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General Meeting: (2006/04/11) Splunk

by Kyle Rankin

Hi NBLUG, This month's general meeting will be a bit different. First of all, our presenter Patrick McGovern and Splunk have graciously offered to provide pizza for our meeting. Since we want to give Patrick plenty of time to speak, this means we will be opening up the room early for pizza. The plan is to open up around 6:45 and serve pizza between then and 7:30 and then proceed with the rest of the meeting. Secondly, this month we are holding our annual election for the NBLUG board. We plan to hand out paper ballots along with the raffle tickets we normally hand out before the presentation. We will then collect the ballots before the meeting and announce the results of the election. If you would like to run for one of the positions or nominate someone else, there is still time, simply post to the talk list with the subject line NOMINATE and list the board position and person you would like to nominate in the body. To see the current list of positions go here: http://nblug.org/board/election/2006 Here are the meeting details: Start: 2006/04/11 - 7:30pm (6:45 if you want pizza) End: 2006/04/11 - 9:00pm Location: O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA http://nblug.org/genloc Description: http://www.splunk.com/ Splunk is search software that indexes and links together ALL the IT data generated by ANY system, application or device making it possible to search and navigate your running IT infrastructure. From one place, make sense of logs, configuration files, message queues, JMX notifications, SNMP and database transactions from any system, application or device: * Gain secure access to all your IT data * Perform ad-hoc investigations * Alert on problems spanning multiple tiers * Report on activities across the data center * Tap into a global community of IT experts The speaker, Patrick McGovern is an expert in building thriving online communities. Prior to joining Splunk, he oversaw SourceForge.net, the world's largest Open Source development website, for five years. Patrick grew the site from a few thousand users to over a million registered Open Source developers and 97,000 Open Source software projects. SourceForge.net is now the de facto repository for Open Source software. Splunk is leveraging his experience to build a vibrant community around key Splunk technologies and services. Patrick is a frequent speaker and panelist at key industry conferences. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of San Francisco. 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 . Thank you, and I look forward to seeing you all there at the next meeting. -- Kyle Rankin NBLUG President The North Bay Linux Users Group http://nblug.org IRC: greenfly(a)irc.freenode.net #nblug kyle(a)nblug.org

18 years, 6 months

2006 Board Elections and nominations

by Eric Eisenhart

We will be holding elections for the board at the next general meeting. The nomination period starts now and ends April 9th. The list of current nominations will be posted at http://nblug.org/board/election/2006/. In order to nominate yourself or somebody else, send an email to talk(a)nblug.org with "NOMINATE" in the subject line. Nominations do not require a second, but must be accepted by the nominee. There are currently 6 positions available and no nominations. Positions are: - President - Vice-President - Treasurer - Scribe (secretary) - 2 Directors at Large. Descriptions of the duties are included in our bylaws: http://nblug.org/bylaws -- but, basically, the President, VP, Treasurer and Scribe are all pretty much what you'd expect, the directors at large have no duties other than showing up for board meetings and voting on issues. If you're interested in influencing how NBLUG does things, but don't want any commitments beyond showing up for a board meeting for about an hour once a month, the Director-at-Large positions are a great way to go. (we might try to trick you into taking on other duties, though. ;) The actual election process will be paper-based, so you need to show up for the April 11th meeting in order to vote. -- Eric Eisenhart NBLUG Co-Founder and Scribe The North Bay Linux Users Group -- http://nblug.org/ eric(a)nblug.org, IRC: Freiheit@fn AIM: falschfreiheit

18 years, 7 months

General Meeting: (2006/03/14) Linux on the XBOX

by Kyle Rankin

Hi NBLUG, This month Allan Cecil will be talking about Linux on the XBOX. Description: Allan will discuss how to mod the XBOX so you can run Linux from it, as well as how to use the newly-modded XBOX as a MythTV front-end. Start: 2006/03/14 - 7:30pm End: 2006/03/14 - 9:00pm Location: O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA http://nblug.org/genloc 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 . Thank you, and I look forward to seeing you all there at the next meeting. -- Kyle Rankin NBLUG President The North Bay Linux Users Group http://nblug.org IRC: greenfly(a)irc.freenode.net #nblug kyle(a)nblug.org

18 years, 7 months

Reminder: InstallFest; February 25th (This Weekend!)

