[Nottingham] [Social] *Today* 30/08/2006 Talk/Beers advanced notice

[Martin]

Paul Sladen wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Aug 2006, Martin wrote:
>> Reminder for the Blue Moon Beers *TOMORROW*
>>> Wed 30/08/2006
>>> Last Post, Beeston
>>> http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/pubfinder/details.php?OutletNumber=101
>>> I'll be in there by 21:00.
> 
> I'll try to pop in;  and I can entertain people with what's been happening
> in Ubuntu and Debian BBQ land since the last time.
> 
> 	-Paul

Good to see a few people there last night, including Michael E /in/
/person/ to tell of his SL adventures :-) and showing off a very nice
laptop running Ubuntu.

I hope Paul (Psion 5 typing/hacking) managed to get his article posted
later that night in time for publication.

And a good few beers were had. I must remember to ease off on the Abbot
Ale next time!


Answering one question from last night, from Distrowatch:

http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20060828
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Mandriva has announced that its upcoming version 2007 will include "sexy
effects" with AIGLX/Xgl and Compiz, similar to those found in Novell's
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10: "We're enabling both AIGLX and XGL
technologies in Mandriva Linux 2007. The selection will be automatic, so
it's a transparent process for you (unless you want to tweak and hack
and break and make). We handle Intel, NVIDIA and ATI chipsets through
both proprietary and free drivers. It works on both KDE and GNOME
desktop environments." This will likely only be available in the
company's commercial releases, not the freely available ones. For more
information please read the full press release. Mandriva Linux 2007 is
expected to be released in late September or early October 2006.
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And:
http://qa.mandriva.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/MandrivaLinux2007
lists 15th Sept as the final release date.


Cheers all,
Martin

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