Re: [Debconf-discuss] Just a very late outcome of DebConf14 in Heidelberg

2016-12-15 Thread Bdale Garbee
Andreas Tille writes: > I'm hereby thankful to Debian for supporting Minh who > keeps on translating the Debian website to Vietnamese. We are looking > forward to meet in Montreal to take another umbrella foto. ;-) What a nice story, Andreas! Thanks for passing along the pointer to the article

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Debian Open Weekend: 2 - 3 July 2016, Cape Town

2016-05-06 Thread Bdale Garbee
Bernelle Verster writes: > Please add your thoughts, ideas, suggestions to the wiki page, or on > this thread, regardless of if you plan to attend or not. If you'd like me to reprise the 'Understanding Debian' talk I've given before at Debconf open days in various forms, let me know. Wouldn't b

Re: [Debconf-discuss] LPI exams at DebConf15?

2014-10-28 Thread Bdale Garbee
martin f krafft writes: > we have the possibility of offering LPI examinations¹ at DC15, > possibly even at a discounted rate. As it would require a room and > some logistics, we want to make sure that this is something people > care about. So if you would seriously consider taking an LPIC exam >

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Fascinated to see dedicated attendee at Debconf14 with 'Blindness'

2014-09-04 Thread Bdale Garbee
"sco1...@gmail.com" writes: > Unfortunately I don't no his name. That would be Sam Hartman. http://raphaelhertzog.com/2011/06/24/people-behin-debian-sam-hartman-kerberos-package-maintainer/ Bdale pgpwC7rR1NFnY.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ De

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Possible Two Color Debian Logo White Vinyl Sticker Group Buy

2014-05-07 Thread Bdale Garbee
"Paul R. Tagliamonte" writes: > I think Debian FR made a bunch - > http://www.enventelibre.org/documents/autocollant-debian > > 8 cm x 10 cm. - 4" x 4". They're prefect for the back of a thinkpad. Looks like the one on my notebook is actually about 4.5" tall .. I don't remember where it came fro

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Possible Two Color Debian Logo White Vinyl Sticker Group Buy

2014-05-07 Thread Bdale Garbee
Bdale Garbee writes: > Don Armstrong writes: > >> I think these are going to be closer to US$5-10 per for larger ones, but >> I'm interested in getting a few of them myself. > > I work with a US supplier of cut vinyl decals for the Altus Metrum logo, > I'l

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Possible Two Color Debian Logo White Vinyl Sticker Group Buy

2014-05-07 Thread Bdale Garbee
Don Armstrong writes: > I think these are going to be closer to US$5-10 per for larger ones, but > I'm interested in getting a few of them myself. I work with a US supplier of cut vinyl decals for the Altus Metrum logo, I'll ask him for a quote on plain swirls in a size or two. Bdale pgpZNI_

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] Food serving for vegetarians und vegans

2013-08-22 Thread Bdale Garbee
Damyan Ivanov writes: > -=| Didier 'OdyX' Raboud, 22.08.2013 08:59:53 +0200 |=- >> What this discussion apparently highlights is that DC13 food was >> "mostly well-balanced" for everyone although some would have >> preferred less meat, less cheese and/or more fruits, etc. (although >> attendee

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] Food serving for vegetarians und vegans

2013-08-21 Thread Bdale Garbee
Didier 'OdyX' Raboud writes: > For the record, as one of the food coordinators for DC13, I do agree > that the "omnivore" option was quite heavy on meat and that we could > have done with less of it. Interesting. For the record, while I was satisfied with the food this year, I would *not* hav

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Broken N900 microUSB connector: soldering required

2013-08-16 Thread Bdale Garbee
Federico Ceratto writes: > Is there anyone that can help me? Thanks! I'm quite adept at soldering tiny surface-mount thing, but I have no tools here. If someone has soldering tools but is timid about using them for such a thing, let me know and I'll be happy to at least have a look at it. Bdal

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Group photo ready

2012-07-14 Thread Bdale Garbee
Wouter Verhelst writes: > The group photo is ready. [sigh] Bdale pgpb0tCRYjzX5.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss

Re: [Debconf-discuss] "Cleaning up the /bin/sh mess" meeting

2011-07-28 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:01:36 +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Some people have strong opinions against dash due to its RC bugs that > don't get fixed. So I guess you will have to defend that solution. I'm actually not all that strongly opinionated about whether dash is "the one", but I belie

Re: [Debconf-discuss] "Cleaning up the /bin/sh mess" meeting

2011-07-27 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:28:42 +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > So is anyone interested in getting together to talk about the diversion > mess that is currently handling /bin/sh in dash and bash? I'd be happy to participate if the time chosen permits me to. > 4) Solutions >- What options

Re: [Debconf-discuss] V Pay cards at ATMs in Bosnia and Croatia

2011-07-20 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:47:19 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > I'd be interested in a report of DebConf attendees or locals about > success or failure stories to fetch some money in advance if needed. I had no trouble using the ATM in the lobby of Hotel Bosna this morning to extract some cash using a

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Customs clearance at Zagreb, BL

2011-07-12 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:50:05 +0100, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote: > At [1] I read that customs require proof of ownership for technical > equipment. In my experience, a notebook computer is these days routinely considered a "personal item", as are phones, digital cameras, and other pieces of electron

Re: [Debconf-discuss] debconf jubilee person(s)?

