The thirteenth annual Ohio LinuxFest will be held October 2-3, 2015, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Hosting authoritative speakers and a large expo, the Ohio LinuxFest welcomes all Free and Open Source Software professionals, enthusiasts, and everyone interested in learning more about Free and Open Source Software.

Save the date. Maybe we can organize a car pool to Columbus and turn it into a road trip from Toledo.

Please reserve December 15th for a special “Toledo Technology Mixer”. The plans are still being finalized, but we are planning a dinner gathering that evening with several other technology groups in the region. The groups are planning their “holiday dinner meetings” to be at the same time, in the same place, so that a larger group of technology folks can meet each other.

Groups interested in participating: NWOACM, NWNUG, TALUG, ToledoGeeks.

Tech Toledo invites all information technology professionals to join us on December 12th for the 3rd Annual GeekDinner HolidayMixer. This will be the year’s largest social gathering of the IT community in the Toledo Region. Last year we had over 50 people and expect more this time.

The festivities start at 5:30pm on Thursday, December 12th, 2013. We are meeting at Packo’s at the Park, 7 South Superior Street, in downtown Toledo, in the Outfield room.

No RSVP is required (but you can use the Facebook event if you want to let us know you are coming). Just show up thirsty, with an appetite for Packo’s, money to pay for your own food and drink, and a willingness to connect with colleagues.

Many members of regional IT groups will be in attendance, holding their annual end-of-year Geek Dinners with us. The groups include Toledo Web Professionals, The Nerd Summit, NWOACM, NWOFMPUG, Toledo iOS Developers, and NWNUG. You will be able to meet the leaders and members of the groups at the event.

You are NOT required to be a member of any of these groups to attend. We welcome anyone who wants to hang out with us, such as entrepreneurs, designers, business leaders, engineers, government officials, marketing professionals.

After the geek dinner, folks may want to walk a block to the Seed Coworking holiday party.

Tech Toledo invites all information technology professionals to join us on December 11th for the 4th Annual GeekDinner HolidayMixer. This will be the year’s largest social gathering of the IT community in the Toledo Region. We have been averaging 50 people over the first 3 years.

It starts at 5:30pm on Thursday, December 11th, 2014. We are meeting at Packo’s at the Park, 7 South Superior Street, in downtown Toledo, in the Outfield room.

No RSVP is required. Show up hungry for Packo’s, money to pay for your own food and drink, and a desire to connect with colleagues.

Many members of regional IT groups will be in attendance, holding their annual end-of-year Geek Dinners with us. The groups include Toledo Web Professionals, Nerd Summit, NWOACM, ISACA, Girl Develop It Toledo, NWNUG, Toledo iOS Developers, and TALUG (and we expect more groups). You will be able to meet the leaders and members of the groups at the event.

You are NOT required to be a member of any of these groups to attend. We welcome anyone who wants to hang out with us, such as entrepreneurs, designers, business leaders, engineers, government officials and marketing professionals.

The StartUp Toledo holiday party is the same evening (at the Art Museum). The TechToledo mixer is where you can geek out with other IT folks, while StartUp Toledo will help you connect with entrepreneurs and others involved in tech startups in the region. For those who want to attend both, we will remind you when to leave the mixer and drive to the Art Museum.

The general schedule for the evening:

• 5:30pm – 6:00pm: Socializing and networking
• 6:00pm – 6:30pm: Sit down and order food
• 6:30pm – 7:00pm: Group introductions & announcements
• 7:00pm: Depart for Art Museum for those who want go to the StartUp Toledo event
• 7:00pm – whenever: More socializing and networking at Packo’s

TALUG is a collection of computer enthusiasts from the Toledo, Ohio area, which include hobbyists to IT professionals interested in GNU/Linux. No previous knowledge of GNU/Linux is presumed or required, although most of the members have some GNU/Linux, *nix, or other open source software experience. TALUG membership is open to anyone, free of charge. We are located in the heart of Toledo, allowing us to serve all of northwestern Ohio and southeast Michigan.

The November event topic is not yet determined.

February 2012 TALUG Meeting

When: Saturday, February 18th, 2011 Where: The Toledo Sanger Branch Library, AV Room A Time: 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM Topic: No topic yet.

