[conspire] Fwd: wheezy is OUT. tonight. Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: BAD meeting for 2013-05 (and mini-installfests, and ...)

[Tony Godshall]

this relates to installling Debian Linux, so I'll forward it to Conspire.

in SF, tonight.  Close to BART and Caltrain and Metreon (movies, parking)


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From: Tony Godshall <togo at of.net>
Date: Wed, May 8, 2013 at 10:49 AM
Subject: wheezy is OUT. tonight. Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: BAD meeting for
2013-05 (and mini-installfests, and ...)
To: Michael Paoli <Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu>
Cc: Bay Area Debian <bad at bad.debian.net>


"Debian “wheezy” Release Information

"Debian 7.0 was released May 4th, 2013. The release included many
major changes, described in our press release and the Release Notes.
..."
http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/

I missed the announcement, but am installing it on a 4TB USB3 drive
[1] via a zotac nano [2] today.  GPT, 4K sectors, what complications >
2TB brings.

See you tonight.


[1] 4GB USB3 drives are $140 at Costco BTW.
[2]  dual core AMD64

On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Michael Paoli
<Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> The BAD meeting for this month will be held starting at:
> 7:00 P.M. PDT 2013-05-08 at:
> Henry's Hunan Restaurant
> 110 Natoma Street (between Mission and Howard off of New Montgomery)
> San Francisco, CA 94105
> 415-546-4999
> This is the SOMA location where we have had past meetings (there are
> several other locations in the city).  On or by our table we'll have
> BAD sign(s) and/or Debian swirl(s).  Note that said signage (and some
> person(s)) may not arrive until promptly at 7:00 P.M., however we may
> be found very close by shortly before that at The Roastery (see further
> below).
>
> Mini-installfests?  Yes.  The above, and immediately below (and more),
> may not be conducive for hauling in desktop systems and (larger)
> servers and the like, but laptops should generally be fine.  So, if you
> want to do an install (e.g. to laptop) or wish some help with that,
> feel free to bring it to the below and/or above.  Both have AC power,
> the below has Wi-Fi, the above doesn't.  One or more of us will likely
> have CD(s), USB stick image(s), and or other bits that may be helpful
> for installing Debian 7.0.0 "Wheezy" (and likely also other
> distributions, like Ubuntu).  Bringing USB stick(s) that can be
> overwritten, blank CD-R (or CD-RW), or blank DVD+-R (or DVD+-RW) may
> also be helpful.
>
> Ubuntu Hour San Francisco 6-7p @ The Roastery
> In conjunction with the above referenced BAD meeting, there will also
> be an Ubuntu Hour, from 6 to (nearly) 7pm, at The Roastery, which is
> exceedingly close to Henry's Hunan:
> The Roastery
> 199 New Montgomery St.
> San Francisco, CA 94105
> 1-415-538-7999
> See also:
> http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/2405-ubuntu-hour-san-francisco/
> And yes, there will also be one or more Bay Area Debian (BAD) folk(s)
> at that Ubuntu Hour San Francisco, installations of Debian (and other
> distributions, such as Ubuntu) may be done there, etc.  The Roastery
> has AC power and Wi-Fi, but may not be suitable for dragging larger
> systems (such as desktops or (larger) servers), but generally fine for
> laptops.
>
> Additional (mini-)installfests.  Also, 2013-05-12, noon - 3pm in
> Berkeley:
> http://www.berkeleylug.com/
> Again, may not be well suited for desktops and (larger) servers, but
> quite fine for laptops, has Wi-Fi and AC power.
>
> What images are or may be available?  Have a peek:
> http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
>
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