Before I woke up yesterday Ubuntu 11.04 “Natty Narwhal” was released, and that could only mean one thing: That night we’d be having beers at Thirsty Bear!
I met up with Grant Bowman prior to the event at a nearby coffee shop (the same one we use for San Francisco Ubuntu Hours) and around 6:30 we headed over to the brewery to get a head start on finding some bar tables and meeting folks who showed up early. I also brought along my own plump, blue Natty Narwhal.
People began arriving around 7:30 and we snagged a few tables as they freed up across from the bar where we spent the evening enjoying tapas and delicious Thirsty Bear beers.
A bunch of people RSVP on the LoCo directory (thanks to Jono for helping to promote the event!) who came out and I was delighted to see some surprising faces from out of town. It was a smaller gathering than the Lucid release the year before but even so we probably had about 25 Ubuntu fans come out for the event!
It was a really fun night, thanks to everyone who came out!
Friday, Apr 29th, 2011 at 22:00
Congrats for the party and the new released :) it’s seem nice party.. hm.. when I download the natty.. the site look like under maintenance :(
Saturday, Apr 30th, 2011 at 9:36
The bottom-right corner of natty_release_5.jpg is making me wonder whether I went to the release party and forgot about it O_O. I almost want to ask for their contact information in case I ever need a stunt double.
Saturday, Apr 30th, 2011 at 13:13
Congrats for such a succesful party! Makes me want to live in a more tech friendly area. Where I live, rotary phones seemed to be considered tech. For now I will live vicariously through your party photos and just imagine what it could be like talking tech with people face to face.
Monday, May 2nd, 2011 at 10:56
Dan – have you tried to arrange an event in your area? You may not get 25 people to show up but you may be surprised to learn there are some Linux folks in your midst :)
I certainly don’t take for granted the area I live in, this is probably the most tech-heavy part of the country, it’s been remarkable since moving here how many people show up at every event!