Week #9: Netboot and Diskless Systems

25 October 2024

04 October 2024

13 September 2024

Hi there! Our presentation for this week will be about text editors. Whether you use vim, emacs, or something else, come tomorrow to hear wrong opinions about your favorite text editor.

Event Details

Fri, Sep. 13, 2024
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2455

Week #2: Getting Started

06 September 2024

Hello everyone! This week’s presentation will be about how you can get started using Linux if you aren’t already. We will cover virtual machines and dual booting, and we will also be doing live demonstrations that you can follow along with.

Come join us at 4:30 PM tomorrow in Golisano-2455.

Event Details

Fri, Sep. 06, 2024
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2455

Week #1: Welcome back!

30 August 2024

Hello everyone, and welcome to the fall semester at RIT! This week’s meeting will be a chance for new and returning members to introduce themselves, and for eboard to quickly introduce the club and what we do.

Due to a scheduling conflict, we have been moved upstairs this semester. We will be meeting this Friday and all subsequent Fridays in Golisano room 2455 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM.

See you all there!

Event Details

Fri, Aug. 30, 2024
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2455

Week #14: Lightning Talks

26 April 2024

Hey everyone, this week is lighting talks! For anyone who doesn’t know, that means this week will be short (~5 minutes) presentations about anything. The only rules are have fun, be yourself, and follow all of the other rules. As usual, we will be meeting in Golisano 1445 this Friday at 4:30 PM.

Event Details

Fri, Apr. 26, 2024
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-1445

29 March 2024

Hey everyone, a few things this week! First things first, I will be giving a presentation on how to use git “the linux way” (using email lists, raw text patches, the whole nine yards!) As always, we will meet tomorrow from 4:30p-6:00p in GOL-1445.

Second, we are coming up on week 13, which is historically when we perform e-board elections. As such, with this announcement today, we are opening up signups for running. Positions are held for one full year (a fall AND a spring semester) To run, you must have been a RITlug member for 2 semesters, so as long as you have been coming to meetings since the fall semester and you are going into your second year, you are eligible to run. Also, for treasurer, you must be physically present on Henrietta’s campus during your tenure. You can run for the following positions (people running will be announced after signups close, in approximately two weeks).

President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer

Contact anyone on e-board to nominate yourself for a position by Friday, 4/12. People running for positions will be announced that night and speeches/elections will occur in the beginning of the following meeting, on 4/19.

Third, we are announcing when the next lightning talks session will be! For the uninitiated, lightning talks are 5-10 minute talks from anyone about anything (school appropriate). Want to talk about esoteric technology? Go ahead! Want to talk about some random thing you know a lot about, even if it isn’t strictly computer related? Let’s hear it! It’s a fun way to both talk about something you care about as well as build public speaking skills. If you are interested in giving a lightning talk, react to this message. It will be very helpful in letting us figure out how to split time between everyone, and it is by no means binding. Lightning talks will occur on 4/26, so there’s plenty of time to come up with ideas!

Thanks, and see everyone tomorrow!

Ryan

01 December 2023

Hey all!

Hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving break. This week we’ll have a talk from Kyri about pentesting Linux systems.

Also, the merch has arrived! We’ll be distributing it during this week’s meeting, if you can’t make it to this meeting or the next let us know.

As always, we’ll meet this Friday in GOL-1445 at 4:30 pm. See you there!

Event Details

Fri, Dec. 01, 2023
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-1445

03 March 2023

Hi RITluggers,

This week, in preparation for the upcoming career fair we will be having a RITlug alumni panel. Stop on by to talk to old friends about their experiences getting jobs, and working both on co-op and full time. This will be on Friday at 4:30-6:00pm in GOL-2455. Additionally, we will be having an online career panel this Saturday at 11am EST for those who can’t make it in person (feel free to come to both!).

Additionally, please fill out this form for what types of things you’d like our panelists to talk about: Panelist form link

Finally, if you’d be interested in buying merch later in the semester, please fill out our merch interest form: Merch form link. This isn’t a commitment, just letting us gauge approximately how many people would like merch, and what kinds of merch have demand.

See you all on Friday, Penguin Supreme

Event Details

Fri, Mar. 03, 2023
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2455

Week #6: Home Assistant

Hello LUGers! This week we will have noted RITLug alum Justin Flory visiting us to talk about his experiences within the open source world within corporations like UNICEF, along with contributing to the Fedora project. Feel free to join us in room GOL-2620 at 4:30PM to come meet him and ask any questions about his experiences!

Event Details

Fri, Apr. 22, 2022
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Medium DB Lab)

Week #6: Docker

18 February 2022

Hi folks,

This week, Enzo will be giving an introduction to Docker - what it is, how to use it, and some examples use cases for containers.

If you’ve never used Docker, or are just looking for new ways to, come stop by!

Event Details

Fri, Feb. 18, 2022
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Medium DB Lab)

Week #5: Federated Social Media

11 February 2022

Hello LUGers,

Now that we’ve dug ourselves out of the snow it’s time for LUG again! This week Bit will be talking to us about federated social media platforms (no more Twitter for us). Hope to see you all there!

Event Details

Fri, Feb. 11, 2022
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Medium DB Lab)

Week #3: Alternative OSes

28 January 2022

Hello LUGers!

Welcome to Week 3! Today Bit will be doing a talk exploring esoteric or alternative OS structure and some interesting ways of rethinking common computing tropes.

We’re still looking for your talks! You can share anything that you find interesting related to what we do. Just fill in the form at http://present.ritlug.com/ and tell us what you’d like to share.

You can also suggest talks that you’d like to hear more about here: http://suggest.ritlug.com/

Event Details

Fri, Jan. 28, 2022
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Medium DB Lab)

Week #2: Automating with Ansible

21 January 2022

Hello LUGers!

Welcome to Week 2! Today we’ll be doing a 101 on Ansible, an awesome automation tool that you can use to deploy anything.

29 October 2021

Hello LUGers, as we announced earlier, we are doing lightning talks this week! We will be doing a series of short 5-10 minute talks on anything Linux, FOSS, or tech related. Or anything else you think would be of interest to the club. You don’t need to prepare slides or anything, just come up and talk! You could show us your Linux setup, show off a CLI cool tool you use, show off a project you’ve worked on, or even give us your spiciest tech hot takes.

An additional announcement, HFOSS is being offered this coming spring semester. More info below.

