http://blog.utos.org By, for and about Utah Open Source Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:24:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As a final reminder of how completely awesome the Utah Open Source Conference is and why you should attend, we present a final video from UTOSC 2008: Glenda Rhodes presenting on GIMP for Photographers. This video is now available at OpenSourceTV.TV as a in-line Flash video and also as Ogg ... http://blog.utos.org/2009/07/02/video-glenda-rhodes-on-gimp-from-utosc-2008/ The Utah Open Source Conference 2009 is just around the corner, October 8-10, 2009 is not too far away!!  It's time to submit your presentations. UTOSC 2008 received over 90 submissions, and we ended up with over 50 presentations.  The odds are good that if your presentation is a good ... http://blog.utos.org/2009/06/21/news-utah-open-source-conference-2009-call-for-papers-now-open/ Don't let the rain ruin your fun.  Come to the InterLUG BBQ anyway.  We'll still be there cooking burgers and giving away drinks, bring your fruit salad and get on over to Scera Park. Where:  Scera Park, Red Pavilion.  This is on the east side of the park. (map) When:  Saturday (Today), ... http://blog.utos.org/2009/06/20/reminder-nerds-in-the-rainsun-interlug-bbq-still-happening/ If for no other reason than to come and check out Victor Villa's masterpiece grill (can cook 50 burgers at once), you should come to the PLUG InterLUG BBQ. He'll be bringing it and we'll be providing drinks and burgers (with buns and essentials).  But you should see this awesome ... http://blog.utos.org/2009/06/17/event-nerds-in-the-sun-interlug-bbq-this-saturday-check-out-this-grill/ Sorry this took so long, but here it is: Brandon Beattie's much talked about MythTV presentation from the 2008 Utah Open Source Conference is now available for viewing online at OpenSourceTV.TV. This presentation covers design, hardware, and software needed to build a Linux HTPC. Topics include what hardware works best in ... http://blog.utos.org/2009/06/15/new-video-brandon-beattie-on-mythtv-at-utosc-2008/ A little over a week ago, we announced the Nerds in the Sun (PLUG BBQ) event on June 20 from 12-2pm. This post is a bit of an update to the details for the event.  As we stated, we'll be at Scera Park, in the Red Pavilion.  Pretty much the same ... http://blog.utos.org/2009/06/11/event-nerds-in-the-sun-update-its-a-food-and-hardware-potluck/ The Utah Open Source Foundation, in its goal to promote Open Source throughout Utah and beyond, is proud to promote the following events.  These events are generally related to Open Source and Technology in Utah.  If your event is not listed below, please contact clint@utos.org to get it added. Utah Technology ... http://blog.utos.org/2009/06/07/news-utah-open-source-events-for-june-2009/ So the challenge begins, UTOS-ConMan is in good shape from last year's HackNights, but it does need a bit of a clean up and some new features as noted in a previous post. The problem is that the Utah Open Source Conference 2009 needs a registration system.  Recently released from the ... http://blog.utos.org/2009/05/30/hacknight-utos-conmanscalereg-hacking-begins-june-2-630pm/ Mark your calendars!  It's cue time! The annual Provo Linux User Group (PLUG) Barbecue is upon us again.  This year it will be spectacular!  The Utah Open Source Foundation is excited to be a part of this event.  Because of this, UTOS will provide some soda, water and approximately 50 hamburgers. This ... http://blog.utos.org/2009/05/27/event-nerds-in-the-sun-plug-summer-bbq/ Greets all, This month's UTOS Geek Lunch will be held in three locations at once.  In other words, a new way of enjoying lunch with geeks in your area.  We thought it'd be nice to hang out with everyone in one place, but it's so hard to do during the lunch ... http://blog.utos.org/2009/05/22/event-utos-geek-lunch-may-29/