I am located over on the west side (near 83rd. ave and indianschool rd.). believe me, it takes slightly more than 2 hours to get there from here, even when transfers are closely timed. Longer if I stay strictly to the bus (no rail).
-eric On Jun 5, 2016, at 8:23 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: > what side of the valley are you in? > > On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 7:30 PM, Eric Oyen <[email protected]> wrote: > ok, > I have asked before when one of these events comes up for a ride. I would go > over there on the bus, but it doesn't run late enough for me to get back home > (the routes I live on last bus goes through at 9:30 which means I would have > to leave the meeting before 7:30 to get home. so, again, I am asking if > anyone on the west side is going. C'mon guys! have a heart and help out a > blind person who uses linux. > > my contact details: > > [email protected] > (623)399-5635 > > thanks. > > -eric > > On Jun 5, 2016, at 1:20 PM, PLUG Announcements wrote: > >> GAMES NIGHT June 9th! >> >> <Mail Attachment.jpeg> >> >> We've got at 2 presentations for this month's meeting from Todd Millecam and >> Aaron Jones. >> >> Todd Millecam: Linux and Gaming Technology >> >> Linux has never been considered much of a gaming platform, but to those who >> know how some of the tools work and how to make them work for you, it can >> provide a stable and higher performance environment than any proprietary OS. >> >> I'll show you how to get Steam and Steam games working on (nearly) any >> distro. >> >> I'll cover the different console emulators and how to use them in a Linux >> environment. >> >> We'll discuss different GPU drivers and their advantages and disadvantages >> to the open-source ecosystem. We'll cover a few graphics libraries and what >> they do, and show you how to get most every game working on a Linux desktop >> environment. You might even learn enough to get started on writing your own >> game in Linux. >> >> We'll go through all different types of gaming, from solitaire to Starcraft, >> and how to get most all of them to work on Linux. >> >> Biography: >> Todd has worked in Linux DevOps for 9 years. He Specializes in high >> performance and high availability systems >> >> Aaron Jones: REAL gaming on Linux >> >> Who needs Proprietary Graphics Drivers, GLX, or GUI's? Not us! We are going >> to play games the way they were meant to be played. In the terminal. Are you >> ready to enjoy some hard core gaming in VIM? How about collecting lamps and >> slaying monsters? >> >> Still interested in running games that require a GUI or even worse... >> Windows? That's fine. We will discuss Steam Streaming and how you can create >> a gaming box for your home that you can access from your Linux system when >> you feel the need to do so. >> >> Infocom, Visicorp, and Jack Daniels. Three companies that make gaming on >> Linux possible. Let's play!--- >> >> Biography: >> Aaron spends the majority of my time on the computer using the terminal and >> would rather use Linux when ever he can. >> >> >> Meeting Info: >> The meeting will start at 7pm at The Desert Breeze Substation. People start >> arriving as early as 6pm, so if you would like to help setup >> and/or chat for a while, arrive a little early. >> >> We go for food/discussion after the meeting, usually to BJs at the nearby >> mall. There is talk of moving to a different location. >> Meeting Location: >> Desert Breeze Substation >> 251 North Desert Breeze Blvd >> Chandler, AZ 85226 >> >> The Desert Breeze Substation is on Chandler Blvd and Desert Breeze Blvd, >> which is half way between McClintock and Rural. It is very close >> to both the south 202 and 101 freeways. Public transportation is >> available into the late hours. >> See http://phxlinux.org/meetings/14-east-valley-meeting.html for a map and >> other info. >> >> See you there, >> Brian Cluff >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG-announce mailing list - [email protected] >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce >> PLUG Website at >> http://plug.phoenix.az.us--------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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