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

22 Nov '20

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

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

28 Oct '20

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

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

16 Oct '20

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

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Training Session this Saturday
by Russell Coker 14 Oct '20

14 Oct '20

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

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

19 Sep '20

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

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

31 Aug '20

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

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

19 Jun '20

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

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Hardware giveaway tomorrow!
by Andrew Pam 14 Feb '20

14 Feb '20

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

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

06 Feb '20

Start: Feb 15 2020 12:30 End: Feb 15 2020 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map *Film Freedom: making and releasing films with free software* Film Freedom is a documentation and development project to make filmmaking with free-software and releasing via free culture funding models more accessible. It currently includes the following development projects: * /KitCAT: the Kit for Creative Arts Teamwork/ is a virtual studio system and client which connects the TACTIC studio DAMS and Project Management suite to popular filmmaking and creative software packages. * /Lib-Ray/ is a project to create an alternative to DVD and Blu-Ray for fixed-format releases, using only free-licensed software and open formats, without encryption or region-coding. * /Lunatics!/ is an original animated science-fiction story about the first permanent settlers on the Moon. This is an independent, free-culture, open-movie production, made with open-source software, especially Blender. Regular updates and support are through Patreon. Andrew Pam is the past president and current treasurer of Linux Users of Victoria. Andrew and his partner Dr. Katherine Phelps ran an animation fan club for many years. Andrew is a supporter and render server provider for Terry Hancock's "Lunatics!" FOSS animated TV series project. There will also be the usual casual hands-on workshop, Linux installation, configuration and assistance and advice. Bring your laptop if you need help with a particular issue. This will now occur *BEFORE* the talks from 12:30 to 14:00. The talks will commence at 14:00 (2pm) so there is time for people to have lunch nearby. The meeting will be held at Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond 3121 <https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-37.810879,144.992834&z=16&t=m&hl=en-US&gl=…>. Late arrivals please call *(0421) 775 358* for access to the venue. LUV would like to acknowledge Infoxchange <https://www.infoxchange.org/au/> for the venue. Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia. <https://www.linux.org.au/>

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Annual Penguin Picnic, January 25, 2020
by Andrew Pam 19 Jan '20

19 Jan '20

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

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