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LUV November Workshop: Federated services
by Andrew Pam 22 Nov '20

22 Nov '20

Russell Coker and Andrew Pam will demonstrate and discuss Matrix, an open standard for secure, decentralised, real-time communication including text messages, voice and video; Mobilizon, a free-libre and federated software for event and group management, and possibly also Diaspora, a federated social network. We have set up LUV instances of these services for use by the members and the community and welcome discussion about how and why to make use of these services. The meeting will start at 4pm on Saturday 28 November 2020. Use the following URL to join the meeting: https://tinyurl.com/y47oqz2n Cheers, Andrew -- mailto:andrew@sericyb.com.au Andrew Pam https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings

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First Social Media WG meeting
by Russell Coker 28 Oct '20

28 Oct '20

https://www.luv.asn.au/events/social-media-wg-1/ On Saturday at midday Australian eastern daylight time (+11:00 time zone), that is 01:00 UTC we will have the first meeting of the LUV Social Media Working Group. This is for programmers and sysadmins who want to work on implementing FOSS social media technologies for the use of LUV members. There are many reasons for wanting to avoid the commercial social media sites, but to do so we need viable alternatives. The aim of this group is to implement some of the alternatives and see if we can get them to a stage where they are useful. We will document what we do and make public instances of things that we determine to be worth using. At a later date we will have a meeting to present the results of our work to LUV members. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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BTRFS and ZFS Training tomorrow
by Russell Coker 16 Oct '20

16 Oct '20

https://www.luv.asn.au/2020/10/16/2020-btrfs-zfs-training/ The above post has an overview of what's to be done for the training tomorrow. While I'm not taking questions now and the video conference isn't active there's nothing stopping you from going through the exercises now. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Training Session this Saturday
by Russell Coker 14 Oct '20

14 Oct '20

LUV is hosting an online training session this Saturday on BTRFS and ZFS. It can be done on your own VM (needs Debian/Buster with 3 empty block devices) or on one that we host. If you want to use one that we host email me your ssh public key privately and I'll set it up for you. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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You are invited to SFD 2020, Software Freedom Day! (Full day event on September 19th)
by Alexar Pendashteh 19 Sep '20

19 Sep '20

Hi there, All LUV members are invited to Software Freedom Day. A whole day celebration of software freedom. The following is the official invitation by Free Software Melbourne, who has done a great job of putting this event together. LUV is pleased to be the community partner in this event. A final request, since this is a free and online event, please feel free to extend this invitation to anyone who needs to know about it! They can be anywhere in the world! Thanks! + Alexar, on behalf of LUV committee --- # *Software Freedom Day - 19th of September 2020* *Free Software Melbourne* and *Linux Users Victoria* are celebrating the 17th annual Software Freedom Day celebrations in Melbourne. We will present a range of leaders in the Free-Software community that will talk about the importance of Free-Software to a free society. The SFD celebration will kick off with what is "Free and Open Source Software" and why it is so important for a modern, digital society. We'll be hearing from leading contributors and organizers of companies building businesses around Free and Open Source projects. We're also going to talk about the ethics of software development and the advantages of building a prosthetic using open hardware. There is also the opportunity for networking opportunities in our general FLOSS chat room during the day. ## Time Table: *10:00am* - Welcome and Introductions *10:15am* - What is Free Software? *11:00am* - John Gieryn - Software for decision making and how to make a living from FOSS *12:00pm* - FLOSS Chat Room *1:30pm* - Dr Morgan Leigh - Ethics in Software Development *2:30pm* - Kathy Reid - Good, better, breast: Building a sensing mastectomy prosthetic with open hardware *3:30pm* - Frank Karlitschek - How Nextcloud stayed productive during COVID-19 and how others did the same *4:30pm* - Mike Saunders & Italo Vignoli - LibreOffice and the future Participation is both free and liberating. Software Freedom Day is a family friendly event welcoming to anyone, pass on the word to help make it a great day. We have a code of conduct available on our website, but in short: Be respectful, Be inclusive and Be aware. *Hope to see you all online for our most exciting Software Freedom Day yet!* ## Details *Date:* Saturday the 19th of September 2020 *Time:* Talks starting at 10:00am and wrapping up about 6:00pm *Location:* Online with Big Blue Button - Main Talk Room: https://bbb.freesoftware.org.au/b/fsm-hbo-gf9-43s - Community Chat Room: https://bbb.freesoftware.org.au/b/fsm-dxk-cs1-2ct Meeting Tips: Mute microphone when not speaking. Headsets recommended to reduce feedback if you will be speaking. If you are having difficulty hearing or being heard there is a chat stream available. If you want to ask a question during the presentation either ask it in the chat or use the “raise hand” button. *Code of Conduct:* http://freesoftware.org.au/code-of-conduct/ ## Links: - Blog: https://freesoftware.org.au/blog/software-freedom-day-19th-of-september-202… - SFD Australia: http://www.sfd.org.au -- [image: image.jpg] *Alexar Pendashteh* technologist / social entrepreneur https://github.com/pendashteh

