October 2011 - luv-announce

Open Source Developer's Conference, Drupal DownUnder, Linux Conference Australia
by lev＠levlafayette.com 21 Oct '11

21 Oct '11

Open Source Developers Conference --------------------------------- "Early bird" rates for the Open Source Developer's Conference is closing tomorrow! This conference, which will be held from November 14 to 18 at the Australian National University in Canberra, includes Senator Kate Lundy, Damian Conway, Brian Catto, Jonathon Oxer and Tony Beal as keynote speakers. Please see the following for schedule and ticket purchases http://osdc.com.au/schedule/ https://osdc2011.wufoo.com/forms/buy-tickets/ Drupal DownUnder ---------------- You wanted us to keep you posted on progress for Drupal Downunder. Well here's some news. The call for sessions is now open, and so is registration! We'll also be running pre-conference workshops and training on Friday 13th January - more on that soon. CALL FOR SESSIONS To submit a session proposal, you'll first need to sign up for a login on the Drupal Downunder website. http://drupaldownunder.org/user/register We're calling for sessions from the Drupal community, but also keen to hear from other web professionals with knowledge to share. We've identified the following topics to get you thinking: * Building Sites and Systems * Code, Core and Contrib * Government, Education & NFPs * Stories and Case Studies * Theming and Design * The Business of Drupal Once you've signed up - you can create a session proposal. http://drupaldownunder.org/node/add/session REGISTRATION Early Bird registration is open now for a limited time at $220.00 - full price will be $275.00 http://drupaldownunder.org/register SPONSORS We're hugely grateful for the support of our sponsors. PreviousNext, Boab Interactive and Google, as well as the in-kind support we're getting from Linux Australia, Xirrus and Internode. If you'd like to join this list, support the event and get your message to the Drupal community, we'd love to hear from you. http://drupaldownunder.org/sponsorship SPREAD THE WORD Thanks for showing your early interest in DDU2012 in Melbourne. We hope you might help us get the word out wide and far. Do you know someone with something to share? Get them to sign up and create a session proposal. Or perhaps you know someone who'd learn alot by attending? Encourage them to register while the early bird rate is available. Use #DDU2012 on Twitter to start the buzz and follow us @DrupalDownunder and @DDUMelbourne Linux Conference Australia -------------------------- Hi everyone, Just a brief courtesy note to advise that Volunteer Registrations for linux.conf.au 2012 - LCA Under the Stars Ballarat 16-20th Jan 2012 - are now open. Please see the info at; http://linux.conf.au/register/volunteer for more information. Volunteer opportunities would ideally suit enthusiastic people from Ballarat and surrounding areas. Questions can be directed to volunteers(a)lcaunderthestars.org.au Kind regards, Kathy -- Kathy Reid Team LCA2012 kathy(a)lcaunderthestars.org.au www.lcaunderthestars.org.au @linuxconfau on Twitter, Identi.ca

