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== Under Construction ==


Yeah baby! It's 1995 all over again. Having an ugly, broken website is a good motivator to fix it. So we've just replaced the K-LUG website with a new wiki and are hoping people will help to copy the information over. If you want to help the [http://k-lug.org/old.site/ old website is here].
= 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 [http://www.k-lug.org/Meetings a list of ideas] if you're willing but lacking a topic.
 


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


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday Feburary 16 ===
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].
 
 
 
 
=== Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday March 14th ===
Speaker cancelled due to illness, will reschedule.
 
Tim Massaro will come to our rescue, and will present on his Partyrock/Blackrock hackathon project, as well as brainstorming some future socials.
 
6 pm
 
Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79723218238?pwd=Q7WWuUacks6kzJ5KQQq0zB7NopDS3c.1 here].
 
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
 
 
 
=== Outside Social:  Friday March 22nd, 6 pm ===
 
Geocaching!  The March equinox is an excuse to [https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2024/03/celebrating-the-march-equinox/ find 3 geocaches during the week of the equinox].  If you've never geocached before, this is a great time to join us.  Wear your hiking shoes, long sturdy pants, and otherwise dress for the weather.
 
We will chase 3 multi-caches that start to the east and north of St Marys Hospital
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6G6R5
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5XDH0
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5XEQV
 
If we have any DNF's, first choice replacement will be:
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC56K4K
 
I skimmed through the logs, and none of our regulars seem to have found these, so hopefully everyone will qualify for the achievement.
 
Parking:
There is a limited quantity of 2 hour parking in St. Marys Park proper.  However, the neighborhood parking permit restriction opens back up starting at 5:30, so by starting at 6 pm you should be able to park on the street (and not be competing with employees for spots) for the duration of our explorations.
 
 
 
=== Virtual Technical Meeting: To be rescheduled ===
Acu Dorin will present on opensource AI software and an effort he and some other folks have made to create a private version of a chatGPT like AI interface
 
 
 
 
 
=== 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.


Robert Nix will be giving a presentation on using [http://www.gimp.org Gimp], the image editor.
As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAMJX2 geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


=== "Elections" are over ===


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.


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday January 12 ===
=== Pending potential presentations  ===


Come to the Distro Debate. Evangelize your distribution or bash gentoo.  Steve Fox will be there to break up fistfights.
Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize


Presidential "elections" will also be held.


The meeting will be held in HC122.


=== 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.



Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday March 14th

Speaker cancelled due to illness, will reschedule.

Tim Massaro will come to our rescue, and will present on his Partyrock/Blackrock hackathon project, as well as brainstorming some future socials.

6 pm

Meeting link here.

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


Outside Social: Friday March 22nd, 6 pm

Geocaching! The March equinox is an excuse to find 3 geocaches during the week of the equinox. If you've never geocached before, this is a great time to join us. Wear your hiking shoes, long sturdy pants, and otherwise dress for the weather.

We will chase 3 multi-caches that start to the east and north of St Marys Hospital https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6G6R5 https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5XDH0 https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5XEQV

If we have any DNF's, first choice replacement will be: https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC56K4K

I skimmed through the logs, and none of our regulars seem to have found these, so hopefully everyone will qualify for the achievement.

Parking: There is a limited quantity of 2 hour parking in St. Marys Park proper. However, the neighborhood parking permit restriction opens back up starting at 5:30, so by starting at 6 pm you should be able to park on the street (and not be competing with employees for spots) for the duration of our explorations.


Virtual Technical Meeting: To be rescheduled

Acu Dorin will present on opensource AI software and an effort he and some other folks have made to create a private version of a chatGPT like AI interface



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.



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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