Peninsula Linux Users' Group, Thursday (tomorrow), June 24, 2004

Wed Jun 23 11:02:04 PDT 2004

We have a meeting of the Peninsula Linux Users' Group (PenLUG) this
week!  Here are the details about this meeting.  For more information
or directions go to
	http://www.penlug.org/

Please join our "members" mailing list, or the "announce" list if you
just want announcements of upcoming events.  Follow the links from our
home page.

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modify the website if you have something to contribute.  Thanks!

Date:		Thursday, May 27, 2004
Time:		7:00 - 9:00 PM
Location:	100 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065
		Room 1op104

Conference Call: If you cannot attend in person, but would like to
dial in and listen, please send mail to conferencecall at penlug.org and
we will try to accomodate you.

Agenda:
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7:00 - 8:30 PM: Presentation by Chander Kant:
		"Linux on Laptops - Adventures in mobile Linux computing"
8:30 - 9:00 PM: Members' Minutes
       9:00 PM: Adjourn to IHOP (Belmont) for social & food time

Presentation by Chander Kant
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Title: "Linux on Laptops - Adventures in mobile Linux computing"

Over the past few years, Linux has become dominant server operating
system for various applications, such as file and web serving. While
Linux continues to make further in-roads at the high-end, the desktop
space is now beginning to emerge. Technologies and business dynamics
seem to be in place for an explosive growth of Linux on the
desktop. Another recent trend has been emergence of Laptops as the key
desktop platform. Year 2003 was the first year when new Laptops
outsold new PCs. So, will Linux leapfrog the PC and find its home
directly on the laptop? This presentation will discuss the current
state of support for Linux on the laptops. We will discuss the
challenges - what works, what can be made to work, and what does not
work. We will consider pros and cons of various technologies -
hardware, kernels, distributions etc., in making of a productive Linux
laptop.

Bio

Chander Kant is founder and president of LinuxCertified, Inc., a
leading provider of Linux laptops, training and services. Chander has
been involved with technology and business side of Linux in many
different projects. As a key member of the open-source community, he
is very enthusiastic about enabling Linux as a mainstream operating
system. Prior to founding LinuxCertified, Chander was Director of
Business Development at VERITAS software, where he was responsible for
high-availability clustering products. Chander was also involved in
architecting high-performance Linux compute servers at SGI. Chander is
a co-author of "Linux Compute Clusters", an on-going open-license
book.

Members' Minutes
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Members will have an opportunity to take a few minutes to...

    * Describe their latest Linux discovery
    * Ask questions and get help from other members
    * Discuss Linux projects

You can just stand up and talk, or give a short demo or presentation.
If you need audio/visual support for your Members' Minute, please
contact Bill in advance to arrange for your needs.

Although it is NOT required, we like to have an idea of how many
people to expect, so if possible please email rsvp at penlug.org if you
are planning to attend.

-- 
William R Ward            bill at wards.net          http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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