From michaelramm at gmail.com Wed Oct 29 00:14:29 2008 From: michaelramm at gmail.com (Michael Ramm) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:14:29 -0500 Subject: [Tuxaloosa] Test Email Message-ID: <93c70d270810281714o7c15235ft4b59728326c085ab@mail.gmail.com> This is a test of the Tuxaloosa User Group. Michael -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From leprkhn at gmail.com Wed Oct 29 01:34:19 2008 From: leprkhn at gmail.com (E Hanson) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:34:19 -0500 Subject: [Tuxaloosa] pet project Message-ID: <4907BD9B.3080704@gmail.com> hello all i didn't get around to mentioning it at the meeting earlier and would up having to run sooner than expected, but i have a project that i have been trying to get up and running. for the last year (or so) i have been collecting (and receiving donations of - i'll get to that in a minute) old/broken computers, patching them up, installing ubuntu, and giving them away to folks who need (but maybe can't afford) a computer. something like freegeek. i have given away only five boxes so far (mostly to folks on tuscaloosa freecycle, but a couple elsewhere), but i have another 5 - 10 sitting here (only three that are ready to go w/ubuntu 804 installed). the great part is that my wife and i own a non-profit (book exchange) that i am able to do this under the blanket of. i dont really know how (or if) something like this is going to grow here in tuscaloosa, or how to make it more than a hobby for myself, but i am very open to suggestions and would be interested to know what some of you think. erik hanson From rworkman at tuxaloosa.org Wed Oct 29 04:12:28 2008 From: rworkman at tuxaloosa.org (Robby Workman) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:12:28 -0500 Subject: [Tuxaloosa] Mail addresses @tuxaloosa.org Message-ID: <20081028231228.527f1919@liberty.rlwhome> Okay, I've got everything ready on my end, I think. I've got usernames set up as the following: ehanson studean michaelramm mgreene If you prefer something different, let me know. Also, if you want to set your own password, you'll need to mail it to me privately (in cleartext), but honestly, there's no real reason you would need to do that, as you only need to enter it once and then save it. I can generate a difficult/impossible to guess but easy to "remember" password (and in fact have already done so for each of you) unless you prefer something custom. Once I hear back from everyone, I'll activate the accounts and you can switch your mail address on the list over (assuming you want to do that). -RW From mark at markgreene.info Wed Oct 29 04:20:49 2008 From: mark at markgreene.info (Mark Greene) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:20:49 +0000 Subject: [Tuxaloosa] eric's project and listserv Message-ID: <199098160-1225254042-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-636108278-@bxe284.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> First, can we set the listserv up so the reply-to address is to the listserv address and not the poster of the original msg? I think that's a great project that the group can help with but without a steady source of computers the workload would be patchy at best. How I see the group being able to contribute to Eric's project: 1) Advertising on our site a means of requesting a free but used linux system when one is found. 2) BLUG has branded ubuntu to make a BLUG distro. We could do this as a group and this would be what we start loading. So we could run a jabber server, irc, etc and the distro would come configured to connect to them and to load our homepage and stuff. - mark From rw at rlworkman.net Wed Oct 29 04:31:47 2008 From: rw at rlworkman.net (Robby Workman) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:31:47 -0500 Subject: [Tuxaloosa] eric's project and listserv In-Reply-To: <199098160-1225254042-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-636108278-@bxe284.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> References: <199098160-1225254042-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-636108278-@bxe284.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> Message-ID: <20081028233147.17d524cb@liberty.rlwhome> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:20:49 +0000 "Mark Greene" wrote: > First, can we set the listserv up so the reply-to address is to the > listserv address and not the poster of the original msg? Already fixed now. > 2) BLUG has branded ubuntu to make a BLUG distro. We could do this as > a group and this would be what we start loading. So we could run a > jabber server, irc, etc and the distro would come configured to > connect to them and to load our homepage and stuff. As a developer for an often-forked distribution, I have to vote against the idea of re-branding; especially in this situation, there's no good reason not give $whatever distro we use the exposure. -RW From rworkman at tuxaloosa.org Wed Oct 29 04:34:14 2008 From: rworkman at tuxaloosa.org (Robby Workman) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:34:14 -0500 Subject: [Tuxaloosa] eric's project and listserv In-Reply-To: <20081028233147.17d524cb@liberty.rlwhome> References: <199098160-1225254042-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-636108278-@bxe284.