Let's give praise and due credit to the Penguins Unbound activities. The TIES location is great for meetings and Installfests, and Penguins Unbound has been hosting Ubuntu-mostly Installfests quite often. Their internet pipe is one of the biggest around, and they are well-equipped for both LAN and WiFi connections. I think some of the early Installfests there were any-distro sessions. The name probably was adopted to avoid name wars with the UMN zealots who seemed to be trying to claim all of TCLUG and TCWUG as UMN student groups a couple of years ago. Having meetings hither and yon is nice, but so is having a regular and well-equipped place. Eagan is convenient for me. I hope the UMN venue isn't suggested again. Many simply will not go there... parking and other hassles. Chuck > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Erik Mitchell > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 8:39 PM > To: TCLUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Alright > > > 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 :-) > >