August 2009

New Forum goes live.

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Which would you attend, if they happen:

johnw - Fri, 2009-08-28 10:33
Nokia, 10 Oct
9% (1 vote)
Juniper Hall, 24 Oct
9% (1 vote)
Juniper Hall, 31 Oct
0% (0 votes)
Nokia, 10 Oct AND Juniper Hall, 24 Oct
18% (2 votes)
Nokia, 10 Oct AND Juniper Hall, 31 Oct
64% (7 votes)
None of the above
0% (0 votes)
Total votes: 11

What is open source software?

Open source software is simply the future paradigm of software development. People who use software work with people who develop software to cut out the marketing hype and cost to simply deliver feature rich and stable software. There are a range of business models for why people would collaborate in this way - but the majority of projects work via a support model. That is to say, you would pay people for their expertise and time according to your specific requirements rather than paying a license cost for all eternity. Open source is good for you because it means:

    Asterisk

    Anonymous (not verified) - Wed, 2009-08-19 11:52

    Here are some notes on Asterisk.....

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    Do you want ot use poll's for voting on this site?

    admin - Mon, 2009-08-17 15:37
    Yes
    92% (12 votes)
    No
    0% (0 votes)
    What's a poll?
    8% (1 vote)
    Total votes: 13
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    Saturday Bring-a-Box Meetings

    What is a Bring-a-Box meeting?

    We have regular sessions on the second Saturday of each month. Bring a 'box', bring a notebook, bring anything that might run Linux, or just bring yourself and enjoy socialising/learning/teaching or simply chilling out!

    These are very informal sessions - generally people bring in their computers if they have an issue and want hands-on help, or if they just want to show some cool new things they've found.

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    IRC

    There's an IRC channel called #surreylug on the irc.libera.chat server where people can chat in realtime - there are people in the channel pretty much any time.

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    Meetings

    Meetings

    Bring-a-Box Meetings

    We have technical sessions (technical? yes, but with a good element of social as well!) which by convention run on the second Saturday of each month. Bring a 'box', bring a notebook, bring anything that might run Linux, or just bring yourself and enjoy socialising/learning/teaching or simply chilling out!

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    About Us

    About Us

    Surrey LUG (Linux Users' Group) is not a formal club with a defined membership, but is instead a loose collection of individuals with a shared interest in Linux.  "Members" meet online and in person to advance their own knowledge of computers and help others with their computer problems.

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    3G Dongles

    admin - Wed, 2009-08-05 13:26

    This page describes various methods for connecting your 3G dongle to your Linux computer.

    I have tested these with Vodafone (contract) dongle - Huawei E220 HSDPA Modem and on Ubuntu 8.04. Later versions of linux tend to have tools built in (for instance - I was able to use the network manager in Fedora Core 11 and the dongle and provider were built in). As with all things linux - you have some options:

    This page describes various methods for connecting your 3G dongle to your Linux computer.

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