GCCIS now has an Immersion in Free Culture and Free and Open Source Computing (https://www.rit.edu/study/free-culture-and-free-and-open-source-computing-immersion) and one of the required courses, IGME-582, Humanitarian Free & Open Source Software Development is offered next semester, M, W, F from 12:00-12:50.

The course is also required for the Free and Open Source Software and Free Culture Minor (https://www.rit.edu/study/free-and-open-source-software-and-free-culture-minor).

It’s also a gen ed course, for students who may need one in their worksheet if they have an interest in the subject but not the immersion or minor.

Students can see a copy of last year’s syllabus (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NklzMMRhidi6xXSM-QahRMDDOekRmnC1iwykMtqHC7M/edit?usp=sharing), this year’s course will be similar in structure, the speakers and some of the assignments may vary slightly.

The course is open to students in all majors, the assignments run across the roles of software projects and the assignments to contribute to projects can include, but not be limited to, graphics, communications, interfaces and more, in addition to software development.

Event Details

Fri, Oct. 29, 2021
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Medium DB Lab)

Week #8: Asynchronous I/O in Linux

15 October 2021

Hello LUGers! This week Ben will be giving a talk on Asynchronous I/O in Linux and how it’s needed for high performance networking. This talk will go over the basics of systems programming and the kernel interfaces used. The talk will mostly be on the whiteboard so you may want to sit closer to the front this week. Hope to see you all there!

Event Details

Fri, Oct. 15, 2021
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Medium DB Lab)

Week #7: Open@RIT Research

08 October 2021

Hello LUGers, this week Olivia Gallucci will be giving a presentation on work she did with Open@RIT that she describes as follows:

The presentation is on research for Open@RIT I did last semester. The goal of my research was to (1) document the history of open source projects and their outcomes, (2) show how faculty and students can build off of past research using the current work in Zotero (3) instruct students and faculty about how to make their projects open source, and how they can get help from Open@RIT.

As a computing security student, I focus on open security, and how students can request help and or funding for projects through Open@RIT.

Hello RITLUGers! Welcome to week three! This week we’ll be doing a talk on mobile & wearable Linux. Come on by to learn more about custom Android ROMs, the /e/ project, various devices by Pine64, and more! See you at our usual time and place: GOL-2620, at 4:30.

Just a reminder, we’ve created some forms for y’all to submit your ideas. If you have a suggestion for a talk you’d like to see, please go to suggest.ritlug.com and tell us about it. If you’d like to do a talk yourself, please go to present.ritlug.com and submit you idea so we can get you slotted in.

See you all on Friday!

Event Details

Fri, Sep. 10, 2021
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Medium DB Lab)

Week #2: CLI & SSH Basics

03 September 2021

Hello RITLUGers! It’s now week two and we have our first real talk of the year for you. We will be going over command line and SSH basics. Everything you should need to use the CS servers with ease. We will be meeting in our usual spot: GOL-2620, at our usual time: 4:30.

Additionally, we’ve created some forms for y’all to submit your ideas. If you have a suggestion for a talk you’d like to see, please go to suggest.ritlug.com and tell us about it. If you’d like to do a talk yourself, please go to present.ritlug.com and submit you idea so we can get you slotted in.

I hope to see you all on Friday!

Event Details

Fri, Sep. 03, 2021
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Medium DB Lab)

Week #1: Welcome!

27 August 2021

Hello RITLUGers new and old. Welcome to week 1! This Friday we will hold our first meeting of the semester in GOL-2620.

As this is our fist in person meeting in over a year, we’re going to kick things off with a more laid back, “getting to know everyone” style meeting. We want to hear from you, what do you want out of your Linux User Group this year? Presentations? Projects? Bring your ideas if you have them!

Event Details

Fri, Aug. 27, 2021
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Medium DB Lab)

Week #14: Final Meeting

20 November 2020

Hey RITluggers,

This week will be our last meeting of the semester. With finals right around the corner, we are taking this week easy: we plan on playing Among Us.

This Fall is my last semester at RIT, and I just wanted to mention how much I will miss RITlug after I graduate. RITlug has been a fantastic community of open-minded individuals looking to use Linux and improve open source at large. However, I’m not gone for good; I’ll still be on the mailing list and lurking in the discord and IRC, so feel free to ping me with any questions and general shenanigans.

Hope to see you all this week,

Jeffery Russell (@jrtechs)
Local Linux Llama
Elf On the Shelf
End of Semester Eulogizer

What is RITlug?

RITlug is a student-led organization to promote and teach students about Linux & open source. We work on projects and discuss interesting topics in the Linux & open source communities. The best way to communicate is in the Discord #general channel

Event Details

Fri, Nov. 20, 2020
04:30pm - 06:00pm
Discord

16 October 2020

Hey RITluggers,

Have no idea where to start with the Linux command line? Are you an absolute beginner in need of some advice on where to get started? This week we have a talk on the absolute basics of the Linux command line, from navigating directories to command structures!

I hope you are all doing well this strange semester. It is already week 9?!!

Jeffery Russell (@jrtechs)
Eboard Member
Local Penguin
Elf On the Shelf

What is RITlug?

RITlug is a student-led organization to promote and teach students about Linux & open source. We work on projects and discuss interesting topics in the Linux & open source communities. The best way to communicate is in the Discord #general channel

Event Details

Fri, Oct. 16, 2020
04:30pm - 06:00pm
Discord

Week #8: Obscure & Esoteric Linux

09 October 2020

Hello Penguins,

I hope everybody is doing well, and you are all enjoying Hacktoberfest. Keeping with the Open Source theme of the month and season, this week’s talk will be about obscure and esoteric Linux distributions. Get ready to learn about some really cool, and maybe weird, distros!

If you are interested in working on the club’s new project, RITlug’s open source Discord bot written in Go, make sure you register when you are able to attend our weekly dev meetings.

See you there,

RITlug Eboard

Event Details

Fri, Oct. 09, 2020
04:30pm - 06:00pm
Discord

Week #7: Intro to Git

Week #3: Networking

04 September 2020

Hey RITlug!

For this week’s meeting, we will have a recent RIT graduate, Nathaniel Larrimore, who will be giving a presentation on Linux networking! Nathaniel graduated from RIT this past spring from the Networking and Systems Administration program, and is also a prior RITlug eboard member! He currently works at Arista Networks as a Technical Solutions Engineer.

For this talk, Nathaniel will be giving an overview of his personal infrastructure, general networking basics, as well as giving plenty of Linux networking tips.

See you there!

Tim Zabel, RITlug VP

What is RITlug?

