[CVALE] New Purpose For CVALE?

Tue Mar 24 08:31:26 PDT 2009

I can offer my home in South Stockton as a possible meeting place, if
one was needed. I've got wireless internet set up, and plenty of room.
I'm right off Highway 99 and Arch Road.

I'd love to hear talks on any of the following topics:

- How to Compile Drivers for Linux Using GCC
- Best Practices for Back-up Management in Linux
- The Basics of Home Office Networking with Linux
- The Basics of Video Editing with Linux
- Integrating Open Source Programs with The Gnome Desktop

I would be willing to present on any of the following topics:

- Basic Graphic Design on Linux Using Scribus and Inkscape
- An Introduction to Object Oriented Programming With Java and Eclipse
- "Implications of Place" - The Possible Impacts of Geo-Location On
Computer Technology
- Open Source Software Development - Advantages and Limitations

Perhaps we could start a wiki page of desired and available meeting
topics?

I could serve as a speaker coordinator for CVALE if there was interest.

Landon
Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268
Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658

P.S. - I could also use some help figuring out why my wireless internet
won't work on Ubuntu. :]

-----Original Message-----
From: cvale-bounces at lists.fire2wire.com
[mailto:cvale-bounces at lists.fire2wire.com] On Behalf Of Rob Johnston
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 11:17 PM
To: cvale at cvale.org
Subject: Re: [CVALE] New Purpose For CVALE?

If meetings were started up again I would make an effort to attend.  I'd

also be willing to give a presentation or two, if there was some 
operating system topic that folks found interesting (I could toss out 
some ideas).

It'd be nice to find other folks in the area that have an interest in 
computers beyond just playing games :)  Not that I have anything against

games :)

rob

-------------------------
Robert Johnston
Solaris Core OS
robert.johnston at sun.com
http://blogs.sun.com/robj
-------------------------

