BALUG TOMRROW! Tu 2010-10-19 BALUG meeting; & other BALUG news
In this issue (details further below):
2010-10-19 Tu: TOMORROW! BALUG meeting
Linux Lawyers (& software for Laywers)
Linux/Ubuntu CDs
------------------------------
Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG) meeting
Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2010-10-19
Please RSVP if you're planning to come (see further below).
For our 2010-10-19 BALUG meeting, at least presently we don't have a
specific speaker/presentation lined up for this meeting, but that
doesn't prevent us from having interesting and exciting meetings.
Sometimes we also manage to secure/confirm a speaker too late for us to
announce or fully publicise the speaker (that's happened at least twice
in the past five or so years). Got questions, answers, and/or
opinions? We typically have some expert(s) and/or relative expert(s)
present to cover LINUX and related topic areas. Want to hear some
interesting discussions on LINUX and other topics? Show up at the
meeting, and feel free to bring an agenda if you wish. Want to help
ensure BALUG has speakers/presentations lined up for future meetings?
Help refer speakers to us and/or volunteer to be one of the speaker
coordinators. Good food, good people, and interesting conversations to
be had.
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help
BALUG and the Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and meeting, and with
sufficient attendance, they also help ensure that we'll be able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010 2010-10-19
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner - joining us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift
also helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue and helping
to defray BALUG costs such treating our speakers to dinner).
------------------------------
Linux Lawyers (& software for Laywers)
From Martyn Collins talk/presentation at BALUG last month on 2010-09-21,
he also provided BALUG with "a list of the applications I find essential
in making my solo practice viable":
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2010-October/004679.h…
------------------------------
We'll also have various Linux/Ubuntu CDs available at the 2010-10-19
BALUG meeting (and likely also future meetings as long as our supply
lasts/continues), most notably presently including:
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Desktop CD PC (Intel x86) i386
(also at least some Fedora, Knoppix, and other Ubuntu variants presently)
Thanks to Grant Bowman and the Ubuntu California Team for getting CDs to
us.
------------------------------
http://www.balug.org/
REMINDER+: BALUG meeting Tomorrow Tu 2010-09-21: Martyn Collins: Linux
Lawyers (converted his solo law office to Linux); & other BALUG news
In this issue (details further below):
2010-09-21 Tu: BALUG meeting Tu:
Martyn Collins: Linux Lawyers (converted his solo law office to Linux)
Books for BALUG!
Linux/Ubuntu CDs
2010-10-01--2010-10-03 Joomla Day West 2010
------------------------------
Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG) meeting
Tomorrow Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2010-09-21
Please RSVP if you're planning to come (see further below).
For our Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2010-09-21 meeting, we're proud to present
Martyn Collins of All-Access Law on Linux Lawyers. Martyn Collins
converted his solo law office to Linux in November 2009. He's not
looked back since. He'll be talking to us about his experience in
making the move, as well as his thoughts about Linux and lawyers.
See also a bit further below for some additional goodies we'll have at
this meeting (books, CDs, etc.)
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the
Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and dining arrangements and such.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, September 21th, 2010 2010-09-21
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner ticket to join us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift also
helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue and helping to
defray BALUG costs such treating our speakers to dinner).
Additional goodies we'll have at this meeting (at least the following):
Pearson Education User Group Program: Books - review copies for BALUG
We have at least the following books to give away:
UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 4th Edition
http://www.informit.com/title/0131480057
o By Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein, Ben Whaley
o Published Jul 14, 2010 by Prentice Hall.
o Copyright 2011
o Dimensions: 7 X 9-1/8
o Pages: 1344
o Edition: 4th
o Book ISBN-10: 0-13-148005-7 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-148005-6
Official Ubuntu Book, The, 5th Edition
http://www.informit.com/title/0137081308
o By Benjamin Mako Hill, Matthew Helmke, Corey Burger
o Published Jun 21, 2010 by Prentice Hall.
