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Members

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== Officers ==
'''President''': [[User:Thirtysixway|Josh Knight]] CNSA Major (2014)

'''Vice President''': [[User:Kelwing|Jacob Wiltse]] CSS Major (2013)

'''Secretary''': [[User:Belak|Kaleb Elwert]] CS Major (2014)

'''Treasurer''': Nick Trierweiler CS Major (2013)

'''Public Relations''': Jay Vana Math Major (????)

'''Server''': [[User:Tari|Peter Marheine]] CpE Major (2013)

'''Faculty Advisor''': Phil Merkey Math (1977)

== Current Members ==

Jeff Tyson CS (2008)

John Pastore Math (1901)

[[User: Tokyo-18|A'Lisa Krawciw]] CpE/EE Major (2010)

[[User:blcrowle|Brandon Crowley]] CS Major (2011)

Alex Klinkhamer

Beth Russart

Steven Vormwald

Jesse Wisniewski EE Major (2011?)(fall 2000->spring2002, fall2009+)

Alicia Gervais

Nate Scowcroft

William Cody Laeder

Nick Trierweiler

[[User:PikaSonic | Gabe Delgado]] CS 2013

Peter Marheine (CpE 2013)

Dan Williams

Adam Ahlquist (CpE/EE 2013)

Casey Timm (CpE 2013)

[[User:Dwfreed|Doug Freed]] (CpE 2015)

[[User:Thirtysixway | Josh Knight]] (CNSA Major, EE Minor 2014?)

Kaleb Elwert (CS Major 2014)

== Alumni ==
[[User:Dark-Fx|Brian McPherson]] CS Major (2008)

[[User:rsmudge|Raphael Mudge]] CS Major (2004)

[http://www.dingostick.com Adam Shirey] CS Major (2004)

[[User:gzphreak|Dan Clark]] CS Major (2005)

[http://khanbo.com Mary Farmer] EE Major (2005)

[[User:spi|Steven Isaacson]] CS Major (2005)

[[User:base16|Justin TerAvest]] CS Major (2005)

[http://xobes.com Andy Zobro] ME Undergrad, Engineering Masters (2005)

[[User:Jon787|Jon DeVree]] CS Major (2006)

[[User:Sgowtham|S Gowtham]] Eng. Physics (Sometime in 2006)

[[User:Chong|Timothy Carmean]] CSY Major (2007)

[[User: Techieb0y|Peter Corbett]] CSY Major (2007)

[[User:Physcofish|Jon Klimowicz]] CS Major (December 2007)

[[User:Ox|Michael Senkow]] ME & STC Major (2009)

[[User:MJS|Matthew Senkow]] SocSci Major (2008)

[[User:Freshmen|Andrew Swartzendruber]] CpE Major (2008)

[[User:MrVoids|Andrew Miller]] CpE/EE Major (2008)

[[User:Adamjaskie|Adam Jaskie]] CS (2008)

Lenore Towne CS (????)

== Past Members ==
[[User:Rachel|Rachel Pierce]] (2004-2005) transfered to [http://www.stolaf.edu/ St. Olaf]

Main Page

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Welcome to the MTU LUG wiki. Feel free to sign up for an account and then add pages!<br>
If you're new to wiki, you might want to play around in the [[Sandbox]] for a while.

* '''We meet every Thursday in Room G009 of Rekhi Hall at 7:00pm'''
* Go to https://lists.mtu.edu/sympa/subscribe/lug-l to subscribe to our mailing list (You don't have to be an MTU student to subscribe). It's (normally) a low-traffic list, mostly announcements about meeting schedule changes and events

=News=

[[Presentation sign-up|Sign-Ups for Installathon Spring 2011]]
==[[:Category:LUG Server rules|(Proposed) rules for use of this server]]==
Please edit. We're looking for suggestions (ASAP).
* [[IRC Rules|MTU LUG IRC Rules]]
* SYN ACK
* [[Shell Server Rules]]
* [[Mirror Usage Rules]]
* POF
* [[Officer Rules and Responsibilities]]
* ETC.
* EOT

=Who we are=
The [http://lug.mtu.edu Linux Users Group]
is a [http://www.sa.mtu.edu/stulife/stuorg/ student organization]
at [http://mtu.edu MichiganTech]
that was established in 2002
to further students knowledge of Linux or UNIX based operating systems and
discuss technological advancements in Operating Systems.
Here is list of [[Members]] and
some of their [[Member Projects|projects]].

