Provo Linux Users Group, Utah, USA

Date: August 2nd, 2008
Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location: Scera Park, Red Pavilion

We had intended to hold our annual PLUG BBQ in July, but schedules didn't quite work out. Instead August promises to be an open source packed month. This year the BBQ is sponsored by the Utah Open Source Foundation. We really appreciate their willingness to make this event possible. The timing is open. You can show up as early as 9am, and the next group doesn't have a reservation until 4pm. Any and all are invited, including family & kids.

The BBQ will be a totally open format. Traditionally we have used it as an excuse to bring your spare computer hardware and parts swap/give-away with others. Whatever is left usually ends up in the dumpster, so don't let good gear go to waste! If you'd like to show up and take whatever is left to a recycling/reuse center, that would be wonderful. Please check out the mailing list (or the archives) for further details regarding this event.

As a reminder, August 28th-30th is the Utah Open Source Conference. If you are not planning on attending this event, we highly encourage you to change your plans. If you are a beginner, or a seasoned professional, you will get value out of this conference.

The Utah Open Source Conference will be held August 28 - 30, 2008. PLUG members can get a 50% discount off registration. To get the discount, log in to your plug.org account and go here (must register by August 7th):

http://plug.org/node/123

This is year two for UTOSC and we're growing like crazy! UTOSC 2008 will be held August 28 - 30 @ Salt Lake Community College in Salt Lake City, Utah

The simple idea is that we get together for 2-4 days/evenings during the spring/summer of each year to discuss cool new Open Source concepts as well as recognize those of us who are true geeks in the real sense of the word. This conference will be by, for and about Utah Open Source.

IBM will be flying Steve French (Senior Engineer, IBM Linux Technology Center) in to Salt Lake on the 11th for the sole purpose of addressing PLUG (and all other local SIGs). We are grateful to have a member of the Samba team address the group. Please plan on attending.

Steve will be covering recent progress of the Samba project. Including DFS, Kerberos, clustering, and other features.

Steve French is a Senior Engineer in IBM's Linux Technology Center. He currently is the architect for Linux file systems, NFS and Samba within IBM. He is a member of the Samba team and the author and maintainer of the CIFS file system, one of the larger Linux file systems. Since graduating with a Masters degree from Rice University, he has been designing and developing file systems and networking software for more than 18 years. He is a frequent speaker at CIFS, Samba and networking events, and is co-author of the CIFS Technical Reference.

MySQL will be flying Jay Pipes (North American Community Relations Manager at MySQL) in to Salt Lake on the 14th for the sole purpose of addressing PLUG (and all other local SIGs). Please spread the word. Set your calendars. Blog it. Spread it. Tell everyone.

This will be an in-depth technical presentation. Expect this to be one of those killer, mind-bending, and deep technical presentations. The kind that leaves you barley able to drive home. Jay will keep the presentation as language agnostic as possible - and focus just on the SQL-fu Jay specializes in. This is one presentation you don't want to miss.

There will be prizes (books and MySQL swag). And we will have drinks. There might be food, but don't plan on it.

Jay Pipes is the North American Community Relations Manager at MySQL. Co-author of Pro MySQL (Apress, 2005), Jay has also written articles for Linux Magazine and regularly assists software developers in identifying how to make the most effective use of MySQL. He has given sessions on performance tuning at the MySQL Users Conference, RedHat Summit, NY PHP Conference, OSCON, and Ohio LinuxFest, amongst others. He lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his wife, Julie, and his four animals. In his abundant free time, when not being pestered by his two needy cats and two noisy dogs, he daydreams in PHP code and ponders the ramifications of __clone().

We have launced two new features for all members to enjoy:

Company Statistics - Shows real time statistics regarding our database of local companies. Don't see your's on the list? Add your company today!

Member Statistics - Shows real time statistics regarding our membership database. Is your profile up to date?

Please feel free to offer feedback regarding these interesting new features.

PLUG has been accepted as a group by LinkedIn.

Once you are accepted you will get the following benefits:

• You can see others on LinkedIn who are members of the group.
• You can send "InMail" directly to them without going through your other connections.
  • You can turn this off in the 'settings' link that will appear in the "Your Groups" block on the home page.

Unfortunately no one outside the group will see the PLUG logo. This is because LinkedIn wants lots of money for that 'feature,' and PLUG is broke. If you are a LinkedIn fan and want to pay the fee to get this set up, let us know.

To get connected to the group go here:
http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/2889/7F810718DA13

Then click on:
"Accept Invitation"

You will be approved ASAP, then you will have a "Your Groups" section that will appear on your home page.