Monthly Meeting Friday 26 September 2003 - UPDATE
Jan Schmidt <[email protected]>
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Sydney Linux Users' Group Monthly meeting: September 2003 When: Friday, September 26, 6:30pm - 9:30pm Where: UTS Broadway (http://www.slug.org.au/events/uts.html) SLUG's monthly meeting, featuring general talks, special interest talks and SLUGlets. *** NOTE *** Please note the change in rooms this month Open to the public and free of charge. The rooms this month are 1.16.22 - the level 16 of building 1 at UTS. See the map link above. (Room 4.01.27 for SLUGlets). ************ General Talk Daniel Morrison - "Xbox - Bill Gates' Gift To Linux, or, Why Microsoft Want To Lose Money". An overview of the 007 / FreeX / Mechassault hacks, mod chips, the development of the Xbox, practical applications for your Xbox beyond multiplayer Halo, and how to turn your Xbox into a home media centre. Special Interest Talk Rob Collins - The Arch version control system As usual, SLUGlets will be running in another room during the 2nd half of the meeting for those who do not wish to attend the technical talk. Suggestions and offers for SLUGlets gratefully accepted by mail to [email protected]. 6:30pm: Doors Open 6:45pm: The Usual Suspects Q&A - Introduction to SLUG + "What has Linux done for/to me lately?" + SLUG News & Discussion 7:10pm: Elections to SLUG committee Election to fill 2 vacant positions in the SLUG committee. 7:30pm: General Talk Daniel Morrison - "Xbox - Bill Gates' Gift To Linux, or, Why Microsoft Want To Lose Money". 8:15pm: Break Refreshments in the foyer, for a small covering charge. 8:35pm: Split into two groups for: + Special Interest: Rob Collins - The Arch version control system. + SLUGlets: quick talks and discussion of Linux and Free Software. Dinner Dinner at Spice Boys (Indian), $20 per head. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Announcements List - http://slug.org.au More info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/announce