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<p class="BigFirst">
This month we introduced a different format for presentations. There
was one main presentation followed by a number of Lightning talks,
then a demo. The Lightning talks ran 5-15 minutes, followed by
0-10 minutes for Q&A (15 minutes are allotted total, so Q&A
time (Tqa) is simply 15 - Tt, where Tt is talk time). The demo ran
for 25 minutes, followed by 5 minutes of Q&A.
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Main Talk
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"All the World is a Filesystem: What FUSE is and Why You Care" by
<a href="http://www.jmglov.net/">Josh Glover</a>
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<p>
Josh explained <a href="http://fuse.sourceforge.net/">FUSE</a>
(Filesystem in UserSpacE), introduced a few neat filesystems built
on top of FUSE, and mentioned his
<tt><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/s3fs-jmglov">s3fs-jmglov</a></tt>.
A future Lightning talk will be used to present <tt>s3fs-jmglov</tt>
once the code advances beyond Proof-Of-Concept stage.
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Presentation Slides:
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[ <a href="http://www.jmglov.net/unix/presentations/all-the-worlds-a-filesystem.odp">ODP</a> ] (44KB)
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</li>
[ <a href="http://www.jmglov.net/unix/presentations/all-the-worlds-a-filesystem.pdf">PDF</a> ] (184KB)
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</li>
</ul>
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<p class="BigFirst">
Lightning Talks
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<ol>
<li>
<p>
"<a href="http://www.opensolaris.org/">OpenSolaris</a>:
an update on happenings in Japan and around the world", by
<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/jimgris">Jim Grisanzio</a>,
Sr. Program Manager,
<a href="http://www.opensolaris.org/">OpenSolaris Engineering</a>
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<p>
Jim had <a href="http://www.opensolaris.org/os/">OpenSolaris</a>
DVDs for all; if you could not make the meeting but want to
try out OpenSolaris, you can download
<a href="http://www.opensolaris.org/os/downloads/sol_ex_cd">CD</a>
or
<a href="http://www.opensolaris.org/os/downloads/sol_ex_dvd/">DVD</a>
images or the
<a href="http://dlc.sun.com/osol/starter_kit/downloads/starterkit_x86.20070330.b57.iso">OpenSolaris Starter Kit</a>,
or
<a href="http://www.opensolaris.org/kits/">request a Starter Kit</a>
be mailed to you, free of charge!
</p>
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<li>
<p>
"Partitioning with LVM2", by
Edward Middleton
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
"Time Tracking that's not Evil", by
<a href="http://tokyo2007.yapcasia.org/speakers/emerson_mills_1.html">Emerson Mills</a>
</p>
</li>
</ol>
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<p class="BigFirst">
Demos
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<ol>
<li>
<p>
"XEmacs", by
<a href="http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/yaseppochi-gumi.html">Stephen J. Turnbull</a>, <a href="http://www.xemacs.org/">XEmacs Project</a> Release Manager
</p>
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</ol>
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<p class="BigFirst">
Other items on the agenda:
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<ol>
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Introduction of new members, news about Linux/Open Source,
general announcements, Q&A
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<li>
Auction - we netted about ¥4000 from Google and Firefox
stickers and keitai straps. All proceeds went to TLUG, so
you are helped keep our DNS and our server alive with your
donations of old junk and your desire for new swag.
</li>
</ol>
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<p class="BigFirst">
After the meeting, we continued chatting over a few beers and
some Japanese food at a local Tengu, then hit the
<a href="http://hobgoblin.special.co.uk/locations/index.asp?bar=4"Hobgoblin</a>
for the <i>nijikai</i>.
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