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LUV November Meeting - Wed 2nd - Security double feature
by Jiri Baum 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday 2 November 6:30pm for 7pm start at The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Note that this is Wednesday, not Tuesday, due to the Cup. *** Talks — security double feature: * Drop it Like it's Hot — Andrew Griffiths * Multi-Level Security — Russell Coker * Library of LUV * After the meeting, come have dinner with us at Maria's Trattoria! 122-124 Peel St Also in this announcement: * Beginner's Workshop — 19 November 2011 * #luv IRC channel * mailing list policy * Map of the meeting location http://luv.asn.au/content/venue-maps http://luv.asn.au/2011/11/02 ** Drop it Like it's Hot — Andrew Griffiths ** A discussion of assorted things about privilege dropping on Linux systems, where things can/have gone wrong and how to identify programs that have failed to sufficiently drop their privileges. Additionally, I will cover per-thread uid/gid/capabilities and the pitfalls of that approach. Andrew is interested in computer security. He has previously presented at Ruxcon, Recon, SysScan and Securecon on a variety of topics. Additionally, he has an article for Codebreakers Journal and contributed a couple of articles to Phrack Magazine. He has a namespace collision with a children's book author and random business book authors who live in Australia. ** Multi-Level Security — Russell Coker ** An overview of the technology of Multi-Level Security (MLS) in general terms as well as specific details of the implementation in SE Linux. Additionally, I will describe the status of the MLS work in Debian and probably offer access to a live demonstration system — depending on how well my work goes over the next few weeks. ;) Russell does general Linux programming and systems administration. He is most well known for his work on NSA Security Enhanced Linux. Other projects he has been involved in include Bonnie++ (lead developer), Postal (lead developer), Debian (developer), Linux Security Modules (LSM) (contributor), KDE (contributor), OpenSSH (contributor). ** Library of LUV ** Library of LUV is a collection of books available for loan to members. The collection is managed through the wiki and the books are circulated at the monthly LUV meetings (and the Penguin Picnic, in January). For more details, please see the wiki: http://wiki.luv.asn.au/LoL ** Dinner ** Before and/or after each meeting those who are interested are welcome to join other members for dinner. We are open to suggestions for a good place to eat near our venue. Maria's on Peel Street in North Melbourne is currently the most popular place to eat after meetings. ** Beginner's Workshop — 19th November ** The November Beginner's Workshop will be held on the third Saturday at The Hub, with the usual unstructured workshop area and a talk by Alex Garber giving an introduction to editing video with OpenShot. Bring your laptop! For more info, updates and discussion about the Beginner's Workshop, subscribe to the luv-beginners mailing list: http://lists.luv.asn.au/luv-beginners The Melbourne OLPC Club meetings are co-located with the Beginner's Workshops. If you are interested in the OLPC project, please come and join in! Drupal Melbourne meetings are also co-located with the Beginner's Workshops, taking place in the Long Room at The Hub. ** #luv IRC channel ** A reminder that LUV has an IRC channel - join #luv on FreeNode to chat with fellow LUVvers in real time! ** Mailing list policy ** The committee does not generally monitor or moderate the LUV mailing lists and expects members to conduct themselves appropriately. On complaint, however, we may investigate, and if behaviour is unbecoming a member of LUV, we may remove that member from the mailing list for a period of time as deemed appropriate by the committee. ** Map of the meeting venue ** Our website now has an all-new map of the meeting venue, more clearly showing how to find the Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Just follow either of the red lines! http://luv.asn.au/content/venue-maps ** RedHat training discount ** A discount on RedHat training is available to LUV members. To obtain this discount, you need to enter: "Linux User Group member - 10% discount" in the special offer section of the enrolment form. http://www.redhat.com.au/training/ ** Acknowledgements ** LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue, BENK Open Systems for sponsoring the Beginner's Workshops and VPAC for hosting! http://redhat.com.au http://benk.net.au http://vpac.org

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Saturday Oct 29: Shepparton Mini Conference, Install Fest and LUG
by lev＠levlafayette.com 14 Oct '11

14 Oct '11

Linux Users Victoria will be holding a mini-conference, install-fest and establishing yet another new regional chapter on Saturday September 29 in Shepparton! The event will be held at 23 Alexandra St Mooroopna, a community house facility (http://www.mcginc.com.au) starting at 11am. We already have a small number of speakers on some basic features of Linux and the Free Software movement (one on "Moving to Free Software" and one on "Office Applications". Others are welcome so please nominate yourself for a brief presentation! A free lunch will also be provided. Presented by Linux Users Victoria in partnership with the Mooroopna Education & Activity Centre's Ripple Effect Project this free event will be informative and allow for Questions. RSVP essential to admin(a)mcginc.com.au or phone 58 251 774 Note that this event is featured on the community connect website and may be featured on television (Shepparton's local Channel 10) and 2 local radio stations.

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October Beginner's Workshop - Inkscape
by Jiri Baum 08 Oct '11

08 Oct '11

--------------------------------------------------- Saturday 15 October, 12 noon at The Hub @ Docklands near cnr Bourke St and Harbour Esplanade, Docklands --------------------------------------------------- The next LUV Beginner's Workshop and Tutorial and the OLPC Corner will be on the 15th of October. This month, Donna Benjamin will be giving an introduction to editing diagrams, pictures and other graphics with Inkscape. The tutorial will start one hour into the workshop, at 1pm. At the LUV Beginner's workshop you can come along and work with Linux enthusiasts to assist you in setting up your system the way you want. This could include friendly advice on partitions, distributions, configurations, networking and specific applications. Bring your laptop! The Melbourne OLPC Club meetings are co-located with the Beginner's Workshops. If you are interested in the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project, please come and join in! The Drupal Melbourne meetings are also co-located with the Beginner's Workshops, taking place in the Long Room. Link: http://luv.asn.au/2011/10/15 When: 15 October 2011 workshop 12:00noon until 4:00pm tutorial: 1:00pm Where: The Hub @ Docklands, 17 Waterview Walk, near cnr Bourke St and Harbour Esplanade, Docklands - look for the giant rabbit sculpture; Melway reference 2E H7; http://luv.asn.au/content/venue-maps#hub Parking can be found nearby. For those coming via Public Transport, the City Circle, number 48 (North Balwyn - Docklands), number 86 (Bundoora - Docklands) and number 70 (Wattle Park - Docklands) all stop on the corner of Bourke Street and Harbour Esplanade. Southern Cross Station is just across the overpass over Wurundjeri Road. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue, BENK Open Systems for sponsoring the Beginner's Workshops and VPAC for hosting! http://redhat.com.au http://benk.net.au http://vpac.org Jiri Baum - Secretary Linux Users of Victoria - luv.asn.au

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