o Copyright 2010
o Dimensions: 7 X 9-1/8
o Pages: 448
o Edition: 5th
o Book ISBN-10: 0-13-708130-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-708130-1
We also have an additional book or two from local Linux authors. If we
manage to confirm author(s) for a BALUG meeting later this year, we'd
give the corresponding book away at that meeting. If not, at least one
of those books will be given away at a BALUG meeting (possibly as soon
as our upcoming Tuesday meeting) this year. (BUUG
(http://www.buug.org/) has first dibs on the Mark Sobell book if BALUG
doesn't secure Mark Sobell as speaker at BALUG this year). Those books
are:
Official Ubuntu Server Book, The, 2nd Edition
http://www.informit.com/title/0137081332
o By Kyle Rankin, Benjamin Mako Hill
o Published Aug 8, 2010 by Prentice Hall.
o Copyright 2011
o Pages: 592
o Edition: 2nd
o Book ISBN-10: 0-13-708133-2 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-708133-2
o eBook ISBN-10: 0-13-216798-0 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-216798-7
Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux, A, 3rd Edition
http://www.informit.com/title/013254248X
o By Mark G. Sobell
o Published Aug 12, 2010 by Prentice Hall.
o Copyright 2011
o Dimensions: 7-3/8 X 9-1/8
o Pages: 1320
o Edition: 3rd
o Book ISBN-10: 0-13-254248-X ISBN-13: 978-0-13-254248-7
o eBook ISBN-10: 0-13-248334-3 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-248334-6
Also of note:
o Appears all of the books mentioned above are also available as eBook
(may be watermarked), though I didn't spot ISBN-10/ISBN-13 numbers
for some of them (see the referenced URLs).
o Kyle Rankin and Mark Sobell are both local Linux authors, and both
have spoken at BALUG before.
o this book:
UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 4th Edition
generally comes highly recommended - especially for those new(er) to
UNIX and Linux systems administration, but probably also still a handy
reference for those with up through at least intermediate levels of
experience on any particular flavor of UNIX/Linux where they may find
themselves doing systems administration.
We'll also have various Linux/Ubuntu CDs available at the 2010-09-21
BALUG meeting (and likely also future meetings as long as our supply
lasts/continues), most notably presently including:
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Desktop CD PC (Intel x86) i386
(also at least some Fedora, Knoppix, and other Ubuntu variants presently)
Thanks to Grant Bowman and the Ubuntu California Team for getting CDs to
us.
------------------------------
2010-10-01--2010-10-03 Joomla Day West 2010
http://joomladaywest.com/http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2010-September/004667…
------------------------------
http://www.balug.org/
BALUG meeting Tu 2010-09-21: Martyn Collins: Linux Lawyers (converted
his solo law office to Linux); & other BALUG news
In this issue (details further below):
2010-09-21 Tu: BALUG meeting Tu:
Martyn Collins: Linux Lawyers (converted his solo law office to Linux)
Books for BALUG!
Linux/Ubuntu CDs
------------------------------
Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG) meeting
Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2010-09-21
Please RSVP if you're planning to come (see further below).
For our Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2010-09-21 meeting, we're proud to present
Martyn Collins of All-Access Law on Linux Lawyers. Martyn Collins
converted his solo law office to Linux in November 2009. He's not
looked back since. He'll be talking to us about his experience in
making the move, as well as his thoughts about Linux and lawyers.
See also a bit further below for some additional goodies we'll have at
this meeting (books, CDs, etc.)
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp at balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the
Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and dining arrangements and such.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, September 21th, 2010 2010-09-21
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner ticket to join us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift also
helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue and helping to
defray BALUG costs such treating our speakers to dinner).
Additional goodies we'll have at this meeting (at least the following):
Pearson Education User Group Program: Books - review copies for BALUG
We have at least the following books to give away:
UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 4th Edition
http://www.informit.com/title/0131480057
o By Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Trent R. Hein, Ben Whaley
o Published Jul 14, 2010 by Prentice Hall.
o Copyright 2011
o Dimensions: 7 X 9-1/8
o Pages: 1344
o Edition: 4th
o Book ISBN-10: 0-13-148005-7 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-148005-6
Official Ubuntu Book, The, 5th Edition
http://www.informit.com/title/0137081308
o By Benjamin Mako Hill, Matthew Helmke, Corey Burger
o Published Jun 21, 2010 by Prentice Hall.
