Silicon Corridor LUG (Berkshire & Thames Valley)

Event organisation

SCLUG meets every month at a pub in Reading, but we do run occasional non-pub events like install fests and general bring-a-box days.

Next bring-a-box day

We were going to do one on Saturday 16th September 2006, to coincide with the [http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ Software Freedom Day], but there wasn't much interest at the time, and the two people likely to do most of the organizing couldn't make it. Maybe we'll have one later in the year.

Technical talks

We'd also like to run some technical talks and practical sessions. We're looking for volunteers to do this, and below is a list of who has volunteered so far. If you have something you think you could talk about something Linux-related for, say, half an hour, then please make a note of it here and post some details to the mailing list. In the meantime, here are some suggestions from the mailing list:

Volunteers :

<johnd@cavcomp.co.uk> / Will Dickinson :

Windows -> Linux Java Porting
Platform independent Java

Graham Swallow <lists@information-cascade.co.uk>

Tcl
Python
scripting + extensions - suggestions for sanity
C++ intro
IPTables firewall intro
SGML processing with SP, HTML generation using SPIN_py
HP/UX, AIX, Solaris, non-linux system monitoring (for those who must)

AlanP & associates !! (alandpearson@yahoo.com)

Nothing definite, but I feel with some arm twisting I can get :

TCL : Internals & advanced programming
Video Encoding : Basics Overview (not necessarily Linux)

PXE Boot : Setup & Administration

BradK (brad@kieser.net)

Using OpenOffice
Advanced OpenOffice (programming)
HSQL in OpenOffice2 and running HSQL on Linux as a stanalone server.
Postgresql
Rapid application development: JBuilderX on Linux with a native DB back end
Working remotely: Running VNC and using a VPN

WISHLIST

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LDAP - capabilities and howto
CVS - common usage guidelines
GIMP flypast - after crop and save as ...
XML direct to browser
MySQL - replication, clusters, admin, using
CMS - the easiest + best available, what-is and how
SSL - how to use from C, what to call
JAVA libraries - list of whats available
Kernel-2.6 - whats happenned since 1.3
Kernel-2.6 - whats tunable
MPEG3 - which formats are good for what, how, TVR?
APP/DEV/API - why we need it, what it is, how to use it,
Wi-Fi
audio recording and sequencing
embedded devices
firewalls
DVDs
Open Source for small businesses
security and intrusion detection

Other stuff

We did a Linux Day event in 2004; details and photos are on the ["SCLUGLinuxDay2004"] page.

For more information about the LUG see our [http://www.sclug.org.uk/ web site].

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-The next one of these is tentatively scheduled for '''Saturday 16th September 2006''', to coincide with the [http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ Software Freedom Day] and the [http://www.remixreading.org/ Remix Reading] open media lab at the Rising Sun Arts Centre in Reading. See ["SCLUGSoftwareFreedomDay2006"].
+We were going to do one on Saturday 16th September 2006, to coincide with the [http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/ Software Freedom Day], but there wasn't much interest at the time, and the two people likely to do most of the organizing couldn't make it. Maybe we'll have one later in the year.