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LUV March Meeting
by Alexander 02 Mar '12

02 Mar '12

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

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Brett Smith (FSF) talk in Melbourne, Monday 5 March 6pm
by Ben Sturmfels 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

Hi Folks, We're lucky enough to have a surprise visit to Melbourne from Brett Smith of the Free Software Foundation. He's kindly offered to give a public talk next Monday 5 March. Details below. We'd love to see you there! Regards, Ben Sturmfels Brett Smith from the Free Software Foundation Public lecture: Free Software and the Law 5 March, 2012, 6 pm Theatre 1, Alan Gilbert Building, corner of Grattan and Barry Streets, University of Melbourne, Carlton (subject to change). http://apps.freesoftware.asn.au/invite/brett-smith-fsf/ This talk will introduce free software, explain why it's important, and explore the many places where free software interacts with the law. Brett Smith will illustrate how copyright, licenses, patents, trade agreements, and other laws all play a role in deciding whether and how we can create, use, and share free software — and by extension, who controls our computers. Members of the public are welcome. No technical knowledge is required. Brett Smith is visiting Melbourne to speak with government negotiators about the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) and the impact on free software. Since we may need to change to a different lecture theater due to the late notice, please register at the above link. We'll confirm the venue by 12pm Monday 5 March. About Brett Smith ----------------- Brett is a GPL Ninja. He works in the Free Software Foundation's Licensing Compliance Lab, as license compliance engineer. Brett answers complex licensing questions from the public, writes widely read and timely posts for the FSF's blogs, codes up Python programs, and dashes across the country to give input to policy makers. Brett also ran the GPL version 3 drafting process. Proprietary software companies love to talk about how they hire "ninjas." Well, free software has ninjas too! About the Free Software Foundation ----------------------------------- The Free Software Foundation, founded in 1985, is dedicated to promoting computer users' right to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer programs. The FSF promotes the development and use of free (as in freedom) software -- particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants -- and free documentation for free software. The FSF also helps to spread awareness of the ethical and political issues of freedom in the use of software, and its Web sites, located at fsf.org and gnu.org, are an important source of information about GNU/Linux. Donations to support the FSF's work can be made at <http://donate.fsf.org>. Its headquarters are in Boston, MA, USA.

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Beginner's Workshop - Linux Games - Feb 18 - NEW VENUE
by lev＠levlafayette.com 15 Feb '12

15 Feb '12

---------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 18 February, 12 noon at The Unitarian Church Hall 110 Grey Street, East Melbourne ---------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: NEW VENUE After many years of operating from The Hub, a significant change in their prices has meant that LUV has had to move. The next LUV Beginner's Workshop and Tutorial and the OLPC Corner will be on the 17th of December. This month, Andrew Pam will be giving a workshop on Linux games. The tutorial will start one hour into the workshop, at 1pm. At the LUV Beginner's workshop you can come along and work with Linux enthusiasts to assist you in setting up your system the way you want. This could include friendly advice on partitions, distributions, configurations, networking and specific applications. Bring your laptop! The Melbourne OLPC Club meetings are co-located with the Beginner's Workshops. If you are interested in the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project, please come and join in! The Drupal Melbourne meetings are also co-located with the Beginner's Workshops, taking place in the Conference Room. Link: http://luv.asn.au/2012/02/18 When: 18 February 2012 workshop 12:00noon until 4:00pm tutorial: 1:00pm Where: Melbourne Unitarian Church, 110 Grey Street, East Melbourne ; http://luv.asn.au/content/venue-maps#hall Parking can be found nearby. For those coming via Public Transport, Jolimont, West Richmond and Parliament train stations are all nearby, as are the 48 and 75 trams on Wellington Pde or the 24, 34, 42, and 109 trams on Victoria Parade, and the 246/250 Bus on Hoddle Street. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue, BENK Open Systems for sponsoring the Beginner's Workshops and VPAC for hosting! http://redhat.com.au http://benk.net.au http://vpac.org Alex Garber - Secretary Linux Users of Victoria - luv.asn.au

