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Linux Users' Group of Davis, Oct. 17: "Surveillance: self-defense and how you can push back" with the EFF
by nbs 21 Sep '16

21 Sep '16

The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD) will be holding the following meeting: Monday October 17, 2016 7:00pm - 9:00pm Presentation: "Surveillance: self-defense and how you can push back" Presented by: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF): Shahid Buttar, Director of Grassroots Advocacy; Amul Kalia, Intake Coordinator; and Camille Ochoa, Operations Assistant Description: Law-abiding Americans are increasingly subject to routine surveillance, not only by federal intelligence agencies -- which will confront a critical legislative deadline in 2017 -- but also by local law enforcement agencies like police departments, and sheriff's offices, as well as private sector sources such as social media networks, employers, and ISPs. Learn how to use a few simple-yet-powerful tools to defend your privacy from electronic monitoring, while also exploring how policy reform opportunities present a chance for your community to increase transparency and introduce long overdue checks & balances. Participants need not wield technical expertise to attend this session, which is geared towards regular smartphone and laptop users. It will include a teach-in and skill-share on surveillance, some immediate and practical steps you can take to protect your communications, and how to work with neighbors to inform surveillance policy at the state and local level. About the Speakers: Shahid Buttar leads EFF's grassroots and student outreach efforts. He's a constitutional lawyer focused on the intersection of community organizing and policy reform as a lever to shift legal norms, with roots in communities across the country resisting mass surveillance. Amul Kalia helps EFF staff spot opportunities where it would be helpful for the organization to add its voice. He mostly works with EFF's attorneys in keeping a pulse on emerging legal digital rights issues, and finding opportunities for the EFF to get involved. Camille Ochoa provides general operational support to the heroes of EFF. She has her BA in Societal Communication. About the Electronic Frontier Foundation: EFF is the leading nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. Founded in 1990, it champions user privacy, free expression, and innovation through impact litigation, policy analysis, grassroots activism, and technology development. They work to ensure that rights and freedoms are enhanced and protected as our use of technology grows. https://www.eff.org/ RSVP: This event is free and open to the public. While not necessary, you can RSVP for this event on EFF's website: https://eff.org/10-17-16-DVS Flyer: A flyer, in PDF format, is available for this event; please consider printing and posting it where appropriate: http://lugod.org/documents/flyers/ This meeting will be held at: Explorit Nature Center 3141 Fifth Street Davis, CA 95618 For more details on this meeting, visit: http://www.lugod.org/meeting/upcoming/ For maps, directions, public transportation schedules, etc., visit: http://www.lugod.org/meeting/explorit/on.php ------------ About LUGOD: ------------ The Linux Users' Group of Davis is a 501(c)7 non-profit organization dedicated to the Linux computer operating system and other Open Source and Free Software. Since 1999, LUGOD has held regular meetings with guest speakers in Davis, California, as well as other events in Davis and the greater Sacramento region. Events are always free and open to the public. You can 'like' LUGOD on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/LinuxUsersGroupOfDavis join the LUGOD group on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lugod/ and find us on LinkedIn at: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=35879 Please visit our website for more details: http://www.lugod.org/ -- Bill Kendrick pr(a)lugod.org Public Relations Officer Linux Users' Group of Davis http://www.lugod.org/ (Your address: balug-talk-balug.org(a)lists.balug.org )

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Linux Users' Group of Davis, Sept. 19: "Get out of your own way: build the open source career you want!"
by nbs 26 Aug '16

