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Fwd: [Announce] Cartesian Creative partners with Linux Australia Grants Program to improve open source UX
by Andrew Pam 19 Mar '17

19 Mar '17

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Announce] Cartesian Creative partners with Linux Australia Grants Program to improve open source UX Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2017 10:35:27 +1100 From: Linux Australia President <president(a)linux.org.au> Organization: Linux Australia Dear Colleagues, Cartesian Creative, a Melbourne-based design and software agency, are partnering with Linux Australia, offering up to $4k matched funding on Grants aimed at improving the user experience (UX) of open source software projects. Matched dollar for dollar by Linux Australia, this means that UX improvement projects could receive up to $AUD 8k in funding. Duncan Macneil, Senior UX Analyst at Cartesian Creative was excited at the value the partnership will deliver. "Open Source projects don't often get the luxury of time spent on UX concerns. By co-sponsoring this grant, Cartesian Creative recognise the contribution Free, Libre and Open Source projects make in the tech community, along with the importance of compelling user experiences." Linux Australia President, Kathy Reid, was delighted with the partnership. "User experience is an often undervalued component of software, hardware and digital projects, and time and again in the open source community we see products which are very functional, but barely usable. We're thrilled to be partnering with a company with such strong UX credentials to help improve open source UX. Innovation truly does happen at the intersection of art and science." More information on the Grants Program, including how to apply, is available at: https://linux.org.au/projects/grants <https://linux.org.au/projects/grants> Cartesian Creative is a Melbourne-based consultancy: http://cartesiancreative.com.au With kind regards, Kathy Reid -- Kathy Reid President Linux Australia 0418 130 636 president(a)linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479

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LUV Beginners March Meeting: node.js workshop
by Andrew Pam 17 Mar '17

17 Mar '17

Start: Mar 18 2017 12:30 End: Mar 18 2017 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map node.js workshop ================ Node.js® is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient. Node.js' package ecosystem, npm, is the largest ecosystem of open source libraries in the world. Members will be invited to install and learn about node.js with peer assistance. 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 (enter via the garage on Jonas St.) Late arrivals, please call (0421) 775 358 for access to the venue. LUV would like to acknowledge Infoxchange for the venue. Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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LUV Main March 2017 Meeting: Multicore World / Patching with quilt
by Andrew Pam 07 Mar '17

07 Mar '17

*PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION* Tuesday, March 7, 2017 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Level 29, 570 Bourke St. Melbourne Speakers: • Lev Lafayette, MultiCore World 2017 Wellington • Russell Coker, Patching with quilt Lev Lafayette, Multicore World 2017 Wellington ---------------------------------------------- Lev Lafayette is the HPC and Training Officer at the University of Melbourne. Prior to that he worked at the Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing (VPAC) in a similar role for several years. Since 2006 he has done a few things for LUV as well. Russell Coker, Patching with quilt ---------------------------------- Russell Coker has done lots of Linux development over the years, mostly involved with Debian. 570 Bourke St. Melbourne, between King and William streets Late arrivals needing access to the building and the twenty-ninth floor please call 0490 627 326 or 0421 775 358. 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. LUV would like to acknowledge Dell for their help in obtaining the venue. Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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March LUV meeting suspended pending new venue
by Andrew Pam 22 Feb '17

22 Feb '17

We have just been told that due to "a change in direction from the management team" of Trinity College, our regular venue will no longer be available for our meetings. The committee is currently investigating options for a convenient new location and will make an announcement as soon as we have something organised. Apologies for the short notice. Regards, Andrew

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NEW DATE: LUV Beginners February Meeting: Static websites with Jekyll, Hugo and Forestry
by Andrew Pam 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE FOR THIS MONTH ONLY Unfortunately as our host venue is having the building fully cleaned this weekend including steam cleaning the carpets, the venue will not be available on the usual date. The meeting will therefore be held on the following Saturday instead, 25 February 2016. My apologies. Start: Feb 25 2017 12:30 End: Feb 25 2017 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Static websites with Jekyll, Hugo and Forestry Andrew Pam will demonstrate a new way to make websites complete with content management that doesn't require software running on a web server. This technique enhances both performance and security. More information at: * jekyllrb.com * gohugo.io * forestry.io 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 (enter via the garage on Jonas St.) Late arrivals, please call (0421) 775 358 for access to the venue. LUV would like to acknowledge Infoxchange for the venue. Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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LUV Beginners February Meeting: Static websites with Jekyll, Hugo and Forestry
by Andrew Pam 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

