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 :-)
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Erik Mitchell <erik.mitchell at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Before you get carried away Justin, Jeff made no mention of beer.
>>
>> Granted, "juice" can mean a lot of things.
>>
>> -Erik
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Justin Krejci <jus at krytosvirus.com> wrote:
>>> Many mails ago the first sparks of fire ignited into a full fledged flame, fanned to life by the righteous. The encroaching heat set off yet more fires kicking off a chain reaction of bursting fires. Some perished in what is now called the great flame war of 2011-01. However, hope has now resurfaced for the struggling survivors and from the burning ashes a single beam of light shines thru with the cold audacity to squelch further conflict. All hail the great phoenix Jeff Jensen, Peace Bringer.
>>>
>>> Or more simply, what a great gesture Jeff!
>>>
>>>
>>> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Jeff Jensen <jjensen at apache.org>
>>> Sender: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org
>>> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2011 19:20:48
>>> To: TCLUG Mailing List<tclug-list at mn-linux.org>
>>> Reply-To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Alright
>>>
>>> We can meet at my company's office at 35E/494 in Eagan anytime - nice
>>> rooms that seat up to 60 people (or less if we also want tables for
>>> computers) with projector/screen, whiteboard, free snacks, free
>>> pop/juice, etc.  Just let me know when.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Jeremy MountainJohnson
>>> <jeremy.mountainjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I like Erik's idea about getting things going again for meetings and
>>>> would be interested in a beer or other meeting during the work week. I
>>>> think the last time I went to one was 3+ years ago, it's been way too
>>>> long...
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 01/19/2011 04:50 PM, Erik Mitchell wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>>
>>>>> As far as TCLUG, what is this group for, if not to commune as Linux
>>>>> users? Do we ever have meetings anymore? When was the last time we had
>>>>> a beer meeting? The last meeting I went to was a long time ago, right
>>>>> after VIM6 was released. The topic was VIM, and I remember someone
>>>>> gave a great presentation in which I learned a lot. I'd love to see
>>>>> this sort of thing again, where those of us who are passionate about
>>>>> certain things, whether it be a text editor, low level c++ code, or
>>>>> Taylor Swift, can make a positive contribution and share what we know
>>>>> or what we're doing as a group. People behave much more adult-like in
>>>>> person.
>> --
>> Erik K. Mitchell -- Web Developer
>> erik.mitchell at gmail.com
>> erik at ekmitchell.com
>> http://ekmitchell.com/
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