Open Source Developers Conference
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"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
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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
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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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Wednesday 2 November 6:30pm for 7pm start at The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan
Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville.
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*** 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-mapshttp://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.auhttp://benk.net.auhttp://vpac.org
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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Saturday 15 October, 12 noon at The Hub @ Docklands
near cnr Bourke St and Harbour Esplanade, Docklands
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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.auhttp://benk.net.auhttp://vpac.org
Jiri Baum - Secretary
Linux Users of Victoria - luv.asn.au