Each week, after the business part of the meeting,
we try to have a [[Lead discussions|discussion]]
on a topic of general interest.
Edit the [[Lead discussions]] page
to sign up to lead a discussion
or add to the list of topics that you would like
to learn more about.

== Current Pages of Interest ==

*[[HuskyBot]]
*[[:Category:Meeting_Minutes | Meeting Minutes]]
*[http://lug.mtu.edu/wiki/MTU_LUG_wiki:Current_events Installathon 2009]
* New! [[Show and Tell]] Sign up!

== Current Pages That Need Work ==
*[[Software]] you can get free/cheap as an MTU student
*[[Area Businesses]]
*[[EERC_Tree]] (picture needs author's approval)
*[[Jabber]]
*[[Linux]] (2 sections defined, but no data)
*[[Locations of Wireless Access Points]]
*[[LUG Services]]
*[[Mandriva]]
*[[Michigan Technological University]]
*[[MTU Jargon]]
*[[SUSE]]
*[[MTU LUG Jargon]]

User:Thirtysixway

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o.o

Category:Michigan Technological University

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[[Image:Aerial1.JPG|right]]
Home of the MTU LUG.

Also, it has a bunch of [[MTU_Building_Codes|buildings]].

More info: [[Wikipedia:Michigan Technological University]]

Guardian

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[[Category:Michigan Technological University]]

Computer server for non-majors in the [[Michigan Tech]] Computer Science department.

The name is from a movie, [[Wikipedia:Colossus: The Forbin Project|Colossus: The Forbin Project]]

MTU LUG Wiki:General disclaimer

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Linux

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Linux is a free unix like operating system started by Linus Torvalds. This is the operating system of choice for the MTU LUG.

== History ==
===Unix===
The [[Unix]] operating system was conceived and implemented in 1969 at AT&T's Bell Laboratories in the United States by Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie]], Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna and first released in 1971. Unix was written in assembly language and later re-written in C in 1973 by Dennis Ritchie. Its wide availability and Porting due to being written in C meant that it was widely adopted, copied and modified by academic institutions and businesses, with its design being influential on authors of other systems.

===GNU===
The [[GNU Project]], started in 1983 by Richard Stallman, had the goal of creating a "''complete Unix-compatible software system''" composed entirely of [[free software]]. Work began in 1984. Later, in 1985, Stallman created the Free Software Foundation and wrote the [[GNU General Public License]] (GNU GPL) in 1989. By the early 1990s, many of the programs required in an operating system (such as libraries, compilers, text editors, a [[Unix shell]], and a windowing system) were completed, although low-level elements such as [[device driver]]s, daemon, and the kernel were stalled and incomplete. Linus Torvalds has said that if the GNU kernel had been available at the time (1991), he would not have decided to write his own.

=== MINIX ===

MINIX was a cheap minimal Unix-like operating system, designed for education in computer science, written by Andrew S. Tanenbaum (now Minix is and redesigned also for “serious” use).

In 1991 while attending the University of Helsinki, Torvalds began to work on a non-commercial replacement for [[MINIX]], which would eventually become the [[Linux kernel]].

Torvalds began the development of Linux on Minix and applications written for Minix were also used under Linux. Later Linux matured and it became possible for Linux to be developed under itself. Also GNU applications replaced all Minix ones because, with code from the GNU system freely available, it was advantageous if this could be used with the fledgling OS. Code licensed under the GNU GPL can be used in other projects, so long as they also are released under the same or a compatible license. In order to make the Linux kernel compatible with the components from the GNU Project, Torvalds initiated a switch from his original license (which prohibited commercial redistribution) to the GNU GPL. Developers worked to integrate GNU components with Linux to make a fully functional and free operating system.

