Introduction

The Bahrain Linux User Group is a group of computer enthusiasts with a focus on Linux and Open Source. We meet on a regular basis and we invite everyone interested in these exciting technologies to our group and our website. For more details please contact us.

September 2007 Meeting - LinuxConf Europe 2007

September 4, 2007 - 12:44pm — marwan

   I'm pleased to announce that we will have our monthly LUG meeting this Saturday 8th September. Which is of course the second Saturday of the month. I'm emailing you this announcement from Cambridge, England where I'm attending the LinuxConf Europe 2007 conference. This meeting I will make a presentation about all the interesting people and technologies I saw at LinuxConf. The location and time will be the usual, Dar Al-Bareh cofee shop 4pm.
   Please invite everyone you know, anyone and everyone that would be interesting in the group. We always keep an open invitation. Below is a summary of the presentation, and there is a link to the conference website if you want more details about each topic.
 

LinuxConf Europe 2007

  • Summary: This presentation will be a summary of all of the interesting people I met and technologies I saw at the LinuxConf Europe 2007. http://www.linuxconf.eu
    • Exim and PCRE: How Free Software Hijacked My Life
    • Cambridge Computer History
    • OS Circular on QEMU/KQEMU/KVM/Xen-HVM
    • Ganeti - an Open Source multi-node HA cluster based on Xen
    • Automated system and service monitoring with openQRM and Nagios
    • HTTP-FUSE PS3 Linux: internet boot framework using HTTP
    • dstat: plugin-based real-time monitoring system
    • IO/grind - A new profiler
    • Sharing AppArmor security profiles
    • Telepathy: Real-time Communications Framework

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LUG August Meeting

August 18, 2007 - 11:19am — marwan

we are happy to announce the third LUG meeting will be held this Saturday the 18th of August at 4P.M., at Dar Al Bareh Cafe in Adliya. If you need directions to the cafe there is a map here We will have the following presentation
 

Nokia N800: Real Linux Power in your Pocket

  • Presenter: Marwan Al-Sabbagh
  • Presentation Type: Technical Presentation
  • Summary: The N800 is a Linux based Internet Tablet that has e-mail, web, skype, radio, image viewer, and a tonne of other software that can easily be installed on it. Under the hood it's running Debian Linux and GTK as it's GUI framework.
    • Hardware Summary: The hardware specs and features. Wireless, bluetooth, upto 16GB of memory card, 800×480 screen.
    • Movie Playback: full length full screen smooth movie playback.
    • VNC: both viewer and server
    • NES Emulator: play any Nintendo game of your choice, including Super Mario Bros.
    • Web Browser: opera and firefox with flash player 9.
    • Bluetooth Keyboard: demo of comfortable foldable bluetooth keyboard
    • X Terminal: vi, bash, ls, all that CLI fun!
    • SSH client and server: connect to and from the n800
    • Cool Projects: Connect n800 to your car engine, apache, mysql, python, doom, and other cool n800 apps and projects, WiMax on the n800

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Wireless Fun!

July 14, 2007 - 10:16pm — marwan

Well the second LUG Meeting was tonnes of fun, we had a very lively discussion about the really awesome DD-WRT wireless router software. As promised I've posted all the links and notes that I'd mentioned in the presentation on the wiki over here

 

As Always feel free to contact me if you have any further questions, and happy Linux Routing!!

 

 

Get Ready for the 2nd BLUG meeting on Sat 14th July 2007

July 11, 2007 - 12:15pm — fedoraman

Our 2nd BLUG meeting is next Saturday so get ready.

 

The format of the meeting will be:

 

1- Presentation: "DD-WRT: Linux Wireless Router" (approx 30 min.)

2- Discussion: BLUG website (approx 20 min.)

3- Project: Windows Opensource Applications CD (approx 20 min.)

4- FUN TIME :-) bootup your mind and have fun.

 


Saturday 14th 2007 at 4PM, at Dar Al Bareh Cafe in Adliya.

More Photos

June 13, 2007 - 4:35pm — marwan

Happy to see more Photos, I've posted another batch of photos given to us by Mohammed Sater, so check them out, they'll be in the same gallery.

 

the photos from our first meeting are now up on reblug. You can find them in the image galleries section, or click here

Many thanks to our fellow LUGer Hasan Al Shehabi for taking all those great photos.

First Meeting was a Great Success

June 9, 2007 - 9:46pm — admin

Firstly, we'd like to thank everyone for attending and creating such a great atmosphere. It was an excellent start to the Bahrain LUG. I've posted a bunch of items after our meeting, and they are as follows:

  • User Registration: please register your username here
  • Presentation List: Presentation ideas for future meetings are here, add more as you think of them. we'll vote on these in the future
  • Members List: list of members with their photos and a brief write up about themselves. I posted my favorite distro and apps on mine :)
  • Photos: None posted yet, please send me all your photos and I'll upload them
  • Location Discussion: topic in the forum has been posted to discuss this
  • Mailing List: topic in the forum has been posted to discuss this

Thanks again to all the organizers and attendees, it was great fun and we hope to see you all again in our next LUG meeting.

 

First Meeting

June 6, 2007 - 1:32pm — admin

We are pleased to announce the first meeting of the Bahrain Linux User Group!

LUG Activities

Sharing Knowledge: Presentations, Demos, Howtos. Cool and useful applications, tools, and software techniques in Linux and the open source world.
Support: Helping users to install, run and maintain Linux as well as troubleshooting hardware and software problems (as low as that might be!).
Socializing: Share, laugh, get geeky, and have fun!
Taste of forthcoming activities:

  • Running Linux within Windows: vmware, qemu, colinux, cygwin, xming
  • Running windows within Linux: wine, qemu, vmware
  • More secure and reliable internet: ssh proxy
  • Cool Linux Devices: Linux routers, handhelds, PS3, tiny devices (Nokia N800, dd-wrt router)

Meeting Details

The first LUG meeting will be held on Saturday 9 June 2007 at 4PM, at Dar Al Bareh Cafe in Adliya. For directions click here. Do please invite anyone and everyone who would be interested in the LUG, the more the merrier! Please confirm whether or not you can attend by Wednesday 6 June, so that we can make arrangements for the venue.
The LUG is moderated by Hasan Al-Eid and Marwan Al-Sabbagh.
Please email join@reblug.com if you are interested in joining.

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