ErieLUG

Meeting 9/6

We will be having a mixed bag of topics for the next meeting on September 6th.

We will be installing and discussing dd-wrt. Dd-wrt is open firmware designed to replace small networking device firmware. It has advanced features to gain extra performance and use your device to its full potential, especially compared to the stock factory firmware. We will be installing onto a Linksys wrt54gs device.

We will also be doing a demo of Compiz Fusion, a set of plugins and a configuration system for the Compiz window manager. Compiz Fusion allows you to add extra eye candy and special effects to your desktop.

As always we will be meeting in conference room 3 at the Hamot Heart Institute located at 120 E 2nd St, Erie, PA. All are welcomed to attend.

Install Fest 8/2/2008

We will be having an install fest for our August meeting on Saturday the 2nd. All are welcome to attend. We will be installing nix based systems. This is a good opportunity and resource for new users of Linux, whether you are going to install and need some guidance or just want to come down and learn more about Linux. The meeting will be held in the third conference room at the Hamot Heart Institute like all of our meetings. We officially start at 12pm and will finish up around 4pm. We will start setting up at around 11am you are welcomed to come early to set up your equipment if you plan to do so.

To discuss this event please visit the forums
ErieLUG Forums

Games Golore!

How many times have you heard that the reason people don’t use *nix is because there are no games for it?

Well those people are wrong, and we are going to have fun proving it!

There are a ton of games, FREE games, playable on *nix (and if you must - windows too)

At our next meeting, (July 5th - yes I am aware this is after a holiday!) we will be doing a game day. Want to play and show off a specific game for nix, or windows that is open source (or just free to play) then bring it, show it off, and prove to those nay-say-ers that there are games for *nix!

A Note about the times, I have gotten the room for the whole day, 9am-5pm, so come early, stay late, and have fun playing games on Linux, or free/open source games on any platform of your choosing. We will not discriminate if you choose to come with a windows box, but we will point and laugh at you! <joking>

For more info, date, time, etc, see the Google Cal event link on this page.

Forget about Bugs!

Did you enjoy the Elephants Dream? Well Blender did it again… Big Buck is out in the new Blender Peach Project: Big Buck Bunny!

A great FREE game!

Ever hear of MTP Target? Well it’s awesome. you are a penguin, going down a shute, at the end you are sent skyward, where yes, penguins do fly! You fly to a desegnated target, and drop down on it. Trust me its way more fun than how I just lamely explained it.

Try it for yourself at http://www.mtp-target.org/

Next Meeting

The next ErieLUG meeting will be on 3 May 2008 at the Hamot Heart Institute, Conference Room 3. Noon - 3. Exact details, directions, etc. can be found on Events section of our site.

This meeting is a release event. We will be showing off all the latest releases of our favorite flavors.
Everyone knows I like ubuntu (as James says: African for “I can’t install Gentoo”) so I will be trying to get a copy of that and displaying it, I am sure James will bring a copy of Fedora Core 9. And I am sure there are tons of other newly released flavors, check them out at DistroWatch. Know of a flavor you want to show off? Bring it! Please!

Website updates!

New logo, polls, and a shop!

New ErieLUG Logo up, you guys will notice it from our meetings.

New poll up, pick your poison, or your favorite flavor.

Shop till you drop at Cafepress! We have added our logo to a ton of different items that are purchasable through Cafepress. Have fun, and spread the word about Linux (and more importantly ErieLUG)!

Updates and Happy New Year!

Well first I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year!, thanks to Ubuntu for that sweet picture I have edited to suit my needs, hope they don’t get pissed that I used it, if so, then I’ll be glad to take it down.

Next, I would like to mention that we have a set schedule for meetings now. Meeting will be held on the first Saturday of every month from 12-4P.M. unless otherwise posted. As always, you can keep up to day by subscribing to our Google Calender, and I have also set up two reminder notices, one for one week, and one for two days in advance.
Now that we have a set schedule, a set location, and a set time for all of our meetings, we need topics! So please if there is anything anyone would like to speak (or hear) a talk about then send us some ideas. Otherwise it will be a very boring meeting ^_~
You can reach James and I on IRC (click the IRC link on the website for more info) or through our email link under the Contact  Section on the Site.

Meeting Rescheduled!

THIS IS THE RE-SCHEDULED EVENT FROM THE 19th!

Because of the bad weather on the 19, I am hoping this coming Saturday will be a bit better. Sorry for the lat notification, but the I was just able to get the room this morning.

Meeting in the 1st Conference Room., Signs will be posted inside, and there is free parking.

Looks like its going to be a mish-mash of a meeting this time, with Christmas and the Holidays and all it’s a little difficult to plan stuff.

So, I will be talking about SSL-Explorer. A web based VPN SSL solution, and James will be talking about Webmin, a web based admin tool. Instead of posting gooey details on what the above two items are, I will save it for the meeting =D

If I do not end up talking to anyone between now and then, have a safe and happy Holiday! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year … all that jazz!

If I have missed anything, ask, if you have questions, comments, or concerns, email, or call me.
If anyone needs help finding the place or anything else, call or shoot me an email.

Mike

Canceled!

The meeting that was scheduled for today is canceled due to the weatherman’s (unusually good luck) at getting the weather right for a change … well almost, we did get snow today, just not the amount they were calling for. Safety being my number one concern we are canceling the meeting … we should have it re-scheduled in about two weeks.