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Online Meeting Tuesday 1st Sep 7pm
by Russell Coker 31 Aug '20

31 Aug '20

https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Linux-Users-of-Victoria/events/272840299/ We are having an online meeting on the 1st of Sep at 7PM. Above is the Meetup URL, which mistakenly said 5PM start in the text but the 7PM in the metadata is the correct time. https://meet.glasswings.com.au/b/rus-iu5-bxe-8ak Above is the URL for the meeting which uses the BigBlueButton system. You need a recent web browser to access this. Also it works well with Chrome on Android phones just in case your PC has sound issues. BigBlueButton has a text chat system as well as the video conference, so for questions during lectures it's best to type them. https://www.luv.asn.au/events/september-2020-general-meeting/ We have a new web site running Wordpress, above is the meeting announcement on that site. https://www.luv.asn.au/events.ics Here is an iCal URL for all LUV events. https://wiki.luv.asn.au/ The LUV Wiki is going again. Contributions are welcome. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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LUV June 2020 Workshop: Emergency Security Discussion
by Andrew Pam 19 Jun '20

19 Jun '20

Start: Jun 20 2020 12:30 End: Jun 20 2020 14:30 Location: Online event (TBA) On Friday morning, our prime minister held an unprecedented press conference to warn Australia (Governments, Industry & Individuals) about a sophisticated cyber attack that is currently underway. More information: https://www.cyber.gov.au/copy-paste-compromise Linux Users of Victoria is dedicating the monthly workshop to this matter. We would like to invite all members of our community, and the broader cyber-security and the business community to join us for a discussion on security and cyber resilience. There is no particular format at this point, however, you are welcome to suggest a presentation or introduction if you find it relevant to the topic. This will be an online event. (Event link will be announced soon) This event is organized on the Meetup platform: https://www.meetup.com/Linux-Users-of-Victoria/events/271392426/ Make sure you check that page for latest updates. Alexar Pendashteh technologist / social entrepreneur https://github.com/pendashteh

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Hardware giveaway tomorrow!
by Andrew Pam 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

I will be giving away a range of hardware at tomorrow's LUV Workshop including a Lenovo laptop, a tower PC, a Cisco 7910 VOIP handset, a video card, a couple of monitors and more. Please come along if you're interested! LUV February 2020 Workshop: making and releasing films with free software Feb 15 2020 12:30 - 16:30 Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Cheers, Andrew

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LUV February 2020 Workshop: making and releasing films with free software
by Andrew Pam 06 Feb '20

06 Feb '20

Start: Feb 15 2020 12:30 End: Feb 15 2020 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map *Film Freedom: making and releasing films with free software* Film Freedom is a documentation and development project to make filmmaking with free-software and releasing via free culture funding models more accessible. It currently includes the following development projects: * /KitCAT: the Kit for Creative Arts Teamwork/ is a virtual studio system and client which connects the TACTIC studio DAMS and Project Management suite to popular filmmaking and creative software packages. * /Lib-Ray/ is a project to create an alternative to DVD and Blu-Ray for fixed-format releases, using only free-licensed software and open formats, without encryption or region-coding. * /Lunatics!/ is an original animated science-fiction story about the first permanent settlers on the Moon. This is an independent, free-culture, open-movie production, made with open-source software, especially Blender. Regular updates and support are through Patreon. Andrew Pam is the past president and current treasurer of Linux Users of Victoria. Andrew and his partner Dr. Katherine Phelps ran an animation fan club for many years. Andrew is a supporter and render server provider for Terry Hancock's "Lunatics!" FOSS animated TV series project. 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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Annual Penguin Picnic, January 25, 2020
by Andrew Pam 19 Jan '20

