BLUG was started in 1998 by a small group of computer geeks in Bellingham, Washington who wanted to get off Windows and learn from local Unix gurus. Our focus is on Linux and all Open Source software.
We hold a presentation meeting the first Thursday of the month at Bellingham Technical College in Campus Center room 201 (CC201). On the third Wednesday, we hold an informal organization meeting with the time and location being Bellingham Makerspace (located in the Bellisfair Mall, next to Dicks Sporting Goods). We also put on special events including the regional LinuxFest Northwest in the Spring.
Next Meeting
Security in the modern Environment
08/20/2025 at 05:30 PM
Josh will be discussing (and demonstrating!!) security tools, software, and hardware for the modern environment. Expect HAK5 gadgets and anything Defcon had in their store in the last few years.
Past Meetings
Startup Weekend in Bellingham June 24,25,26
06/03/2011 at 12:00 AM
John Sechrest, BLUG member and executive director of the Northwest Innovation Resource Center, would like to announce:
“Startup Weekend in Bellingham” June 24-26 in the Viking Union 565 on the campus of WWU.
In a Nutshell:
This is a 54-hour event where developers, designers, marketers, product managers and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, empower individuals and communities, and launch startups.
Goal = from Idea to Revenue in 54 hours.
If your interested in more info see:
http://bellingham.startupweekend.org/
http://news.wwu.edu/go/doc/1538/1102939/
BLUG meeting this Thurs, June 2nd at BTC
05/31/2011 at 12:00 AM
BLUG meeting this Thursday, June 2nd, at BTC, in room D5, from 7pm until 9pm.
We are privileged to have Derek and Andrew join forces in presenting Ubuntu Unity.
Andrew will present Unity and demo a laptop installation as well as a Desktop installation.
Derek will demo a Unity netbook installation.
There’ll also be time for our regular “Linux in the News” and Q&A sessions.
Bring a friend! This should be an interesting and fun meeting.
BLUG meeting this Thurs, March 3rd at BTC
03/02/2011 at 12:00 AM
Our regular meeting of BLUG is this Thursday at BTC, in room D5, from 7pm til 9pm.
BLUG member Jim Anderson will be presenting on KICAD.
We’ll also have our regular Q&A and “Linux in the News” session time.
Remember to bring a friend!
BLUG meeting this Thurs, Feb 3rd at BTC
02/02/2011 at 12:00 AM
This Thursday Feb 3rd from 7pm til 9pm in room D5 at the Bellingham Technical College will be the regular open to the public meeting of BLUG.
This month’s presentation will be by Jakob Perry on the topic “Media Server”.
Of course we’ll have time for our usual Linux Q&A and Linux in the News, as well as general discussion.
Everyone is welcome. So, be sure to bring a friend.
BLUG meeting “Linux Games” this Thurs, Dec 2nd
11/29/2010 at 12:00 AM
This Thursday Dec 2nd, at BTC, in room D5, from 7pm til 9pm will be our regular public meeting of the Bellingham Linux User Group.
This month’s meeting will be dedicated to Linux games.
Bring your favorite Linux Game to show off, play and discuss. You can bring your favorite Linux gaming box with your game installed or have a BLUG Linux gamer expert help you install that pesky game. Bring some computers and set up a LAN party! Be creative! This should be a lot of fun!
We’ll also have our usual Linux Q&A session and a Linux/OSS news report.
BLUG meeting this Thursday Nov 4th
11/03/2010 at 12:00 AM
This Thursday Nov 4th, at BTC, in room D5, from 7pm til 9pm will be our regular public meeting of the Bellingham Linux User Group.
This month features a presentation by Jakob Perry on using Drupal as a replacement for OpenOffice Base or Micro$oft Access.He will discuss the differences, portability, and other reasons one might want to go with Drupal instead of M$ Access.
You won’t need to have any database knowledge in order to follow along.
We’ll also have our usual Linux Q&A session and a Linux/OSS news report.
BLUG meeting on “Titanium” this Thurs Oct 7th@BTC
10/05/2010 at 12:00 AM
This Thursday Oct 7th, at BTC, in room D5, from 7pm til 9pm will be our regular public meeting of the Bellingham Linux User Group.
This month features a presentation from John Blanford on Mobile Application Development with Titanium:
“Titanium is a cross platform mobile development environment from Appcelerator (http://www.appcelerator.com/). With Titanium apps can be created that run on iPhone, iPad, Android and soon Blackberry devices. Titanium is open source under the Apache 2.0 license. I will talk about how Titanium works and my experience using it to create a prototype application called the Learning Minute. This application uses JSON-rpc to talk to a Drupal based back end.”
We’ll also have our usual Linux Q&A time and Linux/OS news report.
BLUG meeting on “Ham” Thurs Sept 2nd @ BTC
08/24/2010 at 12:00 AM
Thursday Sept 2nd, at BTC, in room D5, from 7pm til 9pm will be our regular public meeting of the Bellingham Linux User Group.
This month features a presentation from Brian Lawler on Amateur Radio (Ham Radio) and OpenSource :
Brian “will do a quick overview of what amateur radio is and where it came from, followed by some live demos of open source communications programs that run on Linux. I will be using pre-recorded audio for the signal source since setting up radios and antennas would be pretty time consuming”.
We’ll also have our usual Linux Q&A time and Linux/OS news report.
BLUG meeting Thurs August 5th @ BTC
07/30/2010 at 12:00 AM
Thursday August 5th, at BTC, in room D5, from 7pm til 9pm will be our regular public meeting of the Bellingham Linux User Group.
This month features a presentation from our own LFNW OSCON 2010 Liaison Team members who’ve just returned from Portland promoting LFNW 2011 at the 2010 O’Reilly OpenSource Convention.
Check out the OSCON Exhibit floor, on the upper right side of the photo you’ll see the LFNW booth with our “Thunderbird Tux” Totem.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/oreillyconf/4817017292/
Our OSCON team will be giving out free OSCON bags, that contain magazines and coffee mugs, to all that attend the meeting.
We’ll also have our usual Linux Q&A time and Linux/OS news report.
BLUG’s DotOrg Committee Thurs July 8th at Jakob’s
07/05/2010 at 12:00 AM
Reminder: Regular DotOrg Committee Folks, and anyone else interested in participating in BLUG and LFNW planning, the next meeting of Blug’s DotOrg Committee is this Thurs July 8th, 7pm til 9pm, at Jakob’s.
We would like to include new folks with the planning of BLUG meetings events and our own annual LFNW Expo. It’s a lot of fun and it’s a great chance to get to know us better.
If you’re interested, email the BLUG-list for Jakob’s address.
http://www.peakserv.com/mailman/listinfo/blug-list
We’ll as usual have a lot to talk about.