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BALUG Tu 2011-03-15: Jack Deslippe on Developing for Android


Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG) meeting
Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2011-03-15

Please RSVP if you're planning to come (see further below).

For our Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2011-03-15 meeting, we're proud to present:

Jack Deslippe[1] on Developing for Android[2]

It is has become clear over the last few years that mobile devices such
as smartphones, "superphones" and tablets are more than just a passing
fad - they are quickly becoming the new primary goto devices for the
public's computing and connecting needs. This mobile revolution has
given Linux[3] & open-source a second chance at being the OS of choice
for the average end-user. In particular, the Linux powered,
open-source, Android OS[2] has recently emerged as the number one
selling OS on mobile devices in the US.

Jack will give a brief introduction to what Android is (and is not) and
will discuss the opportunities and challenges of developing for
Android. Finally, he will walk us through developing your first Android
application on an Ubuntu[4] desktop and talk about some of the
development lessons that he learned the hard way.

Jack Deslippe is computational physics Ph.D. student candidate at UC
Berkeley[5]. He spends his weekdays programming for some of the largest
super-computers in the world and his weekends developing for some of
the smallest computers (Android phones). He has been using Linux for 10
years on the desktop and server and, 2 years ago, founded the Berkeley
Linux Users Group[6]. He is an active member of the Ubuntu-California
local team[7] and a developer-of/contributor-to various desktop Linux
projects. You can learn more about Jack at jdeslippe.com[1].

1. http://jdeslippe.com/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux
4. http://www.ubuntu.com/
5. http://www.berkeley.edu/
6. http://www.berkeleylug.com/
7. http://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-california

See also a bit further below for some additional goodies we'll have at
this meeting (CDs, etc.)

So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:

                       rsvp at balug.org

**Why RSVP??**

Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the
Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and dining arrangements and such.

Meeting Details...

                       6:30pm
                       Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 2011-03-15

                       Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
                       731 Grant Ave.
                       San Francisco, CA 94108
                       Easy PARKING:
                         Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
                         http://www.sfpsg.com/

Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
       cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
       family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
       also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue and helping
       to defray BALUG costs such treating our speakers to dinner).

Additional goodies we'll have at this meeting (at least the following):

We'll have various Linux(Debian/Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Fedora/...) CDs available
at the 2011-03-15
BALUG meeting (and likely also future meetings as long as our supply
lasts/continues), most notably presently including:
Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 "Squeeze" - latest "stable"(/production) released
2011-02-06:
Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 "Squeeze" - Official i386 CD Binary-1
Debian GNU/Linux 6.0.0 "Squeeze" - Official amd64 CD Binary-1
Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop CD PC (Intel x86) i386
Kubuntu 10.10 Desktop Edition
Fedora 14 i686
And other editions/releases/flavors
Thanks to Grant Bowman and the Ubuntu California Team and others for
getting CDs to us.

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