Hello everyone! It's that time again. We're going to have an InstallFest!!
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.
Here's the nitty-gritty:
WHEN: Saturday, June 8th, 2002 - 10:30AM - 4PM PST
WHERE: Sonoma State Campus, Schulz Info Center,
Room 1121 (see below for specifics)
WHO: Anyone wanting help in installing Linux onto their computer
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.
What if I want to offer to help?
If you'd like to volunteer to assist others in installing Linux,
please contact Bill at bill(a)nblug.org. He's our InstallFest
Coordinator this time around since Eric will be out of town.
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.
>> 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.
-Dustin
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
WHAT: NBLUG General Meeting
TOPIC: IDE-based Hardware RAID from 3ware
WHERE: O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol
WHEN: April 9th, 2002 : Pizza @ 6:30PM, Meeting @ 7:30PM
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Hi there, everyone!
Be sure to read the special note below for info on the pizza part of the
meeting.
This time around we've got some nice folks from 3ware (www.3ware.com) coming
up to talk to us about their RAID cards. Personally, I've been looking more
and more into IDE-based RAID solutions for home use, in particular, and
possibly for work as well.
Some of the more popular solutions out there seem to be mostly fancy
software with a more-or-less generic IDE card. Of course, this software
usually only runs under Windows, so it's not very useful to me. It also
seems rather counter-productive to take IDE, which is usually CPU intensive
to begin with (at least...compared to SCSI) and add more overhead by having
the CPU do RAID as well.
3ware makes some pretty interesting looking cards that come with Linux
drivers and utilities. They will be bringing a machine along with them as
well, so that we can poke at and actually pull a drive out of while the box
is running - hot fail-over!
---
For this meeting, 3ware has generously offered to provide pizza for us. If
you'd like to partake, show up to O'Reilly at 6:30PM. The full details of
how the pizza will make it there have not yet been worked out, but that's
the current plan.
If you are not going to be early for pizza, please be sure to show up a
little before the meeting time so the meeting can get underway as close to
7:30 as possible.
See you all next week!
-Dustin
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
WHAT: NBLUG General Meeting
TOPIC: SpringBox, An OpenSource project from dLoo (www.dloo.com)
WHERE: O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol
WHEN: February 12th, 2002 @ 7:30PM
----
Hello once again, everyone!
This month we've got some folks from a software company in Petaluma coming
to talk to us about an OpenSource project they are working on. Their
project is called SpringBox. Here's a few words from them directly about
their project:
For the past two years our company, dLoo, has been developing a new
way of creating and sharing open source software. The result of our
work is a project called SpringBox.
Before the Web, information was trapped in proprietary databases and
couldn't be linked together. The Web overthrew that model, and
replaced it with a model in which information was public and
linkable. These two traits made the value of the information
available online grow exponentially.
Today, open source software is trapped on individual computers and
can't be linked together. SpringBox makes it possible to build
networks of software out of distributed units of code that live on
the Internet. With SpringBox, open source developers can post code
publicly, like web pages, and other developers can improve and
extend their code by linking to it.
We believe SpringBox has the potential to do for open source
software what the Web did for online information. Our presentation
will discuss SpringBox, this new unit of code (the Word) and the way
that Words can be used to construct an extensible Linux software
environments.
As always, please be sure to show up a little before the meeting time so the
meeting can get underway as close to 7:30 as possible.
Also, don't forget we have an InstallFest coming up on the 16th of February.
Please visit http://www.nblug.org/installfest/ to get all the details and to
sign-up.
See you all next week!
-Dustin
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
Hello everyone! It's that time again. We're going to have an InstallFest!!
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.
Here's the nitty-gritty:
WHEN: Saturday, February 16th, 2001 - 10:30AM - 4PM PST
WHERE: Sonoma State Campus, Schulz Info Center,
Room 1121 (see below for specifics)
WHO: Anyone wanting help in installing Linux onto their computer
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.
What if I want to offer to help?
