Meetings & Location

Due to lock down issues related to Covid our meetings were moved to all virtual. We may switch back at some point in time, but physical meeting space is hard to come by in Rockford. We meet the second Thursday of each month through Jitsi Meet and the meetings last from 6:00 – 10:00pm.

2025 RRLug Virtual Meeting Schedule

~~January 09 2025 Meeting Cancelled~~
~~February 13 2025~~
~~March 13 2025~~
~~April 10 2025~~
May 08 2025 <<<< ( Next Virtual Meeting )
June 12 2025
July 10 2025
August 14 2025
September 11 2025
October 09 2025
November 13 2025
December 11 2025

Future Presentation Topics

( Crossed off topics were given in the month listed )

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, XFS etc.
which filesystem is right for your application. ZFS, Ext4, BTRFS, XFS, etc.
Gaming on Linux
Open Source
AAA Games – Steam, etc.
~~GitOps for Fun and Profit– February 2022~~
~~The basic mechanics of GitOps in a Kubernetes context.~~
Home server hosting
how to get away from the cloud
alternatives to Google, O365, etc.SBC based server solutions
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 – August 2021~~
~~Using WSL2 on Windows~~

Attend The Virtual Meeting

The Jitsi Meeting meeting 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 our Old Meeting Location at Rasmussen College

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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