Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG)
Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2009-05-19
Tu 2009-05-19 Cathy Malmrose, CEO of ZaReason
For our 2009-05-19 BALUG meeting, we're excited to have Cathy Malmrose,
CEO of ZaReason[1] as our guest speaker. ZaReason, Inc. is based in
Berkeley, California, and builds and sells a variety of Linux hardware
solutions, including servers, laptops, and desktops. Cathy, in
addition to being CEO of ZaReason, runs a non-profit, Partimus[2],
supporting technology in education. She has done much volunteer work
with the nonprofit computer recycling organization
Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC)[3], spent the 90s as a
tech writer, and is also a self-identified Linuxchick[4].
1. http://www.zareason.com/
2. http://www.partimus.org/
3. http://www.accrc.org/
4. http://www.linuxchix.org/
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP:
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 ensure that we're able to
eat upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009 2009-05-19
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy $5 PARKING: Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny
Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
http://www.balug.org/
Reminder: TOMORROW:
Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG)
Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2009-04-21
Allison Randal[1] on Parrot[2], etc.
Parrot is a virtual machine like no other. Targeting dynamic languages
such as Perl[3], Ruby[4], Python[5] and PHP[6], it incorporates an
object-oriented assembly language, is register-based rather than
stack-based, and employs continuations as the core means of flow
control. It hosts a powerful suite of compiler tools tailored to
dynamic languages and a next generation regular expression engine. This
talk briefly explains the overall architecture of Parrot and teaches
the skills needed to get started hacking in Parrot.
Allison Randal is chief architect and lead developer of the open source
project Parrot, chairman of the Parrot Foundation[7], on the board of
directors of The Perl Foundation[8], founder of the FLOSS
Foundations[9] group for open source leaders, and founder and president
of Onyx Neon Press[10]. She also works for O'Reilly Media[11], planning
the program for their Open Source Convention (OSCON[12]).
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP:
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 ensure that we're able to
eat upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 2009-04-21
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy $5 PARKING: Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny
Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Randal
2. http://www.parrot.org/
3. http://www.perl.org/
4. http://www.ruby-lang.org/
5. http://www.python.org/
6. http://php.net/
7. http://www.parrot.org/foundation
8. http://www.perlfoundation.org/
9. http://flossfoundations.org/
10. http://www.onyxneon.com/
11. http://oreilly.com/
12. http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon
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http://www.balug.org/
Contents - upcoming meetings:
2009-04-21 Allison Randal on Parrot, etc.
2009-05-19 (final speaker confirmation pending)
2009-06-16 Kyle Rankin on forensics
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Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG)
Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2009-04-21
Allison Randal[1] on Parrot[2], etc.
Parrot is a virtual machine like no other. Targeting dynamic languages
such as Perl[3], Ruby[4], Python[5] and PHP[6], it incorporates an
object-oriented assembly language, is register-based rather than
stack-based, and employs continuations as the core means of flow
control. It hosts a powerful suite of compiler tools tailored to
dynamic languages and a next generation regular expression engine. This
talk briefly explains the overall architecture of Parrot and teaches
the skills needed to get started hacking in Parrot.
Allison Randal is chief architect and lead developer of the open source
project Parrot, chairman of the Parrot Foundation[7], on the board of
directors of The Perl Foundation[8], founder of the FLOSS
Foundations[9] group for open source leaders, and founder and president
of Onyx Neon Press[10]. She also works for O'Reilly Media[11], planning
the program for their Open Source Convention (OSCON[12]).
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP:
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 ensure that we're able to
eat upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 2009-04-21
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy $5 PARKING: Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny
Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_Randal
2. http://www.parrot.org/
3. http://www.perl.org/
4. http://www.ruby-lang.org/
5. http://www.python.org/
6. http://php.net/
7. http://www.parrot.org/foundation
8. http://www.perlfoundation.org/
9. http://flossfoundations.org/
10. http://www.onyxneon.com/
11. http://oreilly.com/
12. http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon
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2009-05-19 (final speaker confirmation pending)
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you're not already subscribed, or check back on meeting information[14]
on the BALUG web site[15].
