From andrew at donnellan.id.au Wed Dec 2 13:50:38 2020 From: andrew at donnellan.id.au (Andrew Donnellan) Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2020 13:50:38 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Call for Sessions - linux.conf.au Online 2021 Kernel Miniconf Message-ID: LCA2021 Kernel Miniconf - Online - 2021-01-23 --------------------------------------------- LCA Kernel Miniconf submissions now open! (Ever wanted to present at LCA, but couldn't justify flying to Australia? Well, 2021 is your chance - we're going online-only for reasons you're probably aware of.) Submissions close: 2020-12-18, 23:59 AoE/UTC-12 Submissions: https://linux.conf.au/proposals/submit/kernel-miniconf/ More info: https://lca-kernel.ozlabs.org/2021-cfs.html *************************************************************************** linux.conf.au 2021 will be held at the Australian National University, Canberra^W^W^W^W^W^Win the comfort of your own homes, by the magic of the internet, from 23-25 January 2021. The Kernel Miniconf is a single-day miniconf track, held on Saturday 23 January, about everything related to the kernel and low-level systems programming. The Kernel Miniconf will focus on a variety of kernel-related topics - technical presentations on up-and-coming kernel developments, the future direction of the kernel, and kernel development community and process matters. Past Kernel Miniconfs have included technical talks on topics such as memory management, RCU, scheduling and filesystems, as well as talks on Linux kernel community topics such as licensing and Linux kernel development process. We invite submissions on anything related to kernel and low-level systems programming. We welcome submissions from developers of all levels of experience in the kernel community, covering a broad range of topics. 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Tickets are now available at linux.conf.au so jump on and grab yours to hear what Limor has to say. About Limor "Ladyada" Fried MIT engineer Limor Fried founded Adafruit in 2005. Her goal was to create the best place online for learning electronics and to make the best designed products for makers of all ages and skill levels. In the last 10 years, Adafruit has grown to over 100+ employees in the heart of New York City. Adafruit has expanded offerings to include tools, equipment, and electronics that Limor personally selects, tests, and approves before going into the Adafruit store. Limor was the first female engineer on the cover of WIRED magazine, awarded Entrepreneur Magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year, and was on the cover of Make: Vol. 57. She was a founding member of the New York City Industrial Business Advisory Council. Limor was named a White House Champion of Change in 2016. In 2018 she became one of "America's Top 50 Women in Tech" by Forbes Magazine. Adafruit is ranked #11 in the top 20 USA manufacturing companies and #1 in New York City by Inc. 5000 "fastest growing private companies." During the COVID-19 outbreak Adafruit Industries has been operating as an essential service and manufacturing business making PPE and medical device components. In 2020 Limor was appointed to the Small Business Sector Advisory Council by the City of New York to help restart the NYC economy post COVID-19 pandemic. We look forward to welcoming Limor to linux.conf.au 2021. But wait... there's more! We are pleased to announce that our schedule (https://linux.conf.au/schedule/) has been released! Wow what a wonderful list of speakers joining us for LCA2021. Also make sure you lock in your ticket ASAP to be able to get a Swag Badge (https://linux.conf.au/attend/swag-badge/). There are limited numbers left :) About linux.conf.au Australasia's grassroots Free and Open Source technologies conference, linux.conf.au, will be held online, worldwide, from Saturday 23 to Monday 25 January 2021. Running since 1999, linux.conf.au is the largest linux and open source conference in the Asia-Pacific region. The conference provides deeply technical presentations from industry leaders and experts on a wide array of subjects relating to open source projects, data and open government and community engagement. How to get tickets? Jump onto linux.conf.au to grab your ticket via your dashboard at https://linux.conf.au/dashboard/. If you need help convincing your employer to let you attend linux.conf.au 2021, we have a page to assist. Check out our why should your employees attend (https://linux.conf.au/attend/why-should-employees-attend/) page, and share it with your manager. --- Read this online at https://lca2021.linux.org.au/news/keynote-limor-fried/ From joel at lca2021.linux.org.au Thu Dec 3 10:01:30 2020 From: joel at lca2021.linux.org.au (Joel Addison) Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2020 09:01:30 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] linux.conf.au 2021 - Keynote Announcement: Limor "Ladyada" Fried Message-ID: <37f3927fe33d770e990d60e3a330257d@lca2021.linux.org.au> We're delighted to announce that Limor "Ladyada" Fried, electrical engineer and founder of Adafruit, will be one of our keynote speakers at linux.conf.au 2021. The conference is taking place online, worldwide, from Saturday 23 to Monday 25 January 2021. In her keynote, Limor will discuss how Python is snaking its way into hardware, Linux single board computers and more. Tickets are now available at linux.conf.au so jump on and grab yours to hear what Limor has to say. About Limor "Ladyada" Fried MIT engineer Limor Fried founded Adafruit in 