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LUV Main June 2015 Meeting: Using deep mutational scanning to understand protein function / Drupal8 out of the box
by Andrew Pam 12 May '15

12 May '15

Start: Jun 2 2015 19:00 End: Jun 2 2015 21:00 Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Speakers: • Alan Rubin: Using deep mutational scanning to understand protein function • Donna Benjamin: Drupal8 out of the box Alan Rubin: Using deep mutational scanning to understand protein function High-throughput DNA sequencing enables researchers to identify normal and disease-associated genetic variation faster than ever before. However, the functional consequences of most mutations are unknown. Deep mutational scanning is a method for directly measuring the activity of hundreds of thousands of variants of a protein quickly, easily, and cheaply. This allows researchers to analyze huge quantities of data and identify interesting targets for further research in a variety of contexts, from aiding the assessment of clinical variants to guiding protein engineering. Alan will describe a typical deep mutational scanning experiment, and give examples of applications for this technology. He will also present Enrich 2, a Python-based software package that makes deep mutational scanning data analysis accessible to experimental biologists while providing an extensible framework for bioinformaticians manipulating these large datasets. Alan Rubin is a computational biologist at The Walter and Eliza Hall Insitute of Medical Research, where he works in the labs of Tony Papenfuss and Terry Speed in the Bioinformatics division. He joined the institute in February of 2014 after completing his PhD with Phil Green in the Department of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington. His primary research interests are functional genomics and genomic technology development. Donna Benjamin: Drupal8 out of the box Drupal 8 has been in development for over 4 years. Now in Beta, the community is working hard to resolve the remaining release blockers. Even so, Drupal 8 is a huge step forward. With the WYSIWYG CKeditor and Views module now in core Drupal 8 is a very capable and easy to use content management platform. The new configuration management system and approach to web services will make life easier for Devops and integrations. Donna will outline the 8 big changes in Drupal 8 and demo what it can do out of the box. Donna Benjamin runs a small business called Creative Contingencies, sits on the board of the Drupal Association and chairs the Drupal Community Working Group. She also served as President of LUV from 2008 to 2010. 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. Linux Users of Victoria Inc. is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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LUV Beginners May Meeting: Introduction to Ruby
by Andrew Pam 09 May '15

09 May '15

Start: May 16 2015 12:30 End: May 16 2015 16:30 Location: RMIT Building 91, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton South Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Ruby is a currently popular programming language that is powerful and easy to learn. It supports several major programming techniques: imperative, functional, and object-oriented programming. It has an active community and a large library of components that make it easy to build on the work of others and share your own work. Ruby also makes it easy to write tests to ensure your software works as intended and to include documentation along with your programs. Andrew Pam will introduce the Ruby programming language, show the basic syntax and features, and demonstrate how you can get started with Ruby. Andrew has over thirty years experience in the computer industry and is currently president of LUV. He is an active advocate of Free and Open Source software and free speech rights, and is currently developing a software-as-a-service web application using Ruby on Rails. 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. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for hosting. Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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LUV Main May 2015 Meeting: Performance Co-Pilot / Android Privacy 101
by Andrew Pam 27 Apr '15

27 Apr '15

Start: May 5 2015 19:00 End: May 5 2015 21:00 Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Speakers: • Nathan Scott: Performance Co-Pilot • Paul Fenwick: Android Privacy 101 Nathan Scott: Performance Co-Pilot The Performance Co-Pilot (pcp.io) is a proven performance analysis tookit for production environments. The project is mature - over 20 years since its original inception - and is especially attractive for those tackling harder systems-level performance problems. This talk will focus on recent development activity in PCP. In particular, its support for analysing containers without a need to install anything into each monitored container. We'll explore each of the kernel features that back the userspace container concept, the performance metrics that the kernel makes available for each container, and how this information is extracted and represented in PCP. Nathan Scott is one of the primary developers in the Performance Co-Pilot project and currently works at Red Hat in the performance tools group. Paul Fenwick: Android Privacy 101 Smartphones and tablets are now everywhere, but despite more people owning these devices, very few are aware of the privacy implications of the system and apps they use. This is made worse as users often feel they have little choice but to grant extended permissions to apps to get the functionality they need. In this talk we'll examine just how much data your phone leaks to both app developers and third parties, and most importantly what you can do about it. We'll cover how to revoke permissions for apps that try to overextend their reach, how to observe what information apps are gathering about you, how to prevent your device broadcasting its WiFi presence even when WiFi is "disabled", and a variety of tools you can use to protect your privacy when using Android. Paul Fenwick is an internationally acclaimed public speaker, developer, and science educator. Paul is well known for presenting on a diverse range of topics including privacy, neuroscience and neuroethics, Klingon programming, open source, depression and mental health, advancements in science, diversity, autonomous agents, and minesweeper automation. His dynamic presentation style and quirky humour has delighted audiences worldwide. Paul was awarded the 2013 O'Reilly Open Source award, and the 2010 White Camel award, both for outstanding contributions to the open source community. As a Freedom Loving Scientist, Paul's goal is to learn everything he can, do amazing things with that knowledge, and give them away for free. 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. Linux Users of Victoria Inc. is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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LUV Beginners March Meeting: What's in the Cloud?
by Andrew Pam 18 Apr '15

