[Yhslug] Friday Meeting-- Bring People!

[Jeffrey Elkner]

We do hope you meant to say "a presentation" (using ooimpress or some other free software presentation tool) and not literally a "power..." (I can't bring myself to say it...)

jeff

On Thu, 17 May 2007 08:48:38 -0400, Thomas Doggette <tdoggette at gmail.com> wrote:
>I'm glad to see that a lot of the regulars are attending, but what's
>more important than that is that we have people to teach. Much of this
>(excepting, of course, the pizza), is simply not going to be very
>interesting to you Linux zealots.
>
>Bring family and friends.
>
>I'll have a powerpoint ready with the very basics of F/OSS and Linux,
>ie what Libre is, why you ought to care, and how you can use it.
>That'll be followed by the start of an Ubuntu installation (I have a
>hard drive, and I talked with Elkner a while back about using one of
>his computers). Then, the pizza, and then we have a clean install to
>play with. We can show everyone how easy it is to do stuff on Linux
>(we can do that on another machine of the install's not done), and
>then, how to install programs and maybe do a little customisation.
>Then, the fun part: I'm borrowing a copy of World of Warcraft from a
>friend, and we'll get that running under Wine.
>
>If you have anything to add, either now or at the meeting, it's a
>flexible schedule, so you'll have time to show off your trick or
>favorite app.
>
>~Thomas Doggette
>~YHSLUG Student Lead