Sunday, March 31, 2013

Reminder: BLU Desktop GNU/Linux SIG Meeting - How & Why to Root Your Android Device - Weds, Apr 3, 2013

When: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 6:30PM

Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA ­

Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html

*Important* Notes

1) The location is different from our
standard MIT meeting location.

2) To ensure we have enough space & food, please
send a quick email to me if you plan to
attend. You can reply to this email or
email willrico@gmail.com.

3) Akamai has generously agreed to provide space
and 'free as in food' for this meeting.
Thank you to our sponsor!
http://www.akamai.com/

Summary

How & Why to Root Your Android Device and/or
Install ROMs/Radios

Abstract

Thanks to Android's use of Linux for its
kernel, Linux is the most popular operating
system in use by consumers in the world.

However, many people aren't taking advantage
of the freedom this permits, but rather
allowing themselves to be walled in by the
proprietary interfaces that come with their
Android devices.

For April's meetup, we introduce you to a man
with the keys to set you free. Adam Stroud is
the lead developer at RunKeeper and author of
Professional Android Sensor Programming. He is
a self-proclaimed "phandroid" and is an active
participant in the Android virtual community on
StackOverflow and Android Google groups.

Presentation Outline

-- Why root/modify your Android device?
-- What's the difference between "rooting" and
installing a ROM or radio?
-- Cool things you can do once your device is rooted
-- Demonstration of rooting a device
-- Q&A

RSVP Reminder

To ensure we have enough space & food, please
send a quick email to me if you plan to
attend. You can reply to this email or
email willrico@gmail.com.

Transportation & Parking

The Akamai office is a short walk from the Kendall
Square T stop and other public transportation.

Metered parking should be available near our
location.

More Events & Announcements

Programming & Open Source Software in China
April 7 at Tufts Gordon Institute
http://paperless.ly/12J5jbf

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Sunday, March 17, 2013

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - Linux Soup XIII: GlusterFS

When:March 20, 2013 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: ILinux Soup XIII: GlusterFS
Moderators:Christoph Doerbeck
Location: MIT Building E51, Room 315


Summary
Christoph demonstrates GlusterFS, a distributed file system capable of
scaling to several petabytes and handling thousands of clients

Abstract
GlusterFS is an open source, distributed file system capable of
scaling to several petabytes and handling thousands of clients.
GlusterFS clusters together storage building blocks over Infiniband RDMA
or TCP/IP interconnect, aggregating disk and memory resources and
managing data in a single global namespace.

GlusterFS is based on a stackable user space design and can deliver
exceptional performance for diverse workloads.

The talk will include a fairly deep presentation on the design and
implementation of GlusterFS and a live demonstration.

Linux Soup Home Page: http://linuxsoup.com/

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

Friday, March 15, 2013

BLU Desktop GNU/Linux SIG Meeting - How & Why to Root Your Android Device - Weds, Apr 3, 2013

When: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 6:30PM

Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA ­

Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html

Notes

1) Please note the location is different from our
standard MIT meeting location.

2) Akamai has generously agreed to provide space
and 'free as in food' for this meeting.
Thank you to our sponsor!
http://www.akamai.com/

Summary

How & Why to Root Your Android Device and/or
Install ROMs/Radios

Abstract

Thanks to Android's use of Linux for its
kernel, Linux is the most popular operating
system in use by consumers in the world.

However, many people aren't taking advantage
of the freedom this permits, but rather
allowing themselves to be walled in by the
proprietary interfaces that come with their
Android devices.

For April's meetup, we introduce you to a man
with the keys to set you free. Adam Stroud is
the lead developer at RunKeeper and author of
Professional Android Sensor Programming. He is
a self-proclaimed "phandroid" and is an active
participant in the Android virtual community on
StackOverflow and Android Google groups.

Presentation Outline

-- Why root/modify your Android device?
-- What's the difference between "rooting" and
installing a ROM or radio?
-- Cool things you can do once your device is rooted
-- Demonstration of rooting a device
-- Q&A

Transportation & Parking

The Akamai office is a short walk from the Kendall
Square T stop and other public transportation.

Metered parking should be available near our
location.

More Events & Announcements

Northeast GNU/Linuxfest March 16-17 at Harvard University
http://www.northeastlinuxfest.org/

BLU meeting on ClusterFS, Wednesday, March 20
http://www.blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2013-mar

LibrePlanet March 23-24 at Harvard University:
http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference/2013

Contact sales@fsf.org if you'd like to volunteer at
LibrePlanet. Free admission is available for volunteers.

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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Reminder: BLU Desktop GNU/Linux SIG Meeting - LibrePlanet Preview + Advocating for Free Software - Weds, Mar 6, 2013

When: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 6:30PM

Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA ­

Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html

Notes

1) Please note the location is different from our
standard MIT meeting location.

2) Akamai has generously agreed to provide space
and 'free as in food' for this meeting.
Thank you to our sponsor! http://www.akamai.com/

Summary

LibrePlanet Preview +
How You Can Advance the Cause of Free Software

Abstract

Part 1
The Free Software Foundation's annual LibrePlanet conference
is coming to Cambridge March 23-24th. We are excited to have
Libby Reinish, FSF campaigns manager, join us to share
highlights of the upcoming event.

This is your chance to get the inside scoop on the two-day
LibrePlanet event and to find out which days, sessions and
networking opportunities you won't want to miss.

Part 2
For the second part of our meeting, Libby will talk to us
about how each of us can further help the cause of free
software. You love free software and you value the
principles of transparency, community and technological
advancement that free software embodies. But...

-- How do you spread the good news to your family and
friends? How do you do so without being judgmental or
dismissive?
-- How can you contribute to free software projects?
-- What are technical & non-technical (non-programming)
ways to help the free software cause?

Libby has the answers and will share them with us at this
meetup.

Ultimately, the freedom of information sharing, including
free software, is the only viable path to the advancement
of society. Now is the time not only to defend freedom
and free software, but to advocate, celebrate and share
its accomplishments. You are a key part of this
movement's growth. Join us!

Part 3 (Open Floor)
We reserve time at the end of meetings to answer
technical questions about GNU/Linux and discuss
topics of interest to those in attendance.

Transportation & Parking

The Akamai office is a short walk from the Kendall
Square T stop and other public transportation.

Metered parking should be available near our
location.

More Events & Announcements

Northeast GNU/Linuxfest March 16-17 at Harvard University
http://www.northeastlinuxfest.org/

LibrePlanet March 23-24 at Harvard University:
http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet:Conference/2013

April BLU Desktop GNU/Linux SIG Meeting
Tentative topic: Rooting Your Android Device
Come to the March meeting for more info and to let
us know if you would like a meetup on this topic.

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Friday, March 1, 2013

Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest XLVII reminder Saturday March 2, 2013

Boston Linux Installfest XLVII
When: Saturday March 2, 2013 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Where: MIT Building E-51, Room 061
2 Amherst St, Cambridge
Plenty of free parking in the parking lot in front of E-51.
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 18 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.

We generally have both a Wired and Wireless network available. The
wireless SSID at MIT is "MIT".


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 4.2.6.
(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