Topic: A gentle introduction to Inkscape for geeks Date: Thursday, April 26th, 2007 Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm (Come a bit early for drinks and snacks) Cost: Free (Donations to OCLUG appreciated) Location: ExitCertified, 85 Albert St., Suite 1200, Ottawa. Map: http://tinyurl.com/cd6l WHAT IS IT? ~~~~~~~~~~~ This is one of a series of Linux/Open-Source Technology Seminars to be presented by the Ottawa Canada Linux Users Group (OCLUG) and ExitCertified. ExitCertified has generously made their classroom space available to OCLUG for these training sessions and other events. WHAT IS THIS MONTH'S TOPIC? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Inkscape is a vector based editor (like xfig, dia or OOdraw) that uses Structured Vector Graphics (SVG) files as it's native format. SVG is a W3C specification, and SVG files can be directly rendered by many modern web browsers. Inkscape is now in stock debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu. SVG finally provides a format for exchange of structure diagrams between different programs --- prior to this, one was limited either to Adobe Illustrator files (.ai), which over time mutated to be a superset of PDF, or JPEG raster versions. Inkscape claims to be inspired by Illustrator and Photoshop user interface, but such a claim only helps people who have previous experience with windows or mac based vector drawing programs. If you are like me, and went from a SunOS desktop to a Linux desktop, you probably have used xfig or FrameMaker's drawing program, and the interface provided by Inkscape is very foreign. During this talk, we will construct a sample technical diagram using Inkscape. ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michael Richardson has been involved with network security systems since 1988. Michael was a founding employee at Milkyway Networks in 1994, and Solidum Systems Corporation in 1998. While at Milkyway Networks, Michael was responsible for developing the VPN components of the BlackHole firewall, the policy engine, and all kernel components. Solidum designed and sold hardware - - IPsec being an important target. Michael is a system software designer and protocol designer. Michael is involved on a daily basis with at the IETF. He is an author on RFC3586, RFC4025 and RFC4332. Michael was has architected a number of IPsec systems, including closed source systems at SSH, work on KAME code on BSD, and work on the Linux FreeS/WAN project. Michael is now a principle at Xelerance Corporation, the open source security specialists, current maintainers of the Openswan IPsec stack. Michael received a B.Sc. Physics from Carleton University. REGISTRATION ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Registration for this class is on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are interested in attending, please email: tutorials [ at ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca with the subject line: April Tutorial. Please include your name and email address in the email. Your reservation will be confirmed via email. Please sign up ASAP, as there are only 20 seats available. These classes usually fill up very quickly! As seating is limited, please make every effort to attend if you sign up. If you must cancel, email tutorials [ at ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca so we can make the spot available to someone on the waiting list. FUTURE TECHNOLOGY COURSES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ OCLUG and ExitCertified plan to continue this series of technology courses. We plan on holding one session per month, with various topics and skill levels covered. If you are interested in leading a training session, or have a good idea for one, please contact tutorials [ at ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca to arrange something. Volunteers are needed to teach these classes and ensure the sessions continue to be a part of OCLUG's regular schedule of events! ABOUT EXITCERTIFIED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ExitCertified is a certified provider of IT training in North America, authorized by Sun Microsystems, Symantec/Veritas, Oracle, IBM, Guru Labs/Linux, MySQL and No Magic. Current facilities are located in Ottawa, Toronto, Montréal, Vancouver, Calgary, Sacramento, and San Francisco with training provided globally. ExitCertified stands for Excellence in IT Certified Education, specializing in advanced fields such as system administration, programming, database administration, data protection, security, high availability, identity management, and project management. Being able to offer these education solutions with vendor certified instructors brings a tremendous amount of depth to the classroom experience. For course offerings and schedules, visit http://www.exitcertified.com/courses/ ABOUT OCLUG ~~~~~~~~~~~ The Ottawa Canada Linux Users Group promotes and supports the use of Linux at the local community level in Ottawa. Founded in March 1997, OCLUG holds monthly general meetings and other special events. Membership in OCLUG is diverse from newbies to the proverbial Gurus. OCLUG was created to help promote Linux in the Ottawa area and maintains several mailing lists to help accomplish this goal. For more information about the group and its activities, please visit our website located at: http://www.oclug.on.ca/ -- WebSig: http://www.jukie.net/~bart/sig/