=== Commercial and popular uptake ===

Today Linux distributions are used in numerous domains, from embedded systems to supercomputers, and have secured a place in server installations with the popular LAMP application stack.Use of Linux distributions in home and enterprise desktops has been expanding.They have also gained popularity with various local and national governments. The federal government of Brazil is well known for its support for Linux.News of the Russian military creating their own Linux distribution has also surfaced.Indian state of Kerala has gone so far as to make it mandatory for all state high schools to run Linux on their computers. People's Republic of China uses Linux exclusively as the operating system for its Loongson processor family to achieve technology independence. In Spain some regions have developed their own Linux distributions, which are widely used in education and official institutions, like gnuLinEx in Extremadura and Guadalinex in Andalusia. France and Germany have also taken steps towards the adoption of Linux.

Linux distributions have also become popular with the newly founded netbook market, with many devices such as the Eee pc and Aspire One shipping with customized Linux distributions pre-installed.

=== Current development ===
Torvalds continues to direct the development of the kernel. Stallman heads the Free Software Foundation, which in turn supports the GNU components. Finally, individuals and corporations develop third-party non-GNU components. These third-party components comprise a vast body of work and may include both kernel modules and user applications and libraries. Linux vendors and communities combine and distribute the kernel, GNU components, and non-GNU components, with additional package management software in the form of [[Linux distribution]]s.

== Ideology ==

== Distributions ==
Linux as a whole is broken up into a number of different distributions. Each of these distributions uses the Linux kernel but provides different features.

* Damn Small Linux
* [[Debian]]
* [[Fedora]]
* [[Gentoo]]
* [[Knoppix]]
* Kubuntu
* Linux from Scratch
* Linspire
* [[Mandriva]] formerly known as Mandrake
* Redhat Enterprise Linux
* [[Slackware]]
* [[SUSE]]
* [[Ubuntu]]
* Yellow Dog

EERC Tree

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[[Category:Michigan Technological University]]

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The EERC Tree (1871?-2010) lived in front of the EERC building. The EERC Tree has regularly won most elections like Winter Carnival
Queen, Homecoming Queen, and USG officer positions. Much to the disappointment of those who voted for it, the EERC
Tree was never actually allowed to win elections.
During the month of April 2003, the EERC Tree was decorated with CDs and other objects in protest of a 98 billion
dollar lawsuit against Joe Nievelt by the RIAA.
On August 17, 2010, the EERC Tree was cut down. The following letter was [http://www.admin.mtu.edu/urel/ttoday/previous.php?issue=20100818&id=10768&nav=1#2 published] as explanation.
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The Leaning Tree Comes Down

by John Gagnon, promotional writer

The Leaning Tree, also known as the EERC Tree, was cut down early Tuesday morning, just after dawn. It was ailing, mostly brown instead of green. A big, native white pine, it graced the center of campus for who knows how long.

"We cut it down before it fell down," says John Rovano, director of Facilities.

Rovano says he might have to find someone to coordinate how the wood is used, for the downed tree yielded several logs that are in demand. Rovano says he's receiving requests for using the wood for benches in the Memorial garden; maybe a wood sculpture for the campus; or a decorative element in a fraternity. "It'll have more of a life after it's gone than before," Rovano jests.

He doesn't know whether the tree's location in the middle of the lower campus was "intentional or accidental." But, he adds, "We'll make its replacement a centerpiece."

The Grounds crew, then, will plant another white pine in its place. Facilities will bring water for irrigation and electricity for lighting, perhaps year-round. "We'll do the space some justice," Rovano says.

Forester/Lecturer James Schmierer (SFRES) says the tree is a remnant of extensive stands of large trees in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota. He calls it "a long-lived species," reaching 300 years and more.

"Anytime you have an isolated tree surrounded by hardscape, it's a challenging environment," he says. Hazard tree removal? "Welcome to the world of urban forestry," he advises. He is gratified that it'll be replaced by another white pine.

He guesses that some people might be disappointed about cutting down this particular pine. (Just check out the Facebook and Twitter accounts to read comments from students and alumni.)

"People get sentimentally attached to big, old trees," he says. "Sometimes the emotions get overwhelming."

He sums up the situation as a balance between safety and visual impact.

"I've walked by that tree many times," he says. "It's a shame to see it go. But I put on my safety hat and I understand. There are people on campus who are responsible for safety. That can involve unpopular decisions, but you can't go against your mandate--your duties."