RITlug is a student-led organization to promote and teach students about Linux & open source. We work on projects and discuss interesting topics in the Linux & open source communities. The best way to communicate is in the Discord #general channel

Event Details

Fri, Sep. 04, 2020
04:30pm - 06:00pm
Discord

Week #2: Weekly Meeting

25 August 2020

Attention All Penguins,

I hope you are all doing alright, and the new semester has found you well so far. But even with the semester starting up, and everything going on in the world right now, we hope you are all still finding time to Penguin about on your favorite distro of choice.

Week #1: Welcome Back!!!

19 August 2020

Hello RITlug,

Welcome back to RIT! We are glad to have you all back again this semester, even if you are not necessarily on campus. This semester we are going to be doing things a bit differently. Meetings will still be held Fridays from 4:30-6:00pm, however they will be conducted on our new Discord Server. You can still reach out on the Slack channel, however this semester we will be primarily moving over to Discord.

Week #15: Final Email

07 May 2020

Hey, all you cool cats and kittens,

This is the final email from RITlug this semester. I, for one, will miss composing these slightly memey emails and sending them off to all you lovely people. With that said, we got a few final announcements for the semester.

Week #11?... 12?: What even is time?

02 April 2020

Howdy RITluggers!

It has been quite the chaotic past few weeks; I hope that this email finds you all in good health and spirit.

As you all probably have assumed, RITlug will no longer have any meetings for the rest of the semester. However, that does not conclude our semester. If you still want to engage in the open-source community at RIT, you can join FOSS hours on Jitsi from 5-6 PM on Thursdays. Additionally, we are always looking for more people to join our open-source projects. Please enter the #projects channel on slack and check out some open issues on our Github.

We are opening the nomination process for our Eboard next year. If you are interested in helping run the club in any way, please fill out this campus group survey. Don’t feel intimidated or hesitant about joining Eboard; we are looking for people that we can mentor and teach– we are not just going to throw you into the metaphorical fire.

I would like to personally invite/encourage everyone to join our discourse on slack and other mediums like weekly FOSS hours on Jitsi. These can be stressful times with social distancing, but I want to remind everyone that you have a family that you can talk to at RITlug.

Stay safe,

Jeffery Russell (@jrtechs)
RITlugger
Local memester
Man with too many titles

Event Details

Thu, Apr. 02, 2020
05:00pm - 06:00pm
Jitsi

Week #8: Data Privacy

06 March 2020

Howdy RITluggers!

This week Sergio Zygmunt will be visiting us to give a talk on privacy and security. If you are interested in learning about how companies track and use your information this is a great talk to catch.

We are in the process of booting up a project for Imagine RIT where we are implementing the IP stack over semaphore flags. If that sounds interesting to you, talk to an eboard member during the meeting or drop in the #semaphore channel on slack.

If you are interested in some RITlug swag, please fill out this interest survey.

Hope to see you all this week,

Jeffery Russell (@jrtechs)

What is RITlug?

RITlug is a student-led organization to promote and teach students about Linux & open source. We work on projects and discuss interesting topics in the Linux & open source communities. The best way to communicate is in the Slack #general channel, although for general open source discussion there’s more activity in the #foss channel.

Event Details

Fri, Mar. 06, 2020
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Week #7: Fedora Community Lead

28 February 2020

Hey RITlug!

This week is a special meeting. The Fedora Community Action & Impact Coordinator (FCAIC), Marie Nordin, will be coming to give a talk to RITlug this Friday. Marie is an active member of the Fedora Design and Fedora Badges teams. One of her most recent contributions is the Fedora 31 wallpaper in conjunction with Máirín Duffy.

Now as a new member of Red Hat, Marie’s main job as the FCAIC is to help support and grow the Fedora community. Marie will be going over her background, what it’s like to be the FCAIC, what it means to contribute to Fedora without programming, and other insights working in a community management role.

Hope to see you there!

Tim Zabel (Tjzabel)

What is RITlug?

RITlug is a student-led organization to promote and teach students about Linux & open source. We work on projects and discuss interesting topics in the Linux & open source communities. The best way to communicate is in the Slack #general channel, although for general open source discussion there’s more activity in the #foss channel.

Event Details

Fri, Feb. 28, 2020
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Week #6: Linux Gaming

21 February 2020

Hey RITluggers!

This week Dev is giving a talk on the exciting developments in Linux gaming.

Since 2013, things have only gotten exponentially better for gaming on Linux. So what does Linux gaming look like now, and what developments are on the horizon? Come to this week’s meeting to become an Ebic LINUX Gaimer!

Jeffery Russell (@jrtechs)

What is RITlug?

RITlug is a student-led organization to promote and teach students about Linux & open source. We work on projects and discuss interesting topics in the Linux & open source communities. The best way to communicate is in the Slack #general channel, although for general open source discussion there’s more activity in the #foss channel.

Event Details

Fri, Feb. 21, 2020
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Week #5: Lightning Talks

14 February 2020

Hey RITlug!

This week’s meeting is focused around lightning talks. If there’s a topic you’re passionate about, and want to give a quick 5 minute talk all about it, this is the meeting for you!

Eboard deputies have been finalized. Please welcome Michael Vaughan to the RITlug eboard as a deputy!

We are also now slowly starting the process of preparing for Imagine RIT. If you think of any projects you would like to demo alongside RITlug over the next month, let us know!

Hope to see you all this week!

Tim Zabel (Tjzabel)

What is RITlug?

RITlug is a student-led organization to promote and teach students about Linux & open source. We work on projects and discuss interesting topics in the Linux & open source communities. The best way to communicate is in the Slack #general channel, although for general open source discussion there’s more activity in the #foss channel.

Event Details

Fri, Feb. 14, 2020
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Week #4: BrickHack Pregame

07 February 2020

Hey RITlug!

This week’s meeting is a pregame for BrickHack this weekend! We will be doing a quick rundown of our projects, and will be doing preparation for the weekend. If you would like to work on some projects, or want to introduce some of your own, this is the time to do it.

We are also now slowly starting the process of preparing for Imagine RIT! If you think of any projects you would like to demo alongside RITlug over the next month, let us know!

Hope to see you all this week!

Tim Zabel (Tjzabel)

What is RITlug?

RITlug is a student-led organization to promote and teach students about Linux & open source. We work on projects and discuss interesting topics in the Linux & open source communities. The best way to communicate is in the Slack #general channel, although for general open source discussion there’s more activity in the #foss channel.

