Guys,
Apologies again for not being there in person ... my work sux .. !
From what I've heard, it sounds like you all had fun, anyway ... and
Venura stepped in and has dutifully provided some notes on the wlki. Judging from that entry, it sounds like I should be counting myself lucky that my laptop was returned with ubuntu still installed ... :)
I was amused to hear that y'all had the same first impression of Beryl that I did too. Lot of work for rather pointless eye candy ... :)
I was glad to hear about the IRC involvement - I'd thought about trying that out before, but wondered if it might be a bit too geeky to pull out the laptop for that in a pub. If everyone reckons it was popular enough, tho, we can keep doing that ... it might also help us to encourage communication with members across the region and get people meeting online as well - I know a few people who don't really know that much about IRC.
Sadly Venura forgot to show you the other pre-installed goodie I sent him - the new SDL build of MAME, which emulates old arcade machines including classics like Galaxian, Golden Axe etc. I think you might have spent longer on those than Beryl ;) ... not to worry, we have the kit meet in Syleham coming up.
Speaking of which, offer repeated again - I have three booked in my car on Apr. 1st at the moment, so still room for anyone else coming from Ipswich who needs a lift.
Peter.