[kwlug-announce] Meeting Monday: OSSIM, A Brief History of Linux and Open Source

[Paul Nijjar]

Despite the publication date, this month's KWLUG meeting is no joke.
The only one being April foolish around here is me, for not letting
you know about our two amazing presentations earlier. Let's remedy
that, shall we?

Having recovered from his cold, Mark Steffen is hale and hearty and
ready to tell us about Alienvault OSSIM, the FLOSSy core of a Security
Information and Event Management system. Mark says this tool is
appropriate for small businesses and paranoid individuals, and (VPN
spirits willing) he will be remoting into his own OSSIM installation
to demonstrate OSSIM's features and challenges.

Also this month Jason Eckert will reprise his KW Linuxfest talk on the
history of Linux and Open Source. He will recount historical events
and trends with personal anecdotes of his experiences working with Sun
Microsystems, Digital, Microsoft (!) and more.

These presentations will begin at 7pm, after initial announcements.

Also this month will be our next laptop rescue mission. We are
scheduling this one the week after Easter weekend, on Saturday, April
22. If you read this far down the meeting announcements then you know
the deal: we get together and get donated laptops ready for sale at
Computer Recycling. A good diversity of people participate each month,
and you should too! To register, please contact me or use the Contact
functionality on the website.

What's that? KWLUG (finally) has a new website. Both the website and
the mailing lists moved to their new webhost on Indieserve Networks
this month. If you notice glitches or problems, please report them
using the Contact functionality.

Next week there is a repair-a-thon at the Kitchener Public Library.
After you register at
http://kplca.evanced.info/signup/EventDetails?EventId=19395
you can bring your broken clothes or broken appliances or broken
dreams and they will show you how to fix them up. Maybe they are
looking for volunteers so they can fix broken computers too? 

April! April! On April we meet at the same place we always meet:

St John's Kitchen
97 Victoria Street North
(at Weber)
Kitchener

Go to http://kwlug.org/sjk for maps and photos of the location. Drop
by around 6:30pm and help set up for the meeting.

- Paul 
-- 
http://pnijjar.freeshell.org