http://linuxNUS.org An advocate of Linux and FOSS in Singapore Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:38:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My favorite sections in the NUS Central Library is the TK5I05.885 and QA76.76 - all catering to the latest and old books on various Computer technologies. Last semester, I had to write an essay for the USP application on a topic that talks about my interest. And guess what, I ... http://linuxNUS.org/2010/02/16/foss-non-tech-books-in-the-nus-libraries/ Hackfest @ HackerspaceSG Crisis Camp! linuxNUS is back with its Hackfest and this time our venue is HackerspaceSG! Interestingly, the theme of the Hackfest is "Crisis Camp"! [1] We plan to hack (conceptually and practically) projects for improving technology and practice for humanitarian crisis management and disaster relief. Inspired by the CrisisCommons ... http://linuxNUS.org/2010/02/03/hackfest-crisis-camp-hackerspacesg/ From HackerspaceSG Christmas party Facebook page We are 1 month old, and we're celebrating it by throwing ourselves a Christmas Party! This event is similar to our open house party! We'll be catering some halal food from around the area. If you can bring more food, that will be great! Just make ... http://linuxNUS.org/2009/12/16/linuxnus-hackerspacesg-christmas-party/ An Afternoon with Simone Brunozzi Evangelist, Amazon Web Services Date: Thursday, 26 November 2009, 4pm to 6pm Venue: What's Next Studio, F11, Symbiosis Block, Fusionopolis 4.00pm Registration 4.30pm Presentation by Simone Brunozzi, Amazon Web Services 5.15pm Discussion and Sharing 6.00pm End Simone looks forward to share with the audience on the latest trends on cloud computing, Amazon ... http://linuxNUS.org/2009/11/11/an-afternoon-with-simone-brunozzi-amazon-web-services/ We are back with our Hackfest and this time our venue is Redhat Office! All the hacker/geeks/enthusiasts are invited to attend the linuxNUS Hackfest! At linuxNUS Hackfests, youre free to work on whichever development project you want to, be it anything ranging from Linux to Android to Facebook. Or you can just ... http://linuxNUS.org/2009/11/10/hackfest-again-november-2009/ The GNOME.Asia Summit is one of the top Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) events for developers, enterprises, officials and general users in Vietnam. The event brings together FOSS projects from Asia and around the world. The event will feature keynotes, sessions, lightning talks, exhibitions, and a hands-on lab. Topic areas ... http://linuxNUS.org/2009/10/28/gnome-asia-summit-2009/ Date: 15th October 2009 (Thursday) Time: 7 pm to 9+ pm Venue: Singapore Management University, SIS (School of Information System) Seminar Room 2.2 Planned program : * Python Games Development in 60 minutes (as a Mini Sprint) – Mr. Morgan Heijdemann Pre-requisites : Because this is a mini-sprint, you ... http://linuxNUS.org/2009/10/14/singapore-python-user-group-oct-meetup/ Hi guys, linuxNUS is back again with our monthly HackFest. This month, we are proud to have Red Hat as our venue sponsor. So join us and lets have a great weekend together ! Details of the HackFest is as follow: Time: 1pm-6pm, 17th October 2009 Venue: (Change in Venue) Wego Pte Ltd, 53B ... http://linuxNUS.org/2009/10/13/linuxnus-hackfest-october-2009/ These are the current fronts in which the software wars are being fought. But it seems that a new warfront is being fought in the sphere of soft drinks with Bing Soda, Microsoft Soda and Ubuntu Cola http://linuxNUS.org/2009/10/11/the-software-wars-shifts-to-a-new-front/ Four years ago to this day, 7 Oct 2005, linuxNUS was officially born. That is to day, of course, that we were officially recognised as a Student Special Interest Group. Of course, that doesn't mean that we weren't around before that. linuxNUS first came into existence on 6 Jul 2005, ... http://linuxNUS.org/2009/10/07/linuxnus-turns-4/