[KLUG Members] KLUG Meeting Notes for 07/22/2003
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KLUG Meeting Notes: Tuesday - July 22, 2003 7:00PM
I. PRESENTATION RECAP
II. NEXT WEEK'S MEETING INFO <=== Object Database Connectivity!!!
III. KLUG MAILING LISTS u n i x O D B C
IV. KLUG & LINUX NEWS FLASHES
V. KLUG CONTACT & MEETING INFO
Tonight's Meeting Moderator: KLUG Vice-Chairperson Stu Gillis
I. PRESENTATION RECAP
THIS WEEK'S KLUG PRESENTATION: (20 active KLUG participants)
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Lotus Domino On Linux
by Matt Engstrom,
KLUG's survey of "M$-Exchange for Linux" options continues
tomorrow with IBM's Domino/Notes solution -
"Want a top-tier groupware and collaboration package that runs on
Linux? One supported by a company with an unmatched history and
position in the IT work? Then what you want is Lotus Notes, which
now supports the Linux platform from the lowly Intel box to the
coveted iSeries. With support for a myriad applications as well
as standards such as IMAP and iCalendar, the newest Notes 6.0.2
is unrivaled in the groupware arena. So come and hear from a
Notes specialist about what this software can offer your
Enterprise, while running on everyone's favorite OS."
PRESENTATION SUMMARY:
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Matt Engstrom, an IBM IT Sales Technical Specialist in
Messaging and Collaboration from the Minneapolis office,
arrived as expected and was welcomed to Kalamazoo by an
eager contingent of KLUGites. He presented Lotus Domino
v6.0.x - Web Application Server after having supper and
being entertained at a local eatery.
Call it a Microsoft Exchange alternative or something
better. "Not just e-mail but an application development
environment." Now this is not Open Source GPL'd software...
but it is from IBM and much of the technical information
for coders or developers is made available. IBM is the
champion of Linux and helped propel the rise in love of
the penguin people. Matt even had a couple of cool Tux
graphics. He gave an outstanding presentation of Lotus
Domino and expertly highlighted the advantages.
Matt used an IBM ThinkPad running Microsoft XP and the
KLUG XGA projector for both PowerPoint presentations. The
first slide show was an overview of what Lotus Domino is
and what functionality is envisioned when it is deployed.
The second slide show was about Lotus Domino v6.0.1 running
on Red Hat Linux v7.2 (you can also run it on SuSe v8.0).
Matt redeemed himself for displaying the Microsoft XP OS
on his laptop by popping up the familiar VMware (virtual
machine) menu and selecting Red Hat v7.2. He gave us a
live tour of the basics of Domino v6.0.1 installation,
configuration, and administration running on Red Hat.
He mentioned that he would forward his slide shows for
posting on the KLUG web server after converting them to
.PDF files. Look for them there... these should be
available over the next week.
The only serious problem about Lotus Domino/Notes is that
it only has clients for Microsoft workstations. No Linux
client is available. Only the server runs on Linux. We
can hope this situation changes but read this explanation.
Four reasons Lotus hasn't done a Linux Notes client:
http://www.dominopower.com/issues/issue200306/00001056001.html
- more on Lotus Domino -
http://www.lotus.com/products/r5web.nsf/webhome/nr5serverhp-new
This presentation will be performed by Matt Engstrom, an IBM Sr.
Systems Engineer flying in from IBM's Minneapolis office. Matt
has been working with Lotus software solutions for over six years.
He worked as a consultant in the Lotus Business Partner community for
two years, performing Lotus system administration and architecture
services to customers such as 3M, American Express, and Imation. Matt
moved to Lotus in June of 1999 and has been doing technical sales
support work since then. His areas of focus have included at times
large customers, state and local governments, and small and medium
businesses. "Matthew Engstrom" <matthew_engstrom@us.ibm.com>
II. NEXT KLUG MEETING - TUESDAY 07/29/2003
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OBJECT DATABASE CONNECTIVITY (ODBC)
By Erik Gillespie
ODBC is an open Application Program Interface (API) for accessing
databases of all shapes and sizes through a layer of libraries and
drivers. The API was created by Microsoft to be cross-platform.
