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LUV Main December 2017 Meeting - ISC and TERATEC: A Tale of Two Conferences
by Andrew Pam 21 Nov '17

21 Nov '17

Start: Dec 5 2017 18:30 End: Dec 5 2017 20:30 Location: Mail Exchange Hotel, 688 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Link: http://mailexchangehotel.com.au/ PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION Lev Lafayette, ISC and TERATEC: A Tale of Two Conferences ========================================================= This year the International Supercomputing Conference and TERATEC were held in close proximity, the former in Frankfurt from June 17-21 and the latter in Paris from June 27-28. Whilst the two conferences differ greatly in scope (one international, one national) and language (one Anglophone, the other Francophone), the dominance of Linux as the operating system of choice at both was overwhelming. This presentation will provide an overview of the two conferences concentrating on the two items of particular focus. Firstly, the advances and use of Linux in the field of automated vehicles, which was prevalent at ISC, and secondly, health care data metrics, which was prevalent at the second. The presentation will also provide some reasons for how Linux has come to dominate in the field of research computing, and what threats and opportunities exist to its use. Mail Exchange Hotel, 688 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Food and drinks will be available on premises. LUV December 2017 end of year celebration: Meetup Mixup Melbourne ================================================================= Start: Dec 21 2017 18:00 Location: Loop Project Space and Bar, 23 Meyers Pl, Melbourne VIC 3000 Link: https://melbourne.meetupmixup.com/ There will be no December workshop, but there will be an end of year party in conjunction with other Melbourne groups including Buzzconf, Electronic Frontiers Australia, Hack for Privacy, the Melbourne PHP Users Group, Open Knowledge Australia, PyLadies Melbourne and R-Ladies Melbourne. Please note that there's a $8.80 cover fee, which includes a drink and nibbles, and bookings are essential as spaces are limited. Tickets are available at https://melbourne.meetupmixup.com/ Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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LUV November 2017 Workshop: Status at a glance with LCDproc
by Andrew Pam 13 Nov '17

13 Nov '17

Start: Nov 18 2017 12:30 End: Nov 18 2017 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Status at a glance with LCDproc Andrew Pam will demonstrate how to use small LCD or LED displays to provide convenient status information using LCDproc. Possibly also how to write custom modules to display additional information. 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 is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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REMINDER - LUV Main November 2017 Meeting: Ubuntu Artful Aardvark
by Andrew Pam 07 Nov '17

07 Nov '17

PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION AND DATE DUE TO MELBOURNE CUP DAY Wednesday, November 8, 2017 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Mail Exchange Hotel 688 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000 http://mailexchangehotel.com.au/ Andrew Pam, Ubuntu Artful Aardvark ---------------------------------- Popular desktop Linux distribution Ubuntu has reached its 13th anniversary and cycled around the alphabet of release codenames with the release of Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark, which has a number of significant changes that will also appear in the forthcoming Long Term Support release early next year including the Wayland display server and the removal of Python 2. Find out what's new and what it all means. Food and drinks will be available on premises. Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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LUV Main November 2017 Meeting: Ubuntu Artful Aardvark
by Andrew Pam 01 Nov '17

01 Nov '17

PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION AND DATE DUE TO MELBOURNE CUP DAY Wednesday, November 8, 2017 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Mail Exchange Hotel 688 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000 http://mailexchangehotel.com.au/ Andrew Pam, Ubuntu Artful Aardvark ---------------------------------- Popular desktop Linux distribution Ubuntu has reached its 13th anniversary and cycled around the alphabet of release codenames with the release of Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark, which has a number of significant changes that will also appear in the forthcoming Long Term Support release early next year including the Wayland display server and the removal of Python 2. Find out what's new and what it all means. Food and drinks will be available on premises. Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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LUV October 2017 Workshop: Hands-on with Tor
by Andrew Pam 16 Oct '17

16 Oct '17

Start: Oct 21 2017 12:30 End: Oct 21 2017 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Hands-on with Tor ----------------- Following on from Russell Coker's well-attended Tor presentation at the October main meeting, he will cover torbrowser-launcher, torchat, ssh (as an example of a traditionally non-tor app that can run with it), and how to write a basic torchat in shell. 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 is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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LUV Main October 2017 Meeting: The Tor software and network
by Andrew Pam 29 Sep '17

29 Sep '17

Start: Oct 3 2017 18:30 End: Oct 3 2017 20:30 Location: Mail Exchange Hotel, 688 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Link: http://mailexchangehotel.com.au/ PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION Tuesday, October 3, 2017 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Mail Exchange Hotel 688 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Speakers: Russell Coker, Tor Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security. Russell Coker has done lots of Linux development over the years, mostly involved with Debian. Mail Exchange Hotel, 688 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Food and drinks will be available on premises. Linux Users of Victoria is a subcommittee of Linux Australia.

