Introduction to HUMBUG The Home UNIX Machine - Brisbane Users Group Ben Fowler 1st February 2003 This is a brief overview of HUMBUG, it's history, goals and scope.

This talk is for Brismesh people who may not be familiar with HUMBUG and it's mission Please feel free to ask questions at any time during the talk

HUMBUG is a computer club dedicated to the UNIX operating system and it's derivatives, like Linux and the BSD family of operating systems We aim to provide a means for people interested in UNIX/Linux and peripheral topics to meet up, swap tips, network and socialise HUMBUG is different from many other computer-related interest groups in several ways People bring their machines to meetings and hook them up to the club LAN Meetings are unstructured No formal agenda, no collars and ties, etc People just arrive, set up and start playing Meetings are long Room booking is for 10 hours but many meetings drag on for longer Newbies Hobbyists Professional sysadmins Software developers HUMBUG is full of people knowledgeable about installing and configuring various flavours of UNIX and Linux Many HUMBUGgers know about fancier topics, like configuring network services and obscure devices Additionally, some members are knowledgable about scripting and programming in Open Source environments HUMBUG's interests are quite broad; chances are, if it's Open Source, there will be somebody who knows about it Meetings are held every second Saturday here at the University of Queensland Start at 3pm and typically run to (or past) 1am They're almost always held in Hawken S201 (but not always!) Meeting announcements are posted on the HUMBUG Announce mailing list and on the HUMBUG website You can choose to become a paid Member of the club Memberships are $15 a year, renewable at the annual AGM in September Fees are on a three-step sliding scale You're quite free to show up to HUMBUG meetings, but if you like to access certain club benefits, you should become a paid member Access to our 10 megabit network like at HUMBUG meetings Access to the HUMBUG Library, containing 3 years worth of Linux Journals, CDs and other things Email aliases within the HUMBUG domain DNS entries under the humbug.org.au DNS zone HUMBUG isn't just limited to face-to-face meetings! Heavy presence on the Internet Mailing lists (best for seeking help) "General" list "Chat" list "Announce" list "Talks" list IRC #humbug on irc.uq.edu.au HUMBUG website http://www.humbug.org.au

First meeting was held in the Prentice Computer Centre tea-room in September 1995 The early meetings ran monthy, but soon switched to fortnightly, where they're remained ever since HUMBUG was founded by Robert Brockway, who also served as the club's first President The club is run like most clubs, with an annually-elected Executive Current Executive President: Mark Suter Vice-President: Clinton Roy Treasurer: Matthew Sellers Secretary: Raymond Smith Librarian: David Makepeace The club is not incorporated and most likely will not be for the forseeable future

http://www.humbug.org.au/