by Greg Dickerson

Please note that this InstallFest is at O'Reilly. Please see below for information on the exact location and directions. All future InstallFests will be held at O'Reilly, the same place as general meetings. WHEN: Saturday, February 25th - 10:30AM - 4:30PM PDT WHERE: O'Reilly in Sebastopol; http://nblug.org/genloc 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. Those 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 more than 48 hours in advance so we have a chance to beg for more helpers if we need them. What if I want to offer help? If you're interested in helping out, please contact installfest at nblug.org; if you've successfully installed Fedora (or 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 undecided location. 10:00AM - Setup tables, network, etc. 10:30AM - Installs begin (event start) 4:00PM - Installs should be done by now. 4:30PM - Installs must be done by now. 5:00PM - 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, contact speakers at nblug.org ) --greg

18 years, 8 months

InstallFest; February 25th

by Greg Dickerson

18 years, 8 months

Reminder: General Meeting Tomorrow (2006/02/07): DVD Authoring with Linux

by Kyle Rankin

Hi NBLUGers, Remember that this month we are meeting a week early on February 7th instead of on Valentine's day, February 14. This month Kyle (that's me) will be talking about DVD Authoring with Linux. Description: Kyle will demonstrate how to create your own DVD with menus from a sample video all with Open Source software. No XML editing required! Start: 2006/02/07 - 7:30pm End: 2006/02/07 - 9:00pm Location: O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA http://nblug.org/genloc 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 . Thank you, and I look forward to seeing you all there at the next meeting. -- Kyle Rankin NBLUG President The North Bay Linux Users Group http://nblug.org IRC: greenfly(a)irc.freenode.net #nblug kyle(a)nblug.org

18 years, 8 months

General Meeting (2006/02/07): DVD Authoring with Linux

by Kyle Rankin

18 years, 9 months

Reminder: General Meeting (2006/01/10) : Ruby on Rails

by Augie Schwer

This month our own Rob Orsini will be talking about the much hyped and very popular Ruby on Rails development framework. Description: "Ruby on Rails is an open-source web framework that's optimized for programmer happiness and sustainable productivity. It lets you write beautiful code by favoring convention over configuration. Rob will demonstrate the creation of a simple database driven web application using the Rails framework. He'll also talk about some of the best practices that Rails brings to the web programming table and how it, and projects like it, are making programming more fun." Start: 2006/01/10 - 7:30pm End: 2006/01/10 - 9:00pm Location: O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA http://nblug.org/genloc 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 . Thank you, and I look forward to seeing you all there at the next meeting. -- Augie Schwer (augiei(a)nblug.org) : NBLUG - Vice President GPG Public Key: http://www.schwer.us/schwer.asc Key fingerprint = 9815 AE19 AFD1 1FE7 5DEE 2AC3 CB99 2784 27B0 C072

18 years, 9 months

General Meeting (2006/01/10) : Ruby on Rails

by Augie Schwer

Hello NBLUG'ers, This month our own Rob Orsini will be talking about the much hyped and very popular Ruby on Rails development framework. Description: "Ruby on Rails is an open-source web framework that's optimized for programmer happiness and sustainable productivity. It lets you write beautiful code by favoring convention over configuration. Rob will demonstrate the creation of a simple database driven web application using the Rails framework. He'll also talk about some of the best practices that Rails brings to the web programming table and how it, and projects like it, are making programming more fun." Start: 2006/01/10 - 7:30pm End: 2006/01/10 - 9:00pm Location: O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA http://nblug.org/genloc 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 . Thank you, and I look forward to seeing you all there at the next meeting. -- Augie Schwer (augie(a)nblug.org) : NBLUG - Vice President GPG Public Key: http://www.schwer.us/schwer.asc Key fingerprint = 9815 AE19 AFD1 1FE7 5DEE 2AC3 CB99 2784 27B0 C072

18 years, 10 months

Reminder: General Meeting TONIGHT! Distribution Round Table

by Eric Eisenhart

This month a gaggle of geeks bring you discussion of various Linux distributions. Actually, that would be GNU/Linux distributions, but we'll get more into that at the meeting :) Bob Blick -- SuSE and Damn Small Linux William Tracy -- Ubuntu Augie Schwer -- Mandriva, the distribution formerly known as Mandrake Aaron Grattafiori -- Gentoo Eric Eisenhart -- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and alternatives These distributions cover the gamut from the most user-friendly that Linux has to offer all the way down to some of the most geeky and technical, so there will be something for everyone. Extra special thanks to William and Aaron for agreeing to do this during their finals week! Start: 2005/12/13 - 7:30pm End: 2005/12/13 - 9:00pm Location: O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA http://nblug.org/genloc 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 . Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you at the next meeting. (announcement originally written by Troy Arnold, the MC for this round table) -- Eric Eisenhart NBLUG Co-Founder, Scribe and InstallFest Coordinator The North Bay Linux Users Group -- http://nblug.org/ eric(a)nblug.org, IRC: Freiheit@fn AIM: falschfreiheit

18 years, 10 months

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