The Arizona Ubuntu Linux Local Community Team and the Phoenix Linux Users Group would like to help you get the most out of your computer. If you are tired of paying for an Operating System that gets slower as time goes by. If you are tired of an Operating System that gets Viruses, Trojan Horses, Spy Ware, and other Malware. If you want to get more life out of that old PC that just can't seem to keep up: we may have a FREE solution for you. Linux is a free, stable, and complete Operating System that doesn't have the issues that some of the most popular systems have. We can install Linux on your PC alone or have it run along side your current OS so you can compare systems. Many PCs that are too old to run the latest versions of Windows can be revived by installing a version of Linux. Installations can be tailored to suit your needs and hardware, in most cases.

We are glad to announce the UofA / AZ LoCo / PLUG Installfest at the U of A Computer Science Dept.
in the atrium of a building and floor to be announced shortly. We will be doing full installs and answering Open Source software questions from 10 am to 4 pm. Please RSVP if you are able to attend or need help with anything. This is an excellent opportunity to get involved with us and to have fun meeting other open sourcer's.
Keep checking back for more details as they become available.

I have attached a final draft of the Installfest flyer that everyone can and print and distribute.

RSVP to toddc@azloco.com

I just created a linked in page for the Arizona Ubuntu LoCo team: (http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3014215&trk=myg_ugrp_ovr) in an attempt to make us more visible on the internet and, perhaps, make us easier to find for people needing/wanting our help. If you can think of other places where we can make our presence known, please let us know so we can make use of that info or create an entry for the team and give us the info so we can keep track of it.

Welcome to the Ubuntu-Arizona Weekly Newsletter, Issue #121 for the week March 8, march 14, 2010.

* Arizona Loco Newsletter
* One Hundred Twenty First Edition
* Powered by Ubuntu
* Wednesday-March 17, 2010
* Arizona Loco Team Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArizonaTeam

* Next meeting: Sunday March 21, 2010 9:00 PM
* Server: Freenode: IRC Channel #ubuntu-us-az

In This Issue

* Announcements: he new Ubuntu Branding - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Brand . Ubuntu 10.04 beta 1 freeze now in effect - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidReleaseSchedule . Alan Pope: Why (I think) Ubuntu is Better Than Windows - http://popey.com/blog/2010/03/11/why-ubuntu-is-better-than-windows/ . The Linux Desktop Will Have Its Day: Q&A With Canonical Founder Mark Shuttleworth - http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/69444.html . Redesigning Ubuntu – behind the scenes on 10.04 - http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/redesigning-ubuntu-behind-the-scenes-on-... . Ubuntu, The Ultimate Linux Distribution - http://www.daniweb.com/news/story265826.html# . Ubuntu goin' gray, like the Mac OS way? - http://www.junauza.com/2010/02/ubuntu-goin-gray-like-mac-os-way.html . There will be an Installfest this coming Sat. the 20th at the Tempe Escalante Center. (http://tinyurl.com/yzdv42e) Like the installfests at UAT, this one will be from 10 - 4. So the schedule for installfests will be as follows for the next few months:
* Feb 27th - UAT
* Mar 20 - Escalante
* Mar 27 - UAT
* April 10 Escalante
* April 24 - UAT,
* April 24 - Licid Release Party - Boulders
* May 8 - Escalante
* May 22 - UAT
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1399585
http://www.azloco.com/node/128

* There will be a 10.04 Lucid Lynx release party at Boulders on Broadway in Tempe (http://www.bouldersonbroadway.net/) on the 24th of April. http://azloco.com/node/120

* PLUG and class announcements: Both Valley Stammtische this week: Tempe on Tue - http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/422 , Avondale/Goodyear on Wed - http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/590 . New Installfest@Escallante this Saturday - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1399585 and http://www.azloco.com/node/128 . Next PLUG planning IRC meeting is one week from tonight. It's the hour before the LoCo meeting and in #PLUGaz - http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/2276 . PLUG west side meeting a week from Wednesday. Topic: Dave Walker will do a basic demo on the history of Asterisk, demo install of FreePBX and setup a couple of extensions. http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/345 . Installfest@UAT a week from Saturday - http://plug.phoenix.az.us/node/169

Read the whole thing at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArizonaTeam/Newsletters/10March17

Welcome to the Ubuntu-Arizona Weekly Newsletter, Issue #120 for the week March 1, march 7, 2010.

