Past Meetings – Page 20 – Rock River Linux Users Group

The October RRLug meeting had 11 members attending. We met at Rasmussen @ 6:30pm, but shifted the meeting to a classroom in order to use a whiteboard. Next month we will again return to the boardroom! The meeting was a little unconventional in its approach, but we covered all the topics below:

SpeedTest – discuss a convenient tool for determining your current Internet connection speed.
Firefox Configuration Management Pt2 – Sam Williams finished discussing the newest changes in Firefox that help safeguard your configuration and settings.
Linux News – Discuss the general Linux news items from the past month.
Raspberry Pi B+ – Peter HedLund is going to bring his new Raspberry Pi B+. If he gets a chance to work on it, he will also have a touchscreen display that will mount on the PI.
Wubi installation – Peter Hedlund will also discuss the issues he had with his recent Wubi upgrade of Ubuntu.
Linux Troubleshooting – Gary Melvin is going to bring a computer to the meeting to use in a discussion of troubleshooting techniques. The computer belongs to a friend and is dying after about an hour of disuse.

We had a really good meeting and wished more of the members had been able to attend.

The September RRLug meeting had 10 members attending. We met at Rasmussen @ 6:30pm, but shifted the meeting to a classroom in order to use a whiteboard. Next month we will again return to the boardroom!

Python Development – Calvin Schultz discussed and demoed a new automation framework he has been developing in Python. He also discussed many of the issues that you need to keep in mind when developing complex projects in the language.
Linux BotNet Discussion – Joe Granneman of Illumination.io, our resident security expert gave a great discussion on the most recent Linux Botnet, its impact, attack vectors, and ways of protecting your Apache/Tomcat servers from its damaging effects. Joe provided a very enlightening look into the world of the Cyber Security Analyst.
Open Source Security Opportunities – Joe Granneman also gave a discussion about his new security company, Illumination.io, and their needs for security talent with a focus on Linux/FOSS. They are seriously looking for individuals interested in doing security consulting, penetration testing, forensic analysis, and compliance.

We had a really good meeting and wished more of the members had been able to attend.

Rock River Linux Users Group

October RRLug Meeting Minutes: 10/09/14

September RRLug Meeting Minutes: 09/11/14