[Ubuntu-US-CA] Fwd: Re: ubuntu help

2015-01-21 Thread Larry
Folks: Elizabeth encouraged me to reach out to the users group, so here I am. Previous conversations are included for background. Is there anyone here who could meet up with me / who might be able to help with this issue (*bold*)? Thanks in advance. Larry Forwarded Message

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu Local team table

2011-07-20 Thread Larry Cafiero
Bear in mind, too, that I think you can still register for a free pass to the exhibit floor (only) by using the code OS11FREE when you register (it'll deduct the $25 admission). Once you're in on the exhibit floor, you can help Mark out at the booth. Simple enough, eh? Larry Cafiero O

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Selling my power laptop

2011-09-16 Thread Larry Cafiero
Hey, Dave -- Drool. This is a nice machine, but way too rich for this poor boy. I'll post it to the Felton LUG list, thouch Larry Cafiero On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 4:52 PM, David Wonderly wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hey all, I'm selling my

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Selling my power laptop

2011-09-16 Thread Larry Cafiero
"though," not thouch. Lesson here: Don't talk to other people while you're typing. On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Larry Cafiero wrote: > Hey, Dave -- > > Drool. This is a nice machine, but way too rich for this poor boy. > I'll post it to the Felton LUG

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] FeltonLUG needs Ubuntu speaker for November 5th Meeting

2011-10-31 Thread Larry Cafiero
th, for posting this request originally. Larry Cafiero On Mon, Oct 10, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Elizabeth Krumbach wrote: > Hi everyone, > > For many Ubuntu releases Larry Cafiero of FeltonLUG > (http://feltonlug.sturdywebs.com/) invites Grant Bowman to FeltonLUG > to give a presentation a

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting tonight?

2008-06-15 Thread Larry Cafiero
nearby, since we're just "over the hill" from the Silicon Valley -- but everyone's welcome to participate), and b.) If so, could the person/people involved contact me for details. Thanks. Larry Cafiero HeliOS Solutions West 831-335-7303 On 6/15/08, Troy Ready <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting tonight?

2008-06-15 Thread Larry Cafiero
e dates have changed for the "Microsoft-free week." There will be installfests and meetings throughout the month of July -- July 5, July 8, July 16, July 19 or 20 (dangerously close to OSCON, I realize) and July 26 before folks are going to be asked to use their choice of distro/FOSS progra

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting tonight?

2008-06-15 Thread Larry Cafiero
burn for you if need be. Swag would be nice, but I think it's more important to get media into the hands of those Feltoners curious enough to try this experiment. I can't represent Ubuntu myself because, as the project's coordinator, I should remain distro neutral. I know of one pers

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting tonight?

2008-06-15 Thread Larry Cafiero
On 6/15/08, Troy Ready <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Seems odd that the bay area wouldn't have more active members. Is there a way > that we (O.C.'ers) could reach out to Ubuntu enthusiants up north? I think there are, Troy, especially around S.F. Daniel, you out the

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting tonight?

2008-06-15 Thread Larry Cafiero
> around eight computers) is switching over at the same time. > > I'd be really interested in learning about user groups, meetings, etc. Incidentally, Serene, you would be the perfect person to talk to other newbies about your experiences with Ubuntu. Think you could make it down

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting tonight?

2008-06-15 Thread Larry Cafiero
y), it's pretty solidly Ubuntu at this point for a majority of members, some use Fedora and a couple Mandriva. > So while I hope someone comes up with some other ideas, I can't say my > attempt has been very successful. My observation is that someone would have to step up in NorCal

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting tonight?

2008-06-15 Thread Larry Cafiero
On 6/15/08, Joe Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that the event going on in Felton is absolutely > amazing, and I think that it'll do a lot to increase awareness. Larry, is > there a big installfest or event you guys are going to have that we could > come up for? I

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting tonight?

