Start: 2007/06/12 - 7:30pm
End: 2007/06/12 - 9:00pm
Location:
O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA
http://nblug.org/genloc
Speaker: Bob Blick
Description:
Visual Basic allows anyone, even beginners, to do Windows programming.
You can create powerful graphic applications just by dragging and
dropping widgets onto a form and typing a couple of lines of Basic.
Gambas takes rapid application development even further, and makes it
more powerful - with access to QT and KDE functions just a couple of
mouseclicks away - and it's for Linux!
In this presentation you'll get a quick introduction to the Gambas
development environment and see how easy it is to build a webcam
application.
We are always looking for speakers, so if you or anyone you know
would like to give a presentation to a group of friendly nerds please
send an email to speakers(a)nblug.org .
--
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: 05/08/2007 - 7:30pm
End: 05/08/2007 - 9:00pm
Location:
O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA
http://nblug.org/genloc
Speaker: Aaron Grattafiori
Description:
Cryptography has been around since the days of the Pharos, and could
possibly be the reason for the birth of the computer as we know it. In
this talk, Aaron will touch on some of the highlights of crypto's long
history; explain some simple and more complex ideas/terms, following with
information about how this involves Linux. He will cover how to secure not
only, the files you hold on your computer, but your traffic as it goes
over the tubes, from mail to myspace. Aaron will cover some of the common
misconceptions and overview some basic to advanced tools available. This
talk will try to have information and tips for those brand new to Linux
and cryptography... but also advanced users as well. Qrzbf ner ehzberq.
Start: 05/08/2007 - 7:30pm
End: 05/08/2007 - 9:00pm
Location:
O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA
http://nblug.org/genloc
Speaker: Aaron Grattafiori
Description:
Cryptography has been around since the days of the Pharos, and could
possibly be the reason for the birth of the computer as we know it. In
this talk, Aaron will touch on some of the highlights of crypto's long
history; explain some simple and more complex ideas/terms, following with
information about how this involves Linux. He will cover how to secure not
only, the files you hold on your computer, but your traffic as it goes
over the tubes, from mail to myspace. Aaron will cover some of the common
misconceptions and overview some basic to advanced tools available. This
talk will try to have information and tips for those brand new to Linux
and cryptography... but also advanced users as well. Qrzbf ner ehzberq.
Start: 2007/04/10 - 7:30pm
End: 2007/04/10 - 9:00pm
Location:
O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA
http://nblug.org/genloc
Speaker: Bob Blick
Description:
Several handheld computers are on the market that run(or can be made to
run) Linux. In this talk, Bob will discuss the differences between
Linux on the desktop and on these little devices. He will compare
models from Compaq/HP, Sharp and Nokia, the different window managers,
and show some of the applications available. Bob has owned a few
different handhelds and will bring a couple of them to demonstrate.
Some technical points regarding Linux on small systems will also be
brought up.
We are always looking for speakers, so if you or anyone you know
would like to give a presentation to a group of friendly nerds please
send an email to speakers(a)nblug.org .
--
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: 2007/03/13 - 7:30pm
End: 2007/03/13 - 9:00pm
As a predecessor to NBLUG's upcoming InstallFest (Saturday, March 17th), the
NBLUG Panel will be answering all of your basic Linux questions at tonight's
meeting. Topics range from multimedia (sound, video, burning, ripping),
installing software, desktop managers (KDE, Gnome, et cetera), setting up
printers, wifi networks, security, and much more. We will first start with
the list of questions asked on our mailing list during the past weeks, and
time permitting, will end with questions from the audience. Bring your
friends and anybody you know who is interested in learning more about Linux
for this new user-friendly talk!
Location:
O'Reilly Media
Speaker:
NBLUG Panel
http://www.nblug.org/node/105
The date for our next Installfest has been *confirmed*: Saturday, March
17th at O'Reilly Media in Sebastopol (directions <http://nblug.org/genloc>).
If you are interested in attending, please pre-register on our
Installfest page <http://nblug.org/installfest>. 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 (I will post 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 for more info!
-dave.
--
Dave Sisley
dsisley(a)sonic.net
roth-sisley.net
Start: 2007/01/09 - 7:30pm
End: 2007/01/09 - 9:00pm
Location:
O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA
http://nblug.org/genloc
Speaker: Chris Widger
Description:
I'll be briefly going over the history of Asterisk. I'll Discuss a few
available protocols like h.323, SIP, and IAX2. I'll go into a little
more detail about IAX2 since it's simple and has low over head. I will
be demonstrating a simple SIP device. Then make a call from one
Asterisk server to another. Maybe even a couple servers hooked to each
other. Possibly a call into my home PBX that goes over a VPN tunnel.
NBLUG members are invited to call my PBX by dialing: (707)703-1982 or
connecting to: guest(a)odunix.org <mailto:guest@odunix.org> with their
SIP or IAX2 client.
This is a link to my dial plan http://www.odunix.org/pbx/ Here's an
brief overview of what I will cover (Open Document format)
http://odunix.org/pbx/asterisk/asterisk.odp
We are always looking for speakers, so if you or anyone you know would like
to give a presentation to a group of friendly nerds please send an email to
speakers(a)nblug.org .
--
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: 2006/12/12 - 7:30pm
End: 2006/12/12 - 9:00pm
Location:
O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA
http://nblug.org/genloc
Speaker: Lori Ayre
Description:
RFID: What it is and who's using it for what.
Radio Requency Identification tags are used by Walmart and the
Department of Defense to track supplies. RFID tags are also used by
hospitals, prisons and schools to track people. Libraries use them to
track books and soon, they'll be in passports and maybe even on our
drivers licenses. Come learn how the technology works and who's got big
plans for RFID in our big brother future.
We are always looking for speakers, so if you or anyone you know
would like to give a presentation to a group of friendly nerds please
send an email to speakers(a)nblug.org .
--
Kyle Rankin
NBLUG President
The North Bay Linux Users Group
http://nblug.org
IRC: greenfly(a)irc.freenode.net #nblug
kyle(a)nblug.org
hello, everybody
A heads up: the server that hosts NBLUG and SoCoSA's websites and mailing
lists is having problems. If you're seeing this, it was up for a little
bit, but it's crashed multiple times over the weekend. The owner of the box
plans to bring it down (if its managed to stay up until then) on Monday and
work on it.
Naturally, of course, we don't really have backups of the system. We'll try
to back up the really important stuff if it stays up long enough to do so
today...
--
Eric Eisenhart
NBLUG Co-Founder
The North Bay Linux Users Group -- http://nblug.org/
eric(a)nblug.org, IRC: Freiheit@fn AIM: falschfreiheit
Start: 2006/11/14 - 7:30pm
End: 2006/11/14 - 9:00pm
Location:
O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA
http://nblug.org/genloc
Speaker: Scott Doty
Description:
Scott Doty from Sonic.net is going to present on how to use Kino to
connect to a Sony Firewire camcorder and pull down videos, along with
other interesting Kino tidbits.
--
Kyle Rankin
NBLUG President
The North Bay Linux Users Group
http://nblug.org
IRC: greenfly(a)irc.freenode.net #nblug
kyle(a)nblug.org
