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Welcome New Ubuntu People In Maryland!

At our last meeting for the Ubuntu Maryland Local Community Team we had a new format to play with and test out. Starting with a presentation and finishing up with a general discussion. I gave a talk I wrote entitled ‘Welcome to Ubuntu’ which is a starting point for people new to Ubuntu. What it […]

Welcome To Ubuntu May 20th in Columbia, MD

Just a few more days until my talk entitled ‘Welcome to Ubuntu‘. This will be an introductory talk about what Ubuntu Linux is and how you can use it in your daily life. So if you or someone you know is curious and would like to come out on May 20th to the Howard County […]

Welcome To Ubuntu in Maryland! May 20th

Please join the Ubuntu Maryland Local Community team for our meeting May 20th 7pm at the Howard County Library Central Branch. This month’s meeting will feature a presentation entitled “Welcome to Ubuntu”. This is an introductory level talk to welcome new users into the Ubuntu world. With the latest Ubuntu release, Lucid Lynx, we have […]

CALUG May 12th – Mackenzie Morgan

Please join the Columbia Area Linux Users Group this Wednesday from 6:30-9pm where we will welcome Mackenzie Morgan from the Kubuntu (and other *ubuntu verse fame) where she will be discussing the Ubuntu Development Processes! This will provide a developers perspective on contributing to the Ubuntu distribution that many of us use and enjoy! We […]

February CALug Canceled – KDE Release Party is On!

Hi Everybody, Due to the snow conditions we are canceling the February CALug meeting. I want to thank Jonathan Riddell for volunteering to give a talk to our group. Justin Kirby has agreed to come to our March meeting and give his talk to us at that time. That being said, the KDE 4.4 release […]

Feb 10 CALug Canceled

For reasons that are obvious to most around here the CALug meeting for tonight, February 10, is not going to happen. I’ll be getting in touch with Justin and Jonathan to find out if they are available to make a rare Thursday appearance. If they are willing we will make the decision Thursday morning pending […]

CALug Snow Plans For Feb 10th Meeting

It looks like we’re in for more snow this Tuesday night into Wednesday. If we get what is expected the scheduled CALug meeting with Jonathan Riddell and Justin Kirby will be postponed until Thursday at best and canceled at worst. There are several moving parts right now that need to be coordinated before the final […]

Correction- Feb 10 CALug with Riddell and Kirby

It was pointed out to me that my last post contained an error in the date. The next CALug meeting is Wednesday February 10th. NOT the 11th as was in the previous post. The corrected post follows: Hi Everyone! This coming Wednesday, February 10th is the next Columbia Area Linux Users Group meeting in Columbia, […]

Forced Changes In My Browser

As announced today Ubuntu Lucid will be changing Firefox to use Yahoo! search (powered by Bing) as the default search engine due to a revenue sharing deal. This financial deal will be good for Canonical to pay for developers and resources for Ubuntu. That’s all well and good. The issue that I have is that […]

Maryland Tour Finksburg — Saturday

Don’t forget to join the Ubuntu Maryland Loco team in Finksburg, MD this Saturday December 5th from 9:30am-11:30am. I’ll be giving a talk at 10am on what Ubuntu is and how it can benefit you! Check out the event page for more information!