About the event...
Our event start 10:00am and finish around 6:30pm. During this time we talked about ubunt, OpenSolaris, Java, debian, PostgreSQL and a session of Q&A about open source. Also we has another room that running in parallel a big install fest with this softwares and operating system and much more! Angel Camacho from Sun came to Porto Alegre just to attend our event and talk about OpenSolaris. Also, Angel help us a lot in the install fest.
The evet's web-site will be remain on the web, maybe for flisol'2010 and your URL it's http://flisol.opensolaris.org.br The official flisol's site it's http://flisol.net. I posted some pictures on my flickr, available here
I'm really don't know for how long time I was involved in event's organization with Felipe Santos from asl.org, but when I note that everything are running (wifi, rooms, install fest, tech-talks). I can note that I was a little be tired
The best part of organized an event it's when everything are done and following what you planed. The worst it's they finish so early. But when everything are finished and organized. I went to a churrascaria with Angel, Ronaldo, Felipe, Oscar and Thomé (the guys that help us during the event) to celebrate this day.
A huge mistake was done this Friday, April 17. A judge condemned Redrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm, Peter Sunde e Carl Lundstroem to 1 year in jail AND to pay around $3.6 million.
Now you thing "but what crime they done? They killed someone?" No, they simple launch a web site where people can share your torrents file. They called Pirate Bay.
For a long time I thing this is an file server with copyright content, and I confess that I did some downloads there But when the process give space on the news I understand that Pirate Bay dosen't store anything!!! And this is the wrong idea that a lot of people has about this site. For understand your purpose just read the legal section and about section. Then asking again "what crime the done?"
Ok the entertainment's industry won this match, congratulations...
Now a little common sense to know what would happen today. From one side 4 guys that create a web site, another side the movie and music industry with your money.
Today I give an good notice... At Gary's blog there are a news said we has a new challenge opened
This time the challenged was specially for OpenSolaris. The task is, port an package to OpenSolaris and submit. But it's not any package, your package need use one (or more), features of OpenSolaris like ZFS, DTrace and so on...
Sounds good? Simple? Ok, let's move! The deadline is May 8 at 12:00PDT.
It's a great chance for community help in development of new OpenSolaris. And it's a good opportunity for who want understand how packing something, and helping in development.
Today was officially launch the Porto Alegre flisol's site, http://flisol.opensolaris.org.br
flisol is an international event that happen in all latin america since 2005. The core organization define the date and the local community (like debian, OpenSolaris, java, python, php), organize an flisol edition in your own city. This year the flisol's date is April 25. And here in Porto Alegre will happen in a place called (in portuguese) Sindicato dos Bancários. It's the same place that was happened the OpenSolaris Day 2008
About the event...
From 10:00am to 6:00pm will occur tech-talks done by community guys. It's already confirmed that Angel Camacho from Sun USA come to Porto Alegre talk in our event
Parallel the talks will happen an big install fest. We are planning install OpenSolaris, java, debian, ubuntu, MySQL and all open source software that the users need.
Registration for flisol is totaly free and it's available here
During last week I give an idea to improve osum numbers. I ask my self "why I'm entry in a another social network?" and the answer was "well I need a good reason". Ok at osum you give a good reason, stay in touch with a lot technology guys, sun's engineer and with your friends. But another good reason is because I create 2 quiz.
At UFRGS Group I started new discussion for participants create an short phrase including the words Sun, Open Source and the UFRGS (the university name). Everybody that write something with this 3 words are in the quiz. The winner will give a Sun's backpack.
At Brazilian OpenSolaris Group I done almost the same thing. But the candidates need to write an phrase including the words Sun, Open Source, OpenSolaris. The winner will give a new Solaris Internals Edition that Eduardo has.
After one week... a lot of candidates with his phrase. It was time to choose the winners. I found in the web the random.org and insert the participant's ID. The site choose the winner for me
Last Saturday happened at unisinos another GeJun's meeting. If you don't know what means that, I'm explain.. GeJun is an study group focus on Java's technology. Every Saturday around 20 students went to his university to talk, learn and discuss about Java. During the week everybody post his doubt at osum forums. Me and Ronaldo Prass try to help his studies using the Jedi's project.
Some results start happened, we can observe that some students has facility to develop in Java in another hand some asking about frameworks and open source projects.
Every meeting we try to distribute some give aways for the best questions. And during the week we note that some students published some piece of code trying to explain topic learned last week, or simple share his discovery. And for those guys we trying give an t-shirt for recognition his skills and his initiative to share something. Well during last week Francine published at osum an very nice Java class to explain to her classmate how use Java.Util.Scanner (here is the post). And for this work we give an t-shirt for her, congratulations.
Every Saturday morning I woke up earlier, take an train and going to Unisinos. It's a university near 30km from Porto Alegre. The goal is to meet Ronaldo Prass and the GeJun to talk about Java using the JEDI material. (GeJun stands for Java Study Group at Unisinos)
Last semester around 2 or 3 guys study with us. But this Saturday was different... Around 20 people participated to discuss, learn and explain his experiences.
