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The
Edinburgh
Linux Users
Group
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| Established Mar 30 1998 |
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Welcome
Welcome to EdLUG's home page. We are a not-for-profit society based in
Edinburgh. We aim to promote the use of Linux, other Open Source
tools and provide user support. We:
- meet once a month
- take part in debates
- run demonstrations
- offer tutorials and courses
- and run Linux install days
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Linux
Linux is an UNIX®-like
operating system. It was written by Linus Torvalds in 1991. He
distributed it on the Internet under the GPL license, Linux is a
registered trademark owned by Torvalds. Many people all around the
world now enjoy its flexibility and stability. Anyone with a computer
can use Linux, from home PC's to large IBM mainframes. Importantly no
fee is associated with Linux, it's free.
Since its release many Distributions - some free, some not - have
released packages of Linux and other tools. Included in these are
Office, multimedia, graphics and Internet packages that are now as
good as those found in rival operating systems.
Linux is strongly associated with the GNU movement and many of the
basic utilities are provided by the GNU Foundation. So much so that
it's often refereed to as GNU/Linux.
Linux has a logo, a penguin called Tux.
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Meetings
We meet once a month, every month. Meetings are held on the first
Thursday of each month (or the next week if it's Jan 1/2) at
7:30pm. currently our usual meeting plase has shut. In place of a more
perminant solution we will continue with meeting imformally for food
in the Auld Hoose (5:30 - 6pm) then proceeding to a talk (see the mailing list for
details, or goto http://www.scotlug.org.uk/wiki/EdlugMeetings), then returning to a pub for more chat and socialising.
Meetings have no formal agenda, although there may be impromptu demos
or tutorials going on. Sometimes we meet in a second location for
special demonstrations or if we have a guest speaker. These are
announced well beforehand on the mailing list.
The December meeting is usually accompanied by a meal which usualy involves a Curry followed by a visit to a nearby pub.
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Membership
EdLUG has no formal membership. We are all volunteers and
enthusiasts. However, regular members are offered EdLUG email addresses
and access to EdLUG resources. The closest thing we have to a register
of members is the email discussion list. Details below.
Our meetings are open to anyone interested in Linux. If you would like
to help EdLUG or feel you could have something more to offer ask
around at a meeting and you'll be pointed to the right people to talk
to.
A few of the core members are responsible for looking after certain
areas such as this web site or the servers, mailing lists, DNS
etc. They either saw an opportunity to help EdLUG and stepped forward
or answered a call for help and assistance from another member.
We are very loosely affiliated with the University of Edinburgh;
however, we maintain our own constitution (we don't have one) and
finances. We are an equal opportunities society.
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Mailing List
The mailing list is the heart of the society. Almost everybody in the
group is a member of the list. It is used for:
- distributing information,
- asking questions,
- holding debates.
Anyone may join the discussion list and
we keep an archive of messages to it here.
Over time