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Address

PlaceThe Dan O’Connell Hotel
Address 225 Canning St, Carlton. Victoria. 3053
Pre-meeting 6pm front bar
Time for Meeting 7:30pm in the function room out back ground level
Parking Kay St has 4hr and finishes 6:30pm
Website http://thedan.com.au
Phone (03) 9347 1502

Talks

31st July, 2017

Topic Speaker
GPG/PGP key signing session & basics Danny Robson
System76 notebook demo (lightning) Andre Vidic

Feel free to volunteer for a talk on our mailing list.

Future meetings

Dates for 2017

Date Talk #1 Talk #2
31-Jul-2017
28-Aug-2017
25-Sep-2017
30-Oct-2017
27-Nov-2017
29-Jan-2018
26-Feb-2018

Please show your interest on our mailing list or email me directly

Volunteer for a talk

Feel like doing a talk, please volunteer on our mailing list or email me directly at map7777@gmail.com

Talk Preparation

Normal talks go for 45minutes, lightning talks go for 15minutes. If there a lot of questions please save them for after the talks. There is room for two full talks and one lightning. Please let me know which length your talk is when volunteering.

The talks are performed in the function room which is out the back of The Dan on the ground level.

The projector supports VGA & HDMI up to 1920×1080.

Live Demos

MLUG is known for doing live demos and it's something which makes our group unique. We would like to continue this tradition so if you do a live demo as part of your talk please make sure it fits within the time limit. If it does take a long time you can setup the demo and perform the demo after all the talks have been done.

Sponsors

A big thank you to our sponsors;

http://affinityvision.com.au/ IT support & Domain Name Services

Join the MLUG mailing (Google Group)

The MLUG mailing list is great place to keep up to date on Linux news and events and discuss Linux/open source related questions.

Melbourne Linux User Group
Join the MLUG Google Group

IRC Channel

'mlug-au' at freenode.
irc://irc.freenode.net/mlug-au

Do you want to help make the MLUG website better?

  • Evaluate alternatives to dokuwiki, set them up and show them at MLUG meetings either before or after.
  • Mock up a better design or suggest a better menu structure.
  • Updates to our other groups listing, I would love this to be complete.
  • Create tutorials / content for our website, such as cheat sheets or handy hints.

Refer to our discussion at the start of the year at: rolling distros & MLUG 2012 improvements

Mailing list tips

Main MLUG Contact

It's best to head over to the mailing list for any questions, discussion or announcements. If you are having problems related to MLUG and you are not on mailing list you can contact:

Contact Michael Pope
Email map7777@gmail.com
Twitter @map7

New to Linux

Notebooks with Linux pre-installed or no OS

http://linuxpreloaded.com/

Check compatibility before buying a notebook: http://www.linlap.com/

Hardware guide http://www.linux-hardware-guide.com/

http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/09/7-providers-of-pre-installed-linux.html

Support GNU/Linux/BSD Vendors

MLUG is not connected to these companies in any way. These are just companies we have found that are selling notebooks/computers with the option of Linux pre-installed or no OS installed.

Australia
http://www.linuxnow.com.au/ - Lots of options and lots of distros on offer (Melbourne based)
http://www.horize.com – Horize notebooks, better specs than some of the stores
http://www.logicalblueone.com.au - Offer Ubuntu or No OS, competitive prices (Horize only)
http://www.vgcomputing.com.au
http://www.pioneercomputers.com.au/ - Good range, plenty of options.
http://www.elx.com.au/cat/systems - Sydney based but can deliver.

Overseas
http://www.system76.com/ - They now deliver to Australia
http://www.linuxcertified.com/linux_laptops.html
http://www.emperorlinux.com/

MLUG workshop extras

The new extras that we talk/work on at meetings are:

  • Working on improving the MLUG group such as website, mailing list, services, venue selection, getting the word out about mlug.
  • Cool Things this month (everyone who comes gets a chance to tell us what's cool this month in the world of Linux and Open Source)
  • Too Hard Basket. Everyone has a task which is too hard to complete, this is a chance to get fresh input on your “too hard basket” item.

Other

Linux useful commands: http://www.pixelbeat.org/cmdline.html

http://www.computerbank.org.au
You can contact us via our Mlug mailing list

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