Event Details

Fri, Feb. 07, 2020
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Week #3: Linux Desktop Environments

31 January 2020

Hey RITluggers,

This week Jeffery and Tim will be going over everything you need to know about Linux Window Managers and Desktop Environments. With so many different options out there, what makes each DE special, and where do window managers play a role? Come to this week’s meeting to find out!

We are still looking for one more student to join our eboard as a deputy! This is a low responsibility eboard role aimed at training people and transitioning them into full eboard positions starting next school year. If you are interested, please talk to Jeffery during a meeting or on slack within the next couple weeks. We will announce eboard deputies shortly.

Hope to see you all this week!

Tim Zabel (Tjzabel)

What is RITlug?

RITlug is a student-led organization to promote and teach students about Linux & open source. We work on projects and discuss interesting topics in the Linux & open source communities. The best way to communicate is in the Slack #general channel, although for general open source discussion there’s more activity in the #foss channel.

Event Details

Fri, Jan. 31, 2020
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Week #2: Dead Distros

24 January 2020

Hey RITluggers,

This week Henry is giving a talk on dead and esoteric Linux distributions. Get ready to learn about everything that you are missing out on in your “normal” Linux distro.

This semester we are looking for two students to join eboard as deputies. This is a low responsibility eboard role aimed at training people and transitioning them into full eboard positions next semester. If you are interested, please talk to me (Jeffery) during a meeting or on slack within the next two weeks. We will announce eboard deputies on January 31st.

Hope to see you all this week!

Jeffery Russell (jrtechs)

What is RITlug?

RITlug is a student-led organization to promote and teach students about Linux & open source. We work on projects and discuss interesting topics in the Linux & open source communities. The best way to communicate is in the Slack #general channel, although for general open source discussion there’s more activity in the #foss channel.

Event Details

Fri, Jan. 24, 2020
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Week #1: Back to RITlug!

17 January 2020

Whether you are new to RITlug, or a returning member, I hope you’re as excited as we are for this semester!

This year we will be starting with an informal meeting this Friday(1-17). We will talk about what is RITlug and go over our master plan for the semester. If you are looking to engage in club projects or listen to me tell the tale about how I broke my Fedora system over break, this is a great meeting.

This semester we are looking for two students to join eboard as deputies. This is a low responsibility eboard role aimed at training people and transitioning them into full eboard positions next semester. If you are interested, please talk to me (Jeffery) during a meeting or on slack within the next two weeks. We will announce eboard deputies on January 31st.

Hope to see you all this week!

Jeffery Russell (jrtechs)

What is RITlug?

RITlug is a student-led organization to promote and teach students about Linux & open source. We work on projects and discuss interesting topics in the Linux & open source communities. The best way to communicate is in the Slack #general channel, although for general open source discussion there’s more activity in the #foss channel.

Event Details

Fri, Jan. 17, 2020
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Final Meeting

06 December 2019

Hey RITluggers,

This week Friday will be the last RITlug meeting of the semester which marks the transition into finals week – are you excited! We will be having a few lightning talks, playing games, and doing general Linux shenanigans so be sure to swing on by to de-stress before finals.

We are currently in the process of planning for next semester so, if everyone could give us feedback on this google fourm that would be absolutely amazing.

The T-shirts have arrived! If you ordered a t-shirt, please pick it up at either this week’s meeting or FOSS hours. If neither of those times works with you, message me on slack or email and you can pick it up from me sometime during finals week.

Looking forward to seeing you all at this weeks meeting,

Jeffery Russell (@JrTechs) Fellow RITlugger, elf on the shelf, and your reindeer to guide the sleigh

Upcoming Events:

Winter break!!
FOSS Hours: Thursdays 5:00-7:00pm Magic Center 3190

Event Details

Fri, Dec. 06, 2019
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Open Source in the Federal Government

22 November 2019

Hey RITluggers,

This week we have Solomon Rubin, an RIT alum, and former RITlug President! In this talk, former-Mitre Solomon Rubin offers a brief look into how the federal government tackles these challenges on a daily basis including how it’s evolving: how it contributes to and develops open-source, how it utilizes Innersource within and across individual agencies, and of course, how Gitlab sits at the middle of all of this.

In other news, on November 21st (tonight!), we are doing a get-together at Bar Louie with the larger FOSS community at RIT. We plan to arrive at the restaurant around 5:30 PM, we will be carpooling over from the Magic Center around 5:15. Please fill out this form so we can book a spot at the restaurant and know how many people need a ride.

T-shirts have been ordered! Thanks to everyone who put in an order for a RITlug t-shirt. They are planning to arrive early December. We will go more in detail on how we are going to distribute the T-shirts once their arrival date gets closer. Stay tuned!

If you are interested in helping RITlug present at the Rochester Makerfaire on November 23rd (this Saturday!), please contact me or Jeffery ASAP. This year we will be exhibiting Tiger OS, Tux Racer on a Pi 4, Magic Mirrors, and musical floppy drives. We can provide transportation – and food!

See you all at this week’s meeting!

Tim Zabel (Tjzabel)

Upcoming Events:

FOSS Family Dinner at Bar Louie: November 21st
Rochester Maker Faire: November 23rd
FOSS Hours: Thursdays 5:00-7:00pm Magic Center 3190

Event Details

Fri, Nov. 22, 2019
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Kernel Tracing

15 November 2019

Hey RITluggers,

This week we have Anthony Critelli visiting our club to give a special presentation on kernel tracing. Anthony Critelli is a Linux systems engineer with interests in automation, containerization, tracing, and performance. He started his professional career as a network engineer and eventually made the switch to the Linux systems side of IT. He holds a B.S. and an M.S. from RIT. If you have no clue what kernel tracing is (like me), or you want to learn all the Linux kungfu, this is a can’t-miss meeting.

On November 21st, we are doing a get-together at Bar Louie with the larger FOSS community at RIT. We plan to arrive at the restaurant around 5:30 PM, we will be carpooling over from the Magic Center around 5:15. Please fill out this form so we can book a spot at the restaurant and know how many people need a ride.

T-shirt sales are live! If you are interested in a t-shirt, please follow this link to purchase a t-shirt online. Even if you completed the google t-shirt interest survey, you have to purchase the shirt through this page. We will close the store on Sunday (11-17-19) so we can place the order and have the T-shirts after thanksgiving break.

