Hello again List,
Thank you for your reply Kathy. I would definitely be happy to attend
any meet organised in Geelong in the future. Just let me know where,
when and if you could use any assistance in any way.
I will give a brief introduction of myself and my interests. I am 21 and
have been interested in sysadmin, web development, network security and
*nix for a number of years. I currently work in an IT support role for a
small Geelong based company, providing IT solutions/support to local
businesses. My aspirations are to eventually work in IT Security,
however that is quite a while away.
I use Ubuntu 12.04 at home (Dell Inspiron 7720) and I am quickly
learning the Ubuntu OS. Despite my personal preference for Ubuntu, I
use/support Windows at work and 99% of my experience/knowledge is in the
Windows environment. I'm not an expert in anything but I love learning
all different aspects of computing and information technology and would
love to share my knowledge and learn from others around me. I am looking
forward to building a home server in the near future and experimenting
with the opportunities that creates.
I'm also very excited to be attending my first computing related
conference - RuxCon - in a weeks time. I'd be happy to hear from any
other Geelong people attending.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks
Scott Harrison.
Hello list,
I am a new subscriber to this list and interested in meeting other Linux
users in Geelong. If anybody with a keen interest in Linux and FOSS from
Geelong could contact me, it would be appreciated.
I'd also like to know if there is any LUV meetings or similarly
organised "Linux users" meetings in Geelong. I have attended a LUV
meeting in Melbourne but the travel on a Tuesday evening makes attending
impractical at best.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards,
Scott Harrison.
Hi everyone,
Just a few lines this month about what's been happening in the Linux and
opensource world in Geelong, Australia and the world at large.
Welcome new list members
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Starting as an informal list after BarCampGeelong in July 2011, we have
grown this list from around a dozen members to 26 at last count. A big
welcome to all new list members; please feel free to introduce
yourselves :-)
linux.conf.au
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As you might be aware, early bird tix for linux.conf.au in Canberra in
January have been selling like hot cakes. At the time of writing, early
bird tix were 95% sold, so get in early if you want a significant discount.
http://linux.conf.au
Although the Call for Proposals (CfP) for linux.conf.au itself is
closed, there are many CfPs open for the Miniconfs which are part of
linux.conf.au. To speak at a miniconf, you must be a registered attendee
at linux.conf.au.
Cloud storage, distribution and high availability (chaired by the
awesome Tim Serong of SuSE)
https://lca2013.linux.org.au/wiki/Miniconfs/CloudDistributedStorageandHighA…
Sysadmin Miniconf
https://lca2013.linux.org.au/wiki/Miniconfs/SysAdmin
Linux Security Miniconf
https://lca2013.linux.org.au/wiki/Miniconfs/AdvancesinLinuxSecurity
Multimedia and Music Miniconf
http://www.annodex.org/events/lca2013_mmm/
OpenStack Miniconf
https://lca2013.linux.org.au/wiki/Miniconfs/OpenStack
Open Programming (chaired by the awesome @chrisjrn)
https://lca2013.linux.org.au/wiki/Miniconfs/OpenProgramming
Haecksen
https://lca2013.linux.org.au/wiki/Miniconfs/Haecksen
Mobile FOSS (chaired by the awesome James Purser)
http://mobilefoss.collaborynth.com.au/
DrupalCon Sydney 2013 Call For Papers
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For the first time, DrupalCon will be held in Australasia 6-9 Feb 2013,
and the call for session proposals is now open.
http://sydney2013.drupal.org/
Geelong Hackerspace
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Are starting to gather momentum, with discussions with the Geelong
Amateur Radio Club looking promising (thanks George for all your hard
work here). Follow the group at;
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/geelong-hackerspace
Software Freedom Day Activities
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A big thanks to Linux Users' Victoria for hosting Software Freedom Day
activities in Melbourne this year
Click here to see what you missed:
http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2012/Australia/Victoria/Melbourne/SFDMel…
Linux Users Victoria next meetings
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Next meetings will be published shortly at http://www.luv.asn.au
ICT in Geelong
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The ICT Geelong Technology Entrepreneurship forum will be on 1st
November at Simonds Stadium (Kardinia Park)
http://www.ictgeelong.com.au/
What's Kathy been up to?
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As you might know, I've been travelling overseas, and was lucky enough
to go to the Open Source Systems conference in Tunisia in September,
where the highlights were meeting Carol Smith of the Google Summer of
Code Program, Italo Vignoli of The Document Foundation and the
incredibly dedicated and enthusiastic team of volunteers for the
conference. An amazing experience, and I've blogged about some of the
highlights here;
http://blog.kathyreid.id.au/tag/oss2012/
Quick news grabs
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Oracle debuts MySQL 5.6 via ZDnet
http://www.zdnet.com/oracle-debuts-mysql-5-6-rc-at-inaugural-mysql-connect-…
Good news for job hunters with Linux skills via PCWorld
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2011376/good-news-for-job-hunters-in-android…
Could open source principles be applied to politics? via GigaOM
http://gigaom.com/2012/09/29/could-we-use-open-source-tools-to-improve-poli…
All the best for now,
Kind regards,
K.
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