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We meet on the second Wednesday of every month (except January) at
The Adelaide South-West Community Centre,
(in the Minor Works Building)
22 Stamford Court,
Adelaide, South Australia
There is a main talk for about an hour, a coffee break, then another shorter talk, and 'talk-to-a-geek' discussion with the other Linux/PC enthusiasts about computers, computer problems, etc. from then on.
Our librarian has a range of donated books and recent Linux magazines for perusal at the meetings.
| 2024 | December | Xmas Breakup: End-of-Year Feast + Funny Videos. |
See further down for all our talks.
The committee holds one or two workshops during the year, at our normal meeting time and venue. This allows people to bring in their computers and go into various topics in a practical way and in a depth that is not possible during our more formal meetings. Topics are chosen from amongst our talks given in previous months and from our Linux Learners' Lounge (see below). They shall be advertised on our blog in advance, in addition to ad-hoc topics arising on the night.
A previous LSGA Workshop, about Command Line 'bash', was held on Wednesday 4th July 2012.
Here are details of the contents of the 'bash' workshop.The most recent LSGA Workshop, about Networking and remote networked computers, was held on Wednesday 6th august 2014.
Here are details of the contents of the 'network' workshop.In addition, topics might be be chosen from this list.
In addition, for those in Adelaide, we are generally at the Centre from 1400 to 1600+ every Friday, from the first Friday in February (skipping Good Friday) thru the first Friday in December.
If you want to drop in to our "Linux Learners' Lounge" and bring your computer we might be able to help you with a range of Linux issues on the spot. No guarantees, of course. $2 covers centre costs for tea, coffee, biscuits; $3 if we can help you with a problem.
Here are details of recent issues dealt with at the Linux Learners Lounge.
The LSGA sometimes gives public courses on Linux. These introduce Linux to Windows refugees who might be thinking of alternatives to XP as support for XP comes to an end and for whom windows 8.1 is disappointing.
We presented a course to the University of the Third Age in 2010. Here are details of the LSGA U3A Linux Course for Sep-Oct 2010.
We successfully completed our course at the Adelaide City Library (Digital Hub) on 24th and 31st July 2015. Here are details of the LSGA DigiHub Linux Course for July 2015.
We were asked to run another course at the Adelaide City Library (Digital Hub) on 8th and 15th September 2016 as part of eSmart Week 2016 and the National Year of Digital Inclusion. Here are details of the LSGA DigiHub Linux Course for September 2016.
We presented a Linux Course to The University of the Third Age at The Box Factory, Adelaide, from 1000-1200 on Friday 24th March 2017. Here is a broad outline of the LSGA U3A Linux Course for March 2017.
We are presenting another Linux Course to The University of the Third Age at The Box Factory, Adelaide, from 1000-1130 on Friday 22nd November 2019. All welcome. More details are in Linux Course for November 2019.
| 2024 | January | (no meeting; the Linux Conf. is on) |
| 2024 | February | The Internet-of-Things: an Exploration of Definitions, Options and Hardware. |
| 2024 | March | The Raspberry Pi GPIO programming + The Rise of the GPU |
| 2024 | April | Creating and maintaining our website + the xz backdoor attempt. |
| 2024 | May | Introduction to the Raspberry Pi Pico and Pico W: Architecture and Uses. |
| 2024 | June | Tell us about your Linux Experience: distro, software, problems, benefits. |
| 2024 | July | Being Watched + Getting Malware + Masterful Multi-Booting. |
| 2024 | August | Free-form: Bring up any topics you want. |
