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/ > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Erik K. Mitchell -- Web Developer erik.mitchell at gmail.com erik at ekmitchell.com http://ekmitchell.com/