If you are interested in helping RITlug present at the Rochester Makerfaire on November 23rd, please contact me ASAP– preferable at this week’s meeting or on slack. We are looking for 2-3 people to help us present club projects to the general public at this faire. This year we will be exhibiting Tiger OS, Tux Racer on a Pi 4, Magic Mirrors, and musical floppy drives. We can provide transportation – and food!

Looking forward to seeing you all at this weeks meeting,

Jeffery Russell (@JrTechs) Fellow RITlugger, best friend, and your reindeer to guide the sleigh

Upcoming Events:

FOSS Family Dinner at Bar Louie: November 21st
Rochester Maker Faire: November 23rd
FOSS Hours: Thursdays 5:00-7:00pm Magic Center 3190

Event Details

Fri, Nov. 15, 2019
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Bash Scripting

08 November 2019

Hey RITlug!

This week’s meeting is all about bash. For those of you who are interested in learning more about bash, and bash scripting, this is the talk for you! We are going to go a little more in-depth in the history, common use-cases, and how to transition your frequently used terminal commands into a bash script. I will also be giving out some honorable mentions to bash alternatives for writing all of your script goodness.

With that out of the way, RITlug is finalizing our T-shirt orders! For those of you who wish to order a RITlug T-shirt and haven’t yet done so, you have until this Monday, November 11th, to fill out this form. The form has been updated to include an image of the T-shirt design, and each shirt costs $20. We will start collecting payment starting Monday, and will be submitting our order by next Friday at the latest.

See you tomorrow!

Tim Zabel (Tjzabel)

Upcoming Events:

Rochester Maker Faire: November 23rd
FOSS Hours: Thursdays 5:00-7:00pm MAGIC Center 3190

Event Details

Fri, Nov. 08, 2019
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Gaming on Linux

01 November 2019

Hey RitLuggers,

This friday, our feature presentation we will be about gaming on linux. We will be going in depth into the linux gaming scene, what games you can play on linux, as well as tools and applications you can use to play games on your distro of choice! If you’re interested in gaming, come learn about how you can make your linux box your new gaming rig.

We will be ordering t-shirts within the next few weeks. If you are interested in buying a RITlug t-shirt, fill out this form. The T-shirts will cost $20.

GCCIS is hosting a Halloween costume today (10/31/2019). RITlug will have a table there where we will be advertising our club, so feel free to swing by our table and check out some of the other cool GCCIS clubs. Rumor has it that the winner of this year’s costume competition will be getting a Raspberry Pi, so be sure to come with your best costumes.

I hope to see you all at this week’s meeting!

Henry Keena (@htk4363)

Upcoming Events:

Rochester Maker Faire: November 23rd
FOSS Hours: Thursdays 5:00-7:00pm MAGIC Center 3190

Event Details

Fri, Nov. 01, 2019
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Pi Fest

25 October 2019

Hey Ritluggers,

This week we will be exploring all the wonderful things you can do with Raspberry Pis. We will go over some Pi 101 things and then dive into demoing some of our favorite Raspberry pi projects. If anyone in the club has a Raspberry Pi, feel free to bring it with you to the club this Friday.

Tomorrow (Thursday) there will be a “pizza social” during FOSS hours where there will be a meet-and-greet with other FOSS students, faculty, and alums. Everyone is welcome to come: FOSS hours are held weekly on Thursdays from 5-7 PM in Magic Center 3190. This weekend, FOSS@Magic is hosting The Future Is Open conference which is the first-ever open-source conference at RIT. RITlug will be helping host three events/talks, there will be more free pizza, and there are dozens of guest speakers coming. This event is all day Saturday (10 AM-5 PM) in the MAGIC center – we got the entire building reserved for this event! RSVP to the event using this link.

We will be ordering t-shirts within the next few weeks. If you are interested in buying a RITlug t-shirt, fill out this form. The T-shirts will be $20.

GCCIS is hosting a Halloween costume next week. RITlug will have a table there where we will be advertising our club, so feel free to swing by our table and check out some of the other cool GCCIS clubs. Rumor has it that the winner of this year’s costume competition will be getting a Raspberry Pi, so be sure to come with your best costumes.

I hope to see you all at this week’s meeting!

Jeffery Russell (@jrtechs)

Upcoming Events:

The Future Is Open: October 26th
Rochester Maker Faire: November 23rd
FOSS Hours: Thursdays 5:00-7:00pm MAGIC Center 3190

Event Details

Fri, Oct. 25, 2019
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Hacktoberfest

18 October 2019

Hey Ritluggers,

I hope you enjoyed your October break, and you’re ready to tackle the rest of the semester.

Hacktoberfest is upon us! Participate in some open source projects this month, and get a free shirt! This week we will have a casual project workshop where we will help each other get involved in open source projects. If you have no clue where to get started or are looking for a project to work on, this meeting is a great way to find those projects.

Hope to see you all there!

Jeffery Russell (@jrtechs)

Upcoming Events:

The Future Is Open: October 26th
Rochester Maker Faire: November 23rd
FOSS Hours: Thursdays 5:00-7:00pm Magic Center 3190

Event Details

Fri, Oct. 18, 2019
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Week #7: FOSS History

11 October 2019

Hey Ritluggers,

This week we have a guest speaker giving a talk on the history of FOSS.

D. Joe Anderson (deejoe, deej0e, dzho etc) is currently a homemaker. One of the original members of Interlock Rochester, Rochester’s first hackerspace, Joe has been teaching the Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software Development course (aka, HFOSS¹) since Fall 2015. Nearly as old as Unix, Joe began computing in the 8-bit micro era, when that was still a fringe personal pursuit, and just as the tenets of free software were being formulated. Of course, he knew nothing of this at the time. A student of many disciplines, educated in chemistry and math, he was continuing work in applied scientific computing just over the hill from Silicon Valley right around the time “open source” was first repurposed to sell free software to venture capitalists. He and Linus Torvalds drank in some of the same establishments, just never at the same time.

With any luck, his talk will give some hint as to how the histories of computing and so-called “intellectual property” law collided to form the free and open-source software movements.

¹ — IGME-582, add it to your Spring 2020 shopping cart!

Hope to see you all there!

Jeffery Russell (@jrtechs)

Event Details

Fri, Oct. 11, 2019
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Week #6: Intro to Git

04 October 2019

Hey RITlug!

Just in time for Hacktoberfest, this week’s meeting is all about Git. We are going to be starting with an introduction to version control systems, and how to use them for your benefit.

This presentation will also consist of a small workshop, where the prize is gaining access to the GitHub RITlug organization!

Hope to see you all there!

