Linux Users' Group of Davis News

LUGOD is at Whole Earth Festival!

Sat, 10 May 2008 21:15:00 +0000

Chris McKenzie and Nick Schmalenberger put a LUGOD booth at Whole Earth Festival (at UC Davis) together at the last minute, and are staffing the booth this weekend (so far, alone!). If you can help, please drop by — our booth is near the solar array, north of the Quad Stage. Also, check out the photos. Thanks!

OpenStreetMap and May Installfest announced

Wed, 07 May 2008 00:10:00 +0000

Our next general meeting will be on a special day, Friday May 16th at Giedt Hall at UC Davis. Steve Coast, creator of OpenStreetMap will be speaking. (Flyer)

The following day, Saturday May 17th, we'll be holding our next installfest. Please register if you'd like to bring your PC to this free workshop. (Flyer)

Whole Earth Festival 2008

Tue, 06 May 2008 15:40:00 +0000

We just discovered that the WEF coordinators did receive our application, and we have a booth! A coordinator and volunteers are needed ASAP if we're going to attend this event! It's this weekend: Friday, May 9th thru Sunday, May 11th!

Photos from Yolo County Child Development Conference

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:00:00 +0000

LUGOD's booth at the 2008 YCCDC was a success! You can see some photos, here. Enjoy, and thanks to our volunteers!

CTL slides and meeting minutes

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:10:00 +0000

Last night's meeting's minutes and presentation slides (800KB PDF) on "CTL" are now available.

Officer Elections (mostly)

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:35:00 +0000

Running unopposed, and with no objections from the attendance at last night's meeting, LUGOD's officers were elected: Bill Kendrick was elected root (president), Henry House was elected to remain /dev/null (treasurer), and Nick Schmalenberger was elected to remain typescript (secretary). Noone was nominated for sys (vice president), so Bill Kendrick currently maintains that position. Nominations continue to be open for sys; send your nomination to typescript.

Some handouts for the Child Development Conference

Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:20:00 +0000

We've started creating some handouts to give out at the Yolo County Child Development Conference, which you can find on our Handouts page. If you'd like to contribute something, please send it to us!

April LUGOD events

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:25:00 +0000

This month at LUGOD:

April 1st: Social Gathering
April 13th: Installfest Workshop (RSVP!)
April 21st: "CTL" presentation
April 26th: Yolo County Child Dev. Conf.

Club changes

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:20:00 +0000

At last night's meeting, LUGOD members voted to change our bylaws to end our long-running lending library. The rules for officer was also changed. In the past, nominations opened after Daylight Savings changes, but due to last year's change in Daylight Savings rules, the officership periods were no longer 6 months long. In the future, they will occur in April and October. Finally, a consensus was made to start LUGOD meetings at 7:00pm, rather than 6:30pm.

Our exhibit at Child Development Conf. confirmed

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:15:00 +0000

LUGOD has received confirmation that we'll have a table at the Yolo County Child Development Conference in April. If you'd like to volunteer to staff the table, and/or can help created handouts (printed pamphlets, CDROMs, etc.), please post a message to our 'vox-outreach' mailing list, or send an email to Bill Kendrick.

LUGOD installfests moving!

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 21:15:00 +0000

Beginning in April, our Installfest workshops will be held at the "Zinfandel Lounge" at the Experimental College at UC Davis. Our next Installfest will be on Sunday, April 13th, and you may register to attend now.

OSSIM at March LUGOD

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0000

Brian Lavender will be speaking at next Monday's LUGOD meeting (March 17th) about the Open Source Security Information Management project (OSSIM). Please join us!

LUG calendar updated

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:20:00 +0000

We've updated the calendar of local and LUG events. Enjoy!

Geocaching talk online

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:25:00 +0000

Meeting minutes, photos and presentation slides (3.5MB PDF) from this week's talk on GPS and geocaching are now online. Enjoy!

Project planning for LUGOD at the Yolo County Child Development Conference

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:40:00 +0000

We've put together a project page for LUGOD's exhibit table at this April's Yolo County Child Development Conference.

LUGOD at the Yolo County Child Development Conference

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:00:00 +0000

LUGOD will be attending the Yolo County Child Development Conference, which takes place on Saturday, April 26th at the Veterans' Memorial Center in Davis (next door to the library). We'll set up an event planning web page soon. In the meantime, if you'd like to find out more, or volunteer, contact Bill Kendrick, or post a message to LUGOD's 'vox-outreach' mailing list.

