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




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


=== Technical Meeting: Tuesday June 13 ===
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].
Baring snowstorms or any other emergencies, Robert Nix will present on The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program, www.gimp.org).  Watch for a potential location change, as apparently there will be summer construction in the computer lab wing.
 
 
 
 


=== Lunch: May 18 ===


Lunch, 11:30 in the Galleria food court, next to the Chinese restaurant.  Look for geeks.


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday May 11 ===
Chris Abbey will present on SSH.


=== Lunch: April 20 ===
=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th ===
6:15 - 7:30 pm


Lunch, 11:30 in the Galleria food court, next to the Chinese restaurant.
Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park.


=== Technical Meeting: Tuesday April 11 ===
Bags provided.  You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty.  There is shoreline.
Dennis DeLoreme on his !Supercomputer Cluster.


=== Lunch: March 16 ===
As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAMJX2 geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


Lunch, 11:30 in the Galleria food court, next to the Chinese restaurant.


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday March 9 ===
Due to a death in the family, there will be no GIMP presentation.  Instead please bring topics for discussion.


To be rescheduled:
Robert Nix's presentation on using [http://www.gimp.org Gimp], the image editor.


=== Lunch: February 16 ===
=== Geocaching in-person social (outside), Friday May 3rd ===
6 pm


Lunch, 11:30 in the Galleria food court, next to the Chinese restaurant.  Yes, you have the chance to see our smiling faces twice in one day.
Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester.


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday Feburary 16 ===
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].
(This meeting was cancelled. The presentation will be rescheduled, most likely to the regular March meeting time.)


Robert Nix will be giving a presentation on using [http://www.gimp.org Gimp], the image editor.  Note that this is not the usual date, due to the normally scheduled meeting falling on the day of obligatory sappiness.


=== Social: Friday February 10 ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th ===
6 pm


Evening social, time and location TBD (through in your vote on the email list).  Excuse for social:  New O'Reilly book reading overclocked perl hacker, courtesy of Kevin and Jadee.
Meeting link will be added here.


=== "Elections" are over ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


Tina Wood is the new K-LUG President. Kevin Neff will be the Vice-President. Jim Evans is the perpetual Treasurer (aka He Who Holds The Baggie)


=== Lunch: January 19 ===


Lunch, 11:30 in the Galleria food court, next to the Chinese restaurant.
=== Pending potential presentations  ===


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday January 12 ===
Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize


Come to the Distro Debate.  Evangelize your distribution or bash gentoo.  Steve Fox will be there to break up fistfights.


Presidential "elections" will also be held.


=== Lunch: December 15 ===
=== Socials brainstorming: Fall or winter ===
-Murder mystery.  The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started.


Lunch, 11:30 in the Galleria food court, next to the Chinese restaurant.
-Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary


=== Technical Meeting: December 13 ===
-Bowlocity laser tag.  5-6 people minimum needed.


Meeting cancelled (due to Kevin's DSP homework)
-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.


=== Gaming Night: December 8th ===


Meet at X-Games in downtown Rochester at 6PM. Cost is $5 an hour, but new members get 1/2 off.


=== Technical Meeting: November 10th ===
=== Old News Items ===
See the [[OldNews]] page.


November Means Swap Meet! Get rid of stuff you don't use any more.


K-LUG and [http://www.pcig.info the PC Interest Group's] annual Swap and Shop sale will be on Thursday Nov 10th at 6pm. Clean out your closet of old/spare PC hardware, software and techy toys...or just show up to browse for good deals. Pizza and pop will be available
Location is a slightly different room than our usually meetings: the Rochester Community Technical College / [[UCR Heinz Center, Room HB117b]] on Nov. 10, 2005




Let's start a [[ForSaleorWanted]] page.  List the items you expect to bring or will bring if someone contacts you...also list the things you want to sell or trade.


== Past Events ==
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Looking for past events? See [[OldNews]]

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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.





Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th

6:15 - 7:30 pm

Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park.

Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. There is shoreline.

As usual we are teaming up with the geocachers to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.



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 will be added here.

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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