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Next meeting 7pm Thur., Jan. 21, 2010 in W.S.U., Student Union, E163B (Discovery B)

DLUG Events

Beginning Thursday, May 21, 2009, all events listed on this page are held in Russ Engineering, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, unless stated otherwise. Our usual meeting time is 7 - 9 p.m. the third Thursday each month. All meetings are free and open to the public unless stated otherwise. Please check for the exact location each month. See maps and cue sheets for directions to Wright State. Be aware that parking is limited and parking regulations are enforced. There is free parking in Visitor Lot #2 near the Student Union. Carpool with a buddy if possible. Usually several of us adjourn to a local eatery to continue our discussions even more informally. The meeting room is subject to to change each school term, and the eatery is selected at each meeting.

Coming Events

• January 21, 2010 meeting Student Union E163B (Discovery B), W.S.U.
• February 18, 2010 meeting Student Union E156A (Endeavour A), W.S.U.
• March 18, 2010 meeting Student Union E163A (Discovery A), W.S.U.
• April 15, 2010 meeting W.S.U. (room TBA)

Past Events

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• 2001 & 2000 events

Coming Events

January 2010

January 21 2010 meeting at Student Union E163B (Discovery B), W.S.U.

This month, Bryan Harris will do an introductory presentation on Sandisk U3 "thumb drives" and discuss configuring them as a bootable Linux system. See an overview here. This may be the start of a three or more parts series.

GT will have an update on our next Install / Config Fest, tentatively scheduled for 10am - 4pm Saturday, March 20, 2010 at Sinclair Community College. He is seeking volunteers to help with:

• Publicity
• Create a registration form
• Burn distros to distribute
• Bring machines to demo
• Do presentations
• Brainstorm

Is there any interest in starting a Droid SIG? At least three of our members now have cell phones based on the Android OS.

If you have any suggestions for topics, please send them to the Linux-SIG-Planning team.

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February 2010

February 18 2010 meeting at Student Union E156A (Endeavour A), W.S.U.

No topic has been scheduled yet for this month.

If you have any suggestions for topics, please send them to the Linux-SIG-Planning team.

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March 2010

March 18 2010 meeting at Student Union E163A (Discovery A), W.S.U.

This should be an interesting evening! Matt Arnett will show us how to use Compiz to wow your friends and family and also make your system more productive and fun to use. Compiz has 8 categories with over 75 highly configurable plug-ins. It's a tinkerer's dream. Find out how to use them to pimp your OS.

See a demo of setting up a Wii Remote to remotely control your Linux desktop (and not just for flipping through PowerPoint slides either)! With Compiz and a Wiimote, you can grab your screen with your hand (Wiimote) and spin it around like a Rubik's cube. You can also control the Wiimote from you desktop. Hmmm...sounds like the basics of a Wii gaming API are there for Linux, just waiting to be used.

Matt is a Software Engineer from Cintas Corporation. He has over 15 years of experience in designing and developing client/server web enabled software. He has been using Ubuntu Linux for the last 3 years and Red Hat Linux for the last 6 years.

If you have any suggestions for topics, please send them to the Linux-SIG-Planning team.

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Past Events

December 2009

December 17 2009 meeting at RC144, W.S.U.

This month, Jordan McCollum did a presentation on setting up and using VirtualBox.

There was yet more discussion of scheduling an Install / Config Fest, but no date or location has been set. Why does this seem to be harder to do than nailing Jello to a tree?

Is there any interest in starting a Droid SIG? At least three of our members now have cell phones based on the Android OS.

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