Hello! This is the markdown transcript for a presentation held on September 16th, 2024. You can view the writeup in PDF format here.
LUG stands for Linux User’s Group. We are a pre-professional organization who’s mission is to provide a community space for like-minded individuals with interests in:
We are one of the oldest student organizations in the University, next to ACM, our sister organization.
We share an office with ACM in SELE 2264 where anyone can come in and talk technology!
We maintain one of the largest CS org Discord servers, nearing 500 members :D
ewong25@uic.edu
jcohen30@uic.edukcord2@uic.edu
Email us! lug-officers@uic.edu
Linux is a free and open-source operating system kernel. Linux is part of a family of operating systems that bundle various pieces of software to form a complete OS, called Linux distros.
Curious? Check out our Linux Week event coming soon!2
In the past, we’ve ran presentations/workshops on various topics to spread knowledge of how to better use a Linux system. Some of these include:
You may have even encountered these in your coursework!
We’ve been building a community-contributed knowledge-base for Linux users at UIC who...
systems{1..4}.cs.uic.edu)Our new website has been in active development since 2022. Students are also free to contribute, our website is open source under the MIT license. Check it out! https://lug.cs.uic.edu
We’ve been working on fun things within the ACM/LUG room, mostly hobbyist projects that anyone can get involved with!
Apart from that, our GitHub has many of our open-source works, including:
eventfetch, automated event flyersdoorkeeper-driver, an evdev driver for keycard readersdoorbot, a Discord bot to keep access in the ACM/LUG officeAmong many other incomplete works lost in the weeds due to time. Check it out here: https://github.com/lugatuic.
We share a server rack with ACM. We own our own server on the rack: miku. miku is a Dell Poweredge R610 running Proxmox, a KVM-based hypervisor which manages virtual machines. This server has an overkill amount of hardware.
We’re proud to offer these topics as workshops this semester.
If you want a specific topic covered or want to present your own presentation, let us know! lug-officers@uic.edu
Linux Week is our (somewhat) annual event where we teach introductory Linux skills to newbies.
Linux Week 2024 is being held within the next two weeks!3
Topics include:
Keep tabs on our Discord and the newsletter listserv for further announcements.
This year, LUG members are representing UIC in the Department of Energy’s Cyberforce competition! Cyberforce is a cybersecurity competition where members:
The event is in-person in St Charles, IL nearby Fermilab and is a fun way to get hands on experience with system security against real professionals.
We have some projects we’d like to get done, and we need help! If any of these interest you, feel free to reach out to us.4
chopin, a legacy server on the ACM/LUG server rack.
We also have a newsletter listserv!
Email SUBSCRIBE LUG to listserv@uic.edu for timely email notifications.
Also, you should join CampusGroups to be “officially” part of the club.
https://uic.campusgroups.com/linuxuser/club_signup
As mentioned previously, we want people to help contribute to LUG! If you want to help with projects or have a presentation you want to present, email lug-officers@uic.edu or DM us on Discord :D
Thank you! We’ll stick around to chat afterwards...
The information in this presentation will be made availableon our website!
https://lug.cs.uic.edu
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Sept 16, 2024