If you'd like to volunteer to assist others in installing Linux,
please contact Eric at eric(a)nblug.org. He's our InstallFest
Coordinator.
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.
>> 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.
-Dustin
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
WHAT: NBLUG General Meeting
TOPIC: Linux Software RAID, by Brad Cox
WHERE: O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol
WHEN: January 8th, 2001 @ 7:30PM
----
Since Brad is a man of few words, I will follow his lead on this one.
Here's his overview of what he's going to cover this month. Any questions,
please feel free to contact me. See you all on Tuesday night!
In January, Brad will be talking about Linux Software RAID and
probably also about the Logical Volume Manager.
I will be talking about what these things are, why RAID and the LVM
are good ideas, and showing how one can use both to manage their
filesystems more efficiently and with greater peace of mind.
I put some links in the announcement on the web, which you may want
to include, they are:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.htmlhttp://www.sistina.com/products_lvm.htm
-Dustin
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
WHAT: NBLUG General Meeting
TOPIC: Subversive Linux at Rancho Cotati HS
WHERE: O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol
WHEN: December 11th, 2001 @ 7:30PM
----
Greetings all!
This month Lincoln Peters will be doing a talk about what he's been working
on at his high school. Here's his plans in his own words.
---
In the beginning, there was Windows 98 and a third-party security program
called Fortress. During this first year, there was chaos. Rancho Cotati's
new state-of-the-art, Internet-ready computers were not living up to their
expectations, to put it mildly. One teacher received an Internet-ready
computer with _no network cable_, and could not go online with it for a year
and a half! Another teacher received a computer that had such a bad
security scheme that the computer crashed when anybody tried to log in, and
only by disabling Fortress with a boot disk was the computer made usable (the
technician wasn't very happy about that).
The administrators tried to find a better solution, and they turned to
Windows NT. All Windows NT workstations connect to a Windows NT domain
controller in the library. In theory, a user could go to any workstation,
log in, and access his or her account, with no differences in between the
different workstations.
Yeah, right. I had enough experience with Micro$oft products and the school
to know many months ahead of time that their plan was going to be a
disaster. And in early August, I set to work to build a Linux-based system
that could work as a substitute for the Windows NT domain if necessary. Many
of you may remember the long threads of troubleshooting problems between
myself, Mike, Mark, Frank, and others. And, as it turns out, they didn't
even have all the accounts entered into their server until late November.
The final result of all of this is:
1. Insert a boot disk with a customized Linux kernel into a Windows NT
workstation prior to turning it on (I provide the disk to interested
people). A welcome message appears, then the kernel boots. If necessary,
extra kernel parameters can be entered.
2. One frustrated teacher gave me permission to store a server in his
classroom. This server contains an NFS share that can be used by other
computers as a root filesystem. Any computer that boots from one of my boot
disks will go onto the network and mount this NFS share as its root
filesystem, thereby completely bypassing Windows NT.
3. A graphical login screen appears where a user can enter a login name and
a password. I used the same conventions to produce login names and
passwords (login is last name and first 3 letters of first name, password is
student ID#; don't know what they do for teacher accounts so I used first
initial, classroom #, last initial). All students and teachers are urged to
change their passwords ASAP.
4. Once logged in, any user has access to the World Wide Web via Konqueror
(although I'm considering switching to Galeon); basic productivity tasks via
AbiWord, Gnumeric, and Koffice; a personal e-mail account via Balsa (and
basic Sendmail under the hood); and image-editing via the GIMP. It may take
Windows veterans some time to get used to it, but it works. Can you imagine
a sub-$100 WinNT network doing this?
---
Hope to see you all there!
Remember - we're meeting at the new O'Reilly facility on the north end of
Sebastopol. If you have any questions on the location or need further
directions, please email and I'll help out as best I can.
-Dustin
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
WHAT: NBLUG General Meeting
TOPIC: Stupid Linux Tricks and General Discussion
WHERE: O'Reilly and Associates, Sebastopol
WHEN: November 13th, 2001 @ 7:30PM
----
Greetings all!
