Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Boston Linux Meeting reminder, Tonight, December 19, 2012 - Building an ARM Laptop with Raspberry Pi

When: December 19, 2012 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Building an ARM Laptop with Raspberry Pi
Moderator:Federico Lucifredi
Location: MIT Building E51, Room 315


Summary
Federico discusses turning a Raspberry Pi into a laptop

Please note that this is a change from the previously scheduled
presentation. Federico will be able to give his presentation on
OpenStack at a future date.


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org
Please note that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51
parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or directly on Amherst St.

After the meeting we will adjourn to the official after meeting meeting
location at The Cambridge Brewing Company
http://www.cambridgebrewingcompany.com/

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - Building an ARM Laptop with Raspberry Pi

When: December 19, 2012 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Building an ARM Laptop with Raspberry Pi
Moderator:Federico Lucifredi
Location: MIT Building E51, Room 315


Summary
Federico discusses turning a Raspberry Pi into a laptop

Please note that this is a change from the previously scheduled
presentation. Federico will be able to give his presentation on
OpenStack at a future date.


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org
Please note that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51
parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or directly on Amherst St.

After the meeting we will adjourn to the official after meeting meeting
location at The Cambridge Brewing Company
http://www.cambridgebrewingcompany.com/

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90

Monday, December 3, 2012

Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest XLVI Saturday December 8, 2012

Boston Linux Installfest XLVI
When: Saturday December 8, 2012 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Where: MIT Building E-51, Room 061
2 Amherst St, Cambridge
Plenty of free parking in front of the building.
http://mitiq.mit.edu/mitiq/directions_%20parkinge51.htm


What you need to bring: Your computer, monitor, power strips and your
Linux distributions. We do have copies of some distributions.
In general we have expertise with most distros, but if you need special
expertise, please email the BLU discussion list in advance. Today, most
distros are using Live CDs that you can try out and then install.
Additionally, CD images can be pushed onto USB sticks using various USB
creators.

COST: It's free! However, we DO have expenses, and contributions are
welcome. Please consider contributing $25 per machine.

Our volunteers will help you to install Linux on your own system. While
Linux runs on most systems, some systems do have configurations and
hardware that may not be supported. Please consult the following web
pages for hardware compatibility. While we prefer you to bring your own
distros, our volunteers will normally have

Linux Howto Pages: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html
Linux Frequently Asked Questions: http://tldp.org/docs.html#faq
Additionally, there are forums and listservs for most distros.

Generally our volunteers have sets of the latest Fedora, SuSE and
Ubuntu distributions:
* Fedora - http://fedora.redhat.com (Fedora 17 DVD/Live CD/USB)
* Open SuSE - http://opensuse.org (OpenSuSE 12.1 - DVD/Live CD/)
* Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com (Quantal Quetzal 12.10 CD/USB)


We generally have them on local drives and can burn CDs/DVDs and
USBs.Since there are many variants of these distros, we advise you to
bring an empty USB stick with sufficient memory to hold one of the
distros. LiveCD images required under 1GB, full DVD images for Fedora
require about 4GB, and OpenSuSE needs 8GB. I usually have some USBs
prepared.


In addition, you can run Linux on your Windows PC through a virtual
machine manager, such as Virtualbox. You can install this in your
Windows machine and run Linux as a guest OS, or install it in your Linux
machine and run Windows as a guest. VirtualBox 4.2.4.
(http://www.virtualbox.org.) is free and is available for Linux, Windows
8, Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows Vista. Additionally, there are also
some VMWare clients that are also free for Windows.


Please refer to the BLU website (http://www.blu.org) for further
information and directions. Parking is free and available in front of
the building on Amherst St. Enter the building, and take the elevator to
your left down 1 floor. Room 061 is opposite the elevator.

Lunch is generously sponsored By Ron Thibeau and John Ross, Bluefin
Technical Services.

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org
PGP key id: 537C5846
PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846

Thursday, November 29, 2012

BLU Desktop GNU/Linux SIG Meeting - Reminder - Weds, Dec 5, 2012

When: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 6:30PM
Topic: Free (Software) for the Holidays

Location: MIT Building E51, Room 151

Summary

As the holidays approach, let's celebrate free &
open source software, and the community it fosters.

Abstract

This is going to be a casual meeting, followed by an
optional group dinner at a local pub. But don't let
"casual" fool you into thinking, it won't be valuable.

Come to the meeting with the name of a favorite
free (as in freedom) software application that you'd
like to share with the group. Learn which other free
(as in freedom) software programs your fellow hackers
find useful.

There's a lot of good FOSS (free and open source
software) available, but even with Google, Ubuntu's
Software Center, and websites like the Free Software
Directory (http://directory.fsf.org), there are some really
great programs that fly under the radar. Human,
face-to-face communication is still often the best way
to share and learn.

In the spirit of giving, I'll also present 3 ways we can give
back to the free software community and support the
work that's going into the free software we benefit from
and love.

Transportation & Parking

Our meeting location is a short walk from the Kendall
Square T stop and other public transportation. There is
also free parking in the building's parking lot.

Blog Post

Apropos of December's meeting topic, I just added a
new post to our blog on "What is Free Software?"
Check it out:
http://desktop-sig.blu.org/2012/11/what-is-free-software.html

Volunteer Opportunity

Speaking of giving...We're looking for volunteers to help
with designing a business card for the group, as well to
help spread the word at local campuses. If you're passionate
about the free software movement and can help out, please
let me know.