Tim Zabel (Tjzabel)

Event Details

Fri, Oct. 04, 2019
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Week #5: Shells!

25 September 2019

Hey Ritluggers,

This week we are discussing all your favorite shells! Each eboard member is going to give a talk on a different shell. At the end of the meeting, we will have a fun shell customization workshop.

If you guys are not already on our slack, join rit-lug.slack.com using your RIT email address.

Hope to see you all there!

Jeffery Russell (@jrtechs)

Event Details

Fri, Sep. 27, 2019
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Week #4: Guest Speaker: Linux Distributions

20 September 2019

Hey RITlug!

This week’s talk is brought to you by our guest speaker, Neal Gompa. A DevOps Engineer by day, and an open sourcerer by night, Neal is a prominent member of many different communities. These include Fedora, openSUSE, Mageia, and more!

The focus of this presentation will be on Linux distributions: what they are, how they’re built, and why there are so many. If you’ve ever wondered what truly makes a Linux distribution standalone from others, this is the talk for you!

Hope to see you all there!

Tim Zabel (Tjzabel)

Event Details

Fri, Sep. 20, 2019
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Week #3: Packaging

13 September 2019

Hey Ritluggers,

This week we have a fun talk by Jason Carr about how software is bundled for different Linux distributions. Jason will compare the major different package managers and dive into topics like cross-distro package managers. If you know nothing about package managers or, you want to learn how to package software for your favorite Linux distribution, this is a perfect talk for you.

If you guys are not already on our slack, join rit-lug.slack.com using your RIT email address.

Hope to see you all there!

Jeffery Russell (@jrtechs)

Event Details

Fri, Sep. 13, 2019
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Week #2: Everything SSH!

06 September 2019

Hey Ritluggers,

This week we have a very exciting meeting: we are diving deep into SSH. We are going to cover everything from basic SSH commands to some of the more advanced topics. You need no background knowledge of SSH for this meeting, just show up and learn with us.

After a quick presentation, there will be a SSH CTF-esk (capture the flag) challenge.

Hope to see you all there!

Jeffery Russell (@jrtechs)

Event Details

Fri, Sep. 06, 2019
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Week #1: Welcome to RITlug!

30 August 2019

Whether you are new to RITlug, or a returning member, I hope you’re as excited as we are for this semester!

This year we will be starting off with an informal meeting during the first week of classes (this Friday!). Each member of the RITlug eboard will be introducing themselves, and giving a lightning talk on their own journey with Linux.

Hope to see you there!

Tim Zabel (Tjzabel)

What is RITlug?

RITlug is a student-led organization to promote and teach students about Linux & open source. We work on projects and discuss interesting topics in the Linux & open source communities. The best way to communicate is in the Slack #general channel, although for general open source discussion there’s more activity in the #foss channel.

Event Details

Fri, Aug. 30, 2019
04:30pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2620 (Med. DB Lab)

Week #14: ImagineRIT Demos

26 April 2019

Hey RITlug!

This week’s meeting will be the last meeting for the remainder of this spring semester. On Friday, we will be giving a demo of all the projects we will be displaying the following day at RIT’s annual ImagineRIT festival. If you’d like to see what RITlug is planning to show off, or are interested in what projects RITlug has been working on, stop on by!

Furthermore, thank you everyone who came out to Sticky Lips for our semesterly FOSS Family Dinner!

See you all soon,

Tim Zabel (Tjzabel)

News

Event Details

Fri, Apr. 26, 2019
04:00pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2650 (Lg. DB Lab)

Week #13: State of FOSS in Design & Creativity

19 April 2019

Hey RITlug!

This week we’ll be taking a look at open source tools on Linux for design and audio/visual use. We’ll take a look at the development status of tools old and new for photography, audio and video production, photo editing, drawing, and 2D/3D animation. If you’ve ever wondered how FOSS plays a part in the design world, come to this talk to find out!

In other news, elections are in! The results are as follows:

President: Jeffery Russell Vice President: Tim Zabel Secretary: Henry Keena Treasurer: Nathaniel Larrimore Project Coordinator: Christian Martin

Congratulations to everyone!

See you all soon,

Tim Zabel (Tjzabel)

News

Event Details

Fri, Apr. 19, 2019
04:00pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2650 (Lg. DB Lab)

Week #12: Customization Galore

12 April 2019

Hey Ritluggers,

Do you want to learn how to pimp your workflow? This week we will be doing a ton of mini demos on how to customize everything from zsh to git. This is a great opportunity to learn some amazing tricks and hacks to make your workflow more stylish and convenient. Be there or be stock bash.

This Friday(4-12) is the last day for eboard nominations. If you feel like helping run RITlug next semester while building your resume, sign up using this link.. Elections will open on Monday.

Our semesterly FOSS Family Dinner is around the corner! This is a great chance to meet alumni and other members of the FOSS community around RIT and Rochester. This semester’s dinner will be taking place on the last Wednesday of the month, April 24th, starting at 6:00pm at Sticky Lips! Please follow this link to RSVP.

Hope to see you all at this week’s meeting.

Jeffery Russell @Jrtechs

News

Event Details

Fri, Apr. 12, 2019
04:00pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2650 (Lg. DB Lab)

Week #11: Building a Website with Jekyll

05 April 2019

Hey RITlug!

This week’s meeting is all about how to make a website with Jekyll. Has “make a personal website/portfolio” been on your to-do list for a while? Come on down to this week’s talk to learn how Jekyll may be the answer you’re looking for!

Jekyll is great at turning markdown and other plain text into appealing websites and blogs. Our Project Coordinator, Christian Martin, will be taking over this week’s talk to give a presentation and workshop on how to quickly bring up a Jekyll site. As this workshop will be interactive, feel free to bring your own laptop and follow along!

Additionally, this is the final call for RITlug jackets! We currently have 10 interested members, and we need 12 to fill our order. Jackets are priced at $60. If you would like a jacket, please fill out the poll in #announcements, or talk to one of our eboard members. Our deadline for accepting interest in jackets is next Wednesday, April 10th so we have enough time to fill our order before the end of the semester.

See you this Friday!

Tim Zabel (Tjzabel)

Further Announcements

Our semesterly FOSS Family Dinner is around the corner! This is a great chance to meet alumni and other members of the FOSS community around RIT and Rochester. This semester’s dinner will be taking place on the last Wednesday of the month, April 24th, starting at 6:00pm at Sticky Lips! Please follow this link to RSVP.

