Hi Mark,
I'm guessing that arcspace still might be a good place for a kickoff mailpod meeting - since that's where the hardware lives. Is it open in the evenings?
As for machines to use for practicing - and bearing in mind what Anna said about shortages at Arcspace - I can actually bring 3 netbooks. ie. my XP machine (boo! hiss!), a Dell running Ubuntu, and a tiny Asus running Xandros (although the Asus is only any good for people with excellent eyesight, as the screen is so small). As an aside, btw, it is quite possible to use a free dropbox account as a bit of practice webspace - and for demon purposes I do have access to some linux/apache/php/mysql webspace too - at http://www.nucleon.co.uk/ (hosted by http://easily.co.uk )
Thanks for the Python link, Mark. I'm acually one step ahead, though, as I installed it on my XP machine last night (following on from our chat on Thursday), and have been looking through the tutorials. I'm fairly impressed so far.
Cheers,
David
________________________________________ From: manchester-bounces@lists.fsfe.org [manchester-bounces@lists.fsfe.org] on behalf of Mark Wastling [mwastling@gmail.com] Sent: 03 March 2012 08:37 To: manchester@lists.fsfe.org Subject: [FSFE-Manc] Greetings...
Hello there,
I finally found my way onto the mailing list....
So, thoroughly enjoyed thursday nights meeting and the proposed development of PodMail.
To that end, anyone interested in figuring out just what needs to be done, and more importantly, how to do it, should come along on Tuesday 20th March at 7pm. As yet the venue has not been set, so any helpful suggestions welcome...
I'm guessing the first get together will be dedicated to a project review of sorts, looking at the technical requirements of the endeavour: server admin, webmaster(ing), etc., and building a learning roadmap for those involved. At least thats my best guess.
Anyway, ttfn
Mark Wastling
PS:
Anna, here is a link to LibreGraphics magazine: http://libregraphicsmag.com/
David, here is a link to Python stuff: http://python.org/
Sam, get well soon :) _______________________________________________ Manchester mailing list Manchester@lists.fsfe.org https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/manchester