Of course, M$ wouldn't think of writing the ports to Unix/Linux...
so enter unixODBC. unixODBC is more than a standards-compliant
port of the ODBC API to Unix platforms, it also includes many of
the enhancements Microsoft supports. So pick your favorite OS and
join me as we walk through the world of platform independent
database connectivity.
NOTE: July 21 2003 unixODBC v2.2.6 Released
- more -
http://www.unixodbc.org/
http://www.instantweb.com/d/dictionary/foldoc.cgi?query=ODBC
Erik Gillespie is a recent graduate from Western Michigan University
with a degree in Computer Science. He has a keen interest in all
walks of software development for the PC but holds a particular joy
for graphics programming and development on non-PC platforms. When
not at his computer he can be found hanging out with friends or
spending the day with his little sister.
III. K L U G M A I L I N G L I S T S -
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Diversified mailing lists can be found on the KLUG web site.
http://kalamazoolinux.org/listserv/
Facilitated by - John Bridleman listmaster@kalamazoolinux.org
Sign up and participate to serve the Open Source community!!!
(240 plus registrations on the "KLUG members" mailing list)
IV. K L U G & L I N U X N E W S F L A S H E S ! ! !
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WANT 2.6? RED HAT RELEASES "UNOFFICIAL" RPM'S
Following up on statements earlier this week, Red Hat has made
unofficial kernel RPM releases available for Linux 2.6.0-test1-
-for those who really want to live on the edge.
http://linuxtoday.com/developer/2003071801226NWKNRH
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RED HAT TO DROP BOXED RETAIL DISTRIBUTION
"Red Hat, the leading American distributor of Linux, is abandoning
the retail channel, the company is expected to announce Monday, says
this story in Linux and Main. Non-Red Hat developers will be given
a greater role in deciding what's in upcoming Red Hat distributions,
too."
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/19/1756215&mode=thread
&tid=110&tid=126&tid=163&tid=187
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ANNOUNCING A BETA RELEASE OF RED HAT LINUX: SEVERN
Among other things, SEVERN has:
* a new graphical boot
* GCC 3.3
* an updated 2.4.21 kernel
* updated Evolution and Mozilla
* and more!
Will it live? "Yes, I should think so."
http://linuxtoday.com/developer/2003072101326NWRHSW
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MICHIGAN GOVERNOR SIGNS ANTI-SPAM BILL
"Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm signed today a law billed as
the 'toughest in the nation' against spam. It makes it law in
Michigan that all unsolicited email contain 'ADV:' as the first
four characters in an email, contain contact information and a
way to opt-out of subsequent mailings. Violations are subject to
a $10,000 fine."
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/16/1313252&mode=
thread&tid=103&tid=111&tid=126&tid=99
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IBM SERVERS TO PAIR LINUX, NEW POWERPC CHIPS
Sources said Big Blue will challenge Sun and HP with blade and rack
servers that tap the PowerPC 970—and its successor.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1197434,00.asp
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SCO AWARDED UNIX COPYRIGHT REGISTRATIONS (SCO TERMINALLY SUCKS)
"It seems that SCO is continuing to build up its case for world
domination, as today it was awarded U.S. copyright registrations
for UNIX System V source code by the U.S. Copyright Office.
Shares are up 20%, Novell is nowhere to be found, and SCO is
releasing binary, run-only Linux licensing. You can read all
about it over in their press release."
http://slashdot.org/articles/03/07/21/1516240.shtml?tid=130&
tid=185&tid=187&tid=190&tid=88
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1200014,00.asp
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LOTUS CREATOR SAYS THERE'S NO KILLER APP FOR LINUX
Mitch Kapor, creator of the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet and co-founder
of the Lotus Development Corporation, is leading a project called
Chandler to create an open-source personal information manager
package.
http://www.linux.org/news/2003/07/21/0001.html
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SEMINAR ON DETAILS OF THE GPL AND RELATED LICENSES
"Given the recent confusion about LGPL on slashdot, and the concern
it raised for those convincing corporate legal departments to adopt
to Free Software, perhaps your readers might be interested in FSF's
legal seminar on the GPL and related licenses."