18 Apr '15

Start: Mar 21 2015 12:30 End: Mar 21 2015 16:30 Location: RMIT Building 91, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton South Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Daniel Jitnah will have a look at virtualisation technology in Linux, including a brief demo of setting up and managing virtual machines. Then he will talk about what "the cloud" really is and its relation to virtualisation and will demonstrate a very simple cloud system: OpenNebula... just as an example. He'll also have a look at what are the common offerings for Linux based cloud software systems. Daniel is currently vice-president of LUV. He has a particular interest in free software in education, and has been using Linux for over 15 years as his main operating system. He claims to have never used a Microsoft OS on any of his machines as main OS. 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. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for hosting. Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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LUV Main April 2015 Meeting: Storytelling for Digital Media / Deploying Microservices Effectively
by Andrew Pam 30 Mar '15

30 Mar '15

Start: Apr 7 2015 19:00 End: Apr 7 2015 21:00 Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Speakers: • Katherine Phelps: Storytelling for Digital Media • Daniel Hall: Deploying Microservices Effectively Katherine Phelps: Storytelling for Digital Media To create a story for a computer game it's useful to know what is possible and how plot needs to be structured in order to tell a compelling narrative in an interactive environment. Katherine will take you through, step-by-step, the basic approaches to digital storytelling. In this way you can create an effective and original digital adventure. Katherine Phelps BA (Hons), MFA, PhD is an expert in storytelling for digital media. She has been a lecturer and post-graduate supervisor at RMIT and Victoria University, specialising in storytelling for computer game design. She has written for Nickelodeon Cartoons and been writer/producer for numerous comedy festival shows, garnering awards for her scripts and a five star review. Daniel Hall: Deploying Microservices Effectively We have all heard how Microservices are changing the way people are building applications. They allow developers to build strict componentization between services and make things much easier to maintain in the long run. They allow you to make your deployments fast, efficient and much less dangerous. At LIFX we wanted to take advantage of microservices but as a startup we don't have the same budget that everyone else does. Luckily using a combination of Docker, Apache Mesos, Marathon and Chronos we have built an architecture that allows us to effectively utilise microservices. Even though each of our services have drastically different requirements we can now use our available computing power in the most effective way. This talk is aimed at systems administrators who are grappling with the complexities of deploying web services or want to get a high level overview on how Docker, Marathon and Mesos can work together to make your life easier. Daniel Hall manages cloud services for IoT (Internet of Things) company LIFX. When not playing with pretty lights he spends time working on RatticDB. Daniel also wrote Ansible Configuration Management, which will shortly be in its second edition. 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. Linux Users of Victoria Inc. is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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UPDATED - LUV Beginners March Meeting: An Introduction to High Performance Computing Using Linux
by Andrew Pam 18 Mar '15

18 Mar '15

Due to personal issues, Daniel Jitnah will now be giving his presentation at our April meeting. Lev Lafayette will be presenting "An Introduction to High Performance Computing Using Linux" at the March meeting on Saturday. Apologies for the short notice. Please do consider coming to both meetings! Start: Mar 21 2015 12:30 End: Mar 21 2015 16:30 Location: RMIT Building 91, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton South Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Of the top five hundred computers in the world today, 97% of them run Linux. This is no accident, as Linux offers the best platform for efficient and scalable code. In this introductory session, LUV members will be introduced to the core concepts and architecture behind supercomputing, high-performance computing, and parallel processing, along with an introductory session on an actual HPC system. Lev Lafayette is a systems administrator and trainer at the V3 Alliance (Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing) with many years of experience in high performance computing. He is a former LUV president and current committee member. 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. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for hosting. Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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CORRECTION: LUV Main MARCH 2015 Meeting: CoderDojo / OpenPower and POWER8
by Andrew Pam 24 Feb '15

24 Feb '15

On 24/02/15 23:42, hank wrote: > That's in the past, man? Whoops! Good catch. I seems to be a month behind - I made the same mistake last month, but nobody commented on it! Corrected details: LUV Main March 2015 Meeting: CoderDojo / OpenPower and POWER8 Start: Mar 3 2015 19:00 End: Mar 3 2015 21:00 http://luv.asn.au/2015/03/03 Apologies, Andrew

