November 2018 - luv-announce

LUV November 2018 Workshop: Introduction to shell programming
by Andrew Pam 14 Nov '18

14 Nov '18

Start: Nov 17 2018 12:30 End: Nov 17 2018 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map ** *Introduction to shell programming * A lot of things in Linux are done on the command line. This talk starts with a very basic knowledge of the command line and describes how to leverage this into a powerful programming system. Transform those snips of commands into powerful self documenting scripts to super charge your productivity. *Andrew Worsley* is an embedded software engineer with 30+ years of programming experience. He has worked in a wide variety of areas from kernel drivers and compilers to networking equipment, AI programming languages and image processing systems such as Kodak's Image Magic. This included a variety of low level coding such writing microcode for network processors to porting kernels to new Intel and ARM based hardware. These days he is trying to keep bugs out of very high speed (100Gbit/s) encryption systems that are manufactured in Victoria and sold around the world. 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 <https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-37.810879,144.992834&z=16&t=m&hl=en-US&gl=…>. Late arrivals please call *(0421) 775 358* for access to the venue. LUV would like to acknowledge Infoxchange <https://www.infoxchange.org/au/> for the venue. Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia. <https://www.linux.org.au/>

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LUV November 2018 Workshop: Introduction to shell programming
by Andrew Pam 14 Nov '18

14 Nov '18

*Introduction to shell programming * A lot of things in Linux are done on the command line. This talk starts with a very basic knowledge of the command line and describes how to leverage this into a powerful programming system. Transform those snips of commands into powerful self documenting scripts to super charge your productivity. *Andrew Worsley* is an embedded software engineer with 30+ years of programming experience. He has worked in a wide variety of areas from kernel drivers and compilers to networking equipment, AI programming languages and image processing systems such as Kodak's Image Magic. This included a variety of low level coding such writing microcode for network processors to porting kernels to new Intel and ARM based hardware. These days he is trying to keep bugs out of very high speed (100Gbit/s) encryption systems that are manufactured in Victoria and sold around the world. 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 <https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-37.810879,144.992834&z=16&t=m&hl=en-US&gl=…>. Late arrivals please call *(0421) 775 358* for access to the venue. LUV would like to acknowledge Infoxchange <https://www.infoxchange.org/au/> for the venue. Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia. <https://www.linux.org.au/>

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LUV November 2018 Main Meeting: Computerbank / Designing Open Democracy
by Andrew Pam 02 Nov '18

02 Nov '18

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DAY DUE TO MELBOURNE CUP HOLIDAY 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Wednesday, November 7, 2018 Training Room, Kathleen Syme Library, 251 Faraday Street Carlton VIC 3053 Speakers: * Brian Salter-Duke, Computerbank * Robert Bloch, Designing Open Democracy *Computerbank* is a charity that aims to assist pensioners, students, unenployed people and others with a concession card to cross the digital and economic divide in Australia. We do this by selling low cost desktop and laptop computers to these people and assisting them to use them. Our computers use open source software (currently transitioning from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04). We are a self funded not for profit, volunteer run community group. We rely on donations of computer equipment of all kinds, which we use as above, or recycle or sell on Ebay. Our only income is from sales in the shop and sales on Ebay. We rely largely on volunteers to build computers for sale or sell them in the shop. We do however employ a manager to supervise and train volunteers. Volunteeers work on Wednesdays, Thursday, Fridays and Saturdays. The shop is open on Friday (10 am to 5 pm) and Saturday (12.30 to 5.00 pm). Computerbank was founded in 1998 and has been in its present accommodation in West Melbourne since 2002. Unfortunately we are now looking for new accommodation as we have to move before March next year. *Designing Open Democracy* is a group for any tech professionals or political experts (or ordinary citizens) interested in discussing in a detailed way the potential opportunities for reforming existing democratic institutions; from local organisations to national governments around the world through technology or other practices. Our aim is to improve democracy: we think this can best be done by providing a forum for discussing democracy proposals, ideas, and to foster collaboration between people who would like to participate in democracy reform. Many of us like to go for dinner nearby after the meeting, typically at Brunetti's or Trotters Bistro in Lygon St. Please let us know if you'd like to join us! Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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