January, 1999. Basic Host Security by Rich Burroughs <rich DOT actionfigure DOT org>

February, 1999. Construction of an Efficent FTP Server by Zach Brown <zab DOT zabbo DOT net>
Zach has been writing a new ftp server to replace the standard Linux ftp server. It is very efficent and especially good handling services for high traffic ftp sites.

March, 1999. David Mandel <dmandel DOT transport.com>gives two presentations.

First Topic: Linux 2.2
A number of people expressed an interest in Linux 2.2. We will devote a few minutes to discussing the changes and improvements included in this kernel. I hope someone comes prepared, because I have not looked at the new kernel myself.

Main Topic: Why Learn GNU-Emacs?
GNU-Emacs is much more than "just a program editor". It has modes for Fortran, C, Lisp, HTML, etc. And if it doesn't have the mode you need, it has a programming language for you to write your own mode.

In this talk David Mandel will discuss some of these modes as well as a few emacs subsystems that allow one execute shell commands, telnet to other systems, use ftp, and so on.

Please Note:

This talk is a survey of emacs applications. It is not a detailed tutorial telling the new emacs user what keys to type when; and it is not for advanced emacs users who will surely know everything in the talk already. Instead, it is a discussion of why you may want to invest a good deal of time learning emacs.

April, 1999. General Discussion about Linux.

May, 1999. The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) by Eric Harrision

June, 1999. Java on Linux by Nathan Meyers <nmeyers DOT teleport DOT com>

July, 1999. Comments on Secure Linux Mail Servers (Building Mail Servers without User Accounts) by Zot O'Conner

August, 1999. Presentation on LabView.
Dennis H. Medley <DHMedley DOT aol DOT com> has arranged to get Brent Mattson from National Instruments to come to Portland and give us a presentation on the Linux version of LabView.
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September, 1999. Jack Bates <jack DOT aracnet DOT com>
Jack will talk on his work building a single floppy distribution of Linux for packet-filtering firewalls with ip_forwarding/masquerading/gatewaying/etc.

October, 1999. SAMBA by Tim Grant <tjg DOT avalongroup DOT net>
Linux and other Unix boxes are often used as servers for Microsoft clients. Altho this can be done in a number of ways, it is generally done using Samba. Samba is a set of tools which allow Linux and other Unix OSs to communicate using MicroSoft's SMB protocol.

November, 1999. Wireless Internet Options by Sean McLaughlin <sean DOT ltinet DOT net>

December, 1999. Secure Shell by Zot O'Connor <zot DOT zotconsulting DOT com>