Howdy Folks:
Eric S. Raymond will be kicking off the start of a great 2008 at The Bay
Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) with a talk on January 15th. If you
haven't been to BALUG in a while, this a great opportunity to check out
what we're up to... and who knows you may just wind up eating dinner with
Eric S. Raymond at your table.
If you'd like to come, please RSVP:
RSVP(a)balug.org
Upcoming 2008 speakers include:
Jan - Eric S. Raymond
Feb - Bruce Perens
March - TBD
April - Eric Allman
May - Jeremy Allison
June - Andrew Morton
Meeting Details...
6:30pm
January 15th, 2008
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108
Parking: http://www.portsmouthsquaregarage.com/
Cost:
The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13
About BALUG:
BALUG is lively gathering of Linux users & free software enthusiasts
that
combines great food, community & intimate access to featured speakers.
We meet in the bar of the Four Seas Restaurant from 6:30pm. At 7pm, we
share a family-style Chinese dinner, which is followed by our guest
speaker.
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Andrew Fife
Untangle - Open Source Security Gateway
download.untangle.com
650.425.3327 (O)
415.806.6028 (C)
afife(a)untangle.com
Just a reminder,
Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) is not meeting in December this year.
Hope to see you all in January! (2008-01-15 Eric S. Raymond! - more on that
a bit later).
Happy Holidays!
TOMORROW: BALUG Nov. 20: James Burgett, "ACCRC+Linux: Keeping computers out of
Landfills"; etc.
A reminder for tomorrow's meeting:
BALUG Nov. 20: James Burgett, "ACCRC+Linux: Keeping computers out of Landfills";
etc.
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For our 2007-11-20 Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG)[1] meeting we are
pleased to present:
James Burgett, Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC)[2]:
"Free Software, The Environment, Social Welfare, and the Digital Divide"
Planning to attend? Please e-mail us an RSVP[3] to:
RSVP(a)BALUG.ORG
James will recount the path ACCRC has taken as it's grown in the last
five years to reclaim and reuse computers, peripherals, and other
electronic devices people donate. In general, ACCRC gives computers
to individuals and worthy organizations without charge or strings.
ACCRC uses Linux on the systems it gives away and has developed quite
a bit of expertise in installing various Linux distros on various
(old) hardware. (flyer[5] for event)
The event is free. However, dinner is $13 for those that want to eat.
2007-11-20 starting at 6:30PM (more details[1], directions[4])
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108-2113
1. http://www.balug.org/
2. http://www.accrc.org/
3. http://www.balug.org/#RSVP
4. http://www.fourseasr.com/directions.htm
5. http://www.balug.org/flyers/2007-11-20.pdf
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Other upcoming BALUG meetings
Choice conversation, company and Chinese cuisine, and if that weren't
enough, we typically also have interesting, informative and exciting
speaker(s)/presentation too!
2007-12 (no meeting in December this year)
2008-01-15 Eric S. Raymond
2008-02-19 Bruce Perens
2008-03-18 (TBD)
2008-04-15 Eric Allman
...
Note the dates on your calendar, and check our website
http://www.balug.org/[1] for more details and updates! Subscribe to
the BALUG "announce" list[2], to be notified of these and future
announcements if you're not already subscribed.
1. http://www.balug.org/
2. http://www.new.balug.org/#Lists
BALUG Nov. 20: James Burgett, "ACCRC+Linux: Keeping computers out of Landfills";
etc.
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For our 2007-11-20 Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG)[1] meeting we are
pleased to present:
James Burgett, Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC)[2]:
"Free Software, The Environment, Social Welfare, and the Digital Divide"
Planning to attend? Please e-mail us an RSVP[3] to:
RSVP(a)BALUG.ORG
James will recount the path ACCRC has taken as it's grown in the last
five years to reclaim and reuse computers, peripherals, and other
electronic devices people donate. In general, ACCRC gives computers
to individuals and worthy organizations without charge or strings.