Before the meeting Ronaldo publish at OSUM 2 tasks to solve using Java. The first guy that answer give an t-shirt. And during the meeting I distribute Sun's pens for who create some class.
In summary it was a good Saturday morning and I give an good surprise!
Yesterday happened at bourbom shopping the monthly meeting. We have 2 good reason to do an meeting inside the shopping:
#1: In my opinion meeting in public areas showing the OpenSolaris t-shirts and notebooks can show the system. (some guys think that OpenSolaris is a rock band) #2: The shopping offers a good wifi
About the meeting...
Participated localy: João CEP, Ronaldo Prass, Ricardo Severo, Leandro Nunes and Cristiano Basso. Participated by irc Rafael Vanoni, Marcelo Leal.
Some talks of meeting including:
- the rumors of IBM and Sun and what this fusion impact in OpenSolaris Project's
- Organize the tasks for fisl10 - Planning the OpenSolaris Tour'09 (coming soon)
- Explain what is the flisol in Porto Alegre, and what is the PoaOSUG tasks
From left to right: Vitório Sassi, Cristiano Basso, João CEP, Ronaldo Prass, Ricardo Severo and Leandro Nunes
How do I configure the OpenSolaris to play my mp3?
Every week someone send a mail for the mailing-lists or in the forums asking how configure your system for listen the mp3 files. Well this is very common, principal for the guys that using linux and has accustomed with synaptic pakage manager.
Brian Leonard write at the observatory an good article to answer the question of mp3 files in the OpenSolaris 2008.05, it's available here. And João CEP, member of PoaOSUG write another article in your blog explaining how configure the OpenSolaris 2008.11 to listen your mp3 files. The article it's available here (in Portuguese).
Hope can help
Porto Alegre OpenSolaris Users Group Febreary's meeting
Yesterday happened the the Febreary's meeting of Porto Alegre OpenSolaris Users Group. This time we done the meeting in a public place, inside the shopping The reason is because we lost the old place that the meetings happened, and because this place it's more casual. Then people are confortable to talk your ideas and discuss anything. Off course, the shopping has a wifi, so we can use the irc for "talk" with guys that dosen't live in Porto Alegre.
The Sun University Days is a event that will happen in some cities of Brazil, including Porto Alegre. And the fisl10 is the Freedom Software Forum that happen all years in Porto Alegre too. A serie of ideas are emerging, and a lot of work too... But it's ok
HP and Sun Microsystems Sign Multi-year Partnership Agreement for Solaris on HP ProLiant Servers
After 4 days of vacation, because of carnival's holliday. It's time to back of work!
Today I recivied from Dimas an great news. According the New York Times JournalSun and HP sign an agreement that said in summary, every HP ProLiant server will be delivery with Solaris or OpenSolaris. Now the IBM and HP delivery yours servers with Solaris or OpenSolaris. Also the Toshiba already delivery some laptops with OpenSolaris built in.
In my personal opinion this is great! More people using Solaris and/or OpenSolaris will increase the users groups and more techincal discuss will be created and community will be better and more and more and more...
Now... it's time to schedule the next talks, next events to show for this new users the power of system that they have in his servers
By the way.... the full notice at New York Times is available here
Yesterday I recived some 2008.11 OpenSolaris medias from Teresa and Jim (tanks a lot). Also inside the box there was an Visa Debit Card. This gift will be use for PoaOSUG in some tasks that will be defined during next meeting.
One more time, tanks Teresa and Jim.
Yesterday happened the first meeting of PoaOSUG in 2009. This meeting happened at irc (we has a channel called #opensolrias-br at freenode). Participated me, Rafael Vanoni, Marcelo Leal, Leandro and Daniel.
Good points are discussed this time, like the next fisl and other events. I'm promised published the resume's meeting in the next week. They will be available here
Today is Sunday and no one active are schedule for campus party, just organize personal stuff and go home. During 1 week a lot of people attend some tech-talks, evaluated some new technologies, make new friends and the best thing... funning
Last night during the ended show some guys started a normal joke, done an aircraft of paper and send for some one. Well the result of this joke are in this video.
I'm arrive at Porto Alegre almos 2:00am because the weather in São Paulo are terrible and my flight delayed a lot. Now it's time to take a little break. Recharged my personal battery for the next activity that are schedule to 2009.
This is the last day of event, today the campus ambassadors group has just one tech-talk. Thiago Gonzaga and Ronaldo Prass talked about dynamic languages programing and distributed some give aways.
After the lunch a lot of guys leaved the event and it's time to organize the bags and sun's gifts. At this time I found 4 Sun's bags to distributed with the osum members. Tom Mix was a great idea "let's done a quizz to improve the osum" everybody agree... We saw an "tsunami" of registers at this time it's 426 members just in the campus party community.
At night happened a nice party of closure, but until 2:00am no one want sleep. Then a "aircraft paper's war" started. I'm put a film at youtube