gmane.linux.ubuntu.loco.us.california

Ubuntu for students... Canonical sponsorship.

John Kim — 2012-05-25T21:21:54

Do you think its possible to have Canonical sponsor this project?  Our
school obviously has limited resources, from laptops to computers.

epikvision.

Ubuntu for Students - to rouse people interest.

John Kim — 2012-05-23T01:53:41

Hi guys!

I'm John, a HS sophomore from Los Angeles.  Very recently, I kickstarted an
idea about making Ubuntu the main OS within John Marshall High School, a
dilapidated high school, still standing and reeking of age, that has been
using Windows XP for a decade now.  For those who haven't heard, I have a
post about it:
http://epikvision.blogspot.com/2012/05/game-changing-proposal-ubuntu-for.html

here's the situation: although I created a proposal, I did not hand it in
to the administration just yet (we only got one shot at this). David Montes
and I are trying to build a support base and handy foundation of research
data.  We see three primary audiences: teachers, students, and the
administration. The best way to go, we decided, is one audience at a time.

So, now that I'm trying to get students' attention,* I would like to hear
ideas and suggestions on marketing techniques and ways to rouse student
interest*.  In my school, it's mighty difficult to spark students' interest
of an OS that most has never hear

Meeting tonight, Sunday May 20th at 7PM

Elizabeth Krumbach — 2012-05-20T15:30:58

Hi everyone,

Tonight, Sunday May 20th, we're having our regularly scheduled
bi-weekly LoCo meeting at 7pm PT in #ubuntu-us-ca on irc.freenode.net

For help connecting to IRC with a client, see:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat

Or simply join us via your web browser by going
here:http://ubuntu-california.org/chat/

Current Agenda:

1. Ubuntu Developer Summit Wrap-up

The meeting page is available here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/12May6

And as always, logs will be available after the meeting and you're
welcome to add your comments here on the mailing list if you're unable
to attend.

Mountain View Ubuntu Hour on Thursday,May 17th at 7 PM

James Tatum — 2012-05-16T21:21:55

Everyone's favorite silicon valley Ubuntu hour (the first and still
the best) is meeting again in May!

Location: Red Rock Coffee, 201 Castro St, Mountain View,
http://www.redrockcoffee.org/ (Convenient to Caltrain and VTA light
rail, nice!)
When: Thursday, May 17th, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
What: Have coffee, grab an Ubuntu CD, chit chat with all kinds of
Ubuntu users - beginners and expert. We love meeting new people :)

We tend to congregate on the spacious 2nd floor, if available. Seek
laptop users, some with Ubuntu tee shirts, and free Ubuntu CDs. Wifi
is available for your browsing pleasure.

Optional RSVP: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/1783/detail/

Many Thanks

Robert Lewis — 2012-05-13T18:08:59

Many thanks to Nick Kassem for taking time out to come to the Felton LUG
and presenting
Ubuntu 12.04 to the group.  We had a larger turnout as a result and a lot
of questions comments
and interaction.

We are lucky that so many great people volunteer and help others in our
community.

Best Regards,
Bob

Pasadena Ubuntu Hour - THURS MAY 10

2012-05-07T17:54:52

Pasadena Ubuntu Hour
May 10, 2012 at 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Peet's Coffee in Pasadena
605 S Lake Ave
Pasadena, CA 91106

http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/1764/detail/

Meet up at the original Ubuntu Hour location in Pasadena, CA! We meet at 
this location on the 2nd Thursday of every month from 6pm to 7pm. Come 
on by, meet someone new and have some fun! For more info about this 
event please email: davidandrews-GeWIH/nMZzLQT0dZR+AlfA< at >public.gmane.org <mailto:davidandrews-GeWIH/nMZzLQT0dZR+AlfA< at >public.gmane.org>

For more information about Ubuntu go here: http://www.ubuntu.com/

This Ubuntu Hour coincides with the San Gabriel Valley LUG meetings. 
More info on SGVLUG: http://www.sgvlug.org/

* there is a very slight chance we'll have some official Ubuntu 12.04 
LTS discs available. if not we will definitely have some next month.

Oakland Karaoke

Nuclear Bob — 2012-05-07T17:20:59

Does anyone from the California team know any good local karaoke places?

Thanks,
Max

Felton LUG 5/12, 2PM at the Firehouse

Grant Bowman — 2012-05-07T15:13:39

Thank you Nick for agreeing to present on the 12th, right on the heels of
UDS in Oakland this week!

Grant
 ---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Robert Lewis" <bob.l.lewis-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w< at >public.gmane.org>
Date: May 6, 2012 10:19 PM
Subject: [Felton LUG] Next meeting 5/12/2012 2PM at the Firehouse
To: "Felton Lug" <felton-lug-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw< at >public.gmane.org>

We have a speaker for our Saturday, May 12th, Felton LUG meeting at 2PM.

Please try to attend so that we can all learn more about
Ubuntu 12.04 release and have a lively discussion.

