Here is a list of previous PLUG events, organized by year.
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August 2004
- Introduction to Linux by James Levin, Bernard Blackham, Michal Wirski
This is a special post-Installfest talk, aimed at introducing newcomers to their Linux systems. Topics to be covered include navigating the shell, basic system administration, and protecting yourself with a firewall. A large part of the talk will be distribution neutral, though upon request, distribution-specific demonstrations may be done.
July 2004
- Linux, Laptops and Life by Bernard Blackham
This talk will cover tips, tricks and traps with Linux on laptops. More specifically, getting hibernation working, power-saving techniques and generally getting the most out of your laptop.
June 2004
- Playing with Ruby-SDL by Leon Brooks
Have you ever wondered what it takes to write a computer game? Have you ever wondered how object oriented languages work? Have you ever wanted to be Horatius Cocles at the Sublician Bridge, the sole hero that “everybody” turns to for their survival?
May 2004
- Generating quality PDF reports using Python and ReportLab by Craig Ringer
This talk will cover the use of ReportLab with Python and the database of your choice to generate well-presented PDFs and printed reports. A method for dynamically generating PDFs for web use, cgi-script style, will also be covered.
March 2004
- Cool Things You Should and Shouldn't Do With PostgreSQL by Bernard Blackham
PostgreSQL is a relational database that has evolved over the past 25 years or more. As a database that is packed with features, there are many which are often overlooked and to people writing applications based around databases, some can prove infinitely useful. This talk will be a short introduction to some of the advanced features of PostgreSQL, and how they can make life much easier when working with databases.
February 2004
The Perth Linux User Group (PLUG) Annual General Meeting was held Tuesday 10 February, 2004 at the normal Tuesday meeting place, Perth Central TAFE in Northbridge.
December 2003
- Networking, part 3 of 3 by Tony Breeds
This is part 3 of a 3 part seminar series. Tony will consolidate what has previously been discussed in parts one and two of this lecture series and then move onto ISP hookup. This leads inexorably to routing and firewalling. The session will end with a networking Q&A session.
November 2003
- Networking, part 2 of 3 (Samba) by Adrian Woodley
This is part 2 of a 3 part seminar series. This week you’ll see Samba in action.
October 2003
- Networking, part 1 of 3 by Tony Breeds
This is part 1 of a 3 part seminar series. This week you’ll learn enough to get 2 (or more) machines networked and “pinging” each other. Plus I’ll touch on DNS and why it’s a good thing for a home network.
September 2003
- ebXML by Sacha Schlegel
Electronic business and ebXML (electronic business eXtensible Markup Language) in particular in the Free Software/Open Source world.
July 2003
Creating forms for the maintenance of a MySQL database, using the GUI elements available in OpenOffice.org 1.0.3. No code will be harmed in the creating of this presentation. Programmers’ sensibilities may be bruised, but this is for the users!
June 2003
- Speex Development and Applications by Bernard Blackham
Speex is an audio codec designed specifically for recording and compressing speech. As the VoIP industry is invaded by patented and expensive voice-compression codecs, Speex hopes to bring a free, open standard to the world. The talk will cover a bit about the development of Speex and its applications to Internet telephony, streaming, PLUG, Linux.conf.au 2003 and world peace.
May 2003
- User-Mode Linux (UML) by Trent Lloyd
User-Mode Linux is a project that is maturing quickly and has become fairly stable for everyday general use. This talk will go over the basics of User-Mode Linux, what it is, how to run it and more. “More” will probably include the use of User-Mode Linux for another interest of Trent’s, i.e. IPV6.
April 2003
- Sun's Position in the Linux Market by Hans Humboldt
Hans will talk about Sun Microsystems’ current and future position in the Linux market.
March 2003
- What's New in 2.6 by Tony Breeds
The 2.5 series kernel is approaching stability and should be ready to be released as 2.6.0 within the next 12 months. Tony will show some of the new features in the current development kernels. Touching on user concerns, passing thought new features for system administrators, and stopping at some of the nifty things that have happened that you shouldn’t ever see :)
February 2003
January 2003
- Linux.conf.au 2003 by James Bromberger, Tony Breeds
In 2003, Linux.conf.au was held in Perth. A number of people on the organising team were PLUG members.
December 2001
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January 2009
Heading towards single sign-on with Kerberos, presented by Nick Sandford
February 2009
March 2009
Demystifying VPNs, presented by Alastair Irvine
April 2009
MythTV: Open source content streaming, presented by Geoffrey Alagoda
May 2009
Working with Blender, presented by Innis Cunningham
July 2009
GIS on Linux, presented by Adon Metcalfe
September 2009
The Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope, presented by Dr Andrew Williams
October 2009
Proxmox VE: open-source enterprise virtualisation, presented by Adon Metcalfe
September 11 2001
James Bromberger: Introduction to Debian (somewhat interrupted by world events!)