Archive for the ‘News’ Category
SLLUG Daytime: Git this Wednesday!
Just so you are aware, we are holding the SLLUG Daytime Meeting this month.
As usual, come from 11:30am-1pm at BetaLoftSLC (357 W 200 S #201) - http://betaloftslc.com
This month, I thought I would share a basic git introduction. In my opinion, the best Source Control Management (SCM) system out right now. I’ve been using it for [...]
News: Fedora 12 is NOW AVAILABLE!!
I’ve been running Fedora 12 for about a month now (Beta first, Alpha before that). It’s the best Fedora to date.
Everything Just Works(TM).
I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to have a system working with great sound, awesome graphics and very usable GNOME and KDE desktops. I really like the new NetworkManager features and [...]
UTOSC 2009: Breakfast is served!
As part of my effort to help out folks coming in for the Utah Open Source Conference 2009, we have filled up our household with out-of-towners. However, when I asked my awesome sweetie , Jennifer, about food, she had this reply:
21:37 <herlo> did you say you were willing to cook breakfast for us during [...]
Meeting: SLLUG Daytime SIG: IPTables Basics, Same Bat Time, New BetaLoft Location
Hi all,
I’ve been a bit quiet about the SLLUG Daytime SIG meeting this month. That’s because I’ve been trying to decide whether we should continue to meet at the Salt Lake Public Library. While the library is a nice place to meet, I learned about a great new business opening up this month called BetaLoft. [...]
Hack Night Reborn: UTOS-ConMan needs some features
So, you don’t know what I am talking about? Not sure where this is all leading? Well, if you are interested in learning Python and Django or are an artistic hacker, we need you.
Last year, we started a project called utos-conman. This project in about 3-5 months became the system that ran the speaker approval [...]
Congrats: SLLUG celebrates 15 years
I wanted to personally congratulate the Salt Lake Linux User Group on 15 years of Linux education and community. It’s exciting to see such a strong following! Thanks for all the hard work everyone has put into making SLLUG such a great group.
Here’s the email from Marc Christensen:
The Salt Lake Linux Users Group started its [...]
Meeting: SLLUG Daytime SIG – May 13, 11:30am-1pm, Basics of Puppet
Presentation: Basics of Puppet
Presenter: Andrew Shafer
Next Wednesday, May 13 is the next SLLUG Daytime SIG meeting. We’ll be getting a great presentation on Puppet from Andrew Shafer of Reductive Labs. Andrew is a full-time Puppet developer and has been demonstrating the value of puppet for some time. He lives here in Salt Lake and is [...]
Fedora Classroom: May 3 classes with a new format and schedule
This month’s Fedora Classroom will be held this Saturday/Sunday (actually it’s all Sunday UTC time). We’ve got four fun presentations lined up for you with a new format to boot.
Essentially, the new idea is that we’re going to let the presenters be flexible with their schedules. Thus presentations can happen any time in a 24-hour [...]
Craziness: LFNW, OLPC and UTOS, oh my!
It’s been a crazy month here in my little part of the world. My favorite organization, the Utah Open Source Foundation announced it’s conference theme, dates and location. I’m really excited about this year’s possibilities and I keep hearing good things that people want to do during UTOSC 2009.
Now: Life has been hectic, [...]
UTOSC 2009: Theme, Venue, Dates Announced
So we finally announced the theme, dates and venue for the Utah Open Source Conference 2009. Looks to be fun to see what people will think of it and the presentations that will result. The theme, Affordability, Scalability, Reliability seemed appropriate. I hope others will see the value in it as well.
Looking forward, I’m thinking [...]