This Friday is our last call for ImagineRIT exhibitors! If you would like to help man RITlug’s table at this year’s festival, please contact either Tim Zabel or Jeffery Russell by the end of this Friday’s meeting!

As a last announcement, RITlug eboard nominations are now taking place! If you would like to run for next year’s eboard, sign up here. Positions that will be especially open for next year are Treasurer and Secretary, as our current eboard members holding these positions are graduating!

News

Event Details

Fri, Apr. 05, 2019
04:00pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2650 (Lg. DB Lab)

Week #10: All the Programming Languages

29 March 2019

Hey RITluggers!

This week we have a mash-up of a few different programming language presentations. We will be talking about everything from Haskell to R so be sure to swing by.

Nominations for next year’s eboard are now open. We currently need to fill positions for Treasurer and Secretary since Josh and Ian are graduating this year. In addition to those positions, we are looking for more people to join our eboard as officers so we can do more stuff with projects and outreach. If you are interested in running, you can fill out this form to enter the race. Feel free to ask Tim or myself about any questions you may have regarding elections and running.

Imagine RIT is coming up next month and we are looking for people to help us present. If you are interested, talk to an eboard member sometime this week so we can add you as an exhibitor.

Looking forward to seeing you all this week,

–Jeffery Russell (@jrtechs)

News

Setting kernel command line arguments with Fedora 30 Fedora’s got a new bootloader spec!
OpenStreetMap and Deborah Nicholson win 2018 FSF Awards LibrePlanet was this past week! Lots of cool projects and people.

Event Details

Fri, Mar. 29, 2019
04:00pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2650 (Lg. DB Lab)

Week #9: Rust

22 March 2019

Hey RITlug!

This week’s talk is all about Mozilla’s Rust programming language. Ben Goldberg will be leading this week’s presentation as to what Rust is, and why you should use it.

– Tim Zabel (@Tjzabel)

Updates

Interested in a RITlug jacket? Let us know in the poll found on the RITlug slack announcements channel. In order to go through with ordering, we will need at least 10 interested members.

News

KDE Connect was removed from the Google App Store (It’s back!)
CentOS 8 needs artwork designers!
Kodi foundation joins the Linux Foundation
Kernel devs are discussing memory-specific speedups. If you love systems programming, or just watching devs dish it out, here’s a mailing list convo you don’t want to miss.
Anyone remember KNOPPIX? It hit version 8.5.0. This Debian-based distro helped popularize Live CDs. Still going strong after 18 years!

Event Details

Fri, Mar. 22, 2019
04:00pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2650 (Lg. DB Lab)

Week #8: ZFS

07 March 2019

Hey RITluggers!

This week’s talk is all about snapshots, self healing, and more block storage than you can believe! Why yes, it’s ZFS!

Josh (that’s me) will be going over the history and basics of ZFS. We’ll go swimming in a zpool, and take some snapshots to remember it. :) Complete with a demo of some cool ZFS features, of course!

ZFS may use a copy on write (COW) model, but there’ll be no bull at this talk about an udderly fantastic filesystem.

Just bad puns. Obviously.

Check out the good points, and the pain points, in this week’s PowerPoint. Then enjoy a nice, long spring break!

–Josh Bicking (@jibby0)

News

Linux 5.0 is out. Cuz Linus ran out of fingers and toes again.
Linux Mint is getting a facelift. In other news, Mint’s current logo is a leaf. Somehow I missed that.
Approximate Quantum Computing… on a Ras Pi. Sure, why not?
Linux users install 3 million snap apps every month, according to Canonical. Now if only it would leave my loop devices alone.
PureOS is now convergent. Purism’s cross-platform OS, PureOS, now runs apps the same on both mobile phones and laptops. No building for different devices. Pretty impressive!

Event Details

Fri, Mar. 08, 2019
04:00pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2650 (Lg. DB Lab)

Week #7: Graph Databases

28 February 2019

Hey RITluggers,

This week we will be talking about graph databases and how they will change the way you think about data. If you are interested in big data and the oodles of open source software centered around it, be sure to check out this week’s meeting.

Event Details

Fri, Mar. 01, 2019
04:00pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2650 (Lg. DB Lab)

25 January 2019

Hello all RITluggers!

Today’s meeting we will hear all about systemd from Garret Arcoraci. You might have seen him in the Golisano hallways, or taken a systems administration, virtualization, or network class with him.

Chances are you rely on systemd if you’re running linux, but how well do you know what’s going on behind the scenes? Garret will be talking about targets, dependencies, timers, and more!

See you at the meeting!

Ian (@icflournoy)

Event Details

Fri, Jan. 25, 2019
04:00pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2650 (Lg. DB Lab)

Week #: 1

17 January 2019

Hello RITlug and welcome to Week 1! This Friday we will hold our first meeting of the semester in GOL-2650.

In true LUG form we will kick things off by trialing Linux distributions on the lab machines (or personal machines, we will have flash drives readily available for booting).

Event Details

Fri, Jan. 18, 2019
04:00pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2650 (Lg. DB Lab)

Week #14: Retro Gaming Night

05 December 2018

Hey RITluggers,

It’s Week 14. It’s the last week of classes and the last week of RITlug this semester. We know many of you are prepping for finals and getting ready for the final stretch. We thought that a casual gaming night would be a nice way to end the semester and enter finals week.

Do you have GameCube games or another retro console lying around? Let me know if you have something you want to bring, and EBoard will try to find a way to set it up in the lab. I believe that currently we have some people bringing a GameCube, a Nintendo Switch, and a Retro Pi.

Keep on keepin’ on,

Jeffery Russell (@jrtechs)

Event Details

Fri, Dec. 07, 2018
04:00pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2650 (Lg. DB Lab)

Welcome, new & old alike!

29 November 2018

Hi RITlug!

Welcome to Week 13. Join us this week for a guest presentation from Jason Carr on cross-distribution packaging.

Jason will discuss the problems and difficulties with existing package managers on Linux. Two solutions have come about:

Bundled application managers
Improved package managers

Additionally, Jason will give a comparison of bundled applications: Snap, Flatpak, and AppImage. He will also talk about the cross-distro package managers Nix and Guix.

We hope to see you at this week’s meeting. If you aren’t in our Slack already, don’t forget to come and say hello!

Cheers,

Justin W. Flory (jwf / jflory7)

Upcoming Events:

Tue, Nov. 27th: Thanks everyone who came out to the FOSS Family Dinner! (See on Twitter…)
Fri, Dec. 7th: Final RITlug meeting of semester. Join us for the semesterly game night, combining both retro game consoles and newer consoles on big-screen projectors in Golisano.

