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SLUG
Rutgers University
Student Linux User Group |
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Our next meeting is:
Monday, September 14, in the CSL (Hill 252) from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM.Meeting Minutes
Fall 2026
September 14, 2026 Meeting
General Interest Meeting First meeting of the 2026-2027 school year Also the first meeting since being a registered club again.
Fall 2024 #
September 9, 2024 Meeting
This was our first meeting of the semester in a new room. The eboard introduced themselves and we had a fantastic turnout. We hope that many of our attendees that night will return in the following weeks.
September 16, 2024 Meeting
RU SLUG's game night saw a large turnout, quite similar to that of the previous week's meeting. Attendees answered questions about Unix and Linux in a "Jeopardy" style game.
CS Club Fair
SLUG had a table at the CS Club Fair with other organizations on campus. In addition, Mannan gave a presentation detailing the philosophy and history of the free software movement.
October 28, 2024 Meeting
Guest speaker Om Raheja presented an ongoing research project under supervision of Prof. Yongfeng Zhang: AIOS, an operating system that embeds large language models into its very core.
November 2, 2024 Meeting
Vice president Arun Felix hosted a joint shell and Git workshop for newcomers to the Linux ecosystem and students interested in using such tools for classes.
Spring 2024 #
January 26, 2024 Meeting
This was a mostly administrative meeting concerning how meetings are to be held for the rest of the semester. As we had recently acquired funding under our provisional status, much of our discussion oriented towards allocating our funds towards potential meetings. As a result, we then focused on creating a plan to create a schedule, recruit new members, and find volunteers to host meetings.
February 8, 2024 Meeting
Mannan presented GPG encryption and its practical uses, demoed local file encryption and email encryption, and covered how to distribute public keys and archive private keys. There was discussion about the upcoming Installfest and a spirited conversation about recruitment priorities and the direction RU SLUG should take in the future.
February 29, 2024 Meeting
Mike gave an introductory presentation for the Emacs productivity environment. Afterward, we made preparations for the general interest meeting.
March 7, 2024 Meeting
This was our general interest meeting for the semester. The eboard reintroduced themselves with the history and goals of the club. It was an opportunity for club members to introduce themselves to each other. We wish our new members and old members alike a warm welcome.
Fall 2023 #
September 26, 2023 Meeting
October 23, 2023 Meeting
October 30, 2023 Meeting
We discussed different topics that we could focus on for future meetings. These include common Linux software and components, older Unix hardware, similar operating systems such as FreeBSD, as well as historical topics such as Microsoft's leaked "Halloween documents." For more information, please check the list of wanted topics.
November 6, 2023 Meeting
We had several people volunteer to run future meetings on topics of their choice, including PGP encryption, shell scripting, Nix, free BIOSes, and BSD.
December 11, 2023 Meeting
Nick D. gave a presentation on BSD and Miles brought in his 1986 Macintosh SE. We discussed splitting meetings into multiple parts.
December 18, 2023 Meeting
This was our end-of-year party and the last meeting for the Fall 2023 semester. Mike introduced the Pascal programming language to our 6502 challenge -- individual members creating their own 6502 microprocessor emulator in a language of one's own choice.
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