26 Aug '16

The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD) will be holding the following meeting: Monday September 19, 2016 7:00pm - 9:00pm Presentation: Get out of your own way: build the open source career you want! presented by Emily Kurze, Marketing Programs Manager, The Linux Foundation According to Dice.com, 59% of hiring managers say their hiring of open source talent will increase over the next six months. As the pressure to fill these IT job roles increases to keep pace with demand, so too does the competition to land one of these lucrative opportunities. Having strong open source and career navigation skills has never been more important. But it can be overwhelming when you are trying to figure out how to get started. Come find out about open source career trends and how to leverage them, how to start getting involved in open source projects even if you aren't a coder, why networking isn't as scary as it seems and other tricks to help you achieve your career goals in open source. About the Speaker: Emily Kurze is currently the Marketing Programs Manager at The Linux Foundation. Prior to joining, she worked in the Linux certification, consumer electronics, educational robotics and SCADA software industries. Prior to her work in technology marketing, Emily was a wildlife biologist researching the effects of ultraviolet radiation. Since that time, she's also been a technical writer, software configuration trainer, and advanced technical support analyst, so she's learned a thing or two about reinventing one's career. This meeting will be held at: Yolo County Public Library, Mary L Stephens Davis Branch 315 East 14th Street Davis, CA 95616 For more details on this meeting, visit: http://www.lugod.org/meeting/upcoming/ For maps, directions, public transportation schedules, etc., visit: http://www.lugod.org/meeting/library/ ------------ About LUGOD: ------------ The Linux Users' Group of Davis is a 501(c)7 non-profit organization dedicated to the Linux computer operating system and other Open Source and Free Software. Since 1999, LUGOD has held regular meetings with guest speakers in Davis, California, as well as other events in Davis and the greater Sacramento region. Events are always free and open to the public. You can 'like' LUGOD on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/LinuxUsersGroupOfDavis join the LUGOD group on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lugod/ and find us on LinkedIn at: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=35879 Please visit our website for more details: http://www.lugod.org/ -- Bill Kendrick pr(a)lugod.org Public Relations Officer Linux Users' Group of Davis http://www.lugod.org/ (Your address: balug-talk-balug.org(a)lists.balug.org )

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Needed: 64-bit machines, monitors, USB keyboards, USB optical mice
by Christian Einfeldt 21 Aug '16

21 Aug '16

Hi, Partimus is placing Lubuntu machines in low income shelters in San Francisco. We are looking for 64-bit machines for this purpose. They will just be desktops, but we know that the end of 32-bit is coming, and so we want to deploy all of our remaining 32-bit machines and then start transitioning to 64-bit only. We also need USB keyboards (only) and USB optical mice only. Also, any flat screen monitors would be welcome. We would like to pick up lots of at least 5, as opposed to onesies and twosies. Thanks so much in advance! -- Christian Einfeldt

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Re: [BALUG-Talk] [BALUG-Announce] BALUG: TOMORROW: Tu 2016-07-19 Elizabeth K. Joseph on: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus"; & other BALUG News
by Elizabeth K. Joseph 20 Jul '16

20 Jul '16

On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 8:31 AM, Michael Paoli <Michael.Paoli(a)cal.berkeley.edu> wrote: > For our 2016-07-19 meeting, we're proud to present: > Elizabeth K. Joseph[1] on: Ubuntu[2] 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus"[3] Thanks to everyone who came out tonight! Slides are available for download from my website, you're welcome to use them yourself if you'd like: http://princessleia.com/presentations/2016/balug_ubuntu_1604.pdf (6M) http://princessleia.com/presentations/2016/balug_ubuntu_1604.odp (5.4M) These files are big because there are a lot of screenshots, contact me if you want a screenshot-free smaller version of the slides. > San Francisco Ubuntu 16.04 Release Party 2016-07-28 > http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/3398-san-francisco-ubuntu-1… Thanks to Michael for sharing this, it is coming up next week! If you missed the BALUG presentation tonight, you have a final chance to catch it at this event. Plus a pile of Ubuntu goodies and free pizza and refreshments over at the OpenDNS office near the SF Caltrain station. If you can't RSVP through the link above, drop me an email to RSVP or use meetup instead: http://www.meetup.com/Ubuntu-California/events/231970711/ -- Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2

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archives may be working again now: Re: BALUG list archives broken by DreamHost.com yet again
by Michael Paoli 20 Jul '16

20 Jul '16

And ... at present, looks like the list archives may be working again. Not sure if any messages might've gone missing from the archives, but at least the main archive pages seem to at least load now - whereas before they were (double) erroring out. > From: "Michael Paoli" <Michael.Paoli(a)cal.berkeley.edu> > Subject: BALUG list archives broken by DreamHost.com yet again > Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2016 01:11:44 -0700 > Once again the BALUG list archives hosted by DreamHost are broken. > Hopefully they'll fix 'em soon. They've been broken since at least sometime > yesterday (Monday) A.M., and were last known working > Wed, 13 Jul 2016 06:06:05 -0700 > The lists themselves otherwise seem thus far to still be working. > And yes, DreamHost has been informed of the problem - as of yesterday > A.M. > > And yes, we are still planning to migrate the lists. > But alas, I'm buried up to about my eyeballs, and don't expect that I'll > be able to resume work on migrations until sometime in August.