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Software Freedom Day and Annual General Meeting
by Andrew Pam 06 Sep '17

06 Sep '17

Software Freedom Day 2017 ========================= It's that time of the year where we celebrate our freedoms in technology and raise a ruckus about all the freedoms that have been eroded away. The time of the year we look at how we might keep our increasingly digital lives under our our own control and prevent prying eyes from seeing things they shouldn't. You guessed it: It's Software Freedom Day! Free Software Melbourne, in conjunction with Linux Users Victoria, is celebrating the 14th annual Software Freedom Day with talks from Linux Users Victoria, Electronic Frontiers Australia and the F-Droid app store. We'll also be having plenty of networking opportunities, introductions to local technology groups and a Linux installfest. So bring down that old PC you were about to throw away and give it a new coat of Debian and bring it back to life! We have a Code of Conduct online which we follow. In short: Be respectful. Be mindful. Work together. Link provided below. This is a family friendly event, please invite anyone that is interested along to help make it a great day. Entry is free anytime, so help spread the word on everyone’s liberties. Tea, coffee and light refreshments will be provided gratis. Hope to see all your happy faces at the event (you don't have to be happy, but be there!) Schedule -------- 12:00pm - Doors open 12:15pm - Introduction to FOSS with FSM 1:00pm - Michael Verrenkamp - Welcome and Gnews for the year 1:15pm - Jon Lawrence - Electronic Frontiers Australia 2:15pm - OS Community get together - Community group introductions 2:45pm - Break and Installfest (Debian focused) 3:15pm - Andrew Pam - Linux 4:15pm - Peter Serwylo - F-Droid 6:00pm - End Day... Dinner at KL Bangra Details ------- Date: Saturday the 16th September 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 2 hour parking in the area Code of Conduct: http://freesoftware.org.au/code-of-conduct/ Links: - Official Site: <http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2017/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/Free <http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2017/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/Free%2…>Software Melbourne and Linux Users Victoria <http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2017/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/Free%2…>> - FSM Site: https://freesoftware.org.au/blog/fsm-sept-16th-software-freedom-day-2017 Annual General Meeting ====================== Notice of LUV Annual General Meeting, 16 September 2017, 17:30. Linux Users of Victoria, Inc., registration number A0040056C, will be holding its Annual General Meeting at 5:30pm on Saturday 16 September 2017 at Electron Workshop, 31 Arden St. North Melbourne. The AGM will be held in conjunction with Software Freedom Day, an event being held at the time of our usual Beginners Meeting. 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 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. AGM BUSINESS The only matters of business to be considered at this meeting are: * Confirm minutes of annual general meeting on 4th October 2016. * Receive and consider annual report of the committee. * Receive and consider financial statements. * 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 horizontal rules, inserting your own name and that of your proxy as appropriate: ------------------------------ 8< ------------------------------ 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 16th September 2017, 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.] ------------------------------ 8< ------------------------------ Notes about proxies: * You can appoint any LUV member as your proxy. However, the committee suggests that it's practical and convenient to appoint the President, Andrew Pam, as your proxy, who can be trusted to act on your proxy faithfully. * Emailed proxies should be sent to luv-secretary(a)luv.asn.au, and must be received at least 24 hours before the meeting. * 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. * Paper proxies can also be presented at the commencement of the meeting itself. * 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.

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LUV Main September 2017 Meeting: Cygwin and Virtualbox
by Andrew Pam 01 Sep '17

01 Sep '17

Start: Sep 5 2017 18:30 End: Sep 5 2017 20:30 Location: The Dan O'Connell Hotel, 225 Canning Street, Carlton VIC 3053 Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Tuesday, September 5, 2017 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM The Dan O'Connell Hotel 225 Canning Street, Carlton VIC 3053 Speakers: * Duncan Roe, Cygwin * Steve Roylance, Virtualbox *Cygwin* is a large collection of GNU and Open Source tools which provide functionality similar to a Linux distribution on Windows. It allows easy porting of many Unix programs without the need for extensive changes to the source code. *Duncan Roe* has had a Linux desktop since 1993. A software developer, he first used Linux professionally in 1994. He has been hacking on Linux ever since. *VirtualBox* is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware, targeted at server, desktop and embedded use. It is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2. The Dan O'Connell Hotel, 225 Canning Street, Carlton VIC 3053 Food and drinks will be available on premises. Before and/or after each meeting those who are interested are welcome to join other members for dinner. Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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LUV hardware library
by Andrew Pam 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

Looking for spare computer parts or free computers to experiment with? Something you can play with and nobody cares if it breaks? Come to the LUV beginners meetings every month at Infoxchange. We currently have hard drives up to 7200RPM 1TB SATA, DDR3 RAM (a couple of 2x2GB kits), several older Nvidia video cards, an entire late-90s desktop system complete with laser printer, SCSI scanner and gaming joystick, a low-power fanless VIA C3 system, a dual-PSU HP Proliant server, a large collection of cases, power supplies and motherboards (some with CPUs), some keyboards and mice, and a few older screens and laptops in unknown condition, plus more in Russell Coker's collection. Please feel free to ask if you need anything, or come and scavenge. If you don't know how to assemble or replace hardware, let us know and we could run a workshop on refurbishing older hardware to run Linux! Hope to see you there tomorrow or in the future! https://luv.asn.au/2017/08/26 Cheers, Andrew

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LUV Beginners August Meeting: Secure Shell (SSH)
by Andrew Pam 20 Aug '17

20 Aug '17

PLEASE NOTE THE DATE Start: Aug 26 2017 12:30 End: Aug 26 2017 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Secure Shell (SSH) SSH (Secure Shell) is a secure means, mainly used on Linux and other UNIX-like systems, to access remote systems designed as a replacement for a variety of insecure protocols (e.g., telnet, rlogin etc). This presentation will cover the core usage of the protocol, its development (SSH-1 and SSH-2), the architecture (client-server, public key authentication), installation and implementation, and some handy elaborations and enhancements, and real and imagined vulnerabilities. Plenty of examples will be provided throughout along with the opportunity to test the protocol. *Lev Lafayette* is the HPC and Training Office at the University of Melbourne, which includes responsibility for the cloud-HPC hybrid, 'Spartan'. Prior to that he worked in a similar role at the Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing (VPAC). He has had a little bit to do with LUV for more than a decade. Outside of the technical world, he enjoys stirring the possum in real-world politics, playing and designing simulation games, and most recently has developed an interest in languages. 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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