Hi everyone,
Just a note of many thanks to our speakers Russell and Daniel for their
efforts tonight, and for travelling so far to be with us. I'm sure you'll
all agree it was a valuable and worthwhile session, and the general
sentiment of the night was that we're keen to run more in the future.
Just as a recap if you couldn't join us (poor George got vlined and
metro'd :( ), Russell provided a very interesting overview of ZFS and
BTRFS as alternative file systems, and Daniel went through a number of
barriers to open source adoption in education, which sparked a group
discussion on Microsoft licensing practices and how they are designed to
limit FOSS adoption.
Andrew Van Slageren rounded off the night with a show and tell of his
Melbourne Wireless hardware, including a Nano bridge and Mikrotik router.
Thanks all for your assistance in packing/cleaning up - very much
appreciated.
Again, it was fantastic to meet everyone face to face, and very much
looking forward to future catchups.
Kind regards,
Kathy
Hi everyone, thanks to all who have confirmed/declined with me - very
much appreciated.
Thanks also to Lev Lafayette (President, Linux Users' Victoria) for his
and the committee's support for this event. At this stage I'll be
catering for around 8 (6 confirmed, 2 maybe).
Thanks to Daniel Jitnah and Russell Coker who have volunteered to give
presentations;
Daniel Jitnah - Open source in education
Russell Coker (short presentation) - Storage using BTRFS and ZFS
Daniel works for Greenware IT and is Chair of the Events Committee for
Open Source Industry Australia.
Russell is a computer and network security consultant.
Those details again in case you missed them are below.
WHERE
Deakin University Waterfront Room AD5.004, Central Geelong
WHEN
Thursday 29th November 6pm (for a 6.30pm start) till around 8pm or until
we're bored
WHAT
Beer and pizza. Let Kathy know if you have special requirements.
Presentations by Daniel Jitnah on Open Source in Education and Russell Coker on storage using BTRFS and ZFS.
HOW TO GET THERE
This Google Map best explains how to get there.
Use the Cunningham Street entrance to get to room AD5.004.
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=201841023461449781249.0004cf10bb40a532…
If you can't get into the building, ring Kathy on 0418 130 636.
Kind regards,
Kathy
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Kathy Reid
@KathyReid on Twitter, Identi.ca, IRC etc
(61) 418 130 636
Hi everyone,
There's been some interest in a Geelong group meeting face to face, which
is fantastic. The lovely people at the Uni have been kind enough to give
us a room (without charge yay!) for the evening, so you're all warmly
invited to meet, catch up and share your favourite open source and Linux
news, stories and opinions.
Three people have confirmed so far (thanks for confirming) so if you're
coming please let me know so that beer and pizza can be specced
appropriately :-) Not being a beer drinker (blasphemy I hear you cry!),
your recommendations are sought. Pizza preferences or unpreferences also
sought.
Unfortunately no-one's volunteered to present (yet), so if anyone would
like to take the floor please just sing out. It's a nice presentation
space, with VGA connectors, dual projectors etc. You're welcome to bring
hardware or show and tell with you (like Raspberry Pis etc), soldering kit
might be pushing it, but let's see how we go!
WHERE
Deakin University Waterfront Room AD5.004, Central Geelong
WHEN
Thursday 29th November 6pm (for a 6.30pm start) till around 8pm or until
we're bored
WHAT
Beer and pizza. Let Kathy know if you have special requirements.
Presentations (hopefully) or just meeting face to face.
HOW TO GET THERE
This Google Map best explains how to get there.
Use the Cunningham Street entrance to get to room AD5.004.
https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=201841023461449781249.0004cf10bb40a532…
If you can't get into the building, ring Kathy on 0418 130 636.
Hola amigos,
Writing to you from Barcelona, Espana where I'm very lucky to be attending
LinuxCon Europe. Blogging at http://blog.kathyreid.id.au and you can
follow all the action via the #linuxcon hashtag. Have to say that Linus'
keynote was a bit average but Catarina Mota's keynote rocked my world (she
runs the Open Hardware Association).
In other quick news, the next PHPMelb meet is 20th Nov;
http://phpmelb.org/2012/11/08/20th-nov-osdclub-security-privacy-and-anonymi…
...and.... I'd really like to set up a face to face meet for this group on
a Thursday night in Geelong - how does 29th November suit everyone say
6pm? I'll figure out a venue and some beer and pizza. Any offers for
someone to give a presentation? Raspberry Pi? Mint vs Arch vs Ubuntu?
Anyone?
Kind regards,
K.