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LUV November 2018 Main Meeting: Computerbank / Designing Open Democracy
by Andrew Pam 02 Nov '18

02 Nov '18

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DAY DUE TO MELBOURNE CUP HOLIDAY 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Wednesday, November 7, 2018 Training Room, Kathleen Syme Library, 251 Faraday Street Carlton VIC 3053 Speakers: * Brian Salter-Duke, Computerbank * Robert Bloch, Designing Open Democracy *Computerbank* is a charity that aims to assist pensioners, students, unenployed people and others with a concession card to cross the digital and economic divide in Australia. We do this by selling low cost desktop and laptop computers to these people and assisting them to use them. Our computers use open source software (currently transitioning from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04). We are a self funded not for profit, volunteer run community group. We rely on donations of computer equipment of all kinds, which we use as above, or recycle or sell on Ebay. Our only income is from sales in the shop and sales on Ebay. We rely largely on volunteers to build computers for sale or sell them in the shop. We do however employ a manager to supervise and train volunteers. Volunteeers work on Wednesdays, Thursday, Fridays and Saturdays. The shop is open on Friday (10 am to 5 pm) and Saturday (12.30 to 5.00 pm). Computerbank was founded in 1998 and has been in its present accommodation in West Melbourne since 2002. Unfortunately we are now looking for new accommodation as we have to move before March next year. *Designing Open Democracy* is a group for any tech professionals or political experts (or ordinary citizens) interested in discussing in a detailed way the potential opportunities for reforming existing democratic institutions; from local organisations to national governments around the world through technology or other practices. Our aim is to improve democracy: we think this can best be done by providing a forum for discussing democracy proposals, ideas, and to foster collaboration between people who would like to participate in democracy reform. Many of us like to go for dinner nearby after the meeting, typically at Brunetti's or Trotters Bistro in Lygon St. Please let us know if you'd like to join us! Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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LUV October 2018 Workshop: CoCalc and Nectar
by Andrew Pam 18 Oct '18

18 Oct '18

Start: Oct 20 2018 12:30 End: Oct 20 2018 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map CoCalc and Nectar ================= *Paul Leopardi* will give a talk and live demo of the cloud services that he is currently using, CoCalc <https://cocalc.com/> to host Jupyter notebooks, Python code, and similar and the Nectar research cloud service <https://nectar.org.au/research-cloud/> to host a PostgreSQL database and a Plotly Dash dashboard to disseminate his research results: * https://cocalc.com/projects/80f4c9e7-8a37-4f59-82e7-aa179ec0b652/files/Bool… * http://vm-130-56-248-117.nci.org.au/bfcg/ Paul is a computational scientist. That is, a computer scientist, an information technology professional, a computational mathematician, a combinatorialist, and a bioinformatician. He is interested in all these fields, as well as mathematics education, tertiary teaching, Clifford algebras, space science, science in general, innovation and entrepreneurship. He especially likes it when people use his work to do something of value. He is currently working as a scientific programmer at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. 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. 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 is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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Fwd: PgDay 2018 - Melbourne
by Andrew Pam 18 Oct '18

18 Oct '18

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: PgDay 2018 - Melbourne Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 04:01:47 +0000 From: andrea cucciniello <andreacucciniello(a)hotmail.com> To: Andrew Pam <andrew(a)sericyb.com.au> My name is Andrea Cucciniello, I'm the co-organiser of the local PostgreSQL User Group and volunteer of the PostgreSQL Down Under Inc association. The association purpose is to support the growth and education of PostgreSQL, the world's most advanced open source database. We are organising PGDay Down Under conference on December 7th, in Melbourne. Given your interest in Postgres and Open Source software, I thought you might be interested attending the event. I guess many LUV members might be interested as well and if you can share the message with them it would be much appreciated. Early bird registrations are open https://2018.pgdu.org/ In addition you are more than welcome to submit a talk proposal by Sunday on October 21st. CFP closes at midnight Melbourne time. Thank you, Andrea on behalf of the PGDU team

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LUV October 2018 Main Meeting: Non-alphabetic languages / Haskell
by Andrew Pam 28 Sep '18

