Tis the season to have a good reason! The holiday season is all about giving. Many people are in need of electronics and computer software. Do you have any old reusable computers and/or parts that could be donated to people in need? Gidget kitchen can help find a deserving home! We are a non profit [...]
If you’ve noticed, lately there’s been a lot of buzz about Snow Leopard showing file sizes “correctly.” There’s a great article on Lifehacker by Gina Trapani which explains this in greater detail. I’ve decided to do a little comparison on the three most used OS platforms with a Sandisk 4GB USB Flash drive. Here are [...]
We will be helping draw attention to software freedom in Walnut Creek on September 19th. What is Software Freedom Day? Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using high quality FOSS [...]
We will be at the Ubuntu booth at the Solano Stroll Sunday September 13th. The public will have an opportunity to see what Ubuntu has to offer. More info at The BerkeleyLUG homepage
The Ubuntu Global Jam is an incredible opportunity for the Ubuntu community to unite together around the weekend of 2nd – 4th Oct 2009 to work together to improve Ubuntu. Everyone is able to contribute to the Jam, and everyone is welcome and encouraged to get involved. Curious about how to make a real difference [...]
OSCON is almost here. I can’t beleive it has been 1 year since the last OSCON. The Open Source Convention was held in Portland Oregon last year. I like that is will be close to us in the Bay Area. San Jose here we come. The Community Leadership Summit 2009 is the weekend before OSCON. [...]
Yes, I know. Linux doesn’t need an anti-virus scanner, but I’m talking about using it to scan files from a Windows machine. In my case, I’m scanning files from a user’s XP backup folder. The problem: We all know and use AVG for Windows, but guess what? It doesn’t work well or update properly on [...]
