[ubuntu-us-mi] ubuntu-us-mi] Penguicon Participation

[gib]

Um, I'm sure we can think of a lot of good ideas. I just wonder if some type of introductory sessions could be provided to educate the non-computer types. Set some specific short sessions that show the artists how to use the Ubuntu applications for drawing/illustrating/video editing. Music groups could learn the audio software too.
Other hobbies that would benefit from Ubuntu? I'm surprised when I see someone buying expensive special interest software. Perhaps we can devise a list of free software that is included in Ubuntu (should already be a list somewhere) that could be distributed at Penguicon.


---------- Original Message ----------
From: Craig Maloney <craig at decafbad.net>
To: Ubuntu Michigan Local Community Team <ubuntu-us-mi at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: [ubuntu-us-mi] Penguicon Participation
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:24:05 -0500

Evening, everyone!

At our last IRC meeting (which as a few minutes ago) and the topic of
what to do as a loco at Penguicon was broached. Some of the ideas that
were put forth were:

* Ubuntu Bug Triage / Jam (this has been done in the past with great
success)
* Ubuntu Packaging Jam
* Room Party of some form (could include some of the above)
* Also could include an "ask the expert" portion.

These are just a sample of the proposed ideas. I'm sure there are more
out there that haven't been covered. What would you like to see the loco
do at Penguicon?
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[Bradley McMahon]

As for a beginners classes I have Craig teaching Camp Unix early Saturday
morning in the computer lab, I don't know what topics he plans to talk about
though. There are a few classes I would like to see.

- intro to iptables and firewalls

- Linux and Media - introduce a few media players and their functions, show
how to use a phone and portable media player on linux, talk about media
servers on linux, rtorrent,...

-Linux and your beige box - talk about the cool things you can do on a linux
server with limit speed and memory.

-Linux on embedded devices - WRT54G, NSLU2, NASes. Most of our embedded low
wattage devices in our house already run linux, so how do we exploit them to
their full potential.

-Command line Fu - talk on spec-ing out your linux install's terminal and
some neat functions of the command line, such as all the math you can do
with bc or the famous pi calc to benchmark your cpu.

If you have more ideas let me hear them or if you want to give a talk let me
know.


-Brad

Post by gib
Um, I'm sure we can think of a lot of good ideas. I just wonder if some
type of introductory sessions could be provided to educate the non-computer
types. Set some specific short sessions that show the artists how to use
the Ubuntu applications for drawing/illustrating/video editing. Music groups
could learn the audio software too.
Other hobbies that would benefit from Ubuntu? I'm surprised when I see
someone buying expensive special interest software. Perhaps we can devise a
list of free software that is included in Ubuntu (should already be a list
somewhere) that could be distributed at Penguicon.
---------- Original Message ----------
From: Craig Maloney <craig at decafbad.net>
To: Ubuntu Michigan Local Community Team <ubuntu-us-mi at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: [ubuntu-us-mi] Penguicon Participation
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:24:05 -0500
Evening, everyone!
At our last IRC meeting (which as a few minutes ago) and the topic of
what to do as a loco at Penguicon was broached. Some of the ideas that
* Ubuntu Bug Triage / Jam (this has been done in the past with great
success)
* Ubuntu Packaging Jam
* Room Party of some form (could include some of the above)
* Also could include an "ask the expert" portion.
These are just a sample of the proposed ideas. I'm sure there are more
out there that haven't been covered. What would you like to see the loco
do at Penguicon?
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[Craig Maloney]

Post by Bradley McMahon
As for a beginners classes I have Craig teaching Camp Unix early
Saturday morning in the computer lab, I don't know what topics he plans
to talk about though.

Camp UNIX is designed to be an into to the UNIX command-line. It's very
basic, with not much application focus. The focus is to get people to
use UNIX (Linux) command-line utilities and get comfortable with them in
a short amount of time.

