Meetings

TLUG Technical Meeting Date November 11th, 2006 (Saturday) Time 14:00-16:30 (doors open 13:30) At Begi.net offices Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan [ map ]   Presentation Emerson Mills will introduce various aspects of the Amazon Web Services API . MP4 video (151MB) Demos TDB : We are going to experiment with the standard meeting format and leave the second half for questions, trouble-shooting, and smaller demonstrations that you may want to provide. Sof if you need some help or have something to show off please bring your notebook. ...

2006 October Nomikai Date October 13th, 2006 (Friday) Time 19:00 - 21:00 Event drink and eat (primarily a social activity) At British Pub TOWNCRYER Hibiya Hibiya Central Bldg B1 1-2-9 Nishishinbashi Minato-ku Tokyo Pub Info and Map (English/Japanese) Tel 03-3508-9448 Cost will be divided up among participants (usually around 3,000~4,000 yen)   TLUG "nomikai" <p class="BigFirst" /> This event is open to all Linux users and friends, and is to promote casual Linux (and non-Linux) related discussions over a few cold ones. Even if you're not a Linux user or a LUG member, but want to hang out with Linux people, please come. </p> <p class="BigFirst" /> </p> <p align="center" /> <p class="BigFirst" /> If you get lost, or simply want to get in touch with us, please call: <br><br> Zev Blut: 090-5778-8067 <br> Alberto Tomita: 080-3463-9256 </p> <p class="BigFirst" /> See you there!! </p> <br> </td> </tr>

TLUG Technical Meeting Date September 23rd, 2006 (Saturday) Time 14:00-16:30 (doors open 13:30) At begi.net offices Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan [ map ]   Cfengine Michael Reinsch will give an introduction to Cfengine, a server configuration tool for controlling the configuration on multiple machines. MP4 video (91MB) Demos We are going to experiment with the standard meeting format and leave the second half for questions, trouble-shooting, and smaller demonstrations that you may want to provide. Sof if you need some help or have something to show off please bring your notebook. ...

TLUG Technical Meeting Date July 29th, 2006 (Saturday) Time 14:00-16:30 (doors open 13:30) At Wall Street Associates Japan (5F Boardroom). 5F Yajima Building, 11-3, Ginza 7-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0061, Japan [ map ] </tr> <tr /> <td width="80" valign="top" />&nbsp;</td> <td> Installing Debian on a MacBook Junichi Uekawa talked about his experiences in getting his MacBook to dual-boot with Debian and Mac OS X. Slides from his presentation are available in PDF format. ...

2006 June Nomikai Date June 9th, 2006 (Friday) Time 19:00 - 21:00 Event drink and eat (primarily a social activity) At Enjoy!Tengu New-Shinbashi-ten Minato-ku, Shinbashi 2-6-4, Amakasu Bldg. B1 Info(In Japanese) map Tel 03-3508-9448 Cost will be divided up among participants (usually around 3,000~4,000 yen)   TLUG "nomikai" <p class="BigFirst" /> This event is open to all Linux users and friends, and is to promote casual Linux (and non-Linux) related discussions over a few cold ones. Even if you're not a Linux user or a LUG member, but want to hang out with Linux people, please come. </p> <p class="BigFirst" /> </p> <p align="center" /> <p class="BigFirst" /> If you get lost, or simply want to get in touch with us, please call: <br><br> Zev Blut: 090-5778-8067 <br> Alberto Tomita: 080-3463-9256 </p> <p class="BigFirst" /> See you there!! </p> <br> </td> </tr>

TLUG Technical Meeting Date May 13th, 2006 (Saturday) Time 14:00-16:30 (doors open 13:30) At Wall Street Associates Japan (5F Boardroom). 5F Yajima Building, 11-3, Ginza 7-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0061, Japan [ map ] </tr> <tr /> <td width="80" valign="top" />&nbsp;</td> <td> AOLserver Pietro Zuco will introduce AOLserver and discuss how and when to use it. Zaurus PDAs Alain Hoang and Edward Middleton will talk about the Sharp Zaurus PDA family. During the talk they will discuss how to get Gentoo running on a Zaurus. ...

