Re: slugs on slugs

That's O.K. I once told people that I was the only one in my department
that could spell FTP.

Humor is appreciated.

On 10/10/2006, "Virtual Sky Media Group" <virtualsky_sk@yahoo.ca> wrote:

>Just for the record, I was being "cheeky" with the
>magic box comment ;)
>
>Thanks for posting the notice, Tim. Anyone interested
>in showing up: just e-mail me for the details.
>
>-David.
>
>
>--- Tim Schneider <tim@timsworld.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> I hear that a small linux users group has sprung up
>> at wardrop
>> engineering. They are holding an installfest
>> Saturday November 4th 10am
>> to 2pm. Email David if you are interested in going.
>> ---------------------------
>> I received this reply from Bouley, David
>> [David.Bouley@Wardrop.com] in
>> response to my query that went something like (Hey,
>> would you like a
>> hand from some slg members, could I tell them about
>> your installfest).
>>
>> Hello, Tim.
>>
>> Sure, if there are people in the SLG that would like
>> to help or just hang
>> out and chat about Linux, or check out the new
>> Mandriva 2007 distro.,
>> they are more than welcome.
>>
>> As for the people in our office LUG, Linux is a very
>> new concept for
>> them. Even though we work in an engineering firm,
>> the PC (to many of
>> them) is still a "magic" box that just does things -
>> or not, when
>> we're talking about Microsoft ;)
>>
>> Only recently have I been able to get a hand-full of
>> them to understand
>> the concept of Linux (the OS) and how it uses
>> something called KDE or
>> Gnome to draw windows on the screen.
>>
>> Last month I did a demonstration of Mandriva's new
>> 2007 release with
>> AIGLX/XGL. Those who attended the meeting were very
>> interested in what
>> they saw... hence the idea for an Installfest. I've
>> been going out to
>> some of my co-worker's homes to do Linux installs,
>> but an Installfest
>> would save me a lot of Saturdays at other people's
>> homes.... I'll most
>> likely be "supporting" most of them while they get
>> to know their new
>> desktop environments once they're up and running.
>>
>> Anyway, I'd be glad to meet some of the SLG members.
>> Those Wardrop
>> staff attending would probably enjoy hearing other
>> people that me talk
>> about Linux, since I seem to do most of the talking
>> at our LUG meetings
>> anyway. ;)
>>
>> I'm not expecting a huge turn-out, which is probably
>> good for my first
>> Installfest; at the moment I've got six interested
>> people. Tomorrow is
>> our monthly lunch-time LUG meeting, so I'll
>> hopefully have a better
>> idea of how many people to expect after that.
>>
>> Thanks for the e-mail. I'll keep you posted.
>>
>-----------------------------------------------------------
>> and the original email that started it all off:
>>
>> We're happy to announce that we will be hosting an
>> Installfest on
>> Saturday, November 4th, at the Wardrop Sasaktoon
>> office, in the first
>> floor boardroom. People who would like to bring
>> their home PC or laptop
>> to the event to have the Linux operating system
>> installed should fill
>> out the attached .rtf computer registration form and
>> return it to either
>> me or Robin Sun before October 27th.
>>
>> Installs will be scheduled between 10:00am and
>> 2:00pm, three per hour
>> (twelve in total), and assigned on a first-come,
>> first-served basis.
>>
>> The Linux software will be provided FREE to you.
>>
>> **You don't need a computer to attend!** Stop by
>> during the Installfest
>> to learn more and chit-chat about the world of Linux
>> and Open Source
>> software. We will have a system set-up so you can
>> try out the Linux
>> operating system yourself, along with Mandriva's new
>> 3D accelerated
>> destkop environment.
>>
>> Mandriva (http://www.mandriva.com) will also be
>> providing promotional
>> S.W.A.G. (stuff we all get) to be handed out to the
>> attendees. So stop
>> by and get some free stuff.
>>
>> Refer to the attached .pdf for more info. You can
>> also download the
>> .rtf form from the LUG's website at:
>> http://www.virtualsky.net/thecrowsnest
>>
>> If you have any questions, please feel free to
>> contact me or Robin.
>>
>> --
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Received on Tue Oct 10 17:39:14 2006