[vox-announce] August 15 Linux Users' Group of Davis: Linux on commodity network hardware

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The Linux Users' Group of Davis (LUGOD), will be holding a meeting on:

  Monday
  August 15, 2005
  6:30pm - 9:00pm


The meeting will be held at:

  Davis Public Library
  Blanchard meeting room
  315 East 14th St.
  Davis, California 95616


The topic will be:

  "Linux on commodity network hardware"

  presented by: Josh Parsons

    Many small network routers, access points, and storage devices are
    shipped with Linux-based firmware.  If you are using a wireless router
    manufactured by Linksys or ASUS, it is probably already running Linux!
    Open source replacement firmware can turn these devices into
    Linux-based server systems running all the software you can run on
    your Linux desktop.

    Josh will bring along some hardware to demonstrate this, and show
    how you can build a silent, paperback-sized web server for about $150.

    For example, the Linksys NSLU2 is a tiny network appliance that
    connects USB 2.0 hard drives directly to your Ethernet network and can
    be obtained for less than $100.  The device is Linux-based, and work is
    being done by the Linux on the NSLU2 project to expand its
    capabilities beyond what the stock firmware allows.


For details on this meeting, visit:

  http://www.lugod.org/meeting/


For maps, directions, public transportation schedules, etc., visit:

  http://www.lugod.org/meeting/library/


Borrow Books from LUGOD:

  LUGOD maintains a lending library containing nearly 150 books related
  to Linux, networking, programming and other topics.
  (See http://www.lugod.org/library/ for the complete list.)

  If you'd like for a book to be brought to this meeting so you may
  borrow it, contact: librarian at lugod.org


About LUGOD:

  The Linux Users' Group of Davis is a 501(c)7 non-profit organization
  dedicated to the Linux computer operating system and other Open Source
  and Free Software.

  LUGOD holds regular meetings with guest speakers in Davis, California,
  as well as other events in Davis and the greater Sacramento region.
  Events are always free and open to the public.

  Please visit our website for more details:  http://www.lugod.org/



-bill!
pr at lugod.org
http://www.lugod.org/


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