BALUG: Tu 2012-04-17 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin, by Grant Bowman & Elizabeth Krumbach; & other BALUG news
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items, details further below: 2012-04-17 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin, by Grant Bowman & Elizabeth Krumbach 2012-05-15 Salt. Configuration Management and Remote Execution at Scale, by Corey Quinn Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org CDs, and other "door prizes", etc. volunteering to help BALUG
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For our 2012-04-17 meeting BALUG is proud to present:
Ubuntu[1] 12.04[2] LTS[3] Precise Pangolin[2] presented by: Grant Bowman[4] & Elizabeth Krumbach[5]
Ubuntu's newest Long Term Support (LTS) release, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin, is scheduled to be released 2012-04-26. At this meeting, we'll have co-presented from two wonderful local Ubuntu experts, information on Ubuntu, and what to find and expect in this latest Ubuntu LTS release. Topics covered will include major improvements to the Unity[6] desktop environment and new features you can expect related to the Ubuntu Server[7] and the new Ubuntu Cloud[8] images.
Grant Bowman has been a consultant and Internet professional for over twenty years including a former Director of Silicon Valley Public Access Link (SV-PAL)[9] ISP serving Santa Clara County and a present Director of Partimus[10] serving San Francisco and Alameda County middle schools with recycled computers, open source software, training and support. He is an OLPC Developer, Ubuntu Member[11], Fedora[12] Ambassador, Debian[13] Developer and former employee of SUSE[14]. Active Habits[15] is a forthcoming Android app. He is also active with Berkeley Linux Users Group[16], Berkeley Unix User Group (BUUG)[17], Noisebridge[18], San Francisco Linux Users' Group (SF-LUG)[19] and also Diablo Valley Linux Users Group (DVLUG)[20] (every Friday in Walnut Creek).
Elizabeth Krumbach works as a Debian[21] Systems Administrator, holds a position on the Ubuntu Community Council[22] and the Treasurer and a Director at the non-profit Partimus[23]. She has held a leadership position in the Ubuntu Women[24] and Ubuntu Classroom[25] projects for several years and recently took over as Marketing and Website lead for the Xubuntu[26] Linux distribution. Former coordinator for the Philadelphia area Linux Users Group[27], she is now living in San Francisco and is one of the leaders of the Ubuntu California[28] team where she coordinates Bay Area Ubuntu events and meetings, install fests, booths and hosts Debian dinners every couple months for Bay Area Debian[29].
1. http://www.ubuntu.com/ 2. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin 3. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS 4. http://www.grantbow.com/ 5. http://princessleia.com/ 6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_(user_interface) 7. http://www.ubuntu.com/business/server/overview 8. http://www.ubuntu.com/cloud 9. http://www.svpal.org/ 10. http://partimus.org/ 11. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership 12. http://fedoraproject.org/ 13. http://www.debian.org/ 14. http://www.suse.com/ 15. http://www.activehabits.com/ 16. http://www.berkeleylug.com/ 17. http://www.buug.org/ 18. http://www.noisebridge.net/ 19. http://www.sf-lug.com/ 20. http://www.dvlug.org/ 21. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncil 21. http://www.debian.org/ 22. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncil 23. http://www.partimus.org/ 24. http://women.ubuntu.com/ 25. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom 26. http://www.xubuntu.org/ 27. http://www.phillylinux.org/ 28. http://ubuntu-california.org/ 29. http://bad.debian.net/
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp@balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm Tuesday, April 17th, 2012 2012-04-17
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/ 731 Grant Ave. San Francisco, CA 94108 Easy PARKING: Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny: http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13 cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue).
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For our 2012-05-15 meeting BALUG is proud to announce:
Corey Quinn: Salt[1]. Configuration Management and Remote Execution at Scale
Corey Quinn has been finding new and better ways to be lazy via configuration management since discovering that "ssh in a for loop" didn't scale. He's a volunteer for the freenode[2] IRC[3] network, and splits his time between Los Angeles and San Francisco, where he's the director of systems operations at Expensify.com[4], helping make expense reports not suck.
1. http://saltstack.org/ 2. http://freenode.net/ 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat 4. https://www.expensify.com/
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Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org
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CDs, and other "door prizes", etc.
Goodies we'll have at the meeting (at least the following):
CDs, etc. - have a peek here: http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc We do also have some additional give-away items, and may have "door prizes".
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volunteering to help BALUG
Want to volunteer to help out BALUG? (quite a variety of opportunities) Drop us a note at: balug-contact@balug.org Or come talk to us at a BALUG meeting.
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