Ubuntu Florida

Learning Django

mhall119 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:14:15 +0000

All this week I will be teaching classes on Django at 1pm Eastern (1800 UTC) in #ubuntu-classroom. It is a series of 4 classes, taking you from getting Django setup to a working application, learning about Views, Models, Forms and Templates. We started off getting a Django project setup and will continue tomorrow with creating our first models. At the end of this course series, we will have a working application that can be used to track other sessions being held in #ubuntu-classroom.

Logs from today’s class can be read here: http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2010/02/23/%23ubuntu-classroom.html#t18:01

Announcing Ubuntu User Day

mhall119 — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 13:34:05 +0000

The Ubuntu User Days Team would like to announce the first Ubuntu User Day, on January 23, 2010. This will be a very informative one day session geared towards beginner and intermediate Ubuntu users, as well as people who are interested in using Ubuntu. We have 14 classes covering topics ranging from installing Ubuntu, finding help, equivalent programs, using IRC, getting involved in the Ubuntu Community and more. We have enlisted the help of many talented people to lead these classes throughout the day.

These classes will be taught in #ubuntu-classroom with questions being asked in #ubuntu-classroom-chat on irc.freenode.net. Please visit http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDays for a complete class list and schedule of classes.

There is also a Spanish version of Ubuntu User Days being offered on January, 23, 2010. Please visit Día Del Usuario Ubuntu at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DiaDelUsuarioUbuntu for more information on the Spanish Ubuntu User Day!

Birthday Bash and Karmic Release Party

mhall119 — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:16:50 +0000

Ubuntu Florida LoCo Family

We celebrated our local team’s 2nd birthday and the release of Karmic Koala with a huge party in Central Florida that drew members from every corner of the state for good food, good friends, and lots of fun!

mhall119′s pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/mhall119/UbuntuFLBirthdayBash#

itnet7′s pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/itnet7/Birthday_Bash2009#

Manipulating spreadsheets opened from Firefox

launchpad.net/~tiemonster — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:10:48 +0000

When you open a file from Firefox instead of saving it, the file is downloaded to the /tmp file and opened read-only. This is a problem when opening spreadsheets from web pages, as OpenOffice.org doesn’t allow manipulation of files opened as read-only. In this article, I show you how to strip read-only privileges from spreadsheets opened from Firefox so that you can manipulate these files without having to manually save them elsewhere.

First, open a spreadsheet from Firefox. The file will be downloaded, and opened as read-only in OpenOffice.org. Next, select Tools -> Macros -> Record Macro. This will create a shortcut that you can use on later spreadsheets.

Then do File -> Save As, and save the file as /tmp/temp.xls (Excel file format saves faster than ODF).

Hit “stop recording” once the file save operation is complete.

Save the macro under whatever name makes sense to you. I chose Save_as_temp. Note: your macro name cannot contain spaces.

Then click the down arrow on your toolbar and select “customize toolbar”.

Click add, and then find the macro you just recorded. I then clicked Modify -> Change icon and gave the button a new icon.

Now, whenever you need to manipulate a spreadsheet you downloaded in Firefox, you can click this button and strip the read-only privileges.

Mark Cahill is a web developer and Ubuntu user, and writes on how the open source movement is shaping the future of the web and how we do business. For more articles written by Mark Cahill, visit tiemonster.info.

Karmic Release Party Orlando (1st of 2)

pak33m — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:53:25 +0000

It’s almost about that time. Karmic Koala 9.10 will officially be released on October 29th and we will be gathering up the same night at Fiddler’s Green to celebrate. This will be a social event in honor of the the latest Ubuntu release. It would be great to have you all there. If you’re interested you’re welcome to RSVP here http://tinyurl.com/yhfo7y3 otherwise we’ll just see you there.

This will be the first of two release parties planned for Orlando. Keep looking at http://tinyurl.com/yhfo7y3 for more details for the second party.

Orlando

Date: Thursday, Oct 29th

Time: 7:00 PM EST

Where: Fiddler’s Green

What: Release Party!

What to bring: Candy? Cupcakes? Depends on what they’ll let us bring to a restaurant

Team Contact: pak33m, cary-haynie

FLS 2009 Orlando Images

mhall119 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:54:26 +0000

Ubuntu Florida Team Booth

The 2009 Florida Linux Show in Orlando was a blast! For those of you who couldn’t make it, or those that could but want to relive the good times, here are photos of the event for your enjoyment.

mhall119′s photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38053898@N02/sets/72157622658565816/

itnet7′s photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/itnet7/FloridaLinuxShow2009Orlando

Join Us

admin — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:02:14 +0000

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Florida Linux Show Attendees!

Join the Ubuntu Florida Local Community team. Advocacy, education, and a cure for your proprietary software ills.

We’re a loosely affiliated group professionals and enthusiasts from all walks of life who have an interest in learning and promoting Ubuntu, Linux, and Free and Open Source Software. We welcome all skill levels and interests.

Join us on the journey to a free world.

LoCo Team Meeting – October 20

pak33m — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:23:05 +0000

The Ubuntu Florida LoCo team will be meeting the evening of October 20, from 8:00pm to 9:00pm to discuss the agenda.

B there or B square:)

Orlando Python Users Group (OPUG) Meeting

pak33m — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:30:07 +0000

OPUG is a user group for lovers, learners, and leaders in Python, one of the worlds best programming languages. We don’t have anything specific on the agenda but if anyone has any topics they want to bring up, we can cover those first and then chat and drink.

OPUG will be meeting at Orlando Brewing Company http://tinyurl.com/y85tnzs October 8th at 7 pm.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FloridaTeam/Events

http://groups.google.com/group/orlando-pug

https://launchpad.net/~opug

LoCo Team Meeting – October 6

admin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:53:48 +0000

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The Ubuntu Florida LoCo team will be meeting the evening of October 6, from 8:00pm to 9:00pm to discuss monkeys and cheetos. Those not interested in monkeys or cheetos may alternatively discuss the items on the agenda.