Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Meeting: SLLUG Daytime SIG: IPTables Basics, Same Bat Time, New BetaLoft Location

Hi all,
I’ve been a bit quiet about the SLLUG Daytime SIG meeting this month.  That’s because I’ve been trying to decide whether we should continue to meet at the Salt Lake Public Library.  While the library is a nice place to meet, I learned about a great new business opening up this month called BetaLoft.  [...]

June 6, 2009 • Tags: , , , • Posted in: Community, Fedora, Guru, News, Tech • No Comments

Hack Night Reborn: UTOS-ConMan needs some features

So, you don’t know what I am talking about?  Not sure where this is all leading?  Well, if you are interested in learning Python and Django or are an artistic hacker, we need you.
Last year, we started a project called utos-conman.  This project in about 3-5 months became the system that ran the speaker approval [...]

Congrats: SLLUG celebrates 15 years

I wanted to personally congratulate the Salt Lake Linux User Group on 15 years of Linux education and community.  It’s exciting to see such a strong following!  Thanks for all the hard work everyone has put into making SLLUG such a great group.
Here’s the email from Marc Christensen:
The Salt Lake Linux Users Group started its [...]

May 20, 2009 • Tags: , • Posted in: Conferences, Fedora, Guru, News, Tech, UTOS • No Comments

Meeting: SLLUG Daytime SIG - May 13, 11:30am-1pm, Basics of Puppet

Presentation: Basics of Puppet
Presenter: Andrew Shafer

Next Wednesday, May 13 is the next SLLUG Daytime SIG meeting.  We’ll be getting a great presentation on Puppet from Andrew Shafer of Reductive Labs.  Andrew is a full-time Puppet developer and has been demonstrating the value of puppet for some time.  He lives here in Salt Lake and is [...]

May 7, 2009 • Tags: , , , , • Posted in: Community, Guru, LUGs, News, Tech • No Comments

Fedora Classroom: May 3 classes with a new format and schedule

This month’s Fedora Classroom will be held this Saturday/Sunday (actually it’s all Sunday UTC time).  We’ve got four fun presentations lined up for you with a new format to boot.
Essentially, the new idea is that we’re going to let the presenters be flexible with their schedules.  Thus presentations can happen any time in a 24-hour [...]

May 2, 2009 • Tags: , • Posted in: Fedora, Guru, News, Tech • One Comment

Craziness: LFNW, OLPC and UTOS, oh my!

It’s been a crazy month here in my little part of the world. My favorite organization, the Utah Open Source Foundation announced it’s conference theme, dates and location. I’m really excited about this year’s possibilities and I keep hearing good things that people want to do during UTOSC 2009.
Now: Life has been hectic, [...]

UTOSC 2009: Theme, Venue, Dates Announced

So we finally announced the theme, dates and venue for the Utah Open Source Conference 2009.  Looks to be fun to see what people will think of it and the presentations that will result.  The theme, Affordability, Scalability, Reliability seemed appropriate.  I hope others will see the value in it as well.
Looking forward, I’m thinking [...]

Fedora Classroom: April 4-5, 2009 - We need your presentation

Well, it’s that time of the month again, this coming weekend April 4 & 5 will be the sessions for the Fedora Classroom. This month’s sessions are perfect for those in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
Give a Presentation
If you are interested in helping us out with a presentation on anything related to Fedora [...]

March 30, 2009 • Tags: , • Posted in: Classes, Fedora, News, Tech • No Comments

Reminder: SLLUG Daytime SIG meeting THIS Wednesday @ 11:30am

Hi all,
Just wanted to give you all a quick reminder that the first SLLUG (daytime SIG) meeting will be this Wednesday, March 11 from 11:30am-1pm.  Bring your sack lunch if you want to join in that new tradition.
This month’s meeting will be ‘LVM Basics’ by Kevin Benko.  I’d like to thank Kevin for stepping up [...]

March 9, 2009 • Tags: , , • Posted in: Community, LUGs, News, Tech • No Comments

I’m Famous: Spinning Your Own Linux LiveCD from TheBitSource.com

Not wanting to toot my own horn too much, but this is awesome!!
http://www.thebitsource.com/2009/02/28/scale-7x-clint-savage-of-fedora-project-on-spinning-your-own-linux-livecd/
and currently, it’s the featured story on their home page.
Herlo

February 28, 2009 • Tags: , , , • Posted in: Ambassadors, Fedora, News, Tech • One Comment