2010-08-04 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Wed, 04 Aug 2010 23:32:35 -0400, Noël Köthe wrote: > Hello, > > I'm just interested, is there anybody: > > Who did attend all 11 debconfs or attended 10 ? I've been to all starting with Debconf 2 in Toronto, I was not present at 0 or 1 in Bordeaux. Bdale pgpvZgWp92o7d.pgp Description: PGP

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Debconf10 Schedule App for Android

2010-08-02 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Mon, 2 Aug 2010 05:09:50 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: > one developer in my Grml team decided to take the fosdem-android app > and adjust it for Debconf10. This means that there's an Android > application available to check out the official event schedule. Oh, wow. Thank you, thank you, thank

Re: [Debconf-discuss] DebConf at Columbia

2010-07-29 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:30:43 -0700, "Garrett D'Amore" wrote: > That might be fun. I just recently got my L2 NAR cert (at LDRS in fact > -- which was conveniently close to us this year.) Congrats! Keith and I are both L3 .. he earned his a couple weekends ago in Brothers, OR. My son and I flew

Re: [Debconf-discuss] DebConf at Columbia

2010-07-28 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:17:57 -0400, Dara Adib wrote: > Just thought I send an email this way, if it might be in any way > interesting to CUARC. I'll also mention that Keith Packard and I have been collaborating on avionics for high power model rockets that use the 70cm ham-band for radio to/from

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Nifty Tech Things To Do At Debconf

2010-07-28 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:26:58 -0500, John Goerzen wrote: > Absolutely. I believe the first Debian derivative distro, in fact, was > Bruce's Linux for Hams. True, as long as you overlook the detail that it was never finished or released. It did, however, cause some interesting folks to notice an

Re: [Debconf-discuss] barcade

2010-07-20 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:12:59 -0400, Holger Levsen wrote: > there is also the original asteroids from 1979 with pre-pixel graphics Heh. I actually bought a vintage Asteroids game in the "coffee table" configuration earlier this year that's now in my basement. It's a blast (all puns intended!) to

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Travelling from NY to Boston after DebConf10, August 8th

2010-06-06 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Wed, 14 Apr 2010 00:56:03 +0300, Faidon Liambotis wrote: > LinuxCon[1], a Linux Foundation conference, is going to be held in > Boston in the week immediately after DebConf (9-12th of August). > > [ I was thinking about it but the registration fee ($300) compared to > the expensive hotel (wel

Re: [Debconf-discuss] Please don't upload GPG keys to keyserver when signing them

2009-08-06 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Thu, 2009-08-06 at 09:15 +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 09:10:10AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > Personally, I prefer it if people just upload the signatures on my key > > directly into the keyservers, and I ask the people I sign keys for if > > it is OK for me to

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] Accessibility and Debian, today at 5pm / 17:00

2009-07-29 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Wed, 2009-07-29 at 11:51 +0200, Enrico Zini wrote: > Hello, > > today from 17:00 to 18:00 the upper talk room will be dedicated to > Accessibility and Debian. Hrm. I've gone from being annoyed but tolerant about the room scheduling "rules" I was presented with yesterday to somewhat less chari

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] The now traditional Cheese and Wine party (formal announcement)

2009-07-24 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 21:14 +0200, Christian Perrier wrote: > Quoting Enrico Zini (enr...@enricozini.org): > > > Do we actually have enough cheese to be able to actually replace dinner > > for a large amount of people? > > > At first glance, I'd say "probably not". I'm slightly worried about > t

Re: [Debconf-discuss] (Mobile) IP Connectivity in Spain

2009-07-23 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 10:50 +0200, Steve Langasek wrote: > > Thanks to Anibal, we were able to track down a retailer of Yoigo sim > > cards: > The yoigo is working beautifully (or > we'll assume this is the case if you receive this email at some point before > Friday ;), thanks for the recommendat

Re: [Debconf-discuss] ISS greets DebConf

2009-07-23 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Wed, 2009-07-22 at 21:57 +0300, Damyan Ivanov wrote: > -=| Thomas Bliesener, Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 04:07:09AM -0500 |=- > > The (hopefully) cloudless Spanish sky offers good conditions for > > nightly observations. In the next few days there are two nice passes by > > of the International Space S

Re: [Debconf-discuss] [Debconf-announce] Schedule for DebConf8

2008-08-01 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 17:58 +0200, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > Hi > > we (finally) released the schedule for the upcoming Debian Conference in > Argentina. You can find it at [1] or, in case you do not have a > Pentabarf account you can find it at [2] > > > Note that this schedule only shows events f

[Debconf-discuss] Re: [Debconf-announce] Food / Accommodation sponsorship

2007-04-05 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Thu, 2007-04-05 at 00:21 +0200, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > for all those that applied for food or accommodation sponsorship: I have a related question. My family (wife and two kids) will join me in Edinburgh for most of the latter week of Debconf. I would like to include them in whatever the Wed

[Debconf-discuss] Re: [Debconf-announce] Debconf Talk, Workshop, and BoF Schedule

2006-05-03 Thread Bdale Garbee
On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 19:41 -0700, Don Armstrong wrote: > First off, please e-mail me if you find problems with the schedule as > soon as possible. You have Mako listed on the 14th, but his blog suggests he's going to be off getting married and not attending debconf this year. You have Keith Pac