[nmglug] Meeting 2012 Mar 15

[Sam Noble]

On Mon, Mar 05, 2012 at 02:54:24PM -0700, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
> I have been talking to another user apropos of the release of the 2012 LTS
> Ubuntu edition. I wonder if we can discuss and review selecting an OS from
> a simple user's perspective? It is a good opportunity to look at commonly
> used applications and Free versus non-Free options. I know I am a 'mixed'
> user and am aware I give up true freedom for some kinds of 'convenience' or
> laziness. We can look at whether a completely Free system will do all the
> common tasks of the everyday user. And by user I mean a non-programming
> person who will not be writing their own scripts.

Sounds like fun Ted! Of course I'll be there to promote everyone install
lots of firmware blobs and discuss which distros make it easiest to use
wine to run W32 shareware! ;)