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Beginner's Workshop this Saturday: An Introduction to HTML5
by Lev Lafayette 15 Oct '12

15 Oct '12

An Introduction to HTML5 Start: Oct 20 2012 12:30 End: Oct 20 2012 17:00 Location: VPAC Training Room, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton South Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map In this talk, Lev will give a thorough introduction to HTML5, starting with the basics of HTML, CSS, and XHTML, before moving in to the needs and new features in HTML5. Lev is the current LUV president and has taught command-line Linux in several organisations over the past ten years. General Workshop Area: At the LUV Beginner's workshop you can come along and work with Linux enthusiasts to assist you in setting up your system the way you want. This could include friendly advice on partitions, distributions, configurations, networking and specific applications. Bring your laptop! The Melbourne OLPC Club meetings are co-located with the Beginner's Workshops. If you are interested in the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project, please come and join in! VPAC is on the ground floor of Building 91, RMIT, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton, close to the corner of Swanston and Victoria Streets. It is accessible by all Swanston Street trams and is is near to Melbourne Central train station. LUV would like to acknowledge BENK Open Systems for their financial support of the Beginners Workshops LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for hosting! -- Lev Lafayette, mobile: 0432 255 208 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt

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October Main Meeting: Android and Email - Tomorrow!
by Lev Lafayette 30 Sep '12

30 Sep '12

Start: Oct 2 2012 19:00 End: Oct 2 2012 21:00 Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Mike King: Developing Software for Android Tablets Nathan Bailey: High Performance Email: How to how to get less email, process it more quickly and achieve more results. Nathan Bailey Nathan Bailey has been a programmer, sys admin, tech lead and manager. He has led teams on large-scale Internet projects in collaboration, administration and education. He now runs an educational consultancy working with schools and universities in reinventing education for the 21st Century. He is passionate about delivering services that save people time, are easy to use and make work more fun. 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! -- Lev Lafayette, mobile: 0432 255 208 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt

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LUV Outage Saturday
by Lev Lafayette 27 Sep '12

27 Sep '12

Dear LUVers, Linux Users of Victoria (web, wiki, mailing lists) will be offline from just after midnight on Friday evening/Saturday morning and will come back online late on Saturday afternoon. The reason for this is that VPAC, who generously host our server, will be having an outage on that day. All the best, -- Lev Lafayette, mobile: 0432 255 208 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt

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Luv-Tech and SFD Report
by Lev Lafayette 24 Sep '12

24 Sep '12

LUV-Tech List Established ------------------------- Following requests and a vote at the Annual General Meeting the committee has established a luv-tech list. This list is for discussions of technical issues which are not Linux related (which should go to luv-main), such as other operating systems, devices etc. To subscribe: http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-tech Software Freedom Day Report --------------------------- Software freedom day was held in Melbourne with a series of lectures, a games room operated by Free Software Melbourne, 3D printer demonstration courtesy of the Melbourne Community Hackerspace, movies, stalls from the Free Software Foundation, Raspberry Jam, One Laptop per Child, and Linux Users of Victoria, along with a free lunch with open sauce. About eighty-five people turned up during the day, with a height of around 75 just before noon. The day was opened by Dr. Alison Parkes, a lecturer from the University of Melbourne and candidate for Lord Mayor. Other speakers included Lev Lafayette on free software and business logic, Chris Samuel, from the Victorian Life Sciences Initiative discussing, "Free Software in Supercomputers and Science", Tony Forster from OLPC discussing that project, Alec Clews on the Raspberry Pi, Andy Gleme on 3D printing technologies, Daniel Jitnah on free software in the education sector, and Andrew Pam from Electronic Frontiers Australia on data retention legislation. A big thanks to all who helped out, especially our publicity person Deb Henry. -- Lev Lafayette, mobile: 0432 255 208 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt

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Software Freedom Day 2012 Sept 15
by Lev Lafayette 04 Sep '12

04 Sep '12

Linux Users of Victoria and Free Software Melbourne is hosting Software Freedom Day in Melbourne! At a conference dedicated to the theme of free software in a free society, confirmed speakers include Jon Lawrence of Electronic Frontiers Australia, Chris Samuel of the Victorian Life Sciences Initiative, Alec Clews of the Melbourne Raspberry Jam, Andy Gleme of the Connected Community HackerSpace, Daniel Jitnah of GreenwareIT, and Lev Lafayette of Linux Users of Victoria. There is a possibility that Belgian social theorist Michel Bauwens ‏will be attending. Presentations will cover the recent Internet surveillance laws, the importance of free software in scientific computing, new embedded technologies and micro-computers, free software and 3D printers, free software in education, and the business of free software. Software Freedom Day will be opened by Dr. Alison Parkes, senior lecturer in business information systems at the University of Melbourne, and Greens candidate for Lord Mayor of Melbourne. Free Software Melbourne will be hosting a games area, the One Laptop per Child project will be present, as will the Raspberry Jam group. There will be plenty of free software available, as well as copies of the OpenDisc. Software Freedom Day will come with a free lunch (with open sauce!). Software Freedom Day will be held at the Melbourne Unitarian Church hall (110 Grey Street, East Melbourne). It's about 5 minutes from Jolimont Station, or a brisk 10 minute walk from Parliament station. There's plenty of parking at the site as well! Free software has changed the world! Twenty years ago, free software advocates took on the multi-billion proprietary operating systems in the server, supercomputer, and mainframe world - and we won. Ten years ago, we took on the big online encyclopaedias with a free alternative - and we won. Now we're taking on producers themselves with three-dimensional printers. We'll win that as well. Come celebrate software freedom! For more information contact Deb Henry on 0409338182 http://softwarefreedomday.org http://luv.asn.au http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/ -- Lev Lafayette, mobile: 0432 255 208