Over the years the Leaning Tree has garnered votes in queen competitions; it has been the subject of calculations and bets on when it would fall over. It was Tech's own Tower of Pisa.

Its start was modest, its life long, and its end abrupt. Once a landmark, it will now be a hallmark of the passage of time and the cycle of life, something that grew along with the institution. Mark Dion, a 1983 alumnus from Houston, says, "I recall the tree's big beauty. Such is life--an ending and a beginning."

Mike Hyslop (SFRES) has a cross section--called "a cookie"--of the tree. Using software, he will be able to count the rings to within a year or two. The big question: Is the tree as old as Tech?

Stay tuned.
</code>

The tree has been dated by Hyslop and is discussed in this article written by John Gagnon:
http://www.admin.mtu.edu/urel/ttoday/previous.php?issue=20100909&utm_source=email&utm_content=20100909#1

According to the grounds manager, the tree will be replaced with a 12-13' white pine within a few weeks.
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Minutes 2009-09-24

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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Server Status
All is well and good with the world.
Postfix doesn't enjoy 60MB Logfiles.

Wiki
Now open for public signups again, captcha protected.
Don't be evil.
Links from mainpage need updating.

Installathon
See http://lug.mtu.edu/wiki/MTU_LUG_wiki:Current_events
PR Officer needs to make posters.

Lug Social
We need to have some.

Miscellany

Those present:
Mitchell Johnson (Secretary)
Alex Klinkhamer
Beth Russart
Brandon Crowley (Vice President)
Andrew Meyer (Server Admin)
Matthew Gardeski (President)
Lenore Towne
Steven Vormwald
Jesse Wisniewski
Alicia Gervais
Nate Scowcraft
William Cody Laeder
John Pastore
Raven Rebb
Nick Trierheiler
Gabe Delgado
Jacob Wittse
Peter Markheime
Chris Hasmiter
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[[Category:Meeting Minutes]]
[[Category:09-10 School year]]

Members

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== Officers ==
'''President''': [[User:Mjgardes|Matthew Gardeski]] MSE Major (2011 With some luck)

'''Vice President''': Nick Trierweiler CS Major (2013)

'''Secretary''': [[User:Kelwing|Jacob Wiltse]] CSS Major (2013)

'''Treasurer''': Raven Rebb CS Major (2013)

'''Public Relations''': Dan Williams CS Major (2013)

'''Server''': [[User:Agmeyer|Andrew Meyer]] CpE/EE Major (2012)

'''Assistant Server''': Peter Marheine CpE Major (2013)

'''Faculty Advisor''': Phil Merkey Math (1977)

== Current Members ==

Jeff Tyson CS (2008)

Lenore Towne CS (????)

John Pastore Math (1901)

[[User: Tokyo-18|A'Lisa Krawciw]] CpE/EE Major (2010)

[[User:blcrowle|Brandon Crowley]] CS Major (2011)

Alex Klinkhamer

Beth Russart

Steven Vormwald

Jesse Wisniewski EE Major (2011?)(fall 2000->spring2002, fall2009+)

Alicia Gervais

Nate Scowcroft

William Cody Laeder

Nick Trierweiler

[[User:PikaSonic | Gabe Delgado]] CS 2013

Peter Marheine (CpE 2013)

Dan Williams

Adam Ahlquist (CpE/EE 2013)

Casey Timm (CpE 2013)

Doug Freed (CpE 2014 1/2)

[[User:Thirtysixway | Josh Knight]] (CNSA Major, EE Minor 2014?)

== Alumni ==
[[User:rsmudge|Raphael Mudge]] CS Major (2004)

[http://www.dingostick.com Adam Shirey] CS Major (2004)

[[User:gzphreak|Dan Clark]] CS Major (2005)

[http://khanbo.com Mary Farmer] EE Major (2005)

[[User:spi|Steven Isaacson]] CS Major (2005)

[[User:base16|Justin TerAvest]] CS Major (2005)

[http://xobes.com Andy Zobro] ME Undergrad, Engineering Masters (2005)

[[User:Jon787|Jon DeVree]] CS Major (2006)

[[User:Sgowtham|S Gowtham]] Eng. Physics (Sometime in 2006)

