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Installing Linux / PGP Keysigning
by Alasdair G Kergon 20 Feb '00

20 Feb '00

Two events this week. On Tuesday evening at 8pm in Comlab as the second part of our 'Get to Know Linux!' series, we will be demonstrating how to Install Linux. Enter from Parks Road - for maps see: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/ox/maps.html On Thursday, we have been invited to join in a PGP Keysigning Party arranged by CompSoc. To take part, simply send your PGP/GPG key to pgp(a)ox.compsoc.net *before the end of today, Sunday* and come along on Thursday with some photo ID. Full instructions are at: http://www.ox.compsoc.net/compsoc/events/pgp-keysigning.html This event is in Trinity College - the entrance is just to the right of the large gates half-way along Broad Street. 8pm Alasdair. -- events(a)oxlug.org

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This week's events
by Alasdair G Kergon 13 Feb '00

13 Feb '00

On Tuesday evening from 8-9pm it's the first part of our weekly 'Get to Know Linux!' series, with an Introduction to Linux - exploring its history; assessing its capabilities, its strengths and weaknesses; seeing it in action and discussing why you might want to use it and what sorts of computers you can use. On Thursday 17th Feb at 7.30pm the BCS have invited Mr John Stevens from Racal Securities and Payments to speak about Public Key Infrastructure: With E-commerce via the Internet being one of the fastest growing technologies, does anyone trust technology enough to deal with financial and personal transactions? Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) defines one mechanism to allow totally secure communications over the Internet. The presentation will explain the key components, their functions and how they inter-react to form a working PKI system. It will then look at some real applications for PKI. All events in Comlab (Parks Road/Keble Road) as usual, see: http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/ox/maps.html http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?grid2map?X=451200&Y=206800 And finally, if you haven't yet filled in the survey, there's still just time before we start to analyse the responses on Tuesday: http://www.oxlug.org/survey/ Alasdair.

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Get to Know Linux!
by Alasdair G Kergon 01 Feb '00

01 Feb '00

Get to Know Linux! Feel intimidated by Linux? Need a helping hand to complete your first installation? Then you need OxLUG's Introduction to Linux: Four short talks on consecutive Tuesdays over the next month. 15th Feb: Introducing Linux 22nd Feb: Installing Linux 29th Feb: Communicating with Linux 7th Mar: Working with Linux Time: 8-9pm Venue: Oxford University Computing Laboratory 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 info(a)oxlug.org

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Crusoe & PGP: Sun 6th Feb
by Alasdair G Kergon 01 Feb '00

01 Feb '00

Transmeta's Crusoe: the Technology and its Implications What if your CPU could run code for any other chip at native speeds? Or speed up your code the more times you ran it? Maybe even add capabilities to itself on the fly? And all this with power usage so low you could run a laptop for weeks on end? Martin Ling will discuss Crusoe - Transmeta's new processor. This will be followed by an introduction to PGP, the de-facto standard for encryption of email, and how to prepare for the Key-Signing party on 24th Feb. Date: Sunday 6th February 2000 Time: 6.30pm Venue: Oxford University Computing Laboratory Entrance is from Parks Road and there are maps at http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/ox/maps.html

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BCS Meeting / GLLUG Meeting
by Alasdair G Kergon 17 Jan '00

17 Jan '00

The British Computer Society Oxfordshire Branch have a meeting on Biometrics this coming Thursday (20 January 2000) at 7:30pm. Details below (no need to book - just turn up). The Greater London Linux User Group are meeting on Saturday afternoon in London's Docklands. More details should appear later in the week at http://gllug.linux.co.uk/ . Alasdair -- events(a)oxlug.org We are very pleased to have Mr Philip Bower from TSSI Ltd to speak about Biometric Identification Systems. We rely on keys, cards, PINs and passwords to verify the identity of individuals in almost every area of life. Yet these can easily be copied or learnt, and the incidence of fraud resulting from the use of another person's access code is increasing rapidly. The solution lies with techniques which automatically measure an individual's unique physical attributes - Bometrics. Biometric technology is a major defense against identity theft Biometric technologies offer effective, low cost solutions that streamline these traditional, labour intensive processes. Biometric devices are an effective substitute because they create highly accurate digital records of a person's physiological features. These records can be safely stored for later comparison against a live image that is captured from the user at the time the service or benefit is demanded. Biometric devices are designed to be non-intrusive and user friendly units that recognise features such as an iris, a voice, a signature, a fingerprint, a hand or a face. This enables end users such as banks, merchants, government agencies, and employers to have extraordinary control over transactions without inconveniencing or embarrassing the customer. TSSI are specialists in the field of the provision of biometric solutions. 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#five 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. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?grid2map?X=451200&Y=206800 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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Meeting TONIGHT!
by Andrew Jackson 13 Jan '00

