Meeting December 8 - The K Desktop Environment (KDE)

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KDE is a powerful graphical desktop environment for Unix workstations. It 
combines ease of use, contemporary functionality and outstanding graphical 
design with the technological superiority of the Unix operating system.

KDE is a completely new desktop, incorporating a large suite of applications
for Unix workstations.  While KDE includes a window manager, file manager, 
panel, control center and many other components that one would expect to be 
part of a contemporary desktop environment, the true strength of this 
exceptional environment lies in the interoperability of its components.

The first stable version of KDE has recently been released.  Bruce Smith 
will give a talk about his experences with KDE and a demostration of KDE on 
his laptop.  There should be plenty of time for questions and answers about 
KDE.

Bruce Smith has worked as a software developer, system administrator, and 
now network administrator at Armstrong International in Three Rivers, Michigan.
His network is a heterogeneous UNIX/Linux/Microsoft system, and he uses the
software he discussed here in his work at Armdtrong at Armstrong.  Bruce has 
been instrumental in making KLUG what it is today, with frequent presentations 
and other contributions to the group.

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SPECIAL NOTE:
Meeting attendence is important! Coming to three meetings will qualify you
as a full member of KLUG, meaning that you can participate in the process of
making formal decisions, including voting for officers.

During the last week in January, KLUG decided (by vote) to define a voting
KLUG member as one who has attended three KLUG meetings:

   "In order to make any group wide decisions during a meeting, at least
    7 people must be in attendance, and each of these 7 people must have
    been to at least 3 meetings before."

As there are people who are examing how to better organize KLUG to serve a
growing list of people interested in Linux, it's important to be aware of
this so you can be assured of participating in any group decisions.

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Our meeting place, THIS TUESDAY at 6 PM is:

    Pharmacia and Upjohn (Building 298)
    That's the north-east corner of Portage St. and Bishop Rd.
      (Bishop is the first street that goes from Sprinkle to Portage
       south of the airport)
    Entrances to the parking lot are about 500 feet north (on Portage)
              and 400 feet east (on Bishop) of the intersection.
    There will be specific directions at the front door when you get there,

           Bldg. 298 is a large glass building with a sloping front.

All are welcome.

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The KLUG web site is:

    http://klug.armintl.com/