Purdue Linux Users Group

PLUG Elections!

Elections for officers is coming up! There will be a member meeting on Tuesday April 9th in LWSN B151. Any Purdue student that is a member of PLUG can run for an officer position. You can reference our Constitution here: http://purduelug.org/wiki/index.php/Constitution

The primary positions open will be President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Web Master, and Member at Large. There may be other positions open depending on the amount of people who attend! If you have any questions, send me an email!

What: PLUG Elections
When: Tuesday, April 9th at 6-7pm
Where: LWSN B151

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Tags: Events

Open Source LAN

The Open Source LAN this semester is this Friday April 5th in LWSN B134 from 7-10pm. We will be playing open source games. Bring your laptop or PC! It will be easier if you install the games in advance, but you will be able to install upon arrival as well. The games are listed below. I hope to see you there!

What: Open Source LAN
When: Friday April 5th from 7-10pm
Where: LWSN B134

Games:
Alien Arena Mercury(7.65),
Warsow 1.02,
Super Tux Kart,
0A.D. Alpha 12 Loucetios

Tags: Events

Member Meeting/Arch From Scratch

There is a member meeting this week. James Miller will be coming to give another talk about installing Arch from scratch. If you missed this the first time or you’d like to go through it again, this is a great opportunity to get a deeper understanding of the Linux installation process and learn how to install Arch Linux!

What: Arch Linux from Scratch
Where: LWSN B148
When: Tuesday, March 26th from 6-9pm

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Linux 101 Next Wednesday

Linux 101, Session 2 will be Wednesday, March 6, at 7:00 PM in LWSN B158.

We will cover package managers and file systems, so if you are having trouble installing a piece of software on your Linux machine, this would be a great session to attend!

Networking Talk and Member Meeting

There are two events coming up this week. First is a member meeting. We’ll be meeting in the PLUG office. The second is a Networking talk delivered by our Treasurer!

What: PLUG Member Meeting
When: Tuesday, Feb 26th at 6pm
Where: LWSN B128 (PLUG Office)

What: Network Talk
When: Wednesday, Feb 27th at 6pm
Where: LWSN B134

Linux 101/201 This Week!

Linux 101, Session 1 will be this Wednesday, February 20th at 7:00 PM in LWSN B158. We will cover introductory Linux topics.

Linux 201, Session 1 will be this Thursday, February 21st at 7:00 PM in LWSN B158. We will go over programming in Python. Anyone currently enrolled in CS 177 is highly encouraged to attend!

MATH Supercomputer Tour

Come see the fastest computers on campus, and some of the people that maintain them! The MATH Supercomputer Tour this semester is Monday, Feb 18th at 6:30pm. We will meet at 6:20pm outside of LWSN B128 and walk to the MATH building.

Welcome Back!

Welcome to a new semester at Purdue! I hope you had a good holiday and that classes/work have started well!

Last Member Meeting

There will be one last member meeting. We will discuss what events did and did not happen and what we might do next semester and there will be a talk about wireless security.

What: Member Meeting
When: Thursday, Nov. 29th @ 6-7pm.
Where: LWSN 1106

Two Events This Week

Upcoming this week are two events. There is a Gentoo Tech Talk coming up on Tuesday. There is also an Open Source LAN on Friday. We will be networking computers together and playing some open source games such as Alien Arena, Warsow, Marathon, Super Tux Kart, Wesnoth, FreeCiv, and Nethack.

Gentoo Tech Talk
What: Gentoo Tech Talk
When: Tuesday, Nov. 13th 6-7pm
Where: LWSN B151

Open Source LAN
What: Open Source LAN
When: Friday, Nov. 16th 6-10pm
Where: LWSN B138