http://www.utos.org Helping Open Source Grow in Utah Thu, 08 May 2008 18:20:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Date: May 14th, 2008 Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Location: Omniture, Inc. Details: http://www.plug.org/ MySQL will be flying Jay Pipes (North American Community Relations Manager at MySQL) in to Salt Lake on the 14th for the sole purpose of addressing PLUG (and all other local SIGs). Please spread the word. Set your calendars. Blog it. Spread ... http://www.utos.org/2008/05/08/plug-may-meeting-mysql/ In case you haven't heard or read already, Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) was released just a few days ago (April 24). I certainly have noticed plenty of talk about it on blogs and tech news sites. Fedora 9 (Sulphur) was scheduled for release right about now, but the fine folks ... http://www.utos.org/2008/04/30/reminder-linux-distro-release-party-this-saturday-woo/ We are proud to announce the upcoming Utah Spring Code Camp taking place on Saturday, 26 April at Neumont University in South Jordan. The event begins at 9:00 a.m. If you go to the < http://www.utcodecamp.com/ > site, one of the first things you may notice is that this has traditionally ... http://www.utos.org/2008/04/13/utah-code-camp-saturday-26-april/ The 2008 Utah Open Source Conference is coming up fast, as you know. If you would like to present on a topic at the conference, there's no time like NOW to whip up a response to the Call For Papers  (if you have not already). You only have until June 1 ... http://www.utos.org/2008/04/07/have-you-submitted-your-paper-yet/ Not only is 2008 the second year we will be holding the Utah Open Source Conference, it is also the second year we will be recognizing and awarding four remarkable individuals as part of the Utah Open Source Awards ceremony at the conference. The Utah Open Source Awards will be given ... http://www.utos.org/2008/04/07/2008-utah-open-source-awards/ Fedora 9 (Sulphur) will be released April 29, 2008 Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) will be released April 24, 2008 All are welcome to join in the celebration of newly released Fedora and Ubuntu distributions. Ubuntu Utah has been gracious to allow revelers from the Fedora camp join in with the Ubuntu ... http://www.utos.org/2008/04/03/utah-open-source-foundation-and-ubuntu-utah-bring-you-a-release-party-of-gigantic-proportion/ Mailing lists can be a pain in the butt, especially when discussions spiral into topics about which pizza delivery company is best, which text editor is best, which Linux distribution is best, which caffeinated beverage is best, etc. We at Utah Open Source (UTOS) know you work hard day in and ... http://www.utos.org/2008/03/04/announcing-an-announcement-list-for-announcements/ Before there can be another Utah Open Source Conference in 2008, there needs to be a list of people who will present on various topics. This is how YOU can contribute to the conference: by being a presenter! The UTOSC Call For Papers begins now at <http://2008.utosc.com/>! Papers can be submitted ... http://www.utos.org/2008/03/02/utosc-2008-call-for-papers-get-moving/ Tomorrow night, 7pm, in Murray at my house, we'll be eating pizza and hacking on ConMan again. If you are interested in joining the fun, please feel free to stop by and learn some kick-a** django skillz. The last two HackNights were all-nighters and were very successful.  Tomorrow's HackNight is to refactor ... http://www.utos.org/2008/02/22/utosf-hacknight-refactor-conman/ The 2008 Utah Open Source Conference, to be held at Salt Lake Community College's Redwood Campus August 28-30, 2008, will be a great opportunity for open source enthusiasts to gather, socialize, learn, and exchange ideas. In these ways, the 2008 UTOSC won't be a lot different than the 2007 UTOSC. ... http://www.utos.org/2008/02/09/utah-open-source-conference-2008-howto-diversify/ For those of you waiting with bated breath, wait no longer. The Utah Open Source Conference volunteers have been hard at work year preparing an even more awesome conference for 2008. Because 2007 was such a grand success, we've made some minor changes and improvements to help with a smoother ... http://www.utos.org/2008/02/06/utah-open-source-conference-2008-location-theme-and-dates/ This week's Local User Group meetings: Layton.rb - Feb 4, 7pm - Topic unavailable BYU UUG - Feb 7, 7pm - Basic DNS With Bind by Stuart Jansen Ubuntu Utah - Feb 9, 6pm - Debian/Ubuntu Packaging by Tim Riker A special thanks goes out to TierFour for the streaming and podcast bandwidth to ... http://www.utos.org/2008/02/03/utah-lug-meetings-feb-3-9-2008/ The UTOS Confrence Manager or ConMan, is really coming along.  Tonight's HackNight didn't last quite as long as last weekend, but there was some definite improvements. One of the really nice improvements was the addition of the logo by James Hancock who's really good with his inkscape skills.  Other improvements included ... http://www.utos.org/2008/02/02/utosf-conman-becoming-awesome/ A special thanks to Guru Labs, Kevin Kubasik, John Weis, James Hancock, Will Smith and Trevor Sharpe for sticking it out much of Saturday night and into the wee hours of Sunday night. The chinese food arrived at around 9pm, and we sat around talking design and ideas for the next ... http://www.utos.org/2008/01/31/utosf-hacknight-a-grand-success/ As part of the Utah Open Source goals to help every LUG (Local User Group) grow, UTOSF plans to provide timely reminders to all who are interested about when, where and the topic for each of the LUGs we track. In addition to this feature, UTOSF will also be providing an ... http://www.utos.org/2008/01/25/weekly-meeting-posts/