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Please note that there was a time change starting in August. Ubuntu Hours will no longer be on Sundays, but rather on Saturdays. Setting in OpenOffice.org messed up? Scared you're going to mess up your partitions?Heard you could get a free operating system, but not sure where to start?

You've come to the right place!

Ubuntu Hours are a time when new users can come and ask questions without being afraid they will be made to feel stupid by experienced users. It's also a time when you won't feel crowded out by other discussions. It may not always be 1-on-1 support, but it will be close and might even be a better ratio!

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As for Ubuntu Hour instructors, in the words of Ubuntu Loco leader Anthony Hook:

Date

September 11, 2010 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Links

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hour

http://sundancecinemas.com/madison.html

http://madison.craigslist.org/zip/1623004082.html

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116244725055544

Location

Sundance Cinemas 608

430 N. Midvale Blvd Hilldale Mall

Madison, WI, 53705

See map: Google Maps

Anthony Hook, the Ubuntu Wisconsin Local Community (LoCo) manager, will be in Madison to discuss the new release, 10.04 Lucid Lynx, the LTS structure and how to get involved with the Ubuntu project.

Also, FREE PIZZA (donations very welcome!) and we'll be trying to play some LAN games...just trying to make it a true release PARTY!

An incredible video of the cross-platform game we'll be playing can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtJKrIngTIs&fmt=22

It's not the easiest room to find, so please follow the signs. THE ELEVATOR DOES NOT GO TO THIS AREA OF THE BUILDING. DON'T TRY IT!

Date

May 2, 2010 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Location

UW Comp Sci building - room 2310

1210 W. Dayton St.

Madison, WI, 53706

See map: Google Maps

Join us at the Great Dane Fitchburg as we set our distro brackets. Will Ubuntu's fans in the stands be able to cheer them to victory? Will Fedora's fast paced development speed them past competitors? Will Slackware's senior leadership have what it takes to overcome their injury problems? With over 100 distros listed at DistroWatch, who will make the Final Four? The only way to find out is to join us for LINUX MADNESS at the Great Dane in Fitchburg where there will be TVs to catch the Badger game (should they be playing).

Date

March 21, 2010 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Location

Great Dane Fitchburg

2980 Cahill Main

Fitchburg, WI, 53711

See map: Google Maps

VirtualBox is the exciting virtualization technology which lets you run multiple operating systems simultaneously on one computer. It's simple to use and allows you to avoid the hassles of partitioning and dual booting, or the quirks of compatibility layers like Wine. Now you can run a variety of operating systems (Linux, Windows, etc.) within you current Linux OS and seamlessly flip between them.

Brad Stone will give you a complete overview of VirtualBox and expose you to some of the advanced features.

Date

March 7, 2010 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Links

http://www.map.wisc.edu/?initObj=bdg_CmpSc

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&t=h&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=115627596733...

http://www.fpm.wisc.edu/smomap/lot.aspx?lot=56

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=115627596733913090865.00...

Location

Room 2310, UW-Madison Computer Science Building

1210 W. Dayton St.

Madison, WI

See map: Google Maps

Monthly MadLUG Social Meeting! There's no planned movie and the event really has more to do with hanging out and eating than Linux. There will, of course, be plenty of people there to casually discuss technical topics. If you're a geek, you'll feel just at home as you do at the Web608 Geek Dinners. However, if you want to grab some friends to watch a movie and just hang out with MadLUGers for a bit beforehand, that will certainly work! We'll be hanging out in the lounge/lobby where the food is casual and the sofas as comfy.

Date

February 20, 2010 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Links

http://sundancecinemas.com/madison.html

Location

Sundance 608 at Hilldale Mall

430 N. Midvale Blvd

Madison, WI, 53705

See map: Google Maps