Back to school?

[Andrew Gallagher]

Hi, all.

Sorry I've been a little quiet over the summer. It appears the LUG
mailing list has been quiet too.

Do we think it's a good idea to get back into the habit of having
meetings once a month? If so, tomorrow night might be a good time to
start, being the traditional first Wednesday of the month.

What is the feeling of the group?

Andrew.

[Antóin Óg Ó Cuinneagáin]

We must have both started a mail at the same time :-)

[Andrew Gallagher]

On 01/09/2009 17:07, Antóin Óg Ó Cuinneagáin wrote:
>
> We must have both started a mail at the same time :-)

Ah, my telepathy experiments are bearing fruit at last...

Andrew.

[Jeroen Lodewijks]

Sure I could bring my Acer Aspire Revo and show off cheap HTPC
computing on Ubuntu + XBMC if people are interested.
I works quite nice and is very cheap for a HTPC solution.

2009/9/1 Antóin Óg Ó Cuinneagáin <anthony.c...@gmail.com>:

[smulcahy]

Howdy,

Restarting the meetings is a good idea alright, I'm afraid I won't be
able to make tonight's but if there is interest from a few I'd say go
for it.

-stephen

[Antóin Óg Ó Cuinneagáin]

>
> Sure I could bring my Acer Aspire Revo and show off cheap HTPC
> computing on Ubuntu + XBMC if people are interested.
> I works quite nice and is very cheap for a HTPC solution.

Maybe that'd be a better presentation as I've nothing prepared, and
may not even have access to a powerful enough laptop.
I'll try and bring eclipse on a CD anyway, just in case

Anthony

[Jeroen Lodewijks]

Ok I will bring it in tonight anyway.
Warning: you want one after you have seen it :)

2009/9/2 Antóin Óg Ó Cuinneagáin <anthony.c...@gmail.com>:

[Antóin Óg Ó Cuinneagáin]

what os does it run? gonna go out on a limb and say linux?

[Antóin Óg Ó Cuinneagáin]

ooops u said Ubuntu already...silly me
does it have a keyboard

[Jeroen Lodewijks]

Yes it came with wired keyboard and mouse but I replaced it with an el
cheapo wireless keyboard and mouse.
Also I bought a remote control (5 euro). Will demo it.
Because it is a generic computer, you can use it for surfing in the
living room as well.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/28/acer-aspirerevo-review/

[Antóin Óg Ó Cuinneagáin]

does yours have 2gb memory like the article?

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Jeroen

[Jeroen Lodewijks]

Yes I bought it, 15 euro. note is now incredibly hard to buy the 180
Euro Linux version (160gb, 1Gb, Linux)
Some places sold them (I bought mine from the UK) but now the 300 euro
Vista versions are pushed (160gb, 2Gb, Vista).
That means a price increase of 120 euro just to run Windows! (slowly)
Anyways, will answer all your questions this evening.

[James Gallagher]

What's kick off time for the meeting?

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James Gallagher
http://jamesgallagher.ie
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Sent from Galway, Ireland

[Antóin Óg Ó Cuinneagáin]

and where? DERI?

[Andrew Gallagher]

8pm. But it's advisable to arrive before 8 because the security guys don't like us propping the doors open after that time. 

Andrew Gallagher

[James Gallagher]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 15:24, Jeroen Lodewijks <jeroen.l...@gmail.com> wrote:

Yes I bought it, 15 euro. note is now incredibly hard to buy the 180
Euro Linux version (160gb, 1Gb, Linux)
Some places sold them (I bought mine from the UK) but now the 300 euro
Vista versions are pushed (160gb, 2Gb, Vista).
That means a price increase of 120 euro just to run Windows! (slowly)
Anyways, will answer all your questions this evening.

Spotted this via boards.ie's bargainalerts twitter account: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Acer-Aspire-R3600-Desktop-Intel/dp/B00292BR1I/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1252192899&sr=1-2 (Acer Aspire Revo for £165)

James