Saturday September 15th is Software Freedom Day, and to celebrate, we are running a street stall out the front of The LAN Mine.

You may be one of the several people who we met through this event, so we have put this story up to help you understand who we are.

MurLUG stands for Murray Linux Users Group, which is a special interest group for people who use Open Source Software such as Linux. The purpose of the LUG is so that people can get advice from other users, and contribute as well.

At this point, MurLUG is predominantly an Online LUG, but given someone with the time and resource to organise, there may one day be physical meetings. Until then please see the forum and mailing list links in the top right corner.

== linux.conf.au 2008 Call For Presentations ==

linux.conf.au isn't just a Linux conference. It is a technical
conference about Free Software, held annually in Australasia.
We invite submissions on any Free Software related subject; from
Linux and the BSDs to OpenOffice.org, from networking to
audio-visual magic, from deep hacks to Creative Commons.

** Please feel free to forward this email to any group **
** or individual who you feel might be interested. **

== Important dates ==

* Submissions open: Friday, June 1 2007
* Submission deadline: Friday, July 20, 2007

Call for Papers
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Open Source Developers' Conference 2007 - Brisbane
"Success in Development & Business"

OSDC is a grass-roots conference providing Open Source developers with
an opportunity to meet, share, learn, and of course show-off. OSDC
focuses on Open Source developers building solutions directly for customers and
other end users, anything goes as long as the code or the development
platform is Open Source. Last year's conference attracted over 180 people, 60
talks, and 6 tutorials. Entry for delegates is kept easy by maintaining a low

As you can see, we now have a nice shiny new website.

This is great news, as it means we are one step closer to re-launching the LUG. Hooray!