Wayne State University Linux Users Group

YES! We will once again have a BBQ.

The BBQ will be held at
4732 Anthony Wayne Drive APT#6

We will be set up on the balcony and parking lot. A large Weber grill will be provided for people to cook food. You are welcome to bring your own grill. Everyone is encouraged to contribute to the party by bringing some essentials for the BBQ. If you plan on bringing something, please announce it on the mailing list so everyone knows who is bringing what.

Some items needed (pick one or more of these to bring) napkins, hot dog/hamburger buns, burgers, hot dogs, sausage, ketchup, mustard, paper plates, Baked Beans, Corn, Potato Salad, etc.

This BBQ will also include a tour of WSU's Computing Grid.

https://www.grid.wayne.edu/WSU_Campus_Grid

Penguicon 7.0 will be May 1 through 3, 2009, at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Romulus, Michigan.

The third meeting of the Winter 2009 semester.

Sun Microsystems & WSU LUG presents "MySQL is better than yours"

Where: WSU Campus: College of Engineering in Room 2507 (PACE LAB)

When: Monday, March 30th, 2009 from 4:00-6:00pm

Speaker: Duleepa Wijayawardhana (Dups)
A speaker from Sun will give an introductory talk on MySQL, the worlds most popular
open source database. Duleepa Wijayawardhana is the Sun/MySQL Community Relations
Manager for North America and is an open-source evangelist. Prior to joining
the community team, he was one of MySQL Web Team’s Web Developers managing
and working on the popular mysql.com. Before joining MySQL, Dups worked for
game developer BioWare Corp. in Edmonton, Canada (now Electronic Arts) where he
helped develop the BioWare Community Site, Store, and various other game-related
properties.

To get a little back ground on MySQL and Dups, I encourage you to check out his blog.
http://blogs.sun.com/dups and http://www.dups.ca

COME AND ENJOY FREE PIZZA, T-SHIRTS, AND SUN GIVE-A-WAYS!!

The second meeting of the Winter 2009 semester.

WSU LUG presents "Zimbra - You've Got Mail"

As some of you may know, Wayne State University is currently in the process of revamping the email system.

Rob Thompson will present Zimbra, soon to be WSU's new mail server. He will cover a complete demo of the service, highlighting; Email vs. collaboration, Calendering at WSU, SaaS (Software as a Service), System architecture (enterprise Linux systems), and hold a lengthy Q&A session. Rob works as a systems analyst for C&IT at WSU.

To get a little back ground on Zimbra and Rob, I encourage you to check out some of his blog posts on the subject.
Zimbra
Zimbra: It's Going Places
Zimbra on a VPS: Step-by-Step
Zimbra on a VPS: Tuning

Where: WSU Campus: Undergraduate Library in the Community Room

When: Thursday March 5th, 2009 @ 6:30pm

The first meeting of the Winter 2009 semester.

WSU LUG presents "Computer Languages - How To Talk To Your Computer"

Edward Platt, Brad Dunn, and Adam Lincoln will introduce, compare, and contrast various computer languages. They will primarily discuss Perl, Java, PHP, Lisp, and Python, and give common uses, tips, tricks, and pitfalls to avoid.

Where: WSU Campus: Undergraduate Library : Community Room

When: Thursday February 5th, 2009 @ 6:30pm

The third meeting of the fall 2008 semester.

WSU LUG welcomes Dr. Adam J. Lincoln and his presentation "A Holiday Server Feast"

While desktop applications cover a very broad range of functionality, there are lots of useful things that operate as services under Linux. File and print sharing, remote applications, and web services can be as helpful inside your home network as they are over the greater internet. Also, cool stuff like bitlbee, which lets you use your favorite IRC client as an instant messenger client, runs as a service. You do not need more than one computer to take advantage of these, and laptops can benefit as much as desktops. A rundown of server applications and configurations will be described, focusing on how to make your home computers easier to use and more powerful.

Where: WSU Campus: 0162 Old Main (enter building off Warren; room is in hall between two Warren entrances)

When: Monday December 8th, 2008 @ 6:30pm

The Second meeting of the Fall 2008 semester.

WSU LUG welcomes Dr. Potoff and his presentation "Everything I Needed to Know About Computer Security, I Learned from Google."

20 years ago, security through obscurity was the mode of operation for most academic research groups. 10 years ago, it was still common to find departments running mail servers with open relays. Today, running an open relay or unsecured NIS server is likely to result in a compromised computer in less than 24 hours. In this talk, I discuss open source security tools and other information freely available through common search engines, such as Google.

Where: WSU Campus - College of Engineering : Conference room 1145

When: Thursday October 30th, 2008 @ 6:00pm

-- Dr. Potoff's Bio --

Professional Experience
Department of Chemical Engineering, Wayne State University

Associate Professor 2007-present

Assistant Professor 2001-2007

Honors and Awards
Detroit AICHE section, Chemical Engineer of the Year: 2008

College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award: 2003-2004

Engineering Student Faculty Board, Outstanding Faculty Service: 2002, 2003, 2004

Minnesota Supercomputing Institute Research Scholar: 2000

Research
Our research group focuses on the application of computer simulation at various length scales (sub-atomic, atomic, and mesoscale) to the following areas:

* Force field development for complex fluids.
* Vapor-liquid, solid-liquid equilibria and critical phenomena.
* Prediction of environmental impact of energetic materials and chemical warfare agents.
* Mechanisms of membrane fusion.
* Novel materials development.

Courses Taught
* ChE 2800 - Material and Energy Balances
* ChE 3220 - Measurements Laboratory
* ChE 3300 - Thermodynamics
* ChE 3820 - Unit Operations Laboratory
* ChE 7300 - Advanced Thermodynamics
* BE 1100 - Introduction to Engineering
* BE 1300/1310 - Science of Engineering Materials
* BE 2550/3040 - Numerical Methods and Programming

The first meeting of the Fall 2008 semester.
This presentation meeting we welcome back Mike Ward, formerly of WSU LUG Webmaster fame and fortune.
Where: WSU Campus Ballroom (Second Floor of the Student Center)
When: TONIGHT - Tuesday September 30th, 2008 @ 6:00pm

President Lincoln announced today on the mailing list that elections for LUG officer positions will soon be needed. Nominations can be made as explained on the mailing list post, located at:

http://lists.wayne.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0805&L=LINUX&T=0&F=&S=&P=7480

If you're one that follows this site or the RSS feed, but doesn't keep up with the mailing list (shame on you), there's a discussion going on about a very informal get-together sort of thing on Thursday, May 15, at 8pm, with the possibility of it becoming a regular thing. Whether or not it's a regular thing depends entirely upon whether or not people feel like coming regularly.