moin, moin,
See bottom for summaries and bios.
EAST SIDE MEETING, rescheduled
The August east side meeting at Sequoia was rescheduled to Thursday, the
21st.
When: Thursday, the 21st of August, 19:00
Where: Sequoia Charter School, 1460 S Horne in Mesa
Topic: 10 years of debian
Presenter: der.hans
WEST SIDE MEETING
The August west side meeting will be "Customizing Knoppix" from Austin
Godber. '10 years of debian' was scheduled, but it has been pushed back to
September.
When: Tuesday, the 26th of August, 19:00
Where: Glendale Community College, 6000 W. Olive Ave., Glendale
Topic: Customizing Knoppix
Presenter: Austin Godber
***SPECIAL EVENT***: Introduction to GNU Enterprise
Derek Neighbors, project leader for GNU Enterprise, will give a 6 hour
introduction to the GNU Enterprise Applications Framework and its
components.
http://www.GNUe.org/~dneighbo/gnue/workshop.html
When: Saturday, the 30th of August, 10:00 to 17:00
Where: Elite PC, 1335 S. McClintock in Tempe
Topic: GNU Enterprise
Presenter: Derek Neighbors
Register:
derek@gnue.org
Sponsors: AZOTO,
http://www.AZOTO.org; Elite PC ,
http://www.elitepc.com/
September:
The East side meeting at Sequoia will be "Customizing Knoppix" by Austin
Godber. on Thursday, the 11th of September.
The west side meeting at GCC will be "10 years of debian" on Tuesday, the
23rd of September.
There's also the GNU/Linux Stammtisch at Bandersnatch on Tuesday, the 16th.
Planned upcoming topics: MythOS, fwbuilder
All general meetings start at 19:00. The GNU Enterprise workshop starts at
10:00.
There is no charge for general meetings and they are open to the public.
Summary - 10 years of debian
--
debian turned 10 on 16Aug2003. The presentation will cover a short
historical perspective on debian and a guide to the current start of the
art.
When it was released debian was meant to be maintained as a Free Software
project. To that end debian has spent 10 years as a distribution built and
maintained by a worldwide community of volunteers. It started as a small
group, but now has 1,100 'debian developers' with another 200 people being
processed.
debian now has 12,000 packages and is officially available for 11
different hardware platforms. It is also available for 4 different
kernels.
debian is also the base distribution for Knoppix, a Live-on-CD GNU/Linux
distribution, and Tucson's Open Source Educcation Foundation's Knoppix for
Kids, a Live-on-CD GNU/Linux distributoin meant for kids, parents, and
teachers.
Bio
--
der.hans is a Free Software consultant specializing in training and
GNU/Linux. He has been using UNIX for 10 years and GNU/Linux for 8. He is
on the steering committee for PLUG and gives presentations for multiple
computer organizations in Arizona.
He is also CEO for AZOTO,
http://www.AZOTO.org/, a non-profit dedicated to
promoting Free Software and Open Standards in the state of Arizona.
Hans is currently investigating starting a business that offers support
contracts for Free Software.
https://www.LuftHans.com/
Summary - Customizing Knoppix
--
Knoppix is a Debian based Live-on-CD Linux distribution. Just pop it in a
CD drive, reboot, and you have a fully functional Linux demo, rescue disk,
backup server or Linux Workstation. Anyone can make a custom Knoppix CD to
suit their needs. All you need is at least 6GB of hardrive space and about
1GB total RAM (physical + swap). A Knoppix disc can also be "branded" to
promote your LUG, company or product. A simple branding would only modify
the images and HTML on the original Knoppix disc.
This presentation will address the issues involved in making a Custom
Knoppix CD as well as branding Knoppix. I will also release some helpful
scripts that will aid in these tasks. In fact, to date, I have scripts
that enable me to brand a Knoppix disc just by running three scripts on a
Knoppix ISO (assuming you have the images prepared).
Check
http://uberhip.com/people/godber/plug/ for updates.
Bio
--
Austin is a Faculty Research Associate in the Distributed Operating
Systems group at Arizona State University. He has published work on
802.11b network security and continues to work in the field among other
things. He graduated from ASU in 2000 with a BS in Physics where he
received an award for research in nuclear physics.
He has used Linux since 1995 (Linux Counter #29452) where he started off
with Slackware, moved to Redhat and now has largely switched to Debian
(via Knoppix), but is friend to all distributions, editors, progamming
languages ... and of course ladies ;).
Yes, all of the above is true and only slightly exaggerated.
Summary - GNU Enterprise workshop
--
This exciting six hour workshop will introduce the GNU Enterprise
Application Framework and its components. It will provide a foundation for
business application developers to rapidly build cross-platform database
neutral business applications.
Existing knowledge of relational database technologies is helpful, but not
required. No prior programming experience is necessary, but prior software
development with any language and platform is beneficial.
There is absolutely no charge to attend this workshop. It is offerred on
a first come, first server basis. Feedback will strongly be encourages
as more formal course work and possibly certification classes are in the
works.
You can register by emailing
derek@gnue.org.
http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/
Maps and more information about meeting locations:
http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/modules.php?op=modload&name=FAQ&file=index&myfaq=yes&id_cat=1&categories=General+Plug+Questions&parent_id=0#3
ciao,
der.hans
--
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# Science is magic explained. - der.hans
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