thing listed in
their plans is what, for lack of a better term, I call a booth fair.
Ever since I attended Ohio LinuxFest 2007, I felt very inspired to
start a booth fair at Penguicon. We haven't announced the booth fair
on penguicon.org because it's in a formative stage, but this year it
will a few hours of the Friday evening of the convention. So far we've
got booths reserved by The Linux Fund, the Free Software Foundation,
Silicon Mechanics, and several others who are very likely. Tables are
free of charge to any Penguicon registrant with an organization, group
or company. It's separate from the dealer's room in that it is not for
shopping, so products may not be directly sold at the booth fair. But
nonprofit event registrations and group memberships may be sold.
Anybody who knows how to attract more organizations or companies, or
has contacts who they can talk to, please let me know. LUGs would
certainly be welcome.

Post by Trevor Jagoda
Here's hoping we can get your splash screens and command-line-fear
resolved. The best place I've found for support from the LoCo is this
very list, or possibly the IRC channel on freenode, if you're looking
for something a bit more real time. If it's person-to-person you
prefer, I don't know of anybody off hand who lives in the Hazel Park
area. Most of us (myself included) are somewhat near the Detroit chunk
of the state, so that's not really an issue. Welcome!
Trevor Jagoda

Thanks! Actually, I live at the intersection of I-75 and I-696, so
even if nobody can make house calls, I can talk to you about it at any
in-person meeting you have. But I do plan to make the IRC meeting on
the 2nd, as well.

-Matt

Post by Trevor Jagoda

Post by Matt Arnold
Since this is my first post as a member of this mailing list, a word
of introduction. I live in Hazel Park. I've done most of the Penguicon
program books, been head of programming, been right hand man to four
Penguicon convention chairs, and I will be the Chair for 2009. I've
been an artist and graphic designer in the print industry for eight
years, but recently changed to work on a corporate website, intranet
and extranet.
I was introduced to Linux at the first Penguicon. I've been using
Ubuntu as my desktop for two or three years now, and I push it on my
family, friends and coworkers. I usually avoid the command line as if
it were a pitch-black warehouse where I bark my shins on unseen items
in the dark. But every month or two I experiment with something that
will stretch my meager command line skills and try to learn. Then to
fix what I've broken, I reinstall Ubuntu, or I get new hard drives.
GRUB for my latest set of hard drives currently offers me a half-dozen
Ubuntus which I broke, and one good one. When I installed Gutsy, I
used Symantic to install Mediabuntu on top of it. This broke the
splash screen, and most of the restricted packages like DVDs and
Flash. By failing you learn, or so I've heard.
This makes it sound like my experience has in some way been
dissatisfactory, but to the contrary, Ubuntu is quite forgiving of
normal use, short of all but my most ambitious fumblings. Who would
have imagined an operating system so easy to install that the
procedure is more painless than almost any simple repair measure? I
wholeheartedly recommend Ubuntu and am very excited about promoting
it, both in my Penguicon work and anywhere else.
-Matt Arnold

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[Trevor Jagoda]

I would suggest reserving a booth, but we already have aspirations of a
room party (which will probably be on friday night). Although, I could
be completely off-key with the rest of the group in that thought.

Want a booth AND a room party, or just a room party, oh fellow
LoCo-ites?


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Post by Matt Arnold

Post by Trevor Jagoda
Welcome aboard, Matt!
I'm rather the reverse of you - I found out about PenguiCon because of
Linux! Anyway, we'll sure be able to get some involvement in 2009
planned, with the chair for 2009 on our lists and all.

It's not too soon! This year's Tech Guests of Honor are both
intimately involved with Ubuntu. We've got a good start with an Ubuntu
Q&A session. ("Good start" is a veiled hint that we're throwing this
wide open for more.) As always, if we get more Linux people involved
in running this convention, it sure couldn't hurt. So anyone on the
Ubuntu Michigan LoCo, step right up! Ask anyone you know, if they want
to present.
I'm excited about attending Ohio's Ubuntucon too. One thing listed in
their plans is what, for lack of a better term, I call a booth fair.
Ever since I attended Ohio LinuxFest 2007, I felt very inspired to
start a booth fair at Penguicon. We haven't announced the booth fair
on penguicon.org because it's in a formative stage, but this year it
will a few hours of the Friday evening of the convention. So far we've
got booths reserved by The Linux Fund, the Free Software Foundation,
Silicon Mechanics, and several others who are very likely. Tables are
free of charge to any Penguicon registrant with an organization, group
or company. It's separate from the dealer's room in that it is not for
shopping, so products may not be directly sold at the booth fair. But
nonprofit event registrations and group memberships may be sold.
Anybody who knows how to attract more organizations or companies, or
has contacts who they can talk to, please let me know. LUGs would
certainly be welcome.

Post by Trevor Jagoda
Here's hoping we can get your splash screens and command-line-fear
resolved. The best place I've found for support from the LoCo is this
very list, or possibly the IRC channel on freenode, if you're looking
for something a bit more real time. If it's person-to-person you
prefer, I don't know of anybody off hand who lives in the Hazel Park
area. Most of us (myself included) are somewhat near the Detroit chunk
of the state, so that's not really an issue. Welcome!
Trevor Jagoda

Thanks! Actually, I live at the intersection of I-75 and I-696, so
even if nobody can make house calls, I can talk to you about it at any
in-person meeting you have. But I do plan to make the IRC meeting on
the 2nd, as well.
-Matt

Post by Trevor Jagoda

Post by Matt Arnold
Since this is my first post as a member of this mailing list, a word
of introduction. I live in Hazel Park. I've done most of the Penguicon
program books, been head of programming, been right hand man to four
Penguicon convention chairs, and I will be the Chair for 2009. I've
been an artist and graphic designer in the print industry for eight
years, but recently changed to work on a corporate website, intranet
and extranet.
I was introduced to Linux at the first Penguicon. I've been using
Ubuntu as my desktop for two or three years now, and I push it on my
family, friends and coworkers. I usually avoid the command line as if
it were a pitch-black warehouse where I bark my shins on unseen items
in the dark. But every month or two I experiment with something that
will stretch my meager command line skills and try to learn. Then to
fix what I've broken, I reinstall Ubuntu, or I get new hard drives.
GRUB for my latest set of hard drives currently offers me a half-dozen
Ubuntus which I broke, and one good one. When I installed Gutsy, I
used Symantic to install Mediabuntu on top of it. This broke the
splash screen, and most of the restricted packages like DVDs and
Flash. By failing you learn, or so I've heard.
This makes it sound like my experience has in some way been
dissatisfactory, but to the contrary, Ubuntu is quite forgiving of
normal use, short of all but my most ambitious fumblings. Who would
have imagined an operating system so easy to install that the
procedure is more painless than almost any simple repair measure? I
wholeheartedly recommend Ubuntu and am very excited about promoting
it, both in my Penguicon work and anywhere else.
-Matt Arnold

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[Wolfger]

Post by Trevor Jagoda
I would suggest reserving a booth, but we already have aspirations of a
room party (which will probably be on friday night). Although, I could
be completely off-key with the rest of the group in that thought.
Want a booth AND a room party, or just a room party, oh fellow
LoCo-ites?

Well, a booth would need to be attended, and frankly I'm not
interested in doing that. There are always far too many things
catching my interest at Penguicon. Room party is a good idea, though.
In fact, now that we have the tech guests we have, I think a LoCo room
party is a requirement. ;-)