| 2024 | September | The PinePhone (mainline Linux): demonstration of a non-Android non-iOS Linux phone. |
| 2024 | October | Autonomous Vehicles: come and check out how Linux is in the driver's seat! |
| 2024 | November | The Android Open Source Project: control your digital life, protect your private information. |
| 2023 | January | (no meeting; the Linux Conf. is on) |
| 2023 | February | Using Functions + User Experience of Artificial Intelligence. |
| 2023 | March | xdotool inserting text + Linux playing movies + ChatGPT discussion. |
| 2023 | April | xephem and skills surrounding it + xdotool inserting text using special keys. |
| 2023 | May | ChatGPT writes a program + Appreciating Stellarium + Linux crunches blockbuster video-graphics |
| 2023 | June | KDE Connect Demonstration. |
| 2023 | July | Linux Networking + AI Anthropomorphism. |
| 2023 | August | Grubbing About + The Internet is Not The Answer + The Internet 0f Things. |
| 2023 | September | No Updates Available + Eye Candy + Feeling /homeless. |
| 2023 | October | . |
| 2023 | November | [Deferred]. |
| 2023 | December | Xmas Breakup: End-of-Year Feast + Funny Videos. |
| 2022 | January | (no meeting; the Linux Conf. is on) |
| 2022 | February | Stuff from end of last year + Other odds and ends. |
| 2022 | March | Plan topics for later in the year + Kali Linux system security testing. |
| 2022 | April | Programming Linux: Shell Scripting + The Tor Browser: Some Notes on Installation. |
| 2022 | May | [Meeting deferred until June] |
| 2022 | June | Demo of LCD battery chargers + round-table Linux discussions. |
| 2022 | July | (Meeting deferred to August due to a spate of illnesses.) |
| 2022 | August | Kali Linux Undercover Mode + Kodachi Linux Pentesting. |
| 2022 | September | Alias Magic + Virtual Machines + Gnu/Linux magic + Distro Bloat. |
| 2022 | October | OpenBSD: experience installing and using this very secure operating system. |
| 2022 | November | Functions and Aliases + Bytes and Brainwaves. |
| 2022 | December | End-of-Year Xmas Feast + Funny Videos in the Centre. |
| 2021 | January | (no meeting; the Linux Conf. is on) |
| 2021 | February | The New MacBook + What is an AppImage? + Telegram-Desktop. |
| 2021 | March | wget for indexing a website + MX-Advanced Hardware Support distro + WebP + Edge Computing. |
| 2021 | April | GIMP and Krita + My Digital Image on the web + NetRunner distro + Lenovo kludges + Terminal Trix. |
| 2021 | April | Lenovo: Taming the machine + WebP: what is it and do we need it? + your Subject. |
| 2021 | May | SHELLS: Manjaro in the Cloud + My Digital Image + NetRunner: An interesting GNU/Linux distro. |
| 2021 | June | PERSISTENCE: save data with MX-Linux + GIMP and Krita + My Digital 'Ego' + Terminal Trix. |
| 2021 | July | Present a Subject you think is important + And Just Hang Out with the other Linux enthusiasts ... |
| 2021 | August | (No Meeting: COVID reasons) |
| 2021 | September | (No Meeting: Other reasons) |
| 2021 | October | Asunder: Burning Audio CDs + WebApp: access internet sites + NAS: experience with the QNAP model |
| 2021 | November | AppArmor + Linux Fx (Windows Fx) + KDE Connect (Android/Linux) + Vym Map Your Mind |
| 2021 | December | End-of-Year Xmas Feast + BYO Funny Videos |
| 2020 | January | (no meeting; the Linux Conf. is on) |
| 2020 | February | How the Web was Lost and How to Reclaim it + What can Android offer Linux users. |
| 2020 | March | An Introduction to Quantum Computing, featuring the IBM Q Experience. |
| 2020 | April | (No meeting: COVID-19 interlude) |
| 2020 | May | (No meeting: COVID-19 interlude) |
| 2020 | June | (No meeting: COVID-19 interlude) |
| 2020 | July | (No meeting: COVID-19 interlude) |
| 2020 | August | Remote Services: the three configuration essentials + MX-Linux: the live distro with persistence. |
| 2020 | September | 'gotcha': Installing Devuan 3 on a Lenovo laptop + enscript formatting + Linux without Decoration. |
