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Auckland LUG Meeting - Monday 9th June 2008

AuckLUG welcomes you to come along to our next monthly talk. Open entry. Bring a friend and some biscuits.

What : Bash!
"We've managed to rope Martin into dusting off his Bash talk. Good thing it hasn't gone out of date. Considering all the time you spend using your bash prompt, why not learn more about it."

Who : Martin Kealey, Vodafone (née iHug)

When : Monday 9th June 7:30pm
You don't need to worry about being late anymore. Our new venue is a stress-free experience for all you latecomers.

Where : University of Auckland
Owen G Glenn Building (aka new School of Business building)
Room 260-055 "Case Room 3"
Use maps inside building to locate room
Near corner of Grafton Rd and Symonds St
See below for links to maps.

Coming by car?:
Lots of parking in the building itself, flat $5 till late, or General city street parking.

The Auckland Linux Users Group is an informal group of Linux enthusiasts who meet monthly in Auckland. We have no membership, and every meeting is open to any who wish to come. Please bring a packet of biscuits or drink to share afterwards.

We now have an iCal file you can subscribe to giving you the details for each months talk. http://tinyurl.com/2bnkcc

Maps to venue:
http://www.sges.auckland.ac.nz/public/maps/grafton.pdf
Google Maps: http://tinyurl.com/6mquvh

Auckland LUG Meeting - Monday 5th May 2008 - NEW VENUE!

NEW VENUE: AuckLUG has a new venue for 5th May meeting

We have new venue, University of Auckland.

(Updated) We will be in Room 260-055 "Case Room 3" in the new Business School building.

The best map is (Updated) www.sges.auckland.ac.nz/public/maps/city.pdf. Corner of Grafton Rd and Symonds St is the general area. There is paid parking in the Business School carpark, or general city street parking.

As soon as I get more information i'll post here and on the Mailing List.

We don't have a scheduled talk; Its a social event tonight guys, so we may
even break tradition and get a coffee/beverage-of-choice afterwards.

Auckland LUG Meeting - Monday 7 April 2008

AuckLUG welcomes you to come along to our next monthly talk. Open entry. Bring a friend and some biscuits.

What : The Rep-Rap project
Come see Vik Oliver give a talk on his open-source rapid prototyping machine that prints 3D objects.
Not a technical talk, so do come along if you've been put off by the technical nature of talks in the past.
Not often do revolutionary tools come around; This is one project that you will want to know more about. Take this opportunity to pick Vik's brain and get started on building your own 3D printer.

Who : Vik Oliver

When : Monday 7th April 7:30pm
Please be on time or you may find it difficult to get into the building. Please phone the number posted on the door to be let in after 7:30pm.
There is paid parking close-by or free parking at the East end of Gaunt St about 5 mins walk away.

Where : Natcom
Level 1
39 Market Place
Auckland Central
Next door to Sunshine Chinese Restaurant
See below for links to maps.
Thanks to Natcom for use of this venue.

We now have an iCal file you can subscribe to giving you the details for each months talk. http://tinyurl.com/2bnkcc

Maps to venue:
Zoomin: http://tinyurl.com/ytsyvm
Google Maps: http://tinyurl.com/2hdeu4

Palmy LUG Meeting - Wednesday 9th April 2008 7-9pm

Palmy Lug April '08 Workshops
02-04-2008

If you've ever wanted to know how to copy music from CD or why the new $600 ASUS Eee laptop is so popular come to the next Palmerston North Linux Users Group workshops.

Beginner Workshop

John Flower presents "Music on Linux" which includes:

How to "RIP" music off a CD in Linux
Playing Music in Linux
How to make your own CD covers in Linux using Album Art
How to "Burn" a CD (copy music to a CD)
How to integrate your IPOD with Linux

Advanced Workshop

A number of members are bringing along their new Eee PCs. Topics discussed and demonstrated include:

What is an Eee PC?
What can you do with an Eee PC
What advanced features does the Eee PC have?
Booting an Eee PC from a USB stick with security tools

When: Wednesday 9th April 2008 7.30 pm

Venue: PN Christian Fellowship (Front Lounge) 174 Church St, PN (opposite The Wharehouse) Map.

To find out more about the Palmerston North Linux Users Group visit our website: www.plug.org.nz

Brynn Neilson

President

Happy Birthday Linux.net.nz

Well, ok, happy unbirthday to be pedantic, since I forgot to post this yesterday.

domain_name: linux.net.nz
query_status: 200 Active
domain_dateregistered: 1998-03-17T00:00:00+12:00

We're ten! Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us, we look like a penguin and we act like one too!

