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| K-LUG - Linux Users Group. | | = K-LUG - Rochester, MN Area Linux Users Group = |
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| == LUG News ==
| | Note: To request a wiki account, please join the mailing list and post a message. |
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| | 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. |
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| === 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)
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| === Lunch: Thursday October 18th ===
| | 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]. |
| 11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court sort of near Barnes&Noble.
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| === Technical Meeting: Flood Relief...Date Flexible ===
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| Location CompuSwap - (Near Whistle Binkies South)
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| The current proposal for our Oct meeting is that we dig in and help Steve Severson with a United Way Flood Relief Project.
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| The recent flood in SE Minnesota meant that many victims lost their computers. The United Way Tech Team (and Steve) are coordinating a couple of hardware build parties to ready 200+ CompuSwap systems for deployment to people, nonprofits and schools throughout SE MN.
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| K-Lug helped with this type of event after Katrina and it is actually a lot of fun! A little cleaning, a little installing of diskdrives and memory and a little boot testing.
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| We plan to volunteer during one or more of these time sessions
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| Sat, Oct 27, 2007 09:00 am to 01:00 pm: (20 slots) [[https://vsadmin.united-e-way.org/olmsted/user/events/register.tcl?slot_id=10249729528 Register]]<br>
| | === Outdoor Social: Saturday April 25 === |
| | In celebration of [https://nationalkitemonth.org/ National Kite Month], bring your kites and come join us as we try to fly them. |
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| | Saturday April 25th |
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| === Technical Meeting: Swap/Sale Thursday November 8th ===
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| Swap meet!! Buy/Sell/Trade - at this annual event, even the general public can bring computer / gadget related gear to sell or trade, or just come to browse for the bargins. Set-up will be at 6 pm, with an estimated swap start time of 6:15 pm. We also plan to have a truck available to recycle old equipment at a price of $0.35 a pound, rounded up to the nearest dollar.
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| When: Thursday, November 8th, 6pm
| | Location: [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Redwood+Ln+SW,+Rochester,+MN+55902/@43.989365,-92.4843012,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x87f758cbe6ddd805:0xcbd56f452d52bbef That park by Steve Fox's house], officially known as Pine Ridge Estates Park, on Redwood Lane SW. |
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| Where: TBD. Set-up will be at 6 pm, with an estimated swap start time of 6:15 pm.
| | This park has a nice playground for the littles, picnic tables, and room to fly kites, as well as usually being unpopulated. The lack of trees and being on top of a hill mean it's pretty bug free (not that we should hopefully have to worry about that in April) even when there's not enough breeze to fly the kites. |
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| Attendance will include KLUG, members of PCIG, IBM Ham Radio Club(?), students from RCTC, and the general public.
| | Please bring your family and friends who might want to hang out. Bring your own kites. If you don't want to sit at the picnic tables or on the playground equipment, bring your own folding chair. And bring your own beverage. Since it's April, we're skipping the traditional ice cream. |
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| '''We need your help!''' In order to make this a success, we need all of you to pitch in. How? There's all sorts of ways you can help, please sign up for these tasks below.
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| -Bring your stuff to sell/swap. Everyone.
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| -Print and show this revised [http://www.k-lug.org/images/e/e0/Flyer07.pdf Sale Flyer] to friends. Everyone. | | === Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 28th === |
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| -Bring your computer stuff that needs to go to the recycling ($0.35 per pound, rounded up to the nearest dollar for ease of making change). Everyone. | | Summit Pointe Park, in NW Rochester. [https://k-lug.org/images/3/38/Summit_Pointe_Park_parking_and_trash_cleanup_boundaries.jpg Park on Shetland Drive NW, and observe the north/south boundaries in the linked map]. |
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| -Bring a bathroom scale that's accurate at low weight ranges, so we can figure out the appropriate recycling fee to charge. Volunteer_needed_here
| | Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. Some pond shoreline. Unlike our fall CITOs, in the spring we've got plenty of daylight. |
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| -Man the recycling area, do the weighing, cost figuring, and providing of change. Volunteer_needed_here
| | As usual we are [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCBM2PG teaming up with the geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage. |
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| -Bring your truck and be willing to take a load to the recycling during the recycling center's open hours (Mondays-Saturdays, 8-5). Volunteer_needed_here
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| -Coordinate the pizza fundraiser, buy pizza and pop plus bring paper plates and disposable cups in quantities sufficient for those who show up. Will be reimbursed out of the profits from the fundraiser (charge is a donation). - Steve Fox
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| -Making some (Ubuntu?) CDs to give away. - Steve Fox
| | === Virtual Social: Thursday May 14th === |
| | 6 pm |
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| -Get a location - Tina W.
| | Meeting link here eventually. |
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| -Posting. Volunteers are needed to post to many locations. Please sign up to be the poster for the following (suggestions welcome):
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| -KLUG mailing list and wiki - Tina W.
