From tclug at lizakowski.com Mon Jul 9 19:35:41 2007 From: tclug at lizakowski.com (Jeremy) Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 19:35:41 -0500 Subject: [tclug-announce] [tclug-list] TCLUG Meeting Announcement In-Reply-To: <200706061713.03270.tclug@lizakowski.com> References: <4c4ad4df0704200525t21568452m6dfb8503e3221bcf@mail.gmail.com> <200705311733.32841.tclug@lizakowski.com> <200706061713.03270.tclug@lizakowski.com> Message-ID: <200707091935.41923.tclug@lizakowski.com> Due to the 4th of July holiday, we had planned to hold a TCLUG General Meeting this Wednesday, the 11th. Unfortunately, the speaker had to cancel due to work commitments. Is anyone interested in presenting at the general meeting this Wednesday? The topic could be a demonstration, a description of a project that uses Linux, a tutorial, a linux issue (gplv3?) - there are many possible topics. The format actually works better with multiple speakers, so smaller time slices are possible and encouraged. Having given a presentation myself (a demo of debug tools), I can say that the audience is very gracious :) To make for an orderly process: If we find enough volunteers to fill at least a hour, and if we can do that by 4pm Tuesday, then the meeting will proceed. We are also seeking speakers for upcoming meetings. Based on feedback at the last meeting, the tentative agenda is: Aug: Virtualization (Xen, VMWare, rPath, applications...) Sept or Oct: MythTV If you would like to contribute to these topics, or volunteer otherwise, please reply. Jeremy On Wednesday 06 June 2007 5:13 pm, Jeremy wrote: > Reminder: the June TCLUG meeting is tonight at 6:30pm! > > Address: > University of Minnesota, Minneapolis campus > EE/CSci Building, Room: 3-230 ** > 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis 55455 > > ** Note that this is a room change from the May meeting. We will be > meeting in the lecture bowl that is next door to the room used at the last > meeting. > > On Thursday 31 May 2007 5:33 pm, Jeremy wrote: > > Update to the agenda for next Wednesday's meeting: > > Chris Barber has volunteered to talk about a Linux-based file server > > project. > > > > Agenda Topics: > > Intro to Debugging and Profiling in Linux > > valgrind, ddd, strace, and gprof > > Community presentations (describe interesting projects, topics, etc) > > Homemade linux-based file storage server with LCD display (Chris > > Barber) Volunteer! > > General Q&A and discussion > > As time may permit > > Adjourn to local restaurant or coffee shop > > > > On Wednesday 30 May 2007 3:27 am, Jeremy wrote: > > > The next TCLUG meeting is coming soon! > > > > > > Date: Wed, June 6th > > > Time: 6:30 - 8:00 > > > University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus, EE/CSci Building , Room: > > > 3-230 ** 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis 55455 > > > > > > Topics: > > > Intro to Debugging and Profiling in Linux > > > valgrind, ddd, strace, and gprof > > > Community presentations (10-30 minutes to describe interesting > > > projects etc) Volunteer! > > > General Q&A and discussion > > > As time may permit > > > Adjourn to local restaurant or coffee shop > > > > > > ** Note that this is a room change. We will be meeting in the lecture > > > bowl that is next door to the room used at the last meeting. > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > July meeting: > > > Wed, July 11 > > > > > > On Friday 20 April 2007 7:25 am, Paul Cutler wrote: > > > > Mark your calendars! The Twin Cities Linux User Group is pleased to > > > > announce two upcoming meetings: > > > > > > > > Please feel free to forward this announcement. After a brief hiatus, > > > > we're excited to bring back regular meetings of the TCLUG. The TCLUG > > > > website will be updated soon with the event information as well. > > > > > > > > Date: Wed., May 2nd > > > > Time: 6:30 - 8:00 > > > > University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus, EE/CSci Building , Room: > > > > 3-210 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis 55455 > > > > (Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/2omnv6) > > > > > > > > Topics: > > > > > > > > 1. Welcome & Introduction > > > > 2. Linux on a USB Flash Drive (Eric Peterson) > > > > 3. Getting involved (TCLUG information, future meetings & meeting > > > > topics, volunteer to speak at a TCLUG meeting) > > > > > > > > Food and drink are not allowed in the U of M classrooms. For those > > > > who would like to get to know each other a little better, we will be > > > > heading out for food and drinks afterward. (Location TBD) We invite > > > > everyone to come along! > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >-- -- -- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > June Meeting (Tentative, more information at 5/2 meeting): > > > > > > > > Date: Wed., June 7th > > > > Time: 6:30 - 8:00 > > > > University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus, EE/CSci Building , Room: > > > > 3-210 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis 55455 > > > > (Google Map: http://tinyurl.com/2omnv6) > > > > > > > > Topics > > > > > > > > 1. Feedback from 5/2 meeting > > > > 2. Lightning talks: We would like to provide short time slots (10 - > > > > 30 minutes) for any member to demonstrate a project or discuss