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LUV Announce: Annual General Meeting, Tuesday September 4th, 2012
by lev＠levlafayette.com 29 Aug '12

29 Aug '12

Notice is given for the 2012 Annual General Meeting of Linux Users of Victoria. ====== Agenda ====== 1.0 Confirmation of Minutes of the Last AGM 2. Reports 2.1 Office-bearer's Reports from the President and Treasurer. The Secretary's report will be included in the President's Report. 1.2 Other Reports and Question. 3.0 Software Freedom Day Announce 4.0 Lightning Talks 4.x As per usual AGMs we encourage members of Linux Users of Victoria to give a short (c2-4 minute) presentation on a Linux-related application that they have been used and wish to advocate or otherwise share information with others. 5.0 Declaration of Election Results 5.1 Presented by LUV Returning Officer, Andrew Chalmers. ======================================== Nominating for the Committee. Important! ======================================== Linux Users of Victoria, Inc. is governed by an elected committee of manager as per the Associations Act of Victoria. In our case, the committee organisers events, such as the main meetings and beginner's workshops, and all forms of publicity promoting LUV and Linux use, along with raising funds for those objectives. The committee consists of four office-bearers (a President, a Vice-President, a Treasurer, and a Secretary), and four ordinary members. Any member of LUV may nominate for one or more committee positions, but may only be elected to one position. Nominations require acceptance from the nominee before they become a candidate. A person may nominate themselves. Nominations for any of the above positions should be sent to Andrew Chalmers, the LUV Returning Officer, achalmers(a)westnet.com.au. See Rules of the Association https://luv.asn.au/memorandum

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OSIA Melbourne Forum Event
by Daniel Jitnah 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

Hello Members and Friends of OSIA OSIA is pleased to invite you to its forthcoming forum event in Melbourne. "What does the NBN mean to the Open Source Software Industry" Date: Wednesday 22 August Time: 5.30 pm for 6.00 pm start to 8.00 pm Venue: NBNCo Discovery Center 1010 La Trobe St, Docklands (see OSIA website, Events section for Location map) Note this is a Free event open to Members and Non-Members. Please help make this event a success by promoting it through your own channels as appropriate. Event Program: 1. Presentation by NBN Senior Staff on opportunities that likely to arise from the NBN. There will also be other NBN personel who will be able to answer questions. 2. Presentation by Kanchana Wickremasinghe, Senath Ltd. Kanchana will talk about Senath's use of Open Source software to deliver the Cloud based PaaS Durga Platform. 3. Update on OSIA activities. 4. Networking opportunity with other guests Refreshments available. Following the event, you are also invited to join others for dinner somewhere in Melbourne. ** Please note: RSVP by 20 August is essential. Email osia-events(a)osia.com.au <mailto:osia-events@osia.com.au>. ** The above event will follow an OSIA Board Meeting in Melbourne earlier on the same day. If there is anyone who would like to meet the Board Members, and cannot attend the above event, please contact the Secretary : osia-secretary(a)osia.com.au <mailto:osia-secretary@osia.com.au>. If you have any enquiries regarding this event, please email osia-events(a)osia.com.au <mailto:osia-events@osia.com.au> Regards, Daniel

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August Beginner's Workshop: An Introduction to the Command Line
by lev＠levlafayette.com 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

Start: Aug 18 2012 12:30 End: Aug 18 2012 17:30 Location: 110 Victoria Street, Carlton Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map In this talk, Lev will give a thorough introduction to the Linux command line, including file, system, and program commands, begining with an exploration of the environment through to simple scripting. Lev is the current LUV president and has taught command-line Linux in several organisations over the past ten years. General Workshop Area: At the LUV Beginner's workshop you can come along and work with Linux enthusiasts to assist you in setting up your system the way you want. This could include friendly advice on partitions, distributions, configurations, networking and specific applications. Bring your laptop! The Melbourne OLPC Club meetings are co-located with the Beginner's Workshops. If you are interested in the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project, please come and join in! VPAC is on the ground floor of Building 91, RMIT, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton, close to the corner of Swanston and Victoria Streets. It is accessible by all Swanston Street trams and is is near to Melbourne Central train station. LUV would like to acknowledge BENK Open Systems for their financial support of the Beginners Workshops and VPAC for hosting!

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August 2012 Main Meeting. CMS Double : The Drupal Association, and Typo3
by lev＠levlafayette.com 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

Start: Aug 7 2012 19:00 End: Aug 7 2012 21:00 Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map * Donna Benjamin, Infiltration Day 853: Drupal Association Board. Confessions of a not-so-secret double agent * Simon Dawes, TYPO3 Content Management System The Drupal Association The Drupal Association has been through some major changes in its governance and staffing in the last few years. It recently ran its first general election for "Directors At Large" and since 2010 has increased the number of employees by 900%. It moved its headquarters from Belgium to the USA and now manages a budget of around 3 million US dollars in annual revenue. Where the hell does all that money go? And who are these people taking "your" money? Donna Benjamin was curious enough to be part of this to put her name in the hat for nomination last year. She successfully infiltrated the board in February. You can think of her as your mole in the hole. With over 10 years experience in the non-profit sector, Donna knows a thing or two about what makes successful organisations tick. Diving into the inner workings of the Drupal Association, Donna dares to share some of the things she discovered in the deep end. Donna is the current Public Officer, and former President of Linux Users of Victoria. TYPO3 TYPO3 is a PHP-based enterprise content management system with a huge community especially in Europe and USA. In this introductory talk, Simon gives an inside look at this open source project and how it is organized. He also talks about his experience and the efforts and achievements of the TYPO3 community here in Australia and presents some of TYPO3's key features which make this CMS one he loves to work with. Simon studied Scientific Photography and managed a professional film laboratory when film was still king! He then worked as the technical lead and programmer for almost 15 years before he founded Cerebrum - a small but talented web development company in Melbourne. Simon and Cerebrum have a particular passion for open source software and have been working with TYPO3 for over 7 years. Simon is a certified TYPO3 Integrator and has never missed a TYPO3 user group meeting in Melbourne (except once when he was really sick). 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!

