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Bring in your cans!
by Sean Cody 14 Dec '10

14 Dec '10

With tonight being the monthly meeting/mixer and the day for our raffle don't forget to bring your non-perishable items for entry into the draws! See you this evening, -- Sean (mobile)

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Fwd: USENIX ATC '11 Submission Deadline Approaching
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 10 Dec '10

10 Dec '10

FYI... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: USENIX ATC '11 Submission Deadline Approaching Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:58:13 -0800 From: Lionel Garth Jones <lgj(a)usenix.org> To: info(a)muug.mb.ca, gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca We're writing to remind you that the submissions deadline for the 2011 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (USENIX ATC '11) is just over a month away. Please submit your work by 11:59 p.m. EST on Wednesday, January 12, 2011. http://www.usenix.org/atc11/cfpb/ The USENIX ATC '11 Program Committee seeks high-quality submissions that further the knowledge and understanding of modern computing systems, with an emphasis on implementations and experimental results. We encourage papers that break new ground or present insightful results based on practical experience with computer systems. USENIX ATC has a broad scope, and specific topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Architectural interaction * Cloud computing * Deployment experience * Distributed and parallel systems * Embedded systems * Energy/power management * File and storage systems * Mobile, wireless, and sensor systems * Networking and network services * Operating systems * Reliability, availability, and scalability * Security, privacy, and trust * System and network management and troubleshooting * Usage studies and workload characterization * Virtualization For more details on the submission process, please see the complete Call for Papers at http://www.usenix.org/atc11/cfpb/ We look forward to your submissions. Jason Nieh, Columbia University Carl Waldspurger, VMware USENIX ATC '11 Program Chairs atc11chairs(a)usenix.org --------------------------------------- Call for Papers 2011 USENIX Annual Technical Conference June 15-17, 2011, in Portland, OR http://www.usenix.org/atc11/cfpb/ Submissions Deadline: January 12, 2011, 11:59 p.m. EST

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Reminder & Update
by Sean Cody 04 Dec '10

04 Dec '10

This is a reminder that we're having a charity draw at the next MUUG meeting/mixer on December 14th at 7:30pm The update is that we'll have TWO copies of Linux Server Hacks to raffle off and another is that every donation item brought in gives you one entry (no limit) though prizes will be limited to one per person. So donate early... donate often as they say! If you need ideas... http://www.winnipegharvest.org/help/food/wanted Therefore I'd like to encourage everyone to come out and bring a small can to join in the fun! See you there, -- Sean

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Linux patching best practices
by Kevin McGregor 29 Nov '10

29 Nov '10

At work I have two Ubuntu and two CentOS servers. What do you recommend as the best practice for applying updates? Specifically, do you do any testing on test machines first, or just wait until the updates are a certain age without hearing of any issues? Automatically apply them, or manually? Do you reboot the servers regularly regardless of whether you've patched them (something Windows administrators still do for their Windows servers!), or just wait until a kernel or other update requires it? Kevin

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CloudCamp Winnipeg Dec 6
by Bill Reid 28 Nov '10

28 Nov '10

From Dave Nielsen: We're organizing CloudCamp Winnipeg Monday evening December 6 at the Winnipeg Convention Centre. I thought some Muug people might want to participate in this free event. CloudCamp is a free Cloud Computing event structured as an unconference. End users, IT professionals and vendors are all encouraged to share experiences, challenges and solutions. There will be lots of networking, food and discussion. Does anyone have experience in Cloud Computing in Python? Would you like to share it with a quick lightning talk? We have some great 5-minute lightning talks set already but there's room for more. Topics so far include resource pricing, mobile apps, and Azure. Contact me and we can have your talk added to the list. For more information, refer to http://www.cloudcamp.org/winnipeg, follow us on Twitter @CloudCampYWG, or contact me. Cheers, Dave Dave Nielsen Co-founder, CloudCamp twitter: http://twitter.com/davenielsen gtalk: dnielsen; skype: davenielsen m: 415-531-6674

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Big Nerd Ranch coming to Winnipeg!
by Sean Cody 27 Nov '10