[[User:Chong|Timothy Carmean]] CSY Major (2007)

[[User: Techieb0y|Peter Corbett]] CSY Major (2007)

[[User:Physcofish|Jon Klimowicz]] CS Major (December 2007)

[[User:Freshmen|Andrew Swartzendruber]] CpE Major (2008)

[[User:MrVoids|Andrew Miller]] CpE/EE Major (2008)

[[User:Adamjaskie|Adam Jaskie]] CS (2008)

== Past Members ==
[[User:Rachel|Rachel Pierce]] (2004-2005) transfered to [http://www.stolaf.edu/ St. Olaf]

Student Involvement Fair

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We have requested a table for the 2010 Involvement Fair. Usually, we ask for a table near PFRC to make things fun. If you have something to show off that you think will draw attention, bring it. We also need a couple volunteers to answer questions and take email addresses. We'll have access to a power outlet, and if we're lucky, a projector, but don't count on that. Otherwise, we have our own big monitors and shit we can bring.

Finlandia University

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The university "across the water" from MTU.

Was originally SUOMI College, became a 4-year school in 2000 or so. Nice revision on the name, in my opinion.

Finlandia U's campus is relatively tiny with the student body hovering around 500 give-or-take. It's not bad though.

OpenBSD

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A fork of the NetBSD project that focuses on security

HuskyMail

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[[Category:Michigan Technological University]]

[http://www.huskymail.mtu.edu Huskymail] is the web based application to access email for MTU students, faculty and staff. It is based off the open source [http://www.squirrelmail.org/ Squirrelmail] program.

An [[ISO_login|ISO login]] is required to access the system.

Barkboard

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[[Category:Michigan Technological University]]

Web-based message board (http://barkboard.mtu.edu).

Provided as a replacement for the (far superior) usenet service.

The barkboard occasionally recieves celebrity guests like the [[EERC_Tree]] (see its [https://barkboard.mtu.edu/tools/public/main/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1560 profile])

User:Jon787

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[[Image:Jadevree.png|thumb|MTU TechID Photo]]

My name is Jon DeVree. I graduated with a degree in Computer Science from Michigan Tech in 2006. I was also one of the LUG server admins during my time at MTU.

My main field of interest is computer security and occassionally the LUG even convinces me to write an [[WEP|article]] on it. I run [[Debian]] Linux on my computers. I have also written some [http://tesla.homelinux.net/projects/nfsclient/ toys] that aren't allowed on the MTU computer network.

Another hobby is being in an edit-war with [[User:aragirn|aragirn]] about whether or not [[:Image:Cimg0874.jpg|this]] picture should be in his profile on the wiki. In an empty jesture he protected his user page from edits... Silly aragirn, I used to have Wiki Ops.

== Links ==
*[http://vault24.org/ Personal Site]
*[http://www.livejournal.com/users/jon787/ LiveJournal]
*[[Wikipedia:User:Jon787|Wikipedia User Page]]

== Pages I 'Own' ==
*[[EERC_Tree|EERC Tree]]
*[[ISO_login|ISO Login]]
*[[IRC]]
*[[WEP]]
*[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Special:Contributions|target=Jon787}} Full list of pages I have edited]

== Servers I Have Owned ==
* ME Print Server
* Network Attached Storage - EMC Celerra
* [[ISO login]]
* [[User:Dark-Fx|Dark's]]
* [[LDAP]]
* AuxTech
* As I explained to my professor in Computer and Network Security, the entire CS Dept if I really wanted to. (They call it the Nightmare File System for a reason)

(Note that all of this was reported and fixed, so even if I told you what I found on these machines it wouldn't do you any good)

Category:Michigan Technological University

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[[Image:Aerial1.JPG|right]]
Home of the MTU LUG.

Also, it has a bunch of [[MTU_Building_Codes|buildings]].

