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


== LUG News ==
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=== Sat Apr  5 23:26:02 EDT 2008 - derek ===
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.
The main K-LUG webserver, miskatonic, has been upgraded to [http://www.freebsd.org FreeBSD] 7.0.
Please hop on IRC if you notice any problems. - derek




=== Social:  Sunday May 4th ===
== LUG News ==
Frisbee golf, 1:30 pm at Bear Cave Park, Stewartville.  If you're late because of church, etc, feel free to arrive when you can.  Anyone interested in spending more time outside is welcome to join Tina for some [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/gmnearest.aspx?lat=43.86061&lon=-92.50025 geocaching] afterwards.
 
Directions to Bear Cave Park:  Take Hwy 63 south to Stewartville.  Turn right (west) onto 10th Street NW, this is the 2nd possible right after the I-90 interchange.  The park will be on your left (south), find some place to [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Bear+Cave+Park,+Stewartville,+MN&ie=UTF8&ll=43.860525,-92.500505&spn=0.029953,0.048494&z=14&iwloc=addr park] - in March we parked at the snow dumping ground on the west end of the park.  If you get to 11th Ave NW, you've gone too far.


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday May 8th ===
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].
For May, we visit Rochester's Studio Academy School and visit their FIRST league robot. The Rochester Public School Robot Team will demo as well.  This will be a field trip, meet at Studio Academy, and we're currently planning on providing pizza and pop for a donation or fixed fee (e.g. $1/slice), so RSVPs will be requested - email Steve Fox.


Studio Academy is the former First Baptist Church, here is a [[http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&q=415+16th+St+SW,+Rochester,+MN+55902,+USA&ll=44.000054,-92.468448&spn=0.012533,0.026951&z=16&iwloc=addr |map to the location]]


Here is a peek at their machine, and a look at the competition:


[[Image:Team2488Robot.jpg|350px]]


=== Another May Social ===
Outside?  We hope!  What would you like to do?  Tell Tina.




=== Lunch:  Thursday May 15th ===
=== Potential late summer outdoor social - 18 holes of mini golf ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/new-18-hole-mini-golf-course-coming-to-rochester




=== Planned Technical Meeting: Tuesday June 10th ===
=== Pending potential presentations ===
No speaker yet, volunteers requested.  May also include an intro to reddit.com in general and the [http://reddit.com/r/KLUG/ KLUG reddits] in particular.


Jon Gullixson:  gnucash or www :: Mechanize


=== Lunch:  Thursday June 19th ===
11:30 am




=== Social sometime in June, July, or August ===
=== Socials brainstorming: Fall or winter ===
Day trip to the Cities for the [http://www.smm.org/starwars/ Science Museum's Star Wars exhibit].  Available June 13-August 24Tickets are anticipated to need to be purchased in advance due to high demand, so we'd not only need to agree on a day, we'll have to try to get a weekend far enough in advance that we can all get entry tickets for approximately the same time.  If we get 15 or more people to commit and turn over money in advance, we can make group reservations - at least one month notice would be required for this as well.<br>
-Murder mysteryThe host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started.


While we're in the Cities for a day, we could also plan to hit up things like [http://www.gameworks.com/locations/minneapolis.php GameWorks] (large video game arcade / bowling/ restaurant), the [http://www.imax.com/minnesota/ IMAX] at the zoo, and/or woods paintball at [http://www.mnpropaintball.com/index.html Pro Paintball].  Other ideas to make a full day of it are welcome.
-Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary


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


=== New Gaming Center Coming to Rochester? ===
-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.


It sounds like a new LAN video game center is rolling into Rochester in June, so be ready to get your game on. The name will be Pwned and it will be... [http://postbulletin.typepad.com/kiger/2008/04/lan-video-game.html more...]




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=== Games mailing list ===
We've started a new mailing list for people who are interested in (non-video) gaming. Currently we've been playing Munchkin and RoboRally. See the [http://lists.k-lug.org/mailman/listinfo/games link] in the site navigation menu to join the mailing list if you're interested in joining us.




=== Want a K-Lug Shirt? ===
 
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Our first batch of shirts came out rather nice, especially for the price. We have folk who didn't get in on the first order. Please [http://www.queensboro.com/closeouts browse the deals here], and  contact Tim if interested. (We need a minimum order of 4)
We can now order screen printed tees from this company as well

Revision as of 23:53, 9 May 2024


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.




Potential late summer outdoor social - 18 holes of mini golf

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/new-18-hole-mini-golf-course-coming-to-rochester


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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