19 Jan '20

Start: Jan 25 2020 12:00 End: Jan 25 2020 16:00 Location: Yarra Bank Reserve, Hawthorn The Linux Users of Victoria Annual Penguin Picnic will be held on Saturday, January 25, starting at 12 noon at the Yarra Bank Reserve, Hawthorn. In the event of hazardous levels of smoke or other dangerous weather, we will announce an alternate indoor location. Please bring food and drinks for yourself and optionally to share. The Annual Penguin Picnic is a big social occasion for members of LUV, a great opportunity to see in the New Year and LUV's first meeting of the year. As usual, there will be no LUV main meeting nor beginners' workshop in January. Main meetings will resume on Tuesday 4 February and the next beginners meeting will be on Saturday 15 February. LUV would like to acknowledge Infoxchange for the Richmond venue. Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is a subcommitee of Linux Australia.

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Are you at #LCA2020? Join us for breakfast tomorrow!
by Andrew Pam 16 Jan '20

16 Jan '20

This is a very short notice invitation for anyone who is in the Gold Coast tomorrow morning. We are organising a get-together over breakfast as a side-event to LCA. So, if you are in the area, please join us! Here are the details: https://lca2020.linux.org.au/wiki/Victorians_breakfast_(all_welcome!) *Location: *Crema Espresso The Wave Resort, 108, 89-91 Surf Parade, Broadbeach QLD 4218 *Date and time: *Friday, January 17th, 2020 7:30am to 8:30am If you are not in the Gold Coast or you can't make it for other reasons, you can join us for the BBQ next Saturday 25 January in Melbourne. Details for that will be announced soon! Thanks! + Alexar

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LUV December 2019 Main Meeting: A review of Linux and Open Source in 2019
by Andrew Pam 02 Dec '19

02 Dec '19

Start: Dec 3 2019 19:00 End: Dec 3 2019 21:00 Location: Kathleen Syme Library, 251 Faraday Street Carlton VIC 3053 *NOTE: **The library closes at 7pm so arrivals after that time will need to contact Andrew on (0421) 775 358 or any other attendee for admission.* Speaker: Alexar Pendashteh A review of Linux and Open Source in 2019 This is the last main meeting of LUV in 2019! In this meeting we are going to have a look at what 2019 had for Linux and Open Source and have a peek into what's coming up. This event will be mainly a social event, with group discussion followed by a dinner in a nearby resturant or cafe! Many of us like to go for dinner nearby in Lygon St. after the meeting. Please let us know if you'd like to join us! Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia <https://www.linux.org.au/>.

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LUV November 2019 Workshop: Replacing Windows 7 with Linux
by Andrew Pam 12 Nov '19

12 Nov '19

Start: Nov 16 2019 12:30 End: Nov 16 2019 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Replacing Windows 7 with Linux ============================== What to do with your Windows 7 PC when its EOL arrives in January next year? Install Linux of course! Wen Lin will lead this talk with an intro, then get everyone to join in for a Q&A - let's share all the great ideas (and personal experience) on how to install a variety of Linux Distros to replace one's obsolete Win7 - and breathe new life into one's PC. 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.

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LUV November 2019 Main Meeting: nfq - an ad blocker that runs on the router
by Andrew Pam 03 Nov '19

