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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

Report: LinuxFest NorthWest

This past weekend, I spent some time at LinuxFest NorthWest. It was quite fun and entertaining, probably the most relaxing conference I’ve ever attended.  Interestingly enough, I didn’t rent a car, which is unusual for me.  This is because I ran into the unmistakeable Joe ‘Zonker’ Brockmeier, who offered me a ride to the event.  [...]

April 29, 2009 • Tags: , • Posted in: Community, Conferences, Fedora, Tech • No Comments

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 [...]

Reminder: Cooking with PAM - This Wednesay 11:30am @ SLLUG Daytime SIG

Hi all, just sending out a reminder that the SLLUG Daytime SIG will be meeting this Wednesday @ 11:30am.  The presentation details are below:
Cooking with PAM
Thad Van Ry will cover the basics of Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM). If you’re a Sys Admin who wants to know how PAM can help you or hurt you, this [...]

April 5, 2009 • Tags: , , , , • Posted in: Community, Fedora, Guru, LUGs, Tech • No Comments

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

LazyWeb: What is that . doing there?

So tonight I was sitting there tonight getting ready to setup cobbler for another installation source, and I noticed something very odd.
# ls -l /root
total 88
-rw——-. 1 root root  1176 2008-11-23 17:22 anaconda-ks.cfg
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root  4096 2008-12-14 18:37 bin
See the . ? Where you ask?  Look closer!
drwxr-xr-x. <– look, there it is!!  At first, [...]

Meeting: SLLUG Daytime SIG - Cooking with PAM - April 8, 2009 @ 11:30am

It’s time to announce April’s presentation, it’s looking to be great.
Cooking with PAM
Thad Van Ry will cover the basics of Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM). If you’re a Sys Admin who wants to know how PAM can help you or hurt you, this meeting is for you. Thad will go over the different stacks available as [...]

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

Fedora Classroom: This weekend, presenters needed

Hi all,
It’s me, your friendly neighborhood Fedoran asking all of you to consider giving an irc class this month in the Fedora Classroom.  It doesn’t matter how complex the presentation is, just that you can help share some knowledge about free software.
If you are interested in participating, sign up today, and let myself (herlo) or [...]

March 2, 2009 • Tags: , • Posted in: Classes, Community, Fedora, Tech • No Comments