Thought you'd all like to know that 2.4 has finally hit the streets!! Wow,
it's big! 24.4M is the .gz file and the .bz2 is 19.8M.
Here's Linus' announcement:
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2001-01-05-001-04-NW-LF-KN
Here's where you can grab a local copy if you'd like:
http://www.nblug.org/files/kernel/v2.4/
Keep your eyes peeled for an announcement about the February InstallFest and
for info about our February meeting. Oh, and yes, we are having a meeting
in January, but it's going to be one of those
we-were-all-away-parting-for-the-holidays-and-didn't-do-NBLUG-stuff
meetings. Most likely we'll just talk about nerdy stuff (including the
rlease of Linux 2.4.0 and why it's important to your grandmother and aunt
Ethal) and I'll see about bringing cookies or something.
-Dustin
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
Hello all.
Just a quick reminder that there is a meeting tonight. Wouldn't want y'all
to forget what with the holidays and everything upon us.
For those who may have forgotten, we're doing a presentation on dual-heads
(monitors) under Linux.
We'll see you all there tonight!
-Dustin
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
WHAT: NBLUG General Meeting
WHERE: O'Reilly (see NBLUG website for specifics)
WHEN: December 12th, 2000 @ 7:30PM
----
Greetings everyone! It's that time again. Our General Meeting is almost
here. This month we're going to be showing you how to setup multiple
monitors on your Linux box. This is great for those that have two 17"
monitors lying around, but don't have the dough to spring for that
super-sexy 21" Sony. You can place your two 17's next to each other and get
something very usable. Brad, Eric and myself will be singing and dancing
our way to Xinerama, so be sure to show up early!!
For those who couldn't make it last month, we had a great presentation from
Steve Giles of OpenNMS.org. He gave a really great talk about the OpenNMS
project. Basically, OpenNMS, in it's current state, allows you to monitor
your network and display alarms when something breaks or does something
outside of your desired parameters. I'd encourage all of you to take a look
at their web site. Steve mentioned he'd be willing to come back if we had
enough people show an interest in hearing him speak again, so drop me a line
if you'd like that and we'll see what we can do to setup another visit by
Steve.
Don't forget to show up slightly before the meeting starts at 7:30, as we
stop handing out tickets for the door prizes once the meeting gets underway.
Also, keep an eye out for an announcement for our next InstallFest which we
are currently planning on having in February.
See you all in a little over a week!
-Dustin
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
Hello everyone! Long time no talk, eh? OK, well not so long, since you
prolly just got done reading the general meeting announcement.
Here's the skinny on this InstallFest:
WHEN: Saturday, November 11th, 2000 - 10AM - 4PM PST
WHERE: O'Reilly & Associates in Sebastopol (directions on our site)
WHO: Anyone wanting help in installing Linux onto their computer
WHAT DO I DO: Go to http://www.nblug.org/installfest/ to signup!!!!
We've got ourselves a busy month coming up. November is going to have both
a kick-butt general meeting (to be announced in the next 24 hours) AND an
InstallFest. This announcement will discuss our upcoming InstallFest.
I can't speak for others in the leadership group, but personally, I've
gotten several request over the past 6 to 8 weeks asking about when we
might be having our next InstallFest. Well, the time has finally come. The
InstallFest in November will be on the Saturday BEFORE our general meeting.
We did this since the following weekend a lot of people are out for
Thanksgiving and whatnot.
Instead of putting all of the usual "what is an InstallFest" info in
this and future announcements, I'm going to be putting 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.
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.
For those waiting for the specifics, here they are. We hope to see you on
Saturday! Until next time, take care!
-Dustin
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
Greetings all!
For those interested in the nitty-gritty, here it is. Read further for the
gory deatils.
The short of it:
WHO: Steve Giles of OpenNMS.org
WHHERE: O'Reilly & Associates
WHEN: November 14th, 2000 - 7:30PM PST SHARP!!
The long of it:
It's that time again. The NBLUG General Meeting is almost here. This month
we have a very special guest. His name is Steven Giles from OpenNMS.org.
OpenNMS.org is a company that is working on an Open Source network
management platform. The idea is to eventually end up with an Open Source
product similar to HP's OpenView. OpenView allows a network administrator
to configure SNMP capable devices, track network statistics and stay
informed of network events such as machine crashes, bandwidth problems and
security incidents.
