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Bob Chassell on Free Software
by Daniel Kolb 21 May '00

21 May '00

Tuesday, May 23rd 8:30pm Comlab http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/about/directions.html Abstract: Robert J. Chassell, founding Director and Treasurer of the Free Software Foundation, will speak on the nature of free software. The nature of free software is such that it can be modified and redistributed at will. Chassell will discuss application to the business of writing computer software and to the wider software landscape as a whole. He will also speak of the dangers inherent in a world where we increasingly see our freedoms and rights being compromised and how free software can make a difference. Robert Chassell writes and edits. He is the author of "Programming in Emacs Lisp: An Introduction". He graduated from Cambridge, has his own aeroplace and an abiding interest in social and economic history. Apologies for the late notice of this event, but we've only just confirmed it.

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GlobalFileSystem (Tuesday)
by Alasdair G Kergon 14 May '00

14 May '00

On Tuesday 16th May, Steve Whitehouse will talk about the Global File System. 8.30pm The GlobalFileSystem is a journalled, fault-tolerant, clustered file system. It provides a high-performance solution to many applications where reliability is of foremost concern. The talk will centre upon the applications of the GlobalFileSystem and will also cover the implementation and describe how it interacts with the Linux kernel. Steve Whitehouse is a software consultant running his own company (ChyGwyn Limited) which mainly takes on contract programming work on Open Source and Linux based projects. He is also in the final stages of writing up his PhD thesis on "Error Resilient Image Compression". Steve first became involved with Linux when he was an undergraduate at the University of Wales, Swansea where he was an active member of the computer society. Steve maintains the Linux DECnet kernel code. Diary ===== Wednesday 17th May, Linux@work at Wembley, free registration. http://www.ltt.de/linux/lon_00.html Monday 22nd May - Thursday 25th May Systems And NEtworking Conference 2000, Maastricht, Netherlands http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2000/ Thursday 1st June - Friday 2nd June, Linux Expo, Olympia http://www.itevents.co.uk/exhibitions/linux/NewHome.htm Incorporating The European Linux Conference (Thursday) http://www.suse.de/uk/conference/index.html Sunday 4th June - OxLUG, 6.30pm. Still TBA. Thursday 29th June - Sunday 2nd July LinuxTag, Stuttgart, Germany http://www.linuxtag.de/ Sunday 2nd July - OxLUG, 6.30pm. TBA. Friday 7th July - Sunday 9th July Linux for the Enterprise, Hammersmith, London http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2000/ Alasdair -- agk(a)oxlug.org

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May Meetings
by Alasdair G Kergon 04 May '00

04 May '00

On Sunday 7th May, Matthew Kirkwood & Chris Evans will talk about Firewalls and Security. 6.30pm. Venue to be confirmed. On Tuesday 16th May, Steve Whitehouse will talk about the Global File System. 8.30pm (CompSoc talk). Venue to be confirmed. Wednesday 17th May, Linux@work at Wembley, free registration. http://www.ltt.de/linux/lon_00.html Thursday 1st June - Friday 2nd June, Linux Expo, Olympia http://www.itevents.co.uk/exhibitions/linux/NewHome.htm To the two people who have just arrived at Comlab: there is no meeting scheduled for tonight:-( Alasdair -- agk(a)oxlug.org

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BCS Meeting (Thursday)
by Alasdair Kergon 19 Apr '00