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LUV Main February 2015 Meeting: CoderDojo / OpenPower and POWER8
by Andrew Pam 24 Feb '15

24 Feb '15

Start: Feb 3 2015 19:00 End: Feb 3 2015 21:00 Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Speakers: • Kieran Nolan and Martin Harris: CoderDojo • Stewart Smith: OpenPower and POWER8 Kieran Nolan and Martin Harris: CoderDojo ----------------------------------------- CoderDojo sessions emphasise fun and creativity. Kids love to code when it is taught in a fun way. By extending their minds through games they are encouraged to think creatively and to build problem solving skills and learn through exploring. As well as helping solve a future skills shortage, it also hones problem solving abilities and builds digital confidence for children today, and will help them to better understand the world around them in the future. Whether children want to become farmers, doctors, teachers, or entrepreneurs, it will be easier for them to achieve their dreams in the digital age if they have some background in computational thinking. Keiran Nolan's career has evolved over the past few years from a role as Network Administrator for primary schools (implementing open source and cloud based technologies) to a Cloud Migration Architect role with one of the leading K-12 schools in NSW and more recently to an eLearning/Cloud Migration role at one of the most pedagogically innovative schools in Melbourne. Martin Harris is far from an expert in programming or computers, however there is a connection. Almost all broadband fibre communications networks incorporate components that he helped develop at Australian Optical Fibre (Research) Canberra in the early '80's. After leaving AOFR he set up Optiscan, a company in Dandenong developing novel medical endoscopes. These allowed high magnification images of the cells of interior of the human intestine without the risks of biopsy and the delays of conventional histological sectioning. This uses a scanning spot principle to isolate the focal plane using a mechanically rastered single mode fibre tip. The principle and the associated devices resulted in an R&D 100 award and a Clunies Ross medal. Stewart Smith: OpenPower and POWER8 ----------------------------------- IBM has opened up over 420,000 lines of Power8 firmware code under the auspices of the OpenPower Foundation. The two main elements of the firmware are called hostboot, which is the hardware power-on and testing chunk of the code, and OPAL, which is short for the Open Power Abstraction Layer and which itself is comprised of three sub-components called skiboot, skiroot, and skirun. Stewart Smith currently works for IBM in the Linux Technology Center on KVM on POWER and OPAL firmware, giving him a job that is even harder to explain to non-Linux geek people than ever before. Previously he worked for Percona as Director of Server Development where he oversaw development of many of Percona’s software products. He comes from many years experience in databases and free and open source software development. He’s often found hacking on free software, taking photos, running, brewing beer and cycling (yes, all at the same time). He once helped build a monorail in the middle of the desert. 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. Linux Users of Victoria Inc. is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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LUV Beginners February Meeting: MythTV party
by Andrew Pam 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Start: Feb 21 2015 12:30 End: Feb 21 2015 16:30 Location: South Yarra (RSVP for address) Link: http://luv.asn.au/2015/02/21 PLEASE NOTE CHANGED VENUE. The March meeting will return to the usual venue. LUV committee member Deb Henry will be hosting a follow-up to her August 2014 talk on MythTV at her home in South Yarra, where she will demonstrate her system and talk about remote frontends, remote control setup and some plugins for MythTV. Please RSVP on 0409 338 182 for the address, limited to no more than 20 attendees. Bring finger food and drink if convenient. Deb Henry is a long time Linux user and open source developer who views Linux as a great tool for learning and development of computer skills and understanding. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for hosting. Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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LUV Main January 2015 Meeting: R / linux.conf.au reports
by Andrew Pam 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Start: Feb 3 2015 19:00 End: Feb 3 2015 21:00 Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Speakers: • Andrew Robinson, R: A Statistical Package on Linux • Reports and video from linux.conf.au 2015 Andrew Robinson, R: A Statistical Package on Linux Andrew Robinson is a senior lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne, and on the Management Executive Committee of the Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis. He is the co-author of the books Introduction to Scientific Programming and Simulation Using R and Forest Analytics with R: An Introduction. Reports and video from linux.conf.au 2015 Members who attended the conference in Auckland will report on their experiences and we will show a video of one of the best talks chosen by members on the night. Venue: 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. Linux Users of Victoria Inc. is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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Annual Penguin Picnic, January 17 2015
by Andrew Pam 05 Jan '15

