Monthly Archives: June 2007

Going green

Posted on June 29, 2007 by kenvandine

Everyones doing it… Hillary is going green, of course so is Obama, and you name your favorite politician, they are all vowing to go green too. Foresight is the green distro… I say “Go Green!”

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BarCamp Chicago 2007 day 2

Posted on June 25, 2007 by kenvandine

Well it is over, it was a great time. Here is a little recap of how Sunday went. Had a very late night Saturday and just a couple hours sleep before heading back to the festivities. The turn out today … Continue reading →

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First day at BarCampChicago

Posted on June 24, 2007 by kenvandine

First day was amazing… this is such a cool crowd. I don’t have a count of how many people were here on day 1, but it was packed! This place was basically like a night club all day… and well … Continue reading →

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Swag bag is packed

Posted on June 22, 2007 by kenvandine

I have my swag bag packed for BarCamp Chicago. If any can make it to Chicago this weekend, come and introduce yourself. And bring your computer… we will be having an installfest. I have lots of cool goodies to give … Continue reading →

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GNOME Users/Developers in the Chicago area

Posted on June 22, 2007 by kenvandine

Just a reminder, the first ever meeting of the Chicago GNOME User Group will be this weekend at BarCampChicago 2007. Sunday at 3pm. I think this is actually the first GNOME User Group meeting in the US, but I could … Continue reading →

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A little blurry

Posted on June 21, 2007 by kenvandine

How Ashlyn (my 4 year old) sees me

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Bringing Foresight to Chicago!

Posted on June 13, 2007 by kenvandine

BARcamp Chicago here I come. I am going to be giving two presentations at BARcamp Chicago the weekend of June 23-24. Topics will be: Foresight Linux, what is it and why you want it Conary packaging and building with rMake … Continue reading →

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Foresight on fire!

Posted on June 7, 2007 by kenvandine

A little story about my first x86_64 Foresight test box. We have been in the need for some test hardware and a very generous Foresight team member offered to donate almost an entire box, CPU, motherboard, RAM, Hard drive, and … Continue reading →

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