[BLUG] Linuxfest and BLUG

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Hi folks,
Due to changes at IU, our sponsorship of the annual Linuxfest is slated
to go away. We plan on having LF2k8, the 10th IU Linuxfest, this fall.
~ Rather than let this disappear after 2k8, we would like to get the
vendors and regular attendees hooked up with Indiana LUGs in hopes that
the LUGs can make use of these and put together something more like the
Ohio Linuxfest. Would folks from BLUG be interested in meeting with IU
folks and CINLUG folks in order to get this rolling?

Thanks,
Rich

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[BLUG] VoIP/SIP phones at the MCP library?

Has anyone tried or do you know if its possible to use SIP/VoIP phones
at the library? Hardware or software? I'm just wondering if they've
blocked them via a firewall or something. I haven't tried yet, but I
thought I'd ask.

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[BLUG] Meeting tonight

Is the gathering still on for tonight at Yogi's? I'll be there with
some Linux trivia questions.

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[BLUG] BLUG MEETING, Tues. June 10, 7pm, Yogi's

All-

The next BLUG meeting will be held Tuesday, June 10th at 7:00pm. This
month is another "informal" meet-n-greet.

I think I'll call Yogi's again, as that seemed to work last time, and
they have beer (yet let our under-21 friends join in the fun). Yogi's
Bar & Grill is at the corner of 10th St and Indiana Ave. We'll try to
sit near the front.

Who's in?

Cooley

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[BLUG] Spiceworks: Anyone Interested?

Hello All:
I'm thinking of using Spiceworks for our school's support ticketing
system/network inventory. It seems pretty straightforward and
intuitive once it is set up correctly. However, my efforts thus far
have not yielded the results I had hoped. I suspect this is mostly
due to my lack of networking experience.

My question is this: Anyone interested in travelling to Columbus, IN,
to help me configure this? This is a paying gig. I can offer more
details - folks can email me off list if they wish.

If this is inappropriate use of this mailing list, I apologize in
advance! (Please let me know if it is.)

Thanks - I enjoy reading the correspondence on this list.
Matt
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Re: [BLUG] Asterisk/VoIP presentation

Something to check out that I found out about. The FWDout project is
similar to what you were suggesting. But the liability is huge. Now
that I think about it, I wouldn't want to allow anyone to make random
calls from my phone. If they harrass someone, I'd be responsible and it
would probably be difficult to track them down.

http://www.fwdout.com/web/

Mark

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:35:23AM GMT, ben lipkowitz [fenn@sdf.lonestar.org] said the following:
> On Wed, 28 May 2008, Mark Krenz wrote:
>
> >But I think you mean making a SIP connection from another city to your
> >asterisk server and then to eliminate the toll there. Both are possible
> >and I'll explain how all that works at the presentation.
>
> yes and also calling locally to initiate an SIP call
>
> >>lots of people have cellphones but for some reason or another are required
> >>to have a land line, which then goes unused.
> >
> > I'm curious about this. Why would you need to have a landline? Do
> >certain businesses require it now or something? Back in 1999, I moved
> >into an apartment and tried going without a landline and just using my
> >cellphone and wireless internet. I don't remember running into any
> >trouble like needing a landline.
>
> For me personally (although I dont have a cellphone either) SBC requires
> you to have plain telephone service in order to provide DSL service, and
> it's been working well so I dont want to switch to cable. Some other
> reasons I've seen: home security systems that use a modem, and the fact
> that cellphones are not reliable in an emergency.
>
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Re: [BLUG] Asterisk/VoIP presentation

On Wed, 28 May 2008, Mark Krenz wrote:

> But I think you mean making a SIP connection from another city to your
> asterisk server and then to eliminate the toll there. Both are possible
> and I'll explain how all that works at the presentation.

yes and also calling locally to initiate an SIP call

>> lots of people have cellphones but for some reason or another are required
>> to have a land line, which then goes unused.
>
> I'm curious about this. Why would you need to have a landline? Do
> certain businesses require it now or something? Back in 1999, I moved
> into an apartment and tried going without a landline and just using my
> cellphone and wireless internet. I don't remember running into any
> trouble like needing a landline.

For me personally (although I dont have a cellphone either) SBC requires
you to have plain telephone service in order to provide DSL service, and
it's been working well so I dont want to switch to cable. Some other
reasons I've seen: home security systems that use a modem, and the fact
that cellphones are not reliable in an emergency.

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