Installfest for Northern California schools

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:45:00 +0000

Help spread open source software, help bridge the "Digital Divide", and help keep 12 tons of toxic computer equipment out of landfills! Untangle and the Alameda County Computer Resource Center are holding an installfest to put Linux on hundreds of refurbished old/discarded computers, which will be donated to Bay Area schools. It takes place Saturday March 1st, simultaneously in San Francisco, San Mateo, Berkeley and Novato. Sign-up to volunteer!

March Installfest scheduled

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:35:00 +0000

We'll be holding a free Linux Installfest Workshop on Sunday, March 2nd at UC Davis. Please be sure to register ahead of time if you'd like to bring your computer to this event.

Photos from January's anniversary meeting

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:10:00 +0000

Photos of "The Digital Tipping Point" talk at LUGOD's 9th birthday meeting in January are now online. Enjoy!

Geocaching with Linux at Feb. 18th meeting

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:45:00 +0000

Wes Hardaker has offered to speak about geocaching with Linux at next Monday's meeting.

Events calendar updated

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:30:00 +0000

Our calendar of local events has been updated. If you're looking for something local (or not so local) related to Linux (or not so Linux), check it out. Email us if you have any events you'd like listed.

Recycle your electronics this weekend

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:30:00 +0000

An "e-waste" collection is taking place this Saturday (9am-4pm) at Fry's Electronics in Sacramento. More at ASL Recycling's website.

Come to LUGOD's 9th birthday!

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:25:00 +0000

LUGOD celebrates our 9th year serving the Davis community, next Monday, January 21st at the Davis Public Library. Our guest speaker is the producer of The Digital Tipping Point, a documentary film series about open source software. We'll have free pizza and cake, too! More info on our meeting page.

Installfest on January 26th

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:45:00 +0000

LUGOD is holding this year's first free Linux Installfest Workshop. Bring your computer to this event and volunteers will help you install and configure the Linux operating system! All day (10am-6pm) Saturday, January 26th at Kemper Hall, room 1131, at UC Davis. Please register ahead of time.

January Social cancelled; "Digital Tipping Point" flyer available

Sun, 30 Dec 2007 03:00:00 +0000

January's regularly-scheduled social gathering landed on New Years, so we've decided to cancel that event. Join us on Monday, January 21st for a presentation on The Digital Tipping Point, a documentary film project about open source software, and to celebrate LUGOD's 9th birthday! A flyer for this event is also now available.

Officer election results

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:10:00 +0000

Running unopposed, and with no objections from the attending members, LUGOD's officers have been elected. Our current set of officers continue in their positions: Henry House as 'root' (president) and '/dev/null' (treasurer), Bill Kendrick as 'sys' (vice president) and Nick Schmalenberger as 'typescript' (secretary).

Tux Paint "Magic" Plug-in API presentation

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:00:00 +0000

Presentation slides and example code from tonight's presentation on Tux Paint's "Magic" API are now available.

Adobe Flex and ActionScript example code posted

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:00:00 +0000

Seth Duffey has given us a tar ball (2.1MB) of the example code and data from his presentation at LUGOD last month. Enjoy!

Flyer for December Installfest

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:25:00 +0000

Alex Mandel has created a flyer (PDF, 1.7MB) for our upcoming Installfest. Please print and post!

Installfest on December 1st

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:20:00 +0000

Our next Linux Installfest Workshop will be on Saturday, December 1st. Be sure to register, if you plan to attend!

Sysadmin, Ruby on Rails, Kernel engineer, UI architect and more...

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:05:00 +0000

Ten new positions in the Sacramento and Bay Areas have just been posted to our Jobs page.

$200 Ubuntu Linux PC available at Wal-Mart

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:30:00 +0000

On our 'vox' mailing list, Scot directed us to a Wired blog post about the Everex TC2502 Green gPC, a $200 PC that comes with Ubuntu Linux pre-installed. (The blog mentions it's available at the Woodland Wal*Mart, but their own site only shows Fairfield, and that it's currently out of stock.)

