Madison Linux User Group (MadLUG)
MadLUG is the Madison area Linux Users Group. Our users come from a variety of backgrounds. Some are academics and
students; others are system administrators, web designers and other IT
professionals; and others simply enjoy computers.
We hold social meetings the third Saturday of each month to discuss Linux and related topics with a rotating location (see mailing list for details).
We also put together demonstrations and presentations related to the installation and running of Linux in addition to more advanced topics, such as networking, programming, and databases the first Saturday of every month (we do not yet have a set location for these. If you'd like to provide one, let me know!).
We also actively hang out at the monthly Web608 Geek Dinners.
We hold social meetings the third Saturday of each month to discuss Linux and related topics with a rotating location (see mailing list for details).
We also put together demonstrations and presentations related to the installation and running of Linux in addition to more advanced topics, such as networking, programming, and databases the first Saturday of every month (we do not yet have a set location for these. If you'd like to provide one, let me know!).
We also actively hang out at the monthly Web608 Geek Dinners.
Sector67: Technology for Nonprofits & Community
Technology for Nonprofits & Communities is Madison Nonprofit Day's first effort to present a full schedule of technology and technology related topics that are accessible to and enhance both the nonprofits and the community.
The workshops hopefully appeal to a wide range of individuals from nonprofit staff and volunteers to social entrepreneurs, accidental techies, students, and the community. Madison Nonprofit Day joined with Sector67 to create a community friendly, technology education day. The workshops are all ages, so bring your children and teens along.
Location
Sector67
2100 Winnebago Street
Madison, WI 53704See map: Google Maps
Lightning Talks
What's a Lightning Talk? It's a short ten minute presentation that will give you an introductory taste of some Linux related topic. You'll get just enough information for you to decide if you want to explore it further on your own. There is no general theme, so topics run the gamut.
Topics (and Presenters) Include:
Paintbrushes, Toothpicks, and Debian: A Tale of Linux in the Developing World (Grant Dobbe)
Quick Practical Introduction to Emacs (Eric Veenendaal)
The Case for Linux (Brad Stone)
Tiling Window Managers – Make your desktop look like a Mondrian painting! (Chris Wilson)
What the Job Recruiters Don't Tell You (Bill Gaber)
Banshee: The New Ubuntu Media Player (Doug Whitfield)
Topics (and Presenters) Include:
Paintbrushes, Toothpicks, and Debian: A Tale of Linux in the Developing World (Grant Dobbe)
Quick Practical Introduction to Emacs (Eric Veenendaal)
The Case for Linux (Brad Stone)
Tiling Window Managers – Make your desktop look like a Mondrian painting! (Chris Wilson)
What the Job Recruiters Don't Tell You (Bill Gaber)
Banshee: The New Ubuntu Media Player (Doug Whitfield)
Location
ITT Technical Institute - Room: Theory 3
2450 Rimrock Rd
Madison, WI 53713See map: Google Maps
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Presentation: Linux in Science (A Case Study)
Find out how clusters of Linux computers are being used together with the Large Hadron Collider to find the elusive Higgs boson particle!
Physicists at the University of Wisconsin have joined the largest science project ever: the quest to find the Higgs boson--one of the last unseen elementary particles. Finally, protons are running marathons at nearly the speed of light around the Large Hadron Collider, and every collision generates immense amounts of data. This data is stored and analyzed on a world-wide grid of Linux clusters, and Wisconsin's is one of the busiest.
Will Maier will introduce the project and some of the physics behind it before describing in detail how the University of Wisconsin uses Linux to store and analyze more than 500 TB of LHC data and run 30,000 hours of computations each day.
Physicists at the University of Wisconsin have joined the largest science project ever: the quest to find the Higgs boson--one of the last unseen elementary particles. Finally, protons are running marathons at nearly the speed of light around the Large Hadron Collider, and every collision generates immense amounts of data. This data is stored and analyzed on a world-wide grid of Linux clusters, and Wisconsin's is one of the busiest.
Will Maier will introduce the project and some of the physics behind it before describing in detail how the University of Wisconsin uses Linux to store and analyze more than 500 TB of LHC data and run 30,000 hours of computations each day.
Location
Sundance Cinemas 608
Madison, WI
See map: Google Maps
MadLUG presents: May Ubuntu Hour
Setting in OpenOffice.org messed up? Scared you're going to mess up your partitions?Heard you could get a free operating system, but not sure where to start?
You've come to the right place!
Ubuntu Hours are a time when new users can come and ask questions without being afraid they will be made to feel stupid by experienced users. It's also a time when you won't feel crowded out by other discussions. It may not always be 1-on-1 support, but it will be close and might even be a better ratio!
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As for Ubuntu Hour instructors, in the words of Ubuntu Loco leader Anthony Hook:
'It’s a pretty laid-back event with little expectations. If nobody asks one week, maybe you’ll talk to 4 people the next week. It’s a good time to get some coffee, catch up on some work, or just browse the Internet. I’ll probably even take pictures of where I am each week.
You've come to the right place!
Ubuntu Hours are a time when new users can come and ask questions without being afraid they will be made to feel stupid by experienced users. It's also a time when you won't feel crowded out by other discussions. It may not always be 1-on-1 support, but it will be close and might even be a better ratio!
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As for Ubuntu Hour instructors, in the words of Ubuntu Loco leader Anthony Hook:
'It’s a pretty laid-back event with little expectations. If nobody asks one week, maybe you’ll talk to 4 people the next week. It’s a good time to get some coffee, catch up on some work, or just browse the Internet. I’ll probably even take pictures of where I am each week.
Location
Sundance Cinemas 608
Madison, WI
See map: Google Maps
MadLUG presents: April Ubuntu Hour
Setting in OpenOffice.org messed up? Scared you're going to mess up your partitions?Heard you could get a free operating system, but not sure where to start?
You've come to the right place!
Ubuntu Hours are a time when new users can come and ask questions without being afraid they will be made to feel stupid by experienced users. It's also a time when you won't feel crowded out by other discussions. It may not always be 1-on-1 support, but it will be close and might even be a better ratio!
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As for Ubuntu Hour instructors, in the words of Ubuntu Loco leader Anthony Hook:
'It’s a pretty laid-back event with little expectations. If nobody asks one week, maybe you’ll talk to 4 people the next week. It’s a good time to get some coffee, catch up on some work, or just browse the Internet. I’ll probably even take pictures of where I am each week.
You've come to the right place!
Ubuntu Hours are a time when new users can come and ask questions without being afraid they will be made to feel stupid by experienced users. It's also a time when you won't feel crowded out by other discussions. It may not always be 1-on-1 support, but it will be close and might even be a better ratio!
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As for Ubuntu Hour instructors, in the words of Ubuntu Loco leader Anthony Hook:
'It’s a pretty laid-back event with little expectations. If nobody asks one week, maybe you’ll talk to 4 people the next week. It’s a good time to get some coffee, catch up on some work, or just browse the Internet. I’ll probably even take pictures of where I am each week.
Location
Sundance Cinemas 608
Madison, WI
See map: Google Maps
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