announce

announce@nblug.org

366 discussions

[NBLUG] General Meeting Announcement; Tux Paint

by Eric Eisenhart

WHAT: NBLUG General Meeting TOPIC: Tux Paint SPEAKER: Bill Kendrick WHERE: O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol http://nblug.org/directions.cgi http://ora.com/oreilly/seb_directions.html WHEN: Tuesday, January 14th @ 7:30PM This is our normal monthly meeting at the normal scheduled time and place. NBLUG meetings are open to all and are free of charge. Tux Paint is open source painting software designed for children. It runs on Linux, but also runs on a wide variety of other operating systems. This presentation will include: * Demonstration of using Tux Paint * Why did Bill start the project? * Why did Bill choose to do it Open Source? * Tux Paint's language- and platform-agnosticism * How users and developers can extend Tux Paint (for themselves/their kids, or for the general community of users) Bill Kendrick is the author of the Tux Paint software. He is also one of the founders and the current president of LUGOD. Before moving to Davis he attended SSU. OTHER UPCOMING NBLUG EVENTS: January 18th: InstallFest; signup at http://nblug.org/installfest/. February 11th: Intermediate PHP with Mark Linford March 11th: Linux BBC (Bootable Business Card) project with Nick Moffitt. -- Eric Eisenhart NBLUG Co-Founder & President Pro Tempore for Life The North Bay Linux Users Group http://nblug.org/ eric(a)nblug.org, IRC: Freiheit@freenode, AIM: falschfreiheit, ICQ: 48217244

21 years, 11 months

[NBLUG] January InstallFest Announcement

by Eric Eisenhart

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, January 18 - 10:30AM - 4:00PM PST WHERE: Sonoma State Campus Schulz Info Center, Room 1121 (see below for specifics) 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? Basically, if you want Linux on your computer, you sign up, bring it in and a volunteers assists you through installation. 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 to help? If you're interested in helping out, please sign up for the InstallFest coordination list at http://nblug.org/mailman/listinfo/if-helpers/. 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 undisclosed (undecided) location. 10:00AM - Room open to helpers for setup 10:30AM - Installs begin (event start) 5:00PM - Installs should be done by now. 5:30PM - Installs must be done by now. 6:00PM - 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 sometime or consider taking over as President; contact speakers(a)nblug.org about speaking or president(a)nblug.org about taking over as President) >> 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. Here are some maps and directions that SSU makes available on their site: http://www.sonoma.edu/university/maps.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/schulz-library.gif -- 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. Other upcoming NBLUG Events: Tomorrow night, December 10th: Building an Embedded Linux Prototype January 14th: Tux Paint February 11th: Intermediate PHP March 11th: Linux Bootable Business Card -- Eric Eisenhart NBLUG Co-Founder & President Pro Tempore for Life The North Bay Linux Users Group http://nblug.org/ eric(a)nblug.org, IRC: Freiheit@freenode, AIM: falschfreiheit, ICQ: 48217244

22 years

[NBLUG] Meeting Announcement; Building an Embedded Linux Prototype

by Eric Eisenhart

WHAT: NBLUG General Meeting TOPIC: Building an Embedded Linux Prototype SPEAKER: Devin Carraway and Chuck Groom of BlueMug, Berkeley WHERE: O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol http://nblug.org/directions.cgi http://ora.com/oreilly/seb_directions.html WHEN: Tuesday, December 10th @ 7:30PM This is our normal monthly meeting at the normal scheduled time and place. All NBLUG meetings are open to all and totally free of charge. Blue Mug, Inc. invites the North Bay Linux Users' Group for a presentation and discussion of a project developing a prototype device using embedded Linux. Topics will include hardware selection, kernel and driver issues, software selection, user interface design, and hacking on the Gtk+ GUI. Blue Mug, Inc. is an engineering consultancy company in Berkeley that writes software for mobile consumer devices. Devin Carraway and Chuck Groom are project engineers. Devin used to be an NBLUG board member and a periodic presenter before he moved out of Sonoma County, but we twisted his arm and he's coming back for a meeting this month. Chuck focused the latter portion of his undergraduate career on AI research and robotics. A brief sojourn at a dot com nurtured his fanatical attention to usability concerns. At Blue Mug, he continues his interests in tight code and user interface design and implementation. http://www.bluemug.com/ OTHER UPCOMING NBLUG EVENTS: January 14th: Regular meeting; TuxPaint with Bill Kendrick January 18th: InstallFest; Sign up now at http://nblug.org/installfest/.) February 11th: Regular Meeting; Intermediate PHP with Mark Linford March 11th: Regular Meeting; Linux Bootable Business Card (tentative) -- Eric Eisenhart NBLUG Co-Founder & President Pro Tempore for Life The North Bay Linux Users Group http://nblug.org/ eric(a)nblug.org, IRC: Freiheit@freenode, AIM: falschfreiheit, ICQ: 48217244

