Here is a list of previous PLUG events, organized by year.
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February 2006
A few of those PLUGgers who were fortunate enough to attend linux.conf.au 2006 in Dunedin will re-tell the highlights of their time in New Zealand. If you missed out going to the conference, come to this session and hear first-hand accounts of how you could have been spending your January!
January 2006
- Linux on supercomputers & tour of IVEC facilities by Stuart Midgley
Stuart will be talking about the new 160-cpu SGI Altix at IVEC, how Linux is different on this system, and what IVEC does generally. The talk will be followed by a tour of the facility.
December 2005
- Autofs, the Linux automounter by Ian Kent
Many large scale enterprise deployments include an automounter implementation. The automounter provides a mechanism for automatically mounting file systems upon access, and umounting them when they are no longer referenced. It turns out that the Linux automounter is not feature-complete. And there are cases where Linux is just plain incompatible with the implementations from other proprietary vendors.
November 2005
- Everything you ever wanted to know about VoIP, SIP and Asterisk, but didn't know who to phone by Adrian Woodley
Voice over IP has been around for several years but has only recently reached a level suitable to replace traditional analogue phone systems. Several standards have been produced for delivering VoIP. The current standard for most VoIP systems is SIP. Like most other technologies on the internet, Linux has its fair share of quality systems that provide services for VoIP. Most notable of these is the Asterisk Software PABX.
October 2005
- KDE 3.5 Sneak Preview by John Knight
We look at the first beta of KDE 3.5 and explore the cool features that in this release and some that have evolved along the way. PC plugged in, projector running, we show the desktop. Simple and nice, enjoy.
- The Ministry of Source: Ubuncool by Davyd Madeley
A look and short tour of the exciting worlds of GNOME 2.12 and the Ubuntu release codenamed Breezy Badger. GNOME Developer Davyd Madeley will demonstrate some of the new (and existing) features that make Ubuntu and GNOME so exciting for users, developers, business and software vendors around the world.
Slides are available in PDF format [1.0MB].
September 2005
- Network management and automation using open source tools by Alex Dawson
This presentation will be giving an overview of using Open source tools running on Linux systems to effectively manage networks and automate network admission control mechanisms. Some tools will be Cisco specific, while others are applicable to all modern managed switches and routers.
August 2005
- Are you a Computer Angel? by Harry McNally
Harry McNally will be speaking about Computer Angels, another organisation devoted to spreading computer literacy, making good use of Linux:
- Open Source WA by Phil Twiss
Phil will be speaking about the Open Source Centre WA
July 2005
- The Crimson Panacea by Leon Brooks
crimson, a.:
having any of numerous bright or strong colors reminiscent of the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies
panacea, n.:
hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists
June 2005
- How To Win An LCA Hackfest by Russell Steicke
Russell will talk about his entry in the LCA 2005 hackfest, how he was inspired by a previous speaker to program in python and pygtk, and the shiny Power Mac G5 that he won. You’ll also see some pics from his ride across the continent and back to attend LCA in Canberra.
May 2005
If you couldn't make this year’s linux.conf.au yourself, you can hear all about what you missed out on - the best bits squeezed into 90 minutes of pure LCA recitals. If there were any topics on the LCA program that you wished you could attend, come along and hear the essentials.
April 2005
This month we’re going to have a shot at lightning talks. See this post to the mailing list for details. If you’d like to present a talk this month, please send mail to committee@plug.org.au or the mailing list.
March 2005
- Software Archery: hitting the bull's-eye with GNU Arch revision control by Cameron Patrick
This talk will briefly describe the problem of revision control, and explain some of the trade-offs in designing a trivial revision control system and how just a few simple ideas can be combined to produce something remarkably close to GNU Arch.
Davyd Madeley, GNOME Hacker, Perthite and Gentleman Spy Extraordinare introduces people to the steamy underground world of rapid application development with Python and the PyGTK toolkit. This talk aims to be very accessible to everyone, including those who don't even know or like Python. A must-see for everyone vaguely interested in programming with the best GUI toolkit available today!
January 2005
November 2004
October 2004
- Novell Linux Desktop demonstration session by Aaron Le Saux
aCure will be showing a demonstration of the new Novell Linux Desktop
September 2004
- Shell scripting: why, how, and what not to do by Cameron Patrick
This talk will be a short introduction to shell scripting, followed by some examples from real shell scripts illustrating how the concepts fit together. Some basic programming knowledge and a moderate understanding of Linux command-line usage will be assumed.