RIT Linux Users Group

Special Announcement: Eboard Elections

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Hello everybody! As it is the end of the semester, we are having eboard elections! There are 4 positions: President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. If you are interested in any of the positions, please dm or email an eboard member. We will hold the elections at the start of our meeting on the 24th.

In order to be eligible, you must have attended at least 50% of the meetings this semester.

Stay tuned for our regularly scheduled announcements, resuming Wednesday

(also please sign up to give a presentation here)

Week 14: Elections

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Hello everyone! This week, we are holding elections. Come to vote on your future eboard! Afterwards, we’ll hang out.

As always, we meet at 4:30-6:00pm this Friday, in GOL-1445!

Week #1e: Alumni Panel

Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Hello everyone! This week, our alumni will be coming back to talk about after college. How to find jobs, what showers feel like, and the meaning of life. Come by to ask them questions! They will also be doing a resume review, so bring your resumes!

As always, we meet this Friday in GOL-1445 from 4:30 to 6:00pm!

Week #12: Social Night

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Hello everybody! This week, just come and hang out with your fellow Linux users.

See you in GOL-1455 this Friday from 4:30 to 6:00pm!

Week #11: Lightning Talks!

Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Hello all! This week is lightning talks! Come with a short (5-10 minute) talk ready and present it during the meeting. It can be about any topic – Linux-related or otherwise.

As always, we’ll meet this Friday from 4:30 - 6:00 PM. See you there!

Week #10: Ansible

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Hello all,

This week, we have Matthew, a guest speaker from Redhat, will be talking about Ansible, a tool for automatically managing multiple machines!

Lightning talks are also next week! As a reminder, talks should be 5-10 minutes long and can be anything.

See you, as always, in GOL-1455 from 4:30-6:00pm this Friday.

Week #9: Shell Scripting

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Hello all,

This week, Lyx will talk about shell scripting and how shell scripts can automate various tasks.

As always, we’ll meet in GOL-1455 this Friday from 4:30-6:00pm.

Also, Lightning Talks will occur on April 3rd (two weeks from now)! Make a five-to-ten minute presentation on anything you’d like and present it, if you’d like. Topics can be linux/FOSS-related if you want, but can also be about literally anything else.

See you there!

Week #8: Making Widgets with Eww

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Hello!

This week, Thomas will be teaching us how to liven up our desktops with ElKowars wacky widgets, a window-manager independent widget system. Learn how to configure it in yuck, make a fun facts widget, a notes widget and a taskbar.

By the time he’s done, you’ll be able to make a clock widget so you won’t miss a meeting, Fridays at 4:30-6:00pm, in GOL-1445.

Week #7: Arch Install Explained

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Hello!

A manual installation of arch is one of the most tedious and opaque tasks on a modern Linux system. Join us as Tristan walks us through the installation commands, what they actually do and why they are necessary.

As ever, see you this Friday at 4:30-6:00pm in GOL-1445!

Week #6: Declarative Package Management

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Hello!

Reinstalling and configuring an operating system takes checks watch a long time. Sometimes there’s one setting that is either critical to your setup or breaks it. This week, Freya will be talking about declarative package management through Nix and Guix, how a declarative and reproducible system works, and how it fixes this!

As always, see you Friday at 4:30pm-6:00pm in GOL-1445!