LinuxChix aggregatorLinuxChix - aggregated feedsElizabeth Bevilacqua: Ubuntu Classroom Needs Volunteers- July 2, 2008 Now that all of us have &8220;recovered&8221; from the busy Hardy release, we&8217;re prepared to get back to work on the Classroom Project. The idea of the Classroom Project is to provide a place for teams and individuals to: Host their classes Promote their classes Classes range from teaching users how to use Ubuntu to teaching them how to contribute back to the project. The Classroom team itself focuses on a variety of tasks that are required for managing the joining of expert teachers...http://princessleia2.livejournal.com/373457.html Beth: iai -- Im discouraged,- July 1, 2008 iai -- Im discouraged, because my nukitsuke is falling apart -- which it does need to do before it comes back together, but the problem is I dont quite know what I need to do with it. Well, I still need to work on grounding the cut, but this is really one of those times I need someone watching me to tell me when Ive got it right. As a result of this indecision, I didnt really do any practicing for the whole weekend.(Read more ...)http://slobbit.livejournal.com/276721.html Marcia Barrett Nice: Open Doc Progress- July 1, 2008 I'm late to the game on this one (the Saurian Tomato Composters pointed it out in an email today), but M$ will be supporting Open Document Format text docs (.odt) in Office 2007 sometime in 2009:Open-Source File Format Is to Be a Part of Microsoft OfficeI don't actually save text in ODF unless I have to; I usually default to RTF as more universally compatible. However, this might get me to swap over. (I've been using .ods for spreadsheets for a long time now because I almost never need to move..http://mimerki.livejournal.com/822228.html Elizabeth Bevilacqua: Ubuntu Pennsylvania MythTV Seminar- July 1, 2008 Last year Matt Mossholder held a very successful MythTV seminar using Mythbuntu for the Ubuntu Pennsylvania team. Due to the great interest in the community and much remorse from folks who missed the first session, we hosted a second session on June 21st. The session went very well, with approx a dozen people in attendance, several with their machines ready to either install or solve problems with their existing installs (I brought along my roommate&8217;s box, which had a remote issue that I...http://princessleia2.livejournal.com/373013.html AussieChix Events: Sydney: AussieChix game night- July 1, 2008 Start: 11 Jul 2008 - 6:00pm End: 11 Jul 2008 - 11:00pm Sydney AussieChix are having a console gaming night, featuring Guitar Hero and Mario Kart Wii among others! Are you a better guitarist than Tom Morello Can you beat Funky Kong around a racetrack Your chance to find out! Places are limited and RSVPs are essential. Date: Friday 11th July, from 6:00pm until late. Location: Yahoo!7 office, Level 2, Lot 2, Pier 8&9, 23 Hickson Road, Walsh Bay (Millers Point), Sydney.http://au.linuxchix.org/node/170 |