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| -IBM calendar - Tim Massaro
| | === Upcoming Outdoor Socials TBD === |
| | We're planning pickleball, and a geocaching hike on a new trail at Northern Heights Park (start on the WSW side and walk clockwise). |
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| -PCIG website - Tim Massaro
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| -Ham radio club - by way of Tim Massaro
| | === Old News Items === |
| | | See the [[OldNews]] page. |
| -Mayo classifieds - Volunteer_needed_here
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| -Craigslist - Tim Massaro
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| -Rochester Freecycle (limited to free pick-up of non-swapped items headed for recycling at the end of the swap) - Volunteer_needed_here
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| -UCR bulletin boards - in hard copy - Ren
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| -RCTC bulletin boards - in hard copy - Volunteer_needed_here
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| -IBM White Building(664) - post hard copy - Steve Severson
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| -Venture Computer - send email of flyer, request posting - Steve Severson
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| -Wherever else you can think of. Volunteer_needed_here
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| Please RSVP for what tasks you can help with. If I haven't heard from anyone on a task, I'll have to start pestering people. This has got to be a group effort to be successful.
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| === Planned Social: November, TBD === | |
| What would you like to do? Please submit suggestions/requests to the email list or off-list directly to Tina.
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| === Planned Lunch: Thursday November 15th ===
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| === Planned Technical Meeting: Thursday December 13th ===
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| Gaming night at Lounge51 (formerly Xgames) with PCIG, unless someone else wants to research other options. Research I did last year on other options can be found at the [http://www.k-lug.org/index.php?title=OldNews&action=submit#Technical_Meeting:__Tuesday_December_12th Old News] page. Lounge51 details that were current as of December 2006:
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| Location: Lounge51, 115 North Broadway, this is next door to the Senior Center and just south of the railroad tracks. This is NOT the old Xgames location. If you're not sure about finding parking, there's free parking after 5 pm just around the corner in the Center Street ramp.
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| When: Thursday December 13th, 6 pm. However they open at 10 am, so you're welcome to start earlier. Also, while Lounge51's posted closing time is 9 pm, if three or more people want to keep playing and they're paying hourly rates, Lounge51 will stay open later.
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| Cost: $5/hour if a non-member. Other options are memberships or day passes. Snacking options: Pop, sugar, snack foods, basically anything that doesn't actually require a food license for them to sell.
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| Games available (and # of simultaneous players allowed): They have 24 computers. See [http://lounge51.com/content/Games.aspx here] for an old list of games. Many more are now available. As far as licensing, that varies. Some games are available on every computer at once, and for those it's not available all at once it sounds like things are at least improved over Xgames' limitations. Examples I was given on the phone were:
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| -Age of Empires (version not specified), all machines
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| -Battlefield 2 - 10
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| -Counter Strike 1.6 - 6
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| -Counter Strike Source - 12
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| -Warcraft III - all machines
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| If there is a particular game you want to know about, I can call to ask. If there's a lot of interest in a particular game they don't currently have enough licenses for AND you are willing to pre-pay, they'd look into getting additional licenses for us. Besides computer games, they also have a big screen tv, with an Xbox, PS2, PS3, Gamecube, DDR pad, Guitar Hero, and lots of games to go with them.
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| === Planned Lunch: Thursday December 21st ===
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| === Planned Social: December, TBD ===
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| Does anyone want to do anything else in the month of December? Input requested.
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| === Planned Technical Meeting: Tuesday January 8th ===
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| Presenter needed. See our [http://www.k-lug.org/Meetings list of requests] if you need some ideas.
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| '''KLUG officer elections'''
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| Please submit your nominations for president, vice president, and treasurer to the email list prior to the day of the election. Self nominations are accepted.
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| === Planned Social: January 2008, TBD ===
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| What would you like to do? Some ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting#Suggestions_for_future_socials here], or feel free to be original.
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| === Planned Lunch: Thursday January 18th ===
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| === Future Social: TBD ===
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| Paintball at Skyline Raceway. Exact date and time will be announced when known. More details on the [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting Social page], or pester Paul Kessler.
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| === Old News Items ===
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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.
Outdoor Social: Saturday April 25
In celebration of National Kite Month, bring your kites and come join us as we try to fly them.
Saturday April 25th
2 pm
Location: That park by Steve Fox's house, officially known as Pine Ridge Estates Park, on Redwood Lane SW.
This park has a nice playground for the littles, picnic tables, and room to fly kites, as well as usually being unpopulated. The lack of trees and being on top of a hill mean it's pretty bug free (not that we should hopefully have to worry about that in April) even when there's not enough breeze to fly the kites.
Please bring your family and friends who might want to hang out. Bring your own kites. If you don't want to sit at the picnic tables or on the playground equipment, bring your own folding chair. And bring your own beverage. Since it's April, we're skipping the traditional ice cream.
Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 28th
6:00 - 7:30 pm
Summit Pointe Park, in NW Rochester. Park on Shetland Drive NW, and observe the north/south boundaries in the linked map.
Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. Some pond shoreline. Unlike our fall CITOs, in the spring we've got plenty of daylight.
As usual we are teaming up with the geocachers to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.
Virtual Social: Thursday May 14th
6 pm
Meeting link here eventually.
Upcoming Outdoor Socials TBD
We're planning pickleball, and a geocaching hike on a new trail at Northern Heights Park (start on the WSW side and walk clockwise).
Old News Items
See the OldNews page.
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