Linux Supporters Group

Elektor January 2009 — Review of current wireless technologies — Very small wireless modules for interfacing with microcontrollers — All about RFIDs.

Linux Format April 2009 — Troubleshooting your Linux distro. — Tutorial on networking your computers — A bit about GPG — Knoppix 6 DVD — Lyx and Latex.

Linux Magazine April 2009 — ‘Sugar’ OS still going without OLPC — Distros to put on your EeePC and AspireOne — Tutorial on dnsmasq for baby network routers — How to solve Javascript security problems.

Linux Supporters Group Adelaide

• Controlling an LCD: Rick Matthews explains how to wire up a commonly-available LCD module and gives us a gentle introduction to the C language for configuring and programming the module in our own projects.
• Puppy Linux: Rick also demonstrates the features of this remarkable mini-distro running entirely in RAM from a business-card CD.

The meeting shall be held at the Adelaide South West Community Centre, 171 Sturt Street, Adelaide.

Supper provided. $2 Centre fees. Further Info.: contact us on this Blog.

Everyone welcome. Meeting starts at 1930. Doors open at 1915.

Usual ‘Speak-to-a-Geek’ session. (Committee meeting 1800-1915)

Silicon Chip March 2009 — How to revive older laptops by installing PuppyLinux — How to construct a wall clock that is synchronized by a GPS chip!

Linux Journal February 2009 — Full review of the Dell Mini-9 netbook with pre-installed Ubuntu 8.04 — Shell tutorial on special variables — Use ssh to create an http proxy.

Circuit Cellar February 2009 — Detailed tutorial on understanding and manipulating the FAT16 file system.

www.linuxcommand.org/learning_the_shell.php was stumbled upon by me recently; it is an excellent command-line tutorial.

A short while ago we were considering running workshops, held on a separate night, that allowed people to bring in their computer and go into various topics in a practical way and in a depth that is not possible during our normal meetings.

These might now be run twice a year, but replacing our monthly meeting on those two nights. The first one could be held on Wednesday the 3rd of June this year.

At our LSGA Workshop meeting you can bring your computer in and attend any or all of up to a dozen hands-on sessions over a two-hour period.

Proposed topics shall be chosen from amongst our talk topics from previous months, as well as from our Linux Learner Lounge tutorials, and of course there shall be ad-hoc topics arising at the workshop itself. As far as possible, topics shall be advertised on this blog and elsewhere well in advance.

Keep tuned!