August's OxLUG talk will be given by Dave Jones (SuSE) on Powertweak: a utility which is particularly useful if you want to try to extend your laptop battery life. Abstract at http://www.oxlug.org/
The talk will again be held in Trinity College - entrance through the small door to the right of the large gates half-way along Broad Street.
Given the anticipated hot weather, if anyone would support another Picnic in the Parks beforehand, please let me know.
Other events ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There will be a free UKUUG talk in London on Thurs 9th August, 6.30pm. Tim O'Reilly was to have given this talk, but he will not now be travelling to Europe. The new speaker - also well-known in the Unix world - will be announced in the next day or two at www.ukuug.org.
Linux Expo Birmingham (originally scheduled for September) has been postponed until April or May next year.
There'll be a BSD conference in Brighton, 9-11 November http://www.bsdconeurope.org/
This year's DNSCON is in Blackpool, August 18th. http://www.dnscon.org/
Alasdair