TLUG May 2002 Meeting

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Tokyo Linux Users Group
Technical Meeting

DateSaturday, May 11th, 2002
Time13:30 - 17:00
Events1. Linux Terminal Server and Diskless Clinets
2. Kickstart - Automating Linux Installs
3. Auction
4. Questions and Answers + News and Announcements
PlaceLeading Edge Co. Seminar Room
Once again our special thanks go to Leading Edge Co., Ltd. for letting us use their seminar room. Leading Edge offers IT consulting and IT placement services.


Introduction

As usual, we started the meeting with a brief introduction. We had 15 new members this time, each of whom introduced themselves to the group. Welcome to TLUG!

Following the introduction, we made a couple of announcements:
  • Listmaster/Web development contributors wanted
  • TLUG server relocation
    •   (The colocation plan is being negotiated between TLUG and OSDL)

    It was at this time that we took a quick poll of what the participants' Linux environment was like. The results are below:
    Your Distribution
    RedHat10
    Caldera4
    Mandrake5
    SuSE2
    Turbo2
    Debian4
    Darwin1
    FreeBSD4
    Cygwin4
    NetBSD/OpenBSD:-)
    <table width="100%">
<tr><td colspan=2><b>Your Browser</b></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor=white>Mozilla</td>
<td bgcolor=white align=right>7</td>
<tr><td bgcolor=white>Netscape</td>
<td bgcolor=white align=right>6</td>
<tr><td bgcolor=white>Opera</td>
<td bgcolor=white align=right>2</td>
<tr><td bgcolor=white>Konqueror</td>
<td bgcolor=white align=right>3</td>
<tr><td bgcolor=white>Galeon</td>
<td bgcolor=white align=right>3</td>
<tr><td bgcolor=white>Lynx</td>
<td bgcolor=white align=right>2</td>
</td></tr>
</table>

</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor=silver>

<table width="100%">
<tr><td colspan=2><b>Your Text Editor</b></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor=white>Vi (includes Vim)</td>
<td bgcolor=white align=right>14</td>
<tr><td bgcolor=white>Emacs / Xemacs</td>
<td bgcolor=white align=right>3</td>
</td></tr>
</table>

</td></tr></table>


    <table width="100%">
<tr><td colspan=2><b>Your Email Client</b></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor=white>Mutt</td>
<td bgcolor=white align=right>5</td>
<tr><td bgcolor=white>Pine</td>
<td bgcolor=white align=right>2</td>
<tr><td bgcolor=white>Sylpheed</td>
<td bgcolor=white align=right>1</td>
<tr><td bgcolor=white>Wanderlust</td>
<td bgcolor=white align=right>1</td>
<tr><td bgcolor=white>Mew</td>
<td bgcolor=white align=right>2</td>
</td></tr>
</table>

</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor=silver>

<table width="100%">
<tr><td colspan=2><b>Your Desktop Environment</b></td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor=white>KDE</td>
<td bgcolor=white align=right>9</td>
<tr><td bgcolor=white>Gnome</td>
<td bgcolor=white align=right>many</td>
	<tr><td bgcolor=white>ICEwm</td>
<td bgcolor=white align=right>2</td>
</td></tr>
</table>

</td></tr></table>

    What's new & What's cool

    From TLUG members who are always looking for cool things to try out.... Below are a few applicatoions Linux users may want to check out.
  • Fluxbox - a new window manager based on BlackBox code.
  • Multignome project - An enhanced version of gnome terminal which lets you switch between tabbed termnal windows.
  • Ethereal - A graphical network analyzer with many filtering features. An essential tool for solving network problems!

    • Presentations

    1. "Linux Terminal Server and Diskless Clients" by Mauro Sauco
    2. "Kickstart - Automating Linux Installs" by Alberto Tomita
    (I'll make the slides available as soon as I work out how :) )

    Auction

    TLUG is a non-profit, self-supported organization. In order to cover occasional expenses, we hold auctions to raise funds. The proceeds are saved in the TLUG account and is used for server hardware maintenance, domain name registration, to rent a meeting space when a free venue isn't available, etc.
    As usual, May 2002 TLUG auction was a huge success. Many thanks to Jim Tittsler for running the auction, as well as people who brought in items and people who bid for them. The stuffed penguins are always very popular. Here is the summary.

    ItemCategoryPrice
    Internet Yellow PagesBook50
    MotherboardHardware1,600
    MotherboardHardware1,200
    MotherboardHardware500
    CDROM driveHardware600
    SPARC ClassicHardware2,100
    Mobile Phone StrapsAccessory600(*2)
    LPI Stuffed PenguinsAccessory1,900(*2) +100
    RedHat neck strapAccessory1,000
    RedHat CDROMsSoftware1,000
    Total JPY 13,050

    Announcements

  • Mozilla Party to celebrate the release of version 1.0 will be held Saturday, 18th of May.
  • LinuxWorld Invitation tickets were given out, courtesy of Leading Edge Co., Ltd.

    • Nomikai

    After the meeting closed, about 25 of us walked to Shirokiya near Akasaka-Mitsuke Station. A few more members joined us at the izakaya. Here's the post-nomikai photo gallery ... enjoy!
    meeting notes by Ayako Kato (Email me at ayakat@tlug.gr.jp with corrections, comments etc. :)