June 2012 - luv-announce

LUV July Meeting: Word Processing Tools Double
by lev＠levlafayette.com 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

Start: Jul 3 2012 19:00 End: Jul 3 2012 21:00 Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map * Jason White, Writing and Typesetting Documents in Linux, Or: The Tools which I Used to Write my Thesis * Wen Lin, Advanced Word Processing with LibreOffice Jason White, Writing and Typesetting Documents in Linux, Or: The Tools which I Used to Write my Thesis Abstract Linux has long offered a compelling environment in which to write documents, ranging from the small scale (a CV, for instance), to the large scale (a book or thesis). In this introductory talk I describe the writing and typesetting tools which I use regularly. These include Emacs (with AUCTeX mode), LaTeX for document markup and typesetting, BibLaTeX for managing citations, and Git for revision control. Bio Jason is an accessibility specialist, a long-term Linux enthusiast, a supporter of justice and human rights, a researcher in philosophy, a law school graduate and, as of August last year, a Ph.D. graduate. His thesis explores fundamental issues arising from Robert Brandom's inferentialist semantics. It therefore contributes to a foundational field of research into theories of meaning which has value not just in its own right, but implications for other areas of inquiry as well. * Wen Lin, Advanced Word Processing with LibreOffice Abstract >From stylesheets, to headless options, LibreOffice has a great deal of intermediate and advanced options that you may not be aware of. Bio Wen is a committee member of LUV who has presented at Beginner's Workshops, BarCamp, and regional chapters on the advantages of using LibreOffice. The Buzzard Lecture Theatre, Evan Burge Building, Trinity College Main Campus Parkville Melways Map: 2B C5 Notes: Trinity College's Main Campus is located off Royal Parade. The Evan Burge Building is located near the Tennis Courts. See our Map of Trinity College. Additional maps of Trinity and the surrounding area (including its relation to the city) can be found at http://www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/about/location/map Parking can be found along or near Royal Parade, Grattan Street, Swanston Street and College Crescent. Parking within Trinity College is unfortunately only available to staff. For those coming via Public Transport, the number 19 tram (North Coburg - City) passes by the main entrance of Trinity College (Get off at Morrah St, Stop 12). This tram departs from the Elizabeth Street tram terminus (Flinders Street end) and goes past Melbourne Central Timetables can be found on-line at: http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/route/view/725 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. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for hosting!

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Speakers, please?
by lev＠levlafayette.com 21 Jun '12

21 Jun '12

Dear members, This is a general pitch to all members of LUV on whether they would consider stepping up to the speaker's plate for the community. Our speakers are a great feature of Linux Users of Victoria at our main meetings and beginner's workshops. They also provide and excellent opportunity for individuals to explain interesting projects they've been working on. The committee has been hard at work over the many months working through their collective contacts for speakers at LUV, but that well is running a little dry. So please, for LUV's sake, step on up and offer to become a speaker. Contact: luv-ctte(a)luv.asn.au to express interest. Thanks! Lev Lafayette LUV President

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LUV Beginner's Workshop: 16th June, Carlton South - Doing the naughty thing in Linux!
by lev＠levlafayette.com 12 Jun '12

12 Jun '12

Start: Jun 16 2012 12:00 End: Jun 16 2012 17:00 Location: 110 Victoria Street, Carlton Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Note change of venue! We are now at the VPAC training room; ground floor, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton - near the corner of Swanston and Victoria, Building 91 of RMIT In this talk, Daniel will look at options available to Linux users to use Windows applications on Linux. Why would someone want to do that? Mostly because someone else has made the choice for them and they are stuck - (Accountants are common culprits here!). We'll look at options: virtualisation, Wine and alternative FOSS applications that provide equivalent functionality, things you may want to look for and at the end of the day, why you should really not be doing it at all! (Also, I will not stray onto Andrew Pam's territory, ie: Windows games on Linux) Daniel is a long time Linux user and runs his own Open Source and Linux consultancy business GreenwareIT. He is also the Vice President of LUV and a Director of Open Source Industry Australia. (OSIA) In a past life he was a Secondary School Teacher, and has maintained a strong interest in the use of Open Source and Linux in the Education Sector. Daniel has never used a Microsoft product as his primary operating system, and still does not know the meaning of the word "PowerPoint". General Workshop Area: 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! VPAC is on the ground floor of Building 91, RMIT, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton, close to the corner of Swanston and Victoria Streets. It is accessible by all Swanston Street trams and is is near to Melbourne Central train station. LUV would like to acknowledge BENK Open Systems for their financial support of the Beginners Workshops and VPAC for hosting - and hosting!

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