[GRLUG] Reminder GRLUG April Meeting - Tomorrow, Thursday April 10th 6-8PM

[Casey DuBois]

GRLUG (Grand Rapids Linux Users Group) April Meeting
Food will be provided so please RSVP to cdubois at n-vint.com<mailto:cdubois at n-vint.com> so I can make sure to have enough.
Date and Time:
Thursday April 10th
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM (food will be ready @ 6:00)

Topics:
DEMO - www.thesightseer.org<http://www.thesightseer.org/>
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 http://www.thesightseer.org 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.

Right now, the CDRom based solution works, but I may need the group's help 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. :)

Debate about the benefits of closed sourced software supporting linux?

Boot and run Linux from a USB flash memory stick
www.pendrivelinux.com<http://www.pendrivelinux.com/>

Location:
N-Vint, Inc.
3240 Hanna Lake Industrial Park Drive SE, Caledonia
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=3240+Hanna+Lake+Industrial+Park+Drive+SE,+Caledonia,+MI&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=24.455808,59.765625&ie=UTF8&ll=42.847275,-85.580063&spn=0.085205,0.159645&z=13&iwloc=addr&om=1

Sincerely,
Casey M. DuBois
N-VINT, Inc.
3240 Hanna Lake Industrial Park Dr. SE, Caledonia, MI 49316
616-656-5500 Office
866-337-2686 Direct
AOL IM: CaseyNVINT
cdubois at n-vint.com<mailto:cdubois at n-vint.com>

"Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems."
-Linus Torvalds

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