_______________________________________________
Announce mailing list
Announce@blu.org
http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Boston Linux Meeting reminder, tomorrow Wednesday, November 21, 2012 - ARM and Low-Power Computing

When: November 21, 2012 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: ARM and Low-Power Computing
Moderator:Jon Masters
Location: MIT Building E51, Room 315


Summary
Jon Masters returns to the BLU to talk about the ARM processor and low
power computing

Abstract
The ARM family of processors has become very ubiquitous and is used in
many cell phones, tablets and PDAs. If you have a Smartphone, you may
have an ARM processor. .



For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org
Please note that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51
parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or directly on Amherst St.

After the meeting we will adjourn to the official after meeting meeting
location at The Cambridge Brewing Company
http://www.cambridgebrewingcompany.com/

Also, Next installfest is Saturday December 8, 2012

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90

Boston Linux Meeting , Weds, Dec 5, 2012 - Desktop GNU/Linux SIG

When: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 6:30PM
Topic: Free (Software) for the Holidays

Location: MIT Building E51, Room 151

Summary

As the holidays approach, let's celebrate free &
open source software, and the community it fosters.

Abstract

This is going to be a casual meeting, followed by an
optional group dinner at a local pub. But don't let
"casual" fool you into thinking, it won't be valuable.

Come to the meeting with the name of a favorite
free (as in freedom) software application that you'd
like to share with the group. Learn which other free
(as in freedom) software programs your fellow hackers
find useful.

There's a lot of good FOSS (free and open source
software) available, but even with Google, Ubuntu's
Software Center, and websites like the Free Software
Directory (http://directory.fsf.org), there are some really
great programs that fly under the radar. Human,
face-to-face communication is still often the best way
to share and learn.

In the spirit of giving, I'll also present 3 ways we can give
back to the free software community and support the
work that's going into the free software we benefit from
and love.

Transportation & Parking

Our meeting location is a short walk from the Kendall
Square T stop and other public transportation. There is
also free parking in the building's parking lot.

Blog Post

Apropos of December's meeting topic, I just added a
new post to our blog on "What is Free Software?"
Check it out:
http://desktop-sig.blu.org/2012/11/what-is-free-software.html

Volunteer Opportunity

Speaking of giving...We're looking for volunteers to help
with designing a business card for the group, as well to
help spread the word at local campuses. If you're passionate
about the free software movement and can help out, please
let me know.

_______________________________________________
Announce mailing list
Announce@blu.org
http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, November 21, 2012 - ARM and Low-Power Computing

When: November 21, 2012 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: ARM and Low-Power Computing
Moderator:Jon Masters
Location: MIT Building E51, Room 315


Summary
Jon Masters returns to the BLU to talk about the ARM processor and low
power computing

Abstract
The ARM family of processors has become very ubiquitous and is used in
many cell phones, tablets and PDAs. If you have a Smartphone, you may
have an ARM processor. .



For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org
Please note that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51
parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or directly on Amherst St.

After the meeting we will adjourn to the official after meeting meeting
location at The Cambridge Brewing Company
http://www.cambridgebrewingcompany.com/

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Boston Linux Meeting reminder, tomorrow, Weds, Nov 7, 2012 - Desktop GNU/Linux SIG

When: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 6:30PM
Topic: GNU/Linux Desktop Election 2012

Location: MIT Building E51, Room 372

Summary

The night after that other election, we'll vote for our
favorite GNU/Linux desktop.

Abstract

What's your favorite GNU/Linux distribution for the desktop?
Come prepared to present your case, hear which distributions
other users are using on their desktops (and why), and
participate in Election 2012.

Everyone is welcome: experienced user or novice, software
developer or software user, office worker or educator,
artist or poet...it doesn't matter.

We welcome everyone!

Plus, unlike that other election this November, this election
is guaranteed to respect your freedom and even enhance it.

P.S. If you are interested in presenting your favorite
distribution to the group, email me and I'll get you on the
agenda.

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site,
and the meetup page for this SIG.
http://www.blu.org/desktop
http://www.meetup.com/desktop-linux-users-group/

Please note that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51
parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or directly on Amherst St.
_______________________________________________
Announce mailing list
Announce@blu.org
http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Boston Linux Meeting reminder, Weds, Nov 7, 2012 - Desktop GNU/Linux SIG

When: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 6:30PM
Topic: GNU/Linux Desktop Election 2012

Location: MIT Building E51, Room 372

Summary

The night after that other election, we'll vote for our
favorite GNU/Linux desktop.

Abstract

What's your favorite GNU/Linux distribution for the desktop?
Come prepared to present your case, hear which distributions
other users are using on their desktops (and why), and
participate in Election 2012.

Everyone is welcome: experienced user or novice, software
developer or software user, office worker or educator,
artist or poet...it doesn't matter.

We welcome everyone!

Plus, unlike that other election this November, this election
is guaranteed to respect your freedom and even enhance it.

P.S. If you are interested in presenting your favorite
distribution to the group, email me and I'll get you on the
agenda.

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site,
and the meetup page for this SIG.
http://www.blu.org/desktop
http://www.meetup.com/desktop-linux-users-group/

Please note that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51
parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or directly on Amherst St.





_______________________________________________
Announce mailing list
Announce@blu.org
http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

Sunday, October 28, 2012

Postings from BLU Announce mailing list

I'm configuring this so postings to our announcement list will automatically
be posted to the blog as well.

This message is to test that it's working.

Welcome to the new BLU blog!

I received a request to provide a blog for one of our subgroups, and after a bit of research I found that blogger.com supports bring-your-own custom domain names.

I'm setting up this blog to test how well it works. So far, so good!