Meeting: PLUG Games Night! 6/9

[Eric Oyen]

I am located over on the west side (near 83rd. ave and indianschool rd.). believe me, it takes slightly more than 2 hours to get there from here, even when transfers are closely timed. Longer if I stay strictly to the bus (no rail).

-eric

On Jun 5, 2016, at 8:23 PM, Stephen Partington wrote:

> what side of the valley are you in?
> 
> On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 7:30 PM, Eric Oyen <eric.oyen at icloud.com> wrote:
> ok,
> I have asked before when one of these events comes up for a ride. I would go over there on the bus, but it doesn't run late enough for me to get back home (the routes I live on last bus goes through at 9:30 which means I would have to leave the meeting before 7:30 to get home. so, again, I am asking if anyone on the west side is going. C'mon guys! have a heart and help out a blind person who uses linux.
> 
> my contact details:
> 
> eric.oyen at icloud.com
> (623)399-5635
> 
> thanks.
> 
> -eric
> 
> On Jun 5, 2016, at 1:20 PM, PLUG Announcements wrote:
> 
>> GAMES NIGHT June 9th!
>> 
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>> We've got at 2 presentations for this month's meeting from Todd Millecam and Aaron Jones.
>> 
>> Todd Millecam: Linux and Gaming Technology
>> 
>> Linux has never been considered much of a gaming platform, but to those who know how some of the tools work and how to make them work for you, it can provide a stable and higher performance environment than any proprietary OS.
>> 
>> I'll show you how to get Steam and Steam games working on (nearly) any distro.
>> 
>> I'll cover the different console emulators and how to use them in a Linux environment.
>> 
>> We'll discuss different GPU drivers and their advantages and disadvantages to the open-source ecosystem. We'll cover a few graphics libraries and what they do, and show you how to get most every game working on a Linux desktop environment. You might even learn enough to get started on writing your own game in Linux.
>> 
>> We'll go through all different types of gaming, from solitaire to Starcraft, and how to get most all of them to work on Linux.
>> 
>> Biography:
>> Todd has worked in Linux DevOps for 9 years. He Specializes in high performance and high availability systems
>> 
>> Aaron Jones: REAL gaming on Linux
>> 
>> Who needs Proprietary Graphics Drivers, GLX, or GUI's? Not us! We are going to play games the way they were meant to be played. In the terminal. Are you ready to enjoy some hard core gaming in VIM? How about collecting lamps and slaying monsters?
>> 
>> Still interested in running games that require a GUI or even worse... Windows? That's fine. We will discuss Steam Streaming and how you can create a gaming box for your home that you can access from your Linux system when you feel the need to do so.
>> 
>> Infocom, Visicorp, and Jack Daniels. Three companies that make gaming on Linux possible. Let's play!---
>> 
>> Biography:
>> Aaron spends the majority of my time on the computer using the terminal and would rather use Linux when ever he can.
>> 
>> 
>> Meeting Info:
>> The meeting will start at 7pm at The Desert Breeze Substation. People start arriving as early as 6pm, so             if you would like to help setup and/or chat for a while, arrive a little early.
>> 
>> We go for food/discussion after the meeting, usually to BJs at the nearby mall. There is talk of moving to a different location.	
>> Meeting Location:
>> Desert Breeze Substation
>> 251 North Desert Breeze Blvd
>> Chandler, AZ 85226
>> 
>> The Desert Breeze Substation is on Chandler Blvd and Desert Breeze Blvd, which is half way between McClintock and Rural. It is very close
>> to both the south 202 and 101 freeways. Public transportation is
>> available into the late hours.
>> See http://phxlinux.org/meetings/14-east-valley-meeting.html for a map and other info.
>> 
>> See you there,
>> Brian Cluff
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