PenLUG Meeting THIS WEEK - Thu 12/8 - TuxPaint, BlackDog, and free food

Tue Dec 6 01:56:23 PST 2005

Peninsula Linux Users' Group, Thursday, December 8, 2005

*** NOTE: New meeting location - we will be meeting at IHOP, not Oracle! ***

We have a meeting of the Peninsula Linux Users' Group (PenLUG) this
week!  Here are the details about the meeting.  For more information
or directions go to http://www.penlug.org/

Date:     Thursday, December 8, 2005
Time:     6:45 - 9:00 PM
Location: IHOP restaurant, 510 El Camino Real, Belmont, CA 94002-2121
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=510+El+Camino+Real,+94002&spn=0.015132,0.037793&t=h&iwloc=A&hl=en

Highlights (scroll down for details):

  - Free Food courtesy of Project BlackDog - please arrive before 7pm
to place your orders.
 - Keynote presentation: Bill Kendrick, New Breed Software - Tux
Paint, Technically
  - Short presentation: Project BlackDog (learn how you can win $50,000)
  - A discussion about the future of PenLUG (meeting location, volunteers, etc.)
  - Free Books courtesy of O'Reilly and/or Addison-Wesley/Prentice-Hall PTR.

Free food

This month's food sponsor is Project BlackDog, who will pay the tab at
IHOP.  So come fill up on pancakes or burgers or whatever suits your
fancy.  Please arrive before 7pm so you can get your order in before
the presentations start.  Thanks guys!

Keynote presentation: Bill Kendrick, New Breed Software - Tux Paint, Technically

Tux Paint is an Open Source, multi-platform drawing program for young
children. It includes numerous graphical effects ("Magic" tools), has
been localized to nearly 60 languages, and ported from Linux to
Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS, BSD and Solaris. Bill will provide a very
brief overview of Tux Paint, and then discuss some of the technical
and project-management aspects of the project.  Bill Kendrick is lead
developer of Tux Paint. He has been writing games for Unix and Linux
since 1997.  http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/

Project BlackDog

BlackDog is "the world's smallest Linux server that is 100%
USB-powered and fits in the palm of your hand."  I saw their booth at
the LinuxWorld Expo (the one with the mechanical bull, if you were
there) and was suitably impressed.  They're doing a $50,000 contest to
find a killer app for their product and will be talking about the
product and the contest at PenLUG this week.  And many thanks to them
for underwriting the food at IHOP too!
http://www.projectblackdog.com/

Future of PenLUG

We lost our spot at Oracle, and so far have been unable to get it
back.  Meeting at IHOP is OK, especially when we have a sponsor for
free food, but there's no Internet access and it's a hassle to bring
in the projector and screen.  Where else might we meet?  Also, I can't
do it alone - we need some more volunteers to help organize speakers
and meetings...  And finally, what else can we be doing?
Installfests?  Social events?  Different topics?  Please bring your
ideas.

Free Books

Every month I receive a stream of free books.  They're yours for the
taking - you just need to write a review.  Post it on Amazon or the
PenLUG wiki or wherever, and let me know so I can make sure the
publishers know about it.  This month I have a lot of great titles to
give away at the end of the meeting.  (They make great Christmas
gifts, too!)

Bill Ward
President, PenLUG

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