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/18/1835252&
mode=thread&tid=117&tid=123&tid=130&tid=185&tid=190&tid=99
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OPENOFFICE.ORG RESOURCE KIT
"With a 1.1 release imminent, this review may be of interest to users
of Linux on the desktop. OpenOffice.org is a group of small projects
that collectively make up the open source community's premier office
suite. Based on code from Sun's StarOffice and maintained by a
worldwide community of developers, the OpenOffice.org project
provides a full-featured office application suite.
http://books.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/16/1710210
&mode=thread&tid=185&tid=188&tid=192
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SLACKWARE TURNS 10 YEARS OLD
"DistroWatch is reporting that Slackware is 10. 'Yes folks, it is
exactly 10 years today since the release of Slackware Linux 1.0,
complete with a brand new Linux kernel 0.99pl11 Alpha, XFree86
1.3 and even a PS/2 mouse support!' Let's all say happy birthday
to Slackware."
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/140243&mode=thread&
tid=106&tid=185
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LINUX IN YOUR LIVING ROOM
Linux software has made good headway in undermining Microsoft in
corporate networks. Now a Silicon Valley company believes Linux
will do the same in the consumer electronics market. But here the
incumbent isn't Microsoft. It's Alameda-based Wind River Systems,
which has established itself over the past two decades as the
leader in embedded software.
http://www.linux.org/news/2003/07/21/0002.html
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HOUSE BILL TO MAKE FILE-SHARING AN AUTOMATIC FELONY
"Wired news has an article about a new bill that would make it a
felony to upload a file to a P2P network." EFF has a copy of the
bill online. Conyers and Berman both get over a quarter of their
campaign funding from Hollywood, according to opensecrets.org."
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/17/1250203
&mode=thread&tid=103&tid=126&tid=141&tid=188&tid=95&tid=99
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FREENET V0.5.2 RELEASED
"With the RIAA roaring to grab peer-to-peer users by their IP
addresses, Freenet - fully anonymized production and consumption
of content - is gaining renewed attention."
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/07/16/1931225
&mode=thread&tid=126&tid=158&tid=172&tid=93&tid=99
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APACHE UPDATES POPULAR HTTP SERVER
Primarily a bug fix, Version 1.3.28 improves on 1.3.27 with more
than a dozen patches including a new "ap_register_cleanup_ex" API
function which allows for a "magic" cleanup function to be run at
register time rather than at cleanup time.
http://www.linux.org/news/2003/07/20/0003.html
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OPEN SOURCE AND LIABILITY
"It's the next big Linux controversy: Who should be liable if
customers wind up using software that was created from
misappropriated intellectual property?"
http://www.linux.org/news/2003/07/19/0004.html
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TOSHIBA NOTEBOOK HAS LINUX KYBOSH BUILT IN
A Toshiba notebook is being furnished with Windows XP Home on a
DVD so preventing end users from building dual boot systems.
http://www.linux.org/news/2003/07/19/0002.html
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LINUX REVIEW: 4-IN-1: MINI BOOK REVIEWS
This month, Pat reviews books about LAMP, RH8 and system
administration.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=7015&mode=thread&order=0
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LINUX IN A NUTSHELL VERSION 4 AVAILABLE
Comprehensive but concise, Linux in a Nutshell is an essential
desktop reference for the commands that users of Linux utilize
every day. It covers all substantial user, programming,
administration, and networking commands for the most common
Linux distributions. It's several quick references rolled into
one: sed, gawk, RCS, CVS, vi, Emacs, bash, tcsh, regular
expressions, package management, bootloaders, and desktop
environments are all covered in this clear, to-the-point
volume, along with core command-line utilities.
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxnut4
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TOP TEN LINUX TIPS
"No batch of tips would be complete without a section for the
favorite OS of tinkerer's everywhere--Linux. Many people are
new to Linux and these tips run the gamut of many commonly
asked questions for the Linux operating system..."
http://linuxtoday.com/infrastructure/2003071800326OSHLSW
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IN THE OPEN SOURCE SPIRIT WE CALL FOR MEETING SUPPORT VOLUNTEERS
Please don't make us RANT about organization needs for volunteers!