ACCRC uses Linux on the systems it gives away and has developed quite
a bit of expertise in installing various Linux distros on various
(old) hardware. (flyer[5] for event)
The event is free. However, dinner is $13 for those that want to eat.
2007-11-20 starting at 6:30PM (more details[1], directions[4])
Four Seas Restaurant
731 Grant Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94108-2113
1. http://www.balug.org/
2. http://www.accrc.org/
3. http://www.balug.org/#RSVP
4. http://www.fourseasr.com/directions.htm
5. http://www.balug.org/flyers/2007-11-12.pdf
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Other upcoming BALUG meetings
Choice conversation, company and Chinese cuisine, and if that weren't
enough, we typically also have interesting, informative and exciting
speaker(s)/presentation too!
2007-12 (no meeting in December this year)
2008-01-15 Eric S. Raymond
2008-02-19 Bruce Perens
2008-03-18 (TBD)
2008-04-15 Eric Allman
...
Note the dates on your calendar, and check our website
http://www.balug.org/[1] for more details and updates! Subscribe to
the BALUG "announce" list[2], to be notified of these and future
announcements if you're not already subscribed.
1. http://www.balug.org/
2. http://www.new.balug.org/#Lists
Reminder, tomorrow!:
BALUG 2007-10-16: Paddy Sreenivasan, Zmanda: "Amanda - open source backup"; etc.
If you intend to attend, please RSVP (see further below) - Thanks.
Planning to come to BALUG meeting? Please drop us a note at:
rsvp(a)balug.org
indicating meeting date and if more than just yourself the number of
folks you're RSVPing for, etc.
See also: http://www.balug.org/#RSVP[1]
Thank you for RSVPing if you're planning to attend.
For our 2007-10-16 BALUG meeting we are pleased to present:
Paddy Sreenivasan, Zmanda[2]: "Amanda - open source backup"
flyer[3] (PDF) to help promote the event
Amanda is a popular open source network backup and recovery system.
The talk will be about Amanda, how it is different, current status and
why you should use it. The talk will also provide information about
Amanda enterprise edition.
Paddy is the Vice President of Engineering and a founder of
Zmanda, Inc.[2] He is responsible for technical strategy and
development of leading software products for data protection. Paddy
has over 13 years of experience in development and management of
software for enterprise storage. In addition, he has worked with
various open source communities, including leading the development of
an open source high-availability clustering solution. Prior to
founding Zmanda[2], he had key engineering roles at Cisco, Silicon
Graphics, Inc. and Hewlett-Packard. He holds a Bachelor's degree
from BITS, Pilani and a Master's degree from the University of Pune,
India.
references:
1. http://www.balug.org/#RSVP
2. http://www.zmanda.com/
3. http://www.balug.org/flyers/2007-10-16.pdf
our earlier announcement:
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-announce-balug.org/2007-October/0000…
meeting time, location, and lots of other great BALUG information:
Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) http://www.balug.org/
Hi,
please advertise among your colleagues this one day free course on
Mobile Linux.
Thanks,
Péter
Tuesday, November 6, 2007, 10:00am-3:45pm Stanford University, Clark
Center Auditorium
registration: http://wiki.research.nokia.com/
(The direct link https://mktools.forum.nokia.com/invitation?
action=showEvent&mode=doLogin&event_username=MobNux1107&event_password=W
orkNok611)

BALUG 2007-10-16: Paddy Sreenivasan, Zmanda: "Amanda - open source backup"; etc.
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Contents:
RSVP
BALUG 2007-10-16: Paddy Sreenivasan, Zmanda: "Amanda - open source backup"
Other upcoming BALUG meetings
door prizes
references
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Planning to come to BALUG meeting? Please drop us a note at:
rsvp(a)balug.org
indicating meeting date and if more than just yourself the number of
folks you're RSVPing for, etc.
See also: http://www.balug.org/#RSVP[1]
Thank you for RSVPing if you're planning to attend.