| 2020 | October | Devuan on the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 + Perspectives on your Computer System [Un|In]Security. |
| 2020 | November | Open Discussion: Are we near the end of the Windows/Linux war? |
| 2020 | December | End-of-Year Xmas Break-Up: bring some funny videos to share! |
| 2019 | January | (no meeting; the Linux Conf. is on) |
| 2019 | February | Organic Robots: something you didn't know about, eh? + OpenBSD and Linux: features, installation and security. |
| 2019 | March | Those .hidden files in your personal directory + Charles Babbage and his computers |
| 2019 | April | The Box NUC 7i3 BNK: An appraisal of an Intel Next Unit of Computing running Devuan 2.0. |
| 2019 | May | Snap: One of the three important protocols for packaging a distro-independent Linux app. |
| 2019 | June | Open Session: Living in the Cloud means Trusting the Computers of Strangers. |
| 2019 | July | Winter Solstice Pizza Night including Show-and-Tell Session |
| 2019 | August | A Discussion of various Privacy Policies found on the Internet. |
| 2019 | September | A Byte of This and a Nybble at That: talk about your interesting computer stuff. |
| 2019 | October | What distro .iso files look like inside + the Raspberry Pi on a weather balloon. |
| 2019 | November | The DMZ: using a Raspberry Pi as a traffic-sniffer between your PC and your modem. |
| 2019 | December | End-of-Year Xmas Party: Pub Meal and Funny Videos |
| 2018 | January | (no meeting; the Linux Conf. is on) |
| 2018 | February | Firefox (format changes) + Libreoffice (rearranged drop-down lists) + the uzbl browser. |
| 2018 | March | Some lesser-known Linux utilities + the HTML language + the Midori browser. |
| 2018 | April | Some stuff about the KDE + musings on the Missionaries/Cannibals problem. |
| 2018 | May | About MicroWaves + Sylvia=Mint 18.3 + writing a bootable ISO to USB. |
| 2018 | June | Some 'WTF?! Moments' during the programming of a micro-satellite project. |
| 2018 | July | Winter Solstice Pizza Night including Show-and-Tell Session |
| 2018 | August | Devuan Linux + webcam control + desktop recording + usb-to-ethernet + sound config. |
| 2018 | September | youtube-dl (download videos) + heartbleed (use LibreSSL) + serendipity (HUAWEI E8372 LTE) + /etc/hosts (no pesky ads). |
| 2018 | October | lsga-secure: easily manage your private files and folders + photography in the raw. |
| 2018 | November | If-Then-Else: Fix up your bash logic with a dose of Decision-Tables. |
| 2018 | December | End-of-Year Xmas Party: Pub Meal and Funny Videos |
| 2017 | January | (no meeting; the Linux Conf. is on) |
| 2017 | February | You're the Speaker! with your opinions on this set of three propositions |
| 2017 | March | The GPT using BIOS and UEFI + Open Source Mapping using 'OpenStreetMap'. |
| 2017 | April | Open Street Map + Install Debian-9 + Latex and Loving it + The Linux kernel compared |
| 2017 | May | Wirelessly Printing to a Printer on a Network |
| 2017 | June | Q & A 'from the floor': What have you found lately in your travels in computer land? |
| 2017 | July | Winter Solstice Pizza Night including Show-and-Tell Session |
| 2017 | August | The 'diff' Program + The Quick Question Quest + The Forum. |
| 2017 | September | Email Encryption: Just Do It! + Quick Question Quest + The Forum. |
| 2017 | October | Dialog+Espeak+Animation: a new email encryption paradigm + Quick Question Quest + The Forum. |
| 2017 | November | Deep Learning: Applying Neural Networks to AI + Quick Question Quest + The Forum. |
| 2017 | December | End-of-Year Xmas Party: Pub Meal and Funny Videos |
| 2016 | January | (no meeting; the Linux Conf. is on) |
| 2016 | February | Newbie Tips & Tricks + How to and Why Install CyanogenMod on your Phone & Tablet |
| 2016 | March | Newbie Tips & Tricks + an Introduction to the Capabilities of the GoPro 'Hero' Action Camera |