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LUV December Meeting - Freedom double feature
by Jiri Baum 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuesday 6 December 6:30pm for 7pm start at The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Talks — Freedom double feature: * Going Fully Free — Ben Sturmfels * Anti-competitive Aspects of UEFI Secure Boot — Lev Lafayette * Library of LUV * After the meeting, come have dinner with us at Maria's Trattoria! 122-124 Peel St Also in this announcement: * Beginner's Workshop — 17 December 2011 * #luv IRC channel * mailing list policy * Map of the meeting location http://luv.asn.au/content/venue-maps http://luv.asn.au/2011/12/06 ** Going Fully Free — Ben Sturmfels ** Members of LUV should be immensely proud of their efforts to get free software into the hands of the general public. Unfortunately though, without an understanding of why their freedom matters, we watch many people drift slowly back to proprietary software. Fully-free distributions have an important role to play in spreading not only free software, but the values of our community. We'll discuss popular fully- free distributions, common arguments and sticking points, and how this can super-charge our advocacy. Ben is a free software developer from Brunswick. He's also a LUV committee member. If you're lucky he might not talk about software patents again. ** Anti-competitive Aspects of UEFI Secure Boot — Lev Lafayette ** The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) a defines a secure replacement for BIOS firmware by allowing verification of digital signatures before booting. Whilst this does protect against malware such as rootkits, legitimate concerns have been raised that certain non-free operating systems will use this hardware feature to prevent users from booting other operating systems (e.g., Linux). This presentation addresses the technical background to UEFI, the concerns raised on monopolistic practise, and the potential solutions. Lev is a systems administrator and quality management coordinator at the Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing, a graduate from Murdoch University and has recently completed an MBA in Technology Management from Chifley. He is the current President of Linux Users of Victoria. ** Library of LUV ** Library of LUV is a collection of books available for loan to members. The collection is managed through the wiki and the books are circulated at the monthly LUV meetings (and the Penguin Picnic, in January). For more details, please see the wiki: http://wiki.luv.asn.au/LoL ** Dinner ** Before and/or after each meeting those who are interested are welcome to join other members for dinner. We are open to suggestions for a good place to eat near our venue. Maria's on Peel Street in North Melbourne is currently the most popular place to eat after meetings. ** Beginner's Workshop — 17th December ** The December Beginner's Workshop will be held on the third Saturday at The Hub, with the usual unstructured workshop area and a talk by Alec Clews giving some tips, tricks and tools for programming novices. Bring your laptop! For more info, updates and discussion about the Beginner's Workshop, subscribe to the luv-beginners mailing list: http://lists.luv.asn.au/luv-beginners The Melbourne OLPC Club meetings are co-located with the Beginner's Workshops. If you are interested in the OLPC project, please come and join in! Drupal Melbourne meetings are also co-located with the Beginner's Workshops, taking place in the Long Room at The Hub. ** #luv IRC channel ** A reminder that LUV has an IRC channel - join #luv on FreeNode to chat with fellow LUVvers in real time! ** Mailing list policy ** The committee does not generally monitor or moderate the LUV mailing lists and expects members to conduct themselves appropriately. On complaint, however, we may investigate, and if behaviour is unbecoming a member of LUV, we may remove that member from the mailing list for a period of time as deemed appropriate by the committee. ** Map of the meeting venue ** Our website now has an all-new map of the meeting venue, more clearly showing how to find the Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Just follow either of the red lines! http://luv.asn.au/content/venue-maps ** RedHat training discount ** A discount on RedHat training is available to LUV members. To obtain this discount, you need to enter: "Linux User Group member - 10% discount" in the special offer section of the enrolment form. http://www.redhat.com.au/training/ ** Acknowledgements ** LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue, BENK Open Systems for sponsoring the Beginner's Workshops and VPAC for hosting! http://redhat.com.au http://benk.net.au http://vpac.org

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November Beginner's Workshop - OpenShot
by Jiri Baum 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

