July 2008 Meeting

In a presentation called "Geotagging with Linux and Free Software," Tom
Emerson will describe geotagging, the process of adding geographical
information to images, which can later be searched. Emerson will show how he
has geotagged photos from his recent vacation and can search for them using
various search engines, including Google Earth.

Date: Thursday July 10, 2008 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Downs 107


June 2008 Meeting

Date: Thursday June 12, 2008 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Downs 107


May 2008 Meeting

Wilfred Nilsen will present the BarracudaDrive, a secure Web application server for the Linksys NSLU2 (Network Storage Link for USB 2.0 Disk Drives) using the
Unslung Linux firmware replacement. Using an external USB Flash memory for
storing the database files, it should be possible to create an application
server that is virtually maintenance free.

Wilfred will be here to give a demo of the NSLU2 running BarracudaDrive,
including the many practical features of BarracudaDrive and how some users use
BarracudaDrive for many non traditional Web server tasks.

For more information on the BarracudaDrive for Linksys NSLU2

http://barracudadrive.net/blog/2008/03/BarracudaDrive-for-Linksys-NSLU2.

About the presenter:

With over 15 years experience as a software engineer, Wilfred Nilsen is a part
owner of Real Time Logic which provides software tools for embedded software
engineers. He has been working on the Barracuda Embedded Application Server
since 2001.

https://www.sgvlug.org/2008/05/08/may-2008-meeting/ Date: Thursday May 8, 2008 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Downs 107


April 2008 Meeting

Charles Wyble has his hand in many pots - running LiLAX, installing wireless
for all of L.A., and teaching "open source" using "moodle," which is a free
software e-learning platform.

Charles Wyble is a systems engineer with 7 years of experience. He runs a
professional services firm called Known Element Enterprises and has
contributed to a number of high profile open source projects
(OpenOffice/Wine/Gnumeric) and proprietary software (most notably VmWare
Workstation).

Date: Thursday April 10, 2008 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Downs 107


March 2008 Meeting

Ronald Stewart, creative director of the Trinity Audio Group will speak at the next San Gabriel Valley Linux User Group. He will present the
yet-to-be-released InDaMixx appliance, a full-featured, hand-held recording
studio built on Linux (a customized version of 64Studio, to be more specific). He will go over topics such as why Linux was chosen, the future of music in
the open-source community and will demo some of the great features of
InDaMixx.

Ronald's background in the music industry goes back to the late 80's as a DJ & Remixer for Factor 3 Records, Tommy Boy Records, Bullet Proof Records & one of the first beta testers for Digidesign's Pro Tools. Ronald decided that he
needed a full-featured device that he could take with him, along with all his
music only to find out nothing like this existed. Ever the frontiersman,
Ronald decided to blaze the trail, chose all open-source applications and
hasn't looked back ever since.

Date: Thursday March 13, 2008 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Downs 107


February 2008 Meeting

Chris got his kid an "OLPC" laptop and thinks he can wrestle it away from him
long enough for some "show-n-tell"...

OLPC is the "One Laptop Per Child" initiative, aimed at providing full-fledged laptop computers to every child in developing nations. Their goal is for a
$100/unit price point, and they are quite close (actually, the price is about
$150)

Date: Thursday February 14, 2008 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Downs 107