2005. Her goal was to create the best place online for learning electronics and to make the best designed products for makers of all ages and skill levels. In the last 10 years, Adafruit has grown to over 100+ employees in the heart of New York City. Adafruit has expanded offerings to include tools, equipment, and electronics that Limor personally selects, tests, and approves before going into the Adafruit store. Limor was the first female engineer on the cover of WIRED magazine, awarded Entrepreneur Magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year, and was on the cover of Make: Vol. 57. She was a founding member of the New York City Industrial Business Advisory Council. Limor was named a White House Champion of Change in 2016. In 2018 she became one of "America's Top 50 Women in Tech" by Forbes Magazine. Adafruit is ranked #11 in the top 20 USA manufacturing companies and #1 in New York City by Inc. 5000 "fastest growing private companies." During the COVID-19 outbreak Adafruit Industries has been operating as an essential service and manufacturing business making PPE and medical device components. In 2020 Limor was appointed to the Small Business Sector Advisory Council by the City of New York to help restart the NYC economy post COVID-19 pandemic. We look forward to welcoming Limor to linux.conf.au 2021. But wait... there's more! We are pleased to announce that our schedule (https://linux.conf.au/schedule/) has been released! Wow what a wonderful list of speakers joining us for LCA2021. Also make sure you lock in your ticket ASAP to be able to get a Swag Badge (https://linux.conf.au/attend/swag-badge/). There are limited numbers left :) About linux.conf.au Australasia's grassroots Free and Open Source technologies conference, linux.conf.au, will be held online, worldwide, from Saturday 23 to Monday 25 January 2021. Running since 1999, linux.conf.au is the largest linux and open source conference in the Asia-Pacific region. The conference provides deeply technical presentations from industry leaders and experts on a wide array of subjects relating to open source projects, data and open government and community engagement. How to get tickets? Jump onto linux.conf.au to grab your ticket via your dashboard at https://linux.conf.au/dashboard/. If you need help convincing your employer to let you attend linux.conf.au 2021, we have a page to assist. Check out our why should your employees attend (https://linux.conf.au/attend/why-should-employees-attend/) page, and share it with your manager. --- Read this online at https://lca2021.linux.org.au/news/keynote-limor-fried/ From s.germaine at gmail.com Tue Dec 8 12:42:34 2020 From: s.germaine at gmail.com (Sae Ra Germaine) Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2020 12:42:34 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Call for Sessions - linux.conf.au Online 2021 GO GLAM Miniconf Message-ID: *Sent on behalf of GO GLAM Miniconf Orgs* The Generous & Open Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums (GO GLAM) Miniconf will explore what?s next for generous and open culture and memory. As COVID-19 swept across the planet, advocates for open access to scholarly and cultural knowledge finally had their moment in the sun, with GLAM workers scrambling to provide greater access to digital and digitised collections. Open data about COVID-19 is shared and tracked globally in real time. At the same time, governments tighten control of official records and COVID-19 has seen cultural institutions around the world close their doors - in some cases permanently. And under the cover of all this chaos, companies and governments are destroying some of the world?s most ancient and precious cultural sites - at Jukaan Gorge, Djab Wurrung country, Wet?suwet?en territories and elsewhere. Previous miniconfs have explored what we mean by "open culture", what we might mean by "generous archives", and why sometimes an ethic of care for those represented in GLAM collections means access should be closed rather than open without restrictions. What should GLAM workers be thinking about, doing, and supporting now? What should FOSS technologists help to build and maintain? How can open knowledge advocates add the most value in our current moment? What critical perspectives on cultural memory and open knowledge do we need to hear and act upon? How can we use open and free technologies to support communities to maintain strong and living cultures, and defend open and transparent government, science and societies? We invite you to share a project you?re working on, a proposal for a new initiative, a call to action, a history lesson - or any other presentation that can help to answer ?So what?s next?? and help us all to get there. We particularly invite critical perspectives and first time speakers to propose a session, and are looking for proposals of 15, 20 or 45 minutes (including Q&A). Go to linux.conf.au to submit your session! Hugh Rundle Bonnie Wildie -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From francois at fmarier.org Fri Dec 11 18:46:00 2020 From: francois at fmarier.org (Francois Marier) Date: Thu, 10 Dec 2020 23:46:00 -0800 Subject: [Linux-aus] RIP Planet LA Message-ID: For anybody who was still reading Planet Linux Australia when it shut down a few weeks ago [0], I've put together a list of all of the feeds that still work: https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/list-planet-linux-australia-blogs/ You should be able to import the .opml file directly into your favourite feed reader and start pulling down the