[Deaf-lug] newbie here

[JGJones (Mailing List)]

I'm *not* a Londoner myself :) I haul from Leeds, and the list owner
-Fintan's not too far from myself.

To be honest I often talk about Linux mainly on the Deaf-UK-Technology
list rather than this so I'm a tad guilty of not contributing posts to
this, but also because it's not terribly active...*slap wrist*.

I've ordered the RPi myself too and trying to not drool too much at
the idea of these awesome little bundle of joys. I can just imagine my
wife's face when she is wondering why I am all excited over a little
green circuit board :) - the house will probably be drowning in them
eventually as I use them for various things! :D

One of the key language that is recommended for the Raspberry Pi is
Python so for those that doesn't know it here's a free source of
learning material from a free e-zine called Full Circle Magazine
(primarily all about Ubuntu).

http://fullcirclemagazine.org/tag/special/

Volume 1, 2, and 3 in learning Python available

It's free. Code Academy (the online tutorial site, which currently
help you to learn Javascript) is apparently planning on doing a Python
tutorial series too - http://www.codecademy.com/ but still worthwhile
anyway if you fancy learning Javascript.

Joseph Gwynne-Jones


On 22 March 2012 15:57, Andy Hearn <cuvierster at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Matt (and everyone else)
>
> I ordered mine at 7am on its big day, 59mins and 59seconds too late
> according to the foundation.  I'm now being sent regular emails from RS
> 'reassuring' me that I will eventually get a board...
>
> I'm tempted to jump straight to ArchLinux once I've had a play with the
> pre-packaged Fedora.  Its potential is "scary" too - so much that can be
> done and there isn't enough days in a year!
>
> Anyone else out there hailing from London?   Be good to start an informal
> get-together once the RPi boards enter 'normal' production??
>
> Andy
>
>
> On 22 March 2012 14:49, Matthew & Anna Israelsohn <misraelsohn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Andy,
>>
>> I can't wait for my RPi to arrive & I so look forward to hacking it too.
>> So much potential.....
>>
>> I'm another Londoner too.
>>
>> cheers.
>>
>> Matt
>>
>>
>> On 22 March 2012 10:29, Andy Hearn <cuvierster at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I guess D/deaf Linux'ers either dont know where to go, or are happy with
>>> getting their info via the 'net and mags.
>>>
>>> Having an active group for us would be fantastic - especially with the
>>> upcoming raspberry pi SBCs that can be programmed as devices for us -
>>> instant subtitles for the radio, portable text-to-speech converters, and a
>>> million + 1 applications!
>>>
>>> I'm based in London, UK
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>>> On Mar 21, 2012 5:09 PM, "Kevin Cole" <kevin.cole at gallaudet.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 12:58, Paul Mcphoy <pmcphoy at gmail.com> wrote: >
>>> Hi , I'm a newbie here and ...
>>>
>>> This list seems pretty dead.  Your message is the first I have seen in
>>> a very long time.  Where are you located?  There's a Deaf Linux group
>>> in Northern Virginia, but I do not know how active they are.  I know
>>> Zeke has had a few meetings recently, but I don't know how many showed
>>> up. See http://www.deaflinuxteam.org/
>>>
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