Kalamazoo College Departments of Physics and Mathematics/Computer Science sponsored a discussion on computing, freedom and privacy led by world renown “Free Software” activist and a member of the Internet Hall of Fame Dr. Richard Stallman. http://internethalloffame.org/inductees/richard-stallman Dr. Stallman gave an articulate and passionate talk on GNU (GNU is Not Unix), GPL (General Public License), and More »
Kevin Quiggle gave a great presentation on his “Home Built” NAS server at our Jan. 24th Meeting. The system featured an AMD motherboard with 16 Gb of RAM, three sets of mirrored SATA hard drives, NAS4Free and the ZFS file system. For more details of this build goto: https://sites.google.com/site/ More »
The Kalamazoo Linux User Group was very pleased to welcome Kalamazoo’s native son, Matt Crampton, to our holiday party. Matt co-founded KLUG in 1998, and as a rising star in the Silicone Valley, he co-founded Gigwalk in 2010. He currently serves as Gigwalk’s CTO. Gigwalk is an innovative addition to the “Sharing Economy” where Gigwalkers More »
The group remoted into the ClearOS server that we are setting up for our network lab. Working from a terminal on a Linux laptop we used the SSH protocol and learned the how to login remotely. We then created group and user accounts using command line tools. We will be expanding the network in future More »
All things Pi and more mini computing innovations will be on display. You will be able to have a hands on experience with everything on display and we hope to have some special demonstrations and speakers here for a fun and informative event! In addition to the technology on display the Kalamazoo Linux Users Group More »
Scott Mischke has arranged for a presentation by the Director of Information Security at MPI Research, Randy Slain, on security risk assessment “best practices”, especially as a precursor to qualification in the pharmaceutical industry; common challenges they face with security. identifying vulnerabilities and conducting due diligence audits to mitigate risks. The presentation will begin at More »
Scot Henderson made another great presentation at our weekly KLUG meeting. The topic, FLOSS or Free Libre Open Source software was very interesting and informative. We learned the difference between Free and non-free software in the GNU/Linux world. Scot introduced us to vrms (virtual Richard M Stallman); https://scottlinux.com/2014/02/19/find-non-free-software-installed-on-your-debian-machine/ … an apt that will detect any More »
Scott #3 demonstrated is big drone and flying skills at our first meeting of the new year. He also demonstrated that he is as equally proficient at flying a mini drone that our group intends to print in the future using the 3D printer we are building. More »
Scott #3 demonstrated is big drone and flying skills at our first meeting of the new year. He also demonstrated that he is as equally proficient at flying a mini drone that our group intends to print in the future using the 3D printer we are building.
Kalamazoo Linux Users Group making our sixth computer donation of 2015 at The White Oaks Retirement Residence in Lawton MI.
Kalamazoo Linux Users Group is a 501(c)(3) non-profit with the mission to promote GNU/Linux and “Open Source” products and to share our knowledge and experiences using new technologies with each other and the public.
Scot Henderson demonstrated the 3D printer that he built at home at our Tuesday night meeting. We also welcomed six new folks to our meeting to learn about the Linux operating system and the Open Source community and we gave two Dell desktop computers (with Linux Puppy installed) away last night so they could become more familiar with Linux.
At the October 27th meeting of the Kalamazoo Linux Users Group we discussed and demonstrated the use of “Wine” – www.winehq.org – to run Windows programs on the Linux operating system.
We also discussed and approved a plan to fund a project to build a totally “Open Source” 3D printer as a group; A bill of materials and estimated cost of the project will be presented to the membership during the November 10th meeting.
The November 3rd meeting (first Tuesday of the month) will be devoted to supporting users hardware and software issues. Pizza and some refreshments will be served, so please RSVP at: http://kalamazoolinux.org/rsvp-calendar/?cm=11&cy=2015
Last night Scott Henderson did in impromptu presentation of GNU (a recursive acronym for “GNU’s Not Unix.”) and GPL (General Public License) and the four freedoms of open source software:
The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose.
The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs. Access to the source code is a precondition for this.
The freedom to redistribute copies so you can help your neighbor.
The freedom to improve the program, and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits.
Meetings every Tuesday - 6:00 - 9:00 P.M.
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