Event Details

Fri, Nov. 30, 2018
04:00pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2650 (Lg. DB Lab)

Week 12: Hardware Zoo

15 November 2018

Hey RITluggers,

This week we will be demoing some hardware projects at our meeting. Other than that, we will be working on projects. Feel free to swing by and work on homework, check out our hardware projects and get involved in open source projects.

On November 27th, we are doing a dinner fundraiser at IHOP. If you are able to attend, please RSPV with this link.

Jeffery Russell (@JrTechs) Your fellow RITlugger, best friend and your reindeer to guide the sleigh

Upcoming Events:

FOSS Family Dinner: November 27th
Rochester Maker Faire: November 17th
FOSS Hours: Tuesdays 5:00-7:00pm Magic Center 3190

Event Details

Fri, Nov. 16, 2018
04:00pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2650 (Lg. DB Lab)

Open Source Communities

08 November 2018

After the news broke that IBM was purchasing Red Hat r/linux exploded with predictions about the end of Fedora and CentOS. This week Charles Profitt will explain why, based on history, you should Stay Calm and Carry On. Charles Profitt is an active member of the Fedora Project and is an IT administrator at a local school district.

Last year Charles Profitt gave a very interesting talk on open source infrastructure; I am looking forward to his talk this week.

Hope to see you all there,

– Jeffery Russell : @jrtechs

Upcoming Events:

FOSS Family Dinner: November 27th
FOSS Hours: Tuesdays 5:00-7:00pm Magic Center 3190

Event Details

Fri, Nov. 09, 2018
04:00pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2650 (Lg. DB Lab)

Week 10: RIT Mirrors!

31 October 2018

Hey RITluggers,

This week we have a very exciting presentation for you! Paul Mezzanini from the research computing department is comming to give a talk about the RIT software mirrors.

Hope to see you all there!

– Jeffery Russell : @jrtechs

Upcoming Events:

FOSS Family Dinner: November 27th
Election Night Hackathon: November 6th
FOSS Hours: Tuesdays 5:00-7:00pm Magic Center 3190

Event Details

Fri, Nov. 02, 2018
04:00pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2650 (Lg. DB Lab)

Raspberry Pi

25 October 2018

Hey RITluggers,

This week have Taylor - a former RITlug eboard member - giving a talk about Raspberry Pis. Swing by to learn how to make an “augmented” magic mirror with some hardware modifications.

Hope to see you all there!

Jeffery Russell (@jrtechs)

Upcoming Events:

Hacktoberfest meetup: Java Wally’s October 27th 1:00-3:00pm
FOSS Family Dinner: Dovember 27th
Election Night Hackathon: November 7th (5:30-11:00pm)
FOSS Hours: Tuesdays 5:00-7:00pm Magic Center 3190

Event Details

Fri, Oct. 26, 2018
04:00pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2650 (Lg. DB Lab)

Docker and Containers

18 October 2018

Hey RITluggers,

With week 8 coming to a close it’s time to learn about containing applications!

This week’s presentation will focus on Docker and the general concept of containers. If you’ve ever wondered what benefits containerization provides over virtualization, prepare to be amazed at tomorrow’s meeting.

I hope you’re excited! I know I can’t contain myself.

Ian (@icflournoy)

P.S. RITlug will be hosting a collaborative coding meetup on Saturday, October 27th in Java Wally’s (first floor of the Library) from 1pm to 3pm. For those of you working towards Hacktoberfest this is a great time to get contributions in!

Event Details

Fri, Oct. 19, 2018
04:00pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2650 (Lg. DB Lab)

Howdy RITluggers!

10 October 2018

We hope you enjoyed your October break, and you’re ready to tackle the next chunk of the semester!

We previously discussed getting involved in open source projects, or creating some of your own, and now is the perfect time. Hacktoberfest is upon us! Participate in some open source projects this month, and get a free shirt!

This is a great opportunity to get involved in projects you love, or find projects you’re sure to love! And of course, the club would love any pull requests you wanna throw our way. :)

Come learn a bit about Hacktoberfest, its sponsors, and get started on earning that special edition shirt!

Hope to see you there!

Josh Bicking (jibby)

Event Details

Fri, Oct. 12, 2018
04:00pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2650 (Lg. DB Lab)

Ace your interviews and get the offer

07 October 2018

Hello RITlug! This email has some helpful tools and tips for you to rock your interviews and help you get the offers you want. These are some of the things we discussed in our Sept. 28 meeting.

Tech Interview Handbook

Meet Yangshun Tay’s Tech Interview Handbook. The handbook includes carefully curated content to help you ace your next technical interview, with a focus on algorithms. System design questions are in-progress. Besides the usual algorithm questions, other awesome stuff includes:

Project Collaboration Night

02 October 2018

Hey RITluggers,

I hope you are all enjoying your classes and the wet Rochester weather.

To kick off the start of October/Hacktoberfest, we are having a project collaboration night this Friday. This will be a casual meeting where we will work on projects and hang out. This is a great time to find a project for Hacktoberfest and share your own projects.

Hope to see you all there!

-Jeffery Russell (jrtechs)

Event Details

Fri, Oct. 05, 2018
04:00pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2650 (Lg. DB Lab)

Open Hardware & Raspberry Pis

27 September 2018

Hey RITluggers!

Welcome back for another week of Linux & open source! This week’s meeting is brought to you by our guest speaker, Dan Schneiderman.

Dan is the co-chair of Maker Faire Rochester, and the lead organizer for the first New York State Maker Summit. He has also been an active member of the Free and Open Source community within Rochester for many years. Currently, Dan is a K-12 University Center Senior Outreach Specialist within RIT.

This week, he will be talking about open hardware projects, and Raspberry Pis.

Hope to see you there!

Tim Zabel (Tjzabel)

Event Details

Fri, Sep. 28, 2018
04:00pm - 06:00pm
GOL-2650 (Lg. DB Lab)

Open Source 101

20 September 2018

Hello, everyone! Our first meeting of the year is going to be this Friday from 4–6 in GOL/70-2520, the small database lab on the second floor. If you can only attend part of the meeting, don’t be afraid to show up halfway through!

This week, we’re going to be getting to know each other, and our members who use Linux regularly are going to have a chance to show off some of the cool things that they’ve done with Linux on their laptops.

Hello, World!

22 August 2014

We finally have a new website, hosted on GitHub!