2008-06-16 Thread Larry Cafiero
Actually, the schedule's not up yet, but it will be soon. We're migrating the site in the next couple of days. I'll get you a schedule. We'd love to have the SoCal folks up for this. Larry On 6/15/08, Joe Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Larry, > > I think

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting Tonight! (6/29)

2008-06-29 Thread Larry Cafiero
distro, help absolute newbs get started with Ubuntu and, hopefully, have some Live CDs (and whatever else you might think appropriate) to give out. If someone wants to be the point guy/gal for the LoCo and contact me off-list, that would work for me as well. Larry Cafiero [EMAIL PROTECTED] 831-335-

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting Tonight! (6/29)

2008-06-29 Thread Larry Cafiero
Neal -- Also, if you're contacting user groups, please add the Cabrillo College GNU/Linux Users Group. You can put me as a contact -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks. Larry Cafiero On 6/29/08, Neal Bussett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Everyone, > We've got a meeting

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Meeting Tomorrow, July 27

2008-07-27 Thread Larry Cafiero
r them. Sorry, again, that I can't be at the meeting this evening. Larry Cafiero On 7/26/08, Neal Bussett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Howdy All, > Just a reminder that we have a meeting tomorrow (Sunday, July 27) at 7pm > (1900PDT) in #ubuntu-california on Freenode. Instruct

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Global Bug Jam Feb 20-22

2008-12-24 Thread Larry Cafiero
up, but never mind. See you all there. Larry Cafiero -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] SF Jaunty release party

2009-04-08 Thread Larry Cafiero
I can't organize it, but I know that the Felton LUG would welcome the opportunity to have a Jaunty event at its next meeting on May 2. So if there are any Ubunteros in Santa Cruz County (or nearby) interested in this, they can contact me for details. Larry Cafiero On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] OSCON

2009-04-30 Thread Larry Cafiero
lation. The Ubuntu California Team will demonstrate the various flavors of Ubuntu and will answer questions about the Ubuntu Linux distribution. [Taking out what I think are extraneous words and phrases only. Otherwise the original was fine.] Larry Cafiero -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] User Group Link

2009-06-24 Thread Larry Cafiero
ral and [fill in the blank with your favorite distro] in particular. Having said this, Grant is right when he asks that a link to "local meetings" or "get involved" be returned to the wiki in some form. Larry Cafiero On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:07 PM, Grant Bowman wrote: >

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] User Group Link

2009-06-24 Thread Larry Cafiero
ry happy and proud that we have a couple Bay Area LUGs > who are providing fliers for our OSCON booth, and I'm sorry that our > booth wasn't big enough to accommodate them. I'm hoping we can do more > promotion in the future, but I think the best chance we have to promote &

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] User Group Link

2009-06-24 Thread Larry Cafiero
don't see it stopping. Agreed. Also, part of keeping the momentum going at times when we might be at loggerheads -- like on this issue, for example -- it would benefit us to keep in mind that we can easily reserve the right to disagree with each other without being disagreeable to one anothe

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] User Group Link

2009-06-24 Thread Larry Cafiero
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 8:06 PM, Nathan Haines wrote: > I'm not a big fan of "this is only my opinion" disclaimers in my own > messages, because I think in general people are adults and can handle > differing opinions. (In fact, in this particular instance, I'm not sure > we even do have substan

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] A Talking Point - Linus uses Ubuntu

2009-06-29 Thread Larry Cafiero
it's wrong for distros to abandon the PPC architecture, but perhaps the most important thing is to stress the talking point of "ease of use" in this article as well as Linus' oft-quoted dictum that the OS should be invisible. Sorry I missed the meeting last night. I had connectivit

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] A Talking Point - Linus uses Ubuntu

2009-06-29 Thread Larry Cafiero
the ones that have a name of being easy to use. I've never used plain Debian, for example, but I like Ubuntu. And before Debian people attack me - yeah, I know, I know, it's supposedly much simpler and easier to install these days. But it certainly didn't use to be, so I