o Copyright 2010
o Dimensions: 7 X 9-1/8
o Pages: 448
o Edition: 5th
o Book ISBN-10: 0-13-708130-8 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-708130-1
We also have an additional book or two from local Linux authors. If we
manage to confirm author(s) for a BALUG meeting later this year, we'd
give the corresponding book away at that meeting. If not, at least one
of those books will be given away at a BALUG meeting (possibly as soon
as our upcoming Tuesday meeting) this year. (BUUG
(http://www.buug.org/) has first dibs on the Mark Sobell book if BALUG
doesn't secure Mark Sobell as speaker at BALUG this year). Those books
are:
Official Ubuntu Server Book, The, 2nd Edition
http://www.informit.com/title/0137081332
o By Kyle Rankin, Benjamin Mako Hill
o Published Aug 8, 2010 by Prentice Hall.
o Copyright 2011
o Pages: 592
o Edition: 2nd
o Book ISBN-10: 0-13-708133-2 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-708133-2
o eBook ISBN-10: 0-13-216798-0 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-216798-7
Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux, A, 3rd Edition
http://www.informit.com/title/013254248X
o By Mark G. Sobell
o Published Aug 12, 2010 by Prentice Hall.
o Copyright 2011
o Dimensions: 7-3/8 X 9-1/8
o Pages: 1320
o Edition: 3rd
o Book ISBN-10: 0-13-254248-X ISBN-13: 978-0-13-254248-7
o eBook ISBN-10: 0-13-248334-3 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-248334-6
Also of note:
o Appears all of the books mentioned above are also available as eBook
(may be watermarked), though I didn't spot ISBN-10/ISBN-13 numbers
for some of them (see the referenced URLs).
o Kyle Rankin and Mark Sobell are both local Linux authors, and both
have spoken at BALUG before.
o this book:
UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook, 4th Edition
generally comes highly recommended - especially for those new(er) to
UNIX and Linux systems administration, but probably also still a handy
reference for those with up through at least intermediate levels of
experience on any particular flavor of UNIX/Linux where they may find
themselves doing systems administration.
We'll also have various Linux/Ubuntu CDs available at the 2010-09-21
BALUG meeting (and likely also future meetings as long as our supply
lasts/continues), most notably presently including:
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Desktop CD PC (Intel x86) i386
(also at least some Fedora, Knoppix, and other Ubuntu variants presently)
Thanks to Grant Bowman and the Ubuntu California Team for getting CDs to
us.
------------------------------
http://www.balug.org/
BALUG TOMRROW! Tu 2010-08-17 BALUG meeting; & other BALUG news
In this issue (details further below):
2010-08-17 Tu: TOMORROW! BALUG meeting
Linux/Ubuntu CDs
2010-08-21 Sa: Picn*x 19 - The Linux 19th Anniversary Picnic
------------------------------
Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG) meeting
Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2010-08-17
Please RSVP if you're planning to come (see further below).
For our 2010-08-17 BALUG meeting, at least presently we don't have
a specific speaker/presentation lined up for this meeting, but that
doesn't prevent us from having interesting and exciting meetings.
Sometimes we also manage to secure/confirm a speaker too late for us to
announce or fully publicise the speaker (that's happened at least twice
in the past five or so years - including last month's meeting). Got
questions, answers, and/or opinions? We typically have some expert(s)
and/or relative expert(s) present to cover LINUX and related topic
areas. Want to hear some interesting discussions on LINUX and other
topics? Show up at the meeting, and feel free to bring an agenda if
you wish. Want to help ensure BALUG has speakers/presentations lined up
for future meetings? Help refer speakers to us and/or volunteer to be
one of the speaker coordinators. Good food, good people, and
interesting conversations to be had.
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the
Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and they help ensure that we'll be
able to eat upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 2010-08-17
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner ticket to join us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift also
helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue and helping to
defray BALUG costs such treating our speakers to dinner).
------------------------------
We'll also have various Linux/Ubuntu CDs available at the 2010-08-17
BALUG meeting (and likely also future meetings as long as our supply
lasts/continues), most notably presently including:
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Desktop CD PC (Intel x86) i386
(also at least some Fedora, Knoppix, and other Ubuntu variants presently)
Thanks to Grant Bowman and the Ubuntu California Team for getting CDs to
us.
