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Welcome to the home of the Michigan!/usr/group

We are the oldest Unix(tm) based user group in the Detroit area. We've been around since 1986. But, that doesn't mean that we are old farts. (well, some of us are). We've got lots of members, and we cover all kinds of Unix and Linux related topics at our monthly meetings.

Next Meeting:

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

For the August meeting, we've got several great topics that we'll be covering.

Get the meeting announcement in Open Office format and PFD format

Unix command line

In this months Unix Command Line session, Craig Maloney will be showing the head and tail utilities. We've found that if we allow 10 to 15 minutes to discuss a Unix/Linux command, it turns into an amazing conversation where everybody learns something new about the command, even if they've been using it for years.

NAS - rsync, nfs, smbfs

Duane Brown recently bought a NAS (Network Attached Storage) unit for his home network. He has configured it to back-up his home Linux and Windows computers using rsync and NFS. He'll show how he set it up and he'll discuss alternative methods, including smbfs.

LSB announcement

There's been some talk about the LSB (Linux Standard Base). We'll have a discussion about what this means and we'll compare this with other ideas, such as Free software release coordination as proposed by Mark Shuttleworth. Should be an interesting discussion.

Freegeek

Jim McQuillan was in Portland, Oregon a few weeks ago for the LTSP hackfest. The event was held at the Freegeek headquarters. Jim will spend a few minutes discussing the highlights of the Hackfest and then show a short video about the Freegeek organization. If you are interested in seeing how computers can be recycled, you won't want to miss this meeting.

Book giveaway

We've got 2 brand new books to give away this month. Current members have a chance to win a copy of "The Official Ubuntu Book" (including a dvd with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS) or Sams Teach Yourself "PHP, MySQL, and Apache"

If you have topics for future meetings you would like us to cover please email the board, thanks.

Where:

The MUG meetings are held at:

Farmington Community Library - Main Branch
32737 W. 12 Mile Rd.
Farmington Hills, MI 48334-3302

Click here for a map of the area.

When:

the meetings are on the 2nd Tuesday of each month.

6:00pm	Doors open, registration
6:30pm	Meeting starts, Mug business
6:45pm	Main presentation
8:15pm	2nd Presentation
8:45pm	Meeting adjourns
9:00pm	Dinner at a local establishment

Previous Meetings

Here is a list of previous meetings

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