oxlug-announce May 2002

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Early booking deadline 31st May for Linux 2002 - July 4-7, Bristol
by Alasdair G Kergon 31 May '02

31 May '02

UK Linux Developers' Conference, Bristol, 4th - 7th July 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The early booking deadline is today, 31st May 2002! The price goes up from tomorrow (*). Professional Linux Qualifications ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We are also offering delegates the opportunity of taking Linux Professional Institute exams (http://www.lpi.org/) during the conference (on Friday and Saturday). IBM has very kindly offered to cover delegates' exam fees, saving you 100 dollars per exam! Further details below and at: http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2002/ OxLUG InstallFest Photos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've placed my photos at: http://alumni.ox.compsoc.net/~agk/photos/OxLUG/InstallFest2002/ OxLUG InstallFest Raffle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'm still waiting for some of the winning ticket holders to come forward! The winning numbers again are: 11, 23, 27, 36, 42, 48, 68, 74, 86, 103 (E&OE) Alasdair -- agk(a)ukuug.org (*) Due to the Bank Holiday, you may still qualify for the discounted price if your booking arrives at the UKUUG office by the first post on Wednesday 5th June or by fax/email during the holiday. Oxford University students/staff are covered by a UKUUG academic membership and so qualify for the members' conference rate. UK Linux Developers' Conference, Bristol, UK, 4th - 7th July 2002 We begin on Thursday 4th July with tutorials on Shared Libraries, given by Ulrich Drepper, the glibc maintainer, and the Linux Terminal Server Project, given by the project's founder, Jim McQuillan. After a Linux printing workshop on Friday morning (CUPS), the conference proper begins at lunchtime and runs through to Sunday lunchtime. Highlights of the programme include: * The Linux Kernel (Marcelo Tosatti, 2.4 maintainer) * The Hurd (Marcus Brinkmann) * Linux on AMD's Hammer architecture (Bo Thorsen) * Linux-ABI (Christoph Hellwig) * Dynamic Binary Translation (Mark Probst) * FreeDCE (Luke Leighton) * Emdebsys (Wookey) * Gnome 2.0 (Michael Meeks) * DotGNU (David Sugar) * Exim 4 (Phil Hazel) * glibc2.3 (Ulrich Drepper) * Valgrind (Julian Seward) * Zope 3.0 (Stephan Richter) * MySQL (David Axmark) * Free Telephony (David Sugar) * Bugzilla (Gerv Markham) * RT (Simon Myers) * Subversion (Sander Striker) * MathMap (Mark Probst) * WorldForge (Alistair Riddoch) * Lego programming (Stephen Coast) * Sony PlayStation 2 Linux (Sarah Ewen) And also: Securing Linux Servers; Wireless Networking; Grid Computing; LTSP; PHP; Linux in Undergraduate Teaching; Reliability, Availability & Serviceability; Kylix; and, if we're lucky, a chance to try out IBM's Linux Wristwatch! Full details at: http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2002/ Sponsors: IBM, AMD, Sony, Borland, Perforce Media Sponsors: OSDN, Linux Magazine, Linux User, Linux Format, NTK Exhibitors: IBM, O'Reilly, Debian, SuSE, Sony, Perforce, Linux Emporium ----- The UKUUG was formed to represent users of UNIX and Open Systems in the United Kingdom. It uniquely caters for the needs of people in this area and, being totally funded by membership subscriptions, is completely independent of specific hardware and software vendors. All profits are used to further the activities of the organisation. ----- Contact details: UKUUG PO BOX 37 Buntingford Herts SG9 9UQ Tel: +44 1763 273 475 Fax: +44 1763 273 255 Email: office(a)ukuug.org

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"Putting Linux to Work", Sunday 2nd June, 6:30pm
by Ganesh Sittampalam 31 May '02

31 May '02

Our talk this Sunday is entitled "Putting Linux to Work", and will cover the following topics: - Installing new software and keeping your installation secure - Configuration/Management - Tweaking the GUI - System management - Printing - Where to get help - General Q&A session The following Sunday (the 9th) will be "Linux - Under the bonnet", covering the following topics: - Navigating the filesystem - The UNIX Security model - Firewalling - General Q&A session Anyone just getting started with Linux is encouraged to come along to either or both of these talks, whether you attended the Install fest or not. We will be making handouts and also posting these on the OxLUG website before or shortly after the talks, so if you can't make it do have a look at them instead. The talks will be in Comlab. You can find out how to get there from http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/about/directions.html - entrance is via the side door from the car park. Ganesh