[James Ronald]

- In regard to Linux on embedded devices what about the Beagle Board
and Sheeva Plug which can actually run Ubuntu? The NSLU2 and WRT54G
were cool in their day but not that interesting so many years later.
Oh, and what about OpenOCD?

As for a?beginners?classes I have Craig teaching Camp Unix early Saturday
morning in the computer lab, I don't know what topics he plans to talk about
though. There are a few classes I would like to see.
- intro to iptables and firewalls
- Linux and Media - introduce a few media players and their functions, show
how to use a phone and?portable?media player on linux, talk about media
servers on linux, rtorrent,...
-Linux and your?beige?box - talk about the cool things you can do on a linux
server with limit speed and memory.
-Linux on embedded devices - WRT54G, NSLU2, NASes. Most of our embedded low
wattage devices in our house already run linux, so how do we exploit them to
their full potential.
-Command line?Fu - talk on spec-ing out your linux install's terminal and
some neat functions of the command line, such as all the math you can do
with bc or the famous pi calc to benchmark your cpu.
If you have more ideas let me hear them or if you want to give a talk let me
know.
-Brad

Um, I'm sure we can think of a lot of good ideas.? I just wonder if some
type of introductory sessions could be provided to educate the non-computer
types.? Set some specific short sessions that show the artists how to use
the Ubuntu applications for drawing/illustrating/video editing. Music groups
could learn the audio software too.
Other hobbies that would benefit from Ubuntu?? I'm surprised when I see
someone buying expensive special interest software.? Perhaps we can devise a
list of free software that is included in Ubuntu (should already be a list
somewhere) that could be distributed at Penguicon.
---------- Original Message ----------
From: Craig Maloney <craig at decafbad.net>
To: Ubuntu Michigan Local Community Team <ubuntu-us-mi at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: [ubuntu-us-mi] Penguicon Participation
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:24:05 -0500
Evening, everyone!
At our last IRC meeting (which as a few minutes ago) and the topic of
what to do as a loco at Penguicon was broached. Some of the ideas that
?* Ubuntu Bug Triage / Jam (this has been done in the past with great
success)
?* Ubuntu Packaging Jam
?* Room Party of some form (could include some of the above)
??* Also could include an "ask the expert" portion.
These are just a sample of the proposed ideas. I'm sure there are more
out there that haven't been covered. What would you like to see the loco
do at Penguicon?
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[Bradley McMahon]

yes the beagle board and sheeva plug are great examples even if they they
are 4 times the price of the WRT54G or NSLU2. I think a talks on AVR/
Arduino, open embedded, open hardware would be awesome as well.

-Brad

Post by James Ronald
- In regard to Linux on embedded devices what about the Beagle Board
and Sheeva Plug which can actually run Ubuntu? The NSLU2 and WRT54G
were cool in their day but not that interesting so many years later.
Oh, and what about OpenOCD?

Post by Bradley McMahon
As for a beginners classes I have Craig teaching Camp Unix early Saturday
morning in the computer lab, I don't know what topics he plans to talk

about

Post by Bradley McMahon
though. There are a few classes I would like to see.
- intro to iptables and firewalls
- Linux and Media - introduce a few media players and their functions,

show

Post by Bradley McMahon
how to use a phone and portable media player on linux, talk about media
servers on linux, rtorrent,...
-Linux and your beige box - talk about the cool things you can do on a

linux

Post by Bradley McMahon
server with limit speed and memory.
-Linux on embedded devices - WRT54G, NSLU2, NASes. Most of our embedded

low

Post by Bradley McMahon
wattage devices in our house already run linux, so how do we exploit them

to

Post by Bradley McMahon
their full potential.
-Command line Fu - talk on spec-ing out your linux install's terminal and
some neat functions of the command line, such as all the math you can do
with bc or the famous pi calc to benchmark your cpu.
If you have more ideas let me hear them or if you want to give a talk let

me

Post by Bradley McMahon
know.
-Brad

Post by gib
Um, I'm sure we can think of a lot of good ideas. I just wonder if some
type of introductory sessions could be provided to educate the

