Please add to this...
ALUG turned out at Elmswell (Thanks to Adam!) to watch "Debbie does Silicon Vall^W^W^W^W Revolution OS" (Thanks to Big John!) on the big screen at at (Thanks to Rob!). In the best cinema tradition, we assembled in the foyer, got our drinks and snacks (Thanks to Keith!) and then went into the auditorium.
You can read a bit about the film itself on the web site, or you can ask those of us who were there about it. Afterwards, we had a bit of a chat about it, exchanged interesting tales (Fozzy, Barry, Keith) and dull ones (MJR) or just sat in a corner (Brett) and wondered: just when was Red Hat 5.1 released? Why didn't the guy in the penguin suit rugby-tackle Larry? How can we get free beer? Is 45 a good idea in a 30 zone? ;-)
We also had a bit of a chat about what to do next. Ideas from the rest of the list are welcome, of course. Here or on IRC.
* 1984 marks 20 years of the GNU project (the film reminded us of this), so how about a 20th birthday installfest in the new year? (March?) We could do a "mini-InstallFest" later this year for practice/testing. Need at least 10 installers to help.
* Keith is interested in a Debian-themed meeting, maybe Syleham in November, as Big John is interested too and we can try to drag a developer kicking and screaming from Norwich.
* Quite a few people are interested in a "from boot to halt" themed meeting explaining the boot process, shutdown process and so on. Just what do all those messages scrolling past actually *mean*? What causes them to do that? How do we change them? Perhaps we could have a short overview talk and some people taking aspects of this with posters so we can still play with kit. MJR is gullible enough to offer to help: who else? Is it possible to do this in Norwich?
* Get our spare kit to people who have offered to hold kit (Colin?)
* A Linux and Jam Tart Eating contest. (WTF? Eating Linux CDs?)
* Sort out meeting transport and travel in groups. Encourage lurker members to come and swell our numbers. Organise further ahead to get more publicity.
* The web site is really simple to add pages to now. Just download the file http://www.alug.org.uk/alug.html.template, copy it and edit with your favourite tool. Then upload it somewhere or send it to me.
* Meet up at London Olympia Linux Expo in October?
Next event is drinks in Ely on Thursday evening, not counting IRC tonight. Next weekend meeting that I know of is in Norwich in late September. See you there?
On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 13:17, MJ Ray wrote:
Please add to this...
ALUG turned out at Elmswell (Thanks to Adam!) to watch "Debbie does Silicon Vall^W^W^W^W Revolution OS" (Thanks to Big John!) on the big screen at at (Thanks to Rob!). In the best cinema tradition, we assembled in the foyer, got our drinks and snacks (Thanks to Keith!) and then went into the auditorium.
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Thank you Rob for hosting a very enjoyable meeting!
Cheers, BJ
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 01:29:47PM +0100, John Woodard wrote:
On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 13:17, MJ Ray wrote:
Please add to this...
ALUG turned out at Elmswell (Thanks to Adam!) to watch "Debbie does Silicon Vall^W^W^W^W Revolution OS" (Thanks to Big John!) on the big screen at at (Thanks to Rob!). In the best cinema tradition, we assembled in the foyer, got our drinks and snacks (Thanks to Keith!) and then went into the auditorium.
.....
Thank you Rob for hosting a very enjoyable meeting!
Thanks to Rob also.
For some reason I now have "the free software song" stuck in my head...... please help me.............
ARGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.,.....................
ADam
abower@thebowery.co.uk abower@thebowery.co.uk wrote:
For some reason I now have "the free software song" stuck in my head...... please help me.............
I was impressed. I didn't think that song could be any more mangled.
"Join us now and free the software... You'll be free, hackers, you'll be free"
Great idea. Shame about the song.
MJ Ray markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
- 1984 marks 20 years of the GNU project (the film reminded us of this),
so how about a 20th birthday installfest in the new year? (March?) We could do a "mini-InstallFest" later this year for practice/testing. Need at least 10 installers to help.
Damn, does that mean that we've missed the 20th anniversary by 20 years <G> or did you mean 2004 marks 20 years of the GNU project? But otherwise, sounds like a plan, now, if only I could remember how to do an install that's not a debian net install ;)
- Keith is interested in a Debian-themed meeting, maybe Syleham
in November, as Big John is interested too and we can try to drag a developer kicking and screaming from Norwich.