individual blogs directly. It might be worth updating the shutdown announcement blog post with a link to the above for the benefit of people who might want to recover the list of blogs that were still there when the site was switched off. Big thanks to the folks who setup and maintained this service over the years! Francois [0] https://linux.org.au/saying-farewell-to-planet-linux-australia/ -- https://fmarier.org/ From russell at coker.com.au Sat Dec 12 00:50:21 2020 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 00:50:21 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] RIP Planet LA In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8191148.DBbdmNKYVt@liv> On Friday, 11 December 2020 6:46:00 PM AEDT Francois Marier via linux-aus wrote: > For anybody who was still reading Planet Linux Australia when it shut down a > few weeks ago [0], I've put together a list of all of the feeds that still > work: > > https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/list-planet-linux-australia-blogs/ Thanks for that. I read PLA from the RSS feed and I'm about a month behind in reading blog posts so I hadn't noticed. I will run a Planet feed for Linux blogs in Australia on the LUV server, which will start with the above list. Could the planet.linux.org.au DNS name be pointed to the LUV server for this? I think it would be good to have a continued place for blogs of Linux people in Australia. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ From jonhall80 at comcast.net Sat Dec 12 03:42:41 2020 From: jonhall80 at comcast.net (jonhall80 at comcast.net) Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2020 11:42:41 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Linux-aus] RIP Planet LA In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1769683906.186787.1607704962120@connect.xfinity.com> Francois, Thank you for doing this work. While not a reader of Planet Linux Australia I am sure that someone will appreciate you saving the wheat from the chaff, and perhaps some new people will become aware of some treasures in those posts. maddog > On 12/11/2020 2:46 AM Francois Marier via linux-aus wrote: > > > For anybody who was still reading Planet Linux Australia when it shut down a > few weeks ago [0], I've put together a list of all of the feeds that still > work: > > https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/list-planet-linux-australia-blogs/ > > You should be able to import the .opml file directly into your favourite > feed reader and start pulling down the individual blogs directly. > > It might be worth updating the shutdown announcement blog post with a link > to the above for the benefit of people who might want to recover the list of > blogs that were still there when the site was switched off. > > Big thanks to the folks who setup and maintained this service over the > years! > > Francois > > [0] https://linux.org.au/saying-farewell-to-planet-linux-australia/ > > -- > https://fmarier.org/ > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to > linux-aus-unsubscribe at lists.linux.org.au From jwoithe at just42.net Sat Dec 12 10:38:34 2020 From: jwoithe at just42.net (Jonathan Woithe) Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 10:08:34 +1030 Subject: [Linux-aus] RIP Planet LA In-Reply-To: <8191148.DBbdmNKYVt@liv> References: <8191148.DBbdmNKYVt@liv> Message-ID: <20201211233834.GA21836@marvin.atrad.com.au> Hi Russell On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 12:50:21AM +1100, Russell Coker via linux-aus wrote: > On Friday, 11 December 2020 6:46:00 PM AEDT Francois Marier via linux-aus > wrote: > > For anybody who was still reading Planet Linux Australia when it shut down a > > few weeks ago [0], I've put together a list of all of the feeds that still > > work: > > > > https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/list-planet-linux-australia-blogs/ > : > I will run a Planet feed for Linux blogs in Australia on the LUV server, which > will start with the above list. > > Could the planet.linux.org.au DNS name be pointed to the LUV server for this? Rather than just a DNS redirect, would an HTTP(S) redirect to a specific URL on the LUV server work better for what you have in mind? That way visitors would be taken directly to the feed page rather than LUV's main page. Regards jonathan From russell at coker.com.au Sat Dec 12 12:43:14 2020 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 12:43:14 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] RIP Planet LA In-Reply-To: <20201211233834.GA21836@marvin.atrad.com.au> References: <8191148.DBbdmNKYVt@liv> <20201211233834.GA21836@marvin.atrad.com.au> Message-ID: <10205815.08Lcm7065V@liv> On Saturday, 12 December 2020 10:38:34 AM AEDT Jonathan Woithe wrote: > Hi Russell > > On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 12:50:21AM +1100, Russell Coker via linux-aus wrote: > > On Friday, 11 December 2020 6:46:00 PM AEDT Francois Marier via linux-aus > > > > wrote: > > > For anybody who was still reading Planet Linux Australia when it shut > > > down a few weeks ago [0], I've put together a list of all of the feeds > > > that still> > > > > work: > > > https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/list-planet-linux-australia-blogs/ > > > > I will run a Planet feed for Linux blogs in Australia on the LUV server, > > which will start with the above list. > > > > Could the planet.linux.org.au DNS name be pointed to the LUV server for > > this? > Rather than just a DNS redirect, would an HTTP(S) redirect to a specific URL > on the LUV server work better for what you have in mind? That way visitors > would be taken directly to the feed page rather than LUV's main page. With a DNS entry I could just make a regular Planet installation and people could use it in the regular planet manner. With HTTP(S) redirection you need redirections for the RSS feed and for the main page. I can work with either option but I think DNS would give a better result. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ From russell at coker.com.au Sat Dec 12 21:29:45 2020 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 21:29:45 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] RIP Planet LA In-Reply-To: <10205815.08Lcm7065V@liv> References: <20201211233834.GA21836@marvin.atrad.com.au> <10205815.08Lcm7065V@liv> Message-ID: <3579420.OosXIJHy4o@liv> On Saturday, 12 December 2020 12:43:14 PM AEDT Russell Coker via linux-aus wrote: > With a DNS entry I could just make a regular Planet installation and people > could use it in the regular planet manner. With HTTP(S) redirection you > need redirections for the RSS feed and for the main page. I can work with > either option but I think DNS would give a better result. https://planet.luv.asn.au/ I've got a Planet installation going. Can we get a redirection from https:// planet.linux.org.au/ ? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ From lloy0076 at adam.com.au Sat Dec 12 22:21:54 2020 From: lloy0076 at adam.com.au (David Lloyd) Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 06:21:54 -0500 Subject: [Linux-aus] RIP Planet LA In-Reply-To: <3579420.OosXIJHy4o@liv> References: <20201211233834.GA21836@marvin.atrad.com.au> <10205815.08Lcm7065V@liv> <3579420.OosXIJHy4o@liv> Message-ID: <960f59b4-b441-0598-f66f-46a5185963c5@adam.com.au> Just out of morbid interest...what's stopping "someone" (for some definition of "someone" -- or a "proper person" which was a running joke on a committee I once served on) from administering the *current* setup on the *current* servers on the *current* site in the form described by Russel Coker which would...well...avoid the need for redirects/DNS changes blah blah blah? On 12/12/2020 5:29 am, Russell Coker via linux-aus wrote: > On Saturday, 12 December 2020 12:43:14 PM AEDT Russell Coker via linux-aus > wrote: >> With a DNS entry I could just make a regular Planet installation and people >> could use it in the regular planet manner. With HTTP(S) redirection you >> need redirections for the RSS feed and for the main page. I can work with >> either option but I think DNS would give a better result. > https://planet.luv.asn.au/ > > I've got a Planet installation going. Can we get a redirection from https:// > planet.linux.org.au/ ? > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From neill at ingenious.com.au Sat Dec 12 22:48:30 2020 From: neill at ingenious.com.au (Neill Cox) Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 22:48:30 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] RIP Planet LA In-Reply-To: <960f59b4-b441-0598-f66f-46a5185963c5@adam.com.au> References: <20201211233834.GA21836@marvin.atrad.com.au> <10205815.08Lcm7065V@liv> <3579420.OosXIJHy4o@liv> <960f59b4-b441-0598-f66f-46a5185963c5@adam.com.au> Message-ID: On Sat, 12 Dec 2020, 22:22 David Lloyd via linux-aus, < linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au> wrote: > > Just out of morbid interest...what's stopping "someone" (for some > definition of "someone" -- or a "proper person" which was a running joke on > a committee I once served on) from administering the *current* setup on > the *current* servers on the *current* site in the form described by > Russel Coker which would...well...avoid the need for redirects/DNS changes > blah blah blah? > > I think that question is answered at https://linux.org.au/saying-farewell-to-planet-linux-australia/ as referenced in the original email. I read it as the cost of maintaining the feed outweighs the benefit in the council's view. That's a decision within the purview of the council and I think entirely reasonable. It's good of Russel to volunteer to run a replacement, and I applaud his efforts, but that should be done without requiring the admin team to do ongoing work to support it. Cheers, Neill > On 12/12/2020 5:29 am, Russell Coker via linux-aus wrote: > > On Saturday, 12 December 2020 12:43:14 PM AEDT Russell Coker via linux-aus > wrote: > > With a DNS entry I could just make a regular Planet installation and people > could use it in the regular planet manner. With HTTP(S) redirection you > need redirections for the RSS feed and for the main page. I can work with > either option but I think DNS would give a better result. > > https://planet.luv.asn.au/ > > I've got a Planet installation going. Can we get a redirection from https://planet.linux.org.au/ ? > > > _______________________________________________ > linux-aus mailing list > linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au > http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to > linux-aus-unsubscribe at lists.linux.