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LUV Beginners July Meeting: Teaching programming using video games
by Andrew Pam 12 Jul '17

12 Jul '17

Start: Jul 15 2017 12:30 End: Jul 15 2017 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Andrew Pam will be demonstrating a range of video games that run natively on Linux and explicitly include programming skills as part of the game including SpaceChem, InfiniFactory, TIS-100, Shenzen I/O, Else Heart.Break(), Hack 'n' Slash and Human Resource Machine. He will seek feedback on the suitability of these games for teaching programming skills to non-programmers and the possibility of group play in a classroom or workshop setting. 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 July 2017 Meeting
by Andrew Pam 02 Jul '17

02 Jul '17

Start: Jul 4 2017 18:30 End: Jul 4 2017 20:30 Location: The Dan O'Connell Hotel, 225 Canning Street, Carlton VIC 3053 Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION Tuesday, July 4, 2017 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM The Dan O'Connell Hotel 225 Canning Street, Carlton VIC 3053 Speakers: • To be announced Come have a drink with us and talk about Linux. If you have something cool to show, please bring it along! 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 Beginners June Meeting: Debian 9 release party!
by Andrew Pam 14 Jun '17

14 Jun '17

Start: Jun 17 2017 12:30 End: Jun 17 2017 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Debian Linux version 9 (codename "Stretch") is scheduled for release on 17 June 2017. Join us in celebrating the release and assisting anyone who would like to install or upgrade to the new version! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There will also be the usual casual hands-on workshop, Linux installation, configuration and assistance and advice. Bring your laptop if you need help with a particular issue. This will now occur *BEFORE* the talks from 12:30 to 14:00. The talks will commence at 14:00 (2pm) so there is time for people to have lunch nearby. The meeting will be held at Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond 3121 <https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-37.810879,144.992834&z=16&t=m&hl=en-US&gl=…> (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 <http://infoxchange.org/> for the venue. Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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LUV Main June 2017 Meeting
by Andrew Pam 05 Jun '17

05 Jun '17

Start: Jun 6 2017 18:30 End: Jun 6 2017 20:30 Location: The Dan O'Connell Hotel, 225 Canning Street, Carlton VIC 3053 Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map *PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION* Tuesday, June 6, 2017 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM The Dan O'Connell Hotel 225 Canning Street, Carlton VIC 3053 Speakers: • To be announced Come have a drink with us and talk about Linux. If you have something cool to show, please bring it along! 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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OpenStack Australia Day Melbourne
by Andrew Pam 26 May '17

26 May '17

>From Jessica Field, one of the organisers: Held in Melbourne, OpenStack Australia Day is set to be the region’s largest, and Australia’s best, conference focusing on Open Source cloud technology. Gathering users, vendors and solution providers OpenStack Australia Day is an industry event to showcase the latest technologies and share real-world experiences of the next wave of IT virtualisation. Hosted by Aptira and the OpenStack Foundation, this conference will feature a range of sessions on the broader cloud and Software Defined Infrastructure ecosystem including OpenStack, containers, PaaS and automation with insights from some of the most talented members of the OpenStack community. Attendees will have the opportunity to hear real business cases, learn about new products, and participate in hands-on workshops, as well as a networking event for a less formal opportunity to engage with the community. We have a stack of prizes and giveaways available, with the chance to win a free pass to the November Sydney OpenStack Summit (valued at $600), a free registration for the OpenStack COA exam, 2 x Nespresso coffee machines, a 3D printer and more. This venue will include free event wi-fi for all attendees, a restaurant featuring the best of Victorian and Australian produce, contemporary bars and on-site accommodation. Accommodation discount codes are available upon request. For more information or to register, please visit: http://australiaday.openstack.org.au/ I hope to see you all there!

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LUV Beginners May Meeting: Dealing with Security as a Linux Desktop User
by Andrew Pam 16 May '17

16 May '17

Start: May 20 2017 12:30 End: May 20 2017 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map This presentation will introduce the various aspects of IT security that Linux Desktop users may be grappling with on an ongoing basis. The target audience of the talk will be beginners (newbies) - who might have had bad experiences using Windows OS all these years, and don't know what to expect when tiptoeing into the new world of Linux. General Linux users who don't always pay much attention to aspects of security may also find interest in sharing some of the commonsense practices that are essential to using our computers safely. Topics to be covered will include: Firewalls, System Updates, WiFi Security, User Passwords, encrypting your data, etc. We will also address a frequently asked question: Do I really need Anti-Virus software installed on my Linux computer? *Wen Lin* is currently the Treasurer of LUV (now part of Linux Australia). He has been in the IT profession for about 28 years, primarily in the system admin area - both Windows and Linux. He started to be active in the Free & Open Source Community in 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 <https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-37.810879,144.992834&z=16&t=m&hl=en-US&gl=…> (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 <http://infoxchange.org/> for the venue. Linux Users of Victoria Inc., is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.

