It's time once again to get excited about all the benefits that Free and
Open Source Software have given us over the past year and get together
to talk about how Freedom and Openness can improve our human rights, our
privacy, our security and our communities. It's Software Freedom Day!
Free Software Melbourne and Linux Users Victoria are celebrating the
15th annual Software Freedom Day with talks about Open Data, Free and
Open Source Software, Open Hardware and of course Linux. We'll also be
having plenty of networking opportunities and introductions to local
open source technology groups.
Software Freedom Day is a family friendly event and we have a code of
conduct we follow. In short: Be respectful. Be mindful. Work together.
Please invite anyone that is interested along to help make it a great day.
Entry is free any time with light refreshments on site (snacks and
sodas) and the delightful culinary options of nearby Errol St. at the
conclusion of proceedings.
We hope to see everyone on the 15th for a fantastic Software Freedom Day
2018!
Date: Saturday the 15th September
Time: Talks starting at 1:00pm and wrapping up at 5:00pm
Location: Electron Workshop co-working space
Address: 31 Arden Street, North Melbourne
Map: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2556615434
Travel Tips: http://www.electronworkshop.com.au/map/
Parking: Plenty of on street parking in the area
Code of Conduct: http://freesoftware.org.au/code-of-conduct/
Linux Users of Victoria AGM
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Immediately after Software Freedom Day, LUV will be holding our annual
general meeting at Errol's Restaurant, 69/71 Errol St, North Melbourne
VIC 3051 commencing at 5:30pm. Andrew Pam will be standing down as
President, and nominations for committee positions (at least President
and Treasurer, optionally also Secretary, Vice President and Ordinary
Committee Members) are welcome either via email to the committee mailing
list at luv-ctte(a)luv.asn.au or on the day. It's not a large workload
and looks good on your CV, so please consider helping out the group!
Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.
*PLEASE NOTE RETURN TO ORIGINAL START TIME*
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Training Room, Kathleen Syme Library,
251 Faraday Street Carlton VIC 3053
Lev Lafayette on New Developments in Supercomputing
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Over the past 33 years the International Super Computing conference in
Germany has become one of the world's major computing events with the
bi-annual announcement of the Top500 systems, which continues to be
dominated in entirety by Linux systems. In June this year over 3,500
people attended ISC with a programme of tutorials, workshops and
miniconferences, poster sessions, student competitions, a vast vendor
hall, and numerous other events.
This presentation gives an overview of ISC and makes an attempt to cover
many of the new developments and directions in supercomputing including
new systems. metrics measurement, machine learning, and HPC education.
In addition, the presentation will also feature material from the HPC
Advisory Council conference in Fremantle held in August.
Lev Lafayette is the Senior HPC Support and Training Officer at the
University of Melbourne, where he has been for three years. For eight
years prior to that he worked at the Victorian Partnership for Advanced
Computing in a similar role. He has been a member of the Linux Users of
Victoria as a committee or public officer since 2006.
Many of us like to go for dinner nearby after the meeting, typically at
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.
*UPDATE: Rescheduled due to a conflict on the original date - please
note new date!*
Start: Aug 25 2018 12:30
End: Aug 25 2018 16:30
Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond
Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map
Dual-Booting Windows 10 & Ubuntu - the Fun, the Pain, the Joy
=============================================================
*Wen Lin* will introduce the various methods of running multiple
operating systems on one computer. Focus will of course be on the method
called "Dual-boot" - specifically, Windows 10 and Linux on one computer.
Since we can always get tons of documentation on the web, or videos on
Youtube, on all details about installing Windows & Linux dual-boot on a
PC, Wen won't be spending the entire presentation on just the how-to's.
Instead, he will cover this topic from his own recent experience
installing dual-boot OSs on a laptop. He will share with you the fun,
the pain, some frustration, and the joy in finally getting a stable
Ubuntu 18.04 running alongside a Windows 10 OS. He will also touch on a
few things related to dual-boot installation on modern computers - e.g.
UEFI, Secure Boot, Grub2, and disk partitioning.
Wen Lin is currently the Treasurer of LUV (now part of Linux Australia).
He has been in the IT profession for about 30 years, primarily in the
system admin area - both Windows and Linux. He started to be active in
the Free & Open Source Community since 2004, inspired by the first
Software Freedom Day in Melbourne. Nowadays at work Wen is using RHEL.
In his own time, his distros of choice are Ubuntu/Lubuntu, followed by
Fedora & CentOS. For non-OS software, LibreOffice is one that he has
spent a fair bit of time with. Recently he has also been fascinated with
the wonder of Raspberry Pi. Wen has a particular interest in introducing
friends to using Linux and FOSS, quite often breathing new life into old
Windows PCs after converting them to Linux.
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.
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.
Start: Aug 18 2018 12:30
End: Aug 18 2018 16:30
Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond
Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map
Dual-Booting Windows 10 & Ubuntu - the Fun, the Pain, the Joy
=============================================================
*Wen Lin* will introduce the various methods of running multiple
operating systems on one computer. Focus will of course be on the method
called "Dual-boot" - specifically, Windows 10 and Linux on one computer.
Since we can always get tons of documentation on the web, or videos on
Youtube, on all details about installing Windows & Linux dual-boot on a
PC, Wen won't be spending the entire presentation on just the how-to's.
Instead, he will cover this topic from his own recent experience
installing dual-boot OSs on a laptop. He will share with you the fun,
the pain, some frustration, and the joy in finally getting a stable
Ubuntu 18.04 running alongside a Windows 10 OS. He will also touch on a
few things related to dual-boot installation on modern computers - e.g.
UEFI, Secure Boot, Grub2, and disk partitioning.
Wen Lin is currently the Treasurer of LUV (now part of Linux Australia).
He has been in the IT profession for about 30 years, primarily in the
system admin area - both Windows and Linux. He started to be active in
the Free & Open Source Community since 2004, inspired by the first
Software Freedom Day in Melbourne. Nowadays at work Wen is using RHEL.
In his own time, his distros of choice are Ubuntu/Lubuntu, followed by
Fedora & CentOS. For non-OS software, LibreOffice is one that he has
spent a fair bit of time with. Recently he has also been fascinated with
the wonder of Raspberry Pi. Wen has a particular interest in introducing
friends to using Linux and FOSS, quite often breathing new life into old
Windows PCs after converting them to Linux.
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.
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.
