The University of Abertay Dundee Linux Users Society
Newsletter Hi Guys, Well what a start off to this month. The talks have been fantastic and there is a whole host of other talks planned for the next month or so. Firstly I would like to thank Gordon Dunlop (Admin TayLUG) for a great talk as usual on Xen virtualisation, and Barry Carr for his talk on Regular Expression. Very interesting stuff, cheers guys. We also have Tim Simpson coming back to do a Drupal inspired talk on the 13th of March, which is brilliant as it should lay in hand with our new web presence. TheLinuxSociety.Org.Uk will be going live very soon, and Drupal is the underlying technology behind it. XO OLPC update, the XO's are in the UK and should be winging their way around to us very shortly. We have organised a PR statement through the University and hopefully it will drum up some media coverage, with the aim of getting new members. Firstly I would like to personally thank Jennifer Higgins on organising both the fund raising at the delivery, and everyone that contributed so generously to such a good cause. TayLUG mailing! This is the hottest tip your ever going to find in Linux. It's really heating up over there, with some incredibly nice and intuitive people making regular posts. Records where broken last month, and if I'm right in thinking they have been broken this month as well. Well done to everyone over there, and if you haven't signed up your really missing out. We have had new friend join up from all the way from Newfoundland Canada, Pete Haliburton, who is one of the hosts, and reporters over at www.linuxbasement.com which is a fantastic podcast and site. They have recently finished their series of podcast's on Drupal, and they are now doing this season on security. Well worth a listen indeed (and to the guys over there thanks for the shout out). You can also find them in IRC at freenode.net #linuxbasement some of our guys have been over there and I can tell you their a fantastic and friendly bunch, and well worth a pop in from time to time to say hi. If you haven't joined the TayLUG mailing list The address is https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee Gordon does a great job over there at keeping the site up-to-date with all the local happenings and you can find the site at www.dundee.lug.org.uk The next meeting is scheduled however we are homeless for this night so I'll be getting back in touch with you all soon to let you know where our adopted home will be for the night. We have a series of flash talks planned and by the looks of it we're going to be building on the success of the last flash talk. Lee Hughes has agreed to do a talk on the 27th of March inspired about security within Linux. Lee Hughes has much experience to bring to the table on this subject, and in fairness is our resident guru on many subjects. I certainly look forward to his talk. This is the following schedule of events; 28th February – 7pm – Flash Talk Evening – Location to be confirmed – but at Abertay 13th March – 7pm – Drupal – Tim Simpson 27th March – 7pm – Security – Lee Hughes As usual the society is open to everyone and there is no need to be a student to join, if you do know someone that wants to know more about Linux then feel free to bring them along with you. So here's to a fantastic month so far, and may it continue well on into the future. Arron M Finnon President UAD Linux Society _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