27 Nov '10

Those of you familiar with Mac OS development may have heard of these folks. They offer training for Mac and iOS development and NewMediaManitoba has contracted to have them come for two events this coming February. The first is a two day (weekend) introduction to programming with Objective-C on Feburary 5th and 6th. http://newmediamanitoba.com/events/145/primer-with-big-nerd-ranch The second is a five day (whole week) bootcamp on developing for iOS (iPhone,iPad,iPod). http://newmediamanitoba.com/events/144/ios-5-day-boot-camp-with-big-nerd-ra… Taking the first course will help a lot for the second as it will be pretty intensive. I have signed up for both as was seriously considering the full offering at the Big Nerd Ranch so this option is a steal of a deal considering the full price of the classes. -- Sean P.S. I have no affiliation with either organization other than as a customer and since they are not advertising it too heavily I figured I'd send this along in case there are other like minded and interested folk.

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A charitable raffle for the December meeting.
by Sean Cody 27 Nov '10

27 Nov '10

As part of the December meeting's gathering we'll have our usual meeting raffle but we're going to ruffle the feathers a bit to help a charitable organization given the holiday season. As such if you would like to put in for the raffle the entry fee will be a donation item for Winnipeg Harvest. Donations in the form of non-perishable food items is requested and linked below is the ten most wanted items that Winnipeg Harvest has identified. http://www.winnipegharvest.org/help/food/wanted We will be raffling off the following books for this event: Linux Server Hacks Time Management For Systems Administrators Network Security Hacks If you have any ideas or anything you would like to add to the raffle or to sweeten the pot please contact me directly. Regardless, not only is this a deal for your it is an even bigger deal for the less fortunate. On behalf of the board, thanks and we'll see you at the meeting! -- Sean P.S. While we won't be accepting cash donations you can make a donation via their site: http://www.winnipegharvest.org/help/money/ P.P.S. Show us a receipt (dated between now and the meeting) and we'll enter you in to the draw/s as well.

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Linux on eMac
by Kevin McGregor 27 Nov '10

27 Nov '10

I noticed (what used to be) MacHelper is advertising eMacs (refurbished, of course) for $99. Just of of curiosity, what would be the most recent version of Linux that will run on these PPC-based machines? Kevin

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CloudCamp Winnipeg Dec 6
by Dave Nielsen 25 Nov '10

25 Nov '10

Hi MUUG folks, We're organizing CloudCamp Winnipeg <http://www.cloudcamp.org/winnipeg>Monday evening December 6 at the Winnipeg Convention Centre. I thought some MUUG people might want to participate in this free event. CloudCamp is a free Cloud Computing event structured as an unconference. End users, IT professionals and vendors are all encouraged to share experiences, challenges and solutions. There will be lots of networking, food and discussion. Does anyone have Cloud experience and would like to share it with a quick lightning talk? We have some great 5-minute lightning talks<http://www.cloudcamp.org/winnipeg>set already. Topics so far include resource pricing, mobile apps, and Azure. Contact me and we can have your talk added to the list. For more information, refer to http://www.cloudcamp.org/winnipeg, follow us on Twitter @CloudCampYWG <http://twitter.com/CloudCampYWG>, or contact me. Thanks, Gilbert, for letting me post this invite! Cheers, Dave Dave Nielsen Co-founder, CloudCamp twitter: http://twitter.com/davenielsen gtalk: dnielsen; skype: davenielsen m: 415-531-6674

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Re: [RndTbl] rural internet access
by Adam Thompson 20 Nov '10

20 Nov '10

I'm not sure if they go that far south, but Prairie Mobile Communications has (or had) a fixed-wireless service through parts of southern Manitoba. Working with a fixed-wireless provider in NW Ontario, I can also confirm that "you get what you pay for". A free-standing pole with guy wires anchoring it is cheaper in equipment/capital cost but requires more (and more skilled, and more expensive) labour to install. Also not legal in some places. There are many people in southern MB who can erect towers & poles (cheaper than WiBand), the challenge is finding them... And then convincing WiBand to just use the existing tower. For halfway-decent or halfway-reliable service, expect to pay about $3k in install costs w/o a contract. On a contract, that often drops to $1k, $100-$300 or even $0 depending on contract length and provider. Barret's Xplorenet is a good option if a) no-one else can reach you, or b) installation of a tower or mast is contra-indicated for some reason (land unsuitable, prohibited by wife on aesthetic grounds, etc.). Otherwise, NWO has mostly the same experience with them - it's better than dial-up, but worse than everything else. -Adam

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