* Arizona Loco Newsletter
* One Hundred Twentieth Edition
* Powered by Ubuntu
* Wednesday-March 10, 2010
* Arizona Loco Team Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArizonaTeam

* Next meeting: Sunday March 14, 2010 9:00 PM
* Server: Freenode: IRC Channel #ubuntu-us-az

In This Issue

* Announcements: Lucid Alpha 3 Released - http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid/alpha-3/ (Ubuntu), Can you hear the music? - Ubuntu One Store FAQ: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/MusicStore , New Ubuntu Members: Americas Board Meeting - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2010-February/000872.... , Ubuntu Brainstorm - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ , Dustin Kirkland: Attention Encrypted Home Users - http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2010/02/attention-encrypted-home-users.html , Laura Czajkowski: Ubuntu Women has a new IRC Channel - http://www.lczajkowski.com/2010/02/25/ubuntu-women-new-channel/ , A preview of Ubuntu 10.04 - http://thepcreport.net/2010/02/preview-of-ubuntu-10-04/ , An Update On The Boot & Power Performance In Ubuntu 10.04 - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_lucid_boot2&num=1 , Ubuntu goin' gray, like the Mac OS way? - http://www.junauza.com/2010/02/ubuntu-goin-gray-like-mac-os-way.html , Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 3 Released - What's new? - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/ubuntu-1004-alpha-3-released-later.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29 , The schedule for installfests will be as follows for the next few months:
* Feb 27th - UAT
* Mar 20 - Escalante
* Mar 27 - UAT
* April 10 Escalante
* April 24 - UAT,
* April 24 - Licid Release Party - Boulders
* May 8 - Escalante
* May 22 - UAT
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1399585
http://www.azloco.com/node/128

* There will be a 10.04 Lucid Lynx release party at Boulders on Broadway in Tempe (http://www.bouldersonbroadway.net/) on the 24th of April - http://azloco.com/node/120

* PLUG and class announcements: PLUG security hackfest Tue - http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/2136 , PLUG East Side meeting Thur - http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/168 , Both Valley Stammtische next week: Tempe on Tue - http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/422 - Avondale/Goodyear on Wed - http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/590 , Next PLUG planning IRC meeting is two weeks from tonight. It's the hour before the LoCo meeting and in #PLUGaz - http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/2276 , Free Software Stammtisch in Prescott Tue - http://www.lugy.net/

Read the whole thing at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArizonaTeam/Newsletters/10March10

Welcome to the Ubuntu-Arizona Weekly Newsletter, Issue #119 for the week February 22, February 28, 2010.

* Arizona Loco Newsletter
* One Hundred Eighteenth Edition
* Powered by Ubuntu
* Wednesday-March 3, 2010
* Arizona Loco Team Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArizonaTeam

* Next meeting: Sunday March 7, 2010 9:00 PM
* Server: Freenode: IRC Channel #ubuntu-us-az

In This Issue

Announcements:

* The next event is the Tempe install fest on March 20 and we will need help. Our big concern is having flyers out in the city.

PLUG and class announcements:

* PLUG Devel meeting this Thur - http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/552 . PLUG Planning IRC meeting next Sunday, an hour before the AZLoCo mtg - http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/2275 . PLUG security hackfest a week from Tue - http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/2136 . PLUG East Side meeting a week from Thur - http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/node/168 . Free Software Stammtisch in Prescott a week from Tue - http://www.lugy.net/

Read the whole thing at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ArizonaTeam/Newsletters/10March3