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[Daniel Stefyn]

If this hasn't been cross posted already..
Linux Users Victoria is holding an open source Graphics meeting on this
Tuesday

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Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 23:30:11 +1000
From: Chris Samuel <chris at csamuel.org>
To: luv-announce at luv.asn.au
Subject: LUV August Meeting: Inkscape & Open Source Graphics, KDE
Development

LUV August Meeting: Inkscape & Open Source Graphics, KDE Development

Start: Aug 7 2007 - 19:00
End: Aug 7 2007 - 21:00

Location:  The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building. Trinity College
Main Campus. Parkville.

Sponsored By:   Many thanks to Red Hat who sponsor our venue and VPAC who
provide hosting.


LUV News - By "Lider sin Miedo", Andrew Chalmers.

What's new in Linux - By the Linux's "Guy Smiley", Lev Lafayette.


Inkscape and Open Source graphics by Andy Fitzsimon

Andy Fitzsimon will be talking about Inkscape, Open graphics formats,
typography and practical use of open source design tools today.

Red Hat's Andrew Fitzsimon is an Inkscape developer, participant in Scribus
development and most notably a passionate open source graphics user.
Following a background in animation, Andrew is currently involved in
technical Illustration, desktop, web, and publishing design for print.
Andrew
has presented technical talks about free graphics software at Australia's
linux.conf.au for the past two years as well as the Libre Graphics Meeting
held in Montreal, Canada and Lyon, France the year before that.


KDE Development by Ian Wadam

Our speaker, Ian Wadham, is a developer in the KDE Desktop project, working
in
the KDE Games module on a game called KGoldrunner.

He will talk about what KDE is, as a bundle of software and as a project,
and
how you can become a KDE developer. The project involves hundreds of people,
from all over the world, who hardly ever meet face to face ... and there are
no managers. So how does it function and what holds it together?
Ian will go on to talk about current development work on KDE 4.0, which is
due
for release in late October and is now in its alpha phases. Hopefully he
will
have some screenshots to show, but it is all changing very rapidly at
present.

Finally he will talk about his own work in KDE Games and the push to improve
the graphics of all games and make them both resizeable and themeable. So
there should be some interesting "before" and "after" screenshots.
Ian is not a very big wheel in the KDE environment, but he has a lot of fun
anyway. He used to be a UNIX, C and Ingres guru at the Vic Gov Office of
Housing, but is now a self-funded retiree and finds he has become a Linux
and
Windows illiterate ... :-)

He started as a programmer in 1964, working on device drivers, operating
systems and real-time systems, such as the TAB's original on-line systems.
In
the 70's he held senior positions at two academic computer centres and
became
Technical Director of the Computer Power Group. From 1980 to 1998 he was an
independent consultant and contractor, working with several government
bodies.


Future Talks

We are always in need of talks, particularly when schedules change and a
speaker is suddenly unable to make an arranged talk. If you have something
Linux related that you want to present a talk about, whether it be for this
coming meeting or future meetings, contact luv-ctte at luv.asn.au with the
details.

Folks, a LUG's worth is directly proportional to the efforts of it's
members.
Stand up and get active. Now.

THIS MEANS YOU!

Once Again

When: Tuesday, 7th August 2007 7:00pm to 9:00pm

Where: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre, Evan Burge Building, Trinity College
Main
Campus Parkville Melways Map: 2B C5

Notes: Trinity College's Main Campus is located off Royal Parade. The Evan
Burge Building is located near the Tennis Courts. Maps of Trinity and the
surrounding area (including its relation to the city) can be found at:

http://www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/map/

Parking can be found along or near Royal Parade, Grattan Street, Swanston
Street and College Crescent. Parking within Trinity College is unfortunately
only available to staff. If you are interested in coming to dinner
afterwards, it may be advisable to park on the Swanston St side of Melbourne
University.

For those coming via Public Transport, the number 19 tram (North Coburg -
City) passes by the main entrance of Trinity College (around stop 12). The
city end of this tram departs from the Elizabeth Street tram terminus
(Flinders Street end). Timetables can be found on-line at:

http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/timetables/timetable_options.php?type=tram&id=MTM019

Socialising

Before and/or after each meeting those who are interested are welcome to
join
other members for dinner. We are open to suggestions for a good place to eat
near our new venue. Lygon Street is a short walk away. Maria's in North
Melbourne seems to another popular venue.

LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the
Buzzard
Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for hosting!

The latest version of this announcement, and other important information
regarding LUV meetings can be found at http://www.luv.asn.au/.

--
 Chris Samuel  :  http://www.csamuel.org/  :  Melbourne, VIC

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