--------------------------------------------------- Saturday 19 November, 12 noon at The Hub @ Docklands near cnr Bourke St and Harbour Esplanade, Docklands --------------------------------------------------- The next LUV Beginner's Workshop and Tutorial and the OLPC Corner will be on the 19th of November. This month, Alex Garber will be giving an introduction to editing video with OpenShot. The tutorial will start one hour into the workshop, at 1pm. At the LUV Beginner's workshop you can come along and work with Linux enthusiasts to assist you in setting up your system the way you want. This could include friendly advice on partitions, distributions, configurations, networking and specific applications. Bring your laptop! The Melbourne OLPC Club meetings are co-located with the Beginner's Workshops. If you are interested in the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project, please come and join in! The Drupal Melbourne meetings are also co-located with the Beginner's Workshops, taking place in the Long Room. Link: http://luv.asn.au/2011/11/19 When: 19 November 2011 workshop 12:00noon until 4:00pm tutorial: 1:00pm Where: The Hub @ Docklands, 17 Waterview Walk, near cnr Bourke St and Harbour Esplanade, Docklands - look for the giant rabbit sculpture; Melway reference 2E H7; http://luv.asn.au/content/venue-maps#hub Parking can be found nearby. For those coming via Public Transport, the City Circle, number 48 (North Balwyn - Docklands), number 86 (Bundoora - Docklands) and number 70 (Wattle Park - Docklands) all stop on the corner of Bourke Street and Harbour Esplanade. Southern Cross Station is just across the overpass over Wurundjeri Road. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue, BENK Open Systems for sponsoring the Beginner's Workshops and VPAC for hosting! http://redhat.com.au http://benk.net.au http://vpac.org Jiri Baum - Secretary Linux Users of Victoria - luv.asn.au _______________________________________________ luv-announce mailing list luv-announce(a)lists.luv.asn.au http://lists.luv.asn.au/listinfo/luv-announce

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Open Source Developer's Conference, Drupal DownUnder, Linux Conference Australia
by lev＠levlafayette.com 21 Oct '11

21 Oct '11

Open Source Developers Conference --------------------------------- "Early bird" rates for the Open Source Developer's Conference is closing tomorrow! This conference, which will be held from November 14 to 18 at the Australian National University in Canberra, includes Senator Kate Lundy, Damian Conway, Brian Catto, Jonathon Oxer and Tony Beal as keynote speakers. Please see the following for schedule and ticket purchases http://osdc.com.au/schedule/ https://osdc2011.wufoo.com/forms/buy-tickets/ Drupal DownUnder ---------------- You wanted us to keep you posted on progress for Drupal Downunder. Well here's some news. The call for sessions is now open, and so is registration! We'll also be running pre-conference workshops and training on Friday 13th January - more on that soon. CALL FOR SESSIONS To submit a session proposal, you'll first need to sign up for a login on the Drupal Downunder website. http://drupaldownunder.org/user/register We're calling for sessions from the Drupal community, but also keen to hear from other web professionals with knowledge to share. We've identified the following topics to get you thinking: * Building Sites and Systems * Code, Core and Contrib * Government, Education & NFPs * Stories and Case Studies * Theming and Design * The Business of Drupal Once you've signed up - you can create a session proposal. http://drupaldownunder.org/node/add/session REGISTRATION Early Bird registration is open now for a limited time at $220.00 - full price will be $275.00 http://drupaldownunder.org/register SPONSORS We're hugely grateful for the support of our sponsors. PreviousNext, Boab Interactive and Google, as well as the in-kind support we're getting from Linux Australia, Xirrus and Internode. If you'd like to join this list, support the event and get your message to the Drupal community, we'd love to hear from you. http://drupaldownunder.org/sponsorship SPREAD THE WORD Thanks for showing your early interest in DDU2012 in Melbourne. We hope you might help us get the word out wide and far. Do you know someone with something to share? Get them to sign up and create a session proposal. Or perhaps you know someone who'd learn alot by attending? Encourage them to register while the early bird rate is available. Use #DDU2012 on Twitter to start the buzz and follow us @DrupalDownunder and @DDUMelbourne Linux Conference Australia -------------------------- Hi everyone, Just a brief courtesy note to advise that Volunteer Registrations for linux.conf.au 2012 - LCA Under the Stars Ballarat 16-20th Jan 2012 - are now open. Please see the info at; http://linux.conf.au/register/volunteer for more information. Volunteer opportunities would ideally suit enthusiastic people from Ballarat and surrounding areas. Questions can be directed to volunteers(a)lcaunderthestars.org.au Kind regards, Kathy -- Kathy Reid Team LCA2012 kathy(a)lcaunderthestars.org.au www.lcaunderthestars.org.au @linuxconfau on Twitter, Identi.ca

