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steercom:2007-05 [2007/05/02 16:57] 70.243.140.6 Notes on using distrowatch to compare distros - stan r. |
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| ====== Location ====== | ====== Location ====== | ||
| - | Saint Louis Bread Company, | + | The Bread Company's wifi access was down, so we had to move this month to: |
| - | (at Old Olive and Olive), | + | |
| - | 10550 Old Olive Street Road, | + | Omnitec Corporation |
| + | PO Box 411010 | ||
| Creve Coeur, MO 63141 | Creve Coeur, MO 63141 | ||
| ====== Date and Time ====== | ====== Date and Time ====== | ||
| * May 2, 2007 | * May 2, 2007 | ||
| - | * 6:30 pm - | + | * 7:00 pm - 8:40 pm |
| ====== Attendees ====== | ====== Attendees ====== | ||
| - | * Person One | + | * Gary Meyer |
| - | * Person Two | + | * Lee Lammert |
| - | * Person Three | + | * Carl Fitch |
| - | * Person Four | + | * Patrick Bellinger |
| - | * | + | * Craig Buchek |
| ====== Secretary Report ====== | ====== Secretary Report ====== | ||
| * Secretary is catching up with things. | * Secretary is catching up with things. | ||
| - | * MARCH - | ||
| - | * APRIL - | ||
| - | * MAY - | ||
| ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ||
| - | + | * Bank balance as of 3/31/2007: $1,371.49 | |
| - | == Pending Deposits == | + | * No pending deposits. |
| - | == Bank balance as of 3/31/07 $ 1,371.49== | + | * Expenses: |
| - | + | * New Sign (1'x6'): $ 50.00 | |
| - | == Expenses == | + | * Still have not received final bill from Wash U yet. |
| - | New Sign (1x6') $ 50.00 | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | * Still have not received final bill from Wash U yet. | + | |
| ====== Book Sales Report ====== | ====== Book Sales Report ====== | ||
| - | * We had xx booksales and xx membership renewal(s). | + | * Book sales were not done due to illness. |
| - | + | ||
| - | ||Xxxxxxx xxx xxxx || | + | |
| - | ||Xxxx Xxxxx - membership|| | + | |
| - | || _______________________ || | + | |
| - | ||Total income: $xx.xx|| | + | |
| ====== Membership Report ====== | ====== Membership Report ====== | ||
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| * Apr 4 - Steercom: 3 | * Apr 4 - Steercom: 3 | ||
| * Apr 11 - SLUUG: 22 | * Apr 11 - SLUUG: 22 | ||
| - | * Apr 17 - Solaris - 18 | + | * Apr 17 - Solaris: 18 |
| * Apr 19 - STLLUG: 18 | * Apr 19 - STLLUG: 18 | ||
| * Apr 24 - HZWLUG: 8 | * Apr 24 - HZWLUG: 8 | ||
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| * Apr 26 - STCLUG: 6 | * Apr 26 - STCLUG: 6 | ||
| - | * Observations: | + | ====== Mailing List Report ====== |
| - | * Unable to advertise at UMSL RMS lecture | + | |
| - | * | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ====== Mailing List Report ====== | + | |
| * Some current mailing list subscriber numbers (approximate): | * Some current mailing list subscriber numbers (approximate): | ||
| * ANNOUNCE - 917 | * ANNOUNCE - 917 | ||
| * DISCUSS - 184 | * DISCUSS - 184 | ||
| * STEERCOM - 32 | * STEERCOM - 32 | ||
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| ====== Presentation Review and Comments ====== | ====== Presentation Review and Comments ====== | ||
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| ==== SLUUG - Apr 11 ==== | ==== SLUUG - Apr 11 ==== | ||
| * Base: Handcrafting Weekly Events with VIM by Stan Reichardt | * Base: Handcrafting Weekly Events with VIM by Stan Reichardt | ||
| - | * Due to some earlier conflicts set up and start were delayed. Internet connection was not attempted. | + | * Due to some earlier conflicts set up and start were delayed. |
| - | * No slides were harmed during this session. | + | * Internet connection was not attempted. |
| - | * This was a live demonstration of VIM techniques used to build ANNOUNCE Weekly Events mailing. | + | * No slides were harmed during this session. |
| - | * Some interesting issues due to incorrect file permissions - got a few laughs. | + | * This was a live demo of VIM techniques used to build ANNOUNCE Weekly Events mailing. |
| - | * | + | * Some interesting issues due to incorrect file permissions - got a few laughs. |
| + | * Had been better at the previous STCLUG; was distracted by technical difficulties. | ||
| * Main: ZFS by Jeff Muse | * Main: ZFS by Jeff Muse | ||