22 years

NBLUG server is back up!

by Dustin Mollo

Hello all, Just wanted to let everyone know...the NBLUG server is back up and running. If you notice any oddness, please post a message here to the talk list. Happy Linux'ing! -Dustin -- Founder & President Emeritus The North Bay Linux Users' Group http://www.nblug.org/ dustin(a)nblug.org

22 years, 1 month

[URGENT] NBLUG server downtime!!

by Dustin Mollo

Greetings all, I appologize ahead of time if you get this message twice. I wanted to make sure as many folks received this notice as possible, so I sent it to both of our lists. This Saturday, November 2nd, I'm going to be taking the NBLUG server down for maintence. The dowtime should start sometime around 1:30PM, possibly as late as 2PM. The downtime should be around 3-4 hours. Keep in mind that *ALL* NBLUG services will be down - the mirrors, the mailing lists and the website. All mail to the talk list should queue, but I can't make promises about how other folks' mail servers will behave. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact myself, or better yet - post to the talk list. Thanks, -Dustin -- Founder & President Emeritus The North Bay Linux Users' Group http://www.nblug.org/ dustin(a)nblug.org

22 years, 1 month

[NBLUG] Special Event Announcement; RedHat Road Tour

by Eric Eisenhart

WHAT: NBLUG Special Event TOPIC: RedHat Road Tour SPEAKERS: Jeremy Hogan, James McDermott, Dave Lawrence, Jonathan Opp from Red Hat (http://redhat.com/roadtour/meet/) WHERE: O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol http://nblug.org/directions.cgi http://ora.com/oreilly/seb_directions.html WHEN: Wednesday, November 13th @ 6:30PM This is a special event on a *different* day than usual, starting earlier than usual, but at the regular O'Reilly location. NBLUG is lucky enough to be the only Northern California stop on the RedHat Road Tour. Four men. Two weeks. Five thousand miles. And one solitary purpose: To discover the state of Linux in America. Yes, that's right; four crazy RedHat employees are driving all over the country in an RV and one of their stops is Sebastopol to talk to the members of NBLUG. It looks like the basic format will be one hour of general socializing, mingling and refreshments (you might want to bring a little money for food) until about 7:30, then a demo of RedHat 8.0 for 20-30 minutes, then an unknown topic or maybe Q&A. So: show up early and often; bring your appetite; bring lots of really difficult questions for RedHat that you always wanted to know the answer to. http://redhat.com/ http://redhat.com/roadtour/ OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS: November 12th: Meeting; GNU Privacy Guard (GPG); Augie December 10th: Meeting; Building an Embedded Linux Prototype; BlueMug January 14th: Meeting; TuxPaint drawing software for children; Bill Kendrick January ??th: InstallFest; probably February 11th: Meeting; Intermediate PHP (tentative) March 11th: Meeting; Linux BBC (Bootable Business Card) Project -- Eric Eisenhart NBLUG Co-Founder & President Pro Tempore for Life The North Bay Linux Users' Group http://nblug.org/ eric(a)nblug.org

22 years, 1 month

[NBLUG] General Meeting Announcement: GNU Privacy Guard (GPG)

by Eric Eisenhart

WHAT: NBLUG General Meeting TOPIC: GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG/GPG) SPEAKER: Augie Schwer WHERE: O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol http://nblug.org/directions.cgi http://ora.com/oreilly/seb_directions.html WHEN: Tuesday, November 12th @ 7:30PM This is our normal monthly meeting at the normal scheduled time and place. GNU Privacy Guard (GPG/GnuPG) is the defacto standard for personal data encryption. It's compatible with the OpenPGP standard. Augie will be talking about the basics of Public Key encryption, how to use gpg directly and several email clients that support gpg. After the regular meeting there will be a key signing party; bring photo ID and bring a piece of paper with Your Key ID, Key type, HEX fingerprint, and Key size printed on it. Be sure to upload your key to a public key server first. ("gpg --fingerprint <keyid>" printed out should do nicely) Check the talk list for more details. Augie is an NBLUG member, a student at Sonoma State and a returning NBLUG presenter. http://www.gnupg.org/ http://nblug.org/augie/gpg/gpg-announce.html OTHER UPCOMING NBLUG EVENTS: November 13th, 6:30pm (the next day!), RedHat Road Tour December 10th, general meeting; topic unknown (anybody want to speak?) January 14th, general meeting; TuxPaint drawing software for children January sometime, probably; InstallFest February 11th, general meeting; Intermediate PHP (tentative) -- Eric Eisenhart NBLUG Co-Founder & President Pro Tempore for Life GPG Key fingerprint = 3B85 460F FC12 E65F 3F01 05CB 13AA 849A B6CD EDD7