------------------------------
2010-08-21 Sa: Picn*x 19 - The Linux 19th Anniversary Picnic
http://www.linuxpicnic.org/
------------------------------
http://www.balug.org/
BALUG Tu 2010-07-20 BALUG meeting; & other BALUG news
In this issue (details further below):
2010-07-20: BALUG meeting
Linux/Ubuntu CDs
2010-08-21: Picn*x 19 - The Linux 19th Anniversary Picnic
2010-06-15: Michael Paoli on vi - materials/"slides"
"Working in the Business" (Linux, IT, etc.), panel discussion
------------------------------
Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG) meeting
Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2010-07-20
Please RSVP if you're planning to come (see further below).
For our 2010-07-20 BALUG meeting, at least presently we don't have
a specific speaker/presentation lined up for this meeting, but that
doesn't prevent us from having interesting and exciting meetings. Got
questions, answers, and/or opinions? We typically have some expert(s)
and/or relative expert(s) present to cover LINUX and related topic
areas. Want to hear some interesting discussions on LINUX and other
topics? Show up at the meeting, and feel free to bring an agenda if
you wish. Good food, good people, and interesting conversations to be
had.
Also, if you're interested and willing to do a talk/presentation at
a BALUG meeting, or do or may know someone that would be interested in
doing so, please feel free to drop us a note or contact us - you can
find the information on how to reach us on our main web page.
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the
Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and they help ensure that we'll be
able to eat upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 2010-07-20
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner ticket to join us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift also
helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue and helping to
defray BALUG costs such treating our speakers to dinner).
------------------------------
We'll also have various Linux/Ubuntu CDs available at the 2010-07-20
BALUG meeting (and likely also future meetings as long as our supply
lasts/continues), most notably presently including:
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Desktop CD PC (Intel x86) i386
(also at least some Fedora, Knoppix, and other Ubuntu variants presently)
Thanks to Grant Bowman and the Ubuntu California Team for getting CDs to
us.
------------------------------
2010-08-21: Picn*x 19 - The Linux 19th Anniversary Picnic
http://www.linuxpicnic.org/
------------------------------
2010-06-15: The vi editor, introduction through advanced usage,
presented by Michael Paoli
Looking for the materials/"slides" from last month's meeting?
For the "slides":
archived copy:
http://www.archive.balug.org/2010/2010-06-15/
from the speaker/presenter (may include updates):
http://www.rawbw.com/~mp/unix/vi/
and for the vi/ex quick reference tri-fold "cards" handed out:
http://docs.freebsd.org/44doc/usd/12.vi/summary.pdf
------------------------------
"Working in the Business" (Linux, IT, etc.), panel discussion
BALUG is working to assemble panel (and moderator) for
"Working in the Business" (Linux, IT, etc.), panel discussion
Should make for very interesting, lively, informative and useful
discussion/presentation/"talk/debate".
For more information, and also
if you know someone you'd like as panelist or moderator (or are yourself
interested), and/or if you have specific topics/questions you'd like to
see covered by the panel,
PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT:
http://www.balug.org/#panel
At the present time we're ACTIVELY GATHERING INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL
PANELISTS, MODERATORS, available dates, etc., to plan and coordinate
this event. Please also do feel free to pass this information along to
any contacts you feel appropriate that may be interested.
------------------------------
http://www.balug.org/
REMINDER: TOMORROW: BALUG Tu 2010-06-15 The vi editor, introduction
through advanced usage, presented by Michael Paoli
Also at tomorrow's meeting, CDs:
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) Desktop CD PC (Intel x86) i386
Thanks to Grant Bowman and the Ubuntu California Team for getting CDs to us.
Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG)
Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2010-06-15
The vi editor, introduction through advanced usage, presented by Michael Paoli
Please RSVP if you're planning to come (see further below).
For our 2010-06-15 BALUG meeting, we're excited to present:
The vi editor, introduction through advanced usage, presented by Michael Paoli
Don't know what vi is? New to vi, or been using vi for years? Whatever
familiarity and experience you do or don't have with vi, this
presentation promises to include something useful for everyone. It will
cover from basic introduction to vi, through many powerful and useful
tips and tricks (e.g. handy and powerful editing operations, and
leveraging vi to do much more than "just" edit files). Some of the
differences and advantages and disadvantages of various vi
implementations (historic vi, nvi, vim, etc.) will also be covered.
