The Annapolis Linux Users Group is a not-for-profit organization that provides
support and education for Linux users, particularly those who are inexperienced.
We use a mailing list to disseminate meeting information. As of March 2020, we
have been meeting virtually via
Jitsi Meet, which works with
any web-based client on Linux. Please double-check the meeting code before each
meeting — the latest codes are posted in the
Lugstuff Archives.
About 10 people showed up for this meeting and we had 2 women, which was a rarity. Topics Discussed: Apple Windows Spoofs Mellisa mentioned that a user on YouTube called TrueNuff had a bunch of interesting spoofs on mac’s and pc ads. Totem with ugly [windows codecs] plug ins for watching DVDs Dave said that…
1. Trouble shooting X. 2. Central Repositories for code. 3. Managing startup scripts through Yast 4. Compiliers 5. Dos2Unix 1. Someone had a problem with X on a laptop with SUSE running. Some basic trouble shooting methods for getting X working were discussed. One ideas was to load Knoppix to see if the the latest…
About 8 people showed up for the meeting. We had two new users. Demitri a pen tester showed up. Also, Brad, who works at home for a firm in Chicago came. We had an open and lively discussion about a number of different topics. topics discussed: a) vm servers and the cloud b) init.d and…
This is a list of known companies that hire Linux people. Yes, A number of companies in the Annapolis area hire Linux people. ARINC Defence Contractor and Airline Service Company. Use: C++, C, Oracle, Perl, Python and Zope. USi The world’s largest ASP. Use Linux in some capacity, but mostly uses Solaris and FreeBSD. Covesoft…
About 8 people showed up. During the evening we talked about a wide variety of topics. We discussed Ruby, Cable vs DSL, using tarpits, passive cooling machines, over clocking, fiber to the home, Bittorrent, Spam, google spreadsheets, and online quick books. Some of the off topic subjects we discussed were rubber duckies, the movie about…
