Herefordshire Linux User Group

Is scheduled to take place Weds 22nd May 2007, at 7.30pm at the Canal Road Day Centre, Hereford although this is still subject to confirmation.

The meeting will be a general one, without any particular topic. If you wish to bring troublesome hardware along with you, for our members to help get you up and running with Linux please do.

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Pleased to see our LUG getting a mention in the UK edition of Linux Format magazine.

Richard Smedley, one of our LUG members wrote an Opinion piece for the June edition, (out now) regarding Linux and green issues. He mentioned our recent presentation to the local Green party and Friends of the Earth, extolling the benefits both political and environmental. The use of Linux on hardware not fit for running MS Vista, is a good means of re-use rather than throwing it on the tip.

Thanks for the people who turned up didn't feel like a complete waste although i wish i was able to show at least the WPA attack maybe another time.

IMPORTANT:
The information that i am providing is public knowledge and should only be used to secure your own networks and for educational purposes. I and the Lug will not be responsible for miss use of this information.

1.Just to keep you in the loop it is illegal to access some ones network without there permission. Even if there network is open if you dont have permission to access it you are committing a crime.
2.DONT DO IT

The February meeting is at the Canal Road Day Centre, Hereford starting at 7.30pm on 20th February 2008.

David Shorthouse has offered to give us a talk about wireless security this month.

Just a thought would anyone be interested in wireless security?

Now I have loads of spare time and Im always doing something on the pcs or the laptop. WEP as we all know has been dead for a long time. Well what would you rather someone watching everything you do just because you don’t use any encryption.

The January meeting is at the Canal Road Day Centre, Hereford starting at 7.30pm on 16th January 2008.

My daughter who is just over two recently said 'puter' for a computer. I drastically hoping that the next will be linux or ubuntu, rather than Windows or Bill which is what you think she might say.

Still she loves tapping away on Open Office, so possibly our youngest Linux user in the group - although Mark's daughter may just shade her being a couple of months younger

The November meeting is at the Canal Road Day Centre, Hereford starting at 7.30pm on 21st November 2007.

There are no specific plans for this month so we shall see what happens! We may have a few drop-ins as a result of our presentation asking for help.

I read about a very cheap motherboard in the US which is being developed for linux and a google environment. Sounds pretty amazing to me.
See:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5305482907.html