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] User Group Link

2009-07-15 Thread Larry Cafiero
ious link which, if it's on a wiki, can just be the word "here" at the end of a sentence like, "To see a list of Linux User Groups in your area, click here." I have an idea: Let's try acting our respective ages going forward and let's bring some real arguments or debate in response. Larry Cafiero -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Food at CLS and OSCON

2009-07-16 Thread Larry Cafiero
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 7:41 AM, Vivek Ayer wrote: > They recommend we go to Iguanas Burritozilla, > which serves a 5 lb. burrito!! Do you eat that or mount it on the wall? -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/m

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] the shirts

2009-10-15 Thread Larry Cafiero
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Nathan Haines wrote: > No one's being sexist, they don't have to have ponies on them. Ponies? No one's being sexist, except . . . . [Not to worry, Nathan. It's the same kind of flip remark that got Mark Shuttleworth in hot water at LinuxCon.] A simple "They'll

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] the shirts

2009-10-15 Thread Larry Cafiero
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Nathan Haines wrote: > On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 08:26 -0700, Larry Cafiero wrote: > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Nathan Haines > > wrote: > > I find the implication that women need to be separately > planned for or else they're b

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] the shirts

2009-10-15 Thread Larry Cafiero
On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Nathan Haines wrote: > On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 10:15 -0700, Larry Cafiero wrote: > > > > > Good. We all should, and hopefully do. However, you don't seem to be > > bothered by making a statement implying dividing shirts into those

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] the shirts

2009-10-15 Thread Larry Cafiero
nable. Needless to say, I have always thought highly of, and have always appreciated, Nathan's continuous efforts working with the California LoCo. [Oh, and sorry, Jack, for making your computer tell you "You Have Mail" again, too.] So mea culpa, all. Let's get some t-shirts.

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] KDE/Kubuntu

2009-11-22 Thread Larry Cafiero
iately to mind -- but it's not my school :-) Anyway, you asked. Larry Cafiero On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 12:10 AM, Darkwing Duck wrote: > Hey all, I'm working a little project with the KDE guys and I'm trying to > get > a feel for how many Kubuntu users we have in the Lo

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Asking For Opinion: Leadership Appointment Process

2010-03-09 Thread Larry Cafiero
It seem that this particular situation requires a leadership process, and the one proposed is sound. +1 Larry Cafiero On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 12:44 AM, Jono Bacon wrote: > Hi All, > > I just want to clarify my original question as there was a little > confusion reported to me e

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] No California Ubuntu Mirror?

2010-04-22 Thread Larry Cafiero
Off the top of my head, I know USC, UC Irvine and Stanford also have mirrors (though I don't know if these are mirrors that giovanni_re is talking about). To say that there's no tech going on here is pretty funny. Larry Cafiero On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Alex Mandel wrote: >

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] CD ISO Stanford? - Re: No California Ubuntu Mirror?

2010-04-22 Thread Larry Cafiero
ftp://mirror.stanford.edu/pub/mirrors/ Larry Cafiero On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 9:37 PM, giovanni_re wrote: > On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:27:18 -0700, "Larry Cafiero" < > larry.cafi...@gmail.com> said: > > Off the top of my head, I know USC, UC Irvine and Stanford also ha

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Maverick CDs have arrived!

2010-10-18 Thread Larry Cafiero
event saying this option will be available, and it puts the onus of bringing media on the person who's getting it. Larry Cafiero On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Elizabeth Krumbach wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Neal had the Maverick CDs shipped up to me so I'm taking care of > di

Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] Ubuntu talk at Felton on May 14, 2011

2011-05-16 Thread Larry Cafiero
Thanks, Grant, as always for being one of our "big name" speakers on all matters Ubuntu. Larry Cafiero Felton Linux Users Group Felton (Santa Cruz County), California On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Grant Bowman wrote: > Here's an email I just sent to the Felton LUG foll