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Tuesday 28th May - GNOME - Michael Meeks, Ximian Inc.
by Alasdair G Kergon 27 May '02

27 May '02

Michael Meeks, one of the lead GNOME developers, who works near Cam|(!#*@, has kindly agreed to give a joint OxLUG/CompSoc talk tomorrow evening at 8.30pm in Comlab. I appreciate it is a late mid-week starting time for many of you, but Michael is a superb speaker and linux enthusiast, and we are privileged that he is visiting us; so please do make that extra effort to come along if you possibly can! I would like him to take away good impressions of the thriving Linux community that we have in Oxford:-) This talk will present the latest and greatest, smaller, faster and more beautiful Gnome 2.0 desktop environment; and explain why this is going to be the platform of choice for Unix Vendors and ISVs for the next 5 years. You will catch a glimpse of the power of the new environment, and the (fading) glory of the exciting things still happening on top of the Gnome 1.4 platform. You should come away inspired with the vision of an accessible Free software desktop. Michael is a Christian and enthusiastic believer in Free software. He very much enjoys working for Ximian Inc. where as a member of the Research Labs he gets paid to develop Gnome 2.0 infastructure, particularly ORBit2 and Bonobo, and play with interesting things. Prior to this he worked for Quantel gaining expertise in real time AV editing and playback achieved with high performance focused hardware / software solutions. Date: Tuesday 28th May 2002 Time: 8.30pm Maps: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/ox/maps.html (enter from Parks Rd)

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InstallFest Raffle etc.
by Alasdair G Kergon 27 May '02

27 May '02

Thanks to everyone who came along and helped to make yesterday's 2nd OxLUG InstallFest another big success. We held a raffle to raise funds to cover the costs involved in putting on the event - prizes included items kindly donated by O'Reilly, SuSE and the Linux Emporium. The winning raffle tickets were (E&OE): 11 23 27 36 42 48 68 74 86 103 Winners not present when the tickets were drawn should contact me (agk(a)oxlug.org) to confirm prizes & make arrangements for collection e.g. at the OxLUG meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) evening or next Sunday evening. We are confident we covered our expenses (incl. hut hire, phone bill for internet, refreshments etc.), raising a total of a little over 140 pounds; any money left over when all the bills are in will be carried forward to support future OxLUG events. Alasdair -- agk(a)oxlug.org

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Linux Install Day - Sunday 26th May - 10am to 6pm
by Alasdair G Kergon 24 May '02

24 May '02

Our Annual Linux Install Day is on Sunday! Please come along if you can - even if it's only for half-an-hour. There'll be lots of demonstrations/talks throughout the day (according to demand) and plenty of opportunities to gain hands-on experience of different Linux distributions and applications for yourself. In particular, there'll be talks on Internet connection configuration at 11am and 3pm. We'll also be raffling some goodies, and John Winters from the Linux Emporium will be there in the afternoon. http://www.linuxemporium.co.uk/ (Email him at info(a)linuxemporium.co.uk if there's anything you'd specifically like him to bring along.) If you wish to bring a computer for installation, it would help us if you filled in the form in advance at: http://www.oxlug.org/linuxday/register.html Venue ~~~~~ 22nd Oxford Sea Scout Hall, Meadow Lane (off Donnington Bridge Road), Oxford. It's easy to find - on the East bank of the river on the North side of the main road and there's ample parking. By bus, take one of the regular Iffley Road buses (eg from Queen Street) and get off at the stop just before the junction at the end of Donnington Bridge Road, from which it's a couple of minutes' walk. Contacts ~~~~~~~~ More details: http://www.oxlug.org/linuxday/ In advance, email: events(a)oxlug.org. On the day, mobile numbers are: Ganesh Sittampalam 07968 253467 Alasdair Kergon 07092 014527 Dominic Hargreaves 07976 569915

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Reminder: Introductory talk, Sunday 19th May, 6:30pm
by Ganesh Sittampalam 17 May '02