His name is Nick Kassem and I used to work with him several years ago
and have high regard for his knowledge.  Lets have a good turnout and
discussion to make his time visiting us worthwhile.

He has been working with Ubuntu for many years and has hands-on experience
with Ubuntu 12.04 (Beta & LTS).

A bit of background on Nick is that he holds a BS ME & MS CE degrees.
He was a Technical Director at The Santa Cruz Operation for
over 6 years. He Worke

Meeting tonight, Sunday May 6th at 7PM

Elizabeth Krumbach — 2012-05-06T18:05:26

Hi everyone,

Tonight, Sunday May 6th, we're having our regularly scheduled
bi-weekly LoCo meeting at 7pm PT in #ubuntu-us-ca on irc.freenode.net

For help connecting to IRC with a client, see:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat

Or simply join us via your web browser by going
here:http://ubuntu-california.org/chat/

Current Agenda:

1. Ubuntu Developer Summit: May 7-11:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/UDS-Q

2. Booth at Maker Faire:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-us-ca/2012-May/001954.html

The meeting page is available here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/12May6

And as always, logs will be available after the meeting and you're
welcome to add your comments here on the mailing list if you're unable
to attend.

Booth at Maker Faire

Jack Deslippe — 2012-05-05T18:07:34

Hi All,

I know everyone is busy prepping for UDS, but I wanted to bring your
attention for a minute to an event happening the weekend after:

I have gotten a booth for BerkeleyLUG (actual title is - "Bay Area Linux
Groups") at the maker faire in two weeks - http://makerfaire.com/.  I am
hoping a couple people from Ubuntu California can make it to help man the
booth and show off the latest and greatest stuff in Ubuntu. Let me know if
you are interested - I should have some free or discounted tickets
available.

Elizabeth - can I get some disks? :)

-Jack

wireless USB mouse intermittant

Robert Lewis — 2012-05-04T05:56:04

Has anyone experienced on 12.04 32-bit a wireless mouse/keyboard not
working on boot intermittently.
Sometimes it works and sometimes does't after a reboot.  It's a Logitech
M310 if I recall.

It was working fine on Ubuntu 11.10 and after an online upgrade this
intermittent condition started.
It's happening at a friends house and I am trying to get a clue what is
going on.

The WEB seems to report others having this difficulty but I couldn't find a
LaunchPad bug that matched
closely enough for me to subscribe and follow it.

Any thoughts?

Cheers,
Bob

12.04 (Precise Pangolin) CDs have arrived!

Elizabeth Krumbach — 2012-05-04T01:47:36

Hi everyone,

As mentioned here[0] I requested the team's allotment of CDs (250 x
32-bit Desktop, 50 x 64-bit Server) and they have arrived! I'm taking
care of distribution again this time around, I'll be able to start
shipping them out in the next few days.

If you would like some CDs, please contact me at lyz-GeWIH/nMZzLQT0dZR+AlfA< at >public.gmane.org with
your name, address and purpose for request (Need some for your school
or library? Handing out at a small event?).

If you are in the same area as someone else in the team who needs CDs
please try to request them together as I'm paying for these shipping
costs out of pocket and it's cheaper to send larger packages than
several small ones.

This is the only shipment the team gets per cycle, so please don't
waste these CDs and request only a limited number to suit your needs!
Follow these tips to help stretch our supply:

1. At tech events, inform (maybe hand out cards with instructions?)
users that they can download and burn an ISO:
https://help.ubuntu.com/co

Meeting tonight, Sunday April 22nd at 7PM

Elizabeth Krumbach — 2012-04-22T20:02:35

Hi everyone,

Tonight, Sunday April 22nd, we're having our regularly scheduled
bi-weekly LoCo meeting at 7pm PT in #ubuntu-us-ca on irc.freenode.net

For help connecting to IRC with a client, see:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat

Or simply join us via your web browser by going
here:http://ubuntu-california.org/chat/

Current Agenda:

1. Ubuntu 12.04 Release on Thursday, April 26th
  * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/PreciseRelease
2. Ubuntu Developer Summit: May 7-11
  *https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/UDS-Q

The meeting page is available here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/12April22

And as always, logs will be available after the meeting and you're
welcome to add your comments here on the mailing list if you're unable
to attend.

Felton LUG speaker Sat May 12th at 2:00 PM on Ubuntu12.04 LTS

Grant Bowman — 2012-04-21T21:19:04

My friend Bob Lewis at the Felton Linux User's Group
http://feltonlug.org/old/ has requested a speaker for May 12th at 2 PM
on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Lyz and I already prepared for balug.org a
handout that can be used. Unfortunately I have a conflict with the
olpcsf.org meeting that day making it difficult to present.

If you are willing to come demo he will be promoting it, however he
needs to know in advance. This is a good opportunity for anyone
wanting to practice their presentation skills. It's a friendly and
knowledgable group in Felton between Santa Cruz and Los Gatos.

