First Flounder MeetingFirst Flounder Meeting
Based on a comment from my previous post [1] I have named the new FOSS group for Australia and NZ Flounder. Here is the link to the agenda for the[...]
Category: Linux.conf.au
A Linux Conference as a RitualA Linux Conference as a Ritual
Sociological Images has an interesting post by Jay Livingston PhD about a tennis final as a ritual [1]. The main point is that you can get a much better view[...]
Maildrop, IMAP, and PostfixadminMaildrop, IMAP, and Postfixadmin
I have recently configured my mail server to use IMAP. I started doing this when I was attending Linux.conf.au so that I could read urgent mail using my EeePC while[...]
Employment PackagesEmployment Packages
Paul Wayper has said that he only wants to work for companies that will send him too LCA [1]. While that criteria is quite reasonable it seems overly specific. Among[...]
Voting and Linux AustraliaVoting and Linux Australia
Dhanapalan writes about the small number of voters for Linux Australia elections [1]. I guess that blacklist-voting is partly to blame for my inactivity in this regard. Linux Australia is[...]
Status of SE Linux in Debian LCA 2009Status of SE Linux in Debian LCA 2009
This morning I gave a talk at the Security mini-conf of LCA about the status of SE Linux in Debian. Here is a summary of the issues I covered: General[...]
Security Lessons from a FerrySecurity Lessons from a Ferry
On Saturday I traveled from Victoria to Tasmania via the ferry (to attend LCA), they grossly failed in their security measures and provide three lessons for others: Make it possible[...]
Security Enhanced PostgreSQLSecurity Enhanced PostgreSQL
Today was the first day of Linux Conf Au 2009 [1]. KaiGai Kohei was unable to attend the conference and give a database mini-conf presentation about his work on Security[...]
Giving Away HardwareGiving Away Hardware
For the last few years I have been actively seeking free hardware to give to members of my local LUG. Whenever a friend or business associate mentions that they are[...]
Oracle Unbreakable LinuxOracle Unbreakable Linux
Matt Bottrell writes about the Oracle Linux offerings presented at LCA 2008 [1] The one thing that Oracle does which I really object to is the “unbreakable” part of their[...]