While vi may be simply and modestly described as "a screen oriented
text editor", vi is in fact the standard (and de facto standard) text
editor for at least UNIX, Linux, and BSD environments, and it's also
been ported to many other environments. But don't underestimate vi just
because it's "standard". vi is a quite powerful and capable editor, and
greatly outperforms the text editing capabilities of many other editors.
Michael Paoli has been using vi for well over a quarter century, from
humble beginnings with introductory documentation and quick reference
card in hand, to oft repeated, "Wow, how did you do that?" remarks from
co-workers watching some of his vi wranglings. He's also been doing
Linux systems administration for over a dozen years, and used UNIX all
the way back to his humble vi beginnings.
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the
Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and they help ensure that we'll be
able to eat upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 2010-06-15
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner ticket to join us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift also
helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue and helping to
defray BALUG costs such treating our speakers to dinner).
http://www.balug.org/
BALUG Tu 2010-06-15 The vi editor, introduction through advanced
usage, presented by Michael Paoli; & other BALUG news
In this issue (details further below):
2010-06-15: The vi editor, introduction through advanced usage,
presented by Michael Paoli; & other BALUG news
Installfests (2010-06-13 in Berkeley; etc.)
2010-05-18 Sam Bowne IPv6/sslstrip/Slowloris materials/"slides"
"Working in the Business" (Linux, IT, etc.), panel discussion
------------------------------
Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG)
Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2010-06-15
The vi editor, introduction through advanced usage, presented by Michael Paoli
Please RSVP if you're planning to come (see further below).
For our 2010-06-15 BALUG meeting, we're excited to present:
The vi editor, introduction through advanced usage, presented by Michael Paoli
Don't know what vi is? New to vi, or been using vi for years? Whatever
familiarity and experience you do or don't have with vi, this
presentation promises to include something useful for everyone. It will
cover from basic introduction to vi, through many powerful and useful
tips and tricks (e.g. handy and powerful editing operations, and
leveraging vi to do much more than "just" edit files). Some of the
differences and advantages and disadvantages of various vi
implementations (historic vi, nvi, vim, etc.) will also be covered.
While vi may be simply and modestly described as "a screen oriented
text editor", vi is in fact the standard (and de facto standard) text
editor for at least UNIX, Linux, and BSD environments, and it's also
been ported to many other environments. But don't underestimate vi just
because it's "standard". vi is a quite powerful and capable editor, and
greatly outperforms the text editing capabilities of many other editors.
Michael Paoli has been using vi for well over a quarter century, from
humble beginnings with introductory documentation and quick reference
card in hand, to oft repeated, "Wow, how did you do that?" remarks from
co-workers watching some of his vi wranglings. He's also been doing
Linux systems administration for over a dozen years, and used UNIX all
the way back to his humble vi beginnings.
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the
Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and they help ensure that we'll be
able to eat upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010 2010-06-15
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner ticket to join us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift also
helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue and helping to
defray BALUG costs such treating our speakers to dinner).
------------------------------
Installfests (2010-06-13 in Berkeley; etc.)
Looks like the Berkeley Linux Users Group[1] is doing an installfest in
Berkeley on 2010-06-13, not at their regular (Bobby G's) location (they
may not be meeting there that day), but at ZaReason[2]'s location in
Berkeley. Details should be findable somewhere on their website[1]
and/or list[3].
Noisebridge[4] and the Ubuntu California Team[5] teamed up for a
2010-05-30 installfest[6][7] at the Noisebridge[4] location in San
Francisco.
The above are some examples of additional installfest activity in the
(near) Bay Area region that have at least occasionally been happening,
in addition to the quite regular installfests at Cabal[8].
1. http://www.berkeleylug.com/
2. http://zareason.com/
3. http://groups.google.com/group/berkeleylug?hl=en
4. https://www.noisebridge.net/
5. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam
6. https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Lucid_Lynx_Installfest
7. 2010-05-30 http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2010q2/007815.html
8. http://linuxmafia.com/cabal/
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2010-05-18 Sam Bowne IPv6/sslstrip/Slowloris materials/"slides"
At the 2010-05-18 BALUG meeting, Sam Bowne not only covered (and
demonstrated) sslstrip and Slowloris, but also covered IPv6. Materials
for/from the meeting, including now also IPv6, may be found on/via:
http://samsclass.info/ipv6/evangelism.htmlhttp://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-announce-balug.org/2010-May/000152.h…
------------------------------
"Working in the Business" (Linux, IT, etc.), panel discussion
BALUG is working to assemble panel (and moderator) for
"Working in the Business" (Linux, IT, etc.), panel discussion
Should make for very interesting, lively, informative and useful
discussion/presentation/"talk/debate".