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Linux Users' Group of Davis, "Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education", July 18th
by nbs 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD) will be holding the following meeting: Monday July 18, 2016 7:00pm - 9:00pm Presentation: The Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education (The C-STEM Center) presented by Professor Harry H. Cheng, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC Davis C-STEM, "Computing, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics", <http://c-stem.ucdavis.edu/about-us/> is a UC Approved Educational Preparation Program for Undergraduate Admission for all University of California campuses. Participation in the C-STEM program is recognized in the UC admissions process as achievements that have explicitly prepared students for college and career. UC Davis recently launched a new national program for school districts across the country that will make it easier for students to have computer science educations starting in first grade. This new curriculum provides students with a full first-grade-to-high-school curriculum that includes mathematics from the Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education at UC Davis (the C-STEM Center). The C-STEM Center, founded by Professor Harry Cheng in 2010, aims to transform C-STEM education in both formal and informal K-14 programs through integrated learning, guided by two key objectives: (1) close the achievement gap by broadening participation of students traditionally underrepresented in computing and STEM related careers and post-secondary study, and (2) develop students' 21st century problem-solving skills to tackle real world concerns through integrated computing and STEM education. The center's vision is to provide formal computing education for all K-12 students. The C-STEM ICT (information and communications technology) Pathway will provide K-12 students with 12 years of computer science education through hands-on integrated learning of math and computer science with coding in the C and C++ languages, and Blockly, a client-side JavaScript library for creating visual block programming editors which run in a web browser (an open source project of Google, and which resembles Scratch). The C-STEM Center can provide two-day training academies and weeklong institutes in using the curriculum in the classroom for teachers who have no prior computer programming and robotics experience. About the Speaker: Dr. Harry Cheng <http://faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu/cheng/> is a professor at UC Davis' Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and is founder and director of the C-STEM Center. In 2006, he found that few students in his freshman computer programming course had prior experience in the subject. Inspired to increase exposure to computing in K-12 classrooms, Cheng saw a larger opportunity to transform how students from elementary school to college learn computing, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (C-STEM). This meeting will be held at: Explorit Nature Center 3141 5th Street Davis, CA 95616 For more details on this meeting, visit: http://www.lugod.org/meeting/ For maps, directions, public transportation schedules, etc., visit: http://www.lugod.org/meeting/explorit/ ------------ About LUGOD: ------------ The Linux Users' Group of Davis is a 501(c)7 non-profit organization dedicated to the Linux computer operating system and other Open Source and Free Software. Since 1999, LUGOD has held regular meetings with guest speakers in Davis, California, as well as other events in Davis and the greater Sacramento region. Events are always free and open to the public. You can 'like' LUGOD on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/LinuxUsersGroupOfDavis join the LUGOD group on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lugod/ and find us on LinkedIn at: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=35879 Please visit our website for more details: http://www.lugod.org/ -- Bill Kendrick pr(a)lugod.org Public Relations Officer Linux Users' Group of Davis http://www.lugod.org/ (Your address: balug-talk-balug.org(a)lists.balug.org )

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Re: [BALUG-Talk] San Francisco Bay Area Linux / Open Source listings/events/calendars
by Michael Paoli 13 Jul '16

13 Jul '16

Yet another meta-list: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/UserGroupContacts/Groups#SF So, here's what my current list of lists now looks like: http://linuxmafia.com/bale/ http://www.lugod.org/calendar/ http://www.svlug.org/farm.php#other-local https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam/Projects/UserGroupContacts/Groups#SF https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=caj9iea2ol69b7n2uqdek4ocso%40grou… https://goo.gl/b9WY5k > From: "Michael Paoli" <Michael.Paoli(a)cal.berkeley.edu> > Subject: Re: San Francisco Bay Area Linux / Open Source > listings/events/calendars > Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2016 10:18:45 -0800 > Sweet! Thanks Rick, good to know! - I wasn't aware of that one (or > I'd forgotten?) > > For San Francisco Bay Area Linux / Open Source listings/events/calendars, > seems unfeasible for any one listing to be and stay 100% accurate, but > taken together, there are a handful or so, each of which is a good/excellent > listing, and I think most anything of note will typically be on at least one, > if not several of them. These are the ones I'm aware of: > > The BALE -- Bay Area Linux Events > http://linuxmafia.com/bale/ > > SVLUG Other (Linux, Unix, Software, etc.) Local Groups > http://www.svlug.org/farm.php#other-local > > SF Bay Area Open Source/Linux Events > https://goo.gl/b9WY5k > https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=caj9iea2ol69b7n2uqdek4ocso@g… > (either of the above URLs - the former just redirects to the latter) > > Upcoming Local Linux Events > http://www.lugod.org/calendar/ > >> From: "Rick Moen" <rick(a)linuxmafia.com> >> Subject: Re: [BALUG-Talk] [ONLY POST TO THE LIST(S) ONE IS >> SUBSCRIBED TO] Re: 0xcabba9e5 (@0x1f1f) will be in SF between 3 Jan >> - 12 Jan and can meet/sign key (for inner Debian love) :) >> Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 04:08:32 -0800 > >> Oh, hey: I also wanted to give kudos to LUGOD of Davis for its bespoke >> calendar code on its Web site: >> >> http://www.lugod.org/ >> >> It's extremely good looking, and someone does a damned good job keeping >> the contents accurate. I asked LUGOD once if the code were available, >> and did not get a clear answer (but these things happpen). Anyway, >> really good job, people!

