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.

20th July 2010 7:30pm

Image Editing On Linux

Scott will be presenting on using open source image editing tools. Showing the basic tools available on most linux platforms.

NOTE: We are moving the meeting to TUESDAY.

Suggested topics and talk proposals should be placed on the ideas page

21st June 2010 7:30pm

Software Freedom Day Planning

Tonight we'll be discussing our plans for Software Freedom Day activities

Previous Meetings

Previous Events

For more information please contact info@newcastlelug.org or our Mailing List below.

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

By default all new mailing list sign ups to the list are moderated, this is to avoid spam.

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

Our members meet regularly on IRC.

Visit #LOGIN on Freenode, or follow the link irc://irc.freenode.net/LOGIN

Wallsend Enterprise Centre
Dan Rees Street
WALLSEND NSW 2287

Google Map to Meeting Location

If you have written some how-tos which are particular helpful to people in the Newcastle/Hunter area please add them here.

University Wireless

Have a Blog or what to see what our LOGIN members are up to. head over to Planet LOGIN

Create new pages here where we can make notes to plan events through out the year.

• Software Freedom Day

• O'Reilly Book Reviews

• Hunter Community College Courses

• Linux.conf.au

• Open Source Developers Conference

• ComputerBank

• Survey 2008

GNU/Linux Links Directory

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.

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.