VanLUG Email Archive
Dave Michelson (dmichelson@home.com)
Wed, 14 Apr 1999 23:44:36 -0700
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The Vancouver Linux Users Group
will meet again on
Monday, April 19, 1999 7:30 - 9:00 pm
at UBC in the
Centre for Integrated Computer Systems Research
2366 Main Mall
(CICSR 208)
* * * PLEASE NOTE THE LATER START TIME! * * *
AFTER THE MAIN DOORS TO CICSR ARE LOCKED,
PLEASE ENTER BY THE DOOR AT THE REAR OF THE BLDG
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*Anyone* interested in Linux, UNIX, or GNU software is
most welcome to attend. See the end of this announcement
for important information concerning parking and such.
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Agenda
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7:30 - 7:40 VanLUG News and Announcements
- Dave Michelson
7:40 - 8:05 BRU - A Backup and Restore Utility
for Linux
- Ya'akov N. Miles
Ya'akov will share his experiences with BRU and help
you decide whether to dump tar and gzip for something
a little more sophisticated!
8:05 - 8:20 BLAS - Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms
for Linux
- Dave Michelson
The natural language for many mathematical and scientific operations is
that of linear algebra, and the natural objects are matrices and
vectors. During the past few years, Intel has actively supported
development of highly optimized Linux versions of the Basic Linear
Algebra Subprograms for the Pentium and Pentium II processor
architectures. The results have allowed users to improve the
performance of some standard science and engineering software by a
factor of five!
8:20 - 8:25 Break
8:25 - 9:00 VMware - A Virtual Machine for Linux
- Petar Knezevich and Brian Edmonds
VMware software is truly revolutionary software that allows one to run
multiple operating systems (including Microsoft's offerings)
concurrently on a single PC. It requires neither repartitioning nor
rebooting, and allows one to interoperate among each of these operating
systems. Petar and Brian have been experimenting with the free beta
version of VMware and have some interesting stories to tell.
9:00 Prize Draw
- Kim Kulak
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Note: The nearest parkade is the Health Sciences Parkade
just off East Mall. Parking is a flat $3 after 6 pm. See
http://vancouver-webpages.com/vanlug/meetings.html
for a site map.
Our meetings generally attract between 75 and 125 people.
Attendees range from absolute newcomers to UNIX wizards.
VanLUG is committed to helping newcomers get up to
speed.
Admission is free to all. VanLUG discount cards will
be available at the meeting for $10. Draw tickets for
door prizes will be available for $2 each.
-- Dave Michelson dmichelson@home.com
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