Category: BerkeleyLUG News/Events

It’s that time of year again. BerkeleyLUG.com is gearing up to staff our second annual Solano Stroll booth. After recovering from Cal’s homecoming festivities, look for us near 1223 Solano Ave.

We hope to see you on Sunday at Bobby G’s Pizzeria, 2072 University Ave, Berkeley.   On the 2nd and 4th Sunday of each month we have our usual sparkling conversation, sharing of tips, tricks & solutions and planning for some events coming up in the next few months.  The next releases of various Linux distributions such as Ubuntu are coming up as soon as the end of April which isn’t too far away to begin thinking about release parties and associated events.

We gave away 160+ CDs, 200+ flyers and 120+ cards.  I completely lost track of the amount of people who stopped by the booth who already used Linux and just wanted to chat.  We hope to a few events like this a year.  Here are some pics from Vivek and Mark.  Thanks everyone who participated or stopped by.

We will be manning an open source software / Linux booth at the Solano Stroll.  The Stroll is a fantastic street festival in Berkeley/Albany on Solano Avenue with a lot of great food, entertainment and vendors.  If you are in the area, come check it out and stop by to say hi and learn about free software.  Look for us a couple blocks from San Pablo.

Here are some pictures Vivek took of the meeting on Sunday, June 14

The last one is from Warren at the last meeting in May.

Our first meeting will be Sunday, May 17 at Bobby G’s Pizzeria in Berkeley from 12:00 to 3:00 pm.  And, there will be prizes!

Agenda:

Ongoing: Trivia Contest. Automated demos of Jack’s Favorite Desktop Apps.

12:00-12:30: Meet and Greet. First three people get a prize (see below).

12:30 – 1:30: Introduce goals of Organization:

• Promote and spread desktop linux in East Bay area.

• Tables at events like Solano Stroll or Sproul Plaza.

• Development of desktop Linux. How can we as a group contribute?

• Perform Modern Installfests

• Create locally produced Desktop Linux News Blog and Podcast?

• Future talks: ZaReason? High Performance Computing? Killer Apps? Desktop Mangers? Etc…

• Organization of BerkeleyLUG discussion

1:30 – 2:00 – Create web accounts for contributors. Anyone with something cool related to desktop Linux to share, feel free.

Prizes:

First 3 people to show up: 10 Ubuntu Case Badges (Everyone else gets 1 case badge).

Linux Trivia Contest: 1^stt Place – Ubuntu T-Shirt Medium.

RSVP:

Please send and email to admin@berkeleylug.com if you plan on attending and register for an account at www.berkeleylug.com to get future emails.

We are beginning to form the new BerkeleyLUG group. It may or may not end up as an extension of the BerkeleyTIP (Talk / Installfest / Potluck) meetings that have been going on for the last few months.  We will at least be in cooperation.

I hope this group has an emphasis on creating a desktop Linux support base and promoting the growth of the desktop user base in Berkeley and beyond.   Ideas involve a public awareness campaign, podcasts, videos and installfests.

Look back in the next several weeks for more information about our first events and about the organizational structure.

In the meantime, please sign up for a forum account to discuss the future, and sign up for our announcement mailing list.