13 Jan '00

Apologies for the late posting of details. As discussed at the meeting on Tuesday, there is a followup meeting tonight at 8:30pm in seminar room B, Jesus College. The college is on Turl Street (on the right as you come from Broad Street) and I shall loiter outside to let people in. Latecomers should ring the doorbell and the porter will direct them to the seminar rooms. Regards Andrew -- Andrew J Jackson | RKT Group OU Computer Society | Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory http://www.ox.compsoc.net | Oxford University

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Planning for future OxLUG activities
by Alasdair G Kergon 12 Jan '00

12 Jan '00

Summary of the meeting last night: After discussing lots of things that we might do (including putting on an InstallFest) we decided initially to organise a series of four short introductory Linux talks, one per week, aimed at Windows-literate people who want to find out about Linux. We provisionally scheduled them to start during the week commencing 14th February. Working titles are (1) What Linux is (2) Installing Linux (3) & (4) Getting started/Things you can do with Linux/Dialling your ISP/Escaping from Windows - equivalent applications. 12 people took part; 2 sent apologies. There will be a follow-up meeting tomorrow (Thursday) at 8.30pm at Jesus College (entrance on Turl Street) to thrash out the details - outline of the content, format, venue, how to select speakers, how/where to advertise them, follow-up etc. Alasdair. -- events(a)oxlug.org

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Tuesday Night Meeting
by Andrew Jackson 10 Jan '00

10 Jan '00

Seminar room B has been booked for the meeting on Tuesday night to discuss plans for a newbie oriented programme of events. It will be available from 8pm. Since the college is locked at this time, I shall loiter around to let people in and tell the porter to direct any stragglers - there is a doorbell you can use to attract his attention. Regards Andrew -- Andrew J Jackson | RKT Group OU Computer Society | Physical & Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory http://www.ox.compsoc.net | Oxford University

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Sunday 9th Jan - Linux Distributions
by Alasdair G Kergon 06 Jan '00

06 Jan '00

The OxLUG meeting on Sunday 9th Janary will be held in the Oxford University Computing Laboratory at 6.30pm. The entrance is from Parks Road. (http://web.comlab.ox.ac.uk/oxinfo/maps/index.html for maps). As an experiment, the format will be somewhat different from usual and more interactive. We'll begin with a discussion of a few of the many Linux Distributions available - their strengths and weaknesses etc. - and maybe look at some web sites which form useful Linux resources. Then there'll be an opportunity for people to share any interesting Linux-related news they have heard recently, and for people to ask for help or advice from the more-experienced people present. Finally - for those who wish to stay - we'll have a discussion about what direction OxLUG should take this year. Some points to consider: Events - frequency; programme for 2000 - balance: basic vs technical; tutorials (eg configuration, perl, shells, editors, GUI programming); InstallFest; external speakers (who? what topics?); organisational responsibility; finance; venues Image/Recruitment - mission statement; logo; publicity (local press; Linux Answers magazine); web site extension; corporate involvement Mailing Lists - any suggestions for change, or carry on as now with oxlug/oxlug-announce? Afterwards, all being well, we'll reconvene in the Lamb and Flag. Alasdair. -- events(a)oxlug.org

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BCS Meeting on Thursday
by Alasdair G Kergon 07 Dec '99

07 Dec '99

There's another British Computer Society meeting in Oxford on Thursday in Comlab to which we're all invited - see below. Also note that the Greater London Linux User Group meeting on Saturday has been postponed until some time in January. The first OxLUG meeting of Y2K will be on the *second* Sunday of January - the 9th. There's still time to book for the UKUUG's conference in Cambridge next week with a strong technical programme that covers Java Security, Secure Single Signon, Spam, Data Protection, Exim, Sunsite Northern Europe and lots of opportunity for discussion etc. http://www.ukuug.org/events/winter99/ office(a)ukuug.org (students: ask for details of the special price) Malcolm Blackmore's auction on Sunday raised a magnificant GBP 26.86 - so OxLUG now has some funds! Thanks to everyone who contributed and especially to Malcolm! Full accounts will be kept in the "members only" part of our web site in due course. (Volunteers for writing a web interface?) Alasdair. BCS Oxon ======== 7.30pm 9th December, Prof. A P Willmore, Professor of Space Research, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham. The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in 1990, and was intended to tackle its objectives in a far superior way to what could be obtained on the ground. Once the initial problems with the optical system were resolved (after launching) Hubble has contributed in an important way to our understanding of the formation of stars, the formation and development of galaxies and the evolution of the Universe. No prior knowledge of this subject is assumed. http://www.bcs.org.uk/branches/oxon/events.htm#four We will be holding the meeting at the Wolfson Building, South Parks Road, Oxford. Please use the link below to see a local map. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?grid2map?X=451200&Y=206800

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