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Meeting Announcement

Linux-Ottawa October 2024 Meeting.

Date/Time:

Thursday October 3rd at 7pm

Format:

  1. Check the mailing list for in-person clusters being hosted by other members.

Program:

Topics

  • Follow-up discussion on Tug's laptop replacement
    • Scott suggested looking at the raspberry pi based 'cyberdeck' projects as a possibility
    • Despite the 'prepper' mentality of many of these projects, there are good use cases for a robust laptop replacement with multiple power options and mesh networking capabilities.
  • Open to other discussions.
    • JF may have a discussion topic.

Ongoing TODO list

  • 2018 presentations (JN) – partial
  • More should you use linux (JN and others) – first pass done
  • Rationalize files into namespaces, e.g., :board ?? need better tool!

Should you use Linux?

Linux or, more properly GNU/Linux, is the operating system built on the kernel derived from the seminal work of Linus Torvalds combined with developments of Unix tools from Gnu, or the Free Software Foundation. It is a family of distributions, that is, implementations of this combination of software, with various combinations of components such as window managers, desktop layouts, packaging tools and application sets. Or see What is Linux?

As this website is for Linux-Ottawa, otherwise known as the Ottawa Canada Linux Users Group, we strongly support the use and promotion of Linux. However, that does not mean it is for everyone, or for every purpose. Some of the reasons to use Linux are discussed on that link, along with some situations where Linux may not be the best choice.

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Board

As of the April 2023 AGM, this is no longer a corporation and these items are retained for historic value only.

Meeting Presentations & Tutorial Material

Advocacy Projects

Technical Projects and Notes

Tux System Administration

OLD

OCLUG Meeting History

This is a conversion of the pages from the old site. There may be a few oddities in the pages, a few of which look like messed up URLs. These will get cleaned up over time, however as the links all seem to work, they are lower priority.

Jobs and Seekers

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