Purdue Linux Users Group

This week I can’t hold an office hour due to a conflict with Boiler Brass. Sorry for the inconvenience.

The purduelug.org domain briefly expired. The domain has been re-registered, and the site is now back up (obviously, since this post could be created).

Our next event will be a presentation on everything you ever wanted to know about VIM, a popular command line text editor. It will be this Thursday, Oct. 22 at 6pm in LWSN B134. Hope to see you there!

Google is hosting a tech talk on Thursday, Sept. 24th at 6pm in ARMS 1010 so I have moved the data center tour to the following week. I encourage everyone to check it out because Google is an awesome company and they’ll have free food and swag

Our tour of the RCAC data center is officially scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 1st at 6pm. Meet at the PLUG office (LWSN B128) at 6pm sharp so we can walk over to the MATH building.

Also, here are the slides from the Intro to Open Source presentation.

Our tour of the RCAC data center is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 24th at 6pm. Meet at the PLUG office (LWSN B128) at 6pm sharp so we can walk over to the MATH building.

Also, I’ve recreated the PLUG calendar so I now can add events to it. If you have the old google calendar, unsubscribe from the old one first, then add the new one (otherwise you might get duplicate calendars.) The link to it can be found here and in the sidebar.

Our first presentation of the semester will be an introduction to open source, the core idea of what our group is about. The presentation will be on Thursday, Sept. 17th at 6pm in LWSN B134. Hope to see you there!

Now that school has started once again, PLUG is gearing up for an active semester filled with exciting activities.  If you’d like to be involved in planning out this semester, I will be holding an office hour in the PLUG office (LWSN B128) on Thursdays from 6-7pm. I hope that the office hour can eventually evolve into a regular meeting time if possible.

Our callout will be on Thurs, Sept. 10 at 7pm in BRNG 1230. Free pizza and drinks!

We will be holding elections for all officer positions next week.

Details:

• When: April 21st, 2009 at 7:00-8:00pm
• Where: Lawson B151

The following positions will be up for election:

• President
  • The president sets direction for the club and plans events.
  • The president also handles several administrative responsibilities of the club dealing with the Business Office for Student Organizations and the office of Student Activities and Organizations.
• Vice-President
  • The vice-president is responsible for tasks and duties delegated by the president.
• Treasurer
  • The treasurer handles record keeping of the clubs finances and submitting pertinent forms to the Business Office for Student Organizations.

This is a great opportunity to gain some leadership experience to put on your resume, so I encourage all members to attend and run for a position if you are at all interested.

PLUG is giving a presentation about Linux/open source software at Earhart this week.

When: Tuesday, February 10th @ 8:15pm
Where: Earhart Residence Hall, East Rec Lounge

This presentation is done per the request of one of the RAs at Earhart. This will be a good presentation for people new to Linux, as it will be a general overview of what Linux and open source software are. We will give a brief history and overview, some demonstrations and then open it up for questions.

Hope to see a lot of you there.

Thanks to everyone who came to the callout, it is great to see people interested in the club and actively participating.

Topics Discussed:

Earhart Linux/Open-Source Presentation

• Tuesday, February 10th at 8:15pm in the Earhart Residence Hall rec lounge.
• Presentation will be general information about open-source software

Regular Meeting Times

• Second and fourth Tuesdays of every month
• First event will be the Earhart presentation
• Time to be finalized, will either be 7 or 8pm

IRC Help Hours

• Every Wednesday 7-9pm
• General help or discussion time

Starting/Contributing to an Open-Source Project

• We are looking into this possibility currently
• Open to suggestions from members

PAL2.0

• We will update the PAL instructions page to fix formatting issues and to simplify the instructions
• Looking into building a script for streamlining the use of wpa_supplicant

Callout Presentation Slides