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VLUG Meeting Minutes 1999.04.13
Sadly inaccurate attendance figures
| Total | 60
| | VLUG members | 25
| | First-timers | 15
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Announcements
Chris Halsall regaled us with various bits of Linux news, including:
- The SETI-at-home project, another fun thing to do with your spare
CPU cycles (although it soaks up a fair bit of RAM, unlike the RC5 client).
- News story quoting the current Linux growth rate as 25%/year.
- MetroWerks making their CodeWarrior product available for Linux; we
will, of course, be expecting a presentation on that when it's out.
- Caldera's new distribution, designed to insulate people completely from
the command line.
Commercial break with Andrew, who noted that we're down to only RedHat
and Mandrake CDs, plus the few remaining Debian 2.0 discs at $5 each. We
will, of course, be getting more CDs with the latest new distributions and
kernels and such. Also plans underway for a group buy of the new
extra-large Tuxen.
Presentation
Tag-team presentation on security, with Mike Thorpe as master of
ceremonies, introducing:
- Pavel Zaitsev
- Choosing a distribution
- Deid Reimer
- Network services - what to keep, what to turn off
Extra announcements
Gerald queried the group about any interest in a Debian SIG; Chris
Halsall passed on a request from the discussion list, for anyone interested
in helping with a book reuse project to contact "Peter" at
erthfirst@yahoo.ca.
Break
Further presentation
Chris McLean finished the presentation by talking about intrusion
detection: how to figure out that you're under attack.
Adjourned
To Boston Pizza for the usual refreshments. The Q&A segment of the
meeting was skipped because of the late hour.
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