Meetings & Location

Due to lock down issues related to Covid for the near-term our meeting have become all virtual. We may switch back at some point in time as things reopen, but we are covered now. Our meetings occur the second Thursday of each month through Google Meet and run from 6:00 – 10:00pm.

2021 RRLug Virtual Meeting Schedule

~~January 14 2021~~
~~February 11 2021~~
~~March 11 2021~~
~~April 08 2021~~
~~May 13 2021~~
~~June 10 2021~~
~~July 08 2021~~
~~August 12 2021~~
September 09 2021 <<<<< Next Virtual Meeting
October 14 2021
November 11 2021
December 09 2021

Future Presentation Topics

Automating system deployment and management
Tips and Tricks
Cool Pi/SBC projects
Development toolchains
compilers / linkers, etc
embedded tools
Favorite utilities – tools
have everyone contribute a project that they rely on for their work.
Filesystem deep dive
ZFS, Ext4, BTRFS, etc.
which filesystem is right for your application. ZFS, Ext4, BTRFS, etc.
Gaming on Linux
Open Source
AAA Games – Steam, etc.
Home server hosting
how to get away from the cloud
alternatives to Google, O365, etc.
Linux Design Tools
CAD
Linux Distribution reviews?
Pick a disto that we all install and review at a next meeting?
Linux friendly gadgets
Linux Media production
Audio/Video editing
Music production – multitrack recording,
Linux Troubleshooting
ML and AI applications on Linux
Open source infrastructure
firewalls
virtualization
containers
load balancing, etc.
Retro emulation on Linux
Old games systems
mini computers, etc.
Techniques for managing Linux
Linux systems at scale
Linux system admin and server setup and deployment
Linux security hardening
Active Directory integration
WSL2 – James Shaw August meeting
Using WSL2 on Windows

Attend The Virtual Meeting

The Google Meet information is provide in two flavors. First will be on our website in the form of a meeting notice. Second it will be sent out to our LUG email list. You can subscribe to that by clicking on the link below. The list is pretty low traffic so you shouldn’t be spammed in any way.

Subscribe to the LUG list: RRLug+subscribe@groups.io

Directions to Rasmussen

Rasmussen College

6000 East State Street (Chase Bank Building)

Fourth Floor

Rockford, Illinois

Note: Corner of State Street and Mulford. Click the Directions link below for specific driving instructions.

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