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July Beginner's Workshop: OpenShot Video Editing
by lev＠levlafayette.com 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

tart: Jul 21 2012 12:30 End: Jul 21 2012 17:30 Location: 110 Victoria Street, Carlton Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map In this talk, Alex will give a practical overview of OpenShot, an easy to use video editing built on Python and GTK. Alex is LUV committee member who operates his own Linux-orientated computer consultancy that provides technical support, training and development, web development and video and audio services. General Workshop Area: At the LUV Beginner's workshop you can come along and work with Linux enthusiasts to assist you in setting up your system the way you want. This could include friendly advice on partitions, distributions, configurations, networking and specific applications. Bring your laptop! The Melbourne OLPC Club meetings are co-located with the Beginner's Workshops. If you are interested in the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project, please come and join in! VPAC is on the ground floor of Building 91, RMIT, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton, close to the corner of Swanston and Victoria Streets. It is accessible by all Swanston Street trams and is is near to Melbourne Central train station. LUV would like to acknowledge BENK Open Systems for their financial support of the Beginners Workshops and VPAC for hosting!

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[Fwd: [lca-announce] LCA miniconf CFP closes Fri 6 July!]
by lev＠levlafayette.com 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [lca-announce] LCA miniconf CFP closes Fri 6 July! From: "linux.conf.au Announcements" <lca-announce(a)lists.linux.org.au> Date: Tue, July 3, 2012 10:40 am To: lca-announce(a)lists.linux.org.au -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greetings. This email is a gentle reminder that the linux.conf.au call for mini-conferences closes in three days on 6 July 2012. Miniconfs are day-long sessions on a specific topic: a miniature conference, with a formal schedule published ahead of time listing speakers and sessions for the day. Instructions for submitting miniconf proposals are at http://linux.conf.au/miniconf-cfp ** There will be NO extension of the mini-conference submission deadline. ** The conference will showcase the best of open source and community-driven software and hardware. It will be held in Canberra at the Australian National University from Monday 28 January to Saturday 2 February, 2013, and provides a great opportunity for open source developers, users, hackers, and makers to share their ideas and further improve their projects. === Important Dates === Call for miniconfs opens: 1 June 2012 Call for miniconfs closes: 6 July 2012 Email notifications from conference organisers: 28 August 2012 Early Bird registrations open: 1 October 2012 Conference dates: Monday 28 January to Saturday 2 February 2013 Thanks, Mikal -- Michael Still Director linux.conf.au 2013 http://lca2013.linux.org.au Canberra 28 January 2013 to 2 February 2013 _______________________________________________ lca-announce mailing list lca-announce(a)lists.linux.org.au http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/lca-announce

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LUV July Meeting: Word Processing Tools Double
by lev＠levlafayette.com 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

Start: Jul 3 2012 19:00 End: Jul 3 2012 21:00 Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map * Jason White, Writing and Typesetting Documents in Linux, Or: The Tools which I Used to Write my Thesis * Wen Lin, Advanced Word Processing with LibreOffice Jason White, Writing and Typesetting Documents in Linux, Or: The Tools which I Used to Write my Thesis Abstract Linux has long offered a compelling environment in which to write documents, ranging from the small scale (a CV, for instance), to the large scale (a book or thesis). In this introductory talk I describe the writing and typesetting tools which I use regularly. These include Emacs (with AUCTeX mode), LaTeX for document markup and typesetting, BibLaTeX for managing citations, and Git for revision control. Bio Jason is an accessibility specialist, a long-term Linux enthusiast, a supporter of justice and human rights, a researcher in philosophy, a law school graduate and, as of August last year, a Ph.D. graduate. His thesis explores fundamental issues arising from Robert Brandom's inferentialist semantics. It therefore contributes to a foundational field of research into theories of meaning which has value not just in its own right, but implications for other areas of inquiry as well. * Wen Lin, Advanced Word Processing with LibreOffice Abstract >From stylesheets, to headless options, LibreOffice has a great deal of intermediate and advanced options that you may not be aware of. Bio Wen is a committee member of LUV who has presented at Beginner's Workshops, BarCamp, and regional chapters on the advantages of using LibreOffice. 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!

