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| Auckland LUG Meeting - September | |
| Submitted by BlakJak on 1 Sep 2010 - 9:23pm | Auckland |
| From Nevyn... Hi Everyone, The long awaited meeting details for September. Well, this month we don't have a presentation so... I've let Pizza Pizza know we'll be there around 7 on Monday. Topic: Anything and Everything. Where: 332 Queen Street, Auckland City Look for the blue door and steep stairs leading up right opposite the Cinemas / Borders / Aotea Square and next to the old St James. I look forward to seeing you all there. | |
| Auckland LUG Meeting - August | |
| Submitted by BlakJak on 21 Jul 2010 - 8:00pm | Auckland |
| This from Nevyn: When: August 2th, 7pm Where: OSS, Level 1, 162 Grafton Road, Auckland (The Compass Building, corner of Grafton Rd and Khyber Pass, opposite the Southern Cross Healthcare building) OpenStreetmap. Who: Rene Bartosh What: MythTV We're really lucky this month to have Rene, who's only in Auckland for a short time, to have volunteered to do a presentation of MythTV. MythTV can be thought of as an appliance in the same way that pfsense is a firewall, MythTV is a PVR (Personal Video Recorder). Basically a computer with tv card(s) in it which gives you all the benefits of a Video recorder and computer. So on faster computers you should be able to record, timeshift, watch other channels while recording, let it record your favourite shows automatically as well as make dvd's (I think?) of recorded material. This has traditionally been a really popular subject matter for presentations which we haven't had for years (not in the time I've been organising the meetings at the very least). And about food and drink: Should we try and take over the kebab shop before the meeting? Do the whole Greeters thing and hopefully make the whole coming to a meeting thing for the first time a slightly less intimidating prospect. (feedback to the mailing list, please) | |
| Auckland LUG Meeting - July | |
| Submitted by BlakJak on 15 Jun 2010 - 5:53pm | Auckland |
| When: July 5th, 7pm Where: OSS, Level 1, 162 Grafton Road, Auckland (The Compass Building, corner of Grafton Rd and Khyber Pass, opposite the Southern Cross Healthcare building) OpenStreetMap Who: Abhishek What: The alternatives to Apache webserver, why you might want to consider the alternatives and, the demo gods allowing, how to get started with the alternatives. My understanding is that this will focus mainly on Nginx. Nginx is a lightweight webserver which uses standard protocols to communicate with other systems (such as php) rather than including all of this within the webserver. Regards, Nevyn. | |
| Linux.net.nz Outages | |
| Submitted by BlakJak on 13 Jun 2010 - 4:52pm | Local |
| Hi Everyone, Some will have noticed the odd period of downtime for the linux.net.nz service over the last month or two. The machine is hosted with a provider who're giving us some grief, and the situation regarding our hosting is under review. In particular the linux.net.nz website is also well and truly due for an overhaul, so this may be a catalyst to a wholesale upgrade of our facilities. Stay tuned. | |
| Auckland LUG Meeting - June | |
| Submitted by BlakJak on 28 May 2010 - 10:24am | Auckland |
| Hi Everyone, This month I've gone outside of the AuckLUG group to find a presenter. I've now had confirmation that this is happening. So the details are here, now updated - please note there are some changes: When: Tuesday, 8 June Starting 7.00pm (Monday is a Public Holiday of course) Where: OSS, Level 1, 162 Grafton Road, Auckland (The Compass Building, corner of Grafton Rd and Khyber Pass, opposite the Southern Cross Healthcare building) Openstreetmap. Who: Michael Dance and (possibly) Thom Toogood Both of these guys are involved in the Auckland Drupal user group. What: An introduction to Drupal: Drupal is an open source Content Management System used in some of the most unusual places (i.e. Sony music use it despite not being particularly open source friendly). It became open source in 2001. It's probably one of the most mature CMS's out there. It has a good reputation for security - having it's own security team looking over security matters. It's backend provides interfaces so security is assured while providing flexibility. There's a certain amount of abstraction from the underlying php code so you don't need to be a programmer to use it. There are some other really cool features such as support for "views" - much like the database concept. The level of customization is astounding - it can be hard to identify the fact that they're looking at a Drupal generated page. NB: Bring a Plate for supper afterward! Check the mailing list for the latest info. | |
| University of Auckland LUG | |
| Submitted by BlakJak on 23 Apr 2010 - 4:31pm | Auckland |
| From Rob Connolly... The University of Auckland Linux User Group are proud to announce our 1st Installfest for the new UALUG incarnation. For those of you that are new to the Open Source world an Installfest is basically an event during which experienced Linux users are on hand to help those that want to get started with using Free and Open Source Software. The event will start with a couple of talks from members of the LUG on how to get started installing Linux on your computer and a demo session of machines running various Linux distributions. The rest of the day will be taken up with the Installfest proper, during which members of the LUG will be on hand to help out and provide general technical support. The will also be free CDROMs of various Linux distributions available for you to install at home. If you are interested in Free and Open Source alternatives to proprietary software please feel free to come along and find out more. If you would like to have a go at installing Linux on your computer (Laptop or Desktop) please bring it along. The event will be held in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Briefing Room (Rm#: 303.257), 2nd Floor, University of Auckland Science Centre, Princes St, Auckland on the 2nd May 2010 from 10am - 5pm. Follow the UALUG signs to find the room. Doors will be open from 10am - 11am, with instructions left at the door for those who arrive after this. If you have any questions about the event please contact Rob via rob {at} webworxshop.com. | |
| Auckland LUG May Meeting | |
| Submitted by BlakJak on 23 Apr 2010 - 2:36pm | Auckland |
| This from Nevyn...