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LUV November Meeting - Wed 2nd - Security double feature
by Jiri Baum 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wednesday 2 November 6:30pm for 7pm start at The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Note that this is Wednesday, not Tuesday, due to the Cup. *** Talks — security double feature: * Drop it Like it's Hot — Andrew Griffiths * Multi-Level Security — Russell Coker * Library of LUV * After the meeting, come have dinner with us at Maria's Trattoria! 122-124 Peel St Also in this announcement: * Beginner's Workshop — 19 November 2011 * #luv IRC channel * mailing list policy * Map of the meeting location http://luv.asn.au/content/venue-maps http://luv.asn.au/2011/11/02 ** Drop it Like it's Hot — Andrew Griffiths ** A discussion of assorted things about privilege dropping on Linux systems, where things can/have gone wrong and how to identify programs that have failed to sufficiently drop their privileges. Additionally, I will cover per-thread uid/gid/capabilities and the pitfalls of that approach. Andrew is interested in computer security. He has previously presented at Ruxcon, Recon, SysScan and Securecon on a variety of topics. Additionally, he has an article for Codebreakers Journal and contributed a couple of articles to Phrack Magazine. He has a namespace collision with a children's book author and random business book authors who live in Australia. ** Multi-Level Security — Russell Coker ** An overview of the technology of Multi-Level Security (MLS) in general terms as well as specific details of the implementation in SE Linux. Additionally, I will describe the status of the MLS work in Debian and probably offer access to a live demonstration system — depending on how well my work goes over the next few weeks. ;) Russell does general Linux programming and systems administration. He is most well known for his work on NSA Security Enhanced Linux. Other projects he has been involved in include Bonnie++ (lead developer), Postal (lead developer), Debian (developer), Linux Security Modules (LSM) (contributor), KDE (contributor), OpenSSH (contributor). ** Library of LUV ** Library of LUV is a collection of books available for loan to members. The collection is managed through the wiki and the books are circulated at the monthly LUV meetings (and the Penguin Picnic, in January). For more details, please see the wiki: http://wiki.luv.asn.au/LoL ** Dinner ** Before and/or after each meeting those who are interested are welcome to join other members for dinner. We are open to suggestions for a good place to eat near our venue. Maria's on Peel Street in North Melbourne is currently the most popular place to eat after meetings. ** Beginner's Workshop — 19th November ** The November Beginner's Workshop will be held on the third Saturday at The Hub, with the usual unstructured workshop area and a talk by Alex Garber giving an introduction to editing video with OpenShot. Bring your laptop! For more info, updates and discussion about the Beginner's Workshop, subscribe to the luv-beginners mailing list: http://lists.luv.asn.au/luv-beginners The Melbourne OLPC Club meetings are co-located with the Beginner's Workshops. If you are interested in the OLPC project, please come and join in! Drupal Melbourne meetings are also co-located with the Beginner's Workshops, taking place in the Long Room at The Hub. ** #luv IRC channel ** A reminder that LUV has an IRC channel - join #luv on FreeNode to chat with fellow LUVvers in real time! ** Mailing list policy ** The committee does not generally monitor or moderate the LUV mailing lists and expects members to conduct themselves appropriately. On complaint, however, we may investigate, and if behaviour is unbecoming a member of LUV, we may remove that member from the mailing list for a period of time as deemed appropriate by the committee. ** Map of the meeting venue ** Our website now has an all-new map of the meeting venue, more clearly showing how to find the Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Just follow either of the red lines! http://luv.asn.au/content/venue-maps ** RedHat training discount ** A discount on RedHat training is available to LUV members. To obtain this discount, you need to enter: "Linux User Group member - 10% discount" in the special offer section of the enrolment form. http://www.redhat.com.au/training/ ** Acknowledgements ** LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue, BENK Open Systems for sponsoring the Beginner's Workshops and VPAC for hosting! http://redhat.com.au http://benk.net.au http://vpac.org