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For our 2007-10-16 BALUG meeting we are pleased to present:
Paddy Sreenivasan, Zmanda[2]: "Amanda - open source backup"
flyer[3] (PDF) to help promote the event
Amanda is a popular open source network backup and recovery system.
The talk will be about Amanda, how it is different, current status and
why you should use it. The talk will also provide information about
Amanda enterprise edition.
Paddy is the Vice President of Engineering and a founder of
Zmanda, Inc.[2] He is responsible for technical strategy and
development of leading software products for data protection. Paddy
has over 13 years of experience in development and management of
software for enterprise storage. In addition, he has worked with
various open source communities, including leading the development of
an open source high-availability clustering solution. Prior to
founding Zmanda[2], he had key engineering roles at Cisco, Silicon
Graphics, Inc. and Hewlett-Packard. He holds a Bachelor's degree
from BITS, Pilani and a Master's degree from the University of Pune,
India.
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Other upcoming BALUG meetings
We also have quite a lineup of speakers/presentations for BALUG
meetings. Not only do we have
Paddy Sreenivasan, Zmanda[2]: "Amanda - open source backup"
as noted above, but we also have the following
speakers/presentations/talks lined up for the months ahead - be sure to
also check out our website http://www.balug.org/[4] for the latest
updates, and if you're not already subscribed to the BALUG "announce"
list[5], be sure to subscribe to be notified of these and future
announcements.
2007-11-20 James Burgett,
Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC)[6]:
"Saving Computers from the Landfill"
2007-12 (BALUG will not meet in December 2007)
2008-01-15 Eric S. Raymond:
Freedom, Power, and Software:
What the Internet teaches us about ethics and politics
2008-02-19 Bruce Perens
(co-founder of the Open Source initiative in software):
Innovation Goes Public
2008-03-18 (TBA)
2008-04-15 Eric Allman[7]
See the BALUG website http://www.balug.org/[4] for additional details.
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Door prizes!
Yes, we have some giveaway items (e.g. books)[8] At least
presently, this is mostly stuff we got from/via LinuxWorld - mostly
generously donated books for User Groups from various publishers.
We'll probably give away approximately half of our remaining "stockpile"
of books at the 2007-10-16 meeting, and the remainder at our 2007-11-20
meeting. There may be additional giveaway items too. The "stockpile"
presently includes at least:
_Practices of an Agile Developer_ ISBN: 0-9745140-8-X
_Pro Oracle Database 10g RAC on LINUX_ ISBN: 1-59059-524-6
_Professional LINUX Programming_ ISBN: 978-0-471-77613-0
_LINUX System Administration_ ISBN-10: 0-596-00952-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-596-00952-6
_Hacking Ubuntu_ ISBN: 978-0-470-10827-7
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references:
1. http://www.balug.org/#RSVP
2. http://www.zmanda.com/
3. http://www.balug.org/flyers/2007-10-16.pdf
4. http://www.balug.org/
5. http://www.new.balug.org/#Lists
6. http://www.accrc.org/
7. http://www2.sendmail.org/~eric/
likely door prizes at BALUG and/or other UGs:
8. http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2007-August/000401.h…
meeting time, location, and lots of other great BALUG information:
Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) http://www.balug.org/
For our 2007-09-18 BALUG meeting we are pleased to present:
John D. Mitchell, Chief Architect, Krugle[1]:
How Source Code Search is Revolutionizing Open Source Software Development
... and What it Means for Linux Users
Krugle Enterprise[2] is a vertical search engine for developers and
development teams. krugle.com[1] is a public search engine for
open/free software while Krugle Enterprise is for organizations.
Krugle is built on top of a lot of F/OSS and deployed on Linux.
