[GLLUG] Fwd: AACS Meeting Notice - December 5, 2007 - Ubuntu's new Ape: the "Gutsy Gibbon"

[Clay Dowling]

Just for reference, that's a block east of the Washington Street 
Brewery, where we went to the Drupal meeting, and directly across the 
street from The Blue Nile, an excellent Ethiopian restaurant.

Clay

Michael Rudas wrote:
> I thought that this might be of interest to some...  I might try to
> make it, myself -- if I can afford the gas. :-()
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Ravindranath Desai <rdesai at chartermi.net>
> Date: Nov 30, 2007 6:16 PM
> Subject: AACS Meeting Notice - December 5, 2007 - Ubuntu's new Ape:
> the "Gutsy Gibbon"
> 
>       AACS meetings are free and open to the public.
>       Supporting membership is $20 per year.
> 
>       Wednesday, Dec 5, 2007
>        AACS Meeting Time: 6:00 PM to (generally) 8:00 PM
>        Location: SRT Solutions (above the Linux box)
> 	206 S. Fifth Avenue, Suite 200, Ann Arbor, MI
> ~~~
> 
> Abstract:
> 
> Linux is making great strides onto the desktop operating system market
> with advancements that make it easier than ever to switch from Windows
> or Mac.  In my speech, I'll be illustrating some of the new features
> Ubuntu Linux has incorporated in its latest release, 7.10 "Gutsy
> Gibbon".  Some of these features include a revamped graphical
> installer and LiveCD, the first GUI configuration tools for some parts
> of the system, as well as a basic 3d accelerated desktop environment.
> Furthermore, I will demonstrate Compiz Fusion, an open-source, 3D
> window manager that provides eye candy for the Linux user that rivals
> what is found on Mac's OS X. I will also briefly demonstrate some open
> source alternatives that can be used as replacements for some commonly
> used Windows or Mac media utilities and productivity tools. Lastly,
> I'll dive a little under the hood of the latest stable Linux kernel,
> 2.6.23, to talk about some of the improvements and alterations made to
> the heart of the linux operating systems, like the new Completely Fair
> Process Scheduler that allocates processor time more effectively for
> pressing, real-time computations, as well as the burgeoning number of
> device drivers that are included in a standard kernel.
> ~~~
> 
> About the speaker:
> 
> Kevin DuBois is currently an undergraduate computer engineering
> student at the university of michigan. He works part time for a local
> Ann Arbor streaming television startup called Zattoo.  Kevin has been
> an advocate and user of open source for two or three years now, since
> high school.  Kevin is a member of the Michigan Ubuntu Loco team, and
> is currently focusing on aiding the developers of a 3D window manager
> called Compiz Fusion and the media player VLC.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> ~~ Mikey
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