KWLUG - The Kitchener Waterloo Linux User Group

Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) has seen steady growth for the last two decades. Yet, it is not obvious nor easy how one would go about making a career of out FOSS.

In this presentation, we present various avenues on how to do that, with stories from the trenches.

And we should not forget the fun part ...

Kareem Shehata will show off his mad skills designing websites with Django, a web framework for Python.

This is a presentation for the desktop home user.

This is not a technical presentation. No admin, no root, no command line.

Bring at least one guest that is new to FLOSS (family/friend/neighbor/co-worker). Promise them that they'll discover many possibilities on how to use their computer without having to spend a fortune on sofware, without running antivirus and without activelly maintaining the OS.

The presentation will have three segments

We have three great presentations lined up for the March meeting:

• Raul Suarez will demonstrate how to install Linux on a USB key. This installation can then be booted from any computer that supports USB booting.
• Andrew Cant will demonstrate the Subversion version control system. He will include some background of version control management concepts.
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Meeting Agenda: KWLUG Meeting: Monday, 03 March 2008

Imagine a live demonstration of a Content Management System (CMS) where each member of the audience can follow the presentation with their own copy of the software running on a laptop in front of them. Now, after a 10 minute break, each laptop is emulating an OLPC machine, complete with network ability. After another 10 minute break, each laptop is now running a different CMS for the audience to put through its paces.

Our own Lori Paniak will give a newbie-friendly tutorial on how to use VMware in Linux to accomplish this silicon sleight-of-hand.

LinuxMCE is a free, open source add-on to Kubuntu including a 10' UI, complete whole-house media solution with pvr + distributed media, and the most advanced smarthome solution available. It is stable, easy to use, and requires no knowledge of Linux and only basic computer skills.

With our history of "Standing Room Only" for MYTH-TV presentations, you'll want to be sure to arrive early for this Instant Classic as presented by our very own John Van Ostrand.

Brent is our resident turntable mix-ologist and DJ-Extrordinaire. He's going to whip a little Learnin' on us regarding audio.

We'll have a demonstration and explanation of the fancy eye-candy extensions.

This meeting will be round-table style. John will lead off with a laptop and discuss the challenges presented by the hardware selections made by the laptop manufacturer and how he solved them.

Bring your challenging hardware and tell us how to address it.