Linux Users of Victoria, Inc.

Location:
The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building. Trinity College Main Campus. Parkville. Melways Map: 2B C5.

Body:

Linux Users Victoria (Melbourne Chapter) General Meeting

Sponsored By

Again many, many thanks to Red Hat who sponsor our venue and EFTel who provide hosting.

LUV News

Annual Reports (President, Secretary, Treasurer) and Elections (Returning Officer)

By "Lider sin Miedo", Andrew Chalmers and Committee Members

What's new in Linux

By the Linux's "Guy Smiley", Lev Lafayette.

Cell Broadband Engine

Jeremy Kerr from Ozlabs (the IBM Linux Technology Centre in Canberra) will be talking to the LUV about Linux and the Cell Broadband Engine.

This presentation will explain the new Cell Broadband Engine (CBE), collaboratively developed by Sony, Toshiba and IBM. The CBE's novel design aims to provide a new level of performance for its most well-known application, the PlayStation 3.

Linux has been a key part of the CBE development process, and is under constant development within the IBM Linux on Cell team.

Topics covered include:

* An introduction to the Cell hardware
* State of the Linux on Cell effort
* The Cell programming model, interfaces and methods
* Current applications and performance
* How to get involved

Jeremy works on porting the Linux kernel to the CBE architecture.

Future Talks (THIS IS IMPORTANT, READ OR FAIL!)

We are always in need of talks, particularly when schedules change and a speaker is suddenly unable to make an arranged talk. If you have something Linux related that you want to present a talk about, whether it be for this coming meeting or future meetings, contact luv-ctte@luv.asn.au with the details.

Folks, a LUG's worth is directly proportional to the efforts of it's members.

Stand up and get active. Now.

THIS MEANS YOU!

Once Again

When: Tuesday, 5th September 2006 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Where: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre, Evan Burge Building, Trinity College Main Campus Parkville Melways Map: 2B C5

Notes: Trinity College's Main Campus is located off Royal Parade. The Evan Burge Building is located near the Tennis Courts. Maps of Trinity and the surrounding area (including its relation to the city) can be found at: http://www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/map/

Parking can be found along or near Royal Parade, Grattan Street, Swanston Street and College Crescent. Parking within Trinity College is unfortunately only available to staff. If you are interested in coming to dinner afterwards, it may be advisable to park on the Swanston St side of Melbourne University.

For those coming via Public Transport, the number 19 tram (North Coburg - City) passes by the main entrance of Trinity College (around stop 12). The city end of this tram departs from the Elizabeth Street tram terminus (Flinders Street end). Timetables can be found on-line at

http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/timetables/timetable_options.php?type=tram&id=MTM019

Socialising

Before and/or after each meeting those who are interested are welcome to join other members for dinner. We are open to suggestions for a good place to eat near our new venue. Lygon Street is a short walk away. Maria's in North Melbourne seems to another popular venue.

LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard Lecture Theatre venue and EFTel for hosting!

The latest version of this announcement, and other important information regarding LUV meetings can be found at http://www.luv.asn.au/.