05 Jan '15

Start: Jan 17 2015 12:00 End: Jan 17 2015 18:00 Location: Yarra Bank Reserve, Hawthorn. The Linux Users of Victoria Annual Penguin Picnic will be held on Saturday, January 17, starting at 12 noon at the Yarra Bank Reserve, Hawthorn. This is just near the intersection of Bridge Road, Burwood Rd, and Creswick Street, tram route 48, stop 22, trams every 12 minutes. Roughly a 23 minute trip from Southern Cross. Google Maps: -37.819794, 145.015785 Melways : 2H H-J 6-7 LUV will be providing various items for the BBQ, e.g., plates, sausages to cater for carnivores, pouletvores, piscevores, and herbivores, bread, onions, and sauces, and fruit. Please bring salads and drinks. 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. Also please note that linux.conf.au will be held in Auckland this year 12-16 January, 2015. There'll be no LUV main meeting nor beginners' workshop in January. These will resume in February. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for hosting Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C. Happy Holidays everyone! Regards, Andrew

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LUV Beginners December Meeting: SUSE Linux
by Andrew Pam 09 Dec '14

09 Dec '14

Start: Dec 20 2014 12:30 End: Dec 20 2014 16:30 Location: RMIT Building 91, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton South Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Terry Kemp will demonstrate installation and provide an overview of Open SUSE 13.2 and if time allows an overview of SUSE Studio. Terry is a member of LUV and long-time Linux user from the early days of Slackware -- until one day he saw at a LUV install fest at MLC an install of SUSE, which he has been using since. He was on the committee of the Melbourne PC Users Group and convenor of their Linux and Open Souce SIG. 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. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for hosting. Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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LUV Main December 2014 Meeting: A vain attempt to rescue Australian democracy with a little JavaScript / holiday gifts
by Andrew Pam 09 Dec '14

09 Dec '14

LUV Main December 2014 Meeting: A vain attempt to rescue Australian democracy with a little JavaScript / holiday gifts Start: Dec 2 2014 19:00 End: Dec 2 2014 21:00 Event Link: http://luv.asn.au/2014/12/02 Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. Location Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Speakers: * Paul Foxworthy: A vain attempt to rescue Australian democracy with a little JavaScript * Andrew Pam: Holiday gift suggestions for Linux lovers Paul Foxworthy: A vain attempt to rescue Australian democracy with a little JavaScript “Graphs are like tiny dollops of science you can hold in your hand” - First Dog on the Moon "Above the line" voting in the Australian Senate and most State upper houses means your favourite political party can choose where preferences will be distributed, and you may not know, or like, their decisions. In 2012, Paul Foxworthy noticed that even the “how to vote” tickets for his local Council election had a long list of single-issue candidates sending second preferences to the “real” candidate. With some analysis, you could detect clusters of candidates that seem to be co-operating. But who has the time and patience? Paul looked for, and eventually found, a way to visualise preference data. auprefs.info is a web site and open source web application to visualise preference distribution in Australian elections. It aims to better inform voters where their vote might go. Knowledge is power - if we can see what our vote is doing, we might be more careful how we exercise it. auprefs.info has the group voting tickets for the upper house in the November 2014 Victorian election, and we will do some analysis of those. Paul will talk about why he did it, and how you can create force-directed graphs and other interactive visualisations using the amazing d3 graphing library. Paul Foxworthy (@ConcreteGannet) is an open source developer and trainer living in Melbourne. He is a director of Coherent Software, a committer to the Apache OFBiz project, and also currently serves as a director of Open Source Industry Australia. Outside work, Paul tries to get away to his bush block in Gippsland, and to teach agile techniques to Ilke the German Shepherd. Andrew Pam: Holiday gift suggestions for Linux lovers This seems like a good time of year to take a look at all the latest cool devices that run Linux. Andrew will also mention some of best games that run on Linux. Andrew first discovered an interest in boolean logic when his mother carried him in her arms at just the right height to reach light switches as they passed through doorways. He was lucky enough to go to a school with an obsolete PDP/8e: switches, lights, core memory, paper tape, punched cards and all. He first started programming on a TRS-80 model 1 level I and the first computer he owned was a Commodore VIC-20. He has run the gaming Miniconference at linux.conf.au in the past and enjoys playing computer games on Linux systems. He is the current president of Linux Users of Victoria. 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, and BENK Open Systems for their financial support of the Beginners Workshops Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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Forthcoming LUV talks
by Andrew Pam 26 Nov '14

26 Nov '14

The LUV committee is currently planning talks for 2015 and would welcome input from the members. Would you like to give a talk, or can you recommend someone? What subjects would you like to hear about? These are some ideas the committee came up with, but we'd love to hear your suggestions: * USB security in light of BadUSB * Package update systems * Finding and avoiding bugs in code * Containterisation The final talks for 2014 will be at our December meeting next Tuesday, and I welcome suggestions for anything that you have seen and coveted that would be worth mentioning in my talk on holiday gifts for Linux lovers! I hope to see you there. Regards, Andrew Pam LUV President

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LUV Beginners November Meeting: Developing GUI applications
by Andrew Pam 10 Nov '14