More info: [[Wikipedia:Michigan Technological University]]

Category:MTU Classes

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Information on various classes at MTU

Helpful Links

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*http://linux.com/
**A central place to get general, non-distribution-related help.
*http://ubuntuforums.org/
**An excellent place to get help with Ubuntu-related issues.
*http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Main_Page
**A place for the Gentoo community to post Tips, Tricks, Tutorials and other Linux information.
*http://www.uslug.org/
**Homepage of the USLUG IRC Network, a project intended for communication between various local IRC servers.
*http://kernelnewbies.org/
**A community of people that improve or update their Kernels and of aspiring Linux kernel developers and more experienced developers willing to share their knowledge

Minutes 2010-10-10

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0. Officers Reports
Servers didn't melt.
1. Installathon Recap
It well as well as installathon has ever gone.
We need someone to plan out installathon
2. 10.10
Ubuntu 10.10 has been released.
Release went smooth, didn't kill bandwidth as bad as the past.
Good release.
3. Random
A company is sueing for rollover ads.
Tor traffic has spiked.

Attendance:
John Pastore
Andrew Meyer
Josh Knight
Alicia P. Gervais
Katie May
Jacob Wiltse
Peter Marheine
Nick Trierweiler
Dan Williams
Jay Vana
Chris Hasneiter
Douglas Freed
Matthew Gardeski
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[[Category:Meeting Minutes]]
[[Category:10-11 School year]]

Live CD

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A CD designed to be bootable and containes a fully-functional operating environment, without requiring any changes to the computer's hard drive. Commonly used for recovery/utility discs, and for demonstration distros such as [[Knoppix]].

Upper Peninsula

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#REDIRECT [[wikipedia:Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan]]

Knoppix

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A popular [[Linux]] distribution, in [[live CD]] format. Includes many commonly used programs and utilities for everyday use and system maintenance.

Main Page

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Welcome to the MTU LUG wiki. Feel free to sign up for an account and then add pages!<br>
If you're new to wiki, you might want to play around in the [[Sandbox]] for a while.

* '''We meet every Thursday in Room 129 of Fisher Hall at 7:00pm'''
* Go to https://lists.mtu.edu/sympa/subscribe/lug-l to subscribe to our mailing list (You don't have to be an MTU student to subscribe). It's (normally) a low-traffic list, mostly announcements about meeting schedule changes and events

=News=

[[Presentation sign-up|Sign-Ups for Installathon Fall 2010]]
==[[:Category:LUG Server rules|(Proposed) rules for use of this server]]==
Please edit. We're looking for suggestions (ASAP).
* [[IRC Rules|MTU LUG IRC Rules]]
* SYN ACK
* [[Shell Server Rules]]
* [[Mirror Usage Rules]]
* POF
* [[Officer Rules and Responsibilities]]
* ETC.
* EOT

=Who we are=
The [http://lug.mtu.edu Linux Users Group]
is a [http://www.sa.mtu.edu/stulife/stuorg/ student organization]
at [http://mtu.edu MichiganTech]
that was established in 2002
to further students knowledge of Linux or UNIX based operating systems and
discuss technological advancements in Operating Systems.
Here is list of [[Members]] and
some of their [[Member Projects|projects]].

Each week, after the business part of the meeting,
we try to have a [[Lead discussions|discussion]]
on a topic of general interest.
Edit the [[Lead discussions]] page
to sign up to lead a discussion
or add to the list of topics that you would like
to learn more about.

== Current Pages of Interest ==

*[[HuskyBot]]
*[[:Category:Meeting_Minutes | Meeting Minutes]]
*[http://lug.mtu.edu/wiki/MTU_LUG_wiki:Current_events Installathon 2009]
* New! [[Show and Tell]] Sign up!

== Current Pages That Need Work ==
*[[Software]] you can get free/cheap as an MTU student
*[[Area Businesses]]
*[[EERC_Tree]] (picture needs author's approval)
*[[Jabber]]
*[[Linux]] (2 sections defined, but no data)
*[[Locations of Wireless Access Points]]
*[[LUG Services]]
*[[Mandriva]]
*[[Michigan Technological University]]
*[[MTU Jargon]]
*[[SUSE]]
*[[MTU LUG Jargon]]

Lead discussions

2008-03-20T22:05:15Z

Dark-Fx:

Each week, after the business part of the meeting, we have a short discussion
on a topic general interest.
The next discussion hasn't been scheduled yet.

If you want to volunteer, just sign up for an open date
in the [[#Discussion Schedule]] section.
If there is a topic that you would like to know more about,
add it to the list of [[#Topics for Discussions]].
If there are discussions that you willing to lead but need motivation,
add those to the list as well (and name your price).

