From josh at nitrotech.org Mon Aug 3 15:56:07 2015 From: josh at nitrotech.org (Joshua Hesketh) Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2015 15:56:07 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] [Announce] LCA2018 Call for Bids In-Reply-To: <20150703043649.GA44954@thor.bakeyournoodle.com> References: <20150703043649.GA44954@thor.bakeyournoodle.com> Message-ID: <55BF0277.30900@nitrotech.org> Hi all, The call for 2018 bids closes at the end of next week. Usually, well before this point of the year, we have a good indication of teams who are working on bidding. Sadly we haven't heard of any teams interested in leading a linux.conf.au. The bid deadline is still open so perhaps there are some people working hard in the background on getting a proposal to the council. However, at this point, we may be heading towards a year where we have no viable option or location for a linux.conf.au. If this is something you would like to help fix, please let us know if you're interested in running a linux.conf.au :-) Cheers, Josh On 03/07/15 14:36, Tony Breeds wrote: > Hi there, > > Plans are coming along really well for linux.conf.au 2016 in Geelong. > We're very much looking forward to seeing you all there, but in the > meantime it's time to start thinking about plans for 2018[0]. > > I realise we're a bit behind schedule on the formal call for bids, so > here is the revised timeline > > * July - Formal Bids are requested to host linux.conf.au 2018 > (this email) > - Council works with Bid Teams to help them prepare their > bids, answering questions and providing guidance > * August 14 - Submission of formal bids closes > - Council clarifies any questions regarding the bids and > reviews them > * September - Council conducts Site Inspections with shortlisted Bid > Teams > * November - Council decides on the winning city and informs the Bid > Teams > * January - The winning bid is announced at linux.conf.au 2016 > > > If you have ever sat in the back of a LUG meeting or an LCA talk and had > an informal chat to someone about running an LCA now is the time to put > that idea into action. If you were the person two seats back listening > in, go bug that person to put in a bid! > > If you haven't already, the first thing to to do is to send an email to > council at linux.org.au to let them know you are thinking of submitting a > bid. You should also CC linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au, this might help you > find other people keen on helping you out. > > Once you've done that here are two documents to help you get started: > * http://wiki.linux.org.au/Linux.conf.au_Bid_Guidelines > * http://wiki.linux.org.au/LCA_HOWTO > > The first outlines what is required for the bid process, while the > second give a fairly detailed overview of the sorts of things you need > to think about when preparing to run an LCA, and provide example bid > documents. > > There is also a comprehensive Event Portal with lots of useful > information on how to run a successful event at > http://wiki.linux.org.au/Linux_Australia:Events_Portal > > So go out, get your team together, talk to some venues/vendors and start > bidding to run the next awesome LCA! Armed with your amazing organising > skills, this is your opportunity to show off your city, do what you > always wanted to do at LCA, add something extra special to the > conference and have a say in the programme of the conference. > > This is something you will remember for a lifetime and gain life-long > friends, professional contacts and the experience looks amazing on a > resume. Not to mention, it's great fun to run! > > Once you've finalised your bid document then please send to > council at linux.org.au and linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au. > > If you are thinking of bidding, please put your hand up sooner rather > than later so that the Council can make sure you get the support you > need to prepare a high quality bid. Please don't hesitate to contact us > if you have any questions or need any help in preparing your bid. > > Cheers, > Tony > > P.S. Please forward this announcement onto local LUG lists and anywhere > else you think is relevant. > > [0] http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2013-November/021212.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > announce mailing list > announce at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/announce -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 819 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: From dtbell91 at gmail.com Mon Aug 3 17:37:01 2015 From: dtbell91 at gmail.com (David Bell) Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 17:37:01 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] [Announce] LCA2018 Call for Bids In-Reply-To: <55BF0277.30900@nitrotech.org> References: <20150703043649.GA44954@thor.bakeyournoodle.com> <55BF0277.30900@nitrotech.org> Message-ID: To add to this: if you don't want to put your hand up as the lead for the bid but you'd love to see linux.conf.au in your city and you'd like to help, send an email anyway. There may be other people nearby who are willing to help as well. I can honestly say that planning an LCA has been a rewarding experience so far, and I know that I want to keep attending them. Don't make me bid to host it in Geelong again for 2018. How about somewhere like Port Augusta, Port Macquarie, Gold Coast, or Cairns? Cheers, David On 3 August 2015 at 15:56, Joshua Hesketh wrote: > Hi all, > > The call for 2018 bids closes at the end of next week. > > Usually, well