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Dear Favorite NBLUGer (you know who you are),
It is that time again; this month we have Dan Kinon talking about
"iPod on Linux on iPod". In what I am sure will be a very interesting
talk that will cross platform lines Dan will be covering:
1. ipod on linux
* General overview of ipod on linux
* Cover connecting the ipod to linux (ieee1394/scsi interfaces)
* Interface programs available for use with an ipod on linux
* Other options provided for the ipod and linux.
2. linux on the ipod.
* General overview of linux on the ipod
* How to not void your warranty.
* Step through backing up the ipod and factory settings
* Do an install and compile of ucLinux kernel
* Cover different options now available on your ipod.
* Show how to restore the factory ipod software incase of servicing.
Date: 2004/07/13
What: General Meeting
Topic: iPod on Linux on iPod
Speaker: Dan Kinon
Where: O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol, CA.
(http://nblug.org/genloc)
When: 2004/07/13 @ 7:30PM
Status: Confirmed
As always NBLUG encourages you, or people you know, to give
presentations. If you have a topic or a speaker, then please send an
email to speakers(a)nblug.org .
Also we have a new look for the website (http://nblug.org) go and check it
out. We are now using Drupal and are still migrating content, so bear with
us.
I hope to see you all at the next meeting!
augie.
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Augie Schwer (augie(a)nblug.org) : NBLUG - Vice President
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Please note that this InstallFest is at O'Reilly; the same place as our
general meetings. Please see below for information on the exact location
and directions. Our usual InstallFest location (Sonoma State University)
was not available due to summer hours.
WHEN: Saturday, July 24th - 10:30AM - 4:30PM PDT
WHERE: O'Reilly; 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 sign up!!!!
>>> 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 help? <<<
If you're interested in helping out, please contact installfest(a)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 - Room open to helpers for setup
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(a)nblug.org
>>> Special challenges <<<
Since we don't have our usual location, bandwidth and space are at more of a
premium than usual. Please sign up early and be understanding if we need to
move your timeslot around a little.
Also, we're trying out a different version of the installfest registration,
so for those of you that have been through this before, don't be shocked by
the changes.
>>> Where is this again <<<
http://nblug.org/genloc
Our meeting room at O'Reilly is located at 1005 Gravenstein Highway North in
Sebastopol. http://nblug.org/genloc has links to a map.
For those who may not know, Gravenstein Highway is also called Hwy 116.
For those who know Sebastopol, O'Reilly's new building is just past Long's
Drugs and Mary's Pizza Shack heading North on 116
Once you find the building, you will need to locate the room:
If you look at O'Reilly's new campus from Hwy 116, you'll see three
buildings. The one on the far left is their warehouse, and not where we will
be. The other two buildings include offices and our meeting room.
We will be in a conference room that is located behind the building on the
far right. If you walk between the two office buildings, the sidewalk splits
and a path leads to the right or left - you'll want to go to the right and
walk about 15 feet. The conference room door should be in view to your left
and you may see fellow NBLUG-ers wandering around installing Linux...
--
Eric Eisenhart
NBLUG Co-Founder, Director-At-Large, and Interim InstallFest Coordinator
The North Bay Linux Users Group
http://nblug.org/
eric(a)nblug.org, IRC: Freiheit@freenode, AIM: falschfreiheit, ICQ: 48217244
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Dearest NBLUGers,
Sorry for the late announcement.
This month we have a really awesome and informative talk from Paul
Stagnoli; who will be telling is about Drupal, an open source content
management system.
Date: 06/08/2004
What: General Meeting
Topic: A introduction to Drupal.
Speaker: Paul Stagnoli
Where: O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol, CA.
(http://nblug.org/location.shtml)
When: 6/8/2004 @ 7:30PM
Status: Confirmed
Difficulty: Beginner
Details:
Introduction to Drupal
"A dynamic web site platform which allows an individual or community
of users to publish, manage and organize a variety of content,
Drupal integrates many popular features of content management systems,
weblogs, collaborative tools and discussion-based community software
into one easy-to-use package." - from www.drupal.org .
Drupal uses Apache, PHP, and MySQL to create easily maintained web
sites. This will be a very basic introduction to Drupal and some
of its many capabilities. Please join us as I show you how to
install Drupal, configure user permissions, an install a custom
module or two.
I hope to see you there!
augie.
P.S., we are always looking for speakers, so if you or anyone you know
would like to give a brief (or long) presentation at NBLUG, just send an
email to speakers(a)nblug.org .
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registered linux user #229905
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Dear NBLUGers,
It's time again for another nerd gathering. This month we are lucky
enough to have caught Jake Appelbaum in between his many travels.
Jake will be talking about wireless tools, and all the fun you can have
with a laptop and a wireless card. The details are below; same bat
channel, same bat time, I hope to see you there.
augie.
P.S., we are always looking for speakers, so if you or anyone you know
would like to give a brief (or long) presentation at NBLUG, just send an
email to speakers(a)nblug.org .