19 Apr '00

OxLUG members are welcome to attend, though I presume we may not vote! Alasdair. From: BCS Oxon <nls(a)bcs.org.uk> Subject: BCS Branch Meeting - BCS Intranet Winner - Its This Thursday! Organization: British Computer Society BCS Branch Meeting and AGM ------------------------------------------------- I am just dropping a short note to invite you to this Thursday's (20th April 2000) BCS presentation and AGM at 7:30pm. We are pleased to have Mr David Nurse MBCS, Head of Research of CSW Informatics Ltd to present and describe a Web based Clinical Intranet based at the Oxford Radcliffe Infirmary. The Oxford Radcliffe Hospital is a large teaching hospital which has used Internet technology to solve some of the information needs of clinicians. An Intranet, which took first place in the 1998 Information Management Awards sponsored by Computer Weekly and Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group, was developed using a thin-client architecture with cross-platform ability. This gives clinicians access to patient information, assembled as a single view, from information held on multiple remote and disparate computer systems. Access to existing support and advisory information from within the organisation and collected from other sites and projects is also provided as is automated retrieval and presentation of information which is contextually appropriate to the component of the record being viewed by the clinician. The system will be described and, in the light of experience, its wider potential in the NHS will be discussed. CSW Informatics Ltd are consultants in information management using SGML/XML, Internet/Intranet, Workflow, using relational and object databases. Next Thursday is also very important as it is the Branch AGM. It is a fantastic opportunity to learn more about how the Branch works, and more importantly for you to play a part in its ongoing success. It is also a chance for you to vote for your committee for the next 12 months. We will be holding the meeting at the Wolfson Building, South Parks Road, Oxford. Please use the link below to see a local map. Please use the following links to find the location General Oxford Directions http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?grid2map?X=451200&Y=206800 http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/sheet/pdf/central_ox_map.pdf which is a detailed PDF roadmap and shows the Computing Labs (OUCL) http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/about/directions.html which is Computing Labs own directions and map Best Regards Neill Lawson-Smith Branch Chairman

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Linux for the Enterprise (July, London)
by Alasdair Kergon 19 Apr '00

19 Apr '00

Linux 2000 UK Linux Developers' Conference Linux for the Enterprise London Friday 7th July to Sunday 9th July 2000 Building upon the successful conference at Aston last summer, the UKUUG is holding another conference for Linux developers this July. It will run from Friday 7th July until lunchtime on Sunday 9th July 2000 and take place in Hammersmith in West London. With interest in Linux growing rapidly amongst computer professionals and businessmen alike, now is an excellent time to consider the developments underway that will help to make Linux the platform of choice in the Enterprise. The organising committee (which includes several members of OxLUG) is seeking additional speakers to address the following themes from a developer's point of view: The Enterprise Desktop The Enterprise Server Integration with other operating systems Other topics likely to be of interest to Linux developers and enthusiasts will also be considered. The organising committee can be reached at linux2000(a)list.ukuug.org The provisional programme includes: GNOME Miguel de Icaza & Michael Meeks Global File System Steve Whitehouse (OxLUG) High Availability Stephen Tweedie Linux Volume Management Heinz Mauelshagen Memory Management Rik val Riel PowerPC Clusters Adrian Cox (OxLUG) VMware John Edwards For further information about attending, sponsoring or exhibiting at the event please contact the UKUUG office on 01763 273475 or ukuug(a)ukuug.org. Booking information will be available early in May. Watch http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2000/ for the latest information.

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VMware - Trinity College, Sun 2nd April, 6.30pm
by Alasdair G Kergon 30 Mar '00

30 Mar '00

Sunday evening's meeting will now be about VMWare. The Firewall talk has been postponed. VMware is commercial software which allows you to run several operating systems simultaneously in separate virtual machines on a standard PC. The talk will be given by John Edwards, European Marketing Director. ** Please note that this meeting will take place at Trinity College. ** The entrance is through a small door just to the right of the large gates half-way along Broad Street. And any students on this list, there's just still time to enter the Linux/Open Source Foundation's competition, with prizes of up to 2000 pounds for innovative ideas for internet applications. See my message of 26th Jan, or http://www.4linuxjobs.co.uk/ for full details. Alasdair. -- agk(a)oxlug.org

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Who pays by Ferryman? (BCS, Thurs) / GLLUG (25th March)
by Alasdair G Kergon 14 Mar '00

