Linux Supporters Group

Linux User & Developer (Issue #83) : A whole heap of  python programming tips — How to get started with the mutt mail client — A fair bit about the Android phone — A brief look at Chrome OS — DVD containing Debian ’squeeze’.

Linux Magazine (April 2010): Knoppix 6.3 DVD — MySQL Workbench tutorial — Klaus Knopper on why KVM switches can mess up your video resolution choices — ClamAV install+configure tutorial — (the original) GRUB tutorial.

Linux Journal (March 2010): Using OpenVPN for Linux — Using ssh through a compromised firewall.

The Linux Supporters Group has created an APT partial mirror for use in our Friday Linux Learners Lounge, our monthly Wednesday Meetings and our bi-annual  Workshops.

It should now be easy to bring in your own computer and install any one of over 3500 packages that you might need on the spot, by connecting to our server via ethernet cable. You may also upgrade your distro. You have to be running one of the following distristribution releases:

DEBIAN:  [i386]     etch   lenny   squeeze

[main contrib non-free]

UBUNTU:  [i386]    dapper   hardy   intrepid   jaunty   karmic   lucid

[main restricted universe multiverse]

Linux Format (January 2010) : Linux Netbook distros — Grub booting tutorial — SSH tunnel over HTTP to get out anywhere.

Linux Journal (January 2010) : Lots about how to control amateur radio systems from Linux — Using Firewall Builder 3.0 — Port-knocking sequences for security — Create a Linux  DNS, Web & MySQL server using Xen.

Linux Format (February 2010) : Comparison of anti-virus software — Nine Linux projects in 90 minutes ! — Recovering lost data on a disk — Using NAT in Linux — GRUB2 tutorial.

Linux Journal (February 2010) : Linux Virtual Private Networking — Mutt: how configurable ! — Running Remote Applications: XDMCP, Xnest, ssh -X, Vino, &c.

Linux Format (March 2010) : Very good article which follows an HTTP datagram as it traverses the internet.

Linux Magazine (March 2010) : Linux Steganography tutorial (hiding stuff in plain sight) — Details of how an attack can be carried out via Javascript in a pdf file — Managing all those passwords you have — Constructing a sandbox (isolating damage from untrusted scripts) for Firefox — Comparison of popular Linux media players — Tiny Core Linux — Abiword tutorial — Linux photo managers compared — ImageMagick command-line photo editting.

Linux User & Developer (Issue 81) : Slax Linux with installation tutorial — Xen virtualisation tutorial — DVD containing Slax Linux & openSUSE11.2-RC1.

Linux+ (Vol 4 No 1) : Linux Mint intro. — Linux Server Administration Tools — Using SSH instead of VPN for secure remote access.

The Linux Supporters Group Adelaide meets at the Adelaide South West Community Centre, 171 Sturt Street Adelaide, at 7.30pm, on the first Wednesday of each month.

April Meeting:    Barry Dwyer shall present MySQL - database in Linux.

Cost is $3.00, refreshments provided, also our usual speak to a geek session.