The library provides free wifi access. Distribution CDs will be provided free of charge. Hope to see you there!

TALUG April 2012 Meeting

When: Saturday, April 7th, 2012

Where: The Toledo Sanger Branch Library, AV Room A

Time: 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Topic: No topic yet.

PGP Key-signing Party We will be having a PGP key-signing party at the meeting. Bring your PGP keys and let's help strengthen the web of trust. Please bring the following with you:

• Your PGP key (including key fingerprint)
• A valid photo ID

Also, to participate in the key signing, please contact us beforehand so that we can print up some key lists to pass out at the meeting.

The library provides free wifi access. Distribution CDs will be provided free of charge. Hope to see you there!

When

Saturday, May 19th, 2012

Where

The Toledo Sanger Branch Library, AV Room A

Time

1:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Topic

General Q&A

PGP Key-signing Party

We will be having a PGP key-signing party at the meeting. If you wish to participate, please contact us on our website with your key details so that we can print up lists to pass out at the meeting. Please remember to bring a valid photo ID with you to the meeting.

We are looking for people to give talks about Linux or other open-source software at our meetings. If you or someone you know would like to give one, please let us know.

The library provides free wifi access. Distribution CDs will be provided free of charge. Hope to see you there!

The Toledo Area Linux Users Group meets once a month on Saturday from 1:00-3:30 PM at the Toledo Sanger Branch Library to promote usage and awareness of Linux and other open-source software.

We do not have a topic for our June meeting. If you would like to give a talk about Linux or anything related to open-source, please contact us on our website.

We are still looking to get enough people interested in having a PGP key-signing party. If you would like to participate, please contact us on our website with your key details including full name, email address(es) associated with your key, and your key fingerprint so that we may print up lists to pass out at the meeting. Come help strengthen the web of trust.

Hope to see you there!

TALUG will be having its monthly meeting at the Toledo Sanger Branch Library in meeting room A on Saturday, September 29th, 2012 from 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM.

There will be a small presentation on the Raspberry Pi (a small $35 computer running Linux.)

The library provides free wifi access and TALUG provides Linux and other free and open-source distribution CDs upon request.

Hope to see you there!

The Toledo Area Linux Users Group will be having its first meeting of the new year on February 2nd, 2013 at the Toledo Sanger Branch Library in meeting room A from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM.

We currently do not have a topic, so this will again be another standard Q&A gettogether.

The library provides free wifi access, and TALUG provides GNU/Linux and other open-source distribution CDs free of charge. (Please request a CD from our website beforehand.)

The Toledo Area Linux Users Group will be having its March meeting at the Sanger branch library in meeting room A from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM.

We do not currently have a topic for this meeting.

Distribution CDs are provided free of charge and by request only. Please use the contact form on our website to request CDs.

Hope to see you there!

TALUG is having its June 2013 meeting at the Toledo Sanger Branch Library in meeting room A on Saturday, June 1st from 1:00-3:00 PM.

The topic this time will be (The) Awesome Window Manager, with Steve Newsted as the speaker.

TALUG will be having its July 2013 meeting at the Sanger branch library (on Central, just east of Secor.)

The topic this time will be Arch Linux with Steve Cook (TALUG president) as the presenter. Please see our website for further details.

We hope to see you there!

TALUG is having its August meeting on the 31st at the Toledo Sanger Branch Library in meeting room A from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. There is currently no topic for this meeting, but all questions and topics are welcome. If you've got a support question for a specific foss app or your distro, feel free to stop by and ask!

The library provides free wifi access and TALUG provides free *nix distribution CDs upon request.

See you there!

TALUG will be having its September meeting at the Toledo Sanger Branch Library in AV room A from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM on September 14th, 2013.

The topic will be an introduction to Linux and the command line with Steven Cook (group president) as the speaker.

If you're new to Linux or just need a bit of help using the command line, we welcome you to stop by.

Hope to see you there!

TALUG will be having its November 2013 meeting at the Toledo Sanger branch library from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM in meeting room A. We do not currently have a topic, so this will be a standard Q&A meeting.

The Toledo Area Linux Users Group's February meeting will be held at the Toledo Sanger branch library in meeting room A from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. We currently do not have a topic.

