Boston Linux and Unix InstallFest LI Saturday March 1, 2014

Boston Linux Installfest LI
When: Saturday March 1, 2014, 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

Please note that Wadsworth Street is under construction. You can enter
Ames St from Memorial Drive, and take a right onto Amherst St.

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 20 DVD/Live CD/USB)
* Open SuSE - http://opensuse.org (OpenSuSE 13.1 - DVD/Live CD/)
* Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com (Soucy Salamander 13.10 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 John Ross and Ron Thibeau, owners,
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

Boston Linux Meeting reminder, tomorrow, February 19, 2014 - SoC Deep Dive

When: February 19, 2014 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: SoC Deep Dive
Moderators:Brian DeLacey, Federico Lucifredi, Kurt Keville
Location: MIT Building E51, Room 315

### Please note that Wadsworth St. is still closed.
### Proceed West on Memorial Drive to Ames St. Ames will be
### 2-way during construction. Take a right onto Ames and another right
### onto Amherst.

Summary
A deep technical dive into Linux on the Intel Galileo and other
System-on-a-Chip (SoC) platforms

Abstract
We hold an interactive and deep technical dive into Linux on the Intel
Galileo development board. We'll look at system level software and
hardware, the boot sequence, file system structure, distro
modifications, and overall performance. We'll discuss and demo a number
of applications running on the Galileo.

We have 3 books and a video training to raffle from Pearson, Prentice-Hall
Practical Guide to Fedora and RHEL
Unleashed Ubuntu
Technical and Social History of Software Engineering
I have 2 codes for viewing this online video.
Linux System Administration Live Lessons

Also please check the IOT festival on Feb 22

http://www.iotfestival.com/
iotfestival@gmail.com (Internet of Things Festival)

And the Next Installfest on March 1
http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2014-ifest51

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

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - SoC Deep Dive

When: February 19, 2014 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: SoC Deep Dive
Moderators:Brian DeLacey, Federico Lucifredi, Kurt Keville
Location: MIT Building E51, Room 315

### Please note that Wadsworth St. is still closed.
### Proceed West on Memorial Drive to Ames St. Ames will be
### 2-way during construction. Take a right onto Ames and another right
### onto Amherst.

Summary
A deep technical dive into Linux on the Intel Galileo and other
System-on-a-Chip (SoC) platforms

Abstract
We hold an interactive and deep technical dive into Linux on the Intel
Galileo development board. We'll look at system level software and
hardware, the boot sequence, file system structure, distro
modifications, and overall performance. We'll discuss and demo a number
of applications running on the Galileo.

Also please check the IOT festival on Feb 22

http://www.iotfestival.com/
iotfestival@gmail.com (Internet of Things Festival)

And the Next Installfest on March 1
http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2014-ifest51

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

Date Change: BLU Desktop GNU/Linux SIG Meeting - Community Outreach Planning - Weds, Feb 5, 2014

DATE CHANGE: Due to the snow forecast, the date of this meetup has been
changed to Wednesday, February 12. Sorry for any inconvenience.

When: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 6:30PM

Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA

Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Also easily accessibly by T.

Notes

1) Please note the location is different from BLU's
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

Do you want to use your free software skills and passion to help
under-served communities in the Boston area?

Last month, we brainstormed organizations to work with and how to
help. Join us this month as we start converting some of those
brainstorms into concrete actions.

Everyone is welcome! We need help with community outreach, creating
workshops, organization, video/audio recording/editing, graphics and
teaching.

Notes

In March, we'll return to more topic-based meetups.

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

Transportation & Parking

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

Metered parking is normally available near our location.

More Events & Announcements

SoC Deep Dive
GNU/Linux on Intel Galileo and other
System-on-a-Chip (SoC) platforms
Weds Feb 19 at MIT
http://www.blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2014-feb

Internet Festival of Things Festival
Sat Feb 22 at MIT
http://www.blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2013-iotfest

BLU Installfest LI
Sat Mar 1 at MIT
http://www.blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2013-ifest50

Linux Soup XIV: CCGroups and Linux Containers (LXC)
Weds Mar 19 at MIT
http://www.blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2014-mar

LibrePlanet 2014
Sat & Sun Mar 22 & 23 at MIT
https://libreplanet.org/2014/
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