Linux Owners Group In Newcastle (LOGIN) Wiki
Welcome to LOGIN, the Linux Owners Group in Newcastle. We are a LUG for people in the Newcastle and Hunter region of NSW Australia. The main focus of the group is Linux and FOSS.
Meetings and Events
Next Meeting
17th November
Topic: Virtual Box by Jonothan Coombes
Virtual Box is a Virtualisation program to run Operating Systems inside your existing operating system.
Time: 7:30pm
Where: Wallsend Enterprise Centre, Wallsend
Next next meeting 16th February 2009 no meetings in December or January
Feel free to make suggestions for our next meeting on the Meeting Ideas page
Last Meeting
20th October
Topic: “Show and tell”. Bring along your favourite app or some cool hardware and give a quick (5-10 minute) demo.
As always, we'll have time for questions and troubleshooting so if you're looking for some help with a problem, bring along your machine and we'll see what we can do.
Time: 7:30pm
Where: Wallsend Enterprise Centre, Wallsend
Contact
For more information please contact info@newcastlelug.org or our Mailing List below.
Mailing List
Our mailing list is our most popular means of communication. You can come here for:
- Meeting Chatter - The mailing list is home to the organisation that goes on behind the meetings. If you have an idea for a Talk/Demo let us know.
- Linux Help and Support - Most questions posted to the mailing list are answered by other LOGIN members quickly and often accurately.
- General Open Source Notices - If you find something that you think others may be interested in then post a link, keep us all informed.
To sign up to the Mailing List please visit http://ventex.net.au/mailman/listinfo/login_ventex.net.au
If you have any problems with the mailing list please email gnoronha@ventexwebdesigns.com.au. Don't forget to add login@ventex.net.au to the white-list in your anti-spam program.
While it is not enforced on this list, it would be considered good Netiquette not to top post http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post
IRC
Our members meet regularly on IRC.
Visit #LOGIN on Freenode, or follow the link irc://irc.freenode.net/LOGIN
Meeting Location
Wallsend Enterprise Centre Dan Rees Street WALLSEND NSW 2287
Documentation
If you have written some how-tos which are particular helpful to people in the Newcastle/Hunter area please add them here.
Blogs
Have a Blog or what to see what our LOGIN members are up to. head over to Planet LOGIN
Planning Area
Create new pages here where we can make notes to plan events through out the year.
Other resources
monsterb.org | GNU/Linux Links Directory http://www.monsterb.org
Other Groups
The Sydney Linux Users Group has multiple very active mailing lists and is a great resource for immediate help with Linux problems.
Westlakes Linux Learners meet on the 2nd and 4th Monday night of each month near Morisset. The group caters especially for Linux beginners and home users.
You may also find the BSD Users Group, Sydney useful.
For a full list of other NSW Linux User Groups please visit Linux Australia's website.
Attempts are currently underway to start a SAGE-AU chapter in Newcastle. Contact Neil Glennon to express your interest.
Conferences
Want to get together with fellow Open Source enthusiasts and IT workers? Australia has three high quality conferences that might suit you:
- Linux.Conf.AU - One of the world's leading Linux conferences attracting people from everywhere. Runs each year usually in January - March. Many of the 2007 talks were recorded and are available.
- Open Source Developers' Conference - A conference for developers by developers. Learn more about your language of choice, and share your experiences with others.
- The Australian System Administrators' Conference - Covers all aspects of system administration across a variety of platforms.
