Past Events

Video editing under Linux (UNH Morse Hall conference room 301, from 2008-06-09 19:00 to 2008-06-09 21:00) — by Robert Anderson

A look at some video software for Linux, with a focus on Cinelerra.

Writing KML using a python Genshi template (UNH Morse Hall Conference Room 301, from 2008-05-12 19:00 to 2008-05-12 21:00) — by Robert Anderson

A Genshi templating example that outputs GoogleEarth KML from python data, which in this case is coming from active APRS transmissions of GPS postion data.

Enlightenment EVAS GUI canvas. (UNH Durham, Morse Hall conf room 301, from 2008-04-14 19:00 to 2008-04-14 21:00) — by Robert Anderson

Enlightenment Window manager has been dormant for years. What have they been up to all this time? EVAS is part of the answer.

Rosegarden Midi Sequencer (UNH Morse Hall Conference Room 301, from 2008-03-11 19:00 to 2008-03-11 21:00) — by Robert Anderson

Music composition on Linux? Sure why not.

Rockbox (UNH Durham, Morse Hall, Conference Room 301, from 2008-02-11 19:00 to 2008-02-11 21:00) — by Robert Anderson

An open source firmware for many MP3 players.

SLUG MEETING CANCELED (, from 2008-01-14 19:00 to 2008-01-14 19:00) — by Robert Anderson

Due to the all day snow storm, there will be no SLUG meeting tonight.

UNH Linus talk screening (UNH Morse Hall conference room 301, from 2007-12-10 19:00 to 2007-12-10 21:00) — by Robert Anderson

Linus Torvalds: Architect of the Linux Kernel gave a talk at the University of New Hampshire on January 31, 1996. That talk was captured by a student in the audience. We will be viewing a DVD copy of that talk at the SLUG meeting.

Panaramic Photo Processing with Linux (UNH Morse Hall Conference room 301, from 2007-11-12 19:00 to 2007-11-12 21:00) — by Robert Anderson

Three cooperative tools that help stitch your individual photos into a single combined image.

InkScape, when bitmaps are not good enough. (UNH Morse Hall conference room 301, from 2007-10-08 19:00 to 2007-10-08 21:00) — by Robert Anderson

InkScape is a 2D structured drawing program, with very powerful built in routines to convert images into structured drawings.

RAID and LVM storage management (Room 301, Morse Hall, UNH, Durham, NH, from 2007-09-10 19:00 to 2007-09-10 21:00) — by Robert Anderson

For the September 2007 SLUG/Seacoast/UNH/Durham meeting, Ben Scott will be speaking on storage management using RAID and LVM.

Panda3D - Real-time 3D simulation engine (Room 301, Morse Hall, UNH, Durham, NH, from 2007-08-13 19:00 to 2007-08-13 21:00) — by Benjamin Scott

For the August 2007 SLUG/Seacoast/UNH/Durham meeting, somebody will be presenting on the Panda3D 3D engine.

LTSP Internals (Mills Hall 2nd floor lounge area, from 2007-07-09 19:00 to 2007-07-09 20:00) — by Robert Anderson

The SLUG group joined into the FOSSED conference this week on the Durham campus to attend a talk lead by developer Gideon.

A look at Picasa (UNH Morse Hall conference room 301, from 2007-06-11 19:00 to 2007-06-11 21:00) — by Robert Anderson

Picasa is Googles photo management offering.

PyChart (UNH Morse Hall conference room 301, from 2007-05-14 19:00 to 2007-05-14 21:00) — by Robert Anderson

The topic this month with the charting with Python using PyChart.

OpenWrt - LinkSys firmware enhancements (UNH Morse Hall conference room 301, from 2007-04-09 19:00 to 2007-04-09 21:00) — by Robert Anderson

For the April 2007 SLUG/Seacoast/UNH/Durham meeting, Ben Scott will be presenting on OpenWrt and related tools. The focus will be on initial installation and configuration, and a general survey of capabilities, rather than a specific application. A live demo is planned.

Examining the Cyber Capabilities of Islamic Terrorist Groups (UNH Nesmith Hall, Room 329, from 2007-03-27 12:40 to 2007-03-27 14:00) — by Tom Fogal

Islamic terrorist groups have used combinations of ancient guerrilla warfare tactics and advanced technologies to carry out their goals. They have shown themselves to be practitioners of unconventional warfare by staging operations around the globe against high-visibility, high-value targets, using very small teams, producing dramatic results with relatively little expenditure, all without ever engaging in direct battlefield attacks against an opposing military force.

Profile of a Linux Weany in mid-life crisis. (UNH Morse Hall conference room 301, from 2007-03-12 19:00 to 2007-03-12 21:00) — by Robert Anderson

Given the date (and lack of any better ideas) I decided to have a little fun with this weeks meeting. Each month I share what I'm currently working on in my life with the SLUG group. This month we'll go a little further into my life as I approach the top of the hill.

Computational issues modeling the magnetosphere (UNH Nesmith Hall, Room 329, from 2007-02-27 12:40 to 2007-02-27 14:00) — by Tom Fogal

J. Raeder of SSC/UNH will discuss the computational limitations in modeling the earth's magnetosphere. The magnetosphere surrounds Earth and shields it from the solar wind and energetic particle radiation originating from the sun and the cosmos. Understanding and predicting Earth's geospace environment, now called `Space Weather', has become increasingly important over the past decades because of the possibly harmful effects on assets like communications satellites, and the risks it poses to human activity in space.

GNU Make (, from 2007-02-15 12:40 to 2007-02-15 14:00) — by Tom Fogal

Tom Fogal and the UNH ACM will present the basics of GNU Make. Make is a tool to control the compilation of software based on the source files which compose it. It is the standard utility for building software on POSIX platforms, popular for the ability to avoid costly compilation of files which have not changed. We will discuss the algorithms behind Make as well as the basic format of a makefile, showing how you can use it to build your software quickly and easily.

MP3 file handling under Linux (UNH Morse Hall conference room 301, from 2007-02-12 19:00 to 2007-02-12 21:00) — by Robert Anderson

It may be a little late for this one, but in case anybody else is just getting started with an MP3 player, we'll be looking at the tools available under Linux.