For more information, and also
if you know someone you'd like as panelist or moderator (or are yourself
interested), and/or if you have specific topics/questions you'd like to
see covered by the panel,
PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT:
http://www.balug.org/#panel
At the present time we're ACTIVELY GATHERING INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL
PANELISTS, MODERATORS, available dates, etc., to plan and coordinate
this event. Please also do feel free to pass this information along to
any contacts you feel appropriate that may be interested.
------------------------------
http://www.balug.org/
BALUG reminder & NEWS: Tu 2010-05-18: Sam Bowne: Attacking Web users
and servers with SSLstrip and Slowloris; & other BALUG news
In this issue (details further below):
o 2010-05-18: BALUG: reminder - this coming Tuesday!: Sam Bowne:
Attacking Web users and servers with SSLstrip and Slowloris
o 2010-05-15: OpsCamp (San Francisco 9a-5p(+++?))
o BALUG: "Working in the Business" (Linux, IT, etc.), panel discussion
o 2010-04-20 BALUG: Sameer Verma on: One Laptop per Child (OLPC)
Project: Plan, Updates, Direction, Participation - "slides" available
o 2010-06-10 Novell Linux Day (Santa Clara, CA)
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reminder:
Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG)
This coming Tuesday!: 6:30 P.M. 2010-05-18
Sam Bowne: Attacking Web users and servers with SSLstrip and Slowloris[1]
Please RSVP if you're planning to come (see further below).
For our 2010-05-18 BALUG meeting, we're excited to present:
Sam Bowne Instructor, City College San Francisco (CCSF)[2],
Computer Networking and Information Technology Department[3]
Many Websites mix secure and insecure content on the same page, like
Facebook[4]. This makes it possible to steal all the data entered on
such a page easily, using Moxie Marlinspike[5]'s SSLstrip tool.
Sam Bowne will explain and demonstrate this attack.
Slowloris is a very new layer 7[6] denial-of-service attack[7] created
by RSnake[8] that stops Apache web servers completely with very low
bandwidth--one packet every 2 seconds. The Apache developers were
notified of this vulnerability and decided it was unimportant and not
worth patching. Sam will explain and demonstrate this attack, and
discuss various ways to protect your Apache servers.
Sam will provide complete instructions so that anyone can easily set up
both these attacks on their own machines.
Sam Bowne has been teaching computer networking and security classes at
CCSF since 2000. He has given talks at DEFCON[9] and Toorcon[10] on
Ethical Hacking, and taught classes and seminars at many other schools
and teaching conferences.
He has a B.S. in Physics from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania[11]
and a Ph.D. in Physics from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign[12].
His Industry Certifications are: Certified Ethical Hacker,
Microsoft: MCP[13], MCDST[14], MCTS[15]: Vista; Network+, Security+,
Certified Fiber Optic Technician.
1. http://samsclass.info/defcon.html
2. http://www.ccsf.edu/
3.
http://www.ccsf.edu/Departments/Computer_Networking_and_Information_Technol…
4. http://www.facebook.com/
5. http://thoughtcrime.org/about.html
6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osi_7_layer_model#Layer_7:_Application_Layer
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack
8. http://ha.ckers.org/
9. http://www.defcon.org/
10. http://www.toorcon.org/
11. http://www.edinboro.edu/
12. http://illinois.edu/
13. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Certified_Professional
14. http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/mcdst.aspx
15. http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/mcts.aspx
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the
Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and they help ensure that we'll be
able to eat upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 2010-05-18
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner ticket to join us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift also
helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue and helping to
defray BALUG costs such treating our speakers to dinner).
------------------------------
2010-05-15: OpsCamp (San Francisco 9a-5p(+++?))
OpsCAMP SF 2010-05-15: http://www.opscamp.org/sf
"
Mission
About The Event
OpsCamp is an unconference for people who are deeply involved with
next generation IT Operations. Our first OpsCamp in Austin was an
interesting mix of Ops practitioners and tool makers in an all
interactive format.
