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| DATE | 2007-09-26 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] [Fwd: [nylug-announce] THURSDAY: NYLUG Presents: Jason Perlow on Sneek Peeks at Gutsy Gibbon and OpenSuSE 10.3]
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On Wed, Sep 26, 2007 at 12:01:28AM -0400, Michael L. Richardson wrote:
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: [nylug-announce] THURSDAY: NYLUG Presents: Jason Perlow on
> Sneek Peeks at Gutsy Gibbon and OpenSuSE 10.3
> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 21:50:57 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Ron Guerin
> Reply-To: Announcements from NYLUG
> To: NYLUG Announcements
>
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> Thursday, September 27th, 2007 *RSVP CLOSES WEDNESDAY BUT SEE BELOW*
> 6:30pm-8:00 PM
> Google
> 76th 9th Ave., between 15th and 16th St.
> 4th Floor, enter near 16th Street
>
That is Succos. Can you go an please anounce Freedom-IT.
Ruben
> ** RSVP Closes at 2:30pm the day before the meeting (sharp!) ***
> Please RSVP for EVERY meeting at this time.
> Register at http://rsvp.nylug.org/
> Check in with photo ID at the lobby for badge.
> Latecomers can sign in, but it means having to sign in and
> possibly wait a bit.
>
> PLEASE NOTE: THIS MEETING IS IN 2 DAYS. If you miss the RSVP cutoff
> you can still come to the meeting and sign in.
>
>
> Jason Perlow
> -on-
> Sneak Peeks at Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon and OpenSuSE 10.3
>
>
> Jason Perlow, Sr. Technology Editor, Linux Magazine, and Advisory
> Architect, IBM Global Technology Services, will be presenting a sneak
> peek at Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" and OpenSuSE 10.3, updated versions
> of two popular Linux distributions currently under development.
>
> Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10, upon its release in the Fall of 2007, will be
> the latest incarnation of the world's fastest growing Free Software
> Linux distribution. Built upon the technology in Debian, targeted
> towards a wide range of end users and sporting the lastest Linux Kernel
> 2.6.22, it will have the latest implementation of GNOME, FireFox,
> OpenOffice, and other useful Open Source applications, as well as
> support for a wide array of devices including wireless networking and
> 3D accelerated video drivers thru open source and "restricted"
> proprietary device drivers from 3rd parties. Ubuntu, which was first
> released in 2003 by South African billionaire Mark Shuttleworth, has
> quickly usurped Fedora as the most downloaded Linux distribution on the
> Internet.
>
> OpenSUSE 10.3, also due in the fall, is the next version of Novell's
> popular Open Source and community-based Linux Distribution. Derived
> from SuSE Linux Professional, which used to be a commercial product,
> OpenSUSE 10.3 is both a bleeding-edge technology demonstrator for
> Novell's future enterprise products and an end-user Linux distribution
> for power users that is packed full of software applications, advanced
> desktop/workstation Linux technology as well as the very latest in Open
> Source development tools. Distributed on DVD media and engineered at
> Novell's research facilities in Nuremburg, Germany, it is the literal
> Mercedes Benz of Linux distributions.
>
> Further Information:
> * Ubuntu: Gutsy Gibbon
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GutsyGibbon
>
> * OpenSuSE: 10.3
> http://news.opensuse.org/?p=305
>
> About Jason Perlow
> Jason Perlow is Senior Technology Editor for Linux Magazine. In the
> past, his works have been featured in ZDNet, Sm-at-rt Partner, Smart
> Business for the New Economy, Maximum Linux, Handheld PC and
> PalmPower.com. He has run his own integration firm, Argonaut Systems,
> and is the founder of eGullet.com, a food news and discussion web site.
> He lives in the New Jersey suburbs of New York City with his wife Rachel
> and two poodles, Truffle and Bailey. Jason maintains a blog,
> Off The Broiler where he talks about food, technology, and what's on his
> mind.
> http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/
> (podcasts: http://offthebroiler.wordpress.com/podcasts/)
>
> Meeting Location
> Please note that this meeting will be held at Google, 76 9th Ave,
> 4th floor, between 15th and 16th Streets, and not at IBM. This is
> the old Port Authority Building, and takes up the entire block.
> You want the entrance nearest 16th Ave.
>
> Map
> http://tighturl.com/u4
>
> Free Refreshments!
> Google is also graciously providing refreshments during the
> meeting.
>
> Books!!!
> Our friends at Prentice-Hall kindly provide us with review copies
> of various new titles. One of these could be yours, all you have
> to do is agree to review the book within a reasonable period of
> time.
>
> Swag (Give Away)
> During/after the meeting... unusually terrific swag may be given
> away.
>
> Stammtisch
> After the meeting ... Many of us have been meeting over at the
> Hog Pit starting around 8:15-8:30. http://www.hogpit.com
> 22 Ninth Avenue at 13th Street, New York, New York 10014
>
> Python Workshops
> Our Python workshops will now be focusing their energy on building the
> new NYLUG web site. All are welcome, from beginners to old hands, and
> there's work for non-coders too. The workshops meet every other
> Tuesday, at the NY Public Library, Hudson Park Branch.
> 66 Leroy St. NY NY from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Next meeting is October 9.
> See the calendar at: http://tighturl.com/fp
>
> Please see our home page at http://www.nylug.org for the HTMLized
> version of this announcement, our archives, and a lot of other good
> stuff.
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