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Linux-Announce Digest #122
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Linux-Announce Digest #122, Volume #5 Mon, 9 May 2005 07:13:02 EDT
Contents:
COMMERCIAL: BalanceNG 1.353 available (BalanceNG Support)
LinuxChix... for attention of our women readers (if any) ("Frederick Noronha (FN)")
[SLUG] Suncoast LUG Meetings (Paul M Foster)
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Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 09:48:12 CST
From: BalanceNG Support <balanceng-support@inlab.de>
Subject: COMMERCIAL: BalanceNG 1.353 available
FYI: BalanceNG 1.353 is now available at http://www.BalanceNG.net .
Changes to 1.297 are:
* many important bugfixes (please upgrade).
* improved configuration file syntax introducing "blocks".
* updated and substantially simplified command set introducing the
BalanceNG "network" concept.
* interactive "show log" access to syslog messages.
BalanceNG (Balance Next Generation) is a generic IP Load Balancing Solution for Linux.
BalanceNG is small, fast and (relatively) easy to use and setup. It offers session persistence,
different distribution methods (Round Robin, Random, Hash and Least Resource) and
a customizable UDP health check agent (available in source code).
BalanceNG supports VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) to set up High Available
configurations on multiple nodes.
BalanceNG is available at http://www.BalanceNG.net .
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Thomas Obermair
Inlab Software GmbH
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From: "Frederick Noronha (FN)" <fred@bytesforall.org>
Subject: LinuxChix... for attention of our women readers (if any)
Date: 8 May 2005 21:20:02 GMT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LinuxChix
LinuxChix
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LinuxChix is a mailing list and IRC community for Linux users. It is designed
to provide both technical and social support for women Linux users, although
there are members of the community who are men. Members of the community are
referred to as "a Linux chick" (singular) and "LinuxChix" or "Linux Chix"
(plural) regardless of gender.
The term LinuxChix refers to the organisation centered around the official
website, the mailing lists and the IRC channels. The organisation has no
official status and the name is used by other groups which are comparitively
loosely affiliated with the original LinuxChix group, including local LinuxChix
chapters which meet in person, and several national and continental groups
which operate more or less independently.
LinuxChix was founded in 1999 by Deb Richardson. Her reason for founding
LinuxChix was to create an alternative to the "locker room mentality" of other
Linux User Groups and forums. LinuxChix discussion is meant to follow two
principles:
1. be polite
2. be helpful
In 1999 LinuxChix consisted of a single mailing list, grrltalk. The growth of
this mailing list led to the establishment of other mailing lists, beginning
with techtalk for technical discussions and issues for discussion of women's
political issues.
In 2001, Deb Richardson sought a new maintainer for the community, and chose
Jenn Vesperman, who is the current coordinator as of 2005. Jenn Vesperman has
run the community in a mostly hands-off fashion, delegating almost all tasks
including mailing list administration and website maintainence to a volunteer.
During Jenn Vesperman's tenure, the number of mailing lists has tripled. Her
tenure saw the foundation of the newchix mailing list for people new to Linux;
the courses mailing list used by Linux Chix to teacheach other specific topics;
and the grrls-only mailing list, the only list closed to male subscribers,
founded by Val Henson in 2002. At around the same time, a LinuxChix IRC server
was created. As of 2005, the mailing lists have an estimated 500-1000 total
subscribers.
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External links
* LinuxChix website (http://www.linuxchix.org)
* LinuxChix Brazil (http://br.linuxchix.org/)
* LinuxChix Africa
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Date: Mon, 9 May 2005 00:30:54 CST
Subject: [SLUG] Suncoast LUG Meetings
From: paulf@quillandmouse.com (Paul M Foster)
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* Suncoast Linux Users Group (SLUG) *
* Meeting Schedule *
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TAMPA ****************************************************
10 May 19:00-21:00 Tampa
(second TUESDAY of each month)
Hillsborough Community College
Dale Mabry Campus
Technology Bldg, Rm 426
4001 Tampa Bay Blvd
Tampa, FL
See http://www.hccfl.edu/pollock/Docs/DM-Map.htm for directions.
SARASOTA/BRADENTON ***************************************
17 May 18:00-21:00 Sarasota
(third Tuesday of each month)
Sarasota Coffee & Tea Co.
1419 5th St (5th and Central)
Sarasota, FL 34236
See http://www.sarasotacoffee.com/contactus.htm for directions.
DUNEDIN **************************************************
28 May 10:00-12:00 Dunedin
(usually fourth Saturday of each month)
Dunedin Public Library
Community Room A or B (see notice on site)
Dunedin, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#dunedin for directions.
ST PETERSBURG ********************************************
30 May 19:00-21:00 St Petersburg
(usually last Monday of each month)
Panera Bread
1908 4th St North
St Petersburg, FL 33704
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#stpete for directions.
BRANDON **************************************************
2 June 20:00-22:00 Brandon
(first Thursday of each month)
Brandon Barnes & Noble
Brandon Town Center
Brandon, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#Brandon for directions.
NEW PORT RICHEY ******************************************
4 June 13:00-15:00 New Port Richey
(first Saturday of each month)
New Port Richey Public Library
(second level meeting rooms)
5939 Main St.
New Port Richey, FL
See http://www.suncoastlug.org/meetings.html#npr for directions.
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ACTIVITIES:
Meetings include:
1) Presentation: As indicated.
2) Question & Answer Session.
3) Raffle and free stuff!
Bring your boxes, questions, problems, and plenty of good cheer!
(And don't forget to start your installs early!)
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