CPLUG

Weather permitting, we are rescheduling the talks from last month to February. The meeting will be on Tuesday, 2/8/2011 at 6:30 PM.

Robert will be talking about the AVR. The AVR is a modified Harvard architecture 8-bit RISC single chip microcontroller which was developed by Atmel. There’s a great gcc toolchain for use in Linux.

John will be doing a follow-up to his previous Arduino (www.arduino.cc) talk. This time he’ll cover XBee wireless communication and connecting physical objects (e.g. toilets) to the Internet (e.g. Twitter).

It’s winter, so please watch the mailing list for updates on the day of the meeting.

The next CPLUG meeting will be Tuesday (1/11) at ITT in Harrisburg at 6:30 PM.

Robert will be talking about the AVR. The AVR is a modified Harvard architecture 8-bit RISC single chip microcontroller which was developed by Atmel. There’s a great gcc toolchain for use in Linux.

John will be doing a follow-up to his previous Arduino (www.arduino.cc) talk. This time he’ll cover XBee wireless communication and connecting physical objects (e.g. toilets) to the Internet (e.g. Twitter).

See you there!

One last reminder that tonight is the December meeting!

It’s our annual social geekery meeting — there won’t be any formal talks, just general geek chat and some food! Bring some junk food to share, and we’ll also order pizza. If you have any Linux questions, feel free to bring those as well!

Meeting details are here on the website: http://cplug.net/wp/meetings/

See you tonight!

Quick reminder that there is a meeting tonight at 6:30 PM at ITT. Lon will be discussing how to get the most out of your IRC and IM setups.

See you then!

Kyle Burton will be visiting us for the next CPLUG meeting on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 6:30 PM….

Leveraging Chef-Solo for Less than Enterprise Scale Deployments

“When you’re a small, and I mean small, company with an even smaller IT department you can’t afford not to automate provisioning and system administration. Developing a culture of automation early on is vital for ensuring that your infrastructure group can scale itself as your business grows. Chef is an up and coming system administration automation framework that makes installing and managing cloud computing systems take less time and produces more consistent results. This talk will cover the architecture of Chef-Solo, getting started, core features and best practices for maintaing a cluster of systems.”

After the meeting, we’ll head next door to LBC for some food and drink.

Feel free to RSVP on the Meetup page: http://www.meetup.com/Central-PA-Linux/calendar/14611818/

See you then!

We’re gearing up for this year’s Central PA Open Source Conference (CPOSC), which will be held on Saturday, October 16, 2010 at Harrisburg University. Tickets include include access to all three tracks including 21 awesome speakers, breakfast, lunch, an afternoon snack break.

The number of tickets available is limited based on the size of our venue, and last year tickets were sold out before the conference. Don’t miss your chance to register!

So, head on over to www.cposc.org to register, and we’ll see you in October! :)

The next CPLUG meeting will be on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 6:30 PM at ITT in Harrisburg.

Dennis Little will be talking about ways to get more out of consumer router/firewalls, including OpenWRT, DD-WRT, and Tomato:

• Identifying compatible routers
• Loading firmware steps, licenses, implications, etc.
• OpenVPN (server and endpoint)
• Dynamic DNS
• Network monitoring
• Perhaps QoS and VLANs

See you then!

The next CPLUG meeting will be on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 6:30 PM. Gino will be talking about the wonders of GRUB 2. Be there!

The Central PA Open Source Conference (CPOSC) is a small, low-cost, one-day conference about all things Open Source. This year’s conference will be our third annual event, and will be held on Saturday, October 16, 2010 at Harrisburg University.

The Call for Participation (CFP) is now open, so we are looking for interesting speakers and talks. If you are interested in speaking at this year’s conference, check out the Speaker FAQ and submit a proposal. Can’t decide on a topic? No problem! Feel free to submit more than one.

The only requirements are a good understanding of your topic and some enthusiasm! :) The deadline to submit talk proposals is Friday, July 9, 2010.

The next CPLUG meeting will be Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 6:30 PM.

Ryan Duff (@ryancduff) will be talking about what’s new and awesome in the upcoming WordPress 3.0 release. Whether you are new to WordPress or an expert, there should be some interesting bits for everyone.

See you then!