John D. Mitchell is the Chief Architect of Krugle -- a search engine
for developers. Along with developing and rescuing distributed
enterprise systems, John advises investors and executives on
technology and high-tech companies. Over the past 15 years, he has
been the CTO of ElasticMedia, HealthLogic.com, jGuru and the MageLang
Institute. John co-authored _Making Sense of Java: A Guide for
Managers and the Rest of Us_. He was the founder and contributing
editor of "The Tips & Tricks" column at JavaWorld. John writes
extensively on complex systems, development processes, computer
languages and protocols, open source and intellectual property, and
technological business risk management.
Door prizes!
Yes, we still have giveaway items (books, magazines, etc.)[3] At least
presently, this is mostly stuff we got from/via LinuxWorld - mostly
generously donated books for User Groups from various publishers, but
also including other items (e.g. t-shirt(s), etc.)
For our 2007-10-16 BALUG meeting we are pleased to present:
2007-10-16 Paddy Sreenivasan of Zmanda[4]
(watch future announcement(s) for more details)
references:
1. http://www.krugle.com/
2. http://corp.krugle.com/product/
stuff likely to show up as door prizes at BALUG and/or other UGs:
3. http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2007-August/000401.h…
4. http://www.zmanda.com/
meeting time, location, and lots of other great BALUG information:
Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) http://www.balug.org/
BALUG 2007-09-18: John D. Mitchell, Krugle Chief Architect - Find and reuse
code; etc.
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Contents:
BALUG 2007-09-18: John D. Mitchell, Krugle Chief Architect - Find and reuse code
door prizes - books, magazines, and other goodies
BALUG 2007-10-16: Paddy Sreenivasan of Zmanda
references
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For our 2007-09-18 BALUG meeting we are pleased to present:
John D. Mitchell, Krugle Chief Architect - Find and reuse code
2007-09-18 John D. Mitchell, Chief Architect, Krugle[1].
Krugle[1] is a vertical search engine for developers and
development teams. Krugle[1].com is a public search engine for
open/free software while Krugle Enterprise[2] is for
organizations. Krugle[1]'s built on top of a lot of F/OSS and
deployed on LINUX. John D. Mitchell is the Chief Architect of
Krugle -- a search engine for developers. Along with developing
and rescuing distributed enterprise systems, John advises
investors and executives on technology and high-tech companies.
Over the past 15 years, he has been the CTO of ElasticMedia,
HealthLogic.com, jGuru and the MageLang Institute. John
co-authored Making Sense of Java: A Guide for Managers and the
Rest of Us. He was the founder and contributing editor of the Tips
& Tricks column at JavaWorld. John writes extensively on complex
systems, development processes, computer languages and protocols,
open source and intellectual property, and technological business
risk management.
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Door prizes!
Yes, we still have giveaway items (books, magazines, etc.)[4] At least
presently, this is mostly stuff we got from/via LinuxWorld - mostly
generously donated books for User Groups from various publishers, but
also including other items (e.g. t-shirt(s), etc.)
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For our 2007-10-16 BALUG meeting we are pleased to present:
2007-10-16 Paddy Sreenivasan of Zmanda[3]
(watch future announcement(s) for more details)
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references:
1. http://www.krugle.com/
2. http://corp.krugle.com/product/
3. http://www.zmanda.com/
stuff likely to show up as door prizes at BALUG and/or other UGs:
4. http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2007-August/000401.h…
meeting time, location, and lots of other great BALUG information:
Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) http://www.balug.org/
BALUG 2007-08-21: Ryan & Isabela Fernandes Bagueros - How to Start a Community
Colo; etc.
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Contents:
BALUG 2007-08-21:
Ryan & Isabela Fernandes Bagueros - How to Start a Community Colo; etc.
meeting fee $13.00 (includes dinner)
door prizes - books, magazines, and other goodies
BALUG fortune cookie!
references
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For our 2007-08-21 BALUG meeting we are pleased to present:
Ryan & Isabela Fernandes Bagueros - How to Start a Community Colo
[Editor's note: lots of exciting stuff: technical/legal
considerations, experiences and lessons learned, educational and
mentoring opportunities, much etc.]