14 Mar '00

Two meetings coming up: British Computer Society 7.30, Comlab, Oxford, 16th March (see below) Greater London Linux User Group, Sat 25th March, GND Distribution (10min walk from Canary Wharf tube on the Jubilee line - DLR apparently closed) 1pm onwards http://gllug.linux.co.uk - always a good day out! Alasdair. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 22:08:10 -0000 From: Neill Lawson-Smith <nls(a)bcs.org.uk> Subject: Who pays by Ferryman? - BCS Oxon Meeting - Its This Thursday!!! Dear Mr Kergon, I am dropping you a short reminder that the October BCS Oxfordshire Branch meeting is on this coming Thursday (16 March 2000) at 7:30pm. With E-commerce via the Internet being one of the fastest growing technologies, The Food Ferry is one of the longest established home-gocery shopping businesses. The Food Ferry have built up an enormous bank of knowledge and experience in the art of telephonic and e-commerce transactions; in enlightened customer service at-a-distance; in local fresh food supply chains and in direct delivery into the customers' home. Everything they do is handled by their computer systems and they are dependent upon the internet for an increasing percentage of their business. James Millar, Strategic Director for The Food Ferry will be giving a general presentation on who The Food Ferry are, what they do and what methods and systems they use in converting experienced supermarket-shoppers into ecstatic home-shoppers.... and then retaining them. We will be handing out CPD certificates at the end of the presentation. If you haven't already done so, it would be a great time to start your CPD records. Please look at the web site http://www.bcs.org.uk/branches/oxon/events.htm#seven for a brief description about this presentation. We will be holding the meeting at the Wolfson Building, South Parks Road, Oxford. Please use the link below to see a local map. Please use the following links to find the location General Oxford Directions http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?grid2map?X=451200&Y=206800 http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/sheet/pdf/central_ox_map.pdf which is a detailed PDF roadmap and shows the Computing Labs (OUCL) http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oucl/about/directions.html which is Computing Labs own directions and map [snip bit about oxit.org.uk q.v.] or if you require more information please email mailto:nls@bcs.org.uk We look forward to seeing you there, Neill Lawson-Smith Branch Chairman

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Working with Linux - Tuesday 8pm, Comlab
by Alasdair G Kergon 06 Mar '00

06 Mar '00

The final part of our introductory series takes place on Tuesday 7th March at 8pm when we will demonstrate and discuss some common applications under Linux, including StarOffice and GIMP. (Maps are at http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/ox/maps.html) Next month's meeting, on Sunday 2nd April, is about Firewalls. Alasdair.

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Intro to DVD Technology (Sun 5th March)
by Alasdair G Kergon 02 Mar '00

02 Mar '00

An Introduction to DVD technology and its implementation on Linux Jonathan C. Masters Sunday 5th March 2000 Computing Laboratory, 6.30pm This month's talk will be about DVD technology and the current status of DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) on Linux systems. Jonathan will provide an introduction to the DVD technology itself, the video technology, hardware and features. He will also cover the current status of DVD on Linux systems and what is likely to be available in the future. The entrance is from Parks Road and there are maps at: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/ox/maps.html For more information contact events(a)oxlug.org

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Tuesday's Talk
by Stephen White 27 Feb '00

27 Feb '00

The line of Linux Introductory talks continues at 8pm on Tuesday (in the Computing Laboratory on Parks Road, the same place as previous talks). This week's talk will cover dialup and email configuration, how to get help in Linux and on the web and will also look briefly at the filesystem layout and using floppies and cd-roms. We will also describe how to correct a printer settings bug in RedHat's Installation and how to get things to work with MS-DOS floppies. The evening will also provide a tenative introduction to configuration files and the command prompt! To find the Computing Laboratory see: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/ox/maps.html -- Stephen White OU Compsoc System Administration Team <swhite(a)ox.compsoc.net> http://www.ox.compsoc.net/~swhite/

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