Ohhhh, maybe someone should draw up a list of topics about debian systems? what the hell is apt? what are these packages? where did it all start? how do you build debian packages? what's the prefered method of kernel compiles?
- Quite a few people are interested in a "from boot to halt" themed
meeting explaining the boot process, shutdown process and so on. Just what do all those messages scrolling past actually *mean*? What causes them to do that? How do we change them? Perhaps we could have a short overview talk and some people taking aspects of this with posters so we can still play with kit. MJR is gullible enough to offer to help: who else? Is it possible to do this in Norwich?
Hrm - that's not a short topic, and are we specificifying it or trying to keep it general?
- Get our spare kit to people who have offered to hold kit (Colin?)
'Spare Kit'?!
- Sort out meeting transport and travel in groups. Encourage lurker
members to come and swell our numbers. Organise further ahead to get more publicity.
Cough, I suppose I should say sommit like "I'm available to take people from Norwich" here, and I should be going to more of the meetings again now. Though definately not doing the Ely social on Thursday, doing a curry night in Norwich instead with some random other people.
- The web site is really simple to add pages to now. Just download the
file http://www.alug.org.uk/alug.html.template, copy it and edit with your favourite tool. Then upload it somewhere or send it to me.
w00t. have we got a list of missing features yet? does anyone have any funky ideas?
- Meet up at London Olympia Linux Expo in October?
Hrm - that involves some planning, may get there, just don't know day yet. Will confirm closer to the time.
Next event is drinks in Ely on Thursday evening, not counting IRC tonight.
Have fun you lot ;)
Next weekend meeting that I know of is in Norwich in late September. See you there?
Probably ;)
Brett Parker brettp@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
Damn, does that mean that we've missed the 20th anniversary by 20 years <G> or did you mean 2004 marks 20 years of the GNU project? [...]
Oh kippers. Is that the only error in it?
[Boot to halt]
Hrm - that's not a short topic, and are we specificifying it or trying to keep it general?
I was trying to keep it general, so people could pick on aspects of it for the smaller parts.
- Get our spare kit to people who have offered to hold kit (Colin?)
'Spare Kit'?!
Some people have offered kit to ALUG for demonstrations.
[web site]
w00t. have we got a list of missing features yet? does anyone have any funky ideas?
Stuff on how to organise meetings, where to publicise them, etc would be good. My top need was someone to take the artwork page and update it with things like name badges and links to the poster templates that are in there, but Keith said he will do that. Beyond that, most things are acceptable.
On 18-Aug-03 Brett Parker wrote:
MJ Ray markj@cloaked.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
- 1984 marks 20 years of the GNU project (the film reminded us of
this), so how about a 20th birthday installfest in the new year? (March?) We could do a "mini-InstallFest" later this year for practice/testing. Need at least 10 installers to help.
Damn, does that mean that we've missed the 20th anniversary by 20 years <G> or did you mean 2004 marks 20 years of the GNU project?
Unix itself did not crack open its egg until 1969, so I think even the GNU people, far-sighted pioneers as they were, would not claim to have been that much ahead of their time ...
Ted.
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- Quite a few people are interested in a "from boot to halt"
themed meeting explaining the boot process, shutdown process and so on. Just what do all those messages scrolling past actually *mean*? What causes them to do that? How do we change them? Perhaps we could have a short overview talk and some people taking aspects of this with posters so we can still play with kit. MJR is gullible enough to offer to help: who else? Is it possible to do this in Norwich?
Yes, why not? How soon i.e. the next meeting (Sept 28th) or the one after that (to be discussed and arranged but probably end of November i.e. two months later)
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Next weekend meeting that I know of is in Norwich in late September. See you there?
I've sorted out the venue just this evening by the magic of intercontinental telephonetics (still in Brittany - it's doing funny things to me head).
Separate announcement later - but it is the last sunday of the month i.e. 28th September at the Nelson Room, Billy Bluelight pub, Hall road. I want us to try this venue out to compare with RBL and then to decide on a regular venue.
Syd
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