Thanks,

Grant Bowman

Mountain View Ubuntu Hour tomorrow at 7 PM

James Tatum — 2012-04-19T06:15:47

Get ready for the short notice tax time Ubuntu hour tomorrow!

Everyone's favorite silicon valley Ubuntu hour (the first and still
the best) is meeting again in April!

Location: Red Rock Coffee, 201 Castro St, Mountain View,
http://www.redrockcoffee.org/ (Convenient to Caltrain and VTA light
rail, nice!)
When: Thursday, April 19th, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
What: Have coffee, grab an Ubuntu CD, chit chat with all kinds of
Ubuntu users - beginners and expert. We love meeting new people :)

We tend to congregate on the spacious 2nd floor, if available. Seek
laptop users, some with Ubuntu tee shirts, and free Ubuntu CDs. Wifi
is available for your browsing pleasure.

Optional RSVP: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/1693/detail/

Ubuntu - Override Login Screen

Arnold Cohn — 2012-04-17T03:55:43

HELP!!!!!

My Ubuntu system will not login.  This may involve the "Gnome keyring"? I
do not understand how this problem developed.  I have NO knowledge or
systems experience in working with Ubuntu.  I am only an end user without
technical Ubuntu knowledge.

After connecting a USB 5.25 inch Floppy Drive to my computer, the system
began displaying
a "Login" screen.  This "login" screen did not display prior to my
connecting the USB drive.

Another problem started, while the computer is connected to a router, the
system
displays "Wireless Connection working"?  However, no internet connection
exists?

I tried following the "Auto-Unlock Keyring Manager In Ubuntu Intrepid".
The instructions
do not support the actual screen displays.

Does anyone know of a method to eliminate the "Login" requirement?  How to
override the
"Gnome keyring"?

I have tried entering every password I know.  Nothing works.  Does anyone
know how to eliminate this Login screen?  Security is not an issue.

Arnold Cohn
San Francisco, CA.

San Diego Ubuntu hour is tomorrow!

Philip Ballew — 2012-04-17T03:42:24

Just a quick reminder that the San Diego Ubuntu hour takes
place tomorrow starting at six pm. If you are planning on coming, please
remember to RSVP so we can plan on you being there. Hope to see everyone
there!

Registration for the Ubuntu Developer Summit

Elizabeth Krumbach — 2012-04-12T04:53:24

Hi everyone,

At our meeting on Sunday night it was brought to our attention that
we'd never actually said anything on list when Ubuntu Developer Summit
registration opened - oops!

Registration is indeed open now: http://uds.ubuntu.com/register/

As you go through registration you will notice that many of the fields
may seem somewhat silly for folks who aren't traveling. If you're
attending all 5 days but aren't actually traveling to get there, for
arrival and departure times you can put 09:00 PDT on Monday,
2012-05-07 as start and 18:00 PDT on Friday, 2012-05-11 as end (these
are the official times of the summit).

Registration is open to anyone interested in learning about and
contributing to the Ubuntu process. It is free, includes lunch at the
summit each day, but you must register to attend.

The current schedule is pretty empty right now (it tends to fill up
just a week or so before the summit), but you can get an idea of what
to expect by check out the list of sessions at the last UDS by going
here a

Pasadena Ubuntu Hour - THURS 4/12

2012-04-10T11:35:25

*Pasadena Ubuntu Hour* *- THURS 4/12*

Come on by and meet up at the original Ubuntu Hour location in Pasadena, 
CA! We meet at this location on the 2nd Thursday of every month from 6pm 
to 7pm. Come on by, meet someone new and have some fun! For more info 
about this event please email: davidandrews-GeWIH/nMZzLQT0dZR+AlfA< at >public.gmane.org

For more information about this event go here: 
http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/1672/detail/

This Ubuntu Hour coincides with the San Gabriel Valley LUG meetings. 
More info on SGVLUG: http://www.sgvlug.org/

Ubuntu Hour San Diego

Philip Ballew — 2012-04-10T03:39:45

I am pleased to announce the April edition of the San Diego Ubuntu Hour on
April seventeenth. This hour will be taking place at the Starbucks where
the five and eight come together. Perfect for all people to get here with
ease. The Ubuntu hours will be taking place at 6pm and last until we have
had enough fun. Feel free to RSVP for the April hour right now!

http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/1673/detail/

Meeting tonight, Sunday April 8th at 7PM

Elizabeth Krumbach — 2012-04-08T19:17:01

Hi everyone,

Tonight, Sunday April 8th, we're having our regularly scheduled
bi-weekly LoCo meeting at 7pm PT in #ubuntu-us-ca on irc.freenode.net

For help connecting to IRC with a client, see:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetRelayChat

Or simply join us via your web browser by going
here:http://ubuntu-california.org/chat/

We don't really have anything on our agenda, but we do have the 12.04
release coming up this month and the Ubuntu Developer Summit in May to
talk about.

The meeting page is available here:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Meetings/12April8

And as always, logs will be available after the meeting and you're
welcome to add your comments here on the mailing list if you're unable
to attend.