A talk presented by Rich Kochendarfer on reducing your system administration burden and cost while increasing service and saving the planet. Topics covered included the advantages of the thin-client model versus a standard PC network, hardware considerations, and Open Source applications in education. In addition, the New Covenant Schools of Bedford experience using Linux to provide their computing infrastructure was discussed, including a demonstration of the system used in this school.

A PDF file of the slides (334k) is available.

A talk presented by Brian Mays on the Python scripting language. After providing a brief overview of the language, this talk focused on the practical aspects of Python and discussed some examples from scripts for tasks such as XML parsing, GCI processing, and numerical calculations.

A PDF file of the slides (123k) is available.

A talk presented by Cliff Woolley on the new directions taken with Apache 2.0. The talk explained what the Apache developers have been up to and their plans for the future.

A talk presented by Andria Nguyen Thomas on setting up a firewall with the IP-Filter software package. The talk explained what IP-Filter is and is not, how to configure it, and how it stacks up against other firewall products.

A talk presented by Phil Scarr on 802.11 wireless networks. Topics covered included a discussion of the many security pitfalls associated with such networks, and some solutions to overcome them.

A talk presented by Aaron Davis on Mac OS X version 10.1. This was a continuation of his presentation in July.