http://sexysexypenguins.com I love the smell of "Free Software" in the morning Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:29:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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. ... http://sexysexypenguins.com/2010/01/11/sllug-daytime-git-this-wednesday/ As some of you may know, I have been working hard to get the Fedora 12 media ready for delivery.  It's been replicated, the sleeves printed and the boxes are waiting at our CD Replication vendor.  However, even though we thought we had covered all of our bases, we missed ... http://sexysexypenguins.com/2009/12/04/fudcon-f13-another-snafu/ 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 ... http://sexysexypenguins.com/2009/11/19/news-fedora-12-is-now-available/ This month we're getting back on track with the Salt Lake Linux User Group Daytime meeting at BetaLoft.  Our presenter this month is C.R. Oldham and he had this to say about the presentation: RSSCloud is an open protocol which creates a loosely-coupled Twitter-like network of people and 140 character status ... http://sexysexypenguins.com/2009/11/04/sllug-daytime-rsscloud-what-is-it-and-why-should-i-care/ Even though I'm extremely involved in the organization and management of the Utah Open Source Conference, I've got a big project in which I'm interested.  It's the new concept around Fedora-Event-Splash (or FES, pronounced FEZ). This project was dreamed up by Mr. Ian Weller and he graciously let me tag along ... http://sexysexypenguins.com/2009/10/08/fedora-fad-utosc-2009-fedora-event-splash-aka-fes/ Over the past month or so, I've been really digging into git.  It's quite the revision control system (RCS) and has some seriously awesome tools to do just about anything with your data.  My latest project has been around my semi-new job at Backcountry.com as a Senior Linux Administrator.  Essentially, ... http://sexysexypenguins.com/2009/09/30/git-hooks-making-the-awesomest-rcs-evar-even-bettar/ I am amazed by the UTOS Core Team and all of the work these awesome volunteers have put in to make the Utah Open Source Conference a success!  I just can't believe it is exactly 2 weeks away from conference time.  I am so excited!  Just have to finish my ... http://sexysexypenguins.com/2009/09/24/wow-utosc-2009-is-actually-2-weeks-away/ At the moment, I'm committed to heading up to the Fedora Users and Developers Conference (FUDCon) this December 5-7.  And while it's promising to be a blast with all of my Fedora friends, great hackfests, sessions and even a project I've decided to start working on. I have been looking at ... http://sexysexypenguins.com/2009/09/21/fudcon-f13-toronto-there-are-too-many-paths/ So tomorrow is Software Freedom Day.  And because I've been a big slacker this year, I didn't get the time to set up an event as I had hoped.  However, because others in our community are awesome and didn't want to see this day go completely to the Microsofties and ... http://sexysexypenguins.com/2009/09/18/software-freedom-day-september-19-2009-what-ill-be-doing/ Christian Horne is presenting on Blender (in preparation for UTOSC 2009 - http://2009.utosc.com/presentation/68/) to iron out the wrinkles. :) Location: BetaLoft SLC - 357 West 200 S, Suite 201, Salt Lake City Map See you all there. Clint http://sexysexypenguins.com/2009/09/09/sllug-daytime-meeting-today-1130am-100pm/