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BALUG Meeting: ACCRC+Linux: Keeping CPUs From Landfills (Next Tuesday, Nov. 20th)

by Andrew Fife

The Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) will be hosting a great talk by James Burgett of the Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC): 6:30pm - Next Tuesday November 20th, 2007 Four Seas Restaurant 731 Grant Ave. San Francisco, CA 94108 Parking: http://www.portsmouthsquaregarage.com/ RSVP(a)balug.org - Not required, but much appreciated! James Burgett's talk is loosely titled: "Free Software, The Environment, Social Welfare, and the Digital Divide" About the Alameda County Computer Resource Center: The Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC) is an electronics recycling & redistribution center. The ACCRC recycles unwanted electronics and computer equipment from the public with little or no recycling fees. The computer hardware is then refurbished, installed with GNU/Linux and distributed to schools, non-profit organizations and economically and/or physically disadvantaged individuals. Cost: The meeting is free, but dinner is $13 About BALUG: BALUG is lively gathering of Linux users & free software enthusiasts that combines great food, community & intimate access to featured speakers. We meet in the bar of the Four Seas Restaurant from 6:30pm. At 7pm, we share a family-style Chinese dinner, which is followed by our guest speaker. ---------------------------------------- Andrew Fife Untangle - Open Source Security Gateway download.untangle.com 650.425.3327 (O) 415.806.6028 (C) afife(a)untangle.com

17 years, 10 months

Reminder General Meeting TOMORROW! Bob Blick on Storage and Backup

by Paul Peterson

Start: 2007/11/13 - 7:30pm End: 2007/11/13 - 9:00pm Location: O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA http://nblug.org/genloc Speaker: Bob Blick This talk covers storage and backup in a home or small office where files are stored on a single server running Linux or on a Network Attached Storage device. Files are shared to Windows, Linux, and OSX using Samba. Every day all files are backed up to an external USB hard drive using Rsync. Network Attached Storage drives can save space and electricity by serving files to multiple clients without the need for a computer. The Western Digital MyBook World is a NAS with gigabit ethernet, a USB host port, and 500GB to 2TB of storage. It runs Linux internally and has a full system and GNU development environment preinstalled.

17 years, 10 months

Installfest Cancelled! :(

by Dave Sisley

I'm very sorry to announce that, due to a lack of sign ups, we've chosen to cancel the upcoming installfest (scheduled for Sat. 10/20). Our hope is to schedule another in the spring. We still want to open the 'fest up to issues beyond simply installing, so if you have suggestions, please send them along. We'd also like to advertise the 'Installfest+' to a wider audience, so please feel free to chime in with your ideas. Thanks, -dave. (Installfest coordinator) -- Dave Sisley dsisley(a)sonic.net roth-sisley.net

17 years, 11 months

BALUG Meeting: F/OSS Backup & Recovery (Tues 10/16)

by Andrew Fife

Howdy Folks: BALUG is hosting a great talk next Tuesday (10/16) titled "Open Source Backup with Amanda" by the project's co-Founder, Paddy Sreenivasan. Paddy will explain how Amanda is different, its current status and why Linux users should consider using it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- RSVP(a)BALUG.ORG - RSVPs are not mandatory, but they do help us out a lot -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 6:30PM October 16th, 2007 (Next Tuesday) Four Seas Restaurant 731 Grant Avenue San Francisco, CA 94108 www.balug.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- COST: The event is free. However, dinner is $13 for those that want to eat. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- About Amanda: -------------- Amanda is the worlds most popular open source backup and recovery software. Amanda protects over 500,000 systems running Linux, UNIX, OS-X & Windows. Paddy Sreenivasan is the co-founder & VP Engineering of Amanda's commercial twin, Zmanda. http://amanda.zmanda.com About BALUG: -------------- BALUG is lively gathering of Linux users & free software enthusiasts that combines great food, community & intimate access to featured speakers. We meet in the bar of the Four Seas Restaurant from 6:30pm. At 7pm, we share a family-style Chinese dinner, which is followed by our guest speaker. http://www.balug.org I hope to see you there! Andrew P.S. If you want to help BALUG distribute flyers for the event, you can find them here: http://www.balug.org/flyers/2007-10-16.pdf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Andrew Fife Untangle - Open Source Security Gateway download.untangle.com 650.425.3327 (O) 415.806.6028 (C) afife(a)untangle.com

17 years, 11 months

Reminder General Meeting TOMORROW! Tom Haddon from Canonical

by Kyle Rankin

Start: 2007/10/09 - 7:30pm End: 2007/10/09 - 9:00pm Location: O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA http://nblug.org/genloc Speaker: Tom Haddon Description: Tom works for Canonical, the makers of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, etc. as a Systems Administrator for Launchpad (https://launchpad.net) and Landscape (https://landscape.canonical.com). From Tom : "The main topic of the talk will be about a volunteer project undertaken by the SF-LUG to resurrect a housing authority's computer lab using Edubuntu. How the project started, where we are now, and where we go from here. Possibly with a demonstration of LTSP (the Linux Terminal Server Project) on my laptop. I'll also be happy to answer any questions I can about Ubuntu, Canonical, Launchpad, Landscape, etc." -- Kyle Rankin NBLUG President The North Bay Linux Users Group http://nblug.org IRC: greenfly(a)irc.freenode.net #nblug kyle(a)nblug.org

