Linux Users of Victoria, Inc.

The authors put a lot of effort into producing high quality, colour photographs with a purpose built light-box. It was terribly sad to see that effort significantly degraded in the final result. The authors also fought very hard to get better typography (consistent and readable fonts, layout, etc) ... and, once again, the end result did not reflect their desires.

Despite these obvious publishing shortcomings ... it was great to see that Jon's and Hugh's passion for putting microcontrollers to practical use ... still shines through the book's rough exterior. With content that is accessible to newcomers to electronics.

The success of the book prompted Jon to create FreeTronics as a means of providing readily available boards / kits for the projects in Practical Arduino.

Looks like his next big project is to put all this to everyday use in his own (under construction) home ... and produce an on-going series of video blogs on YouTube.

DOCKLANDS The Hub @ Docklands
17 waterview walk 8am - 6pm Assisted access

http://www.aec.gov.au/election/vic/melbourne.htm

Is listed on the aec website as a polling place for the federal election on the 21st of August..

Hi Kelvin. You do not need to be a member or book and there is no fee. Just turn up at the Hub.

As many beginners as you like!!

... Well if you want to bring a friend or 2, you are absolutely welcome to do it, and in fact very much encouraged to do so.

There are usually 4-5 LUV Members in attendance to assist, so it really depends on each ones circumstances and how much time we can spend with each individual seeking help.

Remember this is a friendly and informal event.

Daniel.

The workshops assume you have a computer, but that's about it. If you have questions, just turn up and there will be someone to answer and/or help you :-)

The talks that are scheduled *can* assume some Linux knowledge, but that depends entirely on the talk in question.

Hi I have recently bought a netbook with linux on it and I want to connect it to the internet - I have a broadband stick thingy can anyone help me connect up on the 19th please
Kaye

Around 1pm, there were 25 people at the workshop.

There were about 61 people present at this meeting.

Now available at http://www.slideshare.net/tserong/high-availability-in-37-easy-steps

That'd be great Edward - the more helping hands, the better :-)

What games will he talk about? And what distro(s)?

@rock, yes, the workshop is free to attend. Technically it's for LUV members, but membership is also free, so it doesn't really matter. Just turn up and join in the fun!

The software discussed really depends on everyone's interests - if you have a particular program you'd like help with, please bring it along (ideally already installed on your laptop) and we'll see what we can do!