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Speakers, please?
by lev＠levlafayette.com 21 Jun '12

21 Jun '12

Dear members, This is a general pitch to all members of LUV on whether they would consider stepping up to the speaker's plate for the community. Our speakers are a great feature of Linux Users of Victoria at our main meetings and beginner's workshops. They also provide and excellent opportunity for individuals to explain interesting projects they've been working on. The committee has been hard at work over the many months working through their collective contacts for speakers at LUV, but that well is running a little dry. So please, for LUV's sake, step on up and offer to become a speaker. Contact: luv-ctte(a)luv.asn.au to express interest. Thanks! Lev Lafayette LUV President

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LUV Beginner's Workshop: 16th June, Carlton South - Doing the naughty thing in Linux!
by lev＠levlafayette.com 12 Jun '12

12 Jun '12

Start: Jun 16 2012 12:00 End: Jun 16 2012 17:00 Location: 110 Victoria Street, Carlton Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Note change of venue! We are now at the VPAC training room; ground floor, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton - near the corner of Swanston and Victoria, Building 91 of RMIT In this talk, Daniel will look at options available to Linux users to use Windows applications on Linux. Why would someone want to do that? Mostly because someone else has made the choice for them and they are stuck - (Accountants are common culprits here!). We'll look at options: virtualisation, Wine and alternative FOSS applications that provide equivalent functionality, things you may want to look for and at the end of the day, why you should really not be doing it at all! (Also, I will not stray onto Andrew Pam's territory, ie: Windows games on Linux) Daniel is a long time Linux user and runs his own Open Source and Linux consultancy business GreenwareIT. He is also the Vice President of LUV and a Director of Open Source Industry Australia. (OSIA) In a past life he was a Secondary School Teacher, and has maintained a strong interest in the use of Open Source and Linux in the Education Sector. Daniel has never used a Microsoft product as his primary operating system, and still does not know the meaning of the word "PowerPoint". General Workshop Area: At the LUV Beginner's workshop you can come along and work with Linux enthusiasts to assist you in setting up your system the way you want. This could include friendly advice on partitions, distributions, configurations, networking and specific applications. Bring your laptop! The Melbourne OLPC Club meetings are co-located with the Beginner's Workshops. If you are interested in the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project, please come and join in! VPAC is on the ground floor of Building 91, RMIT, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton, close to the corner of Swanston and Victoria Streets. It is accessible by all Swanston Street trams and is is near to Melbourne Central train station. LUV would like to acknowledge BENK Open Systems for their financial support of the Beginners Workshops and VPAC for hosting - and hosting!

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LUV June Meeting: BTRFS and Other Filesystems, Lightning Talks
by lev＠levlafayette.com 30 May '12

30 May '12

LUV June Meeting: BTRFS and Other Filesystems, Lightning Talks -------------------------------------------------------------- Start: Jun 5 2012 19:00 End: Jun 5 2012 21:00 Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map * Avi Miller, Oracle, BTRFS and Other Filesystems * Lightning Talks (short talks, volunteer on the night!) Btrfs ("Butter FS") is a new copy on write filesystem for Linux aimed at implementing advanced features while focusing on fault tolerance, repair and easy administration. Initially developed by Oracle, Btrfs is licensed under the GPL and open for contribution from anyone. This tutorial will take users through some of the new features of the btrfs file system, including: - Creating/mounting the filesystem - Setting up mirroring/striping - Adding/removing devices - Rebalancing data - Growing/shrinking volumes - Creating snapshots/subvolumes - Booting from snapshots On completion, attendees should be confident about using btrfs in their own environments and taking advantage of some of the new features. Avi has been working in the Information Systems industry since 1993. He has extensive experience in networking, including server and workstation hardware; network, server and workstation operating systems; and LAN & WAN connectivity. His roles and responsibilities in several projects have included technical project management, network architecture design, network and software integration design, workstation environment development, software deployment and troubleshooting. 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!

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LUV Beginner's Workshop: 19th May, East Melbourne - OpenShot
by lev＠levlafayette.com 15 May '12

15 May '12

Start: May 19 2012 12:00 End: May 19 2012 12:00 Location: 10 Grey Street, East Melbourne Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map The next LUV Beginner's Workshop and Tutorial and the OLPC Corner will be on the *19th of May*. OpenShot - Alex Garber OpenShot Video Editor is an open-source, video editing software package for Linux, built with Python, GTK, and the MLT Framework. The project was started in August 2008 by Jonathan Thomas, with the objective to provide a stable, free, and friendly to use video editor. Alex will provide an overview to OpenShot, its development and a few tricks! *General Workshop Area: At the LUV Beginner's workshop you can come along and work with Linux enthusiasts to assist you in setting up your system the way you want. This could include friendly advice on partitions, distributions, configurations, networking and specific applications. Bring your laptop! The Melbourne OLPC Club meetings are co-located with the Beginner's Workshops. If you are interested in the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project, please come and join in! *Links, Location, Transport:* Link: http://luv.asn.au/2011/03/17

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Event - can you please promote
by Lynda Edwards 11 May '12

11 May '12

Dear Linux Users of Victoria Can you please promote this event to your members? It is on Tuesday May 15, 6.30pm-8.30pm. Open Stack meet up, Melbourne, Tuesday May 15, 6.30pm 6:30-8.30PM, Gryphon Gallery, 1888, Building 198, Graduate Centre, corner of Grattan and Swanston, University of Melbourne (please see map below). My thanks to Steven Manos, Tom Fifield and their colleagues at UoM for this, and special thanks to Lynda Edwards for organising it. We will have John Dickinson, Swift Project Technical Lead giving us a talk about Swift via WebEx. We'll also have WebEx available to remote or persons that cannot attend. Feel free to contact me if you want to do a speaking spot or short presentation. Food and drinks will be provided, I will publish the evenings schedule once we lock it in. Looking forward to seeing you there. Cheers, Tristan Goode Thank you Cheers Lynda Edwards Communications and Engagement Manager Nectar Project, National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources [cid:3419595862_1260865] Room 3.15, Doug McDonell Building The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010 Phone: (03) 9035 3346 communications(a)nectar.org.au www.nectar.org.au

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Breakpoint 2012 Call For Papers
by cfp＠ruxcon.org.au 10 May '12