2006 April Nomikai Date April 21st, 2006 (Friday) Time 19:00 - 21:00 Event drink and eat (primarily a social activity) At British Pub TOWNCRYER Hibiya Hibiya Central Bldg B1 1-2-9 Nishishinbashi Minato-ku Tokyo Pub Info and Map (English/Japanese) Tel 03-3519-6690 Cost pay as you go! (Menu)   TLUG "nomikai" <p class="BigFirst" /> This event is open to all Linux users and friends, and is to promote casual Linux (and non-Linux) related discussions over a few cold ones. Even if you're not a Linux user or a LUG member, but want to hang out with Linux people, please come. </p> <p class="BigFirst" /> Town Cryer Hibiya is within walking distance from Uchisaiwai-cho (Toei Mita Line), Kasumigaseki (Chiyoda Line), or Toranomon (Ginza Line). </p> <p class="BigFirst" /> </p> <p align="center" /> <p class="BigFirst" /> If you get lost, or simply want to get in touch with us, please call: <br><br> Zev Blut: 090-5778-8067 <br> Alberto Tomita: 080-3463-9256 </p> <p class="BigFirst" /> See you there!! </p> <br> </td> </tr>

TLUG Technical Meeting Date March 18th, 2006 (Saturday) Time 14:00-16:30 (doors open 13:30) At Wall Street Associates Japan (5F Boardroom). 5F Yajima Building, 11-3, Ginza 7-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0061, Japan [ map ] </tr> <tr /> <td width="80" valign="top" />&nbsp;</td> <td> Free and Open Source Software Licensing and Distribution Stephen J.Turnbull and Zev Blut will discuss Free and Open Source software licenses: After a short introduction to the application of intellectual property to software, we review some of the important dimensions of software licensing, giving as examples some of the widely-used, well-known licenses. Then we describe the mechanics of complying with upstream licenses (notices in source, documentation, and runtime banners, etc), and strategic issues that arise when working with multiple, imperfectly compatible licenses. Finally, we discuss advantages and disadvantages of various licensing strategies when choosing licenses for a new product. Wiki and Slides Review the wiki Stephen and Zev used to prepare the talk, and copies of the slides presented. Part 1 (00:57) MP4 video (141MB) 3GPP video (32MB) MP3 audio (20MB) Part 2 (01:02) MP4 video (148MB) 3GPP video (35MB) MP3 audio (22MB) ...

2006 February Special Event Date February 25th, 2006 (Saturday) Time 11:30-12:30 (doors open 11:00) At Wall Street Associates Japan (5F Boardroom). 5F Yajima Building, 11-3, Ginza 7-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0061, Japan [ map ] </tr> <tr /> <td width="80" valign="top" />&nbsp;</td> <td> Free talk with Art Tyde This is an extra meeting, outside the regular TLUG calendar. Art Tyde was the co-founder and first CEO of Linuxcare, founder/president of the Silicon Valley and Bay Area Linux Users Group (1994), a director of controversial Open Source software company SpecOps Labs, a founder of embedded Linux wireless company Sputnik Inc. (just about to IPO), and the Chief Certification Officer for the Free Standards Group. ...

TLUG Technical Meeting Date January 14th, 2006 (Saturday) Time 14:00-16:30 (doors open 13:30) At Wall Street Associates Japan (5F Boardroom). 5F Yajima Building, 11-3, Ginza 7-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, 104-0061, Japan [ map ] </tr> <tr /> <td width="80" valign="top" />&nbsp;</td> <td> OpenBlockS: Back to the Basics Henri Servomaa will introduce the OpenBlockS, a very small form factor (118mm wide by 84mm deep by 52mm high!) server-in-a-box which supports both CF and HD operation and is designed for 24/7 use. It has two ethernet ports and because it runs Linux, it can be used for various networking / datacenter tasks. Henri will give an overview of the hardware and examples of common (and uncommon) networking setups. ...