Patrick E. Bennett, Jr. wrote:
> Dennis, I think your observation is also quite true.  For me, once
> the kids started coming, travelling to Modesto for a linux-only (or
> linux-mainly) meeting wasn't interesting enough, so I petered out
> both in attendance and in leadership.  With an expanded agenda, and
> therefore hopefully some more interesting content, my interest would
> be higher.  Also, to be honest, CVALE was a decent way to make
> business connections and germinate new clientelle.  With the mass
> exodus from The Medical Manager, and the recent small business
> belt-tightening, I could use some new sources of business. :-)
> 
> Which is to say, if there is honest interest in expanding our
> interests and in meeting regularly, I would pitch in to help lead and
> organize.
> 
> =Patrick
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Baker" <mtbogre at gmail.com>
>  To: cvale at cvale.org Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 6:07:09 PM GMT
> -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [CVALE] New Purpose For CVALE?
> 
> 
> I would be interested in most anything open source but ultimately I
> think the problem isn't the content, it's the lack of serious
> leadership. for some time the group has just more or less been
> adrift. Even before the group stopped meeting there were rarely
> organized events or speakers. Unless you have someone who is willing
> to dedicate some significant time or resources to it the focus of the
> group doesn't matter.
> 
> I'm not saying this to criticize anyone, we all more or less stopped
> putting a lot of effort into running the show on CVALE and it shows.
> 
> 
> Users groups that do well have leadership that put together a
> consistent agenda. When CVALE had speakers and regular events we had
> much more regular attendance.
> 
> --== Dennis ==--
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Ian Sterling < xyverz at gmail.com >
> wrote:
> 
> 
> Funny factoid about PCLOS... It's a Mandriva derivative that uses APT
>  instead of YUM. I thought it was a debian-based distribution.
> 
> Factoid #2 about PCLOS: my cousin is the current lead of the project.
>  Small world, huh?
> 
> BTW, Patrick, it's ironic that you mention the BSDs. I had the 
> pleasure of doing a minimal install of FreeBSD 7.1 under VMWare
> Fusion over the last week. Started out with the FTP install, then did
> a buildworld, rebuilt the kernel, installed ports, installed screen
> and bash, then built KDE.
> 
> Damned ports don't use multithreading in the build precess. Whereas 
> the buildworld and kernel only took about 45 minutes, building KDE 
> took over 16 hours. (this included all the package deps and whatnot)
> 
> 
> I would love to see this group prosper - it's the main reason I got
> as far into linux as I did. Glad to see that email wasn't legit. ;-)
> 
> 
> --Ian...
> 
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 5:08 PM, Patrick E. Bennett, Jr.
> 
> 
> 
> < stnick at bennettbungalow.com > wrote:
>> I could have really used some help recently learning how to create
>> a custom linux boot cd, or custom embedded (onto compact flash or
>> sd card) system. Still could actually. Spent tens of hours on it
>> over last week, and the weekend and ended up with an iso of
>> PCLinuxOS that is *perfectly* customized.... only to find out that
>> it is ~900mb and therefore is not burnable (doh!!!) How the hell
>> can you create a 900mb remaster from a 625mb distribution?!? At
>> least it boots perfectly in my virtual machine.... Now how to trim
>> it by 200mb.... :-/
>> 
>> -Patrick
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Landon Blake" <
>> lblake at ksninc.com > To: cvale at cvale.org Sent: Monday, March 23,
>> 2009 4:53:54 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [CVALE] New
>> Purpose For CVALE?
>> 
>> I also think this is a good idea. I could help with Java
>> programming topics and questions about management of open source
>> communities, choosing an open source license, and that sort of
>> thing...
>> 
>> Landon Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268 Cell Phone Number: (209)
>> 992-0658
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: cvale-bounces at lists.fire2wire.com
>>  [mailto: cvale-bounces at lists.fire2wire.com ] On Behalf Of Rob
>> Johnston Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 4:43 PM To: cvale at cvale.org 
>> Cc: mtbogre; dave; Robert.Johnston at Sun.COM Subject: Re: [CVALE]
>> Fwd: Domain Notification: DAVE REINHARDT This is yourFinal Notice
>> of Domain Notification - CVALE.ORG
>> 
>> That's actually a good idea. Along those lines, I'd be happy to
>> help out anyone that's are interested in playing with OpenSolaris.
>> I can also certainly help out on any programming questions - it's a
>> nice break from work stuff.
>> 
>> rob
>> 
>> ------------------------- Robert Johnston Solaris Core OS 
>> robert.johnston at sun.com http://blogs.sun.com/robj 
>> -------------------------
>> 
>> Patrick E. Bennett, Jr. wrote:
>>> On the score of how we might regenerate interest in CVALE.... I
>> wonder if there might be interest in expanding the sphere of
>> interest of CVALE to include all FOSS and related issues. One
>> reason, I think, that linux users groups have become irrelevant, is
>> because they were, in their day, so successful - linux is decidedly
>> mainstream now compared to then, and much easier to install (and
>> after all, the lifeblood of CVALE and lugs in general were always
>> the "installfest").
>>> I, for one, am much more interested in getting together to learn
>>> from
>> you guys about the BSD's, or how to implement Vyatta or Asterisk,
>> or open source programming languages, etc., than I am in linux per
>> se. We may catch more fish if we cast a wider net.
>>> -Patrick
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Sterling" <
>>> xyverz at gmail.com > To: cvale at cvale.org Sent: Monday, March 23,
>>> 2009 3:18:47 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re: [CVALE]
>>> Fwd: Domain Notification: DAVE REINHARDT This is
>> yourFinal Notice of Domain Notification - CVALE.ORG
>>> The only problem is that since this is due, we'd probably need to
>>>  register it with that registrar before we can transfer it off to
>>>  another registrar. Most registrars are tightwads like that.
>>> 
>>> --Ian...
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Matthew Hall <
>>> mhall at mhcomputing.net >
>> wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 1:49 PM, Patrick E. Bennett, Jr. <
>>>>> stnick at bennettbungalow.com > wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Guys, the renewal is due. What shall we do? (Obviously, we're
>>>>> not going to pay $75/yr!)
>>>> My advice is that we transfer the registration to 1&1 Internet
>>>> which costs < $10 USD per year. I'd be happy to help via PayPal
>>>> also.
>>>> 
>>>>> -Patrick
>>>> Matthew.
>>>> 

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