== Topics for Discussions ==
* Custom Kernel building [[User:Dark-Fx|Dark-Fx]] (What date do we want to set for this?)

== Discussion Schedule ==

=== 2008/01/31 ===
'''Iptables discussion topics'''
*Basic allow/deny rules
*IP forwarding (NAT)
*Port Forwarding/Redirection

=== 2008/2/7 ===

=== 2008/2/14 ===
'''History of Beowulf''' This is just a show and tell on the first Beowulf machines
built by Thomas Sterling and Don Becker at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
I will try to cover:
* Why it Happened
* What a Beowulf cluster is and what it is not
* What we can we do now
[[User:Merk|Merk]] 22:37, 4 February 2008 (EST)

=== 2008/2/21 ===

=== 2008/2/28 ===

=== 2008/3/6 ===
* Backup strategies and tools for personal use (requested by [[User:Merk|Merk]] 10:12, 7 February 2008 (EST))

Lead discussions

2008-03-20T22:02:05Z

Dark-Fx:

Each week, after the business part of the meeting, we have a short discussion
on a topic general interest.
The next discussion is [[#2008/2/21]].

If you want to volunteer, just sign up for an open date
in the [[#Discussion Schedule]] section.
If there is a topic that you would like to know more about,
add it to the list of [[#Topics for Discussions]].
If there are discussions that you willing to lead but need motivation,
add those to the list as well (and name your price).

== Topics for Discussions ==
* Custom Kernel building [[User:Dark-Fx|Dark-Fx]] (What date do we want to set for this?)

== Discussion Schedule ==

=== 2008/01/31 ===
'''Iptables discussion topics'''
*Basic allow/deny rules
*IP forwarding (NAT)
*Port Forwarding/Redirection

=== 2008/2/7 ===

=== 2008/2/14 ===
'''History of Beowulf''' This is just a show and tell on the first Beowulf machines
built by Thomas Sterling and Don Becker at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
I will try to cover:
* Why it Happened
* What a Beowulf cluster is and what it is not
* What we can we do now
[[User:Merk|Merk]] 22:37, 4 February 2008 (EST)

=== 2008/2/21 ===

=== 2008/2/28 ===

=== 2008/3/6 ===
* Backup strategies and tools for personal use (requested by [[User:Merk|Merk]] 10:12, 7 February 2008 (EST))

Gaming In Linux

2008-02-17T20:25:16Z

Dark-Fx:

This topic is a Draft for the Gaming in Linux presentation that will be done by [[User:Dark-Fx]] at the February 23rd 2008 installathon.

Please Do Not Edit it at this time without expressed permission!

Currently all games in this list were tested with Wine 0.9.54 on Debian Unstable, unless otherwise listed.

==Games that are Working in Wine==

=== StarCraft ===
Starcraft works great now that Blizzard has disabled the copy protection on the CD, as of [[http://us.blizzard.com/support/article.xml?articleId=21149 Patch 1.15.2]]. Install the game as normal through wine and then install the patch. ''Please read the install notes so you know what files you'll need off the CDs!''.

What Works:
* Single Player Campaigns
* Multi-Player mode.

What doesn't work:
* Battle.net usually doesn't render properly, but you can still manage to sign up for an account and get into a game.

=== World of Warcraft ===
World of Warcraft works flawlessly under wine. You may need to copy all the installation files off of the CDs into a single directory and install from there, but that is the only problem with it.

What Works:
* Everything

==Games that run Natively in Linux==

===Doom 3===
The installer is not included on the CD and must be downloaded from [[ftp://ftp.idsoftware.com/idstuff/doom3/linux id software]].
Once you download the installer, chmod +x it, and run it. Install into /usr/local/games/doom3, and copy the files from /path/to/cdrom/drive/Setup/Data/base/ into /usr/local/games/doom3/base.

What Works:
* Everything

==Games that are NOT Working==

=== Homeworld 2 ===
Game doesn't launch properly. Rumored to work with Cedega, but untested.

Lead discussions

2008-02-17T19:33:48Z

Dark-Fx:

Each week, after the business part of the meeting, we have a short discussion
on a topic general interest.
The next discussion is [[#2008/2/21]].