| - | * ZFS is a new kind of filesystem that provides simple administration, transactional semantics, end-to-end data integrity, and immense scalability. ZFS is not an incremental improvement to existing technology; it is a fundamentally new approach to data management. We've blown away 20 years of obsolete assumptions, eliminated complexity at the source, and created a storage system that's actually a pleasure to use. | + | * Very good. Good to have an advanced/enterprise topic. |
| - | * | + | |
| ==== SOLARIS - Apr 17 ==== | ==== SOLARIS - Apr 17 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Live Upgrade | + | * TOPIC: Live Upgrade by Jeff Lugullo |
| - | * Should we just redirect link to web site by Jeff Lugullo | + | * First meeting held at Sun's office building. |
| - | * Nobody updated http://solaris.sluug.org web page. | + | * Turn-out is improving dramatically. |
| - | * http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/os_user_groups/stl-osug/ | + | * Good. Very detailed. Based on swapping virtual machines -- good idea. |
| ==== STLLUG - Apr 19 ==== | ==== STLLUG - Apr 19 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Some New Linux Distros hosted by Stan R. | + | * TOPIC: Some New Linux Distros hosted by Stan Reichardt |
| - | * Became "Using Distrowatch to Compare Distos" | + | * Jay Truesdale ended up doing much of the presentation. |
| - | * | + | * Became "Using Distrowatch to Compare Distos". |
| + | * Pretty good. Unstructured, but good group discussion. | ||
| ==== Special Event - Apr 23 ==== | ==== Special Event - Apr 23 ==== | ||
| * Richard Stallman lecture at UMSL. | * Richard Stallman lecture at UMSL. | ||
| * TOPIC: Goals of the Free Software Movement. | * TOPIC: Goals of the Free Software Movement. | ||
| - | * SLUUG and all SIG web pages carry announcement blurb with link to PDF flyer and maps. | + | * SLUUG and all SIG web pages carried announcement blurb with link to PDF flyer and maps. |
| * Event was added to the April calendar and appeared in ANNOUNCE Weekly Events. | * Event was added to the April calendar and appeared in ANNOUNCE Weekly Events. | ||
| * Additional ANNOUNCE blurbs were sent out by Gary Meyer. | * Additional ANNOUNCE blurbs were sent out by Gary Meyer. | ||
| - | * Event was posted to www.askarchy.com and www.stlcalendar.com/ by Stan R. | + | * Event was posted to www.askarchy.com and www.stlcalendar.com by Stan R. |
| - | * Per RMS objections we did not have a table for fliers, or signage. | + | * Per RMS's objections, we did not have a table for fliers, or signage. |
| - | * | + | * Attendance was estimated at 250-300. |
| + | * Generated lively conversation on our DISCUSS list afterwards. | ||
| ==== HZWLUG - Apr 24 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - Apr 24 ==== | ||
| * Back at the regular Prairie Commons Branch Library location. | * Back at the regular Prairie Commons Branch Library location. | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Using GRUB to boot multiple distros | + | * TOPIC: Using DSL Grub to chainload other Linux Distributions |
| * Demo: A little of Ubuntu and DSL distros | * Demo: A little of Ubuntu and DSL distros | ||
| - | * | ||
| ==== SECURITY - Apr 25 ==== | ==== SECURITY - Apr 25 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: Extraordinary SSH Use by Carl Fitch (re-scheduled from last month) | * TOPIC: Extraordinary SSH Use by Carl Fitch (re-scheduled from last month) | ||
| * UMSL lab set up was using Red Hat 7.2 which didn't play well with Carl. | * UMSL lab set up was using Red Hat 7.2 which didn't play well with Carl. | ||
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| ==== STCLUG - Apr 26 ==== | ==== STCLUG - Apr 26 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Two MS Windows recovery tools | + | * TOPIC: How To Create a UBCD4Win (Ultimate Boot CD) bootable CD by Carl Fitch |
| - | * Web site still shows March topic. | + | * Very good. |
| - | * | + | * Includes Windows BartPE and Linux both bootable from CD. |
| ====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ||
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| ==== SLUUG - May 9 ==== | ==== SLUUG - May 9 ==== | ||
| - | * Base: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: How To Create a UBCD4Win (Ultimate Boot CD) by Carl Fitch |
| - | * Main: TBD. | + | * Reprise of last month's STCLUG presentation. |