Date: 05/11/2004
What: General Meeting
Topic: Wireless Tools
Speaker: Jake Appelbaum
Where: O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol, CA.
http://nblug.org/location.shtml
When: 5/11/2004 @ 7:30PM
Status: Confirmed
Difficulty: Intermediate
Details:
Jake said:
\"I am planning on talking about wireless tools.
I plan on covering Kismet and if I have time, I will also cover some
bluetooth stuff.
So if you have ever wanted to map your local wireless networks to a
vector map with street names, or you want to superimpose SSIDs on a
photo of your state from space, feel free to join us.\"
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This meeting is at our regular time and place. Everybody is welcome.
What: NBLUG General Meeting
Topic: Configuring Autofs
Who: Kyle Rankin
When: April 13, 2004 @ 7:30PM
Where: O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol, CA.
Details:
Autofs is a kernel option that lets you automatically mount filesystems
on your computer when you access them, and then automatically umount
them when they are no longer used.
When I was trying to figure out the best way to set up my removable usb
drive, I ended up stumbling upon autofs as an excellent solution. After
realizing the potential of it, and how configurable it is, I started
setting it up to manage other mountpoints on my system. In this talk, I
will discuss everything I set up, and how, including dynamically mounted
cdroms, usb drives (including cameras), smb, ftp, and ssh mountpoints.
If you (or somebody you know) might be interested in speaking to a friendly
group of 25-45 people about something related to Linux or Open Source,
please contact 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
greetings all,
i just wanted to give everyone a heads up that the NBLUG server is being
replaced this wednesday, march 31st. expect the box to be down for most
of the business day. i'm hoping to start working on this project around
10am, but i can't promise the box will be down right at 10. i also don't
know when things will be back up. i'm hoping sometime around
mid-afternoon, but can't make promises.
if people are interested, i can post further details after things are up
and stable.
-dustin
p.s. - sorry about the cross-posting...wanted to make sure *everyone* got
this.
This meeting is at our regular time and place. Everybody is welcome.
What: NBLUG General Meeting
Topic: Digital photography for a GNU generation
Who: Troy Arnold (fryman on nblug-talk)
When: March 9, 2004 @ 7:30PM
Where: O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol, CA.
Details:
We'll cover: getting your pictures off the camera with gphoto2 and
gtkam; checking them out with gqview; preparing them for the web with
imagemagicks' all-powerful 'convert' utility; and displaying them on the
web with packages such as webmagick and Gallery. Taking decent pictures
will NOT be covered.
If you (or somebody you know) might be interested in speaking to a
friendly group of 25-45 people about something related to Linux or Open
Source, please contact 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
What: NBLUG General Meeting
Topic: Disk Encryption under GNU/Linux
Who: Jacob Appelbaum
When: February 10, 2004 @ 7:30PM
Where: O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol, CA.
Details:
There are problems with many mainstream Linux Distributions. One of these
problems is the lack of support for users to install encrypted filesystem
during the initial installation process.
Jake will offer us a review of what he has been able to create to help with
this process.
If you (or somebody you know) might be interested in speaking to a friendly
group of 25-45 people about something related to Linux or Open Source,
please contact 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
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, February 21 - 10:30AM - 4:30PM PDT
WHERE: Sonoma State Campus, Schulz Info Center,
Room 1121 (see below for specifics)
** Room location changed!! See directions below. **
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 help?
If you're interested in helping out, please contact
installfest(a)nblug.org or greg(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 undecided location.
10:00AM - Room open to helpers for setup
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(a)nblug.org
>> 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.
** Updated room directions from Dustin;
The room location has changed, but the room number is the same. To
access 1121, you now need to go through the main library entrance on the
ground floor, and enter through the door immediately on your left, just
past the security scanner. Don't worry - there will be signs.
** Wireless access update
http://www.sonoma.edu/it/news/2003/SSUWirelessNetw.html
Our wireless network has changed/increased in size on campus. From now
on, you'll have to "login" to use the wireless network. If you don't have
a SSU account, you have to enter an email address into a web page you get
when you try to access the Internet. I've confirmed that the open ports
are DNS, HTTP and HTTPS. Basically, if you want/need anything else,
you'll have to be wired.
Here are some maps and directions that SSU makes available on their site:
http://www.sonoma.edu/university/maps/start.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/location.shtml
-- 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.
This meeting is at our regular time and place. Everybody is welcome.
What: NBLUG General Meeting
Topic: Alternatives to "Red Hat Linux"
Who: Dustin Mollo, Eric Eisenhart, Kyle Rankin, and Augie Schwer
When: January 13, 2004 @ 7:30PM
Where: O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol, CA.
Details:
With the current changes that Red Hat has made to their licensing, and
all of the hype and backlash as a result, many people are looking around
for a new distribution. In this talk we will give an overview of a few
contenders, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, Debian, and
Mandrake, and discuss their respective strengths and weaknesses.
If you (or somebody you know) might be interested in speaking to a friendly
group of 25-45 people about something related to Linux or Open Source,
please contact 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