03 Nov '19

Start: Nov 6 2019 19:00 End: Nov 6 2019 21:00 Location: Kathleen Syme Library, 251 Faraday Street Carlton VIC 3053 Link: <http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/community/hubs-bookable-spaces/kathleen-sym…> *NOTE: This month's meeting will be on WEDNESDAY night due to the Melbourne Cup public holiday. The library closes at 7pm so arrivals after that time will need to contact Andrew on (0421) 775 358 or any other attendee for admission.* Speaker: Duncan Roe, nfq - an ad blocker that runs on the router The concept of running an ad blocker on the router is not new. nfq is a particularly lightweight approach to this concept [in terms of lines of code, scripts &c.]. This presentation concentrates on the technical aspects of implementing nfq, with also an overview of 2 alternative systems. nfq is based on nftables. Like the other 2 systems, it can be configured to run on the device, instead of on the router. The presentation includes a demonstration of nfq on the device. About the speaker: Duncan 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. 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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LUV October 2019 Workshop
by Andrew Pam 14 Oct '19

14 Oct '19

Start: Oct 19 2019 12:30 End: Oct 19 2019 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Please contact the LUV commitee at luv-ctte(a)luv.asn.au with suggestions and requests for workshop topics or presentations. 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 October 2019 Main Meeting and AGM
by Andrew Pam 17 Sep '19

17 Sep '19

Start: Oct 1 2019 19:00 End: Oct 1 2019 21:00 Location: Kathleen Syme Library, 251 Faraday Street Carlton VIC 3053 *NOTE: The library closes at 7pm so arrivals after that time will need to contact Andrew on (0421) 775 358 or any other attendee for admission.* Speakers: * To be announced Linux Users of Victoria AGM LUV will be holding our annual general meeting at the Kathleen Syme Library, 251 Faraday Street Carlton VIC 3053 commencing at 7pm. 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! 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 <https://www.linux.org.au/>.

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Software Freedom Day - 21st of September 2019
by PuZZleDucK via luv-main 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

Free Software Melbourne and Linux Users Victoria are celebrating the 16th annual Software Freedom Day celebrations in Melbourne and we're going to be hosting a series of talks about using Free and Open Source Software in the real world. We're going to be talking about what even is Free and Open Source software and why is Free Software so important we want to dedicate a whole day to it. We're also going to talk about using free software for audio production, and how open source is used in the development of open hardware and some demonstrations of projects you could even build yourself. We'll also be having plenty of networking opportunities and introductions to many of Melbourne's Free and Open Source technology groups and organizations. Entry is free any time and Software Freedom Day is a family friendly event welcoming to anyone, pass on the word to help make it a great day for everyone. We do have a code of conduct on our website, but in short: Be respectful. Be mindful. Work together. We'll have light snacks and sodas available gratis throughout the afternoon and at the conclusion of the day we usually continue discussions over dinner along the nearby Errol st, so feel free to join us if you're enjoying the conversations. Hope to see you all at Electron Workshop on the 21st for another exciting Software Freedom Day! Details Date: Saturday the 21st of September Time: Talks starting at 1:00pm and wrapping up about 5:30pm 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: On street parking in the area Code of Conduct: http://freesoftware.org.au/code-of-conduct/ Time Table (further details to be announced shortly): 1:00 - 1:15 Welcomes and Introductions 1:15 - 5:30 Presentations and Community Get Together 5:30 Official event ending 6:00 Dinner at Errol St SFD announce blog: https://freesoftware.org.au/blog/software-freedom-day-21st-of-september-201… _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list luv-main(a)luv.asn.au https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main

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LUV September 2019 Main Meeting
by Andrew Pam 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

Unfortunately due to last-minute illness our planned speaker for tonight's meeting will not be able to attend. However we will still get together and those of us who wish to will go for a meal nearby. Meet tonight, Sep 3 2019 19:00 at the Kathleen Syme Library, 251 Faraday Street Carlton VIC 3053 Regards, Andrew

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LUV August 2019 Workshop
by Andrew Pam 15 Aug '19

15 Aug '19

Start: Aug 17 2019 12:30 End: Aug 17 2019 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Please contact the LUV committe by emailing luv-ctte(a)luv.asn.au to suggest a topic! 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.