"
------------------------------
BALUG "Working in the Business" (Linux, IT, etc.), panel discussion
BALUG is still working to assemble panel (and moderator) for
"Working in the Business" (Linux, IT, etc.), panel discussion
Should make for very interesting, lively, informative and useful
discussion/presentation/"talk/debate".
For more information, and also
if you know someone you'd like as panelist or moderator (or are yourself
interested), and/or if you have specific topics/questions you'd like to
see covered by the panel,
PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT:
http://www.balug.org/#panel
At the present time we're ACTIVELY GATHERING INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL
PANELISTS, MODERATORS, available dates, etc., to plan and coordinate
this event. Please also do feel free to pass this information along to
any contacts you feel appropriate that may be interested.
------------------------------
2010-04-20 BALUG: Sameer Verma on: One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Project:
Plan, Updates, Direction, Participation[1] - "slides" available
Missed our 2010-04-20 meeting, or want to get a better look at or grab
some information from those slides?
slides available:
http://www.slideshare.net/sverma/olpc-project-plan-update-direction-partici…
(copy also archived at:
http://www.archive.balug.org/2010/2010-04-20/balug-olpc-100426233751-phpapp…
)
1.
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-announce-balug.org/2010-March/000149…
------------------------------
2010-06-10 Novell Linux Day (Santa Clara, CA)
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk-balug.org/2010-May/004601.html
------------------------------
http://www.balug.org/
BALUG NEWS: 2010-05-18: Sam Bowne: Attacking Web users and servers
with SSLstrip and Slowloris; & other BALUG news
In this issue (details further below):
2010-05-18: Sam Bowne: Attacking Web users and servers with SSLstrip
and Slowloris
"Working in the Business" (Linux, IT, etc.), panel discussion
"slides" from BALUG 2010-04-20[1]: Sameer Verma on: One Laptop per
Child (OLPC) Project: Plan, Updates, Direction, Participation
------------------------------
Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG)
Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2010-05-18
Sam Bowne: Attacking Web users and servers with SSLstrip and Slowloris[1]
Please RSVP if you're planning to come (see further below).
For our 2010-05-18 BALUG meeting, we're excited to present:
Sam Bowne Instructor, City College San Francisco (CCSF)[2],
Computer Networking and Information Technology Department[3]
Many Websites mix secure and insecure content on the same page, like
Facebook[4]. This makes it possible to steal all the data entered on
such a page easily, using Moxie Marlinspike[5]'s SSLstrip tool.
Sam Bowne will explain and demonstrate this attack.
Slowloris is a very new layer 7[6] denial-of-service attack[7] created
by RSnake[8] that stops Apache web servers completely with very low
bandwidth--one packet every 2 seconds. The Apache developers were
notified of this vulnerability and decided it was unimportant and not
worth patching. Sam will explain and demonstrate this attack, and
discuss various ways to protect your Apache servers.
Sam will provide complete instructions so that anyone can easily set up
both these attacks on their own machines.
Sam Bowne has been teaching computer networking and security classes at
CCSF since 2000. He has given talks at DEFCON[9] and Toorcon[10] on
Ethical Hacking, and taught classes and seminars at many other schools
and teaching conferences.
He has a B.S. in Physics from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania[11]
and a Ph.D. in Physics from University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign[12].
His Industry Certifications are: Certified Ethical Hacker,
Microsoft: MCP[13], MCDST[14], MCTS[15]: Vista; Network+, Security+,
Certified Fiber Optic Technician.
1. http://samsclass.info/defcon.html
2. http://www.ccsf.edu/
3.
http://www.ccsf.edu/Departments/Computer_Networking_and_Information_Technol…
4. http://www.facebook.com/
5. http://thoughtcrime.org/about.html
6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osi_7_layer_model#Layer_7:_Application_Layer
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack
8. http://ha.ckers.org/
9. http://www.defcon.org/
10. http://www.toorcon.org/
11. http://www.edinboro.edu/
12. http://illinois.edu/
13. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Certified_Professional
14. http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/mcdst.aspx
15. http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/mcts.aspx
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the
Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and they help ensure that we'll be
able to eat upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 2010-05-18
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny:
http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner ticket to join us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift also
helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue and helping to
defray BALUG costs such treating our speakers to dinner).
