"Linux and JPL's Mars Exploration Rover Project: Earth-based Planning,
Simulation, and Really Remote Scheduling," Scott Maxwell and Frank Hartman,
NASA JPL.

NASA/JPL's Mars Exploration Rover project is the first time a JPL flight
project has used Linux systems for critical mission operations. Scott Maxwell
and Frank Hartman, two of MER's rover drivers, also wrote the Rover Sequencing and Visualization Program (RSVP), the Linux-based software used on Earth to
drive Spirit and Opportunity. Scott and Frank will discuss the software they
developed, as well as their experiences using Linux to drive two vehicles
across the Martian terrain, a hundred million miles from Earth.

Date: Thursday June 9, 2005 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Downs 107

Please join us Thur at the sgvlug meeting (7-9pm at Caltech - please see
www.sgvlug.org for directions)

Giz (active member of lampsig.org) will present "A Whirlwind introduction to
PHP development basics and best practices."

Date: Thursday May 12, 2005 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Downs 107

Adam Loughran from Novell/Suse will be presenting:

Novell Linux Roadmap

With the completition of Novell's acquisition of Ximian and SuSE Linux, Novell now stands as a major advocate of Linux and of Open Source inititives. This
month's San Gabriel Valley Linux Users Group meeting will host Adam Loughran,
Linux Corporate Strategist for Novell in So. California. Adam will be
discussing Novell's recent moves into the Linux market including:

Novell's acquisition of Ximian and where XD2, Red Carpet, Evolution and Mono
fit into the Novell family of products and solutions Novell's recent releases
of Novell's Open Enterprise Server and what it means to the Linux community

Novell's acquisition in SuSE Linux and what Novell is doing to accelerate the
adoption of Linux into the enterprise

A look at Novell Linux Desktop v9 and the latest news on Desktop Linux in the
enterprise.

Novell's strategy in open source and how Novell will contribute to the
community

A discussion of other Novell products that leverage the most universal
operating system on the market (Linux) including Identity Management, Resource Management and Web Services.

Novell will be providing a few give aways, so don't miss out on this
opportunity to learn what Novell is doing to accelerate the adoption of Linux
and exchange ideas with those in the community.

Bio: Adam Loughran, Linux Strategist Novell inc

Date: Thursday April 14, 2005 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Downs 107

"Linux is the dominant OS for motion picture industry desktops and servers.
Most of the blockbuster films in theaters today were produced using Linux. How did this happen? Why are all the large studios using Linux as their preferred
platform for creating feature animation and visual effects?"

Robin Rowe is the founder of LinuxMovies.org, launched in 2002 for the
advancement of Linux motion picture technology. He's the project leader for
CinePaint, free open source software used to create visual effects in THE LAST SAMURAI and other feature films. He's a former Linux Journal columnist.

Date: Thursday March 10, 2005 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Downs 107

Mark Echeverri, who has years of experience in traditional software and systems engineering, says: "For the past couple of months, I've been working with Plone. It's an impressive system, and not exactly something you pick up in a Saturday. Previously, I had never done any Web-related development; Plone is a Zope tool that allows you to juggle Web portals like bowling pins...provided you know how to take advantage of it. Quite powerful."

About Zope and Plone:

"Zope is an open source application server for building content management systems, intranets, portals, and custom applications....Zope is written in Python, a highly-productive, object-oriented scripting language."

For more information, see http://www.zope.org/

"Plone is an out-of-the-box ready content management system that is built on the powerful and free Zope Application server. It requires minimal effort to set up, is deeply flexible, and provides you with a system for managing web content that is ideal for project groups, communities and intranets."

For more information, see https://plone.org/

Date: Thursday February 10, 2005 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Location: 117 Downs Laboratory

At this month's meeting of the SGVLUG, Tim Frichtel will tell how his company
uses Postfix and Spamassassin to manage spam and provide reliable email for
600 Lotus Notes users. Using low-cost Linux servers, this configuration stops
thousands of junk messages every day without downtime.

8310
Date: Thursday September 11, 2003 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: 101 Guggenheim Lab, Lees-Kubota Lecture Hall