This event should appeal to a lot of folks - not just those running Linux.
The OpenNMS.org software runs on several platforms since it's written in
Java. So, if you know folks interested in networking and network management,
be sure to pass on this announcement to them.
One of NBLUG's promises to the OpenNMS.org folks was that we'd have a good
sized crowd. Seeing as how we have a lot of people on this announcement
list, that shouldn't be a difficult task. If you passed this on to at least
one other person you think may be interested, that would ensure a great
turnout. Steve will be flying out from the East Coast just to talk to us.
I do believe this is the furthest someone has travelled to meet with us.
Directions, as always, are on our website. I look forward to seeing you all
there! Remember, be sure to get to the meeting early, as we stop handing
out tickets for our door prize drawing once the meeting has started! We
also ask that people who have won at the previous meeting to NOT take a
ticket so that we can get goodies to as many folks as possible.
-Dustin
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
It will be an exciting evening for all involved as we probe the depths of
Eric's brain in an attempt to find true inner meaning....
no, no, no, wrong script.....
Just a gentle reminder that there is a NBLUG meeting tommorow night,
Tuesday, the 11 of September. Theoretically Eric Eisenhart will be giving
a presentation on cheap, postscript tricks. Everyone should come because
there is going to be:
- A raffle where you can win cool things
- A FREE name tag to put YOUR name on
- A chair to use
- A guy talking about something that at least he finds interesting
- A Ferris wheel
- A Merry-go-round
- A ferret who dances on a spinning top while rubbing his tummy and
patting his head.
(Note: Special restrictions may apply. We do not guarantee anything,
including but not limited to the use of a chair, a name tag. There isn't
really going to be any rides, but it made my list longer.)
--
Brad Cox NBLUG Webmaster webmaster(a)nblug.org
Not all men who drink are poets. Some of us drink because we aren't poets.
Hello everyone!
I just wanted to remind people who may be interested that the Linux World
Expo in San Jose is next week (http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/).
A gaggle of NBLUG-type folks (myself, Kat, Eric, Brad, Troy E.) are going to
be heading down on Wednesday, the 16th. If it's anything like last year, it
should be a pretty fun show.
I'll post a small report next week when we get back. Feel free to post to
the talk list if you are planning on going and maybe we can me up at
Original Joe's for dinner.
Until next time....
-Dustin
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
Welcome, and good day party people! Here's your latest NBLUG General
Meeting Announcement...
Last Month Recap
----------------
For those who attended our last meeting, you got to enjoy Eric standing in
front of the room waving his arms around trying desperately to fly out of
the country. OK, well, it wasn't EXACTLY like that, but you get the
picture. Instead, mostly his arms were flying as he was drawing like a mad
man on the white board discussing how to turn your Linux box into a router
and NAT (Network Address Translation) box for your home network. It was a
good presentation, and has sparked a lot of good discussion on the
nblug-talk list. Eric will be following up with two more presentations in
his series of Linux and the Home Network, so stay tuned for those. They are
currently slated to cover using your Linux box as a file/print sharing box
and how to do simple firewalling with Linux.
NBLUG InstallFest Update
------------------------
I've gotten a couple of queries as to when the next InstallFest will be.
I'm currently looking at September or October, but don't really have any
preferences one way or the other. I do know that it will certainly be
either of the two months...guaranteed. If you have thoughts on when you
think the next InstallFest should be (given the choice of Sep or Oct), feel
free to drop me a line, or post on the nblug-talk list
General Meeting Announcement
----------------------------
OK. Here it is. You've slogged your way through all that other junk, and
now you've found your way to the real meat of the announcement.
Brad Cox (our very own NBLUG Webmaster) will be giving a presentation on
Linux IP-service clustering. Specifically the talk will be centered on the
Linux Virtual Server (LVS) open source project. Designing and implementing
a cluster of Linux boxes using LVS and some associated utilities to serve
TCP and UDP services will covered, as well as why one would want to do such
a thing and why one would want to do it this way.
Brad has informed me that he's actually working on slides - oh my! Be
prepared what should be a very interesting technical discussion.
As always, our meetings are on the second Tuesday of the month (this one
falling on Aug 8) at 7:30PM. Remember to get there early, as we stop
handing out door prize tickets once the meeting has started.
See you all there!
-Dustin
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
OK. The moment you all have been waiting for is finally here - Eric
Eisenhart will be continuing his series on Linux Home Networking!
