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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:
bold">GRLUG (Grand Rapids Linux Users Group) April Meeting<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Food will be provided so please RSVP to
<a href="mailto:cdubois@n-vint.com" title="blocked::mailto:cdubois@n-vint.com">cdubois@n-vint.com</a> so I can make sure to have enough.<font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Thursday April 10<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (food will be ready @ 6:00)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">DEMO –
<a href="http://www.thesightseer.org/">www.thesightseer.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">I'm planning to bring with me an IPAQ computer(Celeron 500 or P3-733 with 128meg ram), that we have configured to boot off of CD running Geexbox Linux. The
solution is designed to be as hands-off as possible for use by those with vision impairments. The PC connects over the internet to an audio stream provided by
<a href="http://www.thesightseer.org" title="blocked::http://www.thesightseer.org/">
http://www.thesightseer.org</a> an organization that provides a reading service to the blind and physically handicapped. It's a non-profit and runs soley on donations -- there are no commericals in the broadcasts. They've been broadcasting on a side-channel
to fixed frequency radios in the past, but also now provide an audio stream on the web. If you go to their web page and click on their icon it should spawn a player for the stream.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Right now, the CDRom based solution works, but I may
</span></font><b><i><u><font size="4" color="red" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic">need the group's help</span></font></u></i></b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">
in making a hard drive based solution viable as well, since CDRom drives for IPAQs are somewhat difficult to obtain, cost being the most difficult hurdle. I can explain at the meeting what we know so far and what we want to accomplish. The solution has been
promoted to several Lion's Clubs already so we're really excited to be making Linux an integral part of the solution. :)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Debate about the benefits of closed sourced software supporting linux?<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="3" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Boot and run Linux from a USB flash memory stick<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><a href="http://www.pendrivelinux.com/">www.pendrivelinux.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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Location:<br>
</span></font></b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial">N-Vint, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Sincerely,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="3" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic">Casey M. DuBois<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">N-VINT, Inc.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:Arial">3240 Hanna Lake Industrial Park Dr. SE, Caledonia, MI 49316</span></font><font size="1"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">CaseyNVINT<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial"><a href="mailto:cdubois@n-vint.com" title="mailto:cdubois@n-vint.com">cdubois@n-vint.com</a><b><i><span style="font-weight:bold;font-style:italic"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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