When: 3rd May, 7pm
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| Mailing List Blip | |
| Submitted by BlakJak on 18 Apr 2010 - 7:44pm | Local |
| Apologies for folks who noticed problems with LUG mailing lists hosted by linux.net.nz over the weekend. Mail was deferred, and is now largely dequeued. Nic's now tinkering with the root cause to prevent a recurrance! | |
| Auckland LUG Meeting - April 6th @ Pizza Pizza, Auckland CBD | |
| Submitted by BlakJak on 28 Mar 2010 - 2:10pm | Auckland |
| As posted to AuckLUG by Nevyn... Well, with me being fairly slack, I haven't really organised a speaker for next month's meeting. So.... I mentioned the possibility of a meeting at a place called Pizza Pizza (also called the Kiwi Music Bar - avoiding this name as it isn't just a bar). I'm sure there's going to be at least one small presentation (10 minutes or so) so it won't ALL be socialising. I went up tonight and made sure it'd be okay to hold a meeting there - food, drink, restaurant license (so no issues with those under 18 attending at all - so long as you don't try getting an alcoholic beverage), fairly quiet on a Monday. The check boxes it doesn't tick: Parking. It's in town, so it's a mission if you want to park around there although it is right across from Aotea square in which case, if that car park is open, there's parking (though not free parking). So the announcement: When: UPDATED: NOW TUESDAY 6TH APRIL, 7pm - Due to Easter, venue is closed on Monday... Where: Pizza Pizza (The Kiwi Music Bar) 332 Queen Street Auckland City It's on Queen St between Wellesley St and Rutland St. It's lodged right in between Brooklyn Bar and a Superette right across from Sky City Metro. Look for a blue door with some rather steep stairs leading up. OpenStreetMap Link. What: Anything and everything. A very social meet. Talk bollocks and Linux etc. Come up, have a pizza - $12 Regular, $16 Large - perhaps even have a beer ($4 handles). So there we have it - a solution to the bar meet problem (in that it was restrictive in that you had to be of a certain age to go to one but the atmosphere a bar meet offered a relaxing atmosphere). It's also in town so bus routes shouldn't be too much of an issue (although it's a bit of a walk from Britomart) Regards, Nevyn. | |
| Open Source: It's about Choice. | |
| Submitted by BlakJak on 23 Oct 2008 - 2:53pm | Local |
| Noted today was that Linux.net.nz got a hit in on Stuff.co.nz. Thanks to Owen Payne for painting a reasonably sane picture about the benefits that the Open Source community bring to the IT world. Seems like an obvious opportunity to remind folks of the New Zealand Open Source Society, a group who exist to promote and advocate the use of Open Source within New Zealand. The NZOSS has been very active lately, having sponsored the New Zealand Open Source Awards (held recently in Wellington) and continuing to be involved in important issues such as the upcoming changes to the Copyright Act (which affects all of us). There's never been a better time to express your right to choose; to exert control over your own IT world. Linux is an excellent example of an operating system that puts the power in your hands. You can choose to utilise closed (free or non-free) file formats and proprietary standards if you wish, but pay attention to the risks involved. The alternative is to use open standards - where any system compliant with the standard can be used. This extends further your ability to choose platform, operating system and more. It is well accepted by all but the most enthusiastic of F/OSS/GNU/Linux fans out there that most people have cause to use all manner of platforms during the course of their day, whether they're Linux, BSD or Commercial-OS based. The same applies for your Desktop Publishing apps, your image manipulation tools and your media players. So regardless of the platform you choose, make sure the choice is right for your needs both now and in the future. Open Standards are your best shot for ensuring continuity of access to your own work. Open Source Software is generally written to work with Open Standards. The choice should be easy. | |
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