San Francisco Community Colo is a node in a larger network of
non-profit colocation facilities springing up around the country.
CCP's leverage community participation to drive down the costs of
server colocation by evenly distributing costs within a transparent,
open organization.
This enables non-profits and community groups to rack their servers in
high-availability, high-speed facilities at an affordable cost.
We will discuss organizational logistics that we've learned and we'll
also talk about the practical and philosophical reasons for building
and supporting non-commercial Internet infrastructure.
Ryan Bagueros has worked in the Internet industry for over 10 years in
the San Francisco Bay Area. He was head of engineering at Tagged.com,
one of the fastest growing social networking websites today, and went
on to found his own company, northxsouth.com, an open source business
with offices in North & South America.
Isabela Fernandes Bagueros helped build one of Latin America's largest
independent media networks in Brazil. She's also worked with the
federal government of Brazil, migrating their systems to open source,
free software. She now lives in the SF Bay Area, working on a number
of digital media and open source projects, including the San Francisco
Community Colo.
San Francisco Community Colocation Project[1] http://www.sfccp.net/
meeting time, location, and lots of other great BALUG information[9]
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BALUG meeting fee has been increased to $13.00 - still a great deal!
For that relative bargain price you get:
wonderful folks to hang out with and talk LINUX and related stuff
generally quite ample portions of good Chinese food (we share "family
style", and I think it typically includes about seven or more different
dishes prepared for us)
often/typically (but not always) a speaker/presentation
sometimes also door prize giveaways (e.g. books, t-shirts)
tax and tip is already included
This is the first time the restaurant has gotten any more out of us
since at least 1999-02-16[2] and probably the very beginnings of BALUG
and our very first meeting (the restaurant will now be getting $12.00
per person from us - including tax and tip; the additional $1.00 of the
$13.00 goes towards buying dinner for speaker(s) and other miscellaneous
BALUG expenses - it wasn't until 2005-11-15[3] that we added that $1.00
to at least partially cover such BALUG expenses).
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Door prizes!
Yes, we have some giveaway items (books, magazines, etc.)[4] At least
presently, this is mostly stuff we got from/via LinuxWorld - mostly
generously donated books for User Groups from various publishers, but
also including other items (e.g. t-shirt(s), DVDs/CDs, etc.)
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BALUG fortune cookies![5]
Yes, we gave away a lot of fortune cookies at LinuxWorld Expo,
with one side of the "fortune" having a custom printed BALUG
message. Most of the fortune cookies were given away at LinuxWorld,
but we do (or at least did) have some left over. We hope to have
at least some for our 2007-08-21 BALUG meeting, so folks can at least
see them if they've not yet seen them, and we might possibly still
have some for folks to help distribute. Much thanks to Untangle.com[6]
and other BALUG contributors for making this possible. (one side of
the "fortune" has Untangle.com promotional message - Untangle.com
did cover significantly over half of the fortune cookie production
costs). We also, at least "temporarily", changed the main BALUG web
page a bit to tie in with the LinuxWorld fortune cookie giveaway, and
did also create an additional web page with a bit more information on
the BALUG fortune cookies. Expect to see some more information on
there hopefully relatively soon (when webmaster(s) have a bit more
time to update that stuff a more completely). We're still also looking
for some digital pictures of the fortune cookies[7][8].
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references:
1. San Francisco Community Colocation Project http://www.sfccp.net/
meeting cost history:
2. http://web.archive.org/web/19990202163724/http://balug.org/meetNow.html
3.
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-announce-balug.org/2005-November/000…
stuff likely to show up as door prizes at BALUG and/or other UGs:
4. http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2007-August/000401.h…
5. BALUG fortune cookies!: http://www.balug.org/fortune_cookie.html
6. Untangle.com: http://www.untangle.com/
7. BALUG fortune cookie pictures?:
http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2007-August/000400.h…
8. balug-webmaster(a)balug.org
9. meeting time, location, and lots of other great BALUG information:
Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) http://www.balug.org/