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Welcome to the Grand Rapids Linux Users Group
GRLUG is a group of information technology professionals and enthusiasts supporting Open Source and Linux in the Grand Rapids area. Our mission is to provide, education, support, professional networking/socializing, and advocacy of the Linux technology.
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Meetings/Contact
Informal
Mailing List
Our mailing list (http://grlug.org/mailman/listinfo/grlug) is quite active. Join and talk, or join and lurk. We take all kinds.
Saturday Social
Every Saturday, 2PM to 6PM, at the Subway/Biggby's in Grandville, MI (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=subway&sll=42.909991,-85.761144&sspn=0.00356,0.009516&ie=UTF8&split=1&rq=1&ev=zo&radius=0.24&hq=subway&hnear=&ll=42.910455,-85.761112&spn=0,0.009516&t=h&z=17&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=42.91022,-85.761333&panoid=nacojuk8Qu1F2uzCoNWa4Q&cbp=12,148.9,,0,5.06).
Come on in, look for people you know, ask the people behind the counter where the computer geeks sit, or simply look lost; we'll find you.
Internet Relay Chat
Continual and all the time. If you're familiar with IRC already, load up you preferred client and join #grlug on irc.freenode.net.
If you're not already familiar with IRC, or if you can't easily connect from your current network, then you can connect with your web browser using this interface (http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23grlug).
Formal
Formal/Occasional meetings occur, typically hosted at The Warehouse.
Next Meeting: TBA
Post what you would like to bring to the list or me and we'll get it figured out, If you don't have a special dish we can assign chips, sodas, Etc.
Topics: All things cool and Geeky
Previous Meetings
(see also)
- Tuesday December 22nd, 2009, * THE WAREHOUSE - 112 Baldwin St. Jenison, MI
- Wednesday July, 8th, 2009, * THE WAREHOUSE - 112 Baldwin St. Jenison, MI
- Tuesday June 2nd, 2009, * THE WAREHOUSE - 112 Baldwin St. Jenison, MI
- Friday, May 15th, 2009 * The Warehouse @ 112 Baldwin St., Jenison, MI 49428
- July 17th 2008 * Joint Meeting with GRLUG and GR-JUG @ Calvin College www.gr-jug.org
- May 15th, 2008 * N-Vint, Inc. @ 3240 Hanna Lake Industrial Park Drive SE, Caledonia
- April 10th 2008 * N-Vint, Inc. @ 3240 Hanna Lake Industrial Park Drive SE, Caledonia
- March 13, 2008 * N-Vint, Inc. @ 3240 Hanna Lake Industrial Park Drive SE, Caledonia
- Feb 21, 2008 * N-Vint, Inc. @ 3240 Hanna Lake Industrial Park Drive SE, Caledonia
Tips and Tricks
Take a look at the local list of tips provided by the LUG members.
- Get the tips!
- Distributions we use and tips on how to setup and use.
- Ubuntu tips that I have found helpful.
- Tivo Tips Using (K)ubuntu to connect and work with Tivo Files
Linux Related News Items
Inc. Magazine has a June article praising the Ubuntu for general use (ie non techies). See Taking Linux for a Spin (http://www.inc.com/magazine/20060601/column-freedman.html)
Other Links
- Looking for Cool Hats, steins and other items? Go to the GRLUG Store (http://www.cafepress.com/GRLUG)
- Other Grand Rapids User Groups
- Join the GRLUG Mailing list (http://shinobu.grlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/grlug)
- Don't know what a wiki is? use the sandbox to try your hand at editing.
- For more information on how to use this wiki, read Wikipedia's started guide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents/Getting_started)
- Open Source in art, eduction and other areas Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/find/)]
Please see documentation on customizing the interface (http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_i18n) and the User's Guide (http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide) for usage and configuration help.
