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.
BLUG meeting Thurs June 3rd @ BTC
06/01/2010 at 12:00 AM
BLUG meeting this Thurs June 3rd, 7pm til 9pm in room D5 at the Bellingham Tech College
We’ll have our regular Linux Q&A session and general discussion followed by a presentation by Iain Davidson on Android.
Iain’s presentation:
“Android application programming platform presentation will include a quick video overview, several selected slides from LFNW 2010 presentation, quick overview of several programming features, and finally a demonstration of Eclipse Android platform programming environment. Time for questions and answers will also be available.”
Bring friends, neighbors and your favorite “Droid” mobile device!
BLUG meeting/install fest this Thurs May 6th @ BTC
05/04/2010 at 12:00 AM
BLUG meeting/install fest this Thurs May 6th, 7pm til 9pm in room D5 at the Bellingham Tech College
Now’s your chance to install your favorite flavor of Linux on your computer with the enthusiastic help and support of BLUG’s experts!
Bring friends and neighbors, young folks, spouses and significant others!
We’ll also talk about our recent happening, LinuxFest Northwest.
BLUG meeting this Thurs Apr 1st @ BTC
03/31/2010 at 12:00 AM
BLUG Reminder:
This Thursday April 1st is our open to the community BLUG meeting. It will be in room D5 at BTC, from 7pm til 9pm.
Our presenters this month are Fred Williams and Brian Pate.
Fred will be presenting an entertaining review of his journey from a “World of Windows” to Linux.
Brian will be giving a condensed overview of Microsoft’s SUA (Subsystem Unix Application) and how he sometimes uses it at work.
We’ll also have our general Q&A session, Linux in the News report and much discussion about our upcoming event LinuxFest Northwest 2010.
Looks like a another great meeting to bring some interested friends to.
Blug’s DotOrg Committee mtg Thurs Mar 11th
03/08/2010 at 12:00 AM
Our monthly meeting of Blug’s DotOrg Committee is this Thursday, Mar 11th, from 7pm til 9pm, on the 2nd floor, in the Cordata Local Roots Room of the Community Food Co-op at Cordata.
Remember, LFNW 2010 is getting closer and there’s much Fest related work yet to be done.
Those interested in becoming involved and helping with LFNW or BLUG planning, etc. are welcome.
Reminder, if you want snacks or beverages buy them downstairs in the Food Co-op and take them up to the meeting room.
BLUG meeting Thurs Mar 4th @ BTC
03/01/2010 at 12:00 AM
This Thursday Mar 4th our open to the community BLUG meeting will be at BTC in room D5 from 7pm til 9pm.
John Blanford and Carl Symons will be presenting “What’s new on the KDE Desktop 4.4”
Sounds like it’s a great opportunity for those new to Linux to get a walk through of the Linux desktop.
We’ll also have our general Q&A session and Linux in the News report.
This is definitely another meeting to bring interested friends to.
Blug’s DotOrg Committee mtg this Thurs Feb 11th
02/09/2010 at 12:00 AM
Our monthly meeting of Blug’s DotOrg Committee is this Thursday, Feb 11th, from 7pm til 9pm, on the 2nd floor, in the Cordata Local Roots Room of the Community Food Co-op at Cordata.
We’ve lots of planning and pre-fest chores to do.
Remember, LFNW 2010 is getting closer and there’s much Fest related work yet to be done.
Anyone who is interested in becoming involved and helping with LFNW or BLUG planning, etc. is welcome.
Reminder, if you want snacks or beverages it would be good PR to buy them downstairs in the Food Co-op and take them up to the meeting room.
BLUG meeting Thurs Feb 4th @ BTC
02/01/2010 at 12:00 AM
This Thursday Feb 4th our open to the community BLUG meeting will be at BTC in room D5 from 7pm til 9pm.
James Mason will be presenting a “tour of OpenSuSE 11.2”.
Sounds like an opportunity for those new to Linux to get a walk through of the SuSE desktop as well as a chance for those more adept to have James field questions.
We’ll also have our general Q&A session and Linux in the News report.
Sounds like a good meeting bring some interested friends to.