Have you guys tried Cinnamon? (Its a fork of gnome 2 made by the people at Linux mint). On Feb 14, 2013 11:13 PM, "Stephen Michael Kellat" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Okay, I understand your point better now Cheri and withdraw my > objection. I initially did read it as a major undertaking. Then again, > I've been involved in the "kissing hands & shaking babies" end of human > interaction a bit too much this week dealing with local politicians so > my brain is definitely muddled. > > SMK > > On 02/14/2013 11:10 PM, Cheri Francis wrote: > > I'm not talking about a major undertaking, just a "I live in <city> > > and I will be at <location> working on <ubuntu related thing> on > > <date> at <time>. Join me!" And then in the same general areas AS the > > existing ReLoCos, those projects can be worked on, people can take a > > few pages printed out about ubuntu, and sit in a Panera or whatnot. > > > > Instead of just multiple people in the same city sitting alone and > > working on something, or even one person who might have been willing > > to talk to someone about ubuntu not being out and around folks who > > might be interested. > > > > If someone doesn't want to go out to work on stuff in public, that's > > fine too. It's just an idea. Saying we should "park" it doesn't really > > move us toward our goal of having a more active group. > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 11:07 PM, Stephen Michael Kellat > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > I'd park reinvigorating the ReLoCos for the moment. I know > > Unit193 put > > a list of Xubuntu-related TODOs in the IRC log that would be worth > > pursuing during Global Jam. Said list can be found here: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Sprints/2013-03-03-globaljam > > > > Ideas I'll throw out there too as low-hanging fruit if people want > > little projects to play with: > > > > 1. Package either Bashpodder or Mashpodder (see > > http://code.google.com/p/mashpodder/ and > > http://lincgeek.org/bashpodder/ > > for code) and at least stick it in a team PPA for the moment > > > > 2. Update the wiki, specifically the following pages: > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/Resume > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/CDdistribution > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/CommunicationTeam > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/Donations > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/EducationTeam > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/Events > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/MarketingTeam > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/NewMember > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/NewUser > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/NewUserTeam > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/ReLoCos > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/UbuntuCDExplanation > > > > 3. Take and post to the wiki pictures of smiling, shiny happy people > > > > 4. Create a team PPA > > > > 5. Put cool stuff in a team PPA such as packages of cool/useful > > scripts > > akin to the "bikeshed" package. For us, we could name it instead > > "boatshed"... :-) (See: > > http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=bikeshed ) > > > > SMK > > > > > > On 02/14/2013 10:52 PM, John F wrote: > > > I would be interested in getting the Lima group back together again > > > when I finish my Master's degree at the end of April. :) > > > > > > tnseditor (John F) > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Cheri Francis > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > > > We could try to re-invigorate the various ReLoCos and try to > get > > > Columbus, Dayton, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Mansfield, Akron, > > > wherever else to get at least 1-2 people saying "I will be > > at this > > > place at this time for this long, any other Ubuntu Folks who > > want > > > to join, come meet up". But I don't know how feasible that > > would be. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:37 PM, Brandon Wernke > > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > > > I could do the online deal, but unfortunately Mansfield > > would > > > be out of the question for me. I am very new to Ubuntu as > > > well, and wouldn't be too much help in a bug quashing > event. > > > However, I would welcome an opportunity as a learning > > > exercise. To belatedly introduce myself: my name is > Brandon. > > > Looking forward to being a part of this community. > > > > > > On Feb 14, 2013 9:39 PM, "Cheri Francis" > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > > wrote: > > > > > > I am game for a Mansfield gathering. I was actually > > going > > > to say, I'm officially more available on/after Tuesday > > > 02/19 due to various things finishing up. On 03/01 > there > > > is an Ubuntu Women Career Days event planned, but we > > don't > > > have a solid time set for that yet. > > > > > > I've switched over to Xubuntu, but as it's a *buntu > > > variant, it still falls under the Ubuntu family. KDE, > > > LXDE, XFCE, Gnome, everything, if it's a *buntu, it's > > > pretty much welcome. > > > > > > This might be a good chance to test drive an online > > event > > > of some sort, whether for a specific bug squashing > > reason > > > or just a "Ubuntu Ohio Online Gathering" or something > > > (UOOG sounds like a caveman noise). > > > > > > If our Mansfield event was somewhere with WiFi > > (which I'm > > > sure it would be) then we can be on a hangout with > other > > > folks as well. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 9:35 PM, Dave Kokandy > > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > > > Well, we're overdue for a Mansfield area Ubuntu > > Hour, > > > so maybe we could all get together for the Jam. I > > > don't know that I would be able to do a lot of > > the bug > > > squashing things since I'm such a novice, but if > > there > > > is anything I can do I'm happy to help. > > > > > > -Dave Kokandy > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:53 PM, David McGlone > > > <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > > > On Thursday, February 14, 2013 02:56:22 PM > > Stephen > > > Michael Kellat wrote: > > > > > > Everybody, > > > > > > Please remember to hit "Reply All" so that you > > > reply to the list rather than to the > > original poster. > > > > > > SMK > > > > > > I try to stay as active as I can in the > > community, > > > but I can't stand Unity and I had to switch > over > > > to KDE, but I'll try and see if I can make > > it to a > > > Jam if one is organized. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > David M. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mailing list: > > > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > > Post to : > > [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > Unsubscribe : > > > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > > More help : > > https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mailing list: > > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > > Post to : [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > Unsubscribe : > > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > > Post to : [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > > Post to : [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > <mailto:[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > > Post to : [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-us-ohio> > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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