PLUG - Phoenix Linux User Group

Scott Gwin tells me the AZloco ( http://www.azloco.com/ ) has received their shipment of Ubuntu 10.04 disks from Canonical. People may pick up a copy at the Installfest or the East Side meetings and Stammtische. Ubuntu and Kubuntu Desktop as well as Server disks are available. In fact, we can make disks for other derivatives as well but we do not have have professionally pressed disks for them.

Scott is also willing to ship to individuals on request although he should be repaid for the shipping. Please contact Scott directly at j.scott.gwin@ubuntu.com as shown on the AZloco web site.

Where: University of Advancing Technology: 2625 W. Baseline Tempe, AZ 85283

(South side of Baseline Road west of I-10 roughly 2-3 blocks west of Fry's Electronics).

We are back in room 208

The monthly Installfest is co-sponsored by PLUG and the AZloco.

RSVP: InstallFest@PLUG.phoenix.az.us
- Your computer with specs including monitor, keyboard, mouse, and network card.
- What you hope to accomplish and learn by installing Linux
- Encouraged to RSVP but not required

Who: Anyone who wants to see Linux or run it on their computer.
- Volunteers always needed, please e-mail your pledge for time.

Installations take 30 minutes to several hours, please arrive within the first few hours.

We will also help with installing Free Software applications such as Firefox, OpenOffice.org, the GIMP, Blender and Inkscape on other operating systems.

IRC meetings for planning PLUG activities and working on PLUG activities and infrastructure.

Be prepared to help out if you show up.

2010Jun20 Agenda

• task updates?
• who can get pizza for June west side meeting?
• get July east side topic, add it to calendar entry, post to lists
• get July west side topic, add it to calendar entry, post to lists
• keep announcing new east side location, include pizza before the mtg
• promotion - everyone promote somewhere, list where
• track what's been posted where
• ABLEconf 2010 meeting next Sunday evening
• Volunteers needed: promo leader; east side mtg organizer; pizza for west side mtg; LinkedIn announcer; eventification announcer; meetup announcer; FaceBook announcer

Meetings will take place on the first and third Sunday of the month at 20:00 in PLUG's IRC channel. We will skip dates that are holidays or on long weekends.

Date: First and Third Sunday of the month
Time: 20:00
Channel: #plugaz
Server: irc.freenode.net

Web interface for Freenode.

Topic: Alfresco Content Management System (Community edition) installation and configuration
When: Fourth Wednesday of each month at 7:00PM
Where: DeVry, 2149 W. Dunlap Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85021
Google: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=2149+W+Dunlap+Ave,+Phoenix,+AZ+85021

What to expect:

* 6:30 - mingling/networking and last minute setup
* 7:00 - Formal meeting starts with announcements and other plug business
* 7:15-7:30 - Presentation(s)
* 9:00-9:30 - Clean up and CAT (Chat About Technology), usually at a local 'bertos. (We sit around and talk about Linux over Mexican food)

UPDATE 3:56PM: As you may have noticed, the email list service is back! Yeeha!

Last night the PLUG email server failed an update and is now not running. This is frustrating for our users. We apologize for the down time.

The issue is NOT a problem with Deru, our gracious hosting company. They are helping us to correct the problem as soon as possible. Please be patient as the issue is resolved.

In the mean time, you may find the PLUG IRC channel a useful place for support and discussion of Linux topics. Please point your client to irc.freenode.net and connect to channel #plugaz.

Thank you!

IRC meetings for planning PLUG activities and working on PLUG activities and infrastructure.

Be prepared to help out if you show up.

2010Jun06 Agenda

• task updates?
• add June east side topic to calendar entry, post to lists
• add June west side topic to calendar entry, post to lists
• who can get pizza for west side meeting?
• keep announcing new east side location, include pizza before the mtg
• promotion - everyone promote somewhere, list where
• track what's been posted where
• ABLEconf 2010 meetings start next Sunday evening
• Volunteers needed: promo leader; east side mtg organizer; pizza for west side mtg; LinkedIn announcer; eventification announcer; meetup announcer; FaceBook announcer

Meetings will take place on the first and third Sunday of the month at 20:00 in PLUG's IRC channel. We will skip dates that are holidays or on long weekends.

Date: First and Third Sunday of the month
Time: 20:00
Channel: #plugaz
Server: irc.freenode.net

Web interface for Freenode.

Where: University of Advancing Technology: 2625 W. Baseline Tempe, AZ 85283

(South side of Baseline Road west of I-10 roughly 2-3 blocks west of Fry's Electronics).

We are back in room 208

The monthly Installfest is co-sponsored by PLUG and the AZloco.

RSVP: InstallFest@PLUG.phoenix.az.us
- Your computer with specs including monitor, keyboard, mouse, and network card.
- What you hope to accomplish and learn by installing Linux
- Encouraged to RSVP but not required

Who: Anyone who wants to see Linux or run it on their computer.
- Volunteers always needed, please e-mail your pledge for time.

Installations take 30 minutes to several hours, please arrive within the first few hours.

We will also help with installing Free Software applications such as Firefox, OpenOffice.org, the GIMP, Blender and Inkscape on other operating systems.

East Side Meeting

Presentations This Month

Alternate Netbook platforms.

When: 7:00PM to about 9:00PM

Where: Mesa Community College, Kirk Student Center in Mesa.

How to get to PLUG's new meeting place at MCC.

Where: Kirk Student Center, Mesa Community College, 1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa, AZ 85202, The Kirk Student Center is at the center of campus just look for the clock tower. We'll meet in the Kiva room which is downstairs. Look for the elevator at the north end of the lobby as you walk in. The rooms are clearly marked.

Parking: There is vistor parking next to the Library at the southeast corner of Dobson and Southern -- Parking lot A on the MCC map. There is one row of visitor spaces which are clearly maked in yellow. There is also vistor parking in parking lot V which is at to your left (east) as you enter from the main entrance on Southern Ave. Please use the vistor spaces as parking anywhere else may result in your car being ticketed.

Website: http://www.mesacc.edu Click on the link "Southern & Dobson" then "View the Interactive Campus Map and Directory."

Restrooms: Restrooms are on the second floor of the Kirk Center. Accessible by elavator or stairs.

Thursday's presentation is the first part of an Introduction to The Semantic Web based on the Allemang & Hendler book: Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist, effective modeling in RDFS and OWL.

This book is one of the best introductions to semantics, ontologies and the semantic web and in this presentation, part one of two, you will become familiar with this field's terminology as well as its basic technology. The focus is on understanding the tools, the resources, and the way of thinking that makes the semantic web the next important step for the Internet[1]. In part two, we will take these foundations and focus on implementation, how to add elements of the semantic web to your current Internet assets. Dean Allemang and Jim Hendler have produced an excellent introduction to the Semantic Web, which if it is to be as important as many think, will have to be a Free Semantic Web.

presenter: Ed Nicholson
company: 0x1b, Inc.
title: An Introdiction to The Semantic Web - part 1 of 2

[1]what he said: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeUrEh-nqtU

The PLUGdev meetings are held at UAT room 203

The Installfest which had been planned for May 8 at the Escalante Community Center has been cancekked!

It is not yet clear whether more will be scheduled for that location.