Sydney Linux Users' Group Monthly Meeting: July
When: Friday, July 25, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Where: UTS Broadway - http://www.slug.org.au/events/uts.html
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Note: Due
to University break, the normal rooms are unavailable. This month's
meeting will be in room 1.16.22 at UTS, and SLUGlets will be in
upstairs room 1.27.26. These are Building 1 level 16 and Building 1
level 27 respectively. See the above link for directions and a map of
UTS.
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SLUG's monthly meeting, featuring general talks, special interest
talks and SLUGlets.
Open to the public and free of charge.
General Talk
Jon Teh - Introduction to IPtables, introduction and examples in the
context of firewalling a home gateway
Technical Talk
Gavin Sherry - PostgreSQL 7.4, talking about the new PostgreSQL [1]
database server release.
SLUGlets
As usual, SLUGlets will be running in a nearby room during the 2nd
half of the meeting for those who do not wish to attend the technical
talk.
Anand and Robert will be leading a discussion on configuring Linux
networking, complementing the general 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
7:10pm: SLUG logo competition announcement
7:15pm: General Talk
Jon Teh - IPtables introduction
8:00pm: Break
Refreshments in the foyer, for a small covering charge.
8:20pm: Split into two groups for:
+ Gavin Sherry - PostgreSQL 7.4, talking about the new
PostgreSQL database server release.
+ SLUGlets: quick talks and discussion of Linux and Free
Software. This month, discussion of configuring Linux
networking.
[1] http://www.postgresql.org
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