announce August 2002

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NBLUG shwoing of "Revolution OS" has been cancelled and postponed!

by ME

Hello everyone! Eric brought up the question about the HP DVD copy of "Revolution OS" and our right to show it in such a public event. He asked Augie who confirmed the leading text of the video on his DVD states it is for in-home viewing only and not for public presentation. I have contacted the creator of the film, and he is fine with us showing this movie *after* there are no more bay area venues showing it. (I have permission for this in my inbox.) Many of us have agreed, not showing it yet is the best thing we can do for legality, and respect for the work. The show in San Jose has been held over for another week, and they are looking to add a Berkeley show too. After Berkeley, they have no Bay Area plans. The new DVD should be ready by the end of September. I will be ordering a copy of this, and if anyone else wants a copy, let me know and we can do a group purchase. (I have notices from a few people on this, but will send out a notice to the nblug list when I have more info.) In a previous e-mail from him, he guessed it might cost $25 +S&H but that was just a guess. We do not yet have a new date or time for the NBLUG Showing of "Revolution OS". It will, however, take place after September, and will likely be on a Saturday at the SSU Library in the Media room. If we assume the film is 2 hours long with all of the extra footage and interviews not in the one given away by HP, and we know the library closes at 5:00pm on Saturdays, then we can start a showing at 2:00pm on some saturday at the SSU library. A saturday viewing makes more sense, because weekdays require parking passes at $2.50 each, *and* the "free parking" on east cotati ave is no longer free for parking. A saturday viewing allows for free parking on campus. Sorry about this change in plans! -ME -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS/CM$/IT$/LS$/S/O$ !d--(++) !s !a+++(-----) C++$(++++) U++++$(+$) P+$>+++ L+++$(++) E W+++$(+) N+ o K w+$>++>+++ O-@ M+$ V-$>- !PS !PE Y+ PGP++ t@-(++) 5+@ X@ R- tv- b++ DI+++ D+ G--@ e+>++>++++ h(++)>+ r*>? z? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ decode: http://www.ebb.org/ungeek/ about: http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html

21 years, 8 months

[NBLUG] General Meeting Announcement; The Legalities of Open Source and Linux

by Eric Eisenhart

Well, it's starting to look like September is going to be a busy month for NBLUG... WHAT: NBLUG General Meeting TOPIC: The Legalities of Open Source and Linux; Q&A SPEAKER: Larry Rosen of Open Source Initiative and ROSENLAW.COM LLP WHERE: O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol http://nblug.org/directions.cgi http://ora.com/oreilly/seb_directions.html WHEN: Tuesday, September 10th @ 7:30PM This is our normal monthly meeting at the normal scheduled time and place. Our speaker this month is an expert on legal issues relating to open source software and intellectual property; instead of a specific pre-planned formal presentation, we've decided to do a Q&A session, so read up, think of some questions (interesting, hard, you're just curious, whatever...) and bring them to the meeting with you. Or you can email legal-questions(a)nblug.org and we can ask your questions for you. Larry Rosen is the founding partner of ROSENLAW.COM LLP, a law firm that specializes in intellectual property matters for large and small companies and individuals. He is also the general counsel and executive director of Open Source Initiative, an organization that reviews and approves licenses for open source software. His articles on legal issues relating to open source appear monthly in Linux Journal. Before he became an attorney, Larry taught computer programming and managed several computer departments at Stanford University. He then worked in private industry, managing computer and applications development. At one large firm he guided the design, implementation, manufacturing and marketing of successful products for data and voice communications. http://www.opensource.org/ http://www.rosenlaw.com/html/lawrenceerosen.html http://www.linuxjournal.com/search.php?author=LawrenceRosen OTHER UPCOMING NBLUG EVENTS: September 17th: Revolution OS showing at SSU library September 21st: InstallFest; http://nblug.org/installfest/ October 8th: PHP November 11th: TBA -- Eric Eisenhart NBLUG Co-Founder & President Pro Tempore for Life The North Bay Linux Users Group http://nblug.org/ eric(a)nblug.org

