The Central Ohio Linux User Group

COLUG has been meeting monthly since July 1995. COLUG discussions are also held via the mailing list. Anyone interested in Linux or Free and Open Source Software ("FOSS") is welcome to participate; there are no dues, fees, or formal process of attaining membership for either the participation in the mailing lists or attendance at the meetings. Meeting presentations are free to attend and are archived. Some of our members are Assurors and perform no-cost CAcert Verifications at meetings.

Stated another way:
Question: This sounds neat. I want to join the group. What is the procedure for this?
Answer: To attend a meeting - show up. To join the mailing list - sign up.

We are an unincorporated association, operated not for profit, with a principal purpose of educational mission [which falls under the description of federal IRC 501(c)(3)]. We are proud of the increase in knowledge which this form of education as to the Open Source alternative offers to proprietary approaches, which this focus has represented over the years.

After review of this website, please direct any questions about COLUG to colugx@colug.net.

Information about the presentation plans of the next meeting may be found in the most recent post to C.O.L.A. here.

Announcements

June 2008 COLUG Meeting

• Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2008
• Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
• Location: Beacon Communications
• Topic:  iSCSI on Centos by Jim Wildman
  

Preview content from a past presentation

cAos

Community Au-courant Operating System

• The Mission:
  To create a core Operating System based entirely on Open Source software that has the functionality, portability, stability, features, usability and support to be adopted throughout the community.
• The Project:
  A true community based project that allows community members to become package maintainers responsible for the implementation of a package or group of packages into the distribution.
• The Necessity:
  Open Source projects are abundant and diverse (chaotic). This is a project designed to bring them together into a usable system allowing the community itself to make the design decisions necessary for a successful Operating System.
• The Name:
  au courant: adj : being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge; kept abreast of the latest developments.

• Crazy -- This flavor represents the latest and greatest version of every RPM. There is no assurance they will even boot. It is of use to the brave souls who maintain code.
• Current -- This flavor represents the latest and greatest version of all RPM that play well together. Some person actually has done some testing. This is the flavor suitable for the average user's workstation.
• Cautious -- This flavor represents the oldest version that has no security flaws. It is of use to those who maintain servers and want to introduce as little change as possible so as to minimize sources of error.
• Closed -- This flavor represents the initial version of a release. It is what it is. The older it is, the more likley it is that it is riddled with security holes. It is of use as an archival version of the release.