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| AuckLUG Meeting for October | |
| Submitted by BlakJak on 4 Oct 2009 - 8:18pm | News |
| This from Nevyn... My apologies this is so late - Thanks Don for reminding me. Where: Galbraith's Alehouse 2 Mt Eden Road Auckland OpenStreetMap When: Monday 5th October, 2009. 7pm. What: General Meet and Greet. Nevyn has offered apologies due to being unwell. Jaco also adds: On a related note, Tim (from MindKits) will have a few of those $100 Arduino starter-kits ($60 USB unit w basic breadboard & circuitry-101) available for purchase at the meet (I bought one at the SFD; fun&games :) ). If you'd like to buy one (either the $100 starter, or a $60 unit), please let either myself or Tim know, so that he has some numbers (there's an Arduino UG meet next Thursday; separate clan) If enough units are sold, he'd be willing do donate one to a member of the group of our choosing. | |
| linux.conf.au 2010 Call for Papers is now open! | |
| Submitted by puck on 30 Jun 2009 - 9:22am | Local |
linux.conf.au Call For Paperslinux.conf.au ( http://www.lca2010.org.nz ) is pleased to announce the opening of its Call for Papers for the coming linux.conf.au, LCA2010! LCA2010 will be held from Monday 18 January 2010 to Saturday 23 January 2010 in Wellington, New Zealand. linux.conf.au isn't just a Linux conference. It is a technical conference about Free and Open Source Software, held annually in Australasia since 2001 - covering everything from the Linux Kernel and the BSDs to OpenOffice.org, from networking to audio-visual magic, from hardware hacks to Creative Commons. Important Dates
Information on PapersThe LCA2010 Papers Committee is looking for a broad range of papers spanning everything from programming and software to desktop and userspace to community, government and education but there is one essential: The core of your paper must relate to open source in some way, i.e., if it's a paper about software then the software has to be licensed under an Open Source license. The LCA2010 Papers Committee welcome proposals for Papers on the following topics:
Most presentations and tutorials will be technical in nature, but proposals for presentations on other aspects of Free Software and Free Culture, such as educational and cultural aspects are welcome. LCA2010 is pleased to invite proposals for three types of papers:
Presentations are 45 minute slots (including questions) that are typically a one-way lecture from you to the audience - the typical conference presentation. These form the bulk of the available conference slots. Tutorials are either 1 hour and 45 minutes, or 3 hours and 30 minutes in length, and work best when they are interactive or hands-on in nature. Tutorials are expected to have a specific learning outcome for attendees. To increase the number of people that can view your talk, LCA2010 may video the talks and make them publicly available after LCA2010. When submitting your proposal you will be asked whether materials relating to your paper can be released under a Creative Commons ShareALike License. For more information, see: http://www.lca2010.org.nz/programme/papers_infoAbout linux.conf.aulinux.conf.au is one of the world's best conferences for free and open source software! The coming linux.conf.au, LCA2010, will be held at the Wellington Convention Centre in Wellington, New Zealand from Monday 18 January to Saturday 23 January 2010. LCA2010 is fun, informal and seriously technical, bringing together Free and Open Source developers, users and community champions from around the world. LCA2010 is the second time linux.conf.au has been held in New Zealand, with the first being Dunedin in 2006. For more information see: http://www.lca2010.org.nz/ About Linux AustraliaLinux Australia is the peak body for Linux User Groups around Australia, and as such represents approximately 5000 Australian Linux users and developers. Linux Australia facilitates the organisation of this international Free Software conference in a different Australasian city each year. For more information see: http://www.linux.org.au/ Emperor Penguin SponsorsLCA2010 is proud to acknowledge the support of our Emperor Penguin Sponsor, InternetNZ. For more information see: http://www.internetnz.org.nz/ Papers EnquiriesLCA2010 Papers Committee | |
| Linux.net.nz is Blacked Out. Support Creative Freedom! | |
| Submitted by BlakJak on 18 Feb 2009 - 10:54pm | Local |
| Linux.net.nz is supporting Creative Freedom and the case against the adoption of Section 92A, that notorious change to Copyright Law in New Zealand. | |
| 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. | |
| Palmy LUG Meeting - Wednesday 9th April 2008 7-9pm | |||
| Submitted by robinmurray on 4 Apr 2008 - 11:55am | News · Manawatu | ||
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| Happy Birthday Linux.net.nz | |
| Submitted by Nic Bellamy on 18 Mar 2008 - 8:47am | News |
| 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! | |
| Server Outage | |
| Submitted by Dylan Reeve on 10 May 2007 - 1:08am | News |
| 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. | |
| Major outage | |
| Submitted by Nic Bellamy on 28 Feb 2007 - 1:08am | Local |
| 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. | |
| Auckland LUG Meeting - Monday 10 October 2005 | |||||||||
| Submitted by scott on 27 Sep 2005 - 7:18am | News · Auckland | ||||||||
UPDATE: This has been postponed due to the speaker being ill - see new date below.
Please remember to bring a packet of nibbles to eat. Some refreshments will kindly be provided by Asterisk. Thanks to Asterisk for the use of this venue. | |||||||||
| NEWS: Auckland LUG Planning Installfest for December 05 | |
| Submitted by BlakJak on 6 Sep 2005 - 2:19pm | Local |
| The Auckland Linux Users Group announces their intention to hold an Installfest before the end of 2005. At this stage the likely dates are the first or second weekends of December. AuckLUG invites contributions from members and interested parties. If you'd like to get involved, Subscribe to the AuckLUG Mailing List (Details are Here). Keep an eye on The AuckLUG Web Page, and on this site, for updates. | |
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