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Saturday Oct 29: Shepparton Mini Conference, Install Fest and LUG
by lev＠levlafayette.com 14 Oct '11

14 Oct '11

Linux Users Victoria will be holding a mini-conference, install-fest and establishing yet another new regional chapter on Saturday September 29 in Shepparton! The event will be held at 23 Alexandra St Mooroopna, a community house facility (http://www.mcginc.com.au) starting at 11am. We already have a small number of speakers on some basic features of Linux and the Free Software movement (one on "Moving to Free Software" and one on "Office Applications". Others are welcome so please nominate yourself for a brief presentation! A free lunch will also be provided. Presented by Linux Users Victoria in partnership with the Mooroopna Education & Activity Centre's Ripple Effect Project this free event will be informative and allow for Questions. RSVP essential to admin(a)mcginc.com.au or phone 58 251 774 Note that this event is featured on the community connect website and may be featured on television (Shepparton's local Channel 10) and 2 local radio stations.

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October Beginner's Workshop - Inkscape
by Jiri Baum 08 Oct '11

08 Oct '11

--------------------------------------------------- Saturday 15 October, 12 noon at The Hub @ Docklands near cnr Bourke St and Harbour Esplanade, Docklands --------------------------------------------------- The next LUV Beginner's Workshop and Tutorial and the OLPC Corner will be on the 15th of October. This month, Donna Benjamin will be giving an introduction to editing diagrams, pictures and other graphics with Inkscape. The tutorial will start one hour into the workshop, at 1pm. At the LUV Beginner's workshop you can come along and work with Linux enthusiasts to assist you in setting up your system the way you want. This could include friendly advice on partitions, distributions, configurations, networking and specific applications. Bring your laptop! The Melbourne OLPC Club meetings are co-located with the Beginner's Workshops. If you are interested in the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project, please come and join in! The Drupal Melbourne meetings are also co-located with the Beginner's Workshops, taking place in the Long Room. Link: http://luv.asn.au/2011/10/15 When: 15 October 2011 workshop 12:00noon until 4:00pm tutorial: 1:00pm Where: The Hub @ Docklands, 17 Waterview Walk, near cnr Bourke St and Harbour Esplanade, Docklands - look for the giant rabbit sculpture; Melway reference 2E H7; http://luv.asn.au/content/venue-maps#hub Parking can be found nearby. For those coming via Public Transport, the City Circle, number 48 (North Balwyn - Docklands), number 86 (Bundoora - Docklands) and number 70 (Wattle Park - Docklands) all stop on the corner of Bourke Street and Harbour Esplanade. Southern Cross Station is just across the overpass over Wurundjeri Road. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue, BENK Open Systems for sponsoring the Beginner's Workshops and VPAC for hosting! http://redhat.com.au http://benk.net.au http://vpac.org Jiri Baum - Secretary Linux Users of Victoria - luv.asn.au

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LUV October Meeting - Linux at the Observatory and OpenWRT
by Jiri Baum 22 Sep '11

