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These topics are for newbies to the realm of Linux, Unix, GNU and Open Source. They include things like how to use basic applications.

Anonymous, Wikileaks, and DoS

2011/03/08 7:30 pm
2011/03/08 9:00 pm

"Anonymous, Wikileaks, and DoS" -- Part of the talk is non-technical, about the exploits of Anonymous, Wikileaks, th3j35t3r, HB
Gary, B of A, etc., and then some demos, testing the common DoS tools against Apache, IIS, and nginx. Sam's webpage: http://samsclass.info/contact.html


O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol, CA

Sam Bowne

General Meeting: Hackfest

2010/10/12 7:30 pm
2010/10/12 9:30 pm

Instead of a regular speaker, this month we are going to do a hackfest. Like the previous hackfest we will take half of the meeting to conduct lightning talks from the first four people who sign up for one. After that we will spend the rest of the time in a more loosely-structured social setting where everyone can show each other what they have been working on or ask for help. This would be a good meeting to bring your computers.


O'Reilly Media

General Meeting: Hackfest

2010/07/13 7:30 pm
2010/07/13 9:00 pm

This month we are going to do something a little different. Instead of having a formal presentation, we are going to experiment with a "Hackfest." What this means is that we will have free-form lightning talks for up to the first half of the meeting, and then reserve the last half of the meeting so everyone can hack on things or just sit around and chat about Linux. The lightning talks are open to anyone so if you have something interesting you have been working on and could present on it for 5-10 minutes, we will have a sign-up sheet for you at the beginning of the meeting.


O'Reilly Media

TBD

General Meeting: Linux in the Workplace

2009/04/14 7:30 pm
2009/04/14 9:00 pm

So how exactly do people use Linux in the workplace these days? In this talk an NBLUG panel of systems administrators will talk about how they use Linux at their work.


O'Reilly Media

Kyle Rankin, Aaron Grattafiori, Frank Ball, and Jordan Erickson

General Meeting: GUI Candy

2009/02/10 7:30 pm
2009/02/10 9:00 pm

Last month we discussed some cool command line tools. This month Kyle will go to the opposite end of the spectrum and talk about desktop eye candy. Kyle will specifically discuss Compiz Fusion and Gnome Do and go into some of the more advanced configuration options available for Compiz.


O'Reilly Media

Kyle Rankin

Introduction to the Haiku Operating System

2008/07/08 7:30 pm
2008/07/08 9:00 pm

Haiku is an open source operating system inspired by the BeOS that is
specifically focused on personal computing. The intent of this
presentation is to give a general introduction to both the Haiku
project and operating system. The talk will cover among other things
the history of the project, some of its most important milestones,
recent developments, the code base, as well as the global community
that supports it. We will also introduce some of the aspects that make
the Haiku operating system unique both from a technical as well as end
user perspective. We will wrap up the talk with an interactive live
demo/QA session.


O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol, CA

Jorge G. Mare, Scott McCreary & (possibly?) Urias McCullough

General Meeting -- How DNS Works

2007/09/11 7:30 pm
2007/09/11 9:00 pm

In this talk Kyle will cover the basics of how DNS (Domain Name System) works. The talk will include a short history of the service, how it works today, and a step-by-step walk-through of what happens between entering a domain into a web browser and getting back an IP address. Also covered is how you could use this new-found knowledge to take down the Internet. Specific implementations of DNS (BIND, djbdns, PowerDNS) will not be covered.


O'Reilly Media

Kyle Rankin

Installfest: Saturday March 17th, at O'Reilly

2007/03/17 10:30 am
2007/03/17 4:00 pm

The date for our next Installfest has been confirmed: Saturday, March 17th at O'Reilly Media in Sebastopol (directions).

If you are interested in attending, please pre-register on our Installfest page. If you would like to help out, please send an email to installfest[at]nblug.org. If you'd like to help promote the event, we will also have a flyer that you can print out and post in useful places (watch this space and the announce list for a link to the flyer when it is ready).

Also: In conjunction with the installfest the March General Meeting (Tues., March 13th) will be a discussion geared towards new Linux users. Watch this site and the mailing lists for more info!


O'Reilly Media, in Sebastopol

InstallFest

2006/10/28 10:00 am
2006/10/28 5:00 pm

We are proud to announce our upcoming Installfest on Saturday, October 28th at O'Reilly (directions). If you are interested in attending, please pre-register on our Installfest page. If you would like to help out, please send an email to installfest[at]nblug.org. If you'd like to help promote the event, we also have a flyer (see attachment) that you can print it out, copy and plaster all over the place.


O'Reilly Media in Sebastopol

Multimedia apps

2006/08/08 7:30 pm
2006/08/08 9:30 pm

O'Reilly Media, Sebastopol, CA
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