November 2017 - luv-announce

UPDATE: LUV Main December 2017 Meeting - ISC and TERATEC: A Tale of Two Conferences / nfatbles
by Andrew Pam 27 Nov '17

27 Nov '17

Start: Dec 5 2017 18:30 End: Dec 5 2017 20:30 Location: Mail Exchange Hotel, 688 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Link: http://mailexchangehotel.com.au/ PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION Lev Lafayette, ISC and TERATEC: A Tale of Two Conferences ========================================================= This year the International Supercomputing Conference and TERATEC were held in close proximity, the former in Frankfurt from June 17-21 and the latter in Paris from June 27-28. Whilst the two conferences differ greatly in scope (one international, one national) and language (one Anglophone, the other Francophone), the dominance of Linux as the operating system of choice at both was overwhelming. This presentation will provide an overview of the two conferences concentrating on the two items of particular focus. Firstly, the advances and use of Linux in the field of automated vehicles, which was prevalent at ISC, and secondly, health care data metrics, which was prevalent at the second. The presentation will also provide some reasons for how Linux has come to dominate in the field of research computing, and what threats and opportunities exist to its use. Lev Lafayette is the HPC and Training Officer at the University of Melbourne. Prior to that he worked at the Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing (VPAC) in a similar role for several years. Since 2006 he has done a few things for LUV as well. Duncan Roe, nftables ==================== nftables replaces the popular {ip,ip6,arp,eb}tables. This software provides a new in-kernel packet classification framework that is based on a network-specific Virtual Machine (VM) and a new nft userspace command line tool. nftables reuses the existing Netfilter subsystems such as the existing hook infrastructure, the connection tracking system, NAT, userspace queueing and logging subsystem. This presentation concentrates on nftables from the user perspective. Duncan Roe has had a Linux desktop since 1993. A software developer, he first used Linux professionally in 1994. He has been hacking on Linux ever since. Mail Exchange Hotel, 688 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Food and drinks will be available on premises. Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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LUV Main December 2017 Meeting - ISC and TERATEC: A Tale of Two Conferences
by Andrew Pam 21 Nov '17

21 Nov '17

Start: Dec 5 2017 18:30 End: Dec 5 2017 20:30 Location: Mail Exchange Hotel, 688 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Link: http://mailexchangehotel.com.au/ PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION Lev Lafayette, ISC and TERATEC: A Tale of Two Conferences ========================================================= This year the International Supercomputing Conference and TERATEC were held in close proximity, the former in Frankfurt from June 17-21 and the latter in Paris from June 27-28. Whilst the two conferences differ greatly in scope (one international, one national) and language (one Anglophone, the other Francophone), the dominance of Linux as the operating system of choice at both was overwhelming. This presentation will provide an overview of the two conferences concentrating on the two items of particular focus. Firstly, the advances and use of Linux in the field of automated vehicles, which was prevalent at ISC, and secondly, health care data metrics, which was prevalent at the second. The presentation will also provide some reasons for how Linux has come to dominate in the field of research computing, and what threats and opportunities exist to its use. Mail Exchange Hotel, 688 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Food and drinks will be available on premises. LUV December 2017 end of year celebration: Meetup Mixup Melbourne ================================================================= Start: Dec 21 2017 18:00 Location: Loop Project Space and Bar, 23 Meyers Pl, Melbourne VIC 3000 Link: https://melbourne.meetupmixup.com/ There will be no December workshop, but there will be an end of year party in conjunction with other Melbourne groups including Buzzconf, Electronic Frontiers Australia, Hack for Privacy, the Melbourne PHP Users Group, Open Knowledge Australia, PyLadies Melbourne and R-Ladies Melbourne. Please note that there's a $8.80 cover fee, which includes a drink and nibbles, and bookings are essential as spaces are limited. Tickets are available at https://melbourne.meetupmixup.com/ Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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LUV November 2017 Workshop: Status at a glance with LCDproc
by Andrew Pam 13 Nov '17

13 Nov '17

Start: Nov 18 2017 12:30 End: Nov 18 2017 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Status at a glance with LCDproc Andrew Pam will demonstrate how to use small LCD or LED displays to provide convenient status information using LCDproc. Possibly also how to write custom modules to display additional information. There will also be the usual casual hands-on workshop, Linux installation, configuration and assistance and advice. Bring your laptop if you need help with a particular issue. This will now occur BEFORE the talks from 12:30 to 14:00. The talks will commence at 14:00 (2pm) so there is time for people to have lunch nearby. The meeting will be held at Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond 3121 (enter via the garage on Jonas St.) Late arrivals, please call (0421) 775 358 for access to the venue. LUV would like to acknowledge Infoxchange for the venue. Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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REMINDER - LUV Main November 2017 Meeting: Ubuntu Artful Aardvark
by Andrew Pam 07 Nov '17

07 Nov '17

PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION AND DATE DUE TO MELBOURNE CUP DAY Wednesday, November 8, 2017 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Mail Exchange Hotel 688 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000 http://mailexchangehotel.com.au/ Andrew Pam, Ubuntu Artful Aardvark ---------------------------------- Popular desktop Linux distribution Ubuntu has reached its 13th anniversary and cycled around the alphabet of release codenames with the release of Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark, which has a number of significant changes that will also appear in the forthcoming Long Term Support release early next year including the Wayland display server and the removal of Python 2. Find out what's new and what it all means. Food and drinks will be available on premises. Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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LUV Main November 2017 Meeting: Ubuntu Artful Aardvark
by Andrew Pam 01 Nov '17

01 Nov '17

PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION AND DATE DUE TO MELBOURNE CUP DAY Wednesday, November 8, 2017 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Mail Exchange Hotel 688 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000 http://mailexchangehotel.com.au/ Andrew Pam, Ubuntu Artful Aardvark ---------------------------------- Popular desktop Linux distribution Ubuntu has reached its 13th anniversary and cycled around the alphabet of release codenames with the release of Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark, which has a number of significant changes that will also appear in the forthcoming Long Term Support release early next year including the Wayland display server and the removal of Python 2. Find out what's new and what it all means. Food and drinks will be available on premises. Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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