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LUV August 2019 Main Meeting: Open Source Hardware and Software for Assistive Technologies
by Andrew Pam 03 Aug '19

03 Aug '19

Start: Aug 6 2019 19:00 End: Aug 6 2019 21:00 Location: Kathleen Syme Library, 251 Faraday Street Carlton VIC 3053 Link: <http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/community/hubs-bookable-spaces/kathleen-sym…> NOTE: The library closes at 7pm so arrivals after that time will need to contact Andrew on (0421) 775 358 or any other attendee for admission. Speakers: * Jonathan Oxer: Open Source Hardware and Software for Assistive Technologies Open Source Hardware and Software for Assistive Technologies ============================================================ Learn how Open Source hardware and software can be used in a wide variety of assistive technologies, including wheelchair control, environmental systems, robotics, communication, prosthetics, games, and telepresence. Technology can be used to dramatically improve the lives of people with physical disabilities. Often this takes the form of medical technology, which is a highly regulated field involving very high development costs and long product lifecycles. Medical technology is a critical element in supporting people with physical disabilities, but it generally focuses on solving problems that are life-threatening or can otherwise be classified as having a medical imperative. Outside of medical technology that directly interacts with the human body, there is an enormous field of assistive technology that can be used to improve the lives of people both physically and mentally. Technologies that are frequently dismissed as gimmicks or toys, such as home automation systems and IoT devices, can be life-changing for people with disabilities. Not just toys for rich lazy people, home automation can make the difference between an individual being able to live independently or requiring residential care. Even more importantly, it can place the power back in the hands of the individual and give them the ability to control the world around them instead of relying on the help of others. Because the needs of individuals can vary dramatically, the Open Source ethos of modularity, improvement, adaptation, and sharing is ideally suited to assistive technologies. Existing projects can be rapidly remixed and modified to suit specific requirements by combining open source software, hardware, and fabrication including 3D printing and CNC machining. Open Source technologies can give people with disabilities new powers far beyond what an average human can achieve, turning them into DIY superhumans. Jon Oxer has been hacking on both hardware and software since he was a little tacker. Most recently he's been focusing more on the Open Hardware side, co-founding Freetronics as a result of organising the first Arduino Miniconf at LCA2010 and designing the Arduino-based payloads that were sent into orbit in 2013 on board satellites ArduSat-X and ArduSat-1. His books include "Ubuntu Hacks" and "Practical Arduino", and he produces the "SuperHouseTV" DIY home automation / assistive technology channel on YouTube. 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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LUV July 2019 Workshop: Debian 10 "Buster"
by Andrew Pam 09 Jul '19

09 Jul '19

Start: Jul 20 2019 12:30 End: Jul 20 2019 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Celebrating the release of Debian 10 "Buster": * In this release, GNOME defaults to using the Wayland display server instead of Xorg. * For those in security-sensitive environments AppArmor, a mandatory access control framework for restricting programs' capabilities, is installed and enabled by default. * Network filtering is based on the nftables framework by default. * Secure Boot support is included in this release for amd64, i386 and arm64 architectures and should work out of the box on most Secure Boot-enabled machines. This means users should no longer need to disable Secure Boot support in the firmware configuration. * The cups and cups-filters packages are installed by default in Debian 10 "buster", giving users everything that is needed to take advantage of driverless printing. We will be trying it out and copies will be available for people who can't or don't want to download it. 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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Fwd: [Announce] 2019 Linux Australia Grants Program
by Andrew Pam 08 Jul '19

08 Jul '19

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Announce] 2019 Linux Australia Grants Program Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2019 21:45:27 +1000 From: Linux Australia President <president(a)linux.org.au> To: linux-aus <linux-aus(a)lists.linux.org.au>, announce(a)lists.linux.org.au, grants(a)lists.linux.org.au CC: president(a)linux.org.au, council(a)linux.org.au Dear All, Linux Australia is pleased and very proud to announce the opening of the 2019 Linux Australia Grants program. Up to $AUD 35,000 is available for distribution to open source, open data, open government, open education, open hardware and open culture projects as part of the organisation's support of free and open source systems and communities in the region. In 2018, the Linux Australia Grants program supported Drupal, Code Club, CiviCRM and a hackathon. Details about these grants can be found in our 2017-2018 Annual Report[1]. More information about the grants process can be found on our Grants webpage at https://linux.org.au/projects/grants after logging in as a member. To submit an application use the form provided at the bottom of the Grants page. If you are not a member of Linux Australia please apply at: https://linux.org.au/membership/ As in 2018, grant submissions will be discussed on a separate mailing list rather than the general linux-aus mailing list. If you are interested in following along with the grant process or providing feedback about grant submissions, please subscribe to the mailing list here: http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/grants Please share this announcement with colleagues, projects and community members who may find it of interest. Feel free to contact the Linux Australia Council or myself if you have any questions or would like to privately discuss anything related to the grants process. [1] https://linux.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/annual-report-combined.pdf Looking forward to seeing the submissions! Sae Ra -- Sae Ra Germaine President Linux Australia president(a)linux.org.au <mailto:president@linux.org.au> http://linux.org.au <http://linux.org.au/> Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479

