Meeting

[jonm...@gmail.com]

I realized that these emails were the first I've gotten in a while. While I have three apple computers in my house, for my next ones, I will be going another route. The computer market only responds to the almighty dollar. No matter what your end use is, who you buy from does matter. That system 76 looks nice, but I really like the new line of lenovos.

That being said, when are we meeting again, I'd like to get some perspective on the new ubuntu release. I'd be glad to host it at my house on any day, at any time.

[Allen Lowe]

I actually wouldn't mind getting the meetings started back up, especially now that I work a regular schedule. I have a LOT to show everybody! 

So, What are everyone's thoughts on having a meeting soon? WEIGH IN GUYS!

Happy Hacking,

Allen Lowe

[Michael Holley]

I was just thinking that myself! Now that I have time due to the lack of going to school at night I'm up for it!

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[Michael Holley]

Maybe we should have something on next Thursday (28th) since that is when Natty is suppose to launch. A little release party and install fest! I have a final that evening, but if we have the meeting at 8pm like always, then I should be able to be done and get there before then.

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[jonm...@gmail.com]

That's too late in the day for me. What about a Saturday morning meeting, I'll offer breakfast.

[Dave Rush]

I'm for getting together again. I could use the time off once a week.

I think we'll have better attendance/more fun if the get-togethers are not limited in content and scope down to only software which RMS himself would approve of. Sorry in advance if that opinion offends. 

For me, at least, the meetings were most fun in the beginning when we talked about and did whatever tech things we were into at the time. Most of that was Linux/free stuff, as we ourselves were new(ish) to Ubuntu /Linux/FOSS/Gnu stuff. 

In essence, we were hacking. -In the true sense of the word. That's what draws me. 

Maybe we can rotate weeks through topics: Free software, networking, hardware, programming, etc. 

If we want to hold it at my house in Orem sometimes, we totally can. I have a basement now, and no night classes since graduation.

Thoughts?

On Apr 21, 2011 11:22 AM, <jonm...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Michael Holley]

I accept! 

One thing that might be fun is going over BackTrack. I just took at Network Security  *cough* Hacking *cough* class at UVU and we did everything with BackTrack, it was super fun. My final was exploiting a Windows 2003 server. :-)

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[Allen Lowe]

what software would you want to talk about that is not Free or Open?

Allen

[Michael Holley]

I think iWork and Microsoft Office are great pieces of software... ;-)

I think what Rush is saying is we shouldn't just limit it to 100% RMS approved topics, but other topics that a bunch of geeks may also enjoy, in addition to FLOSS talk. Like programming, my obsession with encryption and password security, and actual hardware projects like building cantennas.

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On Apr 21, 2011, at 1:55 PM, Allen Lowe wrote:

> what software would you want to talk about that is not Free or Open?
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> Allen
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[Allen Lowe]

that all still sounds like stuff we could have (and did) talk about before....

[Leif Andersen]

You know...RMS probably wouldn't consider Google Groups to be good, given his stance on cloud computing: http://blogs.computerworld.com/rms_hates_cloud_computing_says_you_should_too

In other news, my education now has me to the point where when I hear RMS, I also think of Root Mean Square right off the bat...joy.

Anyway, now that that's out of the way, I would enjoy coming at some point, but probably won't get to do to UTA....still I'll talk to Aaron (another ECE major at the U), and see what I can do about it.  Either way, I won't really think to much of it until after finals week though.  ;)

~Leif Andersen

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 14:54, Allen Lowe <lalle...@gmail.com> wrote:

that all still sounds like stuff we could have (and did) talk about before....

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[Michael Holley]

Okay so this week is pretty much out. We can do an evening sometime next week (Tue - Thur) around 8 pm or Saturday morning starting maybe around 10 am. We have multiple places to choose from (Allen, Rush, Jon, and someone else I think offered). What does everyone else feel? I'm open for any evening or Saturday, though we may need to set a cap on Saturday since we don't have "bed time" to deal with. It seems our meetings are typically 2-3 hours. So we could say from 10 am to 12 pm and for those who are having fun may go to 1 pm. Allen and I have been known to chat till 1 am on previous nights.

Though I can handle any time, I vote for Saturday. Also what kind of stuff do we want to talk about?

• Allen can show off some of the cool Elementary stuff he is working on.
• We could always talk about my favorite topics (passwords and encryption)
• Maybe come up with a project we can all work on from month to month
• Installing Natty
• Programming
• Linux gaming (there have been a lot of cool games coming out recently)
• Just geek out
• Anything else you can think of

I have a buddy who would probably come as well, he wants to get into Android dev and I told him to go with Ubuntu for his machine to develop on, so he might want to come. But I want a set time before I contact him.

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[Michael Holley]

So Allen are you going to weigh in on when you would like to setup a meeting or are going to just have one without you? ;-)

So far we have 1 for Saturday, and 1 for Thursday night. Anyone else have an opinion on the subject, or do all y'all really want to get together?

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[Allen Lowe]

I have been waiting to see what the group had to say, cause I can do it practically any time ...

[Michael Holley]

So today is the release of Natty Narwhale. Though not everyone can get together tonight, Allen and I decided to have a little release "party". What the means we are getting together tonight to just geek out and we are using the release of Natty as an excuse. So if anyone can, and wants to come you're more than welcome. We'll be meeting at Allen's house at 8pm. For the few who haven't come to any of these gatherings, it isn't going to be real formal, no planed itinerary at this point, just a bunch of guys getting together to have some fun. Maybe we can then plan for future meetings that may be more accommodating to all members and set up something routine.

Allen's House: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=609+W+100+N+Provo+UT+84601+USA&aq=&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=38.22949,79.013672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=609+W+100+N,+Provo,+Utah+84601&ll=40.23512,-111.669414&spn=0.001126,0.002411&t=h&z=19&iwloc=A

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On Apr 26, 2011, at 7:14 PM, Allen Lowe wrote:

I have been waiting to see what the group had to say, cause I can do it practically any time ...