Auckland LUG Meeting - Monday 3 March 2008

What : Teaching and Open Source Software
"I teach several Engineering courses at the UofA where the software tools used are primarily free/open source. Python, Linux, gcc, Firefox. In my talk I'll give an overview of these courses, both from the perspective of how OSS makes my teaching life easier, better, and how some of the students react to some of the tools."

Who : Colin Coghill (Auckland Uni)

When : Monday 3rd March 7:30pm
Please be on time or you may find it difficult to get into the building. Please phone the number posted on the door to be let in after 7:30pm.
There is paid parking close-by or free parking at the East end of Gaunt St about 7-10 mins walk away.

Where : Natcom
Level 1
39 Market Place
Auckland Central
Next door to Sunshine Chinese Restaurant
See end of email for links to maps.
Thanks to Natcom for use of this venue.

We now have an iCal file you can subscribe to giving you the details for each months talk. http://tinyurl.com/2bnkcc

Maps to venue:
Zoomin: http://tinyurl.com/ytsyvm
Google Maps: http://tinyurl.com/2hdeu4

Auckland LUG Meeting - Monday 12 November 2007

What : Technology wrap-up. Vik's annual talk on the latest cool technologies. Not a linux specific talk. All welcome.

Who : Vik Olliver

When : Monday 12th November 7:30pm
Please be on time or you may find it difficult to get into the building. Please phone the number posted on the door to be let in after 7:30pm.
There is paid parking close-by or free parking at the East end of Gaunt St about 7-10 mins walk away.

Where : Natcom
Level 1
39 Market Place
Auckland Central
Next door to Sunshine Chinese Restaurant
See end of email for links to maps.
Thanks to Natcom for use of this venue.

We now have an iCal file you can subscribe to giving you the details for each months talk. http://tinyurl.com/2bnkcc

Maps to venue:
Zoomin: http://tinyurl.com/ytsyvm
Google Maps: http://tinyurl.com/2hdeu4

Auckland LUG Meeting - Monday 8 October 2007

What : Trac. Its a wiki, bug tracker, svn viewer and more. trac.edgewall.org

Who : Steven Ellis

When : Monday 8th October 7:30pm
Please be on time or you may find it difficult to get into the building. Please phone the number posted on the door to be let in after 7:30pm.
There is paid parking close-by or free parking at the East end of Gaunt St about 7-10 mins walk away.

Where : Natcom
Level 1
39 Market Place
Auckland Central
Next door to Sunshine Chinese Restaurant
See below for links to maps.
Thanks to Natcom for use of this venue.

The Auckland Linux Users Group is an informal group of Linux enthusiasts who meet monthly in Auckland. We have no membership, and every meeting is open to any who wish to come. Please bring a packet of biscuits or drink to share afterwards.

We now have an iCal file you can subscribe to giving you the details for each months talk. http://tinyurl.com/2bnkcc

Maps to venue:
Zoomin: http://tinyurl.com/ytsyvm
Google Maps: http://tinyurl.com/2hdeu4

Auckland LUG Meeting - Monday 13 August 2007

What : Running linux on your linksys wifi router and WiFi penetration testing.

* Creating a "super-router" with OpenWRT : How to take a regular Linksys router, flash the firmware with open source software, and end up with a far more powerful product, capable of enterprise WPA2->Radius authentication, WDS, VPN, etc.
* Penetration testing on a wireless network: How to break the encryption on WEP and WPA, via brute force or packet injection. How insecure is your network?
* How to secure your network against WEP / WPA intrusion by using Radius authentication, on your "super-router". (above)

Who : David Young

When :
Monday 13th August 7:30pm
Please be on time or you may find it difficult to get into the building. Please phone the number posted on the door to be let in after 7:30pm.
There is paid parking close-by or free parking at the East end of Gaunt St about 7-10 mins walk away.

Where :
Novell
Level 1
39 Market Place
Auckland Central
Next door to Sunshine Chinese Restaurant
See end of email for links to maps.
Thanks to Novell for use of this venue.

The Auckland Linux Users Group is an informal group of Linux enthusiasts who meet monthly in Auckland. We have no membership, and every meeting is open to any who wish to come. Please bring a packet of biscuits or drink to share afterwards.

We now have an iCal file you can subscribe to giving you the details for each months talk. http://tinyurl.com/2bnkcc

Maps to venue:
Zoomin: http://tinyurl.com/ytsyvm
Google Maps: http://tinyurl.com/2hdeu4

New Howick LUG

A group of Linux enthusiasts are starting a small Linux Users Group in Howick, Auckland. Meetings are on the first Tuesday of each month beginning 7th August 2007. Please get in touch with gorswill(at)xtra.co.nz for details of the location.

