[PLUG] TONIGHT: October PLUG Advanced Topics: Living Desktop Environment-Free

Michael Dexter dexter at ambidexter.com
Tue Oct 21 17:34:15 UTC 2014


Portland Linux/Unix Group Advanced Topics Meeting Announcement

Who: Leander Harding
What: Living Desktop Environment-Free
Where: Free Geek, 1731 SE 10th Avenue, Portland (Left Entrance)
When: Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 at 7pm
Why: The pursuit of technology freedom
Stream: http://pdxlinux.org/live/


KDE, Unity, even XFCE, are massive, complex software environments that
achieve simplicity of user experience through rigid adherence to a given
paradigm - and once you can write a shell script, they do remarkably
little for you. We'll discuss philosophy, tools, and practical advice
for simpler, more reliable, and more powerful computing without a
desktop environment, surveying everything from non-annoying network
profile handling to the wide world of mouse-free window management and
everything in between.

Leander Harding is a developer at Cloud Four and a longtime Linux user.
He's been running desktop environment-free since 2007.

Calagator Page: http://calagator.org/events/1250467060

Many will head to the Lucky Lab at 915 SE Hawthorne Blvd. after the meeting.

Rideshares Available

PLUG Page with information about all PLUG events: http://pdxlinux.org/
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PLUG is open to everyone and does not tolerate abusive behavior on its 
mailing lists or at its meetings.


See you there!

Michael Dexter
PLUG Volunteer



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