[BALUG-Talk] Linux Users' Group of Davis, Oct. 19: "PlayOnLinux"

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The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD) will be holding the following meeting:

  Monday
  October 19, 2015
  7:00pm - 9:00pm

Presentation:
  PlayOnLinux: a graphical front-end to Wine
  presented by Ronin Dusette

    PlayOnLinux <https://www.playonlinux.com/> is a piece of software
    which allows you to easily install and use numerous games and apps
    designed to run with Microsoft Windows.  A minority of commercial
    games are compatible with Linux at the moment, which can be a factor
    that prevents some users from migrating to it.  PlayOnLinux brings
    a cost-free, accessible and efficient solution to this problem.

    Written in Bash shell and Python, and using wxPython of its
    interface, PlayOnLinux is graphical front-end to Wine, an open source
    "compatibility layer" capable of running Windows applications on
    Linux, Mac OS X and BSD.  Wine translates Windows API calls, which
    eliminates the performance and memory penalties of other methods.
    This means you do not need to own a Windows license to use
    PlayOnLinux!


About the speaker:
  Ronin Dusette is a web developer/designer, photographer, technical
  consultant and musician, as well as a member of the PlayOnLinux team.
  His website is https://dusette.net/


This meeting will be held at:

  Explorit Nature Center
  3141 5th Street
  Davis, CA 95616

For more details on this meeting, visit:

  http://www.lugod.org/meeting/upcoming/#next

For maps, directions, public transportation schedules, etc., visit:

  http://www.lugod.org/meeting/explorit/on.php


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About LUGOD:
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  The Linux Users' Group of Davis is a 501(c)7 non-profit organization
  dedicated to the Linux computer operating system and other Open Source
  and Free Software.

  Since 1999, LUGOD has held regular meetings with guest speakers
  in Davis, California, as well as other events in Davis and the greater
  Sacramento region.  Events are always free and open to the public.

  You can 'like' LUGOD on Facebook at:
  https://www.facebook.com/LinuxUsersGroupOfDavis
  join the LUGOD group on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lugod/
  and find us on LinkedIn at: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=35879

  Please visit our website for more details:  http://www.lugod.org/


-- 
Bill Kendrick
pr@lugod.org
Public Relations Officer
Linux Users' Group of Davis
http://www.lugod.org/

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