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jwoithe at just42.net Sat Dec 12 22:51:05 2020 From: jwoithe at just42.net (Jonathan Woithe) Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 22:21:05 +1030 Subject: [Linux-aus] RIP Planet LA In-Reply-To: <960f59b4-b441-0598-f66f-46a5185963c5@adam.com.au> References: <20201211233834.GA21836@marvin.atrad.com.au> <10205815.08Lcm7065V@liv> <3579420.OosXIJHy4o@liv> <960f59b4-b441-0598-f66f-46a5185963c5@adam.com.au> Message-ID: <20201212115105.GB29030@marvin.atrad.com.au> Hi David On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 06:21:54AM -0500, David Lloyd via linux-aus wrote: > Just out of morbid interest...what's stopping "someone" (for some definition > of "someone" -- or a "proper person" which was a running joke on a committee > I once served on) from administering the *current* setup on the *current* > servers on the *current* site in the form described by Russel Coker which > would...well...avoid the need for redirects/DNS changes blah blah blah? If I understand you correctly, you are effectively asking why Russell's replacement site couldn't be hosted on the LA server rather than LUV. There is no reason why this couldn't be done by suitably motivated volunteers. If any LA members are interested in taking this on please get in touch with council[1] off-list and we'll work though the process. Regards jonathan [1] mailto:council at linux.org.au From russell at coker.com.au Sat Dec 12 22:55:20 2020 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 22:55:20 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] new Planet Linux Australia Message-ID: <5216630.bgXqHhQ6pS@liv> https://planet.luv.asn.au/ Here's the URL. Email me if your blog isn't included and you want it on the list. I've removed every blog that had technical issues preventing processing it and every blog that hadn't been updated in 5 years. https://www.dreamwidth.org/ https://wordpress.com/ For those of you who don't have blogs, above are a couple of decent sites for creating free blogs. If you are currently using Facebook I encourage you to use a blog for any noteworthy content as stuff on Facebook gets lost too easily and is difficult to share and track. You can then write a Facebook post linking to your blog. There are free software tools for social networking and they have their place. But blogging is the best way of publishing textual articles on the Internet. If anyone has any questions about blogging they can ask me on this list or in private mail. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ From jwoithe at just42.net Sat Dec 12 23:01:44 2020 From: jwoithe at just42.net (Jonathan Woithe) Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 22:31:44 +1030 Subject: [Linux-aus] RIP Planet LA In-Reply-To: References: <20201211233834.GA21836@marvin.atrad.com.au> <10205815.08Lcm7065V@liv> <3579420.OosXIJHy4o@liv> <960f59b4-b441-0598-f66f-46a5185963c5@adam.com.au> Message-ID: <20201212120144.GC29030@marvin.atrad.com.au> Hi Neill On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 10:48:30PM +1100, Neill Cox via linux-aus wrote: > I read it as the cost of maintaining the feed outweighs the benefit in the > council's view. This is largely the issue. However, the "cost" in this case was not in the provision of the server infrastructure (virtualised servers do not create significant workload for the admin team). LA is more than happy to provide virtualised infrastructure to groups who are doing things of benefit to the community. The main problem with planet.linux.org.au in its previous form was that it was running unmaintained software without any active upstream. One significant consequence of this is that it was no longer receiving security updates. The cost of continuing to run software like this on a public server was deemed too great. > It's good of Russel to volunteer to run a replacement, and I applaud his > efforts, but that should be done without requiring the admin team to do > ongoing work to support it. Indeed. That said, In my view it would be entirely appropriate to host this on LA infrastructure if the volunteers requested it. LA (through the admin team) would handle the provision of the infrastructure, but the volunteers would be responsible for keeping the service maintained. Regards jonathan From russell at coker.com.au Sat Dec 12 23:42:43 2020 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2020 23:42:43 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] RIP Planet LA In-Reply-To: <20201212120144.GC29030@marvin.atrad.com.au> References: <20201212120144.GC29030@marvin.atrad.com.au> Message-ID: <9715665.3QjLtdXZ66@liv> On Saturday, 12 December 2020 11:01:44 PM AEDT Jonathan Woithe via linux-aus wrote: > community. The main problem with planet.linux.org.au in its previous form > was that it was running unmaintained software without any active upstream. > One significant consequence of this is that it was no longer receiving > security updates. The cost of continuing to run software like this on a > public server was deemed too great. Are there known security issues in Planet Venus? > > It's good of Russel to volunteer to run a replacement, and I applaud his > > efforts, but that should be done without requiring the admin team to do > > ongoing work to support it. > > Indeed. That said, In my view it would be entirely appropriate to host this > on LA infrastructure if the volunteers requested it. LA (through the admin > team) would handle the provision of the infrastructure, but the volunteers > would be responsible for keeping the service maintained. I'm happy to run it on my own hardware, I just need a DNS entry. No ongoing work needed, just a CNAME pointing to lists.luv.asn.au. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ From russell at coker.com.au Mon Dec 14 13:23:18 2020 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 13:23:18 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] RIP Planet LA In-Reply-To: <20201211233834.GA21836@marvin.atrad.com.au> References: <8191148.DBbdmNKYVt@liv> <20201211233834.GA21836@marvin.atrad.com.au> Message-ID: <5302106.By5DyzA9hv@liv> On Saturday, 12 December 2020 10:38:34 AM AEDT Jonathan Woithe via linux-aus wrote: > Rather than just a DNS redirect, would an HTTP(S) redirect to a specific URL > on the LUV server work better for what you have in mind? That way visitors > would be taken directly to the feed page rather than LUV's main page. If you really want to do a HTTPS redirect that's an option. But in any case could it be done soon? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ From joel at lca2021.linux.org.au Tue Dec 15 21:32:39 2020 From: joel at lca2021.linux.org.au (Joel Addison) Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 20:32:39 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] linux.conf.au 2021 - Keynote Announcement: Omoju Miller Message-ID: <5658b9dd7dae6c4e8e1764a9a4e4b666@lca2021.linux.org.au> The good news keeps on coming! We're delighted to announce that Omoju Miller will be one of our keynote speakers at linux.conf.au 2021. The conference is taking place online, worldwide, from Saturday 23 to Monday 25 January 2021. In her keynote, Omoju will discuss participation in open source as a form of cognitive apprenticeship. She will map out how the transition step from novice to expert aligns with the progressions we see in the roles taken on in open source communities. Omoju will share ideas on how to make the transition from beginner to master faster by accessing what we know from education research. This follows the earlier announcement of our first keynote speaker, Limor Fried. Tickets are now available at linux.conf.au. Secure yours today to hear what Omoju and Limor have to say. ## About Omoju Miller Omoju Miller is the Technical Advisor to the CEO at GitHub. Her expertise is in the area of machine learning and computational intelligence. Previously, Omoju co-led Google's non-profit investment in computer science education and served as a volunteer advisor to the Obama administration's White House Presidential Innovation Fellows. Omoju joined Github in 2017 to help build recommendation engines for the popular open-source software development platform. She took on the role of Technical Advisor to the CEO in February 2020. Originally from Lagos, Nigeria, Omoju holds a doctoral degree in Computer Science Education from UC Berkeley. We look forward to welcoming Omoju to linux.conf.au 2021. ## About linux.conf.au Australasia's grassroots Free and Open Source technologies conference, linux.conf.au, will be held online, worldwide, from Saturday 23 to Monday 25 January 2021. Running since 1999, linux.conf.au is the largest linux and open source conference in the Asia-Pacific region. The conference provides deeply technical presentations from industry leaders and experts on a wide array of subjects relating to open source projects, data and open government and community engagement. ## How to get tickets? Jump onto linux.conf.au to grab your ticket via your dashboard (https://linux.conf.au/dashboard/). If you need help convincing your employer to let you attend linux.conf.au 2021, we have a page to assist. Check out our why should your employees attend (https://linux.conf.au/attend/why-should-employees-attend/) page, and share it with your employer. ## Have you seen our schedule yet? Have you noticed the room names? Each of the rooms are dedicated to a person that has had a great impact on linux.conf.au and Linux Australia. Tux Theatre - is named after Linux's mascot Tux (duh) but because we couldn't be in Tux's hometown Canberra for 2021 we thought we would dedicate the main theatre to Tux! Rusty R. Hall - named after Paul "Rusty" Russell (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty_Russell). He was the one who started all of this linux.conf.au mess when he organised the Conference of Australian Linux Users (CALU) in 1999, and which then helped initiate Linux Australia. Pia Andrews Conservatory - Pia Andrews (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pia_Andrews) is best known for her open government work and her years of contributions to Linux Australia. Pia is also a musician and a Conservatory in musical terms is a place for learning music so we thought calling the stream a Conservatory would be perfect! Blemings Labs - Now for those of you who doesn't know Hugh (turns out he doesn't have a Wikipedia page, someone please fix that!), Hugh has been an attendee at linux.conf.au at most, if not all, prior LCAs and is a previous Linux Australia President and Council Member. --- Read this online at https://lca2021.linux.org.au/news/keynote-omoju-miller/ From andrew at donnellan.id.au Wed Dec 16 01:47:53 2020 From: andrew at donnellan.id.au (Andrew Donnellan) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 01:47:53 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] [Announce] Notice of Linux Australia 2021 AGM & Call for Agenda Items In-Reply-To: <6cccf97e-4e05-bf03-824e-4dab3a90cf65@linux.org.au> References: <6cccf97e-4e05-bf03-824e-4dab3a90cf65@linux.org.au> Message-ID: On Tue, 15 Dec 2020 at 23:20, Julien Goodwin wrote: > Dear Linux Australia Members, > > Pursuant to Clause (24) of the Linux Australia Constitution [1], I > hereby give notice that the Annual General Meeting of the organisation > will be held Friday 15 January 2021 at 11am AEDT. Note that this is *not* during LCA as is tradition - it's the week before. Andrew -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrew.donnellan.id.au andrew at donnellan.id.