Sorry for the short notice this month. We'll be meeting at the new O'Reilly
building...look below for more info on how to find it.
Since this is all short notice, I'm sure you've guessed by now that we don't
have a particular topic this month. I thought we could do a general
discussion about anything that's been bugging you lately with Linux or
whatnot. I also know a few people who went to the Linux Showcase down in
Oakland - hopefully we'll be able to get a report from them on how it went.
See you all there tomorrow night!
LOCATION & DIRECTIONS
---------------------
O'Reilly's new building is located at 1005 Gravenstein Highway North in
Sebastopol. 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.
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 are their offices. 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 goes to
the right and left - you'll want to go to the right...the conference room is
right in front of you.
If you have any questions on the location or need further directions, please
email and I'll help out as best I can.
-Dustin
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
Hello all!
I just wanted to send out a reminder that our InstallFest is this Saturday,
the 20th at 10:30AM. If you plan on attending to get help installing,
please be sure to head over to http://www.nblug.org/installfest/ to register.
Also remember that the InstallFest will be at SSU. Full directions and
parking information can be found at http://www.nblug.org/. As an added
service, since parking is a small walk from the building, we will have carts
available to help folks bring their equipment in. The easiest thing to do
if you would like to use a cart would be to park your car in either the 15
or 30 minute parking and then come to the InstallFest and ask the person at
the front desk for a cart.
Well, that's about all. As always, if you have questions, feel free to
contact me. Hope to see you there!
-Dustin
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
Hello everyone! It's that time again. We're going to have an InstallFest!!
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.
Here's the nitty-gritty:
WHEN: Saturday, October 20th, 2001 - 10:30AM - 4PM PST
WHERE: Sonoma State Campus, Schulz Info Center,
Room 1121 (see below for specifics)
WHO: Anyone wanting help in installing Linux onto their computer
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.
What if I want to offer to help?
If you'd like to volunteer to assist others in installing Linux,
please contact Eric at eric(a)nblug.org. He's our InstallFest
Coordinator.
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.
>> 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). This room is the same location as our August and October 2001
meetings. 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.
-Dustin
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
WHAT: NBLUG General Meeting
TOPIC: Basic Linux Security
WHERE: Sonoma State Campus, Schulz Info Center,
Room 1121 (see below for specifics)
WHEN: October 9th, 2001 @ 7:30PM
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URGENT NOTE: This meeting >> IS NOT << at O'Reilly. Please read the
section below labeled "Location and Directions" for information on this
month's meeting location.
---------------------------------------------------------
Hello all! Here's your update on where the meeting is going to be. It's
going to be at Sonoma State University (in the same room as our August
meeting was, for those who joined us for that meeting). Below you can find
directions to the location and parking information. Please be sure to park
in a designated area (as outlined below) and don't forget that you will need
to purchase a parking ticket at the cost of $2.50.
>> Location and Directions <<
The meeting will be at the normal time of 7:30. We ask that you not show up
before 7:00PM. The location will be room 1121 in the Schulz Library.
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 @ SSU:
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.
I think you can find free parking east of the main entrance (seen
in the middle-bottom the map of the campus as the southern tip of
the parallel vertical lines.) Free parking along East Cotati Ave.
(places where you do not find "No Parking" signs along the north
side of East Cotati Ave. are not too much farther than the "paid"
parking spots.
I do not suggest parking at the Taco Bell as they have been known to
tow people. They may not be so strict later in the evening, but
people should be warned of that as a risk.
If you buy a parking pass, then you are permitted to park in the
parking lots for "unreserved" members. Please do not park with a
parking pass: Visitor Parking, Reserved Parking, Zones denoted "no
parking", illegal parking spots.
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. Handicapped spots within the
university also require parking stickers AFAIK.
If you have any questions about directions or parking information, feel free
to email me (Dustin) directly.
We hope to see you all there!
-Dustin
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