17 May '02

Just a reminder of our talk this Sunday. We'll be giving an overview of what Linux is about and why it might be useful for you, talking about what OxLUG does, and doing a sample installation of the latest version of the Mandrake distribution, which is what we'll be recommending at the Installfest. You'll be able to chat to OxLUG regulars either during a break in the event or afterwards at the Lamb & Flag pub nearby. I'd like to particularly encourage people who have joined the list to find out more about Linux but haven't been to any meetings yet to come along. The event will be in Comlab. You can find out how to get there from http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/about/directions.html - entrance is via the side door from the car park. Ganesh

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OxLUG events on Sundays in May & June - LVM; InstallFest series
by Alasdair G Kergon 10 May '02

10 May '02

Sunday 12th May - Linux Logical Volume Management (LVM) The regular monthly meeting. 6.30pm, Comlab. Maps at http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/ox/maps.html Followed by drinks at the Lamb and Flag. More details below. Sundays 19th May - 9th June. A special introductory series. All are welcome! Please help to publicise these meetings! More details below. Sunday 19th May - What is this thing called Linux? 6.30pm, Comlab. Maps at http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/ox/maps.html Sunday 26th May - InstallFest (full day) 10am - 6pm, 22nd Oxford Sea Scout Hut. http://www.oxlug.org/linuxday/ Sunday 2nd June - Where do I go from here? (Part 1) 6.30pm, Comlab. Maps at http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/ox/maps.html Sunday 9th June - Where do I go from here? (Part 2) 6.30pm, Comlab. Maps at http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/ox/maps.html Other news: Linux Expo Birmingham is cancelled. http://www.linuxexpobirmingham.com/ Linux 2002 Bristol - Early booking deadline 31st May. http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2002/ Until 31st May the cost is GBP 47 (students: GBP 20) plus UKUUG membership fee for non-members; Oxford University staff & students are already covered. The latest additions to the programme include Sony's PlayStation 2 Linux and Kylix. Other InstallFests (various dates): http://www.linuxinstallday.org/ Festival of Extreme Computing, June 9, London http://www.xcom2002.com/ LinuxTag (Germany) June 6-9 http://www.linuxtag.org/ SANE (Holland) May 27-31 http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2002/ Australian Linux Technical Conf, 22-25 Jan 2003 http://conf.linux.org.au/ Ottawa Linux Symposium (Canada) June 26-29 Almost fully booked! http://www.linuxsymposium.org/2002/ Alasdair. -- agk(a)oxlug.org Sunday 12th May - Linux Logical Volume Management (LVM) LVM is the established standard for on-line disk storage management under Linux. It is included in the 2.4 kernel series. The aims of my talk are: To introduce existing LVM concepts and tools under Linux; To discuss the architecture used for the new LVM2/device mapper and the extra features and performance improvements provided. The current LVM system reached maturity with the 1.0.x series, adding a variety of improvements and new features over the 0.8 series (such as snapshots, the ability to move live volumes). LVM2 is a new downwardly-compatible implementation of LVM using a lightweight kernel driver known as the "device mapper". This provides generic support for volume management. All volume managers - not just LVM - will benefit from this work. The new LVM2 framework allows yet more features to be implemented, including: Writeable high-performance snapshots Sophisticated remapping tools Greatly enhanced configurability Human-readable (and editable) configuration backups Atomic metadata updates Improved data recovery in the event of disk failure Cluster-awareness Alasdair Kergon, Sistina Software UK Sunday 19th May - What is this thing called Linux? This will start off with an introduction to what Linux is, its strengths and weaknesses and what OxLUG is and what it does. It'll then move on to a description of what will happen at the InstallFest, and we'll run through a sample installation of Mandrake, the distribution we'll be recommending at the InstallFest. This event is for everyone in OxLUG, whether old hand or newcomer, as well as anyone else in Oxfordshire (or beyond!) who wants to find out more. We'll be handing out penguin badges to the usual regulars so that new people can identify them. Sundays 2nd and 9th June - Where do I go from here? Getting started with a newly installed Linux system - things like installing new software, changing configuration settings, and a basic introduction to what's "under the hood". More details nearer the time.

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Reminder: Next OxLUG meeting May 12th
by Alasdair G Kergon 03 May '02

03 May '02

A quick reminder that the next OxLUG meeting will be on Sunday May 12th (moved to avoid the Bank Holiday). Anyone in London tomorrow (Saturday) might want to check out http://party.cream.org/ There'll also be a series of introductory Linux talks on other Sundays in May/June in conjunction with the InstallFest on May 26th. Alasdair -- agk(a)oxlug.org

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