The Toledo Area Linux Users Group is having its monthly meeting on March 29th at the Toledo Sanger Branch Library in meeting room A from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. We do not currently have a topic, but feel free to drop by to discuss and ask questions about Linux and other open-source software.

The Toledo Area Linux Users Group meets once a month to discuss and promote awareness and usage of GNU/Linux and other open-source software and hardware.

Currently, we meet at the Toledo Sanger branch library in meeting room A (just to the right after you walk in the front entrance.)

Topic: 3D Printing with Blender and Shapeways

Presenter: David Ludlow

TALUG provides free Linux and other open-source software distribution CDs free of charge. Please let us know in advance, and we can bring some media to the meeting for you.

General Information

The Toledo Area Linux Users Group meets once a month to discuss and promote awareness and usage of GNU/Linux and other open-source software and hardware.

Currently, we meet at the Toledo Sanger branch library in meeting room A (just to the right after you walk in the front entrance.)

Meeting Notes

Topic: To be announced

Services

TALUG provides free Linux and other open-source software distribution CDs free of charge. Please let us know in advance, and we can bring some media to the meeting for you.

General Information

The Toledo Area Linux Users Group meets once a month to discuss and promote awareness and usage of GNU/Linux and other open-source software and hardware.

Meetings are (usually) held on the third Saturday of each month from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. We currently meet at the University of Toledo in Nitschke Hall, upstairs in room NI 2004.

How do I get there?

See the attached map. Parking is in lot 20, south of Palmer Hall.

See also UT's page on department locations and facilities.

Meeting Notes

Topic: GNU/Linux (A brief history, command-line usage, filesystem layout, and which distribution to choose)

Topic notes: It's "back to school" season, and that means we're doing our Linux beginner topic once again. This time, it's a brief history of GNU/Linux, including a small section on using the command-line and the filesystem layout. Different distributions will also be mentioned to give new users an idea of which one to choose, based on their needs.

Services

TALUG provides free Linux and other free and open-source software distribution CDs free of charge. Please let us know in advance, and we can bring some media to the meeting for you. We also have a small library of books that guests and members may borrow. Books may be borrowed for a month at a time (until the next meeting) with a late fee of $1 per month for past-due books.

See you there!

General Information

The Toledo Area Linux Users Group meets once a month to discuss and promote awareness and usage of Linux and other open-source software and hardware.

Meetings are (usually) held on the third Saturday of each month from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. We currently meet at the University of Toledo in the North Engineering building, on the first floor in room NE 1022.

How do I get there?

See the attached map. Parking is in lot 19, just west of North Engineering. More details are available on our web site.

See also UT's page on department locations and facilities.

Meeting Notes

This is the final topic in our "back to school" season. This time, we'll be answering the question new users to Linux have: What is "open source?"

We'll be discussing the pros and cons to open source and its similarities and differences to free and proprietary/closed source software. We'll also explain what exactly a software license is, and even mention a few popular ones.

General Information

The Toledo Area Linux Users Group meets once a month to discuss and promote awareness and usage of Linux and other open-source software and hardware.

Meetings are (usually) held on the third Saturday of each month from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. We currently meet at the University of Toledo in the North Engineering building, on the first floor in room NE 1022.

How do I get there?

See the attached map. Parking is in lot 19, just west of North Engineering. More details are available on our web site.

Meeting Notes

Nagios is an open-source application for monitoring your network. The speaker will be our group secretary, David Ludlow.

We currently meet at the University of Toledo in the North Engineering building, in room NE1022 (first floor.)

This meeting event is also posted on our own site and on our talug-announce mailing list.

How do I get there?

See the map on our site or at http://toledotechevents.com Parking is in lot 19, just west of the North Engineering building.

See also UT's page on department locations and facilities.

Meeting Notes

Apologies for the short notice. I promise the next announcement will coem way ahead of time. :)

This meeting's topic will be mainly about adopting and submitting packages in Arch Linux. If you use Arch and are comfortable with (and at least) bash, then get involved in the AUR and become a package maintainer.

I may also talk about other small topics if anyone is interested, such as web development security, or maybe a small intro to Asterisk.

