[SGVLUG] SGVLUG Meeting Thu 3/8/2012 - Ubuntu Unity

[Lan Dang]

Hi all,

We have sorted out the presentation line-up.  Richard Gaskin from Fourth World will be our presenter for March.  He will talk about Ubuntu's new desktop environment, Unity, giving an overview of its design goals and some tips on how to customize its interface.  

In April, Braddock will be giving a short talk about Python web frameworks. I may give a whirlwind tutorial of bash history manipulation, if we need to fill in the time.

If anyone else has something to share, you are more than welcome to have your fifteen minutes to one hour of glory.  E-mail the list, or e-mail me directly if you have problems posting to the mailing list.


Please spread the word!!


SGVLUG meeting Thur 3/8/2012 7-9PM 
Topic: "Ubuntu Unity: Where it came from, where it's going, and what you can do with it"
Presenter: Richard Gaskin, Fourth World

Unity
 is the new desktop environment for Ubuntu, having first premiered in 
version 11.04, significantly enhanced with version 11.10, and very much 
the cornerstone of the upcoming 12.04 release.

A striking departure from Gnome 2, Unity has been seen as a source of controversy in the Linux world.

This
 talk will outline some of the design goals that Unity addresses, noting
 strengths, weaknesses, and improvements across the three versions of 
Ubuntu in which it's been included.

While Unity offers many 
usability affordances, some Ubuntu users prefer to customize it for 
their specific workflows.  Linux is famous for its customizability, and 
Unity is no exception if you know which tools to look for.

This 
presentation will outline some of the tools available through the Ubuntu
 Software Center to show you how to customize the Unity interface.

Speaker Bio: Richard Gaskin is President of Fourth World, a software design and 
development consultancy in Los Angeles.  Since founding the company in 
1994, he's developed dozens of commercial and open source applications 
used by a wide range of organizations, including FedEx, AOL, the US 
Library of Congress, and hundreds of universities around the world.

Although
 he started his career with Mac OS, Richard has since delivered 
applications for Irix, every version of Windows, and has been developing
 for Linux for the last two years.

Richard has spoken at more 
than a dozen tech conferences, including UbuCon, LiveCode Developer 
Conference, and MacTech where he had the distinction of being the only 
presenter using Linux.


Location: Downs building, room 107, on the Caltech Campus in Pasadena (while the
campus address is technically 1200 california street, the campus is
quite large. The Downs building is across from the tennis courts on
California at Arden)

www.sgvlug.org

Lan
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