10 May '12

. ______________________________________ ._\\. Breakpoint 2012 (___. : Intercontinental Rialto : : Melbourne, Australia : : October 17th-18th : :__ . ___: )____________________________________\\ . www.ruxconbreakpoint.com www.twitter.com/ruxconbpx Introduction ------------ Breakpoint is a new security conference to be held on the 17th and 18th of October, in Melbourne Australia. The event will show case the work of expert security researchers from around the world on a wide range of topics. Breakpoint is organised by the Ruxcon conference team and will offer a specialised and more professional security conference to complement and lead into the larger and more casual Ruxcon weekend conference. Breakpoint will cater towards security researchers and industry professionals alike, with a focus on cutting edge security research. With just one day separating both conferences, Breakpoint presents a great opportunity for our selected speakers to receive a complimentary trip to Australia and experience both the Breakpoint and Ruxcon conferences, not to mention the great weather, awesome parties, and friendly people. Melbourne is Australia's cultural capital, with Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, museums, galleries, theatres, and large parks and gardens. It is a city of many subcultures, personalities and styles, and it is these layers that make it so interesting. Melbourne has a vibrant arts and music scene, eccentric cafes, cobbled lane-ways, quirky shops, intimate bars and restaurants, and is known as one of the world's great streetart capitals. Important Dates --------------- * May 10 Call For Presentations Open * July 30 Call For Presentations Close * October 15-16 BreakPoint Training * October 17-18 BreakPoint Conference * October 20-21 Ruxcon Conference Topic Scope ----------- Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: o Mobile Device Security o Exploitation Techniques o Reverse Engineering o Vulnerability Discovery o Rootkit Development o Malware Analysis o Code Analysis o Virtualization, Hypervisor Security o Cloud Security o Embedded Device Security o Hardware Security o Telecommunications Security o Wireless Network Security o Web Application Security o Law Enforcement Activities o Forensics o Threat Intelligence o You get the idea Submission Guidelines --------------------- In order for us to process your submission we will require the following information: 1. Presentation title 2. Detailed summary of your presentation material 3. Name/Nickname 4. Mobile phone number 5. Brief personal biography 6. Description of any demonstrations involved in the presentation 7. Information on where the presentation material has or will be presented before Breakpoint * Preference will be given to presentations that contain original research that will be first presented at Breakpoint. * As a general guideline, BreakPoint presentations are between 45 and 60 minutes, including question time. If you have any enquiries about submissions, or would like to make a submission, please send an email to bpx(a)ruxconbreakpoint.com Speaker Benefits ---------------- Speakers at BreakPoint will be entitled to the following benefits: - A round trip economy airfare to Melbourne (total cost limit applies) - Three nights accommodation at the Intercontinental Rialto - Complementary registration for Breakpoint and Ruxcon conferences - Invitation to all BreakPoint and Ruxcon parties - Unlock 'Presented on world's smallest continent' achievement * All speaker benefits apply to a single speaker per submission. Contact ------- If you have any questions or queries, contact us at: * Email: bpx(a)ruxconbreakpoint.com * Twitter @ruxconbpx

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PyCon Australia 2012's Call for Proposals closes this week!
by Chris Neugebauer 29 Apr '12

29 Apr '12

This week marks your last opportunity to submit proposals to present at PyCon Australia 2012, the national conference for the Python programming community, to be held on August 18 and 19 in Hobart, Tasmania. The deadline for proposal submission is Friday May 4, 2012, and more information can be found at http://pycon-au.org/cfp PyCon Australia is an excellent opportunity to share experience and knowledge with like-minded Python developers from all walks of life -- we attract professional developers from industry, government, science and education, along with enthusiast and student developers. Presentations can be targeted at all skill levels, on any topic related to Python programming. If you're a first-time developer, don't be afraid to submit a presentation -- we're a community-driven conference, and we have a focus on building the next generation of Python programmers. Don't know what to present about? PyCon Australia co-organiser, Christopher Neugebauer recently listed the results of PyCon Australia 2012's Call for Topics on his blog [1]; we'd love it if you used these suggestions to help shape your submission. We can't wait to see your proposals. [1] http://chris.neugebauer.id.au/2012/03/03/speak-at-pycon-australia-2012/ === About PyCon Australia === PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming Community. The third PyCon Australia will be held on August 18 and 19, 2012 in Hobart, Tasmania, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers with a love for developing with Python. PyCon Australia informs the country’s Python developers with presentations, tutorials and panel sessions by experts and core developers of Python, as well as the libraries and frameworks that they rely on. To find out more about PyCon Australia 2012, visit our website at http://pycon-au.org or e-mail us at contact(a)pycon-au.org. PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (www.linux.org.au) and acknowledges the support of our Gold sponsor, Google Australia (www.google.com.au) our Event partner, Secret Lab; and our Silver sponsors, the Python Software Foundation, Anchor Systems, Red Hat, ekit, and CSIRO. -- -- --Christopher Neugebauer Conference Coordinator and Sponsor Liaison PyCon Australia: Hobart 2012 -- http://2012.pycon-au.org -- @pyconau Call for Proposals now open! Closes May 4. Early bird registration and accommodation deals now available! See our website for details. Jabber: chrisjrn(a)gmail.com -- IRC: chrisjrn on irc.freenode.net -- WWW: http://chris.neugebauer.id.au -- Twitter/Identi.ca: @chrisjrn

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PyCon Australia 2012 Early Bird registration and Accommodation deals now available!
by Chris Neugebauer 26 Apr '12

