I’m long overdue to put my list of podcasts that I went through in a previous meeting on the site. If you have any questions, let me know.
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Jul 28
Meeting for 7.28.10
Jul 2
Our June meeting was very well attended with some newcomers thanks to Nick’s meetup announcement. It was nice to meet Nando, Joe and Clyde. Murph brought to attention the Hope conference and Software Freedom Day happening later this year. Anyone interested in participating in SFD please let the group know so that we can decide weather we will attempt to do a promotion of our own. Nando offered to look into having some guest speakers attend in the future.
Next month we may have Reg doing a presentation. And I propose we discuss the article by Benjamin Mako Hill titled “Free software needs free tools” in the current issue of the Free Software Foundation Bulletin. It raises some interesting points regarding software freedom.
P.S. I intended to post my Linux bookmarks folder that I have accumulated over the years and did not do it last month. So here it is: Linux bookmarks
Meeting for 6.30.10
Jun 2
Thanks to Murph for the pod-cast presentation at the last meeting. Keep a look out in that meeting post for some materials from him on the presentation. I believe he will be posting an XML file of all the pod-casts he covered.
For next month the agenda is light so far. I plan on doing a review of my Linux bookmarks folder that I have accumulated over the years. It will likely contain sites that prove to be helpful in your future Linux activities.
Drop me a line if any of you have suggestions or would like to present at the meeting.
Cheers
Meeting for 5.26.10
Apr 30
We had a great turnout for our April meeting.
Murph has volunteered to put together a presentation for our May meeting. He is great at presentations so don’t miss it. As soon as he lets me know the topic I will put it in this post. Also, please remember that we will field presentations from any members interested in doing so. Just let me know by email or bring up your ideas at the meeting and we will get you on the schedule and make the announcement.
See you in May.
Meeting for 4.28.10
Apr 7
Back to our regular meeting schedule in Hackensack.
Agenda/discussion items:
- Revolution OS
- Intro to OSS
- Local LUG activities
- …
Success! Many thanks.
Apr 2
This past Wednesday was our screening of “Revolution OS.” To be honest, I was a little worried. I wasn’t getting a whole lot of feedback, and was concerned that I’d be a lonely geek watching a movie (that I already own) in a rented theatre by myself. Turns out my worries were unfounded. Our user’s group, and the local community came out in droves! We had about 4 dozen people in the Darress theatre, with only one walk out. Considering the depth of the movie, I’d say that was a great success. Many people stuck around to ask questions, which I did my best to answer. We then went over to the Boonton Avenue Grille for good food and more good conversation. Overall, it was a great night, a great opportunity to share information about GNU, Linux, Free and Open Source Software.
I have many people to thank,
- J.T.S. Moore, who allowed us to show his documentary without charge
- All the local businesses that allowed me to put up flyers advertising the event
- The Neighbor News, who ran our announcement in the local paper
- Jay Sulzberger, for running our announcement on the NYLX mailing list
- Threethirty and the Fedora team, and the Ubuntu Shipit team who combined sent out three dozen nicely printed distributions to give out to interested movie watchers
- Tom and the crew at the Darress Theatre, for the great venue
- The user’s group members that supported my crazy idea
- And above all, all of the folks who participated, donated and spent some time learning about Free and Open Source Software like Linux. (If I’ve forgotten anyone, and I almost certainly have, just let me know, I’ll update!)
We raised enough to cover the cost of the theatre, with $101 left over, which will go to the Free Software Foundation, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Stay tuned to the blog, some of the members took pictures, and we’ll update for upcoming events and meetings.
Also, I’ll be running an “Introduction to Free software and Linux” at the Boonton library at 6:30 on April 20th, for anyone who is local and interested. I’ll be showing some current software, and some explanation of what it does, and how you can use it. Details will be posted here soon.
Again, thanks to all of you, and please let me know what was good, what was bad, and if you’d be interested in more events like this, or if you’d be interested in joining us at the North Jersey Linux User’s Group at njlinux.org. I can be reached at linux @ murph.info.
I’ve made arrangements with the Boonton Avenue Grille for us to be able to gather there en masse after the movie. That way we’ll have a place to discuss what everyone thought of the movie, or anything Linux or Free Software related!
It is at 108 Boonton Avenue Boonton, NJ, which is just a block or so away from the theatre.
Hope to see everyone there!
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Meeting for 2.24.10
Feb 16
