COLALUG: The Columbia Linux Users Group

Meeting Minutes - March 9, 2006

Please note: Action items are indicated by bolding the name of the person responsible.

The purpose of this month's club meeting was primarily to finalize preparations for the InstallFest of March 18.

• Victor will bring four PCs and monitors.

• Victor asked for folks to bring power strips; at least six power strips were volunteered by those present.

• Robert and Jeremy advertised the event so we should expect a good turn out

• The group will have a variety of distros available. Robert has made copies of various distros for the InstallFest. Members are encouraged to bring copies of their own in case we need them.

• Victor will bring a DVD player and a CD burner in case we need to burn CDs. Please bring some blanks CDs if you can.

• Jeremy will check on Internet availability and will bring a router. Please bring CAT5 cables if you have some available. Victor will bring a long network cable in case it is needed.

• Jeremy mentioned that there are several people that will bring/donate hardware; they have listed it in the forum.
• Jeremy brought up a number of interesting items:

  • - http://www.linuxprinting.com is your best source for print drivers and printing troubleshooting

    - You can see what hardware is using Linux by visiting http://www.linux-stats.com

    - The http://www.thesourceshow.org has great information on various Linux features (current and upcoming) - If you want to try virtualization (similar to VMWare) you can try QEMU; make sure to also load KEMU (accelerator)

    - Visit http://www.novell.com/linux/xglrelease to see the cool 3D rotation of the desktop -- only available with the right video card compatible with the XGL feature - He recommended visiting http://www.freedesktop.org - There is a new live CD that shows the XGL features -- if your video adapter supports it. Look for it under http://www.digg.com/linux_unix

• For anyone having problems accessing VPN systems through Linux, try Vpnc. It works as a client for Cisco VPN networks.

See you on the 18th!

InstallFest Contact Numbers:

• Victor's Pager: 803-931-9331 or Cell: 803-331-5578
• Jeremy: 864-580-8998 (cell)