This month's meeting will feature Eric presenting how to use your Linux box
to share your Internet connection using IPMASQ/NAT. If you remember, we
last left our hero teaching us how to setup PPP under Linux. This time,
he'll take us one step further and show us how to share that precious
connection with the rest of the home network.
Bring your note-pads and glasses, because I'm sure this will be an exciting
episode...er, meeting. Yeah, that's the ticket. (Yes, I'm bad...really
bad. I should stick with sysadmin-type stuff. How'd I get this job,
anyways??)
Here's the nitty-gritty.
Where: The Usual Place (tm) -- O'Reilly & Associates in Sebastopol (see web
site for further details on how to get there)
When: The Usual Time (tm) -- 7:30PM, 2nd Tuesday of the month (ie, July 11)
Be sure to show up a little early so that you can get your ticket for the
door prize drawing, since we stop handing out tickets once the meeting
starts. We'll see you all there!
-/Dustin
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
Greetings one and all! There is a lot of information in this announcement,
so please take the time to read it over.
Well, we've got the OK - we're going to have a BBQ!! That's right. NBLUG
is celebrating - we are turning 2! The party will be in addition to our
June Install Fest. Because of the effort we are undertaking, however, there
will NOT be a monthly meeting for June. On Tuesday the 13th, there will NOT
be a meeting, so please do not show up. Instead, join us for food and
drinks on the following Saturday, the 17th. Below are specifics about each
part of the event on the 17th. By the way, since we aren't having a regular
meeting, please feel free to come by and partake in the BBQ even if you
aren't going to be participating in the Install Fest. It's a party, after
all!
Previous Meeting Report
-----------------------
One of our long-time members suggested I give a brief recap of the previous
month's meeting in my announcements, so I'm going to give that a shot this
month.
Last month we had Darryl Ramm from VMWare present. I've heard Darryl speak
before, and I wasn't disappointed this time either. He is the director of
product marketing at VMWare. Given that title, you may have expected to see
a standard fare dog and pony show. I hope those who attended would agree
that that wasn't the case. Darryl went on for some time giving background
on what a virtual machine is (in the mainframe sense), what makes a CPU
virtualizeable and how VMWare fit into the concept of a virtual machine.
Like the Sybase presentation a few months back, Darryl took most of the
meeting, and could have continued for some time had we not had to vacate the
building due to the alarm system arming. We didn't really end up having
time for show-and-tell of the product, but we did get some Q&A time in.
Next month (July), we're going to have a follow-up presentation from our
very own Eric. He'll be doing the second part of his Introduction to Linux
Networking series. Stay tuned for details!
Install Fest
------------
WHEN: June 17th - 10AM - 4PM
The Install Fest will be very similar to those we've had in the past. We
are going to be doing the sign up method that we tried out last time. It
seemed to work well and helped to make things run a little smoother. To
register for the Install Fest, visit:
http://www.nblug.org/ip.cgi
We are looking for around 3-5 people to assist with the Install Fest. If
you have experience installing Linux multiple times, and feel comfortable
walking someone through a basic install, we can use your assistance. Please
contact Eric Eisenhart (eric(a)nblug.org). He coordinates helpers and those
seeking help. He will be able to tell you what you'll need to do and when
to show up.
BBQ
---
WHEN: June 17th - 12PM - 2PM
O'Reilly has graciously given us permission to hold a BBQ in their parking
lot in conjunction with the Install Fest. We've never done this before, so
be prepared for some creative zaniness.
We will have 3-4 BBQs on hand churning out black smoke...I mean sumptuous
meat products. NBLUG will be cooking hot dogs and burgers as well as
providing drinks. We will be charging a (very) small fee for the hot dogs,
burgers and sodas in order to attempt to recoup our cost. We'll have all
the fixings as well. If you would like to bring your own meat, or meat
substitute, there should be some extra grill space (although we can't
guarantee a grill that didn't previously have meat grilled on it).
We also need one or two people who would like to volunteer to assist with
the grill and food area. You can contact myself (dustin(a)nblug.org) if you
are interested in helping out.
Well, I hope that covers everything. If you have any questions, please feel
free to contact me. I look forward to seeing all of you there!
-Dustin Mollo
--
Founder & President
The North Bay Linux Users' Group
http://www.nblug.org/
dustin(a)nblug.org