22 Sep '11

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tuesday 4 October 6:30pm for 7pm start at The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building, Trinity College, Melbourne University Main Campus, Parkville. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Talks: * Use of Linux at the Australian Astronomical Observatory — Tim Connors * OpenWRT: A GNU/Linux based firmware program for embedded devices such as residential gateways and routers — Bernie Schelberg * Library of LUV * After the meeting, come have dinner with us at Maria's Trattoria! 122-124 Peel St Also in this announcement: * Beginner's Workshop — 15 October 2011 * #luv IRC channel * mailing list policy * Map of the meeting location http://luv.asn.au/content/venue-maps http://luv.asn.au/2011/10/04 ** Use of Linux at the Australian Astronomical Observatory — Tim Connors ** Tim Connors worked at the Australian Astronomical Observatory (nee Anglo- Australian Observatory) in Coonabarabran as a telescope operator while finishing his PhD in astrophysics at the Swinburne centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing. He never could quite let go of wanting the systems to work just right, so was given the keys to the observatory computers, ands lowly brought the systems kicking and screaming, into the modern age. Machines running Linux came to represent a far more sensible way of managing a heterogeneous network of custom controllers and hardware. And he's not joking about the modernising: halfway through his tenure, he took part in a project to replace what was almost certainly Australia's oldest continually operating production computer — the telescope control computer that had been faithfully reading and controlling the telescope's position 10 times a second for the past 35 years (and acting as a 10kW room heater), with an industrial Linux machine that only took up half a rack. This talk is a summary of that journey through time (but not space). Tim has since left the dizzying heights of the observatory, and helps ensure the Bureau of Meteorology keep the data flowing. When he's not busy failing over www.bom, he likes to hoon around on bikes that don't crash because of proprietary kernel drivers. ** OpenWRT: A GNU/Linux based firmware program for embedded devices such as residential gateways and routers — Bernie Schelberg ** OpenWRT is a GNU/Linux distribution for your wireless router, particularly common residential networking devices. It is a highly configurable system that enables you to do many things that normally require expensive equipment to do effectively. Bernie Schelberg has a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, and works as a computer programmer by day (and night!). He is passionate about free (libre) software, and enjoys tinkering with various distributions, virtualization, and embedded devices such as phones. ** Note — BTRFS talk cancelled ** Unfortunately, the previously announced talk on BTRFS had to be cancelled / postponed. ** Library of LUV ** Library of LUV is a collection of books available for loan to members. The collection is managed through the wiki and the books are circulated at the monthly LUV meetings (and the Penguin Picnic, in January). For more details, please see the wiki: http://wiki.luv.asn.au/LoL ** Dinner ** Before and/or after each meeting those who are interested are welcome to join other members for dinner. We are open to suggestions for a good place to eat near our venue. Maria's on Peel Street in North Melbourne is currently the most popular place to eat after meetings. ** Beginner's Workshop — 15th October ** The August Beginner's Workshop will be held on the third Saturday at The Hub, with the usual unstructured workshop area and a talk by Donna Benjamin giving an introduction to Inkscape. Bring your laptop! For more info, updates and discussion about the Beginner's Workshop, subscribe to the luv-beginners mailing list: http://lists.luv.asn.au/luv-beginners The Melbourne OLPC Club meetings are co-located with the Beginner's Workshops. If you are interested in the OLPC project, please come and join in! Drupal Melbourne meetings are also co-located with the Beginner's Workshops, taking place in the Long Room at The Hub. ** #luv IRC channel ** A reminder that LUV has an IRC channel - join #luv on FreeNode to chat with fellow LUVvers in real time! ** Mailing list policy ** The committee does not generally monitor or moderate the LUV mailing lists and expects members to conduct themselves appropriately. On complaint, however, we may investigate, and if behaviour is unbecoming a member of LUV, we may remove that member from the mailing list for a period of time as deemed appropriate by the committee. ** Map of the meeting venue ** Our website now has an all-new map of the meeting venue, more clearly showing how to find the Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Just follow either of the red lines! http://luv.asn.au/content/venue-maps ** RedHat training discount ** A discount on RedHat training is available to LUV members. To obtain this discount, you need to enter: "Linux User Group member - 10% discount" in the special offer section of the enrolment form. http://www.redhat.com.au/training/ ** Acknowledgements ** LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue, BENK Open Systems for sponsoring the Beginner's Workshops and VPAC for hosting! http://redhat.com.au http://benk.net.au http://vpac.org

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