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simon at darkmere.gen.nz Wed Dec 16 21:11:01 2020 From: simon at darkmere.gen.nz (Simon Lyall) Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2020 23:11:01 +1300 (NZDT) Subject: [Linux-aus] Sysadmin Miniconf: Call for Presentations closes this Friday Message-ID: Hi All, A quick reminder that all Session Proposals for the Sysadmin Miniconf close on Friday. We are looking for 15-20 minute Linux-related operations talks for the Online-only Linux.conf.au 2021. If you want to propose a talk or know somebody who you think could then don't delay, checkout the link below or login to the linux.conf.au website right now and create a proposal before the deadline. We would especially be interested to hear stories of how 2020 has gone for your systems and how you dealt with the rapid changes in operating environment. More information and details of previous presentations at the Miniconf can be found at the website: https://sysadmin.miniconf.org/cfp21.html -- Simon Lyall | Very Busy | Web: http://www.simonlyall.com/ "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar From chair at lca2021.linux.org.au Thu Dec 17 21:15:01 2020 From: chair at lca2021.linux.org.au (Sae Ra Germaine - Chair linux.conf.au 2021) Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2020 21:15:01 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Submit to speak at a miniconf! TIME IS RUNNING OUT!!!!! Message-ID: Dear All, A quick reminder that Call for Sessions for Miniconfs is closing really really really soon (18th Dec AoE) and we really would like to see some fantastic sessions happening. The miniconfs are: * Kernel: https://linux.conf.au/programme/miniconfs/kernel/ * Open Hardware: https://linux.conf.au/programme/miniconfs/open-hardware/ * GO GLAM (Generous and Open Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums): https://linux.conf.au/programme/miniconfs/glam/ * System Administration: https://linux.conf.au/programme/miniconfs/system-administration/ [1] Also a shout out to the team that is managing the SwagBadge project for us. You have done amazing work and it's fantastic to see all these parcels going out! It's people like you who make this conference so awesome :) If you have any questions about the linux.conf.au 2021 please don't hesitate to reach out to us at contact at lca2021.linux.org.au Thanks! Sae Ra -- Sae Ra Germaine Chair, linux.conf.au 2021 President, Linux Australia president at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au [2] Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 Links: ------ [1] https://linux.conf.au/programme/miniconfs/system-administration/ [2] http://linux.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From joel at lca2021.linux.org.au Tue Dec 22 11:24:24 2020 From: joel at lca2021.linux.org.au (Joel Addison) Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2020 10:24:24 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] linux.conf.au 2021 - Keynote Announcement: Cory Doctorow Message-ID: <9306a471f1d1ea0af7d7d7685f9eff71@lca2021.linux.org.au> Exciting news! We're thrilled to announce that Cory Doctorow will be one of our keynote speakers at linux.conf.au 2021. The conference is taking place online, worldwide, from Saturday 23 to Monday 25 January 2021. Be sure to grab a ticket to hear Cory explain how software freedom is essential to human freedom, and discuss the urgency of reclaiming our digital rights in an era of digital monopolies. ## About Cory Doctorow Cory Doctorow is a science fiction novelist, journalist and technology activist. He's a special consultant to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org), a non-profit civil liberties group that defends freedom in technology law, policy, standards and treaties. He holds an honorary doctorate in computer science from the Open University (UK), where he is a Visiting Professor; he is also a MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate and a Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of North Carolina's School of Library and Information Science. Cory is the award-winning author of Walkaway, Little Brother, and Information Doesn't Want to Be Free (among many others). His latest book released earlier this year is Attack Surface, a standalone adult sequel to Little Brother. His novels have been translated into dozens of languages. Cory co-founded the open source peer-to-peer software company OpenCola. He is an activist in favour of liberalising copyright laws and a proponent of the Creative Commons organisation, using some of their licenses for his books. In his speeches, Cory Doctorow outlines key issues of the digital age - in particular, the confluence of intellectual property law, futurism and politics. According to Cory, digital copyright laws have, in general, not served either creators or users well since the dawn of the internet. You can follow Cory's blog at Pluralistic.net. We are looking forward to welcoming Cory to linux.conf.au 2021. ## About linux.conf.au Australasia's grassroots Free and Open Source technologies conference, linux.conf.au, will be held online, worldwide, from Saturday 23 to Monday 25 January 2021. Running since 1999, linux.conf.au is the largest linux and open source conference in the Asia-Pacific region. The conference provides deeply technical presentations from industry leaders and experts on a wide array of subjects relating to open source projects, data and open government and community engagement. ## How to get tickets? Jump onto linux.conf.au to grab your ticket via your dashboard (https://linux.conf.au/dashboard/). If you need help convincing your employer to let you attend linux.conf.au 2021, we have a page to assist. Check out