10 Nov '14

Start: Nov 15 2014 12:30 End: Nov 15 2014 16:30 Location: RMIT Building 91, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton South Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map There are a few useful tools/IDEs available on Linux to develop GUI applications. They are all similar in features. In this talk Daniel Jitnah will briefly talk about how GUI applications work, and what are the toolkits available: GTK, QT and Tk as examples. He will also demonstrate how a very simple GUI application can be built. The IDEs used will be QTDesigner, Lazarus, Anjuta+Glade and Netbeans. Daniel Jitnah is currently vice-president of LUV. He has a particular interest in free software in education, and has been using Linux for over 15 years as his main operating system. He claims to have never used a Microsoft OS on any of his machines as main OS. 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. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for hosting. Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C. -- mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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LUV Main November 2014 Meeting: Raspberry Pi update + systemd
by Andrew Pam 30 Oct '14

30 Oct '14

LUV Main November 2014 Meeting: Raspberry Pi update + systemd Start: Nov 5 2014 19:00 End: Nov 5 2014 21:00 Event Link: http://luv.asn.au/2014/11/05 Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. Location Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Please note that the November meeting is on Wednesday night rather than Tuesday night due to the Melbourne Cup. Speakers: * Alec Clews, Raspberry Pi update * Russell Coker, systemd Alec Clews, Update on Raspberry Pi Alec will be talking about the latest news from the Raspberry Pi world: The new Model B+ and A+* New Pi hardware add-ons from local Melbourne developers Native working cloud storage for the Pi. Ya! News from the Foundation Cool projects you may not have seen Pi set-up scripts (*The A+ is not released yet and anything I say will be based on reasonable conjecture only) Alec helped to break the Raspberry Pi order site when the product was released and founded Melbourne Raspberry Jam. He can be found online as alecthegeek in to many places. He drinks too much espresso, uses Linux as much as possible and wishes he was a better Go programmer. He also very proud of his Pi set-up scripts for IoT developers. Russell Coker, systemd What is involved with running systemd? What changes for a user? What changes for a system programmer? What are the benefits and problems? This talk will provide a high level overview of the changes. Russell Coker has been working on SE Linux since 2001. He writes most of the policy for Debian. He has done lots of other Linux development over the years, mostly involved with Debian development. 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, and BENK Open Systems for their financial support of the Beginners Workshops Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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LUV Beginners October Meeting: Command Line
by Andrew Pam 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

Start: Oct 18 2014 12:30 End: Oct 18 2014 16:30 Location: RMIT Building 91, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton South Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Mike Hewitt will be introducing newcomers to Linux to the use of the "command line". Mike has been interested in programming and electronics since his early teens. He has worked on software and electronic projects using mainframes and microprocessors and enjoys hacking (crazy word) existing and new projects. He has been a keen Linux user since the Redhat floppy disk installs of nearly thirty years ago. He spent 9 years as a teacher and is now recovering from that experience and enjoying re-immersing himself in Linux. He enjoys communicating with amateur radio satellites. He enjoyed using CCNP and Dutch language skills to troubleshoot remote networks. He enjoys working with Raspberry Pi, Arduino and so on along with hardware recovered from discarded electronic equipment. He runs an electronics club in Altona. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for hosting, and BENK Open Systems for their financial support of the Beginners Workshops Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C. -- mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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LUV Main October 2014 Meeting: History of MySQL, Content-Centric Networking
by Andrew Pam 03 Oct '14

03 Oct '14

LUV Main October 2014 Meeting: History of MySQL, Content-Centric Networking Start: Oct 7 2014 19:00 End: Oct 7 2014 21:00 Event Link: http://luv.asn.au/2014/10/07 Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. Location Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Speakers: • Stewart Smith "A History of MySQL" • Hank "Content-Centric Networking" A History of MySQL When MySQL was owned my MySQL AB it was doomed because it was a "toy" database. Soon after Sun bought MySQL AB for $1billion there was concern that MySQL was doomed at Sun.... and when Oracle bought Sun things looked even worse. That being said, the truth is a lot more nuanced than what has been widely reported. We'll look at why MySQL development has been so centralized and where it may be opening up. Who is doing actual development? What are they working on and is it going to help you with new or existing applications? How are they interacting with distributions and has there been any change in adoption? Why have so many hardware and software "next big things" in the MySQL world just vanished and does this have an implication for the MySQL variants of today? This is an insiders look at where the MySQL world has come from and where it's going. We'll look at Oracle MySQL, MariaDB, Percona Server and other MySQL distributions. Why do options other than Oracle MySQL exist? Are they seeing any significant adoption and is Oracle's MySQL 5.6 seeing any adoption or when may it see any? Should you switch to MariaDB? Is MariaDB becoming an entirely different database server? What other options do you have? Stewart currently works for IBM in the Linux Technology Center on KVM on POWER and OPAL firmware, giving him a job that is even harder to explain to non-Linux geek people than ever before. Previously he worked for Percona as Director of Server Development where he oversaw development of many of Percona’s software products. He comes from many years experience in databases and free and open source software development. He’s often found hacking on free software, taking photos, running, brewing beer and cycling (yes, all at the same time). He once helped build a monorail in the middle of the desert. Content-Centric Networking This talk will discuss shortcomings of the TCP/IP-based architecture of the internet and present the general idea of content-centric networking as a viable alternative, as well as Xerox PARC's CCNx implementation of the concept and related academic efforts under the name of Named Data Networking. This will look at: • Scalability problems of TCP/IP and the concept of "intelligence at the edge of the network" • Content-centric networking as a new "thin waist" of the hourglass architecture Comparison with CDNs and other ad-hoc solutions • CCNx/NDN implementations: Questions answered and left open • Opportunities for machine learning • Scalability-stability tradeoff • Speculation on impact on business and society The talk is an invitation to join research in this area in a hands-on manner. Hank is a physicist by education and application programmer by vocation. Having joined the internet pre-WWW he thinks it all went wrong at some point and only disruptive changes will bring it back on track. 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, and BENK Open Systems for their financial support of the Beginners Workshops Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C. -- mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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Confirmation of adjourned LUV 2014 AGM, 20th September
by Les Kitchen (LUV) 14 Sep '14