If you want to volunteer, just sign up for an open date
in the [[#Discussion Schedule]] section.
If there is a topic that you would like to know more about,
add it to the list of [[#Topics for Discussions]].
If there are discussions that you willing to lead but need motivation,
add those to the list as well (and name your price).

== Topics for Discussions ==
* Backup strategies and tools for personal use (requested by [[User:Merk|Merk]] 10:12, 7 February 2008 (EST))

== Discussion Schedule ==

=== 2008/01/31 ===
'''Iptables discussioin topics'''
*Basic allow/deny rules
*IP forwarding (NAT)
*Port Forwarding/Redirection

=== 2008/2/7 ===

=== 2008/2/14 ===
'''History of Beowulf''' This is just a show and tell on the first Beowulf machines
built by Thomas Sterling and Don Becker at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.
I will try to cover:
* Why it Happened
* What a Beowulf cluster is and what it is not
* What we can we do now
[[User:Merk|Merk]] 22:37, 4 February 2008 (EST)

=== 2008/2/21 ===

=== 2008/2/28 ===

User:Dark-Fx

2008-02-17T19:33:03Z

Dark-Fx:

I'm Brian McPherson, a senior here at Michigan Tech in Computer Science.

President of the LUG for the 07-08 school year.

My website is [http://dark-fx.com Dark-Fx.com].

Gentoo

2008-02-11T13:56:07Z

Dark-Fx:

Gentoo is a source based Linux distribution.

To use our mirror add the following lines to your /etc/make.conf

GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://lug.mtu.edu/gentoo/ "
SYNC="rsync://lug.mtu.edu/gentoo-portage "

[http://www.gentoo.org Website]

February 7th, 2008

2008-02-01T00:27:16Z

Dark-Fx:

==History of Beowulf==
-Dr. Merkey

January 31st, 2008

2008-01-29T15:45:23Z

Dark-Fx:

==iptables discussion topics==
*Basic allow/deny rules
*IP forwarding (NAT)
*Port Forwarding/Redirection

January 31st, 2008

2008-01-29T15:44:48Z

Dark-Fx:

==iptables discussion topics==
Basic allow/deny rules
IP forwarding (NAT)
Port Forwarding/Redirection

User:Dark-Fx

2006-03-02T23:31:54Z

Dark-Fx:

I'm Brian McPherson, a sophomore here at Michigan Tech, currently in Computer Science.

My website is [http://fxaffinity.com Fx Affinity].

User:Dark-Fx

2006-02-18T22:50:42Z

Dark-Fx:

I'm Brian McPherson, a sophomore here at Michigan Tech, currently in Computer Science.

My website is [http://www.fxaffinity.com Fx Affinity].

Members

2005-04-15T02:52:42Z

Dark-Fx: /* Current Members */

== Alumni ==
[http://www.hick.org/~raffi Raphael Mudge] CS Major (2004)

[http://www.dingostick.com Adam Shirey] CS Major (2004)

== Current Members ==

[[User:Chong|Timothy Carmean]]

[[User:gzphreak|Dan Clark]] CS Major (2005)

[[User: Techieb0y|Peter Corbett]] CSY Major (2007?)

[[User:Jon787|Jon DeVree]] CS Major (2006 assuming I don't get expelled first)

[[User:spi|Steven Isaacson]] CS Major (2005)

[[User:Physcofish|Jon Klimowicz]] CS Major (2007 I hope)

[[User:Dark-Fx|Brian McPherson]] CS Major (2007)

[[User:Aragirn|Kyle Schneider]] SS Major (2007ish)

[[User:base16|Justin TerAvest]] CS Major (2005)

User:Dark-Fx

2005-04-10T22:18:15Z

Dark-Fx:

I'm Brian McPherson, a sophomore here at Michigan Tech, currently in Computer Science.

My website is [http://fxserver.resnet.mtu.edu/ Fx Affinity].

User:Dark-Fx

2005-04-10T22:15:48Z

Dark-Fx:

I'm Brian McPherson, a sophomore here at Michigan Tech, currently in Computer Science.
My website is [[http://fxserver.resnet.mtu.edu/ Fx Affinity]].