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Csociety Machine Upgrade
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The Computer Society has finished upgrading it's central machine over the summer. The
system has gone from 32bit Debian Etch to 64bit Ubuntu Lucid Server. This is a large
leap, but care was taken to attempt to preserve functionality that most users expect.
If you notice anything out of place or broken, inform
admin@csociety.org and we'll attempt to get it fixed quickly.
With the upgrade, a lot of house keeping was done and ancient accounts, domains, and websites
were removed. If you notice that something you maintain has been removed, don't fear, we can
restore it for you. Just let us know at the email address above and we can put it back.
If you or your group on campus have been waiting on us to obtain more resources or newer
software versions for your website or shell acounts, we are now able to fulfill those
requests again. Just drop us a note and we will be happy to see if we can help you out!
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Service Retirement
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Over the summer, several Csociety services have been retired. Public services include our
open source mirror and the jabber server for csociety.org and purdue.org. Interal services
no longer available to members include iscsi storage, ldap authentication, svn repositories,
and cfengine2 configuration of member computer systems.
These services were either unpopular, difficult to maintain, or had fallen into disrepair.
We hope their retirement goes quietly, but if anyone has concerns, please contact
officers@csociety.org.
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Weekly Meetings
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The IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE Computer Committee will start again shortly
with the beginning of the Fall semester at Purdue. Check back shortly for more details.
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Wanna hold office hours?
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If you would like to get more involved and hold office hours,
contact info@csociety.org.
For those interested in hanging out in our office, it's in EE 014,
next to EE 005. Current office hours are listed
here.
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About the Computer Society
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The Purdue University
Computer Society is a student chapter of the national
IEEE Computer Society. Our
goals are to spread knowledge about computer engineering and
technology, to get students involved in outside of class
engineering projects, and to provide computing resources to
students and student organizations. Every year, the Computer
Society is involved with organizing events related to the fields of
computer science and engineering. Stop by our office in EE 014
during our office hours for more information.
The Computer Society works with the
Purdue Linux Users Group to sponsor presentations from Purdue,
the industry, and other groups. We also present educational sessions
called short courses from time to time.
The Computer Society maintains open-source software FTP and
CVSup mirrors. We also provide members
with computer shell accounts, and provide webspace and mailing
lists to other Purdue Student Organizations.
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