May 2011- Internet radio & gaming

The Uganda Linux User Group will be hosting our May 2011 event at
Mountbatten HQ this Friday (5/27) at 4PM.

On tap this month:

1) Intro to networking and the Internet (short video -- see below)

2) Intro to IPv6 (Thanks Phillip Simbwa & Mwirima Byaruhanga!)

3) How to create streaming Internet radio stations using Icecast
(http://www.icecast.org)

4) Intro to multiplayer PC gaming

5) Intro to creating multiplayer PC gaming servers

6) Multiplayer PC gaming & beer!

Here's a map to the venue:
http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=0.29238&lon=32.617779&zoom=18&layers=M

Arrive early, bring headphones, and bring a USB stick if you'd like a free copy of the game. If you would like to play the game using your own laptop please bring a mouse (though we'll try to have a few extras available).

Be sure to check out the photos (http://linux.or.ug/node/2049) from last months gaming event at Mountbatten. We've also posted photos from our gaming booth at the recent Enterprise Technology event at Makerere (http://linux.or.ug/node/2155). Thanks again to Brian Ssennoga for dropping by to help out!

For those who can't make it but are interested in playing Quake 3 at home or work, grab a copy from our new dedicated multiplayer gaming page: http://games.pamoya.com