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> <20081028233147.17d524cb@liberty.rlwhome> Message-ID: <20081028233414.75508b15@liberty.rlwhome> On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:31:47 -0500 Robby Workman wrote: > On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:20:49 +0000 > "Mark Greene" wrote: > > > First, can we set the listserv up so the reply-to address is to the > > listserv address and not the poster of the original msg? > > > Already fixed now. Oh, and by the way, it's Mailman, not listserv. :-) -RW From mark at markgreene.info Wed Oct 29 04:36:06 2008 From: mark at markgreene.info (Mark Greene) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:36:06 +0000 Subject: [Tuxaloosa] eric's project and listserv Message-ID: <1950011503-1225254958-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-734100667-@bxe284.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> My terminology was a poor choice. They kept the exposure. Just added a snazzy BLUG wallpaper and set the homepage and xirc to go to their stuff. It was still branded as ubuntu. ------Original Message------ From: Robby Workman Sender: tuxaloosa-bounces at tuxaloosa.org To: tuxaloosa at tuxaloosa.org ReplyTo: Tuscaloosa Linux Users Group Sent: Oct 28, 2008 11:34 PM Subject: Re: [Tuxaloosa] eric's project and listserv On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:31:47 -0500 Robby Workman wrote: > On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:20:49 +0000 > "Mark Greene" wrote: > > > First, can we set the listserv up so the reply-to address is to the > > listserv address and not the poster of the original msg? > > > Already fixed now. Oh, and by the way, it's Mailman, not listserv. :-) -RW _______________________________________________ Tuxaloosa mailing list Tuxaloosa at tuxaloosa.org http://cardinal.lizella.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxaloosa From rw at rlworkman.net Wed Oct 29 04:38:51 2008 From: rw at rlworkman.net (Robby Workman) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:38:51 -0500 Subject: [Tuxaloosa] eric's project and listserv In-Reply-To: <1950011503-1225254958-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-734100667-@bxe284.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> References: <1950011503-1225254958-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-734100667-@bxe284.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> Message-ID: <20081028233851.4331d1ad@liberty.rlwhome> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:36:06 +0000 "Mark Greene" wrote: > My terminology was a poor choice. They kept the exposure. Just added > a snazzy BLUG wallpaper and set the homepage and xirc to go to their > stuff. It was still branded as ubuntu. Sure, I can go for that then. I don't think that's a bad idea at all; in fact, that would give me an excuse to learn a little about Ubuntu. :-) -RW From michaelramm at gmail.com Wed Oct 29 04:40:44 2008 From: michaelramm at gmail.com (Michael Ramm) Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:40:44 -0500 Subject: [Tuxaloosa] eric's project and listserv In-Reply-To: <20081028233851.4331d1ad@liberty.rlwhome> References: <1950011503-1225254958-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-734100667-@bxe284.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> <20081028233851.4331d1ad@liberty.rlwhome> Message-ID: <93c70d270810282140l6a0c618am2a90fce4c1fadf23@mail.gmail.com> WHAAAAAT! Mr. "I would never run Ubuntu" Slackware wants to learn about it now! mr On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:38 PM, Robby Workman wrote: > On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:36:06 +0000 > "Mark Greene" wrote: > > > My terminology was a poor choice. They kept the exposure. Just added > > a snazzy BLUG wallpaper and set the homepage and xirc to go to their > > stuff. It was still branded as ubuntu. > > > Sure, I can go for that then. I don't think that's a bad idea at all; > in fact, that would give me an excuse to learn a little about > Ubuntu. :-) > > -RW > _______________________________________________ > Tuxaloosa mailing list > Tuxaloosa at tuxaloosa.org > http://cardinal.lizella.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxaloosa > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michaelramm at gmail.com Wed Oct 29 13:33:22 2008 From: michaelramm at gmail.com (Michael Ramm) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:33:22 -0500 Subject: [Tuxaloosa] Summary of 10/28 Meeting Message-ID: <93c70d270810290633y2318144er59ccd87be786d2e4@mail.gmail.com> Hey guys, Thanks for coming out last night. I think that it was a great start. I wanted to send this out as a recap of the meeting. - We will house the webpage at http://tuxaloosa.org. - Robby created the mailing list at the address tuxaloosa at tuxaloosa.org. - We will meet monthly on the 2nd Thursday of each month at Capture Studio Cafe on University Blvd. One problem for November meeting is that Techmixer Unplugged is slated for November 13, 2008 in Birmingham. We can meet the week before (11/6) or week after (11/20). *Discuss*. - Stewart is working up an icon for the group as well as a typeface for the name. - We settled on Tuscaloosa Linux Users Group (I think). Correct