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      <<<<<  Next Virtual Meeting
• August 12 2021
• September 09 2021
• 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?
  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

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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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