a > > > > topic with the group.. More information will be available at the May > > > > 2nd meeting. > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >-- -- -- > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > Upcoming events are also viewable on the TCLUG Google Calendar: > > > > http://tinyurl.com/2c5d8w (Requires a Google Account). > > > > > > > > If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact > > > > the volunteer meeting organizers: > > > > > > > > Paul Cutler (pcutler at foresightlinux.org) > > > > Jeremy Lizakowski (tclug at Lizakowski.com) > > > > Eric Peterson (srcfoo at gmail.com) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list From djb at tc.umn.edu Mon Jul 16 23:51:43 2007 From: djb at tc.umn.edu (Dave Bianchi) Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:51:43 -0500 Subject: [tclug-announce] TCSA meeting July 19 Message-ID: The Twin Cities System Administrators (TCSA) group meets monthly to discuss topics of interest to system and network administrators in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. The meetings are free and open to the public. Check out our web site at http://www.tcsa.org/ TCSA meetings are on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm. ----- Next Meeting: Topic: Open Source IT Monitoring: Current State of the Art Speaker: Peter Mui, GroundWork Open Source Date/Time: July 19, 2007 7:00 pm Location: France Place Main Floor Conference Room Synopsis: An interactive discussion on the current state of open source monitoring tools: what's out there and what it does: Nagios, Cacti, RRDtool, Ganglia, Splunk, Zenoss, Hyperic, etc. We'll also discuss what we've learned through the BayLISA Monitoring SIG and its efforts to document and disseminate best practices in IT monitoring regardless of specific tools. Come prepared to discuss the current state of your monitoring (even if that's "nonexistent"), and with your questions and experiences to share with others. We'll gather feedback from the audience on what upcoming features they want to see in monitoring tools. About the Speaker: Peter Mui is the Manager of Open Source Strategy and Community at GroundWork Open Source, a San Francisco-based start up that unifies popular open source IT monitoring tools through a single UI into a comprehensive solution. He also runs the Monitoring SIG of BayLISA, the SF Bay Area chapter of Large Installation System Administrators. Prior to GroundWork Open Source, Peter has worked for the USENIX Association on conference promotion and was an editor and Manager of the International Division of O'Reilly & Associates (now O'Reilly Media.) Main Floor Conference Room France Place 3601 Minnesota Drive Bloomington, MN 55435 Tentative Meeting Schedule August 16, 2007 September 20, 2007 Directions: The France Place Building is at 3601 Minnesota Drive on the northeast corner of Hwy 494 and France Avenue in the Bloomington business district. From 494, go north on France Ave. to Minnesota Drive (the first streetlight north of 494). Take a right (east) onto Minnesota Drive and immediately take another right into the parking lot. The building sign is visible from 494 and shares a parking lot with Fuddruckers. France Place is a nine story brown brick building. - Parking Free parking is available in the main lot. - Web map is at: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?address=3601+minnesota+drive&city=bloomington&state=mn&zipcode=55435 For more information on TCSA, check out our web site: http://www.tcsa.org/ To subscribe to the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS mailing lists, follow the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS link from: http://list.onvoy.com/ For any other information, please send email to: djb at umn.edu or contact: Dave Bianchi 651-260-1770 -- Dave Bianchi djb at umn.edu 651-260-1770 From goeko at Goecke-Dolan.com Fri Jul 27 02:20:28 2007 From: goeko at Goecke-Dolan.com (Brian Dolan-Goecke) Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:20:28 -0500 Subject: [tclug-announce] A Linux Meeting Saturday July 28, 2007 Message-ID: <46A99CBC.2090501@Goecke-Dolan.com> First I want to thanks the people that have been having the TCLUG meeting over the last few months, that is great! Unfortunately I am unable to attend a meeting during the week, it is not feasible for me to work all day then drive to a meeting and get home around 9. So that is why I am starting this meeting Saturdays at TIES. If people are interested I will continue to have the meeting, (right now I have meeting dates scheduled through November). This is not meant as a "challenge" to the TCLUG meeting, it is just another option. Go to a meeting that works best for you, or talk about something you are interested in. With that said, I am having a Linux Meeting this coming Saturday July 28, 2007 starting at 10:00. I will talk about "Monitoring your hard disks status" (see the web page http://www.PenguinsUnbound.com for more info) I plan on talking for about 1 hour, then I will open up for any Linux or OSS questions. If you are questions or comments you can email me at penguinsunbound at Goecke-Dolan.com Thanks, I hope to see you at a Linux Meeting someday! ==>brian. BTW. I am planning an "Back to school with Linux Install Fest" August 18th, see the web page for info.