Labor day

About 10 people showed up for this meeting and we had 2 women, which was a rarity. Topics Discussed: Apple Windows Spoofs Mellisa mentioned that a user on YouTube called TrueNuff had a bunch of interesting spoofs on mac’s and pc ads. Totem with ugly [windows codecs] plug ins for watching DVDs Dave said that…

We had a scribus presentation this week. In the presentation, Dave B. compared a desktop publisher with a word-processor. He showed us how he uses Scribus to make a publication that he distributes. In his presentation, he illuminated the major differences between using a word-processor and desktop publishing program. His comparison was enlightening. For example,…

Dear Members, I wanted to take a moment to inform you that I have decided to discontinue our meetup group due to rising costs associated with maintaining it. Please use the listserv for communication in the future. Join the Listserv

We had an open meeting this day. Michael Tanenhaus gave a quick overview on how to setup Asterisks. In summary, there are two parts to configure for asterisks to function. There is the ‘/etc/dahdi’ stuff which configures the card, previously known as ‘zapper’. The ‘/etc/asterisks’ stuff holds the extensions and the software configuration for the…

7 people showed up to the meeting. Topics Discussed: GNUCASH Bladecenter on Linux SNORT IDS system for the cheap. Ethics Sound Card problems with Alsa Tanget Topic: Microwaves wireless and fires. Power coils and flloresant bulbs. CENTOS : A redhat enterprise like version of Linux. ACM vs IEEE for journal use: ACM seems cheaper Compiling…

This is a list of known companies that hire Linux people. Yes, A number of companies in the Annapolis area hire Linux people. ARINC Defence Contractor and Airline Service Company. Use: C++, C, Oracle, Perl, Python and Zope. USi The world’s largest ASP. Use Linux in some capacity, but mostly uses Solaris and FreeBSD. Covesoft…