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= K-LUG - Rochester, MN Area Linux Users Group =


K-LUG - Linux Users Group.
Note: To request a wiki account, please join the mailing list and post a message.
 
We can use presentations for upcoming meetings, please see [http://www.k-lug.org/Meetings a list of ideas] if you're willing but lacking a topic.




== LUG News ==
== LUG News ==


We generally meet monthly for technical presentations (2nd Thursday of the month, 6 pm, virtual), and monthly for socializing (varies).  We no longer meet monthly for lunches, if you are interested in reviving this tradition please [http://k-lug.org/About contact an officer].
=== Geocaching in-person social (outside), Friday May 3rd ===
6 pm
Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester.
Park near [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3WQ84 1 - Odin] on Whiting Lane NE's cul de sac.  We'll walk from there to a couple of other geocaches ([https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC57FGC 2], [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4RPZ2 3]), then back to #1, and then decide if we're walking or driving to [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8M3FP 4].


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday May 10th ===
==== UCR main campus, East Hall, room 102 ====
Robert Nix (and Pat ___?) on running Linux on a different hardware platform.  They will be showing us zVM, then doing a network install of SuSE.


Our meeting cannot be held at the normal RCTC location, due to asbestos removal closing down the whole building.  We'll be on the UCR main campus, which is south and east of the Heintz Center building.  See [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/getting-to-ucr.html directions to UCR], the [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/buildingmaps.html#ucr general campus building layout], and the [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/easthall.html floor plan of East Hall].
=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th ===
6 pm


[https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71107225798?pwd=duL4JavI8eklmAgVNaDch8kBllLxUf.1 Meeting link]


=== Planned Lunch:  Thursday May 17th ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court.  Look for geeks sort of near Barnes&Noble.  If the weather is nice, people from downtown may choose to walk together to lunch, it's a 30 minute walk.




=== Planned Social:  May, TBD ===
Suggestions welcome.  Ideas can be new, or selected from the [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting Social Meetings] page.


=== Pending potential presentations  ===


=== Planned Technical Meeting:  Tuesday June 12th ===
Jon Gullixson:  gnucash or www :: Mechanize
==== Watch for coming location ====
Steve Fox on LEGO Mindstorms NXT






=== OpenSourceHowTo.org: ===
=== Socials brainstorming: Fall or winter ===
[[OpenSourceHowTo.org]] OpenSourceHowto.org is a place that users of open source server side software can come and look at instructional guides, how-to's, forums, wiki's and all sorts of other information about setting up software on Linux for both windows and Linux based networks.[http:///www.opensourcehowto.org]
-Murder mystery. The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started.
 
-Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary
 
-Bowlocity laser tag.  5-6 people minimum needed.
 
-Liquid nitrogen ice cream.  This needs a non-Tina organizer. Dennis DeLorme has 2 recipes. We need safety equipment and someone trained enough to keep us from freezing ourselves.




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=== Old News Items ===
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See the [[OldNews]] page.
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K-LUG - Rochester, MN Area Linux Users Group

Note: To request a wiki account, please join the mailing list and post a message.

We can use presentations for upcoming meetings, please see a list of ideas if you're willing but lacking a topic.


LUG News

We generally meet monthly for technical presentations (2nd Thursday of the month, 6 pm, virtual), and monthly for socializing (varies). We no longer meet monthly for lunches, if you are interested in reviving this tradition please contact an officer.



Geocaching in-person social (outside), Friday May 3rd

6 pm

Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester.

Park near 1 - Odin on Whiting Lane NE's cul de sac. We'll walk from there to a couple of other geocaches (2, 3), then back to #1, and then decide if we're walking or driving to 4.


Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th

6 pm

Meeting link

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


Pending potential presentations

Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize


Socials brainstorming: Fall or winter

-Murder mystery. The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started.

-Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary

-Bowlocity laser tag. 5-6 people minimum needed.

-Liquid nitrogen ice cream. This needs a non-Tina organizer. Dennis DeLorme has 2 recipes. We need safety equipment and someone trained enough to keep us from freezing ourselves.


Old News Items

See the OldNews page.



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