NMU Unix User Group

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Interested in joining the NMUUUG?

Contact Chris Wells at cwells@nmu.edu

The NMU Unix User Group (NMUUUG) is a student organization that develops and promotes interest in alternative operating systems (non-Windows); primarily this includes, but is not limited to, Unix derivatives. Further, the group helps to bring together students and non-students in the Marquette area, allowing them to socialize and learn in a group atmosphere.

Typical meeting types:

Tech talks → Presentations on various topics related to *nix systems, such as security, desktop environments, gaming, system administration, networking, etc.
Casual meetings → News, current events, tips/tricks, Q&A, chillin’, movies, gaming, etc.
Special interest meetings → Projects such as NMUBUNTU (our own Ubuntu Linux distribution geared around NMU campus life, which we deployed in the Fall ‘07 semester and plan to re-deploy for this Fall '08, as well) or UPcon (we’re working on the idea of a UP computer/security conference).

[edit] Next Meeting

Winter 2008 semester completed. Thanks for the great semester, everyone! First meeting Fall 2008 semester to be announced.

[edit] Future Meetings/Events

Brian Krent will present on the "dd" command.
Thom will be doing a tech talk on WASTE sometime.
James Ives will be doing a tech talk about triple booting on a MacBook sometime. Maybe.

[edit] Past Meetings

[edit] 2008

2008.06.10 - 2008.07.08: Freshman orientation: thanks to all that helped out at the student organization fair sessions! (Brian Krent, James Ives, Josh Cook, Chris Wells, Thomas Moran, and Amy Elliott helped represent the NMUUUG!)
2008.04.25: Tech talk: Chris Wells presented on LAMP (and BAMP) — Linux (and BSD) with Apache, MySQL, and PHP. He showed the cheapskate method — i.e., Ubuntu Server (it's already done for you); but more importantly, he went over performing the install and setup on an already established system (i.e., one which has not been AMP'd) for both Ubuntu Linux and FreeBSD. Webmin setup and use was also demonstrated.
2008.04.18: Casual meeting: James Ives demoed Ubuntu 8.04, and everyone ate cake.
2008.04.11: Meeting cancelled; talk rescheduled due to inclement weather. (Campus closed.)
2008.04.04: Casual meeting: Group photo and gaming (LAN & Wii).
2008.03.21: Casual meeting: We received permission and watched the movie Revolution OS.
2008.03.14: Tech talk: "Good *nix habits" and screen. (Content to be posted online soon, hopefully.)
2008.03.07: No meeting due to Spring Break
2008.02.29: Casual meeting: Movie night! We watched Gamera the Invincible
2008.02.22: Tech talk: Darren presented on GPG
2008.02.15: General discussion occurred; also, Posters!
2008.02.08: Tech talk: Chris Wells presented on compiling the Linux kernel.
2008.02.01: Tech talk: Ethan Lieske gave a presentation on WINE. Video will be posted shortly.
2008.01.18: General discussion: Introductory meeting of the semester. Future plans discussed. Minutes

[edit] 2007

2007.12.01: Event: Linux Install Fest (NMUBUNTU) and GPG Party!
2007.10.27: Special interest: Mock install fest; tried out West Science Lecture Room "B".
2007.10.26: Special interest: Small meeting; briefly discussed tomorrow's mock install fest.
2007.10.19: Special interest: Even more NMUBUNTU work!
2007.10.12: Special interest: We worked on putting together NMUBUNTU for the Install Fest.
2007.10.05: Meeting cancelled; talk rescheduled to October 12, 2007 due to conflicts with homecoming.
2007.09.28:
- Tech talk: Tor (The Onion Router) was presented on by Brian Krent.
- General discussion: CSC, the "Computer Science Community," was briefly discussed; topics concerning content management systems.
- Special interest: NMUBUNTU and the Install Fest discussed. NMUBUNTU Install Fest will be combined with a GPG Party. Some specific things discussed included ext3 support under Windows, ntfs-3g under Ubuntu, and the ThinkPad Buttons (tpb). Friday, October 5th, we'll have a "NMUBUNTU Meeting" to get NMUBUNTU made for the Install Fest.
2007.09.14:
- General discussion: We discussed how to get the NMU provided laptop to play nicely with a dual-boot configuration, sharing the hard drive between Ubuntu, and the newest NMU image.
2007.08.31: Tech talk: First meeting! Introduction and bash keyboard shortcuts.

[edit] Contacts

President: Chris Wells
Vice President: Brian Krent
Secretary: Alisha Wells
Advisor: Randy Appleton

[edit] Mailing List

Subscribe: You may subscribe to our mailing list by going to UUG on mailshare.nmu.edu and following the directions.
Archive: UUG Listserv archive on Mailshare.nmu.edu