non-computer

Post by Bradley McMahon

Post by gib
types. Set some specific short sessions that show the artists how to

use

Post by Bradley McMahon

Post by gib
the Ubuntu applications for drawing/illustrating/video editing. Music

groups

Post by Bradley McMahon

Post by gib
could learn the audio software too.
Other hobbies that would benefit from Ubuntu? I'm surprised when I see
someone buying expensive special interest software. Perhaps we can

devise a

Post by Bradley McMahon

Post by gib
list of free software that is included in Ubuntu (should already be a

list

Post by Bradley McMahon

Post by gib
somewhere) that could be distributed at Penguicon.
---------- Original Message ----------
From: Craig Maloney <craig at decafbad.net>
To: Ubuntu Michigan Local Community Team <ubuntu-us-mi at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: [ubuntu-us-mi] Penguicon Participation
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:24:05 -0500
Evening, everyone!
At our last IRC meeting (which as a few minutes ago) and the topic of
what to do as a loco at Penguicon was broached. Some of the ideas that
* Ubuntu Bug Triage / Jam (this has been done in the past with great
success)
* Ubuntu Packaging Jam
* Room Party of some form (could include some of the above)
* Also could include an "ask the expert" portion.
These are just a sample of the proposed ideas. I'm sure there are more
out there that haven't been covered. What would you like to see the loco
do at Penguicon?
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[gib]

Cool. I'd suggest we record these and provide them at Penguicon.
Maybe we could have topics like this that we webcast or podcast during Penguicon.

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From: Bradley McMahon <bradmcmahon at gmail.com>
To: Ubuntu Michigan Local Community Team <ubuntu-us-mi at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: Re: [ubuntu-us-mi] ubuntu-us-mi] Penguicon Participation
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 10:21:19 -0500

As for a? beginners? classes I have Craig teaching Camp Unix early Saturday morning in the computer lab, I don't know what topics he plans to talk about though. There are a few classes I would like to see.

- intro to iptables and firewalls
- Linux and Media - introduce a few media players and their functions, show how to use a phone and? portable? media player on linux, talk about media servers on linux, rtorrent,...
-Linux and your? beige? box - talk about the cool things you can do on a linux server with limit speed and memory.
-Linux on embedded devices - WRT54G, NSLU2, NASes. Most of our embedded low wattage devices in our house already run linux, so how do we exploit them to their full potential.
-Command line? Fu - talk on spec-ing out your linux install's terminal and some neat functions of the command line, such as all the math you can do with bc or the famous pi calc to benchmark your cpu.
If you have more ideas let me hear them or if you want to give a talk let me know.?
-Brad



On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 9:53 AM, gib at juno.com <gib at juno.com> wrote:
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Um, I'm sure we can think of a lot of good ideas.? I just wonder if some type of introductory sessions could be provided to educate the non-computer types.? Set some specific short sessions that show the artists how to use the Ubuntu applications for drawing/illustrating/video editing. Music groups could learn the audio software too.
Other hobbies that would benefit from Ubuntu?? I'm surprised when I see someone buying expensive special interest software.? Perhaps we can devise a list of free software that is included in Ubuntu (should already be a list somewhere) that could be distributed at Penguicon.


---------- Original Message ----------
From: Craig Maloney <craig at decafbad.net>
To: Ubuntu Michigan Local Community Team <ubuntu-us-mi at lists.ubuntu.com>
Subject: [ubuntu-us-mi] Penguicon Participation
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:24:05 -0500

Evening, everyone!

At our last IRC meeting (which as a few minutes ago) and the topic of
what to do as a loco at Penguicon was broached. Some of the ideas that
were put forth were:

? * Ubuntu Bug Triage / Jam (this has been done in the past with great
success)
? * Ubuntu Packaging Jam
? * Room Party of some form (could include some of the above)
? ? * Also could include an "ask the expert" portion.

These are just a sample of the proposed ideas. I'm sure there are more
out there that haven't been covered. What would you like to see the loco
do at Penguicon?
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