Purdue Linux Users Group

Linux 201 Session 1

The next installment of the Linux series is starting next Monday January 30th at 7-8pm in LWSN B158. The session will be “Everything you ever wanted to do in VIM”, a thorough and hopefully intuitive introduction to effectively using the VI improved editor. Enough people said they were interested in a 201 session on vim, so it will start our semester off!

What: Linux 201 Session 1: Everything you ever wanted to do in VIM
Where: LWSN B158
When: Monday January 30th at 7-8pm

Content: We will cover (in general)

1) Movment Commands
2) Editing Commands
3) Search and Replace Commands
4) Costomization Commands

Callout Spring 2012

What: Callout
When: Wendsday Jan 25th, 6-7pm
Where: LWSN 1106

Come learn about the our projects and events this semester!

Tags: callout

Linux 201 Topic Survey

Hello All,

Please take a look at the survey below and give your opinion on what topics should be presented next semester in Linux 201!

Link: https://purdue.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_ernMOTL77lLmo2E

Two Big Events!!

Linux 101 session 5 up

Hello all, the materials for Linux 101 session 5 are up! You can see them at purdulug.org/wiki. Don’t miss session 6 which will be about networking tools! There will be another reminder as it comes around.

Linux 101 session 3 Followup

Thank you to everyone who attended Linux 101 session 3. The resources for Linux 101 may be found here: http://purduelug.org/wiki/index.php/Linux_101_Home. The presentation for session 3 is up. I will try to add more resources for this session later during the week. The next session will be on Oct. 31st at 7pm in LWSN B158, and it will cover bash scripting and configuration files.

Ubuntu Release Party / WINE Talk

Ubuntu Release Party / WINE Talk
Tuesday Oct 18th @ 6pm – 8pm
BRNG B248

To make this more fun; if you are attending please bring some food to share!

Ubuntu has been release and now it is time to have a party! For this get together we will have food (provided by yourself and your peers), install media / support, and a talk about some of the new changes in Ubuntu.
But wait there is more!

Don’t want to leave Windows because you have programs you can’t get on Linux? For the second half of our get together member Lucas Pearson will be giving a talk / demo on WINE, which allows you to run windows programs on Linux. WINE supports an ample amount of programs, and the list expands every day! We will also be providing a list of alternative Linux applications for those applications you love on Windows.

Make sure to come join the party and check this one out!

Linux 101 Session 3

Thank you to everyone who attended session 1 and session 2.  Linux 101 Session 3 is coming up THIS Monday, October 17th at 7pm in LWSN B158. We’ll be talking about Managing Jobs, Backing up files, and Scheduling tasks on your Linux system. Anyone is welcome to attend! If you have laptops you may wish to bring them, but computer use will be provided. Most commands for this session will not require super user permissions.

The sessions are designed to accommodate those who are new or have had minimal-medium experience with Linux. For reference to our old sessions, click the “wiki” tab above and follow through to Linux 101, where you can find all the information for past sessions. There is also an “Event Video” tab where you can watch the first session!

Have a good week!

PLUG Alumni Tech Talk / Demo: Puppet

PLUG is very proud to present one of our own, Garrett Honeycutt, who is a PLUG Alumni. Garrett is coming back to Purdue after 10 years to get a tech talk / demo of Puppet, an open source large cloud management software solution. Make sure to come by to support some of Purdue’s own!!

More Information on Puppet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppet_(software)

http://puppetlabs.com/

When: Wednesday, September 28 · 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Where: BRNG B268

-See you there!

EDIT: The slides from the presentation will be here: http://garretthoneycutt.com/

LINUX 101 Session 1 Followup

Thank you to everyone who attended and helped set up Linux 101! We filled LWSN B158 and we had to get extra chairs! There were some technical difficulties at the beginning of the presentation, but as a whole the session was a success. After the session ended, the Vice President Spencer Julian and Treasurer Thor Smith hung around to answer questions and help install Linux, but they weren’t the only ones helping out. The next session will be held on October 3rd @7-8pm in LWSN B158. It will cover package managers (installation of packages using binaries graphically and through the command line) as well as installation of packages from source. It will also cover file systems on Linux as well as the Linux directory structure. I hope to see many of you there!