Start: 2008/08/12 - 7:30pm
End: 2008/08/12 - 9:00pm
Location:
O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA
http://nblug.org/genloc
Speakers: Alex Honor
Description:
CTL is a new open source project for enterprise management, written in
Java, but with bindings to Python, Perl, Ruby, shell, Javascript, and
more. CTL is not an acronym; think of what 'apachectl' does for the
Apache webserver, and imagine what such a tool might do for your entire
enterprise and you've got CTL.
About the Speaker:
Alex Honor is open source project lead and principle architect at
ControlTier. Formerly, he was head of E*trade system engineering, and
carried them from dot boom to dot bomb and has been specializing in
cradle to grave distributed enterprise software management ever since.
--
Kyle Rankin
NBLUG President
The North Bay Linux Users Group
http://nblug.org
IRC: greenfly(a)irc.freenode.net #nblug
kyle(a)nblug.org
Start: 2008/07/08 - 7:30pm
End: 2007/07/08 - 9:00pm
Location:
O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA
http://nblug.org/genloc
Speakers: Jorge G. Mare, Scott McCreary & (possibly) Urias McCullough
Description:
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.
Haiku Project website: www.haiku-os.org
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Kyle Rankin
NBLUG President
The North Bay Linux Users Group
http://nblug.org
IRC: greenfly(a)irc.freenode.net #nblug
kyle(a)nblug.org
Start: 2008/06/10 - 7:30pm
End: 2007/06/10 - 9:00pm
Location:
O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA
http://nblug.org/genloc
Speaker: NBLUG Founders Dustin Mollo, Eric Eisenhart, and possibly Kat Ogaz
Description:
That's right, 10 years ago (almost to the day) NBLUG held its first
meeting. Come hear the founders discuss NBLUG, what the group was like
then, and how it has changed through the years. We'll also be providing
cake!
--
Kyle Rankin
NBLUG President
The North Bay Linux Users Group
http://nblug.org
IRC: greenfly(a)irc.freenode.net #nblug
kyle(a)nblug.org
Start: 2008/05/13 - 7:30pm
End: 2008/05/13 - 9:00pm
Location:
O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA
http://nblug.org/genloc
Speaker: Fabio Locati
Description:
KDE 4 was released on April 2, 2008 and is the newest version of the K
Desktop Environment.
Fabio Locati will speak on the history of KDE and Qt(the toolkit behind
KDE) and he will also discuss the framework of KDE.
Plans for the upcoming 4.1 release will be revealed and there will be a
live KDE demo.
--
Kyle Rankin
NBLUG President
The North Bay Linux Users Group
http://nblug.org
IRC: greenfly(a)irc.freenode.net #nblug
kyle(a)nblug.org
Start: 2008/04/08 - 7:30pm
End: 2008/04/08 - 9:00pm
Location:
O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA
http://nblug.org/genloc
Speaker: Bob Blick
Description:
OpenVPN - Adding Trust to Untrusted Networks
Virtual Private Networks allow you to connect two networks securely.
A traveler with a laptop frequently uses a random internet connection but
wants to connect securely to a home or office network.
Traditional solutions are not well suited to the random connections of the
traveler with a laptop.
OpenVPN is a versatile cross-platform open source solution that's easy to
set up.
This presentation will have an overview of the lingo and components of VPN
and a how-to demonstration of an OpenVPN server and laptop client.
--
Kyle Rankin
NBLUG President
The North Bay Linux Users Group
http://nblug.org
IRC: greenfly(a)irc.freenode.net #nblug
kyle(a)nblug.org
Start: 2008/03/11 - 7:30pm
End: 2008/03/11 - 9:00pm
Location:
O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA
http://nblug.org/genloc
Speakers: Brandon Williams and Allan Cecil
Description:
The Asus EeePC and the One Laptop Per Child XO are two small laptops
with very little in common. This month we have two presenters, Allan
Cecil and Brandon Williams.
Allan will talk about the One Laptop Per Child Project XO laptop, which
is technologically very unusual and supports some exciting educational
and networking applications. A mesh networking demo of multiple XOs is
planned, so if you are one of the lucky ones to already have an XO,
bring it along and join in the demo.
