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April 2008 Notes
Sat, 26-Apr-2008
Steve opened the meeting at 10:35 AM
19 people attending, 6 new faces
Steve presented on the subject of shell scripting. Bash was the main topic.
Steve gave numerous examples of the power of bash.
Interestingly the whole presentation was written with a bash script, each
slide as a function, complete with navigation functionality, etc. Pretty
neat. The actual presentation is attached.
Meeting was adjourned at 12:00 PM
March 2008 Notes
Sat, 22-Mar-2008
Steve opened the meeting at 11:05 AM
17 people attending, 3 new faces
Question of the day was: If you were to attend a class of Linux for beginners what would you teach
- general desktop use, don't start with cmd line to scare beginners
- hardware compatibility - sound (ALSA) issues
- shell scripting
Most people said they would like to see weekly frequency
Brett Birdsall showed a presentation on encryption. General concepts in asymmetric key encryption were discussed as well as how to generate keys, and how to encrypt/decrypt files.
Meeting was adjourned
November 2007 notes
Sat, 17-Nov-2007
Steve opened the meeting at 10:40 AM
18 people attending, 4 new faces
The official board elections were held as usual every November.
The nominees are:
- President: Steve Jones
- Vice President: Don Smith
- Treasurer: Sandi Jones
- Secretary: Iassen Hristov
- Program Director: Brett Birdsall
Count: 11 members voted. 11 votes for. No absentee ballots. The new board is elected as presented above.
After the voting the meeting was open for free discussion.
Meeting was adjourned at 11:50 am
October 2007 Minutes
Sat, 27-Oct-2007
Celeste opened the meeting at 10:30 AM
15 people attending, 3 new faces
Tony Classik presented the X3D software.
X3D is the successor to Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML)
Tony showed us the Xj3D software and some pretty cool simple models.
For more information please visit
http://www.web3d.org/
http://www.xj3d.org/
Meeting was adjourned at 12:00 pm
September 2007 Minutes
Sat, 22-Sep-2007
Steve opened the meeting at 10:30 AM
14 people attending, 2 new faces
Iassen Hristov gave a presentation about use of Linux in special applications, appliances, embedded systems, low-power applications, etc.
The presentation in OpenOffice 2.0 format (765 KB) is attached to this post.
Among the discussed devices/platforms were WRT, Cobalt Qube, Tivo, VIA Mini-ITX and Gumstix.
Attendees were also able to see the actual Motorola WR850G, MIPS Qube 2 and Media Box Mini-ITX devices.
August 2007 Board Minutes
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Steve called the meeting to order at 12:30
6 board members were present.
The only point of discussion was the appointment of an election committee.
Craig Austin volunteered and was elected as the president of the election committee.
Meeting was adjourned at 12:40
August 2007 Minutes
Sat, 25-Aug-2007
Steve opened the meeting at 10:30 AM
17 people attending, 2 new faces
This meeting was open discussion.
One of the questions was: What is the first thing you install on your computer after you have finished installing your favorite Linux distro. Some of the answers were: Celestia, mc (midnight commander), some games, openssh-server
Meeting was adjourned at 12:00 pm
July 2007 Minutes
Sat, 28-Jul-2007
Steve opened the meeting at 10:30 AM
21 people attending, 1 new face
Steve made a show-and-tell session covering home network wiring. Topics covered:
- Showed some tools used in the process
- Showed different connectors, wires and wiring blocks
- Showed an example panel board - a piece of plywood with mounted network switch, power strip, wiring block, etc.
- Discussed various standards for cables, color coding, wiring and building codes.
External links: http://www.homephonewiring.com/
Directions to Picnic at Denver Seikman Environmental Park--June 23, 2007
Our June 23 annual picnic for Clug members is at the Denver Seikman Environmental Park. Bring food, drink, and if you like model rockets:).
Go to www.dsep.org for more information about the park and its activities---it's a neat place for adults and kids alike
directions to Park:
1)Take I-275 to the Lawrenceburg Exit--it is just north of the Ohio River on the western leg of I-275
2)after exiting I-275 turn left at the stop light at the end of the exit ramp--you'll be on Rt50 heading West
3)Go west on Rt. 50 ~6 miles and turn left onto Rt.56 at the light (confusing intersection, if you look to your right you'll see a sign indicating Rt. 350; turn left and you'll be on Rt. 56)
4)Follow the signs to stay on Rt 56 going though Aurora--as you exit Aurora you'll see the Ohio River on your left--stay on Rt 56 for ~9 miles to Rising sun
5)Follow the signs to stay on Rt. 56 through Rising Sun--the Rising Sun Library will be on your left at a stop sign--turn left ; go one block to the next stop sign and turn right--you'll be on Rt. 56 leaving Rising Sun
6)Go about 3 miles out of Rising Sun; there will be a sign indicating that Rt. 56 goes to the right--the road you are on continues straight but changes its name to Rt. 156--
7)Turn Right onto Rt. 56 (to stay on Rt 56) --about 50 yards from the turn follow the sign to the Denver Siekman Environmental Park parking lot.--You're there--
April 28, 2007 Minutes
Steve opened the meeting at 10:30 AM
17 people attending, 1 new face
Jim presented Ruby on Rails. Topics covered:
- how to install it on Linux
- sample application
- showed interactive Ruby interpreter to demonstrate extending a class "in place"
Meeting was adjourned at 12:00 pm
A copy of the presentation is attached in PDF format