April 6, 2011 – General Meeting

Topic: Unity

Presenter: Michael Schultheiss

Mr. Schultheiss will be giving a presentation on Unity, a shell interface for the GNOME desktop environment developed by Canonical Ltd. for its Ubuntu operationg system. Unity debuted in the netbook edition of Ubuntu 10.10. It is designed to make more efficient use of space given the limited screen size of netbooks. Canonical announced it had engineered Unity for desktop computers as well and is making Unity the default shell for Ubuntu in version 11.04. Unity is part of the Ayatana project, an initiative to improve the user experience within Ubuntu. More information on Unity can be found at http://unity.ubuntu.com

 

Location: Glendale Branch, IMCPL

Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Directions to the Glendale IMCPL Branch

CINLUG meetings are typically held on the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm. They are FREE and OPEN to the public. Annual membership dues are $30 and payment of dues is encouraged to help with funding events and expenses. Just show up and find out more to see if you want to become a member.

Topic: Unity

Presenter: Michael Schultheiss

Mr. Schultheiss will be giving a presentation on Unity, a shell interface for the GNOME desktop environment developed by Canonical Ltd. for its Ubuntu operationg system. Unity debuted in the netbook edition of Ubuntu 10.10. It is designed to make more efficient use of space given the limited screen size of netbooks. Canonical announced it had engineered Unity for desktop computers as well and is making Unity the default shell for Ubuntu in version 11.04. Unity is part of the Ayatana project, an initiative to improve the user experience within Ubuntu. More information on Unity can be found at http://unity.ubuntu.com

 

Location: Glendale Branch, IMCPL

Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Directions to the Glendale IMCPL Branch

CINLUG meetings are typically held on the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm. They are FREE and OPEN to the public. Annual membership dues are $30 and payment of dues is encouraged to help with funding events and expenses. Just show up and find out more to see if you want to become a member.

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