Salt Lake Linux Users Group

The Salt Lake Linux Users Group ( SLLUG )
All are invited to the November 2004 SLLUG meeting:

Date: Wednesday, December 15th, 2004
Time: 7:10 PM
Cost: $0.00. Zip. Nada.
Place: Engineering and Mines Classroom Building (EMCB) room 101
Directions: See directions and map URL at the bottom of this page

Agenda:

    * Welcome and a quick "What's new in Linux"
      - Discuss news of interest to the Linux community
      - http://lwn.net/
      - http://lwn.net/daily/
      - http://slashdot.org/
      - http://freshmeat.net/
      - news:comp.os.linux.announce
      - news:utah.linux

    * Technical Discussion
       What is Asterisk - Introduction to Asterisk
       What is a PBX? - Introduction to traditional telecom
       Brief history of Asterisk
       What can Asterisk do for me
       Hardware requirements
       Getting the software, compiling it, etc.
       Major concepts (how to make it do work for you!)
        o  Channels
        o  Dialplans
          - Contexts
          - Extensions
          - Applications
          - Macros
        o  Custom scripting with AGI (in your favorite language)
        o  VoIP concepts
        o  CDR (Call detail record)
       The future of Asterisk

Directions/Parking:
Directions - [ http://www.coe.utah.edu/pics/map_coe.jpg]
Parking can be found just East of the EMCB building and there is a big
lot just North of the Merrill Engineering building (MEB).
Parking is free after 6:00 (Based on the signs posted. Always check in
case this changes.)


Special thanks go to (in alphabetical order):
- Prof. Lepreau and the U of U for providing the meeting room.
- Universal Systems Inc. http://www.usicomputer.com/
- Various Volunteers


SLLUG - a non-profit corporation composed of professionals, students,
and general computer users dedicated to the use and development of
Linux - a powerful, open, freely-redistributable computer operating
system (OS) for Intel PC's, PowerPCs, DEC AlphaAXPs, SPARC, ARM, etc.
http://www.sllug.org/ http://www.linux.org/