February 2015 - luv-announce

CORRECTION: LUV Main MARCH 2015 Meeting: CoderDojo / OpenPower and POWER8
by Andrew Pam 24 Feb '15

24 Feb '15

On 24/02/15 23:42, hank wrote: > That's in the past, man? Whoops! Good catch. I seems to be a month behind - I made the same mistake last month, but nobody commented on it! Corrected details: LUV Main March 2015 Meeting: CoderDojo / OpenPower and POWER8 Start: Mar 3 2015 19:00 End: Mar 3 2015 21:00 http://luv.asn.au/2015/03/03 Apologies, Andrew

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LUV Main February 2015 Meeting: CoderDojo / OpenPower and POWER8
by Andrew Pam 24 Feb '15

24 Feb '15

Start: Feb 3 2015 19:00 End: Feb 3 2015 21:00 Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Speakers: • Kieran Nolan and Martin Harris: CoderDojo • Stewart Smith: OpenPower and POWER8 Kieran Nolan and Martin Harris: CoderDojo ----------------------------------------- CoderDojo sessions emphasise fun and creativity. Kids love to code when it is taught in a fun way. By extending their minds through games they are encouraged to think creatively and to build problem solving skills and learn through exploring. As well as helping solve a future skills shortage, it also hones problem solving abilities and builds digital confidence for children today, and will help them to better understand the world around them in the future. Whether children want to become farmers, doctors, teachers, or entrepreneurs, it will be easier for them to achieve their dreams in the digital age if they have some background in computational thinking. Keiran Nolan's career has evolved over the past few years from a role as Network Administrator for primary schools (implementing open source and cloud based technologies) to a Cloud Migration Architect role with one of the leading K-12 schools in NSW and more recently to an eLearning/Cloud Migration role at one of the most pedagogically innovative schools in Melbourne. Martin Harris is far from an expert in programming or computers, however there is a connection. Almost all broadband fibre communications networks incorporate components that he helped develop at Australian Optical Fibre (Research) Canberra in the early '80's. After leaving AOFR he set up Optiscan, a company in Dandenong developing novel medical endoscopes. These allowed high magnification images of the cells of interior of the human intestine without the risks of biopsy and the delays of conventional histological sectioning. This uses a scanning spot principle to isolate the focal plane using a mechanically rastered single mode fibre tip. The principle and the associated devices resulted in an R&D 100 award and a Clunies Ross medal. Stewart Smith: OpenPower and POWER8 ----------------------------------- IBM has opened up over 420,000 lines of Power8 firmware code under the auspices of the OpenPower Foundation. The two main elements of the firmware are called hostboot, which is the hardware power-on and testing chunk of the code, and OPAL, which is short for the Open Power Abstraction Layer and which itself is comprised of three sub-components called skiboot, skiroot, and skirun. Stewart Smith currently works for IBM in the Linux Technology Center on KVM on POWER and OPAL firmware, giving him a job that is even harder to explain to non-Linux geek people than ever before. Previously he worked for Percona as Director of Server Development where he oversaw development of many of Percona’s software products. He comes from many years experience in databases and free and open source software development. He’s often found hacking on free software, taking photos, running, brewing beer and cycling (yes, all at the same time). He once helped build a monorail in the middle of the desert. 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. Linux Users of Victoria Inc. is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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LUV Beginners February Meeting: MythTV party
by Andrew Pam 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Start: Feb 21 2015 12:30 End: Feb 21 2015 16:30 Location: South Yarra (RSVP for address) Link: http://luv.asn.au/2015/02/21 PLEASE NOTE CHANGED VENUE. The March meeting will return to the usual venue. LUV committee member Deb Henry will be hosting a follow-up to her August 2014 talk on MythTV at her home in South Yarra, where she will demonstrate her system and talk about remote frontends, remote control setup and some plugins for MythTV. Please RSVP on 0409 338 182 for the address, limited to no more than 20 attendees. Bring finger food and drink if convenient. Deb Henry is a long time Linux user and open source developer who views Linux as a great tool for learning and development of computer skills and understanding. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for hosting. Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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LUV Main January 2015 Meeting: R / linux.conf.au reports
by Andrew Pam 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Start: Feb 3 2015 19:00 End: Feb 3 2015 21:00 Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Speakers: • Andrew Robinson, R: A Statistical Package on Linux • Reports and video from linux.conf.au 2015 Andrew Robinson, R: A Statistical Package on Linux Andrew Robinson is a senior lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne, and on the Management Executive Committee of the Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis. He is the co-author of the books Introduction to Scientific Programming and Simulation Using R and Forest Analytics with R: An Introduction. Reports and video from linux.conf.au 2015 Members who attended the conference in Auckland will report on their experiences and we will show a video of one of the best talks chosen by members on the night. Venue: 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. Linux Users of Victoria Inc. is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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