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LUV July 2019 Main Meeting: Automated Linux Firewall Failover
by Andrew Pam 01 Jul '19

01 Jul '19

Apologies for the late announcement. PLEASE NOTE LATER START TIME 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Tuesday, July 2, 2019 Kathleen Syme Library, 251 Faraday Street Carlton VIC 3053 Speakers: * Adrian Close: Automated Linux Firewall Failover Automated Linux Firewall Failover OK, so you've built a firewall out of a Linux box and it works great. But what happens when you need to install a kernel update, or do some hardware maintenance, or the cosmic rays hit that particular part of your motherboard and cause a failure? You'd like your network to keep on ticking of course, so you need a backup firewall, and ideally it would just kick into gear without any human encouragement. Adrian will talk about some ways to build such a beast [ab]using Linux tools you probably already have. Adrian Close has worked in the local Internet industry for the last 25 years or so, doing *nix sysadmin, security and networking, and generally just trying to make stuff work. He has a particular fascination with redundant network setups with automatic failover, possibly because he also likes to sleep. 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 <https://www.linux.org.au/>.

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LUV June 2019 Main Meeting: Unlocking insights from Big Data / An Introduction to Packaging
by Andrew Pam 31 May '19

31 May '19

PLEASE NOTE LATER START TIME 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Tuesday, June 4, 2019 Kathleen Syme Library, 251 Faraday Street Carlton VIC 3053 Speakers: * Matt Moore: Unlocking insights from Big Data * Andrew Worsely: An Introduction to Packaging Unlocking insights from Big Data -------------------------------- Every day we’re producing and consuming an ever increasing amount of data. Data we consciously produce ourselves is massive, however the machine data produced automatically by business systems, industrial processes, appliances, telemetry and literally any digital process is inconceivably vast. Through this session Matt will discuss why teasing out real time insights from previously undervalued machine data sources such as log files and wire data matters and how we can turn the noise into actionable answers. Matt will also introduce Splunk as a platform which can manage the entire process from data acquisition through to presentation and automation. Using some common machine data sources he will take you through the journey from messy unstructured data to clear insights where we can ask any question using an easy Search Processing Language and use these insights to drive Dashboards and Alerts, automate processes, and feed machine learning algorithms. *Matt Moore* is a Splunk Sales engineer and avid data wrangler working with machine data spanning everything from security and application development through to IOT and industrial data. Prior to working with Splunk Matt spent his days working with telephony and network solutions wishing there was a way to understand his environment without using telnet and notepad++ In his spare time Matt enjoys dabbling with crypto currencies and occasionally terrifies flying instructors at Tyab airport. Matt had previously experimented with living aboard and restoring an old steel yacht, but after experiencing the reality of cold showers and early mornings, now appreciates living on land with central heating and broadband. An Introduction to Packaging ---------------------------- The most convenient way to pass around software on Linux systems is as a package. Understanding what's in them and how to quickly build one is really useful to move work between systems easily. Andrew will start with a very simple package and build up to more complex packages based around the Debian package format that he is most familiar with. This is a huge topic so there is only time go over the major parts and he will be taking directions from the audience as to what aspects people most interested in learning about. *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, 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 ?-code 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. 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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LUV May 2019 Workshop
by Andrew Pam 24 May '19

24 May '19

Start: May 25 2019 12:30 End: May 25 2019 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE DUE TO THE ELECTION This month's meeting will be on 25 May rather than 18 May 2019 due to the election on the usual workshop date. Please contact the committee at luv-ctte(a)luv.asn.au with suggestions for topics. 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.

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