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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 ==


=== Logo Contest:  Deciding on a printer and products ===
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].
[[LogoPage]] The winning logo is Anon #1's green state shaped logo.  We need you to look into finding printing locations, prices, and products available to print on.  So far we have information on the following:
 
 


-local print shop such as Superior Screeners. Probably would require bulk order.  More details needed, someone please do some research.


-Printfection, bulk discount information available [http://www.printfection.com/customer/custom.php?tab=3 here].  This was the source of the blue K-LUG shirt Tim brought to the Second Life March meeting. 


-www.cafepress.com. Probably slightly more expensive, but would not require a bulk order.  We've been warned they won't look great.  For items that can be printed on, see [http://www.cafepress.com/cp/customize/ Cafe Press].  Tim has already done some research, see the following pages:  [http://www.cafepress.com/k_lug 1] , [http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/help/help_bulkpricing.aspx 2].


-Robert Nix has a source for weaving the logo into items such as afghans, pillows, tote bags. 70 x 54 inch woven blankets of the logo for $70 each.
=== 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.


-Nametags??
Saturday April 25th


-Other products or sources you've done some research on?
2 pm


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.


=== Technical Meeting:  Tuesday April 10th ===
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.
==== UCR main campus, East Hall, room 121 ====
Carl Albing will be presenting on bash.  Carl is one of the co-authors of the O'Reilley book [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bashckbk/ bash Cookbook].  Topics will include:  do we still need command line tools, a rapid fly-by of bash as a programming language, a few power-user features of bash, (time permitting) a short discussion of "so you want to write a technical book".


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].
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.




=== Lunch:  Thursday April 19th ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court sort of near Barnes&Noble.  If the weather is nice, people from downtown may choose to walk together to lunch, it is supposedly an ~15 minute walk.


=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 28th ===
6:00 - 7:30 pm


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


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.


=== Planned Technical Meeting: Thursday May 10th ===
As usual we are [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCBM2PG teaming up with the geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.
==== Watch for coming location ====
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.




=== Planned Lunch:  Thursday May 17th ===
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 is supposedly an ~15 minute walk.


=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 14th ===
6 pm


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




=== OpenSourceHowTo.org:  ===
[[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]


=== 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 ===
=== Old News Items ===
See the [[OldNews]] page.
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.




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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