| + | * People can follow along if they bring their own Windows XP installation disc. | ||
| + | * Can use an OEM recovery disc or Windows Server 2003. | ||
| + | * NOTE: This will be an extended topic -- no separate tutorial. | ||
| ==== SOLARIS - May 15 ==== | ==== SOLARIS - May 15 ==== | ||
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| ==== STLLUG - May 17 ==== | ==== STLLUG - May 17 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Ubuntu GNU/Linux (tentative via Craig Buchek) | + | * TOPIC: Ubuntu GNU/Linux (tentative) |
| - | * | + | * Need to find a presenter. (Carl suggested Jay Truesdale) |
| + | * Craig will be out of town. Need someone to run the meeting. | ||
| ==== HZWLUG - May 22 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - May 22 ==== | ||
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| * Experimenting with www.askarchy.com listing. Only submitted May meeting. | * Experimenting with www.askarchy.com listing. Only submitted May meeting. | ||
| * Uncertain if Stan R. will be in town for this meeting. | * Uncertain if Stan R. will be in town for this meeting. | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
| - | * | ||
| ==== SECURITY - May 23 ==== | ==== SECURITY - May 23 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD | + | * TOPIC: TBD by Chris Byrd |
| - | * | + | |
| ==== STCLUG - May 24 ==== | ==== STCLUG - May 24 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: TBD |
| - | * | + | |
| ===== June 2007 ===== | ===== June 2007 ===== | ||
| ==== SLUUG - June 13 ==== | ==== SLUUG - June 13 ==== | ||
| - | * Base: TBD. | + | * Base: TBD |
| - | * Main: Building your own bootable USB drive for troubleshooting | + | * Main: Building a Bootable USB Drive for Troubleshooting by James Campbell |
| - | by James Campbell (Bring your laptops & 1GB stick) | + | * People can follow along if they bring their own laptop and 1 GB USB memory stick. |
| ==== SOLARIS - June 19 ==== | ==== SOLARIS - June 19 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: TBD |
| ==== STLLUG - June 21 ==== | ==== STLLUG - June 21 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 (tentative via Craig Buchek) | + | * TOPIC: Programming Micro-Controllers with Linux by Jason Burke (tentative) |
| - | * | + | |
| ==== HZWLUG - June 26 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - June 26 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: TBD |
| - | * | + | |
| ==== SECURITY - June 27 ==== | ==== SECURITY - June 27 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: TBD | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
| - | * | ||
| ==== STCLUG - June 28 ==== | ==== STCLUG - June 28 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: TBD |
| - | * | + | |
| ===== July 2007 ===== | ===== July 2007 ===== | ||
| ==== SLUUG - July 11 ==== | ==== SLUUG - July 11 ==== | ||
| - | * Base: TBD. | + | * Base: TBD |
| - | * Main: TBD. | + | * Main: Basic GIMP Usage by Scott Nesler (tentative) |
| ==== SOLARIS - July 17 ==== | ==== SOLARIS - July 17 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: TBD |
| ==== STLLUG - July 19 ==== | ==== STLLUG - July 19 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: Everything You (N)Ever Wanted to Know About HDTV by Craig Buchek | * TOPIC: Everything You (N)Ever Wanted to Know About HDTV by Craig Buchek | ||
| - | * | ||
| ==== HZWLUG - July 24 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - July 24 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: TBD |
| - | * | + | |
| ==== SECURITY - July 25 ==== | ==== SECURITY - July 25 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: TBD | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
| - | * | ||
| ==== STCLUG - July 26 ==== | ==== STCLUG - July 26 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: TBD |
| - | * | + | |
| ====== Sponsorships ====== | ====== Sponsorships ====== | ||
| - | * Added EPC to sponsors lists. EPC graphic will appear randomly on front page. | + | * Added EPC to sponsors lists. |
| - | * Recognition of extended mempership levels has not yet been done. | + | * EPC graphic will appear randomly on front page. |
| + | * Recognition of extended membership levels has not yet been done. | ||
| * Effort should be directed to find new sponsors. | * Effort should be directed to find new sponsors. | ||