Server Outage

Approximately 1am on Saturday, May 5th, the server which hosts this site, the NZLUG mailing lists, and other associated services, was attacked via a PHP vulnerability in a third-party PHP application, and the attacker gained a user-level shell on the machine.

This attack was used to launch a flood attack against an overseas IP address. Unfortunately this traffic had a very heavy impact on the network of our hosting provider.

As a result they had no choice but to disconnect the server from the network. Unfortunately it was quite some time before we were able to gain access to the server to investigate.

Our hosting provider has said they are unwilling to continue hosting the server.

A new US-based server has been arranged and has been configured. The services have now been mostly reinstated, and actions have been taken to prevent a repeat of anything like this incident.

Thanks and sorry about the outage.

Auckland LUG Meeting - Monday 7 May 2007

What : sTeam, a framework for collaboration and communication; and Pike.
See http://www.open-steam.org/Introduction/

Who : Martin Bähr

When : Monday 7th May 7:30pm
Please be on time or you may find it difficult to get into the building. Please phone the number posted on the door to be let in after 7:30pm.
There is paid parking close-by or free parking at the East end of Gaunt St about 5-7 mins walk away.

Where : Novell
Level 1
39 Market Place
Auckland Central
Next door to Sunshine Chinese Restaurant
See end of email for links to maps.
Thanks to Novell for use of this venue.

The Auckland Linux Users Group is an informal group of Linux enthusiasts who meet monthly in Auckland. We have no membership, and every meeting is open to any who wish to come. Please bring a packet of biscuits or drink to share afterwards.

Often talks are recorded for later viewing at aucklug.debian.co.nz

We now have an iCal file you can subscribe to giving you the details for each months talk. http://tinyurl.com/2bnkcc

Maps to venue:
Zoomin: http://tinyurl.com/ytsyvm
Google Maps: http://tinyurl.com/2hdeu4

Auckland LUG Meeting - Monday 2 April 2007

What : DRM issues and Copyright Act changes.

Who : Peter Gutmann, Dept of Computer Science, University of Auckland.

When : Monday 2nd April 7:30pm
Please be on time or you may find it difficult to get into the building. Please phone the number posted on the door to be let in after 7:30pm.
There is paid parking close-by or free parking at the East end of Gaunt St about 5-7 mins walk away.

Where : Novell
Level 1
39 Market Place
Auckland Central
Next door to Sunshine Chinese Restaurant
See below for links to maps.
Thanks to Novell for use of this venue.

The Auckland Linux Users Group is an informal group of Linux enthusiasts who meet monthly in Auckland. We have no membership, and every meeting is open to any who wish to come. Please bring a packet of biscuits or drink to share afterwards.

Often talks are recorded for later viewing at aucklug.debian.co.nz

We now have an iCal file you can subscribe to giving you the details for each months talk. http://tinyurl.com/2bnkcc

Maps to venue:
Zoomin: http://tinyurl.com/ytsyvm
Google Maps: http://tinyurl.com/2hdeu4

Auckland LUG Meeting - Monday 5 March 2007

What : Linux at the Engineering Dept of Auckland Uni.

Who : Colin Coghill, University of Auckland Computer Engineering Dept.

When : Monday 5th March 7:30pm
Please be on time or you may find it difficult to get into the building. Please phone the number posted on the door to be let in after 7:30pm.
There is paid parking close-by or free parking at the East end of Gaunt St about 5-7 mins walk away.

Where : Novell
Level 1
39 Market Place
Auckland Central
Next door to Sunshine Chinese Restaurant
See end of email for links to maps.
Thanks to Novell for use of this venue.

The Auckland Linux Users Group is an informal group of Linux enthusiasts who meet monthly in Auckland. We have no membership, and every meeting is open to any who wish to come. Please bring a packet of biscuits or drink to share afterwards.

Often talks are recorded for later viewing at aucklug.debian.co.nz

We now have an iCal file you can subscribe to giving you the details for each months talk. http://tinyurl.com/2bnkcc

Maps to venue:
Zoomin: http://tinyurl.com/ytsyvm
Google Maps: http://tinyurl.com/2hdeu4

Major outage

A power glitch at our datacenter this past Monday (26th Feb) hastened the demise of our hardware; basically, the magic smoke leaked out.

We've recovered most of the data (except the really important bits of course ;-) and we're rebuilding everything onto new hardware.

Obviously, this is taking some time to get completed - with luck, the mailing lists should be alive again shortly.

*yawn*

Immense thanks go to Liz from debian.co.nz for the massive amount of help she has been in getting our data recovered and onto the new hardware.