[GRLUG] linux meetup

[David Pembrook]

Just getting a desktop system setup right can be a pain depending on the 
hardware your using regardless your profession. I'm happy to be typing 
this on a fresh Debian setup running dual monitors (I'm not trying 3 yet 
but I was running that easily with XP). 

I don't have sound working and after getting the video right and a 
reboot I no longer can get to Enlightenment but have KDE back.  Back to 
google lol.. I'm getting pretty good editing x11 config files by hand 
though. There is a lot to learn and any day I don't learn something new 
I feel is a wasted day so this is good.

I sure don't have time for this when I need to get work done though so 
on Monday will I have my other machine plugged in running XP? Maybe 
not... I at least have both monitors.

Is anyone on the list using Enlightenment and Debian? Its fast, clean 
and worth a look if you haven't.

Dave


Michael Mol wrote:

>Looking at the list, there seem to be a large number of casual users,
>as opposed to Linux-using professionals.
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>Not that I can get a complete feel for GRLUG after attending one
>meeting, but the casual side of Linux did seem lacking.  (But maybe an
>after-one-meeting impression is needed.)  Clustering filesystems are
>useful from an administrators standpoint, and fascinating to me.
>
>However, the average home-user of Linux is going to be more interested
>in what games are available, or how to get 3D acceleration for their
>ATI or NVidia card, or where to find a Linux distro that takes
>advantage of x86-64.
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>I expect that within a year or two, people are going to be asking how
>to use Linux for everyday home tasks. (How do I run TurboTax on this
>Linux system my grandson set up?  How do I write my English paper on
>this computer I got for cheap?  How do I PRINT?!)
>
>If people are interested, I'd be happy to demo the proprietary and OSS
>ATI drivers, and the proprietary NVidia driver.  I could show off many
>of the games that were developed for Linux, or ported to Linux.
>
>But that's really not the kind of thing that struck me as a focus
>point for GRLUG, after attending one meeting.  And if that's what it
>looks like to someone who sat through it and asked questions, what's
>it going to look like to someone whose interests are entirely
>consumer-oriented?
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>On 7/1/06, Szymon Machajewski <smachaje at grcc.edu> wrote:
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>>I don't see this as a new club.  This is not about a 'club' but
>>networking people of the particular interest.
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>>I think having people on both lists makes sens.  A new person looking
>>for Linux contacts may find meetup.com before they stumble on grlug.
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>>Also we had rather humble turnout at the meetings so putting more
>>advertising of GRLUG meetings online in various places may be
>>beneficial.
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>>Szymon Machajewski
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>>Solutions Engineer / DBA
>>Red Hat Certified Engineer
>>Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
>>www.grcc.edu/smachaje
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>>>>>bob.kline at gmail.com 7/1/2006 10:36:49 pm >>>
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>>This is a group of people that don't find GRLUG what
>>they want?  Or don't know about GRLUG?   I see at
>>least one person that has appeared in the GRLUG
>>messages.
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>>I looked at the site,  but still am not too sure what
>>the point is.  Are they looking for a new club to form?
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>>    -Bob
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>>On 7/1/06, brad <brad0002 at ameritech.net> wrote:
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>>>For anyone interested in this group.
>>>http://linux.meetup.com/cities/us/mi/grand_rapids/
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>>>Brad
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