17 years, 11 months

Installfest-PLUS! Saturday, October 2oth

by Dave Sisley

We are happy to announce our next installfest on Saturday, October 20th. Since Linux has become pretty easy to install these days, we have decided to open the Installfest up and we are soliciting requests for post-installation help as well. If there is a service or application you've always wanted to run, but can't figure it out, please register for the Installfest and come on down to O'Reilly Media in Sebastopol (Directions <http://nblug.org/genloc>). If you are interested in attending, please pre-register on our Installfest page <http://nblug.org/installfest>. If you would like to help out, please send an email to installfest[at]nblug.org. If you'd like to help promote the event, we will also have a flyer that you can print out and post in useful places (please go to the NBLUG <http://nblug.org> website and download the file attached to the installfest announcement). See you there! -- Dave Sisley dsisley(a)sonic.net roth-sisley.net

17 years, 11 months

Reminder General Meeting Tomorrow -- How DNS Works

by Kyle Rankin

Start: 2007/09/11 - 7:30pm End: 2007/09/11 - 9:00pm Location: O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA http://nblug.org/genloc Speaker: Kyle Rankin Description: In this talk Kyle will cover the basics of how DNS (Domain Name System) works. The talk will include a short history of the service, how it works today, and a step-by-step walk-through of what happens between entering a domain into a web browser and getting back an IP address. Also covered is how you could use this new-found knowledge to take down the Internet. Specific implementations of DNS (BIND, djbdns, PowerDNS) will not be covered. -- Kyle Rankin NBLUG President The North Bay Linux Users Group http://nblug.org IRC: greenfly(a)irc.freenode.net #nblug kyle(a)nblug.org

18 years

General Meeting (2007/09/11) -- How DNS Works

by Kyle Rankin

18 years

General Meeting (2007/08/14) -- Amazon Web Services

by Kyle Rankin

Start: 2007/08/14 - 7:30pm End: 2007/08/14 - 9:00pm Location: O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA http://nblug.org/genloc Speaker: Mike Culver Description: What's possible in a post Web 2.0 world? Innovation continues at a mind-bending pace, and this presentation will showcase some thought-provoking new directions that Web Services are headed in. The presentation will provide an overview of Amazon Web Services, including a Web Service named Mechanical Turk that allows computers to make requests of people, an online storage service, a Virtual Server controlled by a Web service, and more. There will also be a demo showing how to set up a virtual server. But mostly this will be an opportunity to have a discussion about innovation and entrepreneurial tools. Amazon spent ten years and over $1 billion developing a world-class technology and content platform that powers Amazon web sites for millions of customers every day. Most people think "Amazon.com" when they hear the word; however developers are excited to learn that there is a separate technology arm of the company, known as Amazon Web Services or AWS. Using AWS, developers can build software applications leveraging the same robust, scalable, and reliable technology that powers Amazon's retail business. AWS has now launched ten services with open APIs for developers to build applications, with the result that over 200,000 developers have registered on Amazon's developer site to create applications based on these services. Bio Mike Culver joined the Developer Relations Group of Amazon Web Services in May, 2006. Mike brings with him fifteen years of technology leadership experience, including at companies such as Microsoft. In addition Mr. Culver has a strong background running an IT organization, with over a decade of experience in the Electrical Wholesale Distribution industry. As a Web Services Evangelist at Amazon, he helps developers take advantage of disruptive technologies that are going to change the way we think about computer applications, and the way that businesses compete. -- Kyle Rankin NBLUG President The North Bay Linux Users Group http://nblug.org IRC: greenfly(a)irc.freenode.net #nblug kyle(a)nblug.org

18 years, 1 month

General Meeting (2007/07/10) TONIGHT! -- PowerDNS

by Kyle Rankin

Start: 2007/07/10 - 7:30pm End: 2007/07/10 - 9:00pm Location: O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA http://nblug.org/genloc Speaker: Augie Schwer Description: The PowerDNS Nameserver is a modern, advanced and high performance authoritative-only nameserver. It is written from scratch and conforms to all relevant DNS standards documents. Furthermore, PowerDNS interfaces with almost any database. In this talk August will discuss how PowerDNS can serve your Name Serving needs, some of its advantages and disadvantages, how it can play well with other Name Servers and how you can migrate to it. August is the Senior System Administrator at Sonic.net; more information about him can be found at his personal website: www.schwer.us. In addition we will be holding the NBLUG election tonight to be sure to show up and vote! We are always looking for speakers, so if you or anyone you know would like to give a presentation to a group of friendly nerds please send an email to speakers(a)nblug.org . -- Kyle Rankin NBLUG President The North Bay Linux Users Group http://nblug.org IRC: greenfly(a)irc.freenode.net #nblug kyle(a)nblug.org

18 years, 2 months

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