Start: 2014-01-11 7:30 pm
End: 2014-01-11 ~9:00 pm
Speaker: Tom Most
Location: O'Reilly Media
Description:
Tom Most will be presenting "An Introduction to Debian Packaging". This talk is aimed at developers and system administrators who wish to deploy applications to Debian and Ubuntu systems. Topics include the structure of a .deb, writing debian/control files, and use of debhelper and dh_make.
Comment from Allan: This should be of interest to anyone who uses a distribution that relies on .deb package management. See you there!
General meeting: Tuesday, Jan 14th, 2014 7:30 PM
Lightning Talks
According to Wikipedia: A Lightning talk is a short presentation given
at a conference or similar forum. Unlike other presentations, lightning
talks last only a few minutes and several will usually be delivered in a
single period by different speakers.
Everyone is invited and encouraged to talk about Linux.
Which distro or window manager are you running?
What hardware are you running Linux on?
What projects are you working on?
We want to hear about it.
E. Frank Ball Frank(a)NBLUG.org
Start: 2013-12-10 7:30 pm
End: 2013-06-11 ~9:00 pm
Speaker: Allan Cecil
Location: O'Reilly Media
Description:
A Raspberry Pi, connected to a custom PCB with a PIC microcontroller, connected to... a game console's controller port? In this presentation, Allan will talk about the Tool-Assisted Speedrun community from http://tasvideos.org, game console emulators in Linux, Raspberry Pi GPIO serial interface capabilities, PCB design, reverse-engineering, and how a TAS can be an artform.
There will be plenty of technical details but the presentation should be enjoyable by all, with demonstrations of games being played perfectly using tools to overcome the limitations of human reflexes and a finale of taking complete control of an unmodified Super Nintendo using only the controller input.
Start: 2013-11-12 - 7:30pm
End: 2013-11-12 - 9:00pm
Location: O'Reilly Media
The meeting will begin with the yearly election of members
of the NBLUG Board of Directors.
Following the election, Kyle Rankin will be presenting "Practical 3D
printing and the Open Source Community"
Your average geek has probably heard of 3D printers but may not know
about all of the Open Source underpinnings that have made the 3D
printing boom possible. In this talk Kyle will discuss the similarities
between the history of hobbyist 3D printers and the history of some
popular Linux distributions. He will then talk about some of the 3D
printers available today and help you justify buying your own 3D
printer with examples of useful things you can print for around the
house.
See you there!
Jezra
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Coffee: http://coffee.jezra.net
Good Evening Fellow NBLUG'ers,
The time of year is upon us again to nominate and elect members for NBLUG's
Board of Directors. As a member of the Board, you will be invited to
discuss NBLUG activities, search for speakers for future meetings, and eat
dinner at Pongo's usually on or around the 3rd week of the month (although
this is flexible and usually determined on a month to month basis depending
on the needs of the board as a whole.) I have enjoyed the process
personally, and have learned quite a bit about different aspects of Linux
throughout this last year. Self nominations are allowed and encouraged.
Elections will be held during November's general meeting, and we are still
actively seeking out a speaker for November also.
Thank you,
Michael
Start: 2013-10-08 - 7:30pm
End: 2013-10-08 - 9:00pm
Location: O'Reilly Media
description:
GnuPG is the free open source version of the OpenPGP standard.
GPG can be used to encrypt and/or digitally sign files for secure
storage or email. I'll cover creating GPG keys and using
them for encryption and signing.
Start: 2013-09-10 - 7:30pm
End: 2013-09-10 - 9:00pm
Location: O'Reilly Media
description:
Tonight is a roundtable hackfest of anything Linux or Open Source related. A projector will be available for anyone who wants to use it to present something but this is generally an opportunity for 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 or projects.
Start: 2013/08/13 7:30 pm
End: 2013/08/13 ~9:00 pm
Speaker: Michael Tucker
Location: O'Reilly Media
This talk will cover a introduction of mini-computing at home using
Linux. Topics covered will include Rikomagic's MK802 and MK802II based
on the All-winner A10 Chip set and Android operating system. There will
be a brief introduction to the Dalvik VM, an overview of Hardware
specifications, comparisons of similar devices, as well as a
demonstration of stock and custom images. Recently restricted releases
of Chromecast by Google have prompted a revisit to hardware that is
Linux-friendly and ships with access to root. Active participation for
this talk is encouraged, so if you have similar devices do not hesitate
to bring as a HDTV will be available for demonstration.
Start: 2013/07/09 7:30 pm
End: 2013/07/09 ~9:00 pm
Speaker: Alison Chaiken
Location: O'Reilly Media
Linux developers play a major role in bringing forth the surprisingly
near-term technology of autonomous vehicles. The talk will present
lessons from a few years of work on vehicular SW and make the case
that automotive software will have an outsized societal impact.
Imminent decisions by government and private industry will influence
how long-running problems like privacy and security play out in this
new space. What code is important in automotive Linux, and what's it
like to work on it? What are the opportunities for software
developers and EE's, and where might one get started?
Alison Chaiken has worked as an automotive software developer for 3
years, starting with MeeGo-IVI at Nokia, continuing as a contractor,
and then joining Mentor Embedded Software Division. She is the
organizer of the Silicon Valley Automotive Open Source Group and rides
bicycles in any time that is somehow left over.
See you there!
Jezra
Start: 2013/06/11 7:30 pm
End: 2013/06/11 ~9:00 pm
Speaker: Everyone!
Location: O'Reilly Media
Description:
Lightning Talks
According to Wikipedia: A Lightning talk is a short presentation given
at a conference or similar forum. Unlike other presentations, lightning
talks last only a few minutes and several will usually be delivered in
a single period by different speakers.
Everyone is invited and encouraged to talk about Linux.
Which distro are you running?
What hardware are you running Linux on?
What projects are you working on?
We want to hear about it.
A sign up form will be provided at the beginning of the meeting for
anyone wanting to give a lightning talk.
See you there!
Jezra