me if I am wrong. - Robby is starting a Linux User Group at Tuscaloosa County High School. The meeting are the 1st and 3rd Friday at 3:00pm in Room 2214 at TCHS. He has 3-5 students interested. I think that this could be a huge opportunity for our group to get the word out about Linux at the high school level. - After the meeting, Erik floated to the mailing list a project that he is involved in building computers to giveaway. Again, this is a great opportunity for our group to get rid of parts and expose folks to linux. I think that may be it. I think that we are group of enthusiasts that is committed to spread Linux to our community. I want to try to get Cameron Purvis involved. He is one of the Unix guys at the Seebeck Computer Center on UA's campus. I will be shooting him an email shortly seeing if he would like to be involved. Please add to, or modify, anything that you might be remembering differently. Thanks for getting involved. Michael -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michaelramm at gmail.com Wed Oct 29 14:06:51 2008 From: michaelramm at gmail.com (Michael Ramm) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:06:51 -0500 Subject: [Tuxaloosa] Techmixer Unplugged Message-ID: <93c70d270810290706k543dd599o8b8274a0b696d8e7@mail.gmail.com> Apparently you have to register for Techmixers now. It is still free, but you have to print out your confirmation and take it with you when you go. You can register here: http://techmixerunplugged.eventbrite.com/ As I said, if some want to go, we could carpool up and save some gas. I registered even if I am not able to go. We can talk more about it on the list as the time gets closer. Michael -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From studean at comicnet.net Wed Oct 29 14:48:04 2008 From: studean at comicnet.net (Stewart Dean) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:48:04 -0500 Subject: [Tuxaloosa] Multi-touch table Message-ID: <490877A4.2010005@comicnet.net> Via Makezine: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/10/audiotouch_multiuser_mult.html At the link in the link, there's plenty of information on how to do a table like this of your very own! From leprkhn at gmail.com Wed Oct 29 14:58:49 2008 From: leprkhn at gmail.com (E Hanson) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:58:49 -0500 Subject: [Tuxaloosa] eric's project and listserv In-Reply-To: <93c70d270810282140l6a0c618am2a90fce4c1fadf23@mail.gmail.com> References: <1950011503-1225254958-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-734100667-@bxe284.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> <20081028233851.4331d1ad@liberty.rlwhome> <93c70d270810282140l6a0c618am2a90fce4c1fadf23@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <49087A29.2000902@gmail.com> i promise not to tell the other slackers. i also think that the co-branding (alternate wallpaper) idea is great. i have been using (but am in no way tied down to) this web page www.knowledgeunderground.com/frank.html (i've been calling them frankenputers) i also think that it would be a good idea to add useful links (ubuntu forums, tuxaloosa wiki, BALU, whatever) to the desktop, or even to firefox's toolbar. a pdf (or chm) of the official ubuntu book (or something similar) sitting on the desktop for offline help would be nice too. e hanson Michael Ramm wrote: > WHAAAAAT! Mr. "I would never run Ubuntu" Slackware wants to learn > about it now! > > mr > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:38 PM, Robby Workman > wrote: > > On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:36:06 +0000 > "Mark Greene" > > wrote: > > > My terminology was a poor choice. They kept the exposure. Just added > > a snazzy BLUG wallpaper and set the homepage and xirc to go to their > > stuff. It was still branded as ubuntu. > > > Sure, I can go for that then. I don't think that's a bad idea at all; > in fact, that would give me an excuse to learn a little about > Ubuntu. :-) > > -RW > _______________________________________________ > Tuxaloosa mailing list > Tuxaloosa at tuxaloosa.org > http://cardinal.lizella.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxaloosa > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Tuxaloosa mailing list > Tuxaloosa at tuxaloosa.org > http://cardinal.lizella.net/mailman/listinfo/tuxaloosa > From rw at rlworkman.net Wed Oct 29 16:15:29 2008 From: rw at rlworkman.net (Robby Workman) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:15:29 -0500 Subject: [Tuxaloosa] Summary of 10/28 Meeting In-Reply-To: <93c70d270810290633y2318144er59ccd87be786d2e4@mail.gmail.com> References: <93c70d270810290633y2318144er59ccd87be786d2e4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20081029111529.7ee0c7a1@liberty.rlwhome> On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:33:22 -0500 "Michael Ramm" wrote: > - We will house the webpage at http://tuxaloosa.org. I've changed it up a bit from what was there last night. The *code* is much better, even if the *look* might not be ideal. On that note, I'll confess that I'm not creative at all when it comes to stuff like this, and for the most part, I don't see problem :-) I tend to prefer a more "industrial" look, for the most part, as useless fluff just ain't my thing... With that