Sydney Linux Users' Group Monthly Meeting: Februrary 2004 When: Friday, February 27, 6:30pm - 9:00pm Where: UTS Broadway, room 2.4.13. Directions at http://slug.org.au/events/uts.html
SLUG's monthly meeting, featuring general talks, special interest talks and SLUGlets. Meetings are open to the general public, and free of charge. The meeting this month will be in the usual room, 02.04.13. Room 13 on level 4 of building 2. Directions at the map link above. SLUGlets will be held in room 01.04.06. General Talk Introduction to abas, and Linux trends in Europe. abas's Peter Hill, Managing Director; and Theo Aroney, Director of Professional & Technical Services will introduce abas, a company that produces Linux-based business software, and discuss Linux trends in Europe. Special Interest Talk Duraid Madina, talking about the AC3 computing cluster. Put together by a consortium of NSW universities to gain "big computing power". Duraid will be talking about what the machine is, why they chose the design that they did, the kinds of things it is being used for, and the pros and cons of running Linux on it. As usual, SLUGlets will be running in another room during the second half of the meeting for those who do not wish to attend the second talk. This month SLUGlets will focus on post-installfest issues. SLUGlets this month will be in room 1.04.06. 6:30pm: Doors Open 6:45pm: The Usual Suspects Q&A - Introduction to SLUG + "What has Linux done for/to me lately?" + SLUG News & Discussion 7:15pm: General Talk LCA roundup 8:00pm: Break Refreshments in the foyer, for a small covering charge. 8:20pm: Split into two groups for: * Special Interest: Duraid Madina, The AC3 computing cluster. * SLUGlets: quick talks and discussion of Linux and Free Software. Dinner Dinner at Spice Boys (Indian), $20 per head. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html