if i don't get my swingline stapler back i will bur the building down... On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 2:35 AM, Chuck Cole <cncole at earthlink.net> wrote: > Let's give praise and due credit to the Penguins Unbound activities. The > TIES location is great for meetings and Installfests, and Penguins Unbound > has been hosting Ubuntu-mostly Installfests quite often. Their internet > pipe is one of the biggest around, and they are well-equipped for both LAN > and WiFi connections. I think some of the early Installfests there were > any-distro sessions. The name probably was adopted to avoid name wars with > the UMN zealots who seemed to be trying to claim all of TCLUG and TCWUG as > UMN student groups a couple of years ago. Having meetings hither and yon is > nice, but so is having a regular and well-equipped place. Eagan is > convenient for me. I hope the UMN venue isn't suggested again. Many simply > will not go there... parking and other hassles. > > > Chuck > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Erik Mitchell > > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 8:39 PM > > To: TCLUG Mailing List > > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Alright > > > > > > Perhaps your co's location would be better for an Installfest? I was > > thinking that because installing Linux on a regular PC isn't that hard > > anymore, that it might be interesting to have an installfest that > > focused on embedded hardware? > > > > There was some talk about ALIX boards a few weeks back. I think that > > involved installing FreeBSD, namely pfsense. But still, I think a lot > > of people would find it interesting to see a demo of how an embedded > > system is put together. > > > > Another related topic would be Android devices. Is anyone using a > > phone with a custom Android build on it? One that your rolled > > yourself? I have a Nexus One but I'm still just using the default OS > > image for it. Given the knowhow, and a little bit of time, I'd love to > > put my own image on there with the latest version of the Android OS. I > > also know a few people who have played with Cyanogenmod > > (http://www.cyanogenmod.com/). That's interesting as well. > > > > I think these are all Linux related, and move in a different direction > > from just desktop and server applications. There are potentially a lot > > of jobs in this area in the future, so I think to have the group > > talking about it would be a good thing. > > > > Thoughts? > > > > -Erik > > > > On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:23 PM, Jeff Jensen <jjensen at apache.org> wrote: > > > Tough crowd!! ;-) I think I am going to leave the list lmao. > > > > > > Well, there is beer in the fridge for employees.... we could "borrow" > > > some of that, bring some of our own. > > > Or meet at a licensed establishment. Perhaps my company's office > > > works better for presentation/hack time... > > > Offer is always open. Would be great to meet you guys (well, all but > > > one of you... ;-) > > > > > > (and that's right Erik - "drinkin' gin & guice") > > > > > > (thanks Justin - that was really fun :-) > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20110120/785857fd/attachment.htm