22 years, 1 month

[NBLUG] General Meeting Announcement; PHP

by Eric Eisenhart

This is for *tomorrow*'s meeting: WHAT: NBLUG General Meeting TOPIC: PHP SPEAKER: Mark Linford WHERE: O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol http://nblug.org/directions.cgi http://ora.com/oreilly/seb_directions.html WHEN: Tuesday, October 8th @ 7:30PM This is our normal monthly meeting at the normal scheduled time and place. This month's topic is the popular PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor) web scripting language. PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. Mark Linford currently works at Santa Rosa Junior College, and amongst his other duties, he writes various PHP scripts, some of which talk to MySQL databases. Previous to working at SRJC he worked with PHP at several other companies. http://www.php.net/ http://www.marklinford.com/ http://www.santarosa.edu/ OTHER UPCOMING NBLUG EVENTS: November 12th: GnuPG (GNU Privacy Guard) with Augie December 10th: Totally unknown... If anybody would like to speak about a topic at the December meeting, or any other meeting, send email to speakers(a)nblug.org or come up and talk to me sometime during the next meeting. (or join #nblug and mention it there, or send a message to 48217244 on ICQ or falschfreiheit on AIM) -- Eric Eisenhart NBLUG Co-Founder & President Pro Tempore for Life The North Bay Linux Users Group http://nblug.org/ eric(a)nblug.org

22 years, 2 months

[NBLUG] Reminder

by Eric Eisenhart

Just a quick reminder: Tomorrow night (Sept. 10) is Larry Rosen of Rosenlaw.com and opensource.org; normal time and place, details at http://nblug.org/ -- please bring some questions for him. Saturday the 21st is our next InstallFest; http://nblug.org/installfest/. It helps if you sign up a week or so ahead of time so that we know how hard to beg for help over on the talk list. So far there's 3 signups, but I kinda suspect there's more of you out there that are interested but haven't gotten around to signing up. It's only twelve days away. If anybody is interested in helping out at the InstallFest and hasn't already talked to me about it, please send email to installfest(a)nblug.org. -- Eric Eisenhart NBLUG Co-Founder & President Pro Tempore for Life The North Bay Linux Users' Group http://nblug.org/ eric(a)nblug.org

22 years, 3 months

NBLUG shwoing of "Revolution OS" has been cancelled and postponed!

by ME

Hello everyone! Eric brought up the question about the HP DVD copy of "Revolution OS" and our right to show it in such a public event. He asked Augie who confirmed the leading text of the video on his DVD states it is for in-home viewing only and not for public presentation. I have contacted the creator of the film, and he is fine with us showing this movie *after* there are no more bay area venues showing it. (I have permission for this in my inbox.) Many of us have agreed, not showing it yet is the best thing we can do for legality, and respect for the work. The show in San Jose has been held over for another week, and they are looking to add a Berkeley show too. After Berkeley, they have no Bay Area plans. The new DVD should be ready by the end of September. I will be ordering a copy of this, and if anyone else wants a copy, let me know and we can do a group purchase. (I have notices from a few people on this, but will send out a notice to the nblug list when I have more info.) In a previous e-mail from him, he guessed it might cost $25 +S&H but that was just a guess. We do not yet have a new date or time for the NBLUG Showing of "Revolution OS". It will, however, take place after September, and will likely be on a Saturday at the SSU Library in the Media room. If we assume the film is 2 hours long with all of the extra footage and interviews not in the one given away by HP, and we know the library closes at 5:00pm on Saturdays, then we can start a showing at 2:00pm on some saturday at the SSU library. A saturday viewing makes more sense, because weekdays require parking passes at $2.50 each, *and* the "free parking" on east cotati ave is no longer free for parking. A saturday viewing allows for free parking on campus. Sorry about this change in plans! -ME -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCS/CM$/IT$/LS$/S/O$ !d--(++) !s !a+++(-----) C++$(++++) U++++$(+$) P+$>+++ L+++$(++) E W+++$(+) N+ o K w+$>++>+++ O-@ M+$ V-$>- !PS !PE Y+ PGP++ t@-(++) 5+@ X@ R- tv- b++ DI+++ D+ G--@ e+>++>++++ h(++)>+ r*>? z? ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ decode: http://www.ebb.org/ungeek/ about: http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html

22 years, 3 months

← Newer
1
...
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
...
37
Older →

Jump to page:

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

announce