14 Sep '14

Start: Sep 20 2014 15:30 End: Sep 20 2014 16:15 Event Link: http://luv.asn.au/2014/09/20-0 Location: Boardroom, Electron Workshop, 31 Arden Street, North Melbourne Location Link: http://www.electronworkshop.com.au/ Confirmation of adjourned LUV 2014 AGM This notice is to confirm that Linux Users of Victoria Inc. will be holding the adjournment of its Annual General Meeting, on Saturday 20th September 2014. The meeting will be held in the Boardroom of Electron Workshop at 3.30pm. The only business to be conducted at this adjourned meeting is that on the notice of the original AGM (to which you should refer at http://luv.asn.au/2014/09/02) namely committee and financial reports, and election of the committee. Explanation: Under the new Model Rules, the original AGM, on 2 September, had to be adjourned because it did not reach quorum. If the adjourned meeting does not reach quorum within 30 minutes, then the members present (so long as there are at least three) can conduct the business as if a quorum were present. Note that the meeting is scheduled at this time and place for convenience, since we expect a number of LUV members to be attending the Software Freedom Day event anyway. However, keep in mind that this adjourned AGM is a separate LUV meeting, and is not part of the Software Freedom Day program. Electron Workshop is on the south side of Arden Street, about half way between Errol Street and Leveson Street. Public transport: 57 tram, nearest stop at corner of Errol and Queensberry Streets; 55 and 59 trams run a few blocks away along Flemington Road; 402 bus runs along Arden Street, but nearest stop is on Errol Street. On a Saturday afternoon, some car parking should be available on nearby streets. LUV would like to thank Electron Workshop for making their boardroom available for this meeting, also Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for hosting, and BENK Open Systems for their financial support of the Beginners Workshops. Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C. -- Les Kitchen (LUV) ljk+luv at domain ljk.id.au via fastmail.fm

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Software Freedom Day 2014: Saturday 20th September
by Lev Lafayette 09 Sep '14

09 Sep '14

There will not be a regular LUV Beginners workshop for the month of September. Instead, you're going to be in for a much bigger treat! This month, OpenTechSchool Melbourne[1], along with Free Software Melbourne[2], Linux Users of Victoria[3] and Electron Workshop[4] are joining forces to bring you the local Software Freedom Day event for Melbourne. The event will take place on Saturday 20th September between 10am and 4pm, and this year we have a new venue: Electron Workshop 31 Arden Street, North Melbourne. Map: http://www.sfd.org.au/melbourne/ We will be demonstrating GNU/Linux distributions, the Raspberry Pi, Arduino and more. You will also get to see free software games on the big screen - bring your laptops (and perhaps a mouse) if you want to help put some of them to a mutiplayer test! Newcomers will also be able to get help trying out and installing GNU/Linux on their machines, and can learn more about free software. We will have several guest speakers throughout the day with talks on OpenStreetMap, open source gardening, electronics, Bitcoin and more! Lunch will also be provided. The Valhalla Social Cinema will be screening a film in the space just after our celebration ends. Please consider joining them in the evening! Ticket and film info is available here: http://valhallacinema.com.au/ This event has been generously sponsored by Serversaurus[5] and Freetronics[6]. Image design work provided by Saltface Design. More information about the event is available on the Software Freedom Day Melbourne website: http://www.sfd.org.au/melbourne/ The day should be both educational and a lot of fun. Please spread the word, and I'll see you there! [Copy taken mostly from Adam Bolte's announce to Free Software Melbourne] Links: [1]: http://www.opentechschool.org/melbourne/ [2]: http://www.freesoftware.org.au/melb/ [3]: http://luv.asn.au/ [4]: http://www.electronworkshop.com.au/ [5]: https://serversaurus.com.au/ [6]: http://www.freetronics.com/ -- Lev Lafayette, BA (Hons), GradCertTerAdEd (Murdoch), GradCertPM, MBA (Tech Mngmnt) (Chifley) mobile: 0432 255 208 RFC 1855 Netiquette Guidelines http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt

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LUV Main September 2014 Meeting: AGM + lightning talks
by Les Kitchen (LUV) 19 Aug '14

19 Aug '14

LUV Main September 2014 Meeting: AGM + lightning talks Start: Sep 2 2014 19:00 End: Sep 2 2014 21:00 Event Link: http://luv.asn.au/2014/09/02 Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. Location Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map AGM + lightning talks Notice of LUV Annual General Meeting, 2nd September 2014, 19:00. Linux Users of Victoria, Inc., registration number A0040056C, will be holding its Annual General Meeting at 7pm on Tuesday, 2nd September 2014, in the Buzzard Lecture Theatre, Trinity College. The AGM will be held in conjunction with our usual September Main Meeting. As is customary, after the AGM business we will have a series of lightning talks by members on a recent Linux experience or project. If you would like to give a talk, please pre-book your spot by mailing luv-secretary(a)luv.asn.au. AGM BUSINESS The only matters of business to be considered at this meeting are: 1. Confirm minutes of annual general meeting on 3rd September 2013 and of additional general meeting on 3rd June 2014. 2. Receive and consider annual report of the committee. 3. Receive and consider financial statements. 4. Elect committee: office-bearers (President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer) and ordinary committee members. Nominations: Nominations for committee positions will be accepted at the meeting. You can nominate yourself, or another member if that other member agrees to the nomination. If you wish to nominate yourself or another member, and can't be at the AGM, you should nominate a proxy to do the nominating on your behalf. Proxies: You may appoint another member of LUV as your proxy for this meeting, to speak and vote on your behalf if you are unable to attend. If you are submitting your proxy on paper, you should sign and date it. If you are emailing your proxy, then the date and act of emailing will be taken as the equivalent of signing and dating a paper proxy. You can use the following form, which you can copy from between the lines of underscores, inserting your own name and that of your proxy as appropriate: ________________________________________________________ I, [insert your name], being a member of Linux Users of Victoria, appoint [insert name of your proxy], being also a member of Linux Users of Victoria, as my proxy to vote on my behalf at the Annual General Meeting of the association to be held on 2nd September 2014, and at any adjournment of that meeting. [You can add here any specific instructions to your proxy, such as directions to vote in a particular way on a particular item. If you have no specific instructions, you can delete this bracketed paragraph.] ________________________________________________________ Notes about proxies: 1. You can appoint any LUV member as your proxy. However, the committee suggests that it's practical and convenient to appoint the President, Lev Lafayette, as your proxy, who can be trusted to act on your proxy faithfully. 2. Emailed proxies should be sent to luv-secretary(a)luv.asn.au, and must be received at least 24 hours before the meeting. 3. Members who wish to send a paper proxy by post should contact the Secretary for the postal address to use. Such proxies also must be received at least 24 hours before the meeting. 4. Paper proxies can also be presented at the commencement of the meeting itself. 5. We recommend using the above form. However, under the new model rules, you can instead use any form that clearly identifies your proxy and is signed by you. Questions about this meeting are best posted to luv-meta(a)luv.asn.au. -- Les Kitchen, as LUV Secretary. 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, and BENK Open Systems for their financial support of the Beginners Workshops Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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LUV Beginners August Meeting: MythTV
by Lev Lafayette 13 Aug '14

13 Aug '14

Start: Aug 16 2014 12:30 End: Aug 16 2014 16:30 Location: RMIT Building 91, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton South Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map MythTV is a free and open source home entertainment application with a simplified "10-foot user interface" design for the living-room TV, and turns a computer with the necessary hardware into a network streaming digital video recorder, a digital multimedia home entertainment system, or home theatre personal computer. It runs on various operating systems, primarily Linux, Mac OS X and FreeBSD. This introduction to MythTV with live examples, will be presented by LUV Committee member Deb Henry. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for hosting, and BENK Open Systems for their financial support of the Beginners Workshops Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C. -- Lev Lafayette, BA (Hons), GradCertTerAdEd (Murdoch), GradCertPM, MBA (Tech Mngmnt) (Chifley) mobile: 0432 255 208 RFC 1855 Netiquette Guidelines http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt

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LUV Main August Meeting: 3D Printing and Linux Houses
by Lev Lafayette 01 Aug '14

01 Aug '14

LUV Main August Meeting: 3D Printing and Linux Houses Start: Aug 5 2014 19:00 End: Aug 5 2014 21:00 Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Speakers: Richard Keech "Linux for monitoring and control in a sustainable house" Bernard Meade "Recent Developments in 3 Printing" Topics This talk will describe how the use of Linux with One-Wire bus sensors and controls can provide the smarts for an energy-efficient home. This will look at: * Hardware for monitoring of temperature, the use of water, and the use and generation of energy; * Wireless interfacing to smart meters; * One-Wire bus and how it interfaces to Linux; * How to switch devices using One-Wire bus; * Controlling data collection; * Choice of Linux platform (Raspberry Pi vs others); * Future work; * An overview of how energy and water use have each been reduced by 3/4. Richard completed a Masters of Environment at University of Melbourne in 2011. Richard's primary area of interest is energy technology and it's role in society's response climate change. Richard also has a Masters Degree (by research) in Digital Systems from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (1990). Richard works as a consultant to the Alternative Technology Association helping clients make best use of renewable energy and energy efficiency, and as a Systems Engineer for Solem Consulting analysing thermal system performances (like solar hot water systems). He has also worked for Beyond Zero Emissions, Red Hat as a senior consultant, and Cybersource as a senior consultant. Recent Development in 3D Printing 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, has started to influence a wide variety of research activities. Traditional areas such as Engineering and Architecture have greatly benefited from the new range of inexpensive yet highly capable machines, while areas such as Medicine and the Arts have just begun to recognize the potential impact. This is a truly disruptive technology that not only promises amazing things, it is already starting to deliver. This talk will be about how 3D printing is being used at the University of Melbourne, how it is changing research and teaching, and how it will change our lives in the next few years. It will also report on the recent "Inside 3D Printing" conference. Bernard Meade works at the University of Melbourne with the ITS Research team. In his role as Innovation and Outreach officer, he investigates emerging technologies and promotes them to the research community. He runs the Digital Fabrication service along with the University Digitisation Centre, which now offers several 3d printers and scanners to the University community. 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, and BENK Open Systems for their financial support of the Beginners Workshops Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C. -- Lev Lafayette, BA (Hons), GradCertTerAdEd (Murdoch), GradCertPM, MBA (Tech Mngmnt) (Chifley) mobile: 0432 255 208 RFC 1855 Netiquette Guidelines http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt

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La Trobe Valley Linux Miniconf and installfest : Saturday July 19
by Lev Lafayette 04 Jul '14

04 Jul '14

Saturday, July 19, 2014 9:45 AM to 5:15 PM St. Mary's Anglican Church 6-8 La Trobe Road, Morwell Linux Australia in partnership with Linux Users Victoria is pleased to invite you to the inaugural La Trobe Valley Linux Miniconf and installfest which will also see the formation of a new regional of chapter of Linux users specifically for the La Trobe Valley region. The lecture program includes "Why Linux Is The Future of Computing", "Moving from MS-Windows to Linux", "The Variety of Linux Distributions and Desktops", "LibreOffice and Other Office Applications", "Computer Security and Linux" and "Gaming on a Linux Platform" Lunch will also be provided. Please rsvp to luv-president(a)luv.asn.au so we can judge numbers -- Lev Lafayette, BA (Hons), GradCertTerAdEd (Murdoch), GradCertPM, MBA (Tech Mngmnt) (Chifley) mobile: 0432 255 208 RFC 1855 Netiquette Guidelines http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt

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June 2014 Beginners Meeting: Saturday, June 21st, 12.30pm
by Lev Lafayette 16 Jun '14

16 Jun '14

June 2014 Beginners Meeting Start: Jun 21 2014 12:30 End: Jun 21 2014 16:30 Location: V3 Training Room, 110 Victoria Street, Carlton Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Web browsing using Linux! : A review of the many web browsers available on Linux. In this talk, I will be reviewing several web browsers that are available on Linux and look at some specific (advanced) features of a few of them. I will also look at some issues with specific browsers. At the end of the day, it is a matter of personal preference which browser one chooses to use, but more often than otherwise, having a few available on one's desktop can prove useful. Daniel Jitnah is currently vice-president of LUV. He has a particular interest in free software in education, and has been Linux for over 15 yrs as his main operating system. He claims to have never used a Microsoft OS as on any of his machines as main OS. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for hosting, and BENK Open Systems for their financial support of the Beginners Workshops Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C. -- Lev Lafayette, BA (Hons), GradCertTerAdEd (Murdoch), GradCertPM, MBA (Tech Mngmnt) (Chifley) mobile: 0432 255 208 RFC 1855 Netiquette Guidelines http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt

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