The New York GNU/Linux Meetup Group

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Noobs

Posted by: Brandon on Aug 29, 2009

Can one of the meetups be geared towards Linux beginners? Can the experts tell us about pit falls that we should look out for? Etc.

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Lucid Lynx Release Party!

Posted by: Ion on Mar 5, 2010

Thursday, April 29th, Ubuntu 10.4 Lucid Lynx will be released, the first long term support Ubuntu release in 2 years.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidReleaseSchedule
We could get together, have a slide show of new features, maybe get a local developer to speak, do some installs. Oh, and bagels!

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intro to linux, unix, fedora, suse, free bsd

Posted by: ray on Mar 5, 2010

a brief intro into the different flavors of unix. the differences, shortcomings, of each.
which is ideal for running a server and which is the most secure and which has the best technical support documentation online. also what favorite sites for learning linux. prepare handouts with easy step by step guides that anybody can follow and memorize. then next meeting we can go into shell scripting. etc. administrating users on a server (unix).

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Alternative Software Campaign (A.S.C.)

Posted by: joed lopez on Mar 5, 2010

Proposal: Seek out those with scarce financial resources and share the benefits that come from various linux distributions. Those targeted include but not limited to non-profit organizations, charter/private schools, and college students with dated computers.

This allows noobs and experienced users alike to take part in the process. Less experienced users could begin the initial install with experienced users finalizing any necessary configurations needed.

To keep it simple (since it would be voluntary and time may be an issue) it can begin with a small non-profit or school. The main goal is to help provide dependable software for basic office productivity and web browsing needs. We would have to stay away from going overboard with adding too much to the project since the goal would be to "set it and forget it" so as to avoid being tied down to one group or organization and maximize those who we encounter.

JL

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Grand Central Dispatch on Linux

Posted by: Robert LaMarca on Sep 12, 2009

Okay, this is for advanced people, but there must be some in this group. Anyone want to try porting Grand Central Dispatch to Linux? Why just this morning I am reading that Apple has offered the source as .. open.. was glad to be sitting down.

I have Ubuntu, but I know we also have some Fedora people in here.. I imagine the experience either way would be very useful.

Takers?

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Professor Eben Moglen Speaks at Cardozo

Posted by: Michael on Oct 26, 2009

Professor Eben Moglen, General Counsel to the Free Software Foundation and Founding Director of the Software Freedom Law Center in New York City will be speaking on the upcoming Bilski case being heard in the Supreme Court of the United States. The outcome of Bilski will likely determine the reach of the patent system and the patentability of computer software and methods of doing business. Professor Moglen has been instrumental in the advancing the free software movement and destroying the status-quo in intellectual property law. Professor Moglen is currently teaching at Columbia Law School and has clerked for the Thurgood Marshall on the Supreme Court.

The Event will be held at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law on the corner of 5th ave and 12th street in New York City on Monday, November 2nd at 12PM. The event is free and open to the public and we warmly appreciate the New York City free software community to join.

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