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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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| === Server Software Upgrade ===
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| '''Updated: Sun Sep 9 12:37:34 EDT 2007'''
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| The main migration has occurred. Some services are still being worked on, mainly mailman (the mailing list).
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| New name server IP address, for those of you that have domains pointing are: 70.90.241.186 and 70.90.241.187.
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| Join '''#klug''' if you are interested in the details.
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| === Social: Thursday October 4th ===
| | 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]. |
| RoboRally and whatever other board/card games you wish to bring, so far we're also expecting Puerto Rico, Power Grid, and Munchkin. 6:30 pm, at Steve Fox's house (N 43° 59.263, W 092° 29.033, house number [http://www.k-lug.org/images/a/a5/Park-map.PNG 1538]). Consider bringing food/drink to share.
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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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| Wed, Oct 03, 2007 08:00 am to 12:00 pm: (20 slots) [[https://vsadmin.united-e-way.org/olmsted/user/events/register.tcl?slot_id=10249729394 Register]]<br>
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| Wed, Oct 03, 2007 01:00 pm to 05:00 pm: (20 slots) [[https://vsadmin.united-e-way.org/olmsted/user/events/register.tcl?slot_id=10249729394 Register]]<br>
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| Sat, Oct 13, 2007 09:00 am to 01:00 pm: (20 slots) [[https://vsadmin.united-e-way.org/olmsted/user/events/register.tcl?slot_id=10249729394 Register]]<br>
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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=10249729394 Register]]<br>
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| === Want a K-Lug Shirt? === | | === Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th === |
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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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| | Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park. |
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| === Planned Technical Meeting: Swap/Sale Thursday November 8th ===
| | Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. There is shoreline. |
| 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
| | As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAMJX2 geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage. |
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| Where: TBD. Set-up will be at 6 pm, with an estimated swap start time of 6:15 pm.
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| Attendance will include KLUG, members of PCIG, IBM Ham Radio Club(?), students from RCTC, and the general public.
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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. | | === Geocaching in-person social (outside), Friday May 3rd === |
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| -Update our sale flier from [http://www.k-lug.org/images/e/ef/Swapflyer_2006.pdf last year] with the new logo, date, location, etc.
| | Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester. |
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| -Print and show this revised Sale Flyer to friends | | 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]. |
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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).
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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.
| | === Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th === |
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| -Man the recycling area, do the weighing, cost figuring, and providing of change.
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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).
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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).
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| -Making some (Ubuntu?) CDs to give away.
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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.
| | Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize |
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| -PCIG website -
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| -Ham radio club - | | === Socials brainstorming: Fall or winter === |
| | -Murder mystery. The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started. |
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| -Mayo classifieds - | | -Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary |
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| -Craigslist - | | -Bowlocity laser tag. 5-6 people minimum needed. |
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| -Rochester Freecycle (limited to free pick-up of non-swapped items headed for recycling at the end of the swap) - | | -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. |
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| -UCR bulletin boards - in hard copy -
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| -RCTC bulletin boards - in hard copy -
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| -Wherever else you can think of
| | === Old News Items === |
| | | See the [[OldNews]] page. |
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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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| 11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court sort of near Barnes&Noble.
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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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| 11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court sort of near Barnes&Noble.
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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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| 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.
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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