Ottawa Canada Linux Users Group
Upcoming Meetings and Events
December Meeting: Myth TV
Date: December 3, 2009 at
7 p.m.
Location: Algonquin College (Woodroffe Campus), room T117
NOTE: MEETING MOVED FROM TUESDAY TO THURSDAY
Myth TV
Speaker: Clayton SmithHow you can use Linux to make your own PVR (Personal Video Recorder)
Entire meeting; to allow for questions and discussion.
January Meeting: Group51.org and ethical hacking
Date: January 7, 2010 at
7 p.m.
Location: Algonquin College (Woodroffe Campus), room T117
NOTE: MEETINGS WILL BE ON THURSDAY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Group51.org
Speaker: Jeff GreenThe speaker will tell us about http://group51.org/ and demonstrate their network. This will be followed by a discussion on ethical hacking.
Entire meeting; to allow for discussion.
Future Topics
Speaker: tbdPossible Topics that need speakers.
- machine security setup, encryption, GPG configuration, etc
- security panel
- build your own linux server and website
November Meeting: Tracking code changes in a distributed environment
Date: November 5, 2009 at
7 p.m.
Location: Algonquin College (Woodroffe Campus), room T117
NOTE: MEETING MOVED FROM TUESDAY TO THURSDAY
Tracking code changes in a distributed environment
Speaker: Bart TrojanowskiSoftware is very dynamic and always changing. Developers use tools for source code management, or SCM, to track changes to their work over time. While traditionally SCM tools have been centralized (like CVS and Subversion) and relied on a single server to be the gate keeper, in the last part of this decade that has been changing.
This talk will overview the terms and concepts used by distributed SCM (dSCM) tools. While the talk is tailored towards Git, it will be useful for (new) users of Git's competitors, like Mercurial and Bazaar.
With even limited prior knowledge about revision control systems, by the end of the session attendees will be empowered to switch their projects to be tracked by a dSCM, perhaps even Git.
Anyone wishing to learn more about using the Git dSCM, is encouraged to join Bart for a follow up tutorial, yet to be announced.
Photo captioning
Speaker: John C. NashThis 30 minute presentation will look at the issue of attaching captions to photos. Most photo software concentrates on the image, but for historical photos e.g., family history, it is important to have good captions and to keep them attached to the image, even when that file is renamed or moved. The speaker claims no particular expertise in photo software, but will talk to the problems of efficiently adding and editing captions, particularly when those with knowledge are scattered geographically.
Future Topics
Speaker: Jeff GreenWe've also had people offer to give the following presentations. Details and which month they will be offered in TBD.
- Jeff Green - (http://group51.org/) with a possible followup discussion on ethical hacking. (possibly January)
Possible Topics that need speakers.
- machine security setup, encryption, GPG configuration, etc
- security panel
- build your own linux server and website
Announcements
OCLUG Supporting Linux promotion in Ottawa
Do you have an idea about how to promote Linux and Open Source Software in Ottawa? OCLUG may be able to help with up to $500 towards your expenses.
John Nash on KXAM
John Nash was interviewed on KXAM (Scottsdale) on Feb 1. The interview can be heard (in the 30-45 minute segment) from the GutsyGeeks web site. The link is, at the time of this announcement, on the main page of the program web site http://www.gutsygeeks.com/, but soon will move to the archives for Feb 1.