We need additional volunteers to act as the "Meeting Firewall"
to handle Chamber access control and security issues. The Chamber
has asked us to safeguard their assets as KLUG members come and
go from the meeting room each Tuesday night. Bob surely needs
help with this function which requires that you get to the meetings
early and see that the everything is locked up as the last person
leaves. This means being at the Chamber at 6:30pm and hanging
around until 10:00pm. We have other volunteer positions available
and many of these duties could be shared if you have an interest.
G E T I N V O L V E D I N K L U G N O W ! ! !
Please contact installmaster@kalamazoolinux.org for more details.
See http://kalamazoolinux.org/organize for position descriptions.
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THE WMU COMPUTER CLUB - YAKKO IS THEIR MAIN LINUX SERVER!
The Computer Club at Western Michigan University exists to promote
a better understanding of computers for both members of the club
and members of the WMU community. This goal is achieved through
various club projects, member presentations, Linux Install Parties,
and discussions at our meetings. Do you need help getting your
computer to function properly? Are you interested in installing
Linux? Do you just want a place to hang out and have a good time?
If the answer to any of those questions or any other question is
'yes' then you should come check us out. We welcome anyone
(regardless of computer experience) who is willing to share
whatever talents they have, listen to others, and have a good
time.
http://yakko.cs.wmich.edu/
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KLUG SUPPORTING MEMBERS CAN GET THEIR PICTURE ON THE WEB SITE
Want your picture posted with your name as a KLUG Supporting
Member? Send the tasteful graphic file and your request to
webmaster@kalamazoolinux.org.
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KLUG NOW OWNS A NEW XGA VIDEO PROJECTOR
Adam reported that KLUG has upgraded the video projector from SVGA
to XGA!!! From 800 x 600 to 1024 x 768, it should boost presentation
viewing pleasure. This projector is well rated:
INFOCUS LP335 DLP PROJECTOR
1000 LUMEN - XGA - LP-0335-V + Extended 12 month warranty
Digital Light Processing DLP which provides sharp images under
variable lighting conditions.
http://www.consumersearch.com/www/office/portable_pc_projectors/
Anyone know of a buyer for our 2 year old KLUG SVGA projector?
We should ask $800 for this unit and it is in excellent condition.
It has about 150 hours on a 1000 hour bulb. Works just fine.
It is an InFocus model LP425ZVB with padded carrying case.
Contact Todd chair@kalamazoolinux.org for more info.
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KLUG NEEDS VOLUNTEERS TO FILL SEVERAL VACANT POSITIONS
Nutrimaster and Education Director volunteer slots are still vacant.
Please contact chair@kalamazoolinux.org for more details.
Volunteers are needed for Beginner's Nights and Installfests.
Please contact installmaster@kalamazoolinux.org for more details.
See http://kalamazoolinux.org/organize for position descriptions.
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KLUG NEEDS SPEAKERS FOR THE WEEKLY LINUX RELATED PRESENTATIONS!
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Contact Adam if you can give a presentation on any area of Linux
related subject or application. He would also like to hear your
suggestions for topics and possible speaker referrals. Do you
know anyone who is using Linux in Southwest Michigan and might
be willing to share their Linux expertise by making a technical
presentation? Professional, individual, or commercial speakers
on Linux accepted. Contact programdirector@kalamazoolinux.org
with your referrals and ideas. See the meeting schedule for open
dates. http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/meetings/schedule.php3
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V. K L U G C O N T A C T & M E E T I N G I N F O
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KLUG WEB SITE http://kalamazoolinux.org
MEMBERS AND GUESTS - COME JOIN US FOR A MEETING!!!
http://kalamazoolinux.org/meetings
WE MEET WEEKLY, EACH TUESDAY AT 7:00PM.
Our meeting site is the Kalamazoo Chamber
of Commerce office building downtown.
346 W. Michigan Ave. - Kalamazoo, MI 49007
http://kazoolug.org/meetings/maps.php3 <=== MAP!
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Kalamazoo Linux Users Group, Inc.
6749 South Westnedge Avenue
Suite K-288
Portage MI 49002
e-mail address: chair@kalamazoolinux.org
NOTE:
Effective January 1st, 2002, KLUG has been granted 501C3 status by
the IRS. This is a big step forward. Now all donations (including
hardware, services, cash, or membership dues) are tax deductible!
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