MTU LUG meeting Minutes January 31th, 2008

Install a Thon
 Approval of table tent? - passed around room
  Switch "Linux Games" to "Gaming In Linux"
 Basic UNIX - Steve, not ready yet
 Homebrew PVR - Brian (Dark-Fx)
 Desktop Effects - Jon Turbo
 Linux Applications - No volunteer
  Change to Productivity Apps?
 Curious if Dining Services will approve
  We think we're all adults, Dining might disagree
 Week before install a thon (Feb 14th)
  Basic outlines Due
 Concerns? More Stuff? Ideas?!
  Make Discs beforehand? a few of them
 Available Distributions
  Default to Ubuntu
  Update Flier
 Timeline?  1 hour for each presentation, but doesn't have to take up whole time
  hard copies of the presentation to hand out
  Copies also up online (on Lug)
  S5 presentations? w/ LUG template
 Update Old Slides and redo?
  History of Linux would be Nifty

Monies
 Who has budget for for this year?
  maybe Jon W.  pmhad will ask tonight

iptables
 info online at
 dark-fx.com/iptables.pdf
 TARPIT = Nifty

idprom
 Ultra 60 NVRAM weirdness

Adviser (Dr. Merkey)
 Maybe eventually a History of Beowulf clusters
 Either Feb 7th or 14th

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