Services

TALUG provides free Linux and other open-source software distribution CDs free of charge. Please let us know in advance, and we can bring some media to the meeting for you.

Thanks

A special thank you goes to UT's ACM group, who are nice enough to reserve us a meeting room at the university and who helps us organize the installfest event every year. Thanks guys!

Also thank you to everyone who shows up at our meetings. You are the reason we still have monthly meetings.

TALUG is in need of guest speakers for various topics. Please see Steve at the meetings if you'd like to volunteer to give a talk or know someone who might.

General Information

The Toledo Area Linux Users Group meets once a month to discuss and promote awareness and usage of Linux and other open-source software and hardware.

Meetings are (usually) held on the third Saturday of each month from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. We currently meet at the University of Toledo in the North Engineering building, on the first floor in room NE 1022.

How do I get there?

See the attached map. Parking is in lot 19, just west of North Engineering. More details are available on our web site.

See also UT's page on department locations and facilities.

Meeting Notes

April is our yearly installfest event in cooperation with UT's ACM group and the Toledo Web Professionals. Together, we volunter to help new (and sometimes even experienced) users get set up with Linux and other open-source software distributions.

If you prefer a distribution (or even if you're not sure which one to pick), a volunteer will help you get the distribution installed and configured on your own machine, whether it be a desktop, laptop, or even an embedded platform, such as the Raspberry Pi.

We are also looking for volunteers to help out. If you're proficient in a particular distribution, please send an email to scook@talug.org with your full name, email, and which distribution you'd like to volunteer to provide help with. Lists of distros and volunteers will be posted on our website and handed out at the event.

PGP Key-signing Party

We will also be having a PGP key-signing party at the installfest. If you currently use a PGP key and would like to get it digitally signed by others at the meeting, please email scook@talug.org with your full name (as it appears on your key), any e-mail addresses associated with your key, your key fingerprint, and the full URL where your public key may be retrieved. Lists of keys will be handed out at the meeting for anyone participating.

Other Notes

Pizza and drinks will also be provided by TALUG for the event, and we will also be raffling off a few prizes: one (1) 256mb Raspberry Pi model B with case, and four (4) OpenPGP v2 smartcards. If you have something you'd like to donate to the group to be raffled off, please let us know.

Let's make this a big event! See you there!

General Information

The Toledo Area Linux Users Group meets once a month to discuss and promote awareness and usage of Linux and other open-source software and hardware.

Meetings are (usually) held on the third Saturday of each month from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. We currently meet at the University of Toledo in the North Engineering building, on the first floor in room NE 1022.

How do I get there?

See the attached map. Parking is in lot 19, just west of North Engineering. More details are available on our web site.

See also UT's page on department locations and facilities.

Meeting Notes

Meeting topic to be determined...

General Information

The Toledo Area Linux Users Group meets once a month to discuss and promote awareness and usage of Linux and other open-source software and hardware.

Meetings are (usually) held on the third Saturday of each month from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. We currently meet at the University of Toledo in the North Engineering building, on the first floor in room NE 1022.

How do I get there?

See the attached map. Parking is in lot 19, just west of North Engineering. More details are available on our web site.

See also UT's page on department locations and facilities.

Meeting Notes

July's meeting topic to be determined...

General Information

The Toledo Area Linux Users Group meets once a month to discuss and promote awareness and usage of Linux and other open-source software and hardware.

Meetings are (usually) held on the third Saturday of each month from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. We currently meet at the University of Toledo in the North Engineering building, on the first floor in room NE 1022.

How do I get there?

See the attached map. Parking is in lot 19, just west of North Engineering. More details are available on our web site.

See also UT's page on department locations and facilities.

Meeting Notes

September's meeting topic to be determined...

General Information

The Toledo Area Linux Users Group meets once a month to discuss and promote awareness and usage of Linux and other open-source software and hardware.

Meetings are (usually) held on the third Saturday of each month from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. We currently meet at the University of Toledo in the North Engineering building, on the first floor in room NE 1022.

How do I get there?

See the attached map. Parking is in lot 19, just west of North Engineering. More details are available on our web site.

See also UT's page on department locations and facilities.

Meeting Notes

October's meeting topic to be determined...