26 Apr '12

tl;dr: PyCon Australia early bird registrations are now open! Find out more at http://2012.pycon-au.org/register/prices, including details of our accommodation programme. PyCon Australia is excited to announce that early bird conference registrations are now available for our 2012 conference, to be held on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 August in Hobart, Tasmania. Early bird registration will be extended to the first 60 confirmed conference registrations, or until Friday 1 June, whichever comes first. PyCon Australia is the national conference for students, enthusiasts and professionals working with the Python programming language; it represents a unique opportunity for Python developers to meet fellow developers, and gain knowledge from experts and core Python developers from around Australia and the world. Securing your registration during the early bird period ensures your place at all of the events that PyCon Australia has to offer. Early bird registration comes with a substantial discount for tickets at our "Enthusiast" and "Professional" rates. Early bird tickets at both the "Enthusiast" and "Professional" level are guaranteed a seat at our conference dinner. All tickets include access to the CodeWars event on Friday 17 August, and the post-conference sprints on Monday 20 and Tuesday 21 August. Early bird registration starts at $44 for full-time students; $168 for enthusiasts and $420 for professionals. PyCon Australia has been working closely with our venue to provide a great conference experience; we're very pleased to be able to offer accommodation to delegates for the duration of the conference. We've secured an allocation of rooms within the Wrest Point complex, many of which are in the same building as the conference venue. Rooms available to delegates start at $124 per night; rooms inside the conference building start at $146 per night. Information on conference registration, including details on how to book delegate accommodation through our preferred provider can be found at the PyCon Australia website (http://2012.pycon-au.org) Our conference Call for Proposals is still open, and will close on Friday 4 May. We can't wait to see you in Hobart in August! About PyCon Australia PyCon Australia is the national conference for the Python Programming Community. The third PyCon Australia will be held on August 18 and 19, 2012 in Hobart, Tasmania, bringing together professional, student and enthusiast developers with a love for developing with Python. PyCon Australia informs the country’s Python developers with presentations, tutorials and panel sessions by experts and core developers of Python, as well as the libraries and frameworks that they rely on. To find out more about PyCon Australia 2012, visit our website at http://pycon-au.org or e-mail us at contact(a)pycon-au.org. PyCon Australia is presented by Linux Australia (www.linux.org.au) and acknowledges the support of our Gold sponsor, Google Australia (www.google.com.au) -- --Christopher Neugebauer Conference Coordinator and Sponsor Liaison PyCon Australia: Hobart 2012 -- http://2012.pycon-au.org -- @pyconau Call for Proposals now open! Closes May 4. Early bird registration and accommodation deals now available! See our website for details. Jabber: chrisjrn(a)gmail.com -- IRC: chrisjrn on irc.freenode.net -- WWW: http://chris.neugebauer.id.au -- Twitter/Identi.ca: @chrisjrn

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Ruxcon 2012 Call For Papers
by cfp＠ruxcon.org.au 19 Apr '12

19 Apr '12

Ruxcon 2012 Call For Papers The Ruxcon team is pleased to announce the call for papers for the 2012 annual Ruxcon conference. This year the conference will take place over the weekend of 20th and 21st of October at the CQ Function Centre, Melbourne, Australia. The deadline for submissions is the 15th of July. * What is Ruxcon? Ruxcon is the premier technical computer security conference in the Australia. The conference aims to bring together the individual talents of the best and brightest security folk in the region, through live presentations, activities and demonstrations. The conference is held over two days in a relaxed atmosphere, allowing attendees to enjoy themselves whilst networking within the community and expanding their knowledge of security. Live presentations and activities will cover a full range of defensive and offensive security topics, varying from previously unpublished research to required reading for the security community. For more information, please visit http://www.ruxcon.org.au * Presentation Information Presentations are set to run for 40 to 50 minutes, and will be of a formal nature, with slides and a speech. * Topics Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: o Mobile Device Security o Virtualization, Hypervisor, and Cloud Security o Malware Analysis o Reverse Engineering o Exploitation Techniques o Rootkit Development o Code Analysis o Forensics and Anti-Forensics o Embedded Device Security o Web Application Security o Network Traffic Analysis o Wireless Network Security o Cryptography and Cryptanalysis o Social Engineering o Law Enforcement Activities o Telecommunications Security (SS7, 3G/4G, GSM, VOIP, etc) * Submissions Submissions should thoroughly outline your desired presentation subject. If you have any enquiries about submissions, or would like to make a submission, please send an e-mail to presentations(a)ruxcon.org.au The deadline for submissions is the 15th of July. If approved we will additionally require: i. A brief personal biography (between 2-5 paragraphs in length). ii. A description on your presentation (between 2-5 paragraphs in length). * Contacts Email: presentations(a)ruxcon.org.au Twitter: ruxcon

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LUV Beginner's Workshop: 21st April, East Melbourne - LibreOffice
by lev＠levlafayette.com 16 Apr '12

