[GRLUG] West Michigan Ubuntu 10.10 Release Party Recap

[Matt Michielsen]

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Ben Rousch <brousch at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd like to thank all of the geeks and guests who made it out to The
> Warehouse for last night's West Michigan Ubuntu 10.10 Release Party.
> I'd especially like to thank Casey DuBois and his wife for hosting the
> party at the most marvelous venue in the area, their garage. I had a
> great time talking with everybody and trying various beers, and the
> food cooked by Casey and brought by attendees was a welcome surprise.
>
> For those of you who couldn't make it, we had a pretty good turnout of
> about 15 people. Most attendees brought a laptop and gave Ubuntu
> Desktop 10.10 a go in a virtual machine, or netbooks to install Ubuntu
> Netbook directly onto. There weren't a lot of problems with the
> installs, other than the usual missing wireless drivers. Hopefully the
> Broadcom driver release will clear up some of those problems in the
> future. The wifi and Internet held up well under the load. I also did
> a short demo of the Netbook version on Casey's 12ft projector (where
> does he get those wonderful toys?), but most of the time was spent
> talking and socializing around the table as people installed.
>
> I took a few pictures and added them to the Ubuntu Michigan LoCo
> Flickr stream. If anyone else has photos of the event they'd like to
> add to the stream, send them to me and I'll get them up.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/ubuntu-michigan/
>
> I'm looking forward to more of these get-togethers, and I'd like to
> see them continue to grow. So if you have any suggestions for next
> time, please comment here or send a private email to me. Thanks again!
>
> P.S.: I spread one piece of information last night that I learned
> today is incorrect. I said that you cannot upgrade your current
> installation from a CD or USB installer. However, it turns out that
> you can upgrade if you use the Alternate CD. If anyone tries this and
> meets success or failure, please let me know.
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MaverickUpgrades#Upgrading%20Using%20the%20Alternate%20CD/DVD
>
> --
>   Ben Rousch
>   brousch at gmail.com
>   http://ishmilok.blogspot.com/
>
>
I've done the upgrade via the alternate CD/USB in the past, and will be
attempting it on my netbook soon.

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