said, suggestions are welcome. Is the general layout idea okay? If so, then colors are easy to modify. > - We will meet monthly on the 2nd Thursday of each month at Capture > Studio Cafe on University Blvd. I'll get that onto the webpage at some point. > One problem for November meeting is that Techmixer Unplugged > is slated for November > 13, 2008 in Birmingham. I went ahead and registered too, just in case. > We can meet the week before (11/6) or week after (11/20). *Discuss*. Hrm, I think I'm off the week of the 20th, so that should be fine. Alternatively, the 6th might be better, as we'll (hopefully) have the webpage stuff hammered out by then and will have a better idea of where to go from there. > - Stewart is working up an icon for the group as well as a > typeface for the name. Sounds good. Stu, if you can get me a mockup (even hand drawn will be fine) of how you envision the site looking, I'll see about implementing it. > - We settled on Tuscaloosa Linux Users Group (I think). Correct me > if I am wrong. TLUG - that works. > - After the meeting, Erik floated to the mailing list a project > that he is involved in building computers to giveaway. Again, this is > a great opportunity for our group to get rid of parts and expose > folks to linux. Yeah, I think this is a good idea as well. > I think that may be it. I think that we are group of enthusiasts that > is committed to spread Linux to our community. I want to try to get > Cameron Purvis involved. He is one of the Unix guys at the Seebeck > Computer Center on UA's campus. I will be shooting him an email > shortly seeing if he would like to be involved. Yeah, I'd like to see Cameron involved as well, and consider firing off an email to Darren too, just in case. -RW From mark at markgreene.info Fri Oct 31 03:01:37 2008 From: mark at markgreene.info (Mark Greene) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:01:37 +0000 Subject: [Tuxaloosa] Ubuntu 8.10 Message-ID: <1309981231-1225422085-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1162579697-@bxe284.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> Who's tried it? Thoughts? From michaelramm at tuxaloosa.org Thu Oct 30 22:30:06 2008 From: michaelramm at tuxaloosa.org (Michael Ramm) Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:30:06 +0000 Subject: [Tuxaloosa] Ubuntu 8.10 In-Reply-To: <1309981231-1225422085-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1162579697-@bxe284.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> References: <1309981231-1225422085-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1162579697-@bxe284.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> Message-ID: <20081030223006.24901ef7@tuxaloosa.org> I set my machine on a fresh install of the RC when I left work. I will configure and update to Final tmw morning or this weekend sometime. I am excited about getting it up and going. I see this as the last OS for this machine. I am getting a new one next year and I am debating putting Ubuntu or Arch on it...as well as getting an X200 or Dell M1530. Michael On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:01:37 +0000 "Mark Greene" wrote: > Who's tried it? Thoughts? > _______________________________________________ > TUXaloosa mailing list > TUXaloosa at tuxaloosa.org > http://tuxaloosa.org/mailman/listinfo/tuxaloosa From leprkhn at gmail.com Fri Oct 31 18:15:12 2008 From: leprkhn at gmail.com (E Hanson) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:15:12 -0500 Subject: [Tuxaloosa] Ubuntu 8.10 In-Reply-To: <20081030223006.24901ef7@tuxaloosa.org> References: <1309981231-1225422085-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1162579697-@bxe284.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> <20081030223006.24901ef7@tuxaloosa.org> Message-ID: <490B4B30.9010309@gmail.com> it might just be me, but it seems like the install is taking a LOT longer than hardy. also, i wasn't able to boot to the live desktop. and for a second i thought that i had burnt a coaster when i chose to go straight to the installer (instead of the desktop) and it seemed to hang (i'm talking 5-7 minutes of nothing) during boot. i couldn't remember the shortcut for displaying boot messages instead of the graphical boot, or i might know more. it did boot up though, and i've got it installed (they've added colors to the partitioner - everything else seems the same), so i'll give it a whirl and let you know what i think. erik Michael Ramm wrote: > I set my machine on a fresh install of the RC when I left work. I will > configure and update to Final tmw morning or this weekend sometime. > > I am excited about getting it up and going. I see this as the last OS > for this machine. I am getting a new one next year and I am debating > putting Ubuntu or Arch on it...as well as getting an X200 or Dell M1530. > > Michael > > > On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:01:37 +0000 > "Mark Greene" wrote: > > >> Who's tried it? Thoughts? >> _______________________________________________ >> TUXaloosa mailing list >> TUXaloosa at tuxaloosa.org >> http://tuxaloosa.org/mailman/listinfo/tuxaloosa >> > > _______________________________________________ > TUXaloosa mailing list > TUXaloosa at tuxaloosa.org > http://tuxaloosa.org/mailman/listinfo/tuxaloosa > >