A PDF form of the recent talk about installing and using magnetic tape under Linux has been added to the ‘Tutorials’ section of the site.
Also had my attention draw to this useful site: http://www.linuxhelp.net/newbies
Linux Supporters Group Adelaide
So far we have arranged the following:
The meeting shall be held at the Adelaide South West Community Centre, 171 Sturt Street, Adelaide.
Supper provided. $2 Centre fees. Usual “Speak-to-a-Geek” session.
Further Info contact us on this Blog.
Everyone welcome. Meeting starts at 1930. Doors open at 1915.
(Committee meeting 1800-1915)
‘Atomic’, January 2009 issue, has a good tutorial about details and advantages of ZFS, the kernel-level filesystem in OpenSolaris, BSD and MacOS, and how it compares with LVM (Linux Volume Manager) for disc data integrity and so forth.
In the same issue there is a set of in-depth tutorials on network security: in storeage, wireless, and the Linux OS.
And if you want to try OpenSolaris itself (which is a type of Unix, but now comes with bash) there is a CD on the cover of ‘Linux User & Developer’, Issue 78, just out now.
‘Linux Magazine Jan 2009′ has a good article exploring Debian’s implementation of the draft 802.11s standard for wireless meshes. a formal extension of ad-hoc networks.
It turns out that we need to come in to the Centre this Friday the 12th of December, and that shall be the last Linux Learner Lounge for this year.
We expect to be messing about with the Intel Pro 3945 wireless chip, the RaLink RT61 driver for the D-Link G630, installing software on an old tower, tutoring a bit of Ubuntu and any other odds and ends that arise.
We restart the Lounge on Fri 6th Feb 2009. Have a good holiday!