If this hasn't been cross posted already..<br>Linux Users Victoria is holding an open source Graphics meeting on this Tuesday<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 23:30:11 +1000<br>From: Chris Samuel <
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</a><br>Subject: LUV August Meeting: Inkscape & Open Source Graphics, KDE Development<br><br>LUV August Meeting: Inkscape & Open Source Graphics, KDE Development<br><br>Start: Aug 7 2007 - 19:00<br>End: Aug 7 2007 - 21:00
<br><br>Location: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre. Evan Burge Building. Trinity College<br>Main Campus. Parkville.<br><br>Sponsored By: Many thanks to Red Hat who sponsor our venue and VPAC who<br>provide hosting.<br><br><br>
LUV News - By "Lider sin Miedo", Andrew Chalmers.<br><br>What's new in Linux - By the Linux's "Guy Smiley", Lev Lafayette.<br><br><br>Inkscape and Open Source graphics by Andy Fitzsimon<br><br>
Andy Fitzsimon will be talking about Inkscape, Open graphics formats,<br>typography and practical use of open source design tools today.<br><br>Red Hat's Andrew Fitzsimon is an Inkscape developer, participant in Scribus
<br>development and most notably a passionate open source graphics user.<br>Following a background in animation, Andrew is currently involved in<br>technical Illustration, desktop, web, and publishing design for print. Andrew
<br>has presented technical talks about free graphics software at Australia's<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://linux.conf.au/" target="_blank">linux.conf.au</a> for the past two years as well as the Libre Graphics Meeting
<br>held in Montreal, Canada and Lyon, France the year before that.<br><br><br>KDE Development by Ian Wadam<br><br>Our speaker, Ian Wadham, is a developer in the KDE Desktop project, working in<br>the KDE Games module on a game called KGoldrunner.
<br><br>He will talk about what KDE is, as a bundle of software and as a project, and<br>how you can become a KDE developer. The project involves hundreds of people,<br>from all over the world, who hardly ever meet face to face ... and there are
<br>no managers. So how does it function and what holds it together?<br>Ian will go on to talk about current development work on KDE 4.0, which is due<br>for release in late October and is now in its alpha phases. Hopefully he will
<br>have some screenshots to show, but it is all changing very rapidly at<br>present.<br><br>Finally he will talk about his own work in KDE Games and the push to improve<br>the graphics of all games and make them both resizeable and themeable. So
<br>there should be some interesting "before" and "after" screenshots.<br>Ian is not a very big wheel in the KDE environment, but he has a lot of fun<br>anyway. He used to be a UNIX, C and Ingres guru at the Vic Gov Office of
<br>Housing, but is now a self-funded retiree and finds he has become a Linux and<br>Windows illiterate ... :-)<br><br>He started as a programmer in 1964, working on device drivers, operating<br>systems and real-time systems, such as the TAB's original on-line systems. In
<br>the 70's he held senior positions at two academic computer centres and became<br>Technical Director of the Computer Power Group. From 1980 to 1998 he was an<br>independent consultant and contractor, working with several government
<br>bodies.<br><br><br>Future Talks<br><br>We are always in need of talks, particularly when schedules change and a<br>speaker is suddenly unable to make an arranged talk. If you have something<br>Linux related that you want to present a talk about, whether it be for this
<br>coming meeting or future meetings, contact <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:luv-ctte@luv.asn.au">luv-ctte@luv.asn.au</a> with the<br>details.<br><br>Folks, a LUG's worth is directly proportional to the efforts of it's members.
<br>Stand up and get active. Now.<br><br>THIS MEANS YOU!<br><br>Once Again<br><br>When: Tuesday, 7th August 2007 7:00pm to 9:00pm<br><br>Where: The Buzzard Lecture Theatre, Evan Burge Building, Trinity College Main<br>Campus Parkville Melways Map: 2B C5
<br><br>Notes: Trinity College's Main Campus is located off Royal Parade. The Evan<br>Burge Building is located near the Tennis Courts. Maps of Trinity and the<br>surrounding area (including its relation to the city) can be found at:
<br><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/map/" target="_blank">http://www.trinity.unimelb.edu.au/map/</a><br><br>Parking can be found along or near Royal Parade, Grattan Street, Swanston
<br>Street and College Crescent. Parking within Trinity College is unfortunately<br>only available to staff. If you are interested in coming to dinner<br>afterwards, it may be advisable to park on the Swanston St side of Melbourne
<br>University.<br><br>For those coming via Public Transport, the number 19 tram (North Coburg -<br>City) passes by the main entrance of Trinity College (around stop 12). The<br>city end of this tram departs from the Elizabeth Street tram terminus
<br>(Flinders Street end). Timetables can be found on-line at:<br><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/timetables/timetable_options.php?type=tram&id=MTM019" target="_blank">
http://www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au/timetables/timetable_options.php?type=tram&id=MTM019</a><br><br>Socialising<br><br>Before and/or after each meeting those who are interested are welcome to join<br>other members for dinner. We are open to suggestions for a good place to eat
<br>near our new venue. Lygon Street is a short walk away. Maria's in North<br>Melbourne seems to another popular venue.<br><br>LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the Buzzard<br>Lecture Theatre venue and VPAC for hosting!
<br><br>The latest version of this announcement, and other important information<br>regarding LUV meetings can be found at <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.luv.asn.au/" target="_blank">
http://www.luv.asn.au/</a>.<br><span class="sg"><br>--<br> Chris Samuel : <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.csamuel.org/" target="_blank">http://www.csamuel.org/</a> : Melbourne, VIC
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