our why should your employees attend (https://linux.conf.au/attend/why-should-employees-attend/) page, and share it with your employer. ## Have you received your SwagBadge yet? Our awesome Open Hardware team have been building the LCA2021 SwagBadge (https://linux.conf.au/attend/swag-badge/) for the past few months. They reached an exciting milestone this week, starting to send out badges to delegates! We wanted to send a very special shout out to our SwagBadge team: Jon Oxer, Andy Gelme, Nicola Nye, John Spencer and Andrew Nielsen. Without them all those parcels of goodies wouldn't have made it to our attendees. There are still some badges left, so if you're in Australia make sure you grab a ticket today and choose to get a SwagBadge! --- Read this online at https://lca2021.linux.org.au/news/keynote-cory-doctorow/ From president at linux.org.au Sun Dec 27 09:40:17 2020 From: president at linux.org.au (Sae Ra Germaine - President, Linux Australia) Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2020 09:40:17 +1100 Subject: [Linux-aus] Reminder: Call for Nominations for 2021 Linux Australia Council Message-ID: Dear all, A quick reminder that Nominations for Linux Australia Council is due to close 11:59pm (AEDT) 30 December 2020. Information regarding the call for Nominations is below. If you are interested in nominating please do nominate or if you have any questions, ping us we are more than happy to answer. I hope you are all well and are staying safe. Sae Ra -- -- Sae Ra Germaine President Linux Australia president at linux.org.au http://linux.org.au Linux Australia Inc GPO Box 4788 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia ABN 56 987 117 479 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Linux Australia Community, Pursuant to clause (15) of the Linux Australia constitution [1] we hereby declare an election open and call fornominationsto the Linux AustraliaCouncilfor the term January 2021 to January 2022. All office bearer and ordinary committee member positions are open for election. ? ?*Nominationswill open from 00:00am (AEDT) 15 December 2020 and run until 11:59pm (AEDT) 30 December 2020 ? ?* Voting will open 00:00am (AEDT) 31 December 2020 and run until 11:59pm (AEDT) 14 January 2021 ? ?* Results will be announced during the AGM to be held on the 15th of January 2021 ? ?* Results will be available on the website on or after 16th January 2021 To view and participate in the election please visit https://www.linux.org.au/ ? ?* Click on ?Login? located on the top right hand side of the page and log in. ? ?* Click on ?Elections?. ? ?* Under ?Linux AustraliaCouncilElections 2021?, click on ?View & SubmitNominations?. *What do I need to do?* First of all, make sure your details are correct at Linux Australia?s website [2]. If you need assistance accessing the membership portal please contactsecretary at linux.org.au . Note that in line with common election conventions, new membership requests are not processed during the election period. If you wish tonominateyourself, identify the positions you wish to nominatefor and get an understanding of what each position involves. Think about what you might bring to the role and prepare a short pitch. Then, accept thenominationyou've been given by clicking the 'Accept nomination' link. *You must accept yournominationto move to the next stage of the election process* If you wish tonominateanother person for a position, you may wish to contact them first and have a chat to make sure they're happy being nominated. Then follow the 'Nominate' link tonominatethem. Once voting is open, you will be able to vote for candidates. Results will be announced at the Linux Australia AGM to be held on the 15th of January 2021. *Why should Inominate?* Being a member of Linux AustraliaCouncilis a fun way to meet new people, work on exciting projects and expand your skill base. It gives you excellent transferable skills to help build your career, and allows you to grow your professional network. It looks great on a CV, and is also a chance to give back to the vibrant Linux and open source ecosystem in Australia and globally. If you're passionate about Linux and open source, it's a great opportunity to help drive and steer Australia's contribution in this field. *What is the commitment required?* If you are contemplating nominating for a role onCouncil, in addition to referring to the Position Descriptions provided [3], you are strongly encouraged to approach current and formercouncilmembers for their perspective.? You will find them, to a person, willing to discuss the roles and responsibilities in a more informal manner. The roles do require a time commitment. * OrdinaryCouncilMember: a minimum of 2-3 hours per week. * Office bearers: 8-12 hours per week. Please allow for this when considering yournomination. *Why should I run?* If you?ve beennominated, or are thinking of nominating yourself, you should give the opportunity serious consideration. Being on thecouncil is both hard and often thankless work, but it is also incredibly rewarding. Linux Australia can only achieve what it does by its members and helping out with thecouncilresponsibilities is a great way to ensure Linux Australia continues to be successful. It is also an opportunity to help the organisation grow, reach into new areas and to succeed on important topics of national relevance. As always, your feedback and questions are warmly welcomed. If you'd like to have a chat with anyone onCouncilaround what it involves, please do make contact. 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