Purdue Linux Users Group

Spring Elections

It’s that time again where we need to elect a new president and treasurer. If you are at all interested in being a contributor to PLUG, you should really consider attending, either to vote or to be Pres/VP/Tresurer. Right now I’m pretty sure both spots are wide open at this point, so come out and make a difference for PLUG. The elections will be held this Thursday (4/22) at 6pm in LWSN B128. Hope to see you there!

PLUG Talk – VIM

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 Tech Talk / Data Center Tour

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.

PLUG Talk – Intro to Open Source

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!

Fall 2009 Callout

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!

Earhart Linux Presentation

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.

Callout Followup

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

Tags: Events, Information

Spring Callout

Our spring callout has finally been scheduled, here are the details:

What: PLUG Spring Callout
When: Tuesday, February 3rd @ 7pm
Where: LWSN B134

The callout will last an hour. We will have mailing list signups and we will also be collecting dues ($10). We will be discussing what PLUG is doing this semester as well as taking requests/ideas for events.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Download the flyer

First Meeting

We will be having our first meeting this Wednesday, October 29th at 6pm in our office in LWSN B128.

A rough agenda:

• Meet PLUG officers and other members
• Discuss plans for this year and what you would like to see the group do
• Plan our next meeting