------------------------------
"Working in the Business" (Linux, IT, etc.), panel discussion
BALUG is working to assemble panel (and moderator) for
"Working in the Business" (Linux, IT, etc.), panel discussion
Should make for very interesting, lively, informative and useful
discussion/presentation/"talk/debate".
For more information, and also
if you know someone you'd like as panelist or moderator (or are yourself
interested), and/or if you have specific topics/questions you'd like to
see covered by the panel,
PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT:
http://www.balug.org/#panel
At the present time we're ACTIVELY GATHERING INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL
PANELISTS, MODERATORS, available dates, etc., to plan and coordinate
this event. Please also do feel free to pass this information along to
any contacts you feel appropriate that may be interested.
------------------------------
"slides" from BALUG 2010-04-20[1]: Sameer Verma on: One Laptop per Child
(OLPC) Project: Plan, Updates, Direction, Participation
Missed our 2010-04-20 meeting, or want to get a better look at or grab
some information from those slides?
slides available:
http://www.slideshare.net/sverma/olpc-project-plan-update-direction-partici…
(copy also archived at:
http://www.archive.balug.org/2010/2010-04-20/balug-olpc-100426233751-phpapp…
)
1.
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-announce-balug.org/2010-March/000149…
------------------------------
http://www.balug.org/
BALUG: TOMORROW Tu 2010-04-20: Sameer Verma on: One Laptop per Child
(OLPC) Project: Plan, Updates, Direction, Participation
REMINDER: TOMORROW Tuesday 2010-04-20:
------------------------------
Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG)
Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2010-04-20
Please RSVP if you're planning to come (see further below).
For our 2010-04-20 BALUG meeting, we're excited to present:
Sameer Verma[1] on: One Laptop per Child (OLPC)[2] Project: Plan,
Updates, Direction, Participation.
This presentation will address updates from the OLPC project (hardware,
software, networks, schools, teachers, children, parents, etc), its
achievements thus far (what works and what does not) and where it is
headed in the near future (yes, its still alive). We will also look at
how various communities (such as BALUG) can participate in the
educational, technological and social contexts.
Profess by day, tinker by night. Dr. Sameer Verma is an associate
professor of Information Systems[3] in the College of Business[4] at
San Francisco State University[5]. His research revolves around the
diffusion and adoption of innovative technologies. He also teaches a
course titled "Managing Open Source" at San Francisco State University.
In his free time, Sameer volunteers with One Laptop Per Child by
organizing activities for the OLPC-San Francisco Bay Area[6] group. He
also runs his laptops, desktops, servers, tablets, phones, media
systems, and car music player on Linux. The toaster sadly remains
unconverted (any day now).
1. http://verma.sfsu.edu/
2. http://laptop.org/
3. http://is.sfsu.edu/
4. http://cob.sfsu.edu/cob/
5. http://www.sfsu.edu/
6. http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_San_Francisco_Bay_Area
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to:
rsvp(a)balug.org
**Why RSVP??**
Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the
Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and they help ensure that we'll be
able to eat upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 2010-04-20
Four Seas Restaurant http://www.fourseasr.com/
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy PARKING:
Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny http://www.sfpsg.com/
Cost: The meetings are always free, but for dinner, for your gift of $13
cash, we give you a gift of dinner ticket to join us for a yummy
family-style Chinese dinner - tax and tip included (your gift also
helps in our patronizing the restaurant venue and helping to
defray BALUG costs such treating our speakers to dinner).
------------------------------
Door prizes? Giveaways? We don't necessarily have such items at every
meeting, but we do often have giveaways and/or door prize items. E.g.
at our 2010-03-16 meeting, over 14% of our of our attendees that donated
$13 (and for which we provide gift of dinner and dinner/door prize
raffle ticket) walked away with a brand new
iPod shuffle 4GB Silver (MB867LL/B) [MSRP $79][7]
courtesy of ScaleMP[8].
7. http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipod/family/ipod_shuffle
8. http://www.scalemp.com/
We will have a supply of Ubuntu[9] 9.10 "Karmic Koala" i386 CDs on hand
for our BALUG 2010-04-20 meeting, made possible by Ubuntu California[10]
and other contributors/volunteers. We may have other stuff too.
9. http://www.ubuntu.com/
10. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeamhttp://www.balug.org/