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LUV Main May 2017 Meeting: The Plasma programming language
by Andrew Pam 30 Apr '17

30 Apr '17

Start: May 2 2017 18:30 End: May 2 2017 20:30 Location: The Dan O'Connell Hotel, 225 Canning Street, Carlton VIC 3053 Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION Tuesday, May 2, 2017 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM The Dan O'Connell Hotel 225 Canning Street, Carlton VIC 3053 Speakers: • Dr. Paul Bone, the Plasma programming language • To be announced The Plasma Programming Language Strong static typed, pure functional programming (FP) has a lot to offer in terms of software reliability and performance. FP also provides a strong foundation for improved parallelism and concurrency support. However FP has a well-deserved reputation for being difficult to learn, and it is yet to deliver the promises of easy parallelism and concurrency. The Plasma Programming Language is a new language that aims to address these problems. Plasma is a mix of declarative and imperative programming and aims to be familiar and easy to learn for most people while providing the safety guarantees of strong static typing and pure functional semantics. Plasma will also support parallel and concurrent programming via a mix of concurrency abstractions (queues, mvars etc), and deterministic and automatic parallelism. The project is in its infancy and is not useful. However Paul hopes to share his vision for Plasma's future. Dr Paul Bone is a programming language implementer. His interests include declarative programming, parallelism and concurrency and language runtime systems. Paul works on the Mercury and Plasma programming languages. 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 Beginners April Meeting: Compiling Software from Source Code
by Andrew Pam 19 Apr '17

19 Apr '17

Start: Apr 22 2017 12:30 End: Apr 22 2017 16:30 Location: Infoxchange, 33 Elizabeth St. Richmond Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map *PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE due to the Easter holiday* Lev will offer a tutorial and demonstration on compiling software from source code. This is useful when you need something not already packaged by your distribution, you need a newer version than is currently packaged, or to select your own configuration or make your own changes. 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. 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 April 2017 Meeting: SageMath / Simultaneous multithreading
by Andrew Pam 03 Apr '17

03 Apr '17

Start: Apr 4 2017 18:30 End: Apr 4 2017 20:30 Location: The Dan O'Connell Hotel, 225 Canning Street, Carlton VIC 3053 *PLEASE NOTE NEW LOCATION* Tuesday, April 4, 2017 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM The Dan O'Connell Hotel 225 Canning Street, Carlton VIC 3053 Speakers: • Adetokunbo "Xero" Arogbonlo, SageMath • Stewart Smith, Simultaneous multithreading Adetokunbo "Xero" Arogbonlo, SageMath ------------------------------------- SageMath is FOSS mathematics software. Big understatement! It is a confederation of some of the best FOSS tools for mathematics and scientific computing. Some of the tools that make up SageMath include: Jupyter notebook, Maxima, GLPK, Gniac, Numpy, R, Scipy, GAP, FLINT, Sympy, Macaulay2, Blas, Atlas and Lapack to mention but a few. SageMath brings all these tools (complete and successful programs in their own right) into a single environment with a uniform interface and one simple language to bind them all: Python. SageMath is used in a wide range of fields by people of varying levels of education and expertise. It is used in cryptography, mathematics research, engineering, undergraduate courses and even high school. The development of Sagemath is very active with multiple releases every year. This talk will present a broad overview of SageMath and some of its capabilities with live demos. Xero is currently doing a PhD in Control Theory. He enjoys learning as well as intellectual challenges. Stewart Smith, Simultaneous multithreading ------------------------------------------ Simultaneous multithreading (SMT) is a technique for improving the overall efficiency of superscalar CPUs with hardware multithreading. SMT permits multiple independent threads of execution to better utilize the resources provided by modern processor architectures. Examples include Intel's Hyperthreading and IBM POWER CPUs. Stewart will cover the attributes of modern CPUs, where we came from and what the future may hold. Stewart Smith currently works for IBM in the Linux Technology Center on KVM on POWER and OPAL firmware, giving him a job that is even harder to explain to non-Linux geek people than ever before. Previously he worked for Percona as Director of Server Development where he oversaw development of many of Percona’s software products. He comes from many years experience in databases and free and open source software development. He’s often found hacking on free software, taking photos, running, brewing beer and cycling (yes, all at the same time). He once helped build a monorail in the middle of the desert. 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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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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