Brandon will be discussing the EeePC, its hardware specifications,
capabilities, the default operating system, and its great suite of open
source software. He'll discuss some of the niche distros popping up
specifically for the EeePC, some of the popular hardware hacks floating
around the web, and discuss some available options to the potential
buyer. We'll also hear about upcoming Ultra-Mobile Pc's, why their
popularity will continue to grow, and upcoming technology that are going
to keep making them cheaper, smaller, and more portable.
Start: 2008/02/12 - 7:30pm
End: 2008/02/12 - 9:00pm
Location:
O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA
http://nblug.org/genloc
Speaker: Kyle Rankin
Description:
In this talk Kyle Rankin will provide an introduction to performing
forensics analysis on Linux machines using the popular Sleuthkit tools
with their easy-to-use Autopsy web-based front-end. The talk will cover
initial installation and configuration of Sleuthkit and Autopsy, basic
concepts and considerations for a forensics investigation, and at the
end there will be a demo with a compromised Linux image.
--
Kyle Rankin
NBLUG President
The North Bay Linux Users Group
http://nblug.org
IRC: greenfly(a)irc.freenode.net #nblug
kyle(a)nblug.org
Howdy Folks:
Eric S. Raymond will be kicking off the start of a great 2008 at The Bay
Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) with a talk on January 15th. If you
haven't been to BALUG in a while, this a great opportunity to check out
what we're up to... and who knows you may just wind up eating dinner with
Eric S. Raymond at your table.
If you'd like to come, please RSVP:
RSVP(a)balug.org
Upcoming 2008 speakers include:
Jan - Eric S. Raymond
Feb - Bruce Perens
March 24th (New Date) - Mark Shuttleworth
April - Eric Allman
May - Jeremy Allison
June - Andrew Morton
So why not signup for BALUG's extremely low volume announce list:
http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-announce-balug.org
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
January 15th, 2008 (Next Tuesday)
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Parking: http://www.portsmouthsquaregarage.com/
Cost:
The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
About BALUG:
BALUG is lively gathering of Linux users & free software enthusiasts
that
combines great food, community & intimate access to featured speakers.
We meet in the bar of the Four Seas Restaurant from 6:30pm. At 7pm, we
share a family-style Chinese dinner, which is followed by our guest
speaker.
BALUG Mailing list Policy:
BALUG promises not to abuse other LUGs mailing lists. Our current
policy
is to make one monthly announcement on other Bay Area LUGs mailing
lists.
If you feel this is not appropriate for a particular list, please tell
us
which list and what you feel would be a more appropriate policy for that
list. Please send feedback to balug-contact(a)balug.org.
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Andrew Fife
Untangle - Open Source Security Gateway
download.untangle.com
650.425.3327 (O)
415.806.6028 (C)
afife(a)untangle.com
Start: 2008/01/08 - 7:30pm
End: 2008/01/08 - 9:00pm
Location:
O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA
http://nblug.org/genloc
Speaker: Paul Stagnoli and Brian Davidson
Description:
Paul Stagnoli and Brian Davidson, of Exchange Bank, will be discussing
hacking the Advantech FWA-660 network appliance. The FWA-660 specs
include four Ethernet ports, a Celeron processor, up to 512 meg of ram,
on-board USB and printer support, compact flash support, and a 30 gig
hard drive.
Paul will demonstrate how to install Ubuntu server onto the box via
PXE. Brian will discuss case mods he made to add USB and Printer
support to the box.
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Kyle Rankin
NBLUG President
The North Bay Linux Users Group
http://nblug.org
IRC: greenfly(a)irc.freenode.net #nblug
kyle(a)nblug.org
Start: 2007/12/11 - 7:30pm
End: 2007/12/11 - 9:00pm
Location:
O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA
http://nblug.org/genloc
Speaker: NBLUG Panel
Description:
Curious about virtualization? In this talk a panel of NBLUG members
will highlight a number of different virtualization technologies
including but not limited to VMware, OpenVZ, Solaris zones, and more!
--
Kyle Rankin
NBLUG President
The North Bay Linux Users Group
http://nblug.org
IRC: greenfly(a)irc.freenode.net #nblug
kyle(a)nblug.org
