Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXI reminder Saturday, August 1, 2015 3:00 PM

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXI
Correction:
When: Saturday, August 1, 2015 from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Where: John and Shelley Chambers' home
33 Cedarwood Avenue, Waltham, MA.
BYOF - Bring Your Own Food

PLEASE NOTE the new TIME: 3:00PM.

Boston Linux & Unix is holding its twenty-first annual summer BBQ on
Saturday, August 1), beginning at 3:00 p.m. Everyone
is welcome.
Guests are encouraged to bring along something for the grill and the
snack table. We're holding the barbecue at the same location as the past
few years, John and Shelley Chambers' home at 33 Cedarwood Avenue,
Waltham,MA.

Please refer to the BLU website for further details and directions.

http://www.blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2014-bbq20
Long range weather forecast calls for mid-80s and dry.

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











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Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXI reminder Saturday, August 1, 2015 3:00 PM

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXI
When: Saturday, July 26, 2013 from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Where: John and Shelley Chambers' home
33 Cedarwood Avenue, Waltham, MA.
BYOF - Bring Your Own Food

PLEASE NOTE the new TIME: 3:00PM.

Boston Linux & Unix is holding its twenty-first annual summer BBQ on
Saturday, August 1), beginning at 3:00 p.m. Everyone
is welcome.
Guests are encouraged to bring along something for the grill and the
snack table. We're holding the barbecue at the same location as the past
few years, John and Shelley Chambers' home at 33 Cedarwood Avenue,
Waltham,MA.

Please refer to the BLU website for further details and directions.

http://www.blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2014-bbq20
Long range weather forecast calls for mid-80s and dry.

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











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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Boston Linux Meeting reminder, tomorrow, Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - Federico's 2015 OSCON Preview

When: July 15, 2015 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Federico's 2015 OSCON Preview
Moderators:Federico Lucifredi
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 335


### 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 St and another
### right onto Amherst St.

Summary

Federico's annual talk

Abstract

Federico Lucifredi previews his OSCON presentation


Bio

Federico Lucifredi is the maintainer of the man suite, the primary
documentation-delivery tool under Linux, a graduate of Boston College
and Harvard University, and the Ubuntu Advantage Product Manager at
Canonical. As a software engineer-turned-manager at the Novell
corporation, Federico was part of the SUSE Linux team for five years,
overseeing the update stack of a 150 million dollar maintenance
business. Previously, Federico has been a CIO and a network software
architect at technology and embedded Linux startups, and he has spent
two years teaching in Boston University's graduate and undergraduate
programs, while simultaneously consulting for MIT. He is a frequent
speaker at user group and conference events, notably the Linux
Foundation's LinuxCon, LinuxWorld, the O'Reilly Open Source Convention,
and the IMPlanet conferences, where he was a panelist representing the
Jabber community. Federico is a recognized expert in computing
performance issues, and consults pro-bono with Standard and Poor's
clients interested in Free/Open Source Software technical and strategic
issues. He participated in the GPL v3 drafting process in the
large-corporation panel.

See http://www.blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2015-may for attachments

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



















































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Friday, July 10, 2015

Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - Federico's 2015 OSCON Preview

When: July 15, 2015 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Federico's 2015 OSCON Preview
Moderators:Federico Lucifredi
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 335


### 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 St and another
### right onto Amherst St.

Summary

Federico's annual talk

Abstract

Federico Lucifredi previews his OSCON presentation


Bio

Federico Lucifredi is the maintainer of the man suite, the primary
documentation-delivery tool under Linux, a graduate of Boston College
and Harvard University, and the Ubuntu Advantage Product Manager at
Canonical. As a software engineer-turned-manager at the Novell
corporation, Federico was part of the SUSE Linux team for five years,
overseeing the update stack of a 150 million dollar maintenance
business. Previously, Federico has been a CIO and a network software
architect at technology and embedded Linux startups, and he has spent
two years teaching in Boston University's graduate and undergraduate
programs, while simultaneously consulting for MIT. He is a frequent
speaker at user group and conference events, notably the Linux
Foundation's LinuxCon, LinuxWorld, the O'Reilly Open Source Convention,
and the IMPlanet conferences, where he was a panelist representing the
Jabber community. Federico is a recognized expert in computing
performance issues, and consults pro-bono with Standard and Poor's
clients interested in Free/Open Source Software technical and strategic
issues. He participated in the GPL v3 drafting process in the
large-corporation panel.

See http://www.blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2015-may for attachments

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



















































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