| * No effort means no new sponsors. | * No effort means no new sponsors. | ||
| ====== System Administration ====== | ====== System Administration ====== | ||
| - | * Dark keeps crashing | + | * Dark keeps crashing. |
| * Waiting for it to not come back up. | * Waiting for it to not come back up. | ||
| - | * | + | |
| + | * Should our Solaris site just redirect link to our page on the Solaris web site? | ||
| + | * http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/os_user_groups/stl-osug/ | ||
| + | * Nobody seems to be updating http://solaris.sluug.org web page. | ||
| ====== Server Migration Project ====== | ====== Server Migration Project ====== | ||
| - | * MARCH - Carl fixed (hopefully) the sign-up CGI page to reduce spam. | + | * Carl and Craig to meet at Lee's on May 9 to work on migration. |
| - | * MARCH - Craig has been working on testing email. | + | * Compare notes on Postfix configuration. |
| - | * MARCH - Craig to compare notes with Carl on Postfix configuration. | + | * Install and configure Drupal for multiple web sites. |
| - | * MARCH - Craig has been working on installing and configuring latest Drupal. | + | * Integrate Drupal module for Mailman. |
| - | * MARCH - Need to work on getting clients to configure to use IMAP. | + | * Integrate SpamAssassin into Postfix. |
| - | * MARCH - Jeff Muse got Mailman working and tested. | + | * Compare configuration with Dark. |
| - | * MARCH - Craig found a Drupal module for Mailman. | + | * Verify Postfix delivery to IMAP server. |
| - | * MARCH - Will be quick and simple to migrate mailing lists once we move the MX record. | + | |
| - | * MARCH - Craig and Carl were to get together to work on things, but weather and Craig moving got in the way. | + | |
| ====== Website Library ====== | ====== Website Library ====== | ||
| * Stan R. and Ted P. | * Stan R. and Ted P. | ||
| - | * No routine presentation uploads yet - waiting for migration | + | * No routine presentation uploads yet - waiting for migration. |
| * No migration means no real progress this month. | * No migration means no real progress this month. | ||
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| - | ====== MARCH Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ||
| - | * MARCH - Craig - print out previous minutes. | ||
| - | * MARCH - Craig - finish up work on email server. | ||
| - | * MARCH - Craig - get people to test using IMAP to connect to Bud from their email clients. | ||
| - | * MARCH - Craig - get with Chris Byrd to work on Drupal and other stuff. | ||
| - | * MARCH - Carl and Craig - get together to work on new servers. | ||
| - | * MARCH - Gary - get Sun 1U boxes from Craig, and install them at Primary. | ||
| - | * MARCH - Lee - provide power, food, and drink for those working on servers. | ||
| ====== Other Old Business ====== | ====== Other Old Business ====== | ||
| * none | * none | ||
| - | * | ||
| ====== New Business ====== | ====== New Business ====== | ||
| - | * none | + | * Lee asked whether we should buy $100 worth of ink pens with our name on it. |
| - | * | + | * Members can get 2 for $1 donation. |
| + | * We can hand them out at conventions. | ||
| + | * Should have our name and URL. | ||
| + | * Also add a slogan: UNIX, GNU/Linux, Open Source | ||
| + | * Unanimous support for spending $100 for 250 pens. | ||
| ====== Blue Sky ====== | ====== Blue Sky ====== | ||
| * anything up there? | * anything up there? | ||
| - | * | ||
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| ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ||
| - | * Who will do what | + | * Craig - print out previous minutes. |
| + | * Craig - finish up work on email server. | ||
| + | * Craig - get people to test using IMAP to connect to Bud from their email clients. | ||
| + | * Carl and Craig - get together to work on new servers. | ||
| + | * Gary - get Sun Netra T1/105 (1U) boxes from Craig, and install them at Primary. | ||
| + | * Lee - provide power, food, and drink for those working on servers. | ||
| + | * Carl - STCLUG Web site still shows March topic. | ||
| + | * Clarence - Update Security UG web page. | ||
| + | * Clarence - Inform us of upcoming topics. | ||
| + | * Jeff/Jeff - Update Solaris UG web page. | ||
| + | * Jeff/Jeff - Inform us of upcoming topics. | ||
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