| 2016 | April | Beginners Bash Scripting for Fun and Profit + A Glimpse of the Raspberry Pi 3 Model B |
| 2016 | May | What about Analogue Computers + Drawing and Photos using the GIMP |
| 2016 | June | Linux Tips and Tricks + Inkscape: An Introduction to a Vector Graphics Program |
| 2016 | July | Winter Solstice Pizza Night including Show-and-Tell Session. |
| 2016 | August | Whole-Disc Encryption + a Relational Database Application + Family Trees using Prolog. |
| 2016 | September | Decision Trees and Random Forests: how machines can learn to classify. |
| 2016 | October | Linux Essentials: Mastering The vim Editor. |
| 2016 | November | HTTPS: What you might need to know about it + Overview of an Animal-Feeding Computer. |
| 2016 | December | End-of-Year Xmas Party: Pizzas and Funny Videos |
| 2015 | January | (no meeting; the Linux Conf. is on) |
| 2015 | February | A hands-on exposition of the “docker” container virtualisation technology. |
| 2015 | March | How to Login to your Home Computer from Anywhere + Using Fuzzy Logic to Control an Air-Conditioner. |
| 2015 | April | Celebrate Easter and Consider our Response to the illegal data-retention regime. |
| 2015 | May | Things We Like to Talk About: Computers, Apps and Travel. |
| 2015 | June | Theory and Practice of Using a TV Tuner in Linux + Some Useful Tips for using the 'dd' command. |
| 2015 | July | The Relationship between Tablet and Tower: What influences the User Interface, and Why |
| 2015 | August | Pizza Night ! etc ... |
| 2015 | September | Windows 10 Privacy Concerns; Follow a Prolog Program; Handle the Model 2B’ Raspberry Pi |
| 2015 | October | A Demonstration of the Pi Camera on the ‘Model 2B’ Raspberry Pi nanocomputer |
| 2015 | November | Cats: Some Fun with '/bin/netcat' used to Stream the RasPiCam + Commandline Humour |
| 2015 | December | End-of-Year Xmas Party: Pizzas and Funny Videos |
| 2014 | January | (no meeting; the Linux Conf. is on) |
| 2014 | February | Network-Attached Storage using Linux-based Nano-Computers |
| 2014 | March | GRUESOME STUFF: an iMac dissected; are there signs of life in it? |
| 2014 | April | You've seen the news: "XP Expires". So what on earth is to be done? |
| 2014 | May | (No meeting due to clash with another Centre event) |
| 2014 | June | Our Solstice Celebration [including some 'Tux food', etc.] |
| 2014 | July | An Introduction to the Python Programming Language |
| 2014 | August | Exercises in Dealing with Remote Computers: SSH and Friends |
| 2014 | September | What Makes Computers Tick: an Analysis of a Simple Instruction Set |
| 2014 | October | How Compilers Work: the Low-Down on High-Level Languages |
| 2014 | November | windows-10|macos-10|debian-010 + Installing and using virtualbox. |
| 2014 | December | End-of-Year Xmas Party: Pizzas and Funny Videos |
| 2013 | January | (no meeting; the Linux Conf. is on) |
| 2013 | February | Tractability (and Intractability!) |
| 2013 | March | Introduction to Wayland |
| 2013 | April | Some 15-minute Mini-Talks on Subjects of Speakers Choice |
| 2013 | May | Myths and Reality of Computers & Artificial Intelligence. |
| 2013 | June | Scientific/engineering/computing film; CuBox nanocomputer demo. |
| 2013 | July | Just an Informal Get-Together. |
| 2013 | August | HTML (the HyperText Mark-up Language): A Tutorial. |
| 2013 | September | Bootable Multiple-Distro USB Stick with persistent data. |
| 2013 | October | Ad-hoc Mini-talks: a bit on bash and a bit on encryption. |
| 2013 | November | Wine (not the Windows API) and Cheese (not the Photo App). |
| 2013 | December | End-of-Year Xmas Party: BBQ and Funny Videos |
| 2012 | January | (no meeting; the Linux Conf. is on) |
| 2012 | February | Overview of Kernel Concepts |
| 2012 | March | Mini Talk-Fest (10 minutes each attendee) |
| 2012 | April | The 'Raspberry Pi' ARM-based single-board computer |