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Very Affordable Passes/Codes to Moscone Center Event?
by GoOSSBears 26 Jun '16

26 Jun '16

Red Hat Inc. and DevNation are holding this year's Red Hat Summit at SF's Moscone Center this Monday thru Wednesday, June 27th thru June 29th, see [1] and [2]. Of course that's less than a handful of blocks from BALUG's own monthly meeting venue [3]. For reference purposes, the most current RH Rates and locations page [4] lists full conference passes in the *VERY* high triple-digits, as in $950+ ! Probably unlikely by this point, but does anyone here know where one could still score a $0.00 Free-as-in-Beer Exhibitions Only-type pass/entry-code to this event or at least an onsite pass/entry-code in the *VERY* low double-digits?? TY -A Refs: ===== [1]https://www.redhat.com/en/summit [2]http://www.devnation.org/ [3]http://www.balug.org/ [4]https://www.redhat.com/en/summit/about/rates -- Go Open Source Software Bears! _____________________________________________________________ Get your FREE, LinuxWaves.com Email Now! --> http://www.LinuxWaves.com Join Linux Discussions! --> http://Community.LinuxWaves.com

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2016-07-28: Fwd: [Ubuntu-US-CA] San Francisco Ubuntu 16.04 Release Party
by Michael Paoli 22 Jun '16

22 Jun '16

Ah, I intended to pass this along earlier, but forgot. Anyway, in July, there's not only: Tu 2016-07-19 @ BALUG meeting: Elizabeth K. Joseph on: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" http://www.balug.org/#2016-07-19 But also on Tu 2016-07-28 (but different location and not BALUG meeting) Ubuntu 16.04 Release Party: ----- Forwarded message from lyz(a)ubuntu.com ----- Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 12:29:59 -0700 From: "Elizabeth K. Joseph" <lyz(a)ubuntu.com> Reply-To: "Ubuntu US California" <ubuntu-us-ca(a)lists.ubuntu.com> Subject: [Ubuntu-US-CA] San Francisco Ubuntu 16.04 Release Party To: "Ubuntu US California" <ubuntu-us-ca(a)lists.ubuntu.com> Hi everyone, Thanks to the venue suggestion by Michael Paoli, and the fine folks at OpenDNS, we now have a location, time and date reserved for our 16.04 Release Party in San Francisco next month! On July 28th from 6:30 - 8:30 our party will be hosted by OpenDNS at 135 Bluxome St. This is near the San Francisco Caltrain station at 4th and King, and is also easily accessible via MUNI. We'll have: • Presentation highlighting Ubuntu 16.04 features. • Laptops running 16.04. • Tablets running the latest Ubuntu build, including the bq Aquaris M10 that shipped with Ubuntu and demonstrates convergence. • Giveaways: Ubuntu books, pens, stickers and more. Pizza and beverages will be provided. We'll need your RSVP to know how much food to order. We have a few ways to collect your RSVP, use whichever one is most comfortable for you: LoCo Team Portal: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/3398-san-francisco-ubuntu-1… or Meetup.com: http://www.meetup.com/Ubuntu-California/events/231970711/ or email me at lyz(a)ubuntu.com -- Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2 -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list Ubuntu-us-ca(a)lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca ----- End forwarded message -----

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O'Reilly - free "reports" (mini-books)
by Michael Paoli 20 Jun '16

20 Jun '16

O'Reilly - free "reports" (mini-books) I recently stumbled across this - one may want to check them out: http://www.oreilly.com/business/free/ http://www.oreilly.com/data/free/ http://www.oreilly.com/iot/free/ http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/ http://www.oreilly.com/security/free/ http://www.oreilly.com/web-platform/free/ http://www.oreilly.com/webops-perf/free/

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