KDE SC 4.4 Release "Party"

Tom · January 28, 2010, 09:54:06 AM

Yeah, I'm aware of how ironic it is to have a KDE release party after the Windows 7 Parties did so well

But I thought it might be fun to hold a Demonstration of the new stuff in KDE 4.4 for anyone who is interested. The date isn't quite fixed yet, but it'll likely be on or around the 9th of February (release of KDE 4.4).

I'm not sure many here are all that interested, but I thought I'd ask anyhow. I'll even include some KDE on Windows action for those people that aren't particularly interested in linux.

So please, let me know if you're interested, and if you can make it. If theres enough interest from people, I can probably book the presentation area at the new ENTs "hacker space" place. They have a projector and enough tables and chairs (some of them actual livingroom type chairs) for a bunch of people to sit at.

Oh and I'll probably be a horrible presenter. But I'll try my best.

Melbosa · January 28, 2010, 01:11:45 PM

Who is this "Tom", and what happened to the shy guy we all know! OMG bud, that's fantastic!

I'll be updating my KDE at work, so a prez won't do me much good. I do though encourage everyone to go if you haven't seen a linux GUI desktop in action. You'd be surprised as to how far it has come over the years.

Tom · January 28, 2010, 01:19:59 PM

Quote from: Melbosa on January 28, 2010, 01:11:45 PM
Who is this "Tom", and what happened to the shy guy we all know! OMG bud, that's fantastic!

I get bored, and frustrated that the opensource scene here in edmonton is rather dead.

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I'll be updating my KDE at work, so a prez won't do me much good. I do though encourage everyone to go if you haven't seen a linux GUI desktop in action. You'd be surprised as to how far it has come over the years.

It's not just Linux anymore

even plasma will run on windows if you try hard enough. But For those not interested in linux or plasma, I intend to show off various things from koffice to amarok. All of which run on windows these days. I won't be stuck with mostly unfamiliar software when I'm forced to use windows anymore!

Melbosa, I'm not sure you know about all the nicer bits though

Might do some good to check out the presentation anyhow. the more the merrier.

Melbosa · January 28, 2010, 01:45:01 PM

Well set it up, I'll be tentative though. My side business and other activities (including my rehab from surgery), sometimes my schedule it quite hectic!

Tom · January 28, 2010, 01:59:20 PM

Quote from: Melbosa on January 28, 2010, 01:45:01 PM
Well set it up, I'll be tentative though. My side business and other activities (including my rehab from surgery), sometimes my schedule it quite hectic!

I've noticed

Mr. Analog · January 28, 2010, 08:10:36 PM

I'd go, but I'll be in Canmore

Tom · January 29, 2010, 07:26:42 AM

Quote from: Mr. Analog on January 28, 2010, 08:10:36 PM
I'd go, but I'll be in Canmore

Heh, I know a guy who lives in Canmore, his name is Trent, not Mike unfortunately.

Tom · February 05, 2010, 01:32:01 PM

Ok, so I've got the place and time all setup:

Tuesday Feb 9th
The Edmonton New Technology Society
10575-114th street
Main event starts 7pm
I'll probably be there at 6-6:30 to setup and whatnot.

Darren Dirt · February 05, 2010, 01:49:35 PM

Quote from: Melbosa on January 28, 2010, 01:11:45 PM
Who is this "Tom", and what happened to the shy guy we all know! OMG bud, that's fantastic!

rofl, the new and improved "Tom v2010.0" apparently invites upon himself non-safe social situations... intentionally, by choice! WOW!

Tom · February 05, 2010, 02:02:09 PM

Quote from: Darren Dirt on February 05, 2010, 01:49:35 PM
Quote from: Melbosa on January 28, 2010, 01:11:45 PM
Who is this "Tom", and what happened to the shy guy we all know! OMG bud, that's fantastic!

rofl, the new and improved "Tom v2010.0" apparently invites upon himself non-safe social situations... intentionally, by choice! WOW!

No, I'm thoroughly frightened right now. Just wanted to do something. I will admit that I'm going to be a horrible presenter.

Darren Dirt · February 05, 2010, 02:15:37 PM

Quote from: Tom on February 05, 2010, 02:02:09 PM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on February 05, 2010, 01:49:35 PM
Quote from: Melbosa on January 28, 2010, 01:11:45 PM
Who is this "Tom", and what happened to the shy guy we all know! OMG bud, that's fantastic!

rofl, the new and improved "Tom v2010.0" apparently invites upon himself non-safe social situations... intentionally, by choice! WOW!
No, I'm thoroughly frightened right now. Just wanted to do something. I will admit that I'm going to be a horrible presenter.

Well, at least you're going into this non-fear-inducing activity with the correct attitude...

Tom · February 05, 2010, 02:21:14 PM

Quote from: Darren Dirt on February 05, 2010, 02:15:37 PM
Quote from: Tom on February 05, 2010, 02:02:09 PM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on February 05, 2010, 01:49:35 PM
Quote from: Melbosa on January 28, 2010, 01:11:45 PM
Who is this "Tom", and what happened to the shy guy we all know! OMG bud, that's fantastic!

rofl, the new and improved "Tom v2010.0" apparently invites upon himself non-safe social situations... intentionally, by choice! WOW!
No, I'm thoroughly frightened right now. Just wanted to do something. I will admit that I'm going to be a horrible presenter.

Well, at least you're going into this non-fear-inducing activity with the correct attitude...

The last time I tried to do any kind of "public speaking" was back when I first joined the D&D game, I utterly failed. The time before that, my knees nearly collapsed. I found it hard to walk after. Lets just say it isn't going to be easy. Or pretty for that matter.

Mr. Analog · February 05, 2010, 07:15:38 PM

If I were in town I'd go.

Tom · February 10, 2010, 08:43:32 PM

So it went fairly well last night. had like 8 people there (over twice what I was expecting). I was able to keep things moving fairly well (didn't freak out or anything

). And some people were genuinely interested in things and surprised about some of the things I showed. So for my first real public speaking, it went ok, except for the lack of preparedness on my part (I blame opensuse, it killed its own grub install the night before the presentation, and I couldn't figure out how to fix it quickly enough so I installed kubuntu instead). Unfortunately that caused me to forget to install a lot of "optional" kde components, which made showing some things off, impossible (someone was using ENTS internet fairly heavily, so I couldn't really install a bunch of things while I was talking).

Tom · February 10, 2010, 08:51:00 PM

Quote from: Darren Dirt on February 05, 2010, 02:15:37 PM
Quote from: Tom on February 05, 2010, 02:02:09 PM
Quote from: Darren Dirt on February 05, 2010, 01:49:35 PM
Quote from: Melbosa on January 28, 2010, 01:11:45 PM
Who is this "Tom", and what happened to the shy guy we all know! OMG bud, that's fantastic!

rofl, the new and improved "Tom v2010.0" apparently invites upon himself non-safe social situations... intentionally, by choice! WOW!
No, I'm thoroughly frightened right now. Just wanted to do something. I will admit that I'm going to be a horrible presenter.

Well, at least you're going into this non-fear-inducing activity with the correct attitude...

Indeed. This way I'm actually able to be surprised when things go well. Rather than have too high expectations and always be disappointed when things inevitably go horribly horribly wrong