28 Sep '18

PLEASE NOTE RETURN TO ORIGINAL START TIME 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Tuesday, October 2, 2018 Training Room, Kathleen Syme Library, 251 Faraday Street Carlton VIC 3053 Speakers: * Wen Lin, Using Linux/FOSS in non-alphabetic languages like Chinese * Shannon Pace, Haskell Using Linux/FOSS in non-alphabetic languages like Chinese --------------------------------------------------------- Wen will discuss different input methods on a keyboard first designed only for alphabetic-base languages. *Wen Lin* is currently the Treasurer of LUV (now part of Linux Australia). He has been in the IT profession for about 30 years, primarily in the system admin area - both Windows and Linux. He started to be active in the Free & Open Source Community since 2004, inspired by the first Software Freedom Day in Melbourne. Nowadays at work Wen is using RHEL. In his own time, his distros of choice are Ubuntu/Lubuntu, followed by Fedora & CentOS. For non-OS software, LibreOffice is one that he has spent a fair bit of time with. Recently he has also been fascinated with the wonder of Raspberry Pi. Wen has a particular interest in introducing friends to using Linux and FOSS, quite often breathing new life into old Windows PCs after converting them to Linux. Haskell ------- This talk will provide a wide-ranging overview of the Haskell programming language, touching on the origins of functional programming, how it differs from the imperative paradigm, and why Haskell is an intruiging member of the functional language family. Basic elements of the language will be used to demonstrate the power of functional concepts such as purity and laziness, which will serve as a springboard for understanding Haskell programs. *Shannon Pace* is a software engineer working for Daisee on Lisa, a call centre analytics system developed using Haskell. Many of us like to go for dinner nearby after the meeting, typically at Brunetti's or Trotters Bistro in Lygon St. Please let us know if you'd like to join us! Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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Software Freedom Day 2018 and LUV AGM
by Andrew Pam 29 Aug '18

29 Aug '18

It's time once again to get excited about all the benefits that Free and Open Source Software have given us over the past year and get together to talk about how Freedom and Openness can improve our human rights, our privacy, our security and our communities. It's Software Freedom Day! Free Software Melbourne and Linux Users Victoria are celebrating the 15th annual Software Freedom Day with talks about Open Data, Free and Open Source Software, Open Hardware and of course Linux. We'll also be having plenty of networking opportunities and introductions to local open source technology groups. Software Freedom Day is a family friendly event and we have a code of conduct we follow. In short: Be respectful. Be mindful. Work together. Please invite anyone that is interested along to help make it a great day. Entry is free any time with light refreshments on site (snacks and sodas) and the delightful culinary options of nearby Errol St. at the conclusion of proceedings. We hope to see everyone on the 15th for a fantastic Software Freedom Day 2018! Date: Saturday the 15th September Time: Talks starting at 1:00pm and wrapping up at 5:00pm Location: Electron Workshop co-working space Address: 31 Arden Street, North Melbourne Map: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2556615434 Travel Tips: http://www.electronworkshop.com.au/map/ Parking: Plenty of on street parking in the area Code of Conduct: http://freesoftware.org.au/code-of-conduct/ Linux Users of Victoria AGM =========================== Immediately after Software Freedom Day, LUV will be holding our annual general meeting at Errol's Restaurant, 69/71 Errol St, North Melbourne VIC 3051 commencing at 5:30pm. Andrew Pam will be standing down as President, and nominations for committee positions (at least President and Treasurer, optionally also Secretary, Vice President and Ordinary Committee Members) are welcome either via email to the committee mailing list at luv-ctte(a)luv.asn.au or on the day. It's not a large workload and looks good on your CV, so please consider helping out the group! Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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LUV September 2018 Main Meeting: New Developments in Supercomputing
by Andrew Pam 29 Aug '18

29 Aug '18

*PLEASE NOTE RETURN TO ORIGINAL START TIME* 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Tuesday, September 4, 2018 Training Room, Kathleen Syme Library, 251 Faraday Street Carlton VIC 3053 Lev Lafayette on New Developments in Supercomputing =================================================== Over the past 33 years the International Super Computing conference in Germany has become one of the world's major computing events with the bi-annual announcement of the Top500 systems, which continues to be dominated in entirety by Linux systems. In June this year over 3,500 people attended ISC with a programme of tutorials, workshops and miniconferences, poster sessions, student competitions, a vast vendor hall, and numerous other events. This presentation gives an overview of ISC and makes an attempt to cover many of the new developments and directions in supercomputing including new systems. metrics measurement, machine learning, and HPC education. In addition, the presentation will also feature material from the HPC Advisory Council conference in Fremantle held in August. Lev Lafayette is the Senior HPC Support and Training Officer at the University of Melbourne, where he has been for three years. For eight years prior to that he worked at the Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing in a similar role. He has been a member of the Linux Users of Victoria as a committee or public officer since 2006. Many of us like to go for dinner nearby after the meeting, typically at Trotters Bistro in Lygon St. Please let us know if you'd like to join us! Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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UPDATED: LUV August 2018 Workshop: Dual-Booting Windows 10 & Ubuntu
by Andrew Pam 15 Aug '18