16 Apr '12

--------------------------------------------------- *Saturday 21 April, 12 noon at 110 Grey Street, East Melbourne* --------------------------------------------------- Google Map: http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&q=unitarian+church+melbourne&um=1&ie=U… The next LUV Beginner's Workshop and Tutorial and the OLPC Corner will be on the *21st of April*. LibreOffice - Wen Lin LibreOffice is a free and open-source office suite highly compatible with other major office suites, and is available for a variety of platforms. The applications include a word processor, a spreadsheet, a presentation program, a database system, a vector graphics editor, and an application for mathematical formula. It was founded in September 2010, when members of the OpenOffice.org project formed a new group called "The Document Foundation". The Document Foundation created LibreOffice from their former project in response to Oracle Corporation's purchasing of Sun Microsystems over concerns that Oracle would either discontinue OpenOffice.org, or place restrictions on it as an open source project. Wen, a long-standing member of LUV and current treasurer, will provide an overview to LibreOffice, its development and a few tricks! Photo Of Previous Presentation on the Topic by Wen at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kathyreid/5920565685/ *General Workshop Area: * At the LUV Beginner's workshop you can come along and work with Linux enthusiasts to assist you in setting up your system the way you want. This could include friendly advice on partitions, distributions, configurations, networking and specific applications. Bring your laptop! The Melbourne OLPC Club meetings are co-located with the Beginner's Workshops. If you are interested in the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project, please come and join in! *Links, Location, Transport:* Link: http://luv.asn.au/2011/03/17 <http://luv.asn.au/2011/12/17 When: 21 April 2012 Workshop 12:00noon until 4:00pm Tutorial: 1:00pm until 14:00 Where: The Melbourne Unitarian Church, 110 Grey Street. Parking can be found at the church building and nearby.. For those coming via Public Transport: *Train:* It is about a 10-15 minute walk from Parliament Station through Fitzroy Gardens: Google Map with directions: http://g.co/maps/pe3fv *Tram:* The closest tram stop is Stop 15 on Victoria Parade, which is on the Routes 24, 31, and 109. Bus: The following bus routes will take you to the corner of Victoria Parade and Powlett Street: - 302, - 303, - 304, - 309, - 313, - 315, - 318, - 340, - 350, - 684, - 905, - 906, - 907, - 908 Otherwise, go to www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au to work out the best journey from your home. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue, BENK Open Systems for sponsoring the Beginner's Workshops and VPAC for hosting! http://redhat.com.au http://benk.net.au http://vpac.org Lev Lafayette - President Linux Users of Victoria - luv.asn.au

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[Fwd: [Announce] linux.conf.au 2014 Bid - Formal Request]
by lev＠levlafayette.com 11 Apr '12

11 Apr '12

---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [Announce] linux.conf.au 2014 Bid - Formal Request From: "John Ferlito" <johnf(a)inodes.org> Date: Wed, April 11, 2012 2:35 pm To: announce(a)linux.org.au "linux-aus" <linux-aus(a)linux.org.au> Cc: lugcomms(a)lists.linux.org.au -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Howdy, We have just come off the tail end of linux.conf.au 2012 and I'm very much looking forwarded to linux.conf.au 2013 in Canberra next year. However it is now time to look forwards to 2014. We are a bit behind on the bid process this year, so we've dropped the expressions of interest phase and are moving straight into the formal bids phase. The new timeline is outlined below: * Jan/Feb - The council updates the bid process documentation. * 11th Apr - The council will formally request bids for LCA. * 15th Jun - Submission of formal bids closes. * Jun-Aug - The council clarifies any questions regarding the bids and visits each bid team. * Sep - The council decides on the winning city and informs the bidding teams. * Jan - The winning bid is announced at the LCA closing ceremony. >From the attendance at the linux.conf.au BOF in Ballarat, there are already quite a number of teams well on the way to putting together a bid. But that doesn't mean there isn't room for more. If you've ever sat in the back of a LUG meeting or LCA talk and had a quick chat to someone about running an LCA now is the time to put that idea into action. If you were the person two seats back listening in, go bug that person to put in a bid :). The first thing to to do is to send an email to council(a)linux.org.au to let them know you are thinking of submitting a bid. You should also CC linux-aus(a)linux.org.au, this might help you find other people keen on helping you out. Once you've finalised your bid document then please send to council(a)linux.org.au and linux-aus(a)linux.org.au. Once you've done that here are two documents to help you get started. * http://wiki.linux.org.au/Ctte/LCA_Bid_Guidelines * http://wiki.linux.org.au/Ctte/LCA_HOWTO The first outlines what is required for the bid process, while the second give a fairly detailed overview of the sorts of things you need to think about when preparing to run an LCA. If you are thinking of bidding, please put your hand up sooner rather than later so that the council can make sure you get the support you need to prepare a high quality bid. Happy bidding!! P.S. Please forward this announcement onto local LUG lists and anywhere else you think is relevant. Cheers, John -- John Blog http://www.inodes.org LCA2012 http://lcaunderthestars.org.au _______________________________________________ announce mailing list announce(a)lists.linux.org.au http://lists.linux.org.au/listinfo/announce

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March 2012 Beginners' Workshop of Linux Users Victoria
by Alexander 14 Mar '12

