<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hello everyone, and my apologies for not being able to get along this evening - family commitments take precedence. I think the change of day is a good idea - I can usually make Wednesdays, where Thursdays are a bit awkward.<br><br>Anyway, I hope you have a great time and hope to see you next month, D.V.<br><br>A couple of websites might be of interest to some of the newer members and less-skilled (such as me)!<br><br><a href="http://www.ubunter.com/">http://www.ubunter.com/</a> and a newish distro, with all sorts of goodies like Wine, VLC and stuff, <a href="http://zorin-os.webs.com/">http://zorin-os.webs.com/</a> . Probably best to keep it from the devotees of Mr Stallman, though!<br><br>Best regards to all,<br><br>Bob M.<br><br>--- On <b>Wed, 3/2/10, Rory Holland <i><modestforagenius@googlemail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote
style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Rory Holland <modestforagenius@googlemail.com><br>Subject: Re: [Nottingham] [Talk] *Wed* 03/02/2010 From Switch On to Desktop<br>To: "Notts GNU/Linux Users Group" <nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk><br>Date: Wednesday, 3 February, 2010, 10:36<br><br><div id="yiv729986706">Yes I will be there<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 3 February 2010 10:35, Martin <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:martin@ml1.co.uk" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=martin@ml1.co.uk">martin@ml1.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Folks,<br>
<br>
*TODAY* *WEDNESDAY* 03/02/2010<br>
<br>
Should be good for all new starters and experts alike!<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
> Note the change of day to *Wednesdays* for the talks meets. Good, bad,<br>
> or indifferent? Let me know please!<br>
><br>
><br>
> For our next talk the subject is a non-geekie view of what happens when<br>
> you switch on your PC through to when you see your desktop displayed.<br>
><br>
> The essential details will be skimmed through so that an idea can be<br>
> gained of what is involved. I'm also very amenable to be plied with beer<br>
> later for the deeper geekie detail!<br>
><br>
><br>
> All at our usual Navvy to navigate a few stories and a few beers:<br>
><br>
><br>
> The Navigation<br>
><br>
> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.thenavvy.co.uk/">http://www.thenavvy.co.uk/</a><br>
><br>
> *WEDNESDAY* 03/02/2010<br>
><br>
> Meet: 19:30<br>
> (in the bar somewhere - look for penguins or just shout "where's NLUG!")<br>
><br>
> Talk/Questions/Discussion: 20:00<br>
> (in the room upstairs)<br>
><br>
> Beers and Linux and other topics until 23:00<br>
><br>
> The Navigation Inn<br>
> 6 Wilford Street<br>
> Nottingham<br>
> NG2 1AA<br>
> Tel: 0115 9417139<br>
><br>
> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.pub-explorer.com/notts/pub/navigationinnnottingham.htm">http://www.pub-explorer.com/notts/pub/navigationinnnottingham.htm</a><br>
> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=52.948&lon=-1.1518&scale=10000&icon=x">http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=52.948&lon=-1.1518&scale=10000&icon=x</a><br>
><br>
> We head up to the large room upstairs at round abouts 8pm.<br>
> And the gallon of beer question is: Is the WiFi access there now?!<br>
<br>
<br>
To find us, just look for any penguins or a cluster of netbooks!<br>
Or ask the friendly bar staff.<br>
<br>
All welcome,<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Martin<br>
<br>
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