Welcome to a supplementary issue of the LCN for the month of June. This post contains details that have changed or been announced since the June LCN that was dispatched at (gasp) the start of June. The User Groups: ----------------------------------- GLLUG Home Page: http://gllug.linux.co.uk/ Greater London Linux User Group's (GLLUG) purpose is to bring together London's Linux users so they can share experiences and expertise (or revel in their inexperience and quest for expertise), to chat about the state of the (Linux) world, that sort of thing. We try to arrange meets so that there is space for users to set up their equipment, so you are welcome to bring your kit along, either to go through the problems you are having or just to show off what you are up to. Next GLLUG (Greater London Linux User Group) will be at the same place (FrameStore) CFC Preview Theatre, 19-23 Wells St., London W1, on 23/06/01 Starting at 1pm and ending at 6pm. We have three talks: Mike Brodbelt A discussion of mail systems, with particular reference to IMAP server implementations, and the advantages of using IMAP solutions. Technical detail on the specifics of an IMAP implementation using the Cyrus IMAP server. Richard Cohen Introduction to the Shell: Aimed at people who are either new to Linux, or who have spent most of their time in graphical environments. An attempt to introduce people to the richness and power of the Linux and Unix shell, and some of the more useful standard tools. Lots of examples, both useful and silly. Simon Trimmer An Introduction to Linux Kernel Debugging: A practical talk with information and techniques targeted at the mid range of Linux experience (i.e. comfortable systems administrator through to beginner developer). The talk will cover the basics and probe some more advanced areas of kernel debugging, in particular exploring the types of crashes/lockups with methods for diagnosing problems. There are no formalities to attending a GLLUG meeting, no subscription or entry fees, you can just turn up on the day. We welcome and encourage new and inexperienced users, young and old. The GLLUG venue this month is an indoor private preview Theatre owned by CFC and Framestore and once again our thanks go out for letting us use it for the day. ----------------------------------- London Perl Mongers Home Page: http://www.london.pm.org Contact Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] London PM are a group who are dedicated to the encouragement of all things Perl-like in London. The technical meeting is on the 21/06/01 and is being held once more at the very kind and understanding State51. Outside London Events: ----------------------------------- YAPC::Europe: YAPC is "yet another Perl conference", with apologies to The Perl Conference. This is an inexpensive, grassroots Perl conference with its roots in the Perl Mongers Perl users groups, and is supported by Yet Another Society. This years conference is Thursday, 02/08/2001 -- 04/08/2001 and is located in Amsterdam. More details can be found here: http://www.yapc.org/Europe/ The conference registration has now opened and tickets are available (While stocks last) so make sure you don't wait too long. I don't know of any plans to send a London delegation (ala last years OSDEM) so make your plans quick :) UKUUG Linux Developers' Conference: This is on 29 June - 1 July 2001. It looks like one of the most fun events this year and with the list of speakers attending it should be on your essential list. http://www.ukuug.org/events/linux2001/ Today is the last day to get a discount on entry fees so don't forget. Other Stuff: ----------------------------------- London Geeknic John "Spare time" Hearns has bravely organised the first London Geeknic for this weekend. Expect much humour, laptops and coders bursting into dust under the rays of the day star. What - the Geeknic is a Geek Picnic. Date - Sunday 17th June Time - 12:30 onwards Place - General Wolff's Statue, adjacent to the Observatory, Greenwich Park (this is a terrace overlooking London, right next to the one o'clock time signal) Bring - picnic food, cool drinks, and lashings of ginger beer Plus sun screen and hats (ha! bet it rains....) Activities - bring frisbees, softball, kites, nerf guns and any other fun things to do. Alternate activities - there is a craft market in Greenwich, and nice restaurants and pubs for later on. Computing - palmtops and laptops OK, but these shouldn't form the focus of the day. I may well have a car there, so we could consider hauling in a power supply. How to find us - follow the sign of the Inflatable Penguin (seriously though, we should be in the vicinity of the observatory. IT won't be too hard to spot a bunch of geeks and inflatable penguins in Greenwich Park) (Thanks to SuSE for a six foot inflatable penguin!) ----------------------------------- HTH and can someone bring a football to the geeknic... Dean -- Profanity is the one language all programmers understand --- Anon