before this point of the year, we have a good indication of > teams who are working on bidding. Sadly we haven't heard of any teams > interested in leading a linux.conf.au. > > The bid deadline is still open so perhaps there are some people working > hard in the background on getting a proposal to the council. However, at > this point, we may be heading towards a year where we have no viable option > or location for a linux.conf.au. > > If this is something you would like to help fix, please let us know if > you're interested in running a linux.conf.au :-) > > Cheers, > Josh > > > On 03/07/15 14:36, Tony Breeds wrote: > > Hi there, > > Plans are coming along really well for linux.conf.au 2016 in Geelong. > We're very much looking forward to seeing you all there, but in the > meantime it's time to start thinking about plans for 2018[0]. > > I realise we're a bit behind schedule on the formal call for bids, so > here is the revised timeline > > * July - Formal Bids are requested to host linux.conf.au 2018 > (this email) > - Council works with Bid Teams to help them prepare their > bids, answering questions and providing guidance > * August 14 - Submission of formal bids closes > - Council clarifies any questions regarding the bids and > reviews them > * September - Council conducts Site Inspections with shortlisted Bid > Teams > * November - Council decides on the winning city and informs the Bid > Teams > * January - The winning bid is announced at linux.conf.au 2016 > > > If you have ever sat in the back of a LUG meeting or an LCA talk and had > an informal chat to someone about running an LCA now is the time to put > that idea into action. If you were the person two seats back listening > in, go bug that person to put in a bid! > > If you haven't already, the first thing to to do is to send an email tocouncil at linux.org.au to let them know you are thinking of submitting a > bid. You should also CC linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au, this might help you > find other people keen on helping you out. > > Once you've done that here are two documents to help you get started: > * http://wiki.linux.org.au/Linux.conf.au_Bid_Guidelines > * http://wiki.linux.org.au/LCA_HOWTO > > The first outlines what is required for the bid process, while the > second give a fairly detailed overview of the sorts of things you need > to think about when preparing to run an LCA, and provide example bid > documents. > > There is also a comprehensive Event Portal with lots of useful > information on how to run a successful event athttp://wiki.linux.org.au/Linux_Australia:Events_Portal > > So go out, get your team together, talk to some venues/vendors and start > bidding to run the next awesome LCA! Armed with your amazing organising > skills, this is your opportunity to show off your city, do what you > always wanted to do at LCA, add something extra special to the > conference and have a say in the programme of the conference. > > This is something you will remember for a lifetime and gain life-long > friends, professional contacts and the experience looks amazing on a > resume. Not to mention, it's great fun to run! > > Once you've finalised your bid document then please send tocouncil at linux.org.au and linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au. > > If you are thinking of bidding, please put your hand up sooner rather > than later so that the Council can make sure you get the support you > need to prepare a high quality bid. Please don't hesitate to contact us > if you have any questions or need any help in preparing your bid. > > Cheers, > Tony > > P.S. Please forward this announcement onto local LUG lists and anywhere > else you think is relevant. > > [0] http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2013-November/021212.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > announce mailing listannounce at lists.linux.org.auhttp://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/announce > > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From mattcen at gmail.com Tue Aug 4 11:54:15 2015 From: mattcen at gmail.com (Matthew Cengia) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 11:54:15 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] SELinux on Debian Jessie Message-ID: <20150804015413.GQ12884@debian.cengia.id.au> Hi all, Does anybody here have any experience on installing and configuring SELinux on Debian Jessie? I've been following the instructions at https://wiki.debian.org/SELinux/Setup, but (a) the selinux-policy-default, and (b) I follow up to step 2.5 (run selinux-activate and reboot), the system reboots twice (presumably after an attempted filesystem relabel?), but then after running step 2.6 (check-selinux-installation), I get: root at debian:~# check-selinux-installation ../proc/1 kernel.. SELinux is not enabled. The init process (PID 1) is running in an incorrect domain. FSCKFIX is not enabled - not serious, but could prevent system from booting... This is a fresh Jessie installation with zero configuration aside from my attempt to install SELinux. Anybody able to put me on track? -- Regards, Matthew Cengia -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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On 2015-08-04 11:54, Matthew Cengia wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anybody here have any experience on installing and configuring > SELinux on Debian Jessie? > > I've been following the instructions at > https://wiki.debian.org/SELinux/Setup, but (a) the > selinux-policy-default, and (b) I follow up to step 2.5 (run > selinux-activate and reboot), the system reboots twice (presumably after > an attempted filesystem relabel?), but then after running step 2.6 > (check-selinux-installation), I get: > > root at debian:~# check-selinux-installation > ../proc/1 kernel.. > SELinux is not enabled. > The init process (PID 1) is running in an incorrect domain. > FSCKFIX is not enabled - not serious, but could prevent system from booting... > > This is a fresh Jessie installation with zero configuration aside from > my attempt to install SELinux. > > Anybody able to put me on track? -- Regards, Matthew Cengia -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 966 bytes Desc: Digital signature URL: From russell at coker.com.au Wed Aug 5 13:54:43 2015 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 13:54:43 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] SELinux on Debian Jessie In-Reply-To: <20150804023116.GR12884@debian.cengia.id.au> References: <20150804015413.GQ12884@debian.cengia.id.au> <20150804023116.GR12884@debian.cengia.id.au> Message-ID: <201508051354.43055.russell@coker.com.au> On Tue, 4 Aug 2015 12:31:18 PM Matthew Cengia wrote: > Oh. It appears I've found the problem: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2015/04/msg00207.html > > Short story: The fact that selinux-policy-default isn't available is a > huge issue, given I don't otherwise have an existing policy. I don't > know SELinux much at all, so this looks like an insurmountable problem. I should have something that works in a week or so. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ From markwalkom at gmail.com Tue Aug 11 10:57:01 2015 From: markwalkom at gmail.com (Mark Walkom) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 10:57:01 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] [Announce] LCA2018 Call for Bids In-Reply-To: References: <20150703043649.GA44954@thor.bakeyournoodle.com> <55BF0277.30900@nitrotech.org> Message-ID: Hi All, I've been chatting with a few Sydney based people who are interested in being involved for 2018. If you are thinking along the same lines, please let me know and we can arrange a time to chat amongst ourselves and see where it goes. Cheers, Mark On 3 August 2015 at 17:37, David Bell wrote: > To add to this: if you don't want to put your hand up as the lead for the > bid but you'd love to see linux.conf.au in your city and you'd like to > help, send an email anyway. There may be other people nearby who are > willing to help as well. > > I can honestly say that planning an LCA has been a rewarding experience so > far, and I know that I want to keep attending them. Don't make me bid to > host it in Geelong again for 2018. > How about somewhere like Port Augusta, Port Macquarie, Gold Coast, or > Cairns? > > Cheers, > David > > On 3 August 2015 at 15:56, Joshua Hesketh wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> The call for 2018 bids closes at the end of next week. >> >> Usually, well before this point of the year, we have a good indication of >> teams who are working on bidding. Sadly we haven't heard of any teams >> interested in leading a linux.conf.au. >> >> The bid deadline is still open so perhaps there are some people working >> hard in the background on getting a proposal to the council. However, at >> this point, we may be heading towards a year where we have no viable option >> or location for a linux.conf.au. >> >> If this is something you would like to help fix, please let us know if >> you're interested in running a linux.conf.au :-) >> >> Cheers, >> Josh >> >> >> On 03/07/15 14:36, Tony Breeds wrote: >> >> Hi there, >> >> Plans are coming along really well for linux.conf.au 2016 in Geelong. >> We're very much looking forward to seeing you all there, but in the >> meantime it's time to start thinking about plans for 2018[0]. >> >> I realise we're a bit behind schedule on the formal call for bids, so >> here is the revised timeline >> >> * July - Formal Bids are requested to host linux.conf.au 2018 >> (this email) >> - Council works with Bid Teams to help them prepare their >> bids, answering questions and providing guidance >> * August 14 - Submission of formal bids closes >> - Council clarifies any questions regarding the bids and >> reviews them >> * September - Council conducts Site Inspections with shortlisted Bid >> Teams >> * November - Council decides on the winning city and informs the Bid >> Teams >> * January - The winning bid is announced at linux.conf.au 2016 >> >> >> If you have ever sat in the back of a LUG meeting or an LCA talk and had >> an informal chat to someone about running an LCA now is the time to put >> that idea into action. If you were the person two seats back listening >> in, go bug that person to put in a bid! >> >> If you haven't already, the first thing to to do is to send an email tocouncil at linux.org.au to let them know you are thinking of submitting a >> bid. You should also CC linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au, this might help you >> find other people keen on helping you out. >> >> Once you've done that here are two documents to help you get started: >> * http://wiki.linux.org.au/Linux.conf.au_Bid_Guidelines >> * http://wiki.linux.org.au/LCA_HOWTO >> >> The first outlines what is required for the bid process, while the >> second give a fairly detailed overview of the sorts of things you need >> to think about when preparing to run an LCA, and provide example bid >> documents. >> >> There is also a comprehensive Event Portal with lots of useful >> information on how to run a successful event athttp://wiki.linux.org.au/Linux_Australia:Events_Portal >> >> So go out, get your team together, talk to some venues/vendors and start >> bidding to run the next awesome LCA! Armed with your amazing organising >> skills, this is your opportunity to show off your city, do what you >> always wanted to do at LCA, add something extra special to the >> conference and have a say in the programme of the conference. >> >> This is something you will remember for a lifetime and gain life-long >> friends, professional contacts and the experience looks amazing on a >> resume. Not to mention, it's great fun to run! >> >> Once you've finalised your bid document then please send tocouncil at linux.org.au and linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au. >> >> If you are thinking of bidding, please put your hand up sooner rather >> than later so that the Council can make sure you get the support you >> need to prepare a high quality bid. Please don't hesitate to contact us >> if you have any questions or need any help in preparing your bid. >> >> Cheers, >> Tony >> >> P.S. Please forward this announcement onto local LUG lists and anywhere >> else you think is relevant. >> >> [0] http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/linux-aus/2013-November/021212.html >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> announce mailing listannounce at lists.linux.org.auhttp://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/announce >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> linux-aus mailing list >> linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au >> http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From secretary at linux.org.au Tue Aug 11 22:07:31 2015 From: secretary at linux.org.au (Linux Australia Secretary) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 22:07:31 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Council meeting minutes for July 1st & 14th 2015 Message-ID: <55C9E583.5050905@linux.org.au> Dear All, Please find below the links to the previous council minutes. 1st July 2015 - https://www.linux.org.au/meeting/2015-07-01-0 15th July 2015 - http://linux.org.au/meeting/2015-07-15 Linux Australia are also publishing our minutes to planet.linux.org.au Feedback as always is welcome! Thanks, Sae Ra -- Sae Ra Germaine Secretary Linux Australia secretary at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 From vini20_1 at hotmail.com Fri Aug 14 11:24:33 2015 From: vini20_1 at hotmail.com (vinicius pereira da silva) Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 22:24:33 -0300 Subject: [Linux-aus] Spreading linux around Australia Message-ID: Hi Guys, How are you this morning? My name is Vinicius, I am from brazil and I have been to Australia for a few months.My goal when I came here was to study english and then find a linux role. So well done. :) :) I have quiet good experience in teaching linux for new/experienced professionals in brazil, from basic through to advanced and I am thinking about running a training company here in Brisbane. I was trying to find some companies from the same area but I felt like there are not that much investment on this. I believe if we start training new professionals we could help companies and also themselves.I can see that we have a bunch of companies looking for DevOps which they cannot find ( I might be wrong ). I say that because I have already received a couple of offers since I started working. So, to sum up. What are your thoughts about training company? is there any good linux training company in Brisbane/Sydnei/Melbourne or another place? 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We have received expressions of interest from a 2 parties. We will work with them to flesh out a bid over the next month. Assuming we end up with 2 complete bids they will be published here for comment. If this process does NOT result in a successful bid we'll inform the community and announce the next steps. Yours Tony. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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One can imagine that the advertising of this activities and further flow-on donations would have also contributed. http://www.tassiedevil.com.au/tasdevil.nsf/TheAppeal/EAB0EA836268D7D2CA2576D4001B203C Like a number of things in life, an initial investment can have great results quite a few years later. I like to think that the Tasmanian Devil donations from 2009 contributed to the successful development of the vaccine and the release of immunised Devils in wild. I like to think that we can all say "Yes, we helped save this species from extinction". -- Lev Lafayette, BA (Hons), GradCertTerAdEd (Murdoch), GradCertPM, MBA (Tech Mngmnt) (Chifley) mobile: 0432 255 208 RFC 1855 Netiquette Guidelines http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt From mike.carden at gmail.com Wed Aug 19 21:05:05 2015 From: mike.carden at gmail.com (Mike Carden) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 21:05:05 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Videos from the Chaos Computer Congress Message-ID: The CCC is like a European LCA with perhaps more of a subversive focus. Some of their videos are both entertaining and educational. I just watched the one about their conference badge which is a hackable Software Defined Radio piece of test gear. https://media.ccc.de/browse/conferences/camp2015/ Enjoy. -- crash -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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