13. http://www.balug.org/#Lists
14. http://www.balug.org/#Meetings%20(upcoming)
15. http://www.balug.org/
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2009-06-16 Kyle Rankin[30] on forensics
30. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1849
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http://www.balug.org/
Reminder: TOMORROW:
BALUG: Tu 2009-03-17 Jordan Gray (STARPAUSE) talk/demo on DJing and
Music Composition on Linux
Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG)
Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2009-03-17
Tu 2009-03-17 Jordan Gray (STARPAUSE) talk/demo on DJing and Music
Composition on Linux
Have you ever wanted to learn beat-mixing or electronic music
composition? Want to get started with software that's completely free
and community-based? Join us for an evening with STARPAUSE (a.k.a.
Jordan Gray), chiptune producer and founder of the Mp3Death[1] (Creative
Commons) netaudio label. Jordan will cover the basics of DJing and
introduce you to the free open-source MIXXX[2] digital DJ software. Then
we'll move on to tracker-based music composition using
LittleGPTracker[3], which Jordan will demonstrate both on laptop and the
Game Park handheld. LittleGPTracker is free and designed especially for
8-bit (GameBoy-style) music. Both software run on the free Linux
operating system (Mac and Windows also available).
1. http://mp3death.us/
2. http://www.mixxx.org/
3. http://littlegptracker.com/
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP:
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 ensure that we're able to
eat upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 2009-03-17
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy $5 PARKING: Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny
Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
http://www.balug.org/
BALUG: Tu 2009-03-17 Jordan Gray (STARPAUSE) talk/demo on DJing and
Music Composition on Linux
Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG)
Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2009-03-17
Tu 2009-03-17 Jordan Gray (STARPAUSE) talk/demo on DJing and Music
Composition on Linux
Have you ever wanted to learn beat-mixing or electronic music
composition? Want to get started with software that's completely free
and community-based? Join us for an evening with STARPAUSE (a.k.a.
Jordan Gray), chiptune producer and founder of the Mp3Death[1] (Creative
Commons) netaudio label. Jordan will cover the basics of DJing and
introduce you to the free open-source MIXXX[2] digital DJ software. Then
we'll move on to tracker-based music composition using
LittleGPTracker[3], which Jordan will demonstrate both on laptop and the
Game Park handheld. LittleGPTracker is free and designed especially for
8-bit (GameBoy-style) music. Both software run on the free Linux
operating system (Mac and Windows also available).
1. http://mp3death.us/
2. http://www.mixxx.org/
3. http://littlegptracker.com/
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP:
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 ensure that we're able to
eat upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 2009-03-17
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy $5 PARKING: Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny
Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
http://www.balug.org/
Reminder - this meeting and event is TOMORROW!
If you're intending to come, and haven't already RSVPed, please RSVP
by noon today, if you can (we still appreciate later RSVPs, but
RSVPs are most valuable to our planning if we get them by
sufficiently early the day before our meeting - thanks).
BALUG: Tu 2009-02-17 Eddy Mulyono on: ".rpm .deb .ebuild .tgz OMG!" -
the state of packaging across Linux OSes
Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG)
Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2009-02-17
Eddy Mulyono on: ".rpm .deb .ebuild .tgz OMG!" - the state of packaging
across Linux OSes
In ".rpm .deb .ebuild .tgz OMG!", Eddy will be looking at the current
state of packaging across distros (Ubuntu, Gentoo, rPath), lessons
learned, and what's next.
Eddy Mulyon: opythonista, djangonaut, ubuntero, catholic choir-boy
Please RSVP if you're planning to come (see further below).
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP:
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 ensure that we're able to
eat upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 2009-02-17
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy $5 PARKING: Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny
Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
http://www.balug.org/
BALUG: Tu 2009-02-17 Eddy Mulyono on: ".rpm .deb .ebuild .tgz OMG!" -
the state of packaging across Linux OSes
Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG)
Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2009-02-17
Eddy Mulyono on: ".rpm .deb .ebuild .tgz OMG!" - the state of packaging
across Linux OSes
In ".rpm .deb .ebuild .tgz OMG!", Eddy will be looking at the current
state of packaging across distros (Ubuntu, Gentoo, rPath), lessons
learned, and what's next.
Eddy Mulyon: opythonista, djangonaut, ubuntero, catholic choir-boy
Please RSVP if you're planning to come (see further below).
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP:
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 ensure that we're able to
eat upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 2009-02-17
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy $5 PARKING: Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny
Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
http://www.balug.org/
Reminder: TOMORROW!: BALUG: Tu 2009-01-20
Kyle Rankin on Where'd my files go? (Ubuntu, etc.)
Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG)
Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2009-01-20
Kyle Rankin[1] on "Where'd my Files Go? - A guide to the Modern Ubuntu
Distribution"
Please RSVP if you're planning to come (see further below).
While you might not be able to tell at a cursory glance, a lot has
changed behind the scenes on a modern Ubuntu system from what you
might be used to if you have used Linux for years. For example,
did you know Ubuntu is phasing out System V init? That you can't
loopback-mount the initrd? In this talk Kyle will discuss the
current changes Ubuntu is making to what we might consider the
traditional Linux system. There's a little something for everyone
on the talk: For Linux newbies who are curious about what's under
the hood Kyle will cover the traditional and modern boot process
including how init works and follow up with a guide to where
important files are in Ubuntu. For the experienced Linux user Kyle
will show you how (and why) things have changed and where you can
look now when you want to, for instance, change the default
runlevel on an Ubuntu system.
Kyle Rankin is a systems architect for Quinstreet, Inc.[2], the
current president of the North Bay Linux Users Group[3], the
author of Knoppix Hacks,[4] Knoppix Pocket Reference[5],
Linux Multimedia Hacks[6], and Ubuntu Hacks[7] and has
contributed to a number of other O'Reilly[8] books. Kyle is also
a columnist for Linux Journal[9] and has had articles featured in
PC Magazine[10], TechTarget[11] and other publications.
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP:
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 ensure that we're able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 2009-01-20
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy $5 PARKING: Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny
Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
references/footnotes:
1. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1849
2. http://www.quinstreet.com/
3. http://www.nblug.org/
4. http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596007874/
5. http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596100759/
6. http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596100766/
7. http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527204/
8. http://oreilly.com/
9. http://www.linuxjournal.com/
10. http://www.pcmag.com/
11. http://www.techtarget.com/http://www.balug.org/
BALUG: Tu 2009-01-20 Kyle Rankin on Where'd my files go?
Bay Area Linux User Group (BALUG)
Tuesday 6:30 P.M. 2009-01-20
Kyle Rankin[1] on "Where'd my Files Go? - A guide to the Modern Ubuntu
Distribution"
Please RSVP if you're planning to come (see further below).
While you might not be able to tell at a cursory glance, a lot has
changed behind the scenes on a modern Ubuntu system from what you
might be used to if you have used Linux for years. For example,
did you know Ubuntu is phasing out System V init? That you can't
loopback-mount the initrd? In this talk Kyle will discuss the
current changes Ubuntu is making to what we might consider the
traditional Linux system. There's a little something for everyone
on the talk: For Linux newbies who are curious about what's under
the hood Kyle will cover the traditional and modern boot process
including how init works and follow up with a guide to where
important files are in Ubuntu. For the experienced Linux user Kyle
will show you how (and why) things have changed and where you can
look now when you want to, for instance, change the default
runlevel on an Ubuntu system.
Kyle Rankin is a systems architect for Quinstreet, Inc.[2], the
current president of the North Bay Linux Users Group[3], the
author of Knoppix Hacks,[4] Knoppix Pocket Reference[5],
Linux Multimedia Hacks[6], and Ubuntu Hacks[7] and has
contributed to a number of other O'Reilly[8] books. Kyle is also
a columnist for Linux Journal[9] and has had articles featured in
PC Magazine[10], TechTarget[11] and other publications.
So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP:
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 ensure that we're able to eat
upstairs in the private banquet room.
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 2009-01-20
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Easy $5 PARKING: Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny
Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
references/footnotes:
1. http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1849
2. http://www.quinstreet.com/
3. http://www.nblug.org/
4. http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596007874/
5. http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596100759/
6. http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596100766/
7. http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596527204/
8. http://oreilly.com/
9. http://www.linuxjournal.com/
10. http://www.pcmag.com/
11. http://www.techtarget.com/http://www.balug.org/
Reminder: BALUG isn't meeting this month (we often skip December)
Next month:
2009-01-20 Kyle Rankin on Where'd my files go?
Kyle Rankin is a systems architect for Quinstreet, Inc., the current
president of the North Bay Linux Users' Group, the author of Knoppix
Hacks, Knoppix Pocket Reference, Linux Multimedia Hacks, and Ubuntu
Hacks and has contributed to a number of other O'Reilly books. Kyle is
also a columnist for Linux Journal and has had articles featured in PC
Magazine, TechTarget, and other publications.
http://www.balug.org/