Talks 2000
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Past Talks
05-12-2000: LDAP
Presenter: Neil Blakey-Milner
Venue: UCT Old ChemEng LT2
Time: 6:30pm
Notes: LDAP: light-weight directory access protocol
28-11-2000: diskless
Presenter: Evan Summers
Venue: [[Venue |]]
Time:
Notes: Evan will show us how to configure a linux machine (the client)
to operate without a hard disk -- booting off another linux machine (the server).
26-09-2000: Zope
Presenter: Neil Blakey-Milner
Venue: [[Venue |]]
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Notes: Zope is an open-source web application server -- an environment for web programmers, designers, etc to collaborate on creating and managing a dynamic web site. It has a number of features that make it ideal for multi person, multi-role web projects and incorporates access control, and other features that are a good idea when more than one person is working on a project.
Zope is written in the python object-orientated scripting language, and is itself also object-orientated. Applications are made up of components which are stored in a database and useable by the application developers. Lots of components are available -- like ones for connect to SQL databases -- and if you know python you can write more.
If you're interested in dynamic web site development then you'll be interested in Zope.
For more information about Zope visit the Zope web site http://www.zope.org/
05-09-2000: new Gnome desktop code-name Helix.
Presenter: Daniel Shaw
Venue: [[Venue |]]
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Notes: In recent weeks many big companies such as Sun and HP have adopted Gnome as their desktop environment.
For more information visit http://www.helixcode.com/
29-08-2000: Koala
Presenter: Paul Sheer
Venue: [[Venue |]]
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Notes: This talk is about Koala by its author, Paul Sheer. If you're looking for the ease of Microsoft Access-type database development on an open-source platform then this talk will interest you. With Koala you can create an entire database application in just a couple of hours without any programming at all.
Paul wrote Koala in the Python scripting language (http://www.python.org/) using
gnome-python to give it the look and feel of a Gnome application. More
information, download and screenshots are available on the
Koala homepage http://www.obsidian.co.za/koala/
01-08-2000: Apache and SSL
Presenter: Eddie Dunkley
Venue: [[Venue |]]
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Notes: Apache, according to the Netcraft Survey currently holds 70% on the web server market. Also, Apache is free. SSL is the technology that makes secure transactions through the web possible by encrypting data between the web browser and the web server.
Eddie, is considered by those who know and work with him as an expert on Apache, SSL, certificates and CA's. He has developed a number of web based applications that use Apache, including E-Commerce web sites that rely on SSL. This talk should interest anybody developing web sites that use authentication or pass confidential information across an insecure network like the internet using the web.
For more information on Apache web server visit http://www.apache.org/httpd.html
25-07-2000: PHP
Presenter: Craig Balfour
Venue: [[Venue |]]
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Notes: PHP: the web-based rapid application development (RAD) language
- All notes, including the source code of the little database application I wrote are on the talk page.
- The excellent PHP documentation is available: http://www.za.php.net/
- For examples of how to do cool things with PHP take a look at: http://www.phpbuilder.com/
04-07-2000: Zope
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Venue: [[Venue |]]
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Notes: This talk will build on the June Open-Source meetings coverage of "Python, the object orientated scripting language".
Take a look at http://www.zope.org/
27-06-2000: NDS for Linux
Presenter: Etienne de Klerk of Novell
Venue: [[Venue |]]
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Notes: With both Linux and Directory Services becoming mission critical in many organisations it is important for the Linux community to be aware of the capabilities Novell Directory Services (NDS) brings to this platform.
This session will cover the capabilities and benefits of integrating Linux with NDS.
A hands on installation and demonstration of NDS on the Linux platform will be done.
02-05-2000: Procmail, VIM, and zsh
Presenter: Craig Balfour??, Marc Welz, and Eric Smith
Venue: [[Venue |]]
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25-04-2000: Exim
Presenter: Neil Blakey-Milner
Venue: [[Venue |]]
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Notes: For more information take a look at the really thorough documentation at http://www.exim.org/
04-04-2000: automake, autoconf, and CVS
Presenter: Paul Sheer and Neil Blakey-Milner
Venue: [[Venue |]]
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Notes: This talk is on development, specifically automake and autoconf by Paul Sheer and CVS by Neil Blakey-Milner.
07-03-2000: OpenBSD
Presenter: Alan Langman
Venue: [[Venue |]]
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Notes: For more information about OpenBSD visit http://www.openbsd.org/
29-02-2000: Home Networking II: Dialup PPP
Presenter: Paul Sheer
Venue: [[Venue |]]
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Notes: This is a continuation of the Home Networking theme started in January 2000.
The Linux Documentation Project has an excellent PPP HOWTO
01-02-2000: FreeBSD
Presenter: Neil Blakey-Milner
Venue: [[Venue |]]
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Notes: This, the inaugural CLUG Open-Source meeting
Take a look at Neil's notes
25-01-2000: Home Networking Part I: TCP/IP and Samba
Presenter: Marc Welz and Michael-John Turner
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