21 years, 8 months

[NBLUG] September InstallFest Announcement

by InstallFest Coordinator

Please note that this InstallFest is >>NOT<< at O'Reilly and Associates. It will instead be at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park. Please see below for information on the exact location and directions. WHEN: Saturday, September 21st, 2001 - 10:30AM - 5:00PM PDT WHERE: Sonoma State Campus, Schulz Info Center, Room 1121 (see below for specifics) WHO: Anyone wanting help in installing Linux onto their computer URL: http://nblug.org/installfest/ WHAT DO I DO: Go to http://www.nblug.org/installfest/ to signup!!!! What is an InstallFest and who can come? Instead of putting all of the usual "what is an InstallFest" info in this and future announcements, we have a link up on our website as to what a NBLUG InstallFest entails and how to participate. If you point your browser of choice to http://www.nblug.org/installfest/, you'll be presented with all the info you ever wanted to know about what goes on at an InstallFest, and how you can get the most out of attending one. Anyone is more than welcome to attend. If you need help or just want to hang out and talk, you are more than welcome to show up. They are always totally free; you might want to bring a few dollars for pizza, however. How do I sign up? We will again be taking signups for this InstallFest, so please be sure to visit that URL if you plan on attending. People who signup and reserve a time slot, are first in line. We've found that by taking signups, we can help more people in a timely fashion. We can also make sure that enough helpers are available for those wanting help. If you need help at the last minute, you can still just show up and we'll probably be able to help you, but it really helps us if you register first; preferably a week or more in advance so we have a chance to beg for more helpers if we need them. What if I want to offer to help? If you're interested in helping out, please contact installfest(a)nblug.org; if you've successfully installed RedHat (or Mandrake or SuSE or Debian or FreeBSD or OpenBSD or YellowDog or ...) before, you can probably help out. We can even use a bit of help from somebody helping people bring their heavy equipment in. Besides, it's fun to come hang out with all the geeks. ;) For helpers, the schedule is a little different: 8:00AM - Breakfast (optional) at an undisclosed (undecided) location. 10:00AM - Room open to helpers for setup 10:30AM - Installs begin (event start) 5:00PM - Installs should be done by now. 5:30PM - Installs must be done by now. 6:00PM - Room closed; alarms go off, doors lock, police show up. We always need helpers, and we can usually use more helpers than we get. It's a good way to "give back" to NBLUG and it's a geeky good time. (If you're interested in helping out but can't do an InstallFest, please consider giving a presentation in December or January or consider taking over as President; contact speakers(a)nblug.org about speaking or president(a)nblug.org about taking over as President) >> Location and Directions << The InstallFest will take place on Sonoma State's campus. We will be using room Schulz 1121, which is in the Schulz Information Center (aka, the Library). Directions and information on parking follow. Here are some maps and directions that SSU makes available on their site: http://www.sonoma.edu/university/maps.html -- Master index of all interesting direction-related info. http://www.sonoma.edu/university/maps/schulzinfoctr.html -- Nice map of the campus with the library (Info Center) highlighted Parking tips from Mike & Dustin: http://www.nblug.org/schulz-library.gif -- Similar to the map above, but Mike has highlighted the parking areas, and also drawn a path to get to the right part of the library from Cotati Ave. Parking on Saturday is free. You may park in either Lot D or Lot J. Note that any lot that is marked as residence parking is OFF LIMITS at all times unless you have a proper parking permit. If you need to park close to the building to bring your equipment in, there is 30 minute parking on the West side of Schulz and on the East side of Schulz there are two 15 minute spots. Once you drop your equipment off, you should move your car to one of the other lots mentioned above. Handicapped parking is available in the reserved lot areas, and on the West side of the library near the library loading zone. Handicapped parking is labeled. Other upcoming NBLUG Events: August 13th Augie Schwer will be talking about Database Administration with MySQL and PostgreSQL September 10th Larry Rosen will talk about Open Source and law September 21st we're having an InstallFest at SSU; details following shortly. October 8th, Mark Linford will talk about PHP. Next InstallFest: probably early January, maybe December. - Eric -- Eric Eisenhart NBLUG Co-Founder & President Pro Tempore for Life The North Bay Linux Users' Group http://nblug.org/ eric(a)nblug.org

21 years, 9 months

[NBLUG] General Meeting Announcement; DB Admin; MySQL; PostgreSQL

by Eric Eisenhart

WHAT: NBLUG General Meeting TOPIC: Database Administration with MySQL and PostgreSQL SPEAKER: Augie Schwer WHERE: O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol http://nblug.org/directions.cgi http://ora.com/oreilly/seb_directions.html WHEN: Tuesday, August 13th, 2002 @ 7:30PM This is our normal monthly meeting at the normal scheduled time and place. Augie will be covering both PostgreSQL Database Administration and MySQL Database Administration. So if you've just been dying to set up a database or you have one of these databases and aren't quite sure how to configure it or add users or just don't quite know what to do with it, come to the meeting with your brains ready. We're hoping some of you will be coming with questions ready so that Augie can be properly grilled. MySQL and PostgreSQL are the two leading open source SQL Relational DataBase Management Systems (RDBMS); both run on Linux as well as a variety of other platforms, mostly *nix. They are used to power many websites, including slashdot.org, freshmeat.net, SourceForge.net, quickfacts.census.gov, finance.yahoo.com, mail-abuse.org, and more projects than you can shake a stick at. MySQL is a lightweight database engine that does most of what you want; PostgreSQL is a bit heftier but also provides all of what's in the ANSI SQL92 standard. Both can be used from C, C++, Perl, PHP, Java, ODBC and Python. Augie is a regularly attending member of NBLUG who is currently majoring in Computer Science at Sonoma State University and working for the Sonoma County Water Agency, primarily doing web and database development. OTHER UPCOMING NBLUG EVENTS: September 10th Larry Rosen will talk about Open Source and law September 21st we're having an InstallFest at SSU; details following shortly. October 8th, Mark Linford will talk about PHP. -- Eric Eisenhart NBLUG Co-Founder & President Pro Tempore for Life The North Bay Linux Users' Group http://nblug.org/ eric(a)nblug.org

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