Adobe Flex and ActionScript for Linux this month

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:15:00 +0000

Seth Duffey, now a developer at WeBot.com, will be discussing Adobe's Flex and ActionScript web application development tools, which are now available for Linux! At our November 19th meeting at the Library.

Google, Penguin Computing and more are hiring

Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:00:00 +0000

Looking for work? Check out the new positions we just posted on our Jobs page!

Notes from "Google Summer of Code"

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:00:00 +0000

Kevin Schultz of LUGOD posted some notes he took from this week's talk, and they are now available on our Presentations page.

This weekend's Installfest confirmed

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:10:00 +0000

Our free Linux 'Installfest' workshop has been confirmed: this Saturday, 10am to 6pm at UC Davis. (Don't forget to register.) Volunteers welcome, and needed!

Google meeting mentioned in California Aggie

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 02:00:00 +0000

This week's meeting on "Google Summer of Code" was written up in an article in UC Davis's The California Aggie newspaper. (It was on the front page!)

Photos from "Google Summer of Code"

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 06:35:00 +0000

Now available: photos and meeting minutes from tonight's LUGOD meeting, with Leslie Hawthorn, Open Source Program Manager at Google, Inc. on the "Google Summer of Code" program.

Free Pizza at "Google Summer of Code" presentation

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 09:35:00 +0000

LUGOD will be serving free pizza at our next meeting, Monday, October 15th. Be sure to arrive on time... it will be first come, first served!

Second October Installfest

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 09:30:00 +0000

We've tentatively planned to hold a second Installfest workshop this month, on Saturday, October 20th at UC Davis.

Installfest room change

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 21:15:00 +0000

Our Installfest will, in fact, last until 6:00pm. We've reserved Room 1127 of Kemper Hall at UC Davis (which is adjacent to 1131, where we typically hold them). Additionally, we are tentatively planning another Installfest this month, on Saturday October 20th.

Installfest time change

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:55:00 +0000

Our Installfest this Saturday, Oct. 6th, needs to be over by 3pm. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Flyer for "Google Summer of Code" in October

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 08:50:00 +0000

A new full-page flyer for LUGOD's October presentation by Google is available. Please print and post at your favorite coffee shop, in the office, at the laundromat, etc.!

Photos from July meeting and Software Freedom Day

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:00:00 +0000

Photos are now online from July's meeting on Post-Processing High Dynamic Range (HDR) Panoramas Using Open Source Tools and from LUGOD's demo at the Farmer's Market for Software Freedom Day. Enjoy.

Working with Valley Oak Charter

Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:00:00 +0000

Valley Oak Elementary school in Davis is being closed by the district, but there are hopes to turn it into a charter school, with a technology magnet. At Farmer's Market, during Software Freedom Day, LUGOD members spoke with volunteers from Valley Oak Charter about Linux and Open Source, and they're very interested in the topic. If you'd like to be involved in discussions -- we may simply provide information and direction, or we may end up volunteering time and/or equipment (as we did with Davis High School in the past) -- please subscribe to our 'vox-outreach' mailing list and help start the discussion.

New jobs posted

Tue, 18 Sep 2007 15:25:00 +0000

We went through a backlog of job postings and added them to our jobs page. If you're looking for work, check it out! And if you're hiring, let us know. (Don't forget our 'vox-jobs' mailing list too.)

October Installfest Scheduled

Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:20:00 +0000

LUGOD will be holding a free Linux Installfest workshop at UC Davis early in October: Saturday the 6th. Please be sure to register in advance if you'd like to get Linux installed and configured on your computer. If you want to help volunteer at this event, post a message to our 'vox-if' mailing list.

KDRT at LUGOD tomorrow

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:11:00 +0000

Folks from KDRT FM in Davis will be discussing how they use Linux and Open Source to run their local, low-power radio station, at tomorrow's LUGOD meeting, 6:30pm at the Davis Public Library.

Software Freedom Day a success

Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:09:00 +0000

Nick Schmalenberger, Grace, Alex Mandel, Henry House and Bill Kendrick assembled a Linux demonstration booth at the Davis Farmers Market yesterday as part of international Software Freedom Day. We handed out lots of info. on Linux, LUGOD and Open Source, flyers for our upcoming meetings, and Knoppix and Ubuntu CDs, as well as answered questions and chatted with many passers-by.

Flyer for September and October meetings

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:30:00 +0000

A flyer is available for our next two general meetings. Please print and post!