Start: Feb 18 2017 12:30 End: Feb 18 2017 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Static websites with Jekyll, Hugo and Forestry Andrew Pam will demonstrate a new way to make websites complete with content management that doesn't require software running on a web server. This technique enhances both performance and security. More information at: * jekyllrb.com * gohugo.io * forestry.io 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 (enter via the garage on Jonas St.) Late arrivals, please call (0421) 775 358 for access to the venue. LUV would like to acknowledge Infoxchange for the venue. Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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LUV Main February 2017 Meeting: OpenStack Barcelona Summit / Data Structures and Algorithms
by Andrew Pam 01 Feb '17

01 Feb '17

Start: Feb 7 2017 18:30 End: Feb 7 2017 20:30 Location: 6th Floor, 200 Victoria St. Carlton VIC 3053 Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Speakers: • Lev Lafayette, OpenStack and the OpenStack Barcelona Summit • Jacinta Richardson, Data Structures and Algorithms in the 21st Century Lev Lafayette, OpenStack and the OpenStack Barcelona Summit This presentation will start with an overview of cloud computing platforms in general and OpenStack in particular. Cloud computing is one of the most significant changes to IT infrastructure and employment in the past decade, with major corporate services (Amazon, Microsoft) gaining particular significance in the late 2000s. In mid-2010, Rackspace Hosting and NASA jointly launched an open-source cloud-software initiative known as OpenStack, with initial code coming from NASA's Nebula project and Rackspace's Cloud Files project, and soon gained prominence as the largest open-source cloud platform. Although a cross-platform service, it was quickly available on various Linux distributions including Debian, Ubuntu, SuSE (2011), and Red Hat (2012). OpenStack is governed by the OpenStack Foundation, a non-profit corporate entity established in September 2012. Correlating with the release cycle of the product, OpenStack Summits are held every six months for developers, users and managers. The most recent Summit was held in Barcelona in late October 2016, with over 5000 attendees, almost 1000 organisations and companies, and 500 sessions spread out over three days, plus one day of "Upstream University" prior to the main schedule and one day after the main schedule for contributor working parties. The presentation will cover the major announcements of the conference as well as a brief overview of the major streams, as well the direction of OpenStack as the November Sydney Summit approaches. Lev is the HPC and Training Officer at the University of Melbourne. Prior to that he worked at the Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing (VPAC) in a similar role for several years. Since 2006 he has done a few things for LUV as well. Jacinta Richardson, Data Structures and Algorithms in the 21st Century Data structures and algorithms are essential tools in the developer's toolkit, yet it is an area that is too easy to get behind in. The essential algorithms you learned whenever you did Computer Science probably included: * Shortest path and tree (and graph) traversals - depth-first, breadth first, cycle management * Sorting - quick sort, bubble sort, merge sort, binary sort * Searching - binary trees, B-trees, B+trees, red-black trees * Specific problems - knapsack problem, painters algorithm, decision trees * Algorithm techniques - divide and conquer, backtracking, creating NFAs You might also have learned the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), Singular Value Decomposition and the Convolution theorem. This talk will overview some of the more interesting parts of the above (such as the FFT and SVD) before providing an overview of some of the more interesting algorithms developed in the last 16 years plus some bonus reuses of old algorithms. Jacinta is a software engineer and Perl hacker, although in her day job, these days, she writes in Python for the Australian Public Service. You may know Jacinta from her many years running Perl Training Australia, organising conferences including the Open Source Developers' Conference, and generally being awesome. Venue: 200 Victoria St. Carlton VIC 3053 (the EPA building) Late arrivals needing access to the building and the sixth floor please call 0490 049 589. 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 venue. Linux Users of Victoria Inc. is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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Annual Penguin Picnic, January 21, 2017
by Andrew Pam 20 Jan '17

