Sydney Linux Users' Group Monthly Meeting: June When: Friday, June 27, 6:30pm - 9:30pm Where: UTS Broadway, room 2.4.13 and (SLUGlets) 2.4.11
SLUG's monthly meeting, featuring general talks, special interest talks and SLUGlets. Open to the public and free of charge. This month's meeting will be in room 2.4.13 at UTS, and SLUGlets will be in nearby room 2.4.11. See http://www.slug.org.au/events/uts.html for directions and a map of UTS. This month, SLUG will be holding a distribution forum, where representatives will talk briefly about the strengths of some of the major Linux distributions and answer questions The technical talk will be given by Angus Lees, about the mod_perl, embperl and Apache technology behind the SLUG website. As usual, SLUGlets will be running in a nearby room for those who do not wish to attend the technical talk. 6:30pm: Doors Open 6:45pm: The Usual Suspects Q&A - Introduction to SLUG + "What has Linux done for/to me lately?" + SLUG News & Discussion 7:15pm: SLUG forum - Distribution comparison 8:00pm: Break Refreshments in the foyer, for a small covering charge. 8:20pm: Split into two groups for: + Angus Lees, about the mod_perl, embperl and Apache technology behind the SLUG website. + SLUGlets: quick talks and discussion of Linux and Free Software. This month, discussion of how to compile software from source. Dinner Dinner at Spice Boys (Indian), $20 per head. Angus Lees: mod_perl, embperl and the SLUG website The current SLUG website was written by Angus, using embperl as a scripting language to provide the dynamic functionality. Angus will be talking about how embperl works, and why it is good for building generated web content. SLUGlets Sluglets are for people new to Linux, or who are looking for discussion of a milder nature than the techie talk. Feel free to come share your experiences with Linux, to get help, or to provide it. This month, the discussion will be based around how to compile software packages from source. Meeting Announce: http://www.slug.org.au/events/detail.html?id=68 -- Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] I came for the quality. I stayed for the freedom. -- Sean Neakums
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