| 2012 | May | An Application of Genetic Algorithms to Computing |
| 2012 | June | About Cellular Automata (Finite State Machines) |
| 2012 | July | Workshop on Command-Line (bash) and how to get bash Help |
| 2012 | August | A Whole Heap about Spreadsheets |
| 2012 | September | Smart Phones: A Look at the Latest Technology |
| 2012 | October | A Tutorial on 'Gnu Cash' |
| 2012 | November | An Introduction to 3D Printing, with Demonstration |
| 2013 | December | End-of-Year Xmas BBQ and some Funny Videos! |
| 2011 | January | (no meeting; the Linux Conf. is on) |
| 2011 | February | Report on LinuxConf-2011 held recently in Brisbane |
| 2011 | March | An introduction to the GRUB2 bootloader |
| 2011 | April | Advanced Options in Google |
| 2011 | May | Demonstration of the XBox Kinect Sensor |
| 2011 | June | A visit to the Adelaide Weather Bureau |
| 2011 | July | LSGA 5th Birthday Party. |
| 2011 | August | The Development of Chaos Theory. |
| 2011 | September | Wifi: Transmission Theory, Practice and Jargon. |
| 2011 | October | Introduction to 3D printing, with demonstration |
| 2011 | November | Numerically-Controller Printing Machines. |
| 2011 | December | End-of-Year BBQ and Films. |
| 2010 | January | (no meeting; the Linux Conf. is on) |
| 2010 | February | Report on LinuxConf 2009 + Satellites and Ham Radio in Linux |
| 2010 | March | SSH Encryption Basics + Steganography & White-Noise Encryption |
| 2010 | April | SQL (Structured Query Language) and MyPHP |
| 2010 | May | Second Linux Workshop |
| 2010 | June | A new cool way to back up all your data |
| 2010 | July | The Latest CPUs in Personal Computers; Manipulate Images in Linux. |
| 2010 | August | Creating a live USB Boot Stick for kubuntu |
| 2010 | September | The 'P' in 'LAMP’ — PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor |
| 2010 | October | Third Linux Workshop |
| 2010 | November | Virtualisation |
| 2010 | December | End-of-Year BBQ and Films. |
| 2009 | January | (no meeting; the Linux Conf. is on) |
| 2009 | February | Report on LinuxConf 2009 + Setting up an Ad-Hoc Wireless Network |
| 2009 | March | XP/Linux + Memorytest + ACER AspireOne |
| 2009 | April | Controlling an LCD + A gentle introduction to 'C' |
| 2009 | May | KDE 4 Appreciation + Configure a Linux Gateway |
| 2009 | June | First Linux Workshop |
| 2009 | July | File Permissions in Linux + A Lot about AI/Prolog |
| 2009 | August | Cryptography: Using GPG in Linux + Current State of PC Hardware |
| 2009 | September | Lots about Linux Viruses, Trojans, and Worms |
| 2009 | October | Dealing with Laptops: the internals |
| 2009 | November | Managing Booting Options: grub and friends |
| 2009 | December | Film Night and BBQ |
| 2008 | January | (no meeting; the Linux Conf. is on) |
| 2008 | February | Command-line Scripting using bash+cmd+psh |
| 2008 | March | Report on the National Linux Conference 2008 |
| 2008 | April | What ITShare Does and How it Began |
| 2008 | May | Introduction to the X Window System |
| 2008 | June | Blogging with Wiki and WordPress |
| 2008 | July | Delivering FOSS to Papua New Guinea |
| 2008 | August | Airstream Community Wireless and Linux |
| 2008 | September | Compiling the Kernel and the Synaptic Package Manager |
| 2008 | October | An Appreciation of the OpenOffice.org suite |
| 2008 | November | Mandriva 09 + Blender + Build a fast PC + Magnetic Tape backup |
| 2008 | December | Film Night: showing "Hackers" |
| 2007 | July | A Look at the One-Laptop-Per-Child Project |
| 2007 | August | Demonstration of Ubuntu 7.04, Feisty Fawn |
| 2007 | September | How to Use the Picasa Photo Program |
| 2007 | October | How to Set Up a Network |
| 2007 | November | Programming the Squeak System |
| 2007 | December | Film Night: The Pirates of Silicon Valley |
This link gives a summary of the history of our group for your interest.
Here is the LSGA public key.