15 Aug '18

*UPDATE: Rescheduled due to a conflict on the original date - please note new date!* Start: Aug 25 2018 12:30 End: Aug 25 2018 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Dual-Booting Windows 10 & Ubuntu - the Fun, the Pain, the Joy ============================================================= *Wen Lin* will introduce the various methods of running multiple operating systems on one computer. Focus will of course be on the method called "Dual-boot" - specifically, Windows 10 and Linux on one computer. Since we can always get tons of documentation on the web, or videos on Youtube, on all details about installing Windows & Linux dual-boot on a PC, Wen won't be spending the entire presentation on just the how-to's. Instead, he will cover this topic from his own recent experience installing dual-boot OSs on a laptop. He will share with you the fun, the pain, some frustration, and the joy in finally getting a stable Ubuntu 18.04 running alongside a Windows 10 OS. He will also touch on a few things related to dual-boot installation on modern computers - e.g. UEFI, Secure Boot, Grub2, and disk partitioning. Wen Lin is currently the Treasurer of LUV (now part of Linux Australia). He has been in the IT profession for about 30 years, primarily in the system admin area - both Windows and Linux. He started to be active in the Free & Open Source Community since 2004, inspired by the first Software Freedom Day in Melbourne. Nowadays at work Wen is using RHEL. In his own time, his distros of choice are Ubuntu/Lubuntu, followed by Fedora & CentOS. For non-OS software, LibreOffice is one that he has spent a fair bit of time with. Recently he has also been fascinated with the wonder of Raspberry Pi. Wen has a particular interest in introducing friends to using Linux and FOSS, quite often breathing new life into old Windows PCs after converting them to Linux. 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. 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 is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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LUV August 2018 Workshop: Dual-Booting Windows 10 & Ubuntu
by Andrew Pam 14 Aug '18

14 Aug '18

Start: Aug 18 2018 12:30 End: Aug 18 2018 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Dual-Booting Windows 10 & Ubuntu - the Fun, the Pain, the Joy ============================================================= *Wen Lin* will introduce the various methods of running multiple operating systems on one computer. Focus will of course be on the method called "Dual-boot" - specifically, Windows 10 and Linux on one computer. Since we can always get tons of documentation on the web, or videos on Youtube, on all details about installing Windows & Linux dual-boot on a PC, Wen won't be spending the entire presentation on just the how-to's. Instead, he will cover this topic from his own recent experience installing dual-boot OSs on a laptop. He will share with you the fun, the pain, some frustration, and the joy in finally getting a stable Ubuntu 18.04 running alongside a Windows 10 OS. He will also touch on a few things related to dual-boot installation on modern computers - e.g. UEFI, Secure Boot, Grub2, and disk partitioning. Wen Lin is currently the Treasurer of LUV (now part of Linux Australia). He has been in the IT profession for about 30 years, primarily in the system admin area - both Windows and Linux. He started to be active in the Free & Open Source Community since 2004, inspired by the first Software Freedom Day in Melbourne. Nowadays at work Wen is using RHEL. In his own time, his distros of choice are Ubuntu/Lubuntu, followed by Fedora & CentOS. For non-OS software, LibreOffice is one that he has spent a fair bit of time with. Recently he has also been fascinated with the wonder of Raspberry Pi. Wen has a particular interest in introducing friends to using Linux and FOSS, quite often breathing new life into old Windows PCs after converting them to Linux. 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. 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 is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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CORRECTED: LUV August 2018 Main Meeting: PF on OpenBSD and fail2ban
by Andrew Pam 31 Jul '18

31 Jul '18

PLEASE NOTE CHANGED START TIME Another group has the room before us, so we're starting half an hour later this month. 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Tuesday, August 7, 2018 Training Room, Kathleen Syme Library, 251 Faraday Street Carlton VIC 3053 Speakers: * Roger, PF on OpenBSD * Russell Coker, fail2ban Roger will be discussing PF on OpenBSD including an explanation of what PF is, how he uses it, the syntax and rules, logging, and tagging. Roger is a *nix like OS enthusiast and a Django developer. Korn is his shell, XTerm his terminal, vim his editor and PF his packet filter. Python and C always sound good to him. Russell Coker has just installed fail2ban on several of his servers and will talk about how installing and configuring it was surprisingly easy and why it offers significant benefits over iptables rate limiting or having no protection against repeated connection attempts. Russell has done lots of Linux development over the years, mostly involved with Debian. Many of us like to go for dinner nearby after the meeting, typically at Trotters Bistro or Brunetti's in Lygon St. Please let us know if you'd like to join us! Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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LUV August 2018 Main Meeting: PF on OpenBSD and fail2ban
by Andrew Pam 31 Jul '18

31 Jul '18

PLEASE NOTE CHANGED START TIME Another group has the room before us, so we're starting half an hour later this month. 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM Tuesday, July 3, 2018 Training Room, Kathleen Syme Library, 251 Faraday Street Carlton VIC 3053 Speakers: * Roger, PF on OpenBSD * Russell Coker, fail2ban Roger will be discussing PF on OpenBSD including an explanation of what PF is, how he uses it, the syntax and rules, logging, and tagging. Roger is a *nix like OS enthusiast and a Django developer. Korn is his shell, XTerm his terminal, vim his editor and PF his packet filter. Python and C always sound good to him. Russell Coker has just installed fail2ban on several of his servers and will talk about how installing and configuring it was surprisingly easy and why it offers significant benefits over iptables rate limiting or having no protection against repeated connection attempts. Russell has done lots of Linux development over the years, mostly involved with Debian. Many of us like to go for dinner nearby after the meeting, typically at Trotters Bistro or Brunetti's in Lygon St. Please let us know if you'd like to join us! Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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