14 Mar '12

--------------------------------------------------- *Saturday 17 March, 12 noon at 110 Grey Street, East Melbourne* --------------------------------------------------- Google Map: http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&q=unitarian+church+melbourne&um=1&ie=U… The next LUV Beginner's Workshop and Tutorial and the OLPC Corner will be on the *17th of March*. *"My Linux System" -- Daniel Jitnah -- 13:00 to 14:00* In this talk, I will describe my own Linux system, which I have been using for about 10 years with minimal change apart from regular upgrades. I will cover the things I can do and can't do, things that work well and not so well. This is not meant to be an "ideal" or "best case" setup, but an example of what has served me well and to give some ideas to beginners about what can be done. At the very least, I don't think I could ever come close to having such setup if I was using any "dark-side" OS! This talk will include some live demonstrations.(assuming availability of satisfactory internet connection) This is mostly my experience and story; feedback on how things can be improved will be most welcome. *Short Bio of Daniel Jitnah:* Daniel is a long time Linux user and runs his own Open Source and Linux consultancy business GreenwareIT. He is also the Vice President of LUV and a Director of Open Source Industry Australia. (OSIA) In a past life he was a Secondary School Teacher, and has maintained a strong interest in the use of Open Source and Linux in the Education Sector. Daniel has never used a Microsoft product as his primary operating system, and does not know the meaning of the word "PowerPoint". *General Workshop Area: * At the LUV Beginner's workshop you can come along and work with Linux enthusiasts to assist you in setting up your system the way you want. This could include friendly advice on partitions, distributions, configurations, networking and specific applications. Bring your laptop! The Melbourne OLPC Club meetings are co-located with the Beginner's Workshops. If you are interested in the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project, please come and join in! The Drupal Melbourne meetings are also co-located with the Beginner's Workshops, taking place in the Long Room. *Links, Location, Transport:* Link: http://luv.asn.au/2011/03/17 <http://luv.asn.au/2011/12/17 When: 17 December 2011 Workshop 12:00noon until 4:00pm Tutorial: 1:00pm until 14:00 Where: The Melbourne Unitarian Church, 110 Grey Street. Parking can be found at the church building and nearby.. For those coming via Public Transport: *Train:* It is about a 10-15 minute walk from Parliament Station through Fitzroy Gardens: Google Map with directions: http://g.co/maps/pe3fv *Tram:* The closest tram stop is Stop 15 on Victoria Parade, which is on the Routes 24, 31, and 109. Bus: The following bus routes will take you to the corner of Victoria Parade and Powlett Street: - 302, - 303, - 304, - 309, - 313, - 315, - 318, - 340, - 350, - 684, - 905, - 906, - 907, - 908 Otherwise, go to www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au to work out the best journey from your home. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue, BENK Open Systems for sponsoring the Beginner's Workshops and VPAC for hosting! http://redhat.com.au http://benk.net.au http://vpac.org Alexander Garber - Secretary Linux Users of Victoria - luv.asn.au

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LUV March Meeting
by Alexander 02 Mar '12

02 Mar '12

------------------------------------------ Tuesday 6 March 6:30pm for 7pm start at The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Talks: * An Android Overview — Russell Coker * Linux and Android: Marriage of convenience, or match made in heaven? — Aryan Ameri * Library of LUV * After the meeting, come have dinner with us at Maria's Trattoria! 122-124 Peel St Also in this announcement: * Beginner's Workshop — 17 March 2012 * #luv IRC channel * mailing list policy * Map of the meeting location http://luv.asn.au/content/venue-maps http://luv.asn.au/2012/03/06 ** An Android Overview — Russell Coker ** All about Android, freedom, utility, the future of mobile phones, and some cool apps. Russell Coker does general Linux programming and systems administration. He is most well known for his work on NSA Security Enhanced Linux. Other projects he has been involved in include Bonnie++ (lead developer), Postal (lead developer), Debian (developer), Linux Security Modules (LSM) (contributor), KDE (contributor), OpenSSH (contributor) ** Linux and Android: Marriage of convenience, or match made in heaven? — Aryan Ameri ** This talk will focus on the history of Android as a mobile operating, its interactions with the Linux kernel and the bigger free software community, and the possible ways in which this relationship could evolve in future. It will briefly introduce the audience to Android programming, specifically porting traditional GNU/Linux applications to Android, and then ponder on ARM vs. x86 rivalry, the upcoming Windows on ARM, and the challenges that lie ahead for Linux in the embedded world. Aryan Ameri is a technology enthusiast and hobbyist. An advocate of free software, he has participated in deploying Cloud computing technologies in the enterprise. Aryan is the co-organiser of Android Australia User Group and works on Android development. ** Library of LUV ** Library of LUV is a collection of books available for loan to members. The collection is managed through the wiki and the books are circulated at the monthly LUV meetings (and the Penguin Picnic, in January). For more details, please see the wiki: http://wiki.luv.asn.au/LoL ** Dinner ** 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. ** Beginner's Workshop — 17th March ** The March Beginner's Workshop will be held on the third Saturday at the Melbourne Unitarian Peace Memorial Church, 110 Grey Street, Melbourne, VIC, 3002: Google Map location of the Melbourne Unitarian Church<http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&q=melbourne+unitarian+church&um=1&ie=U…> This event will include the usual unstructured workshop area and a talk TBC. Bring your laptop! For more info, updates and discussion about the Beginner's Workshop, subscribe to the luv-beginners mailing list: http://lists.luv.asn.au/luv-beginners The Melbourne OLPC Club meetings are co-located with the Beginner's Workshops. If you are interested in the OLPC project, please come and join in! ** #luv IRC channel ** A reminder that LUV has an IRC channel - join #luv on FreeNode to chat with fellow LUVvers in real time! ** Mailing list policy ** The committee does not generally monitor or moderate the LUV mailing lists and expects members to conduct themselves appropriately. On complaint, however, we may investigate, and if behaviour is unbecoming a member of LUV, we may remove that member from the mailing list for a period of time as deemed appropriate by the committee. ** Map of the meeting venue ** Our website now has an all-new map of the meeting venue, more clearly showing how to find the Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Just follow either of the red lines! http://luv.asn.au/content/venue-maps ** RedHat training discount ** A discount on RedHat training is available to LUV members. To obtain this discount, you need to enter: "Linux User Group member - 10% discount" in the special offer section of the enrolment form. http://www.redhat.com.au/training/ ** Acknowledgements ** LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue, BENK Open Systems for sponsoring the Beginner's Workshops and VPAC for hosting! http://redhat.com.au http://benk.net.au http://vpac.org _______________________________________________ luv-announce mailing list luv-announce(a)lists.luv.asn.au http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-announce >

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