20 Jan '17

Start: Jan 21 2017 12:00 End: Jan 21 2017 18:00 Location: Yarra Bank Reserve, Hawthorn. The Linux Users of Victoria Annual Penguin Picnic will be held on Saturday, January 21, 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. As usual, there will be no LUV main meeting nor beginners' workshop in January. Main meetings will resume on Tuesday 7 February and the next beginners meeting will be on Saturday 18 February. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Carlton venue and Infoxchange for the Richmond venue. Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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LUV Beginners December Meeting: Internet Governance Forum report
by Andrew Pam 14 Dec '16

14 Dec '16

Start: Dec 17 2016 12:30 End: Dec 17 2016 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Internet Governance Forum report -------------------------------- Andrew Pam has just returned from the week-long 2016 Internet Governance Forum in Guadalajara Mexico and will report on the issues and topics discussed at this year's Forum, including economic, social and cultural rights, sustainable development, universal access, surveillance, encryption, privacy, security and more. 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 (enter via the garage on Jonas St.) Late arrivals, please call (0421) 775 358 for access to the venue. LUV would like to acknowledge Infoxchange for the venue. Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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LUV Main December 2016 Meeting: HPC Linux in Europe / adjourned SGM / Intro to FreeBSD
by Andrew Pam 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

NOTE: Please send any proxies to LUV Vice-President Russell Coker who will be hosting the meeting, as I will be in Mexico all next week at the Internet Governance Forum. Start: Dec 6 2016 18:30 End: Dec 6 2016 20:30 Location: 6th Floor, 200 Victoria St. Carlton VIC 3053 Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Speakers: • Lev Lafayette, High Performance Linux in Europe • adjourned Special General Meeting • Peter Ross, Introduction to FreeBSD Lev Lafayette, High Performance Linux in Europe Linux is utterly dominant in high performance computing with 100% of the Top 500 systems worldwide using a *nix based system, and for various good reasons. As expected, different institutions have some very different configurations, maintenance, and user training. Following a whirlwind tour of some of Europe's major HPC centres, examples are provided from Goethe University Frankfurt, University of Stuttgart, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Centre Informatique National de l’Enseignement Supérieur in Montpellier, and the Centro Nacional de Supercomputación, Barcelona. Lev is the HPC and Training Officer at the University of Melbourne. Prior to that he had a similar role for eight years at the Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing. He speaks several languages poorly and at least two reasonably well, collects degrees for find out what he doesn't know, and enjoys traditional RPGs. He's been known to do a few things for LUV over the past ten years. ------------------------- Peter Ross, Introduction to FreeBSD From freebsd.org: FreeBSD is an advanced computer operating system used to power modern servers, desktops, and embedded platforms. A large community has continually developed it for more than thirty years. Its advanced networking, security, and storage features have made FreeBSD the platform of choice for many of the busiest web sites and most pervasive embedded networking and storage devices. Peter Ross is an IT Systems Engineer, Consultant and Manager currently working as an NBN data centre engineer for ARRIS. He has many years of experience as a Linux consultant and Senior Linux Engineer. ------------------------- adjourned Special General Meeting Notice of LUV Special General Meeting, 6 December 2016, 19:30. Linux Users of Victoria, Inc., registration number A0040056C, will be resuming the adjourned Special General Meeting at 7:30pm on Tuesday, 6th December 2016, on the 6th floor of 200 Victoria St. Carlton VIC 3053. The SGM will be held in conjunction with our usual December Main Meeting. SGM BUSINESS The only matter of business to be considered at this meeting is: *That Linux Users of Victoria apply to become a subcommittee of Linux Australia and conditional upon acceptance, wind up the present Victorian association as per rule 76 and section 133 of the Act and transfer all members and assets to the newly formed subcommittee of Linux Australia.* 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 horizontal rules, 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 Special General Meeting of the association to be held on 2nd November 2016, 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 Vice-President, Russell Coker, 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. -- Andrew Pam, as LUV President. ------------------------- 200 Victoria St. Carlton VIC 3053 <https://www.google.com/maps/place/200+Victoria+St,+Carlton+VIC+3053,+Austra…> (the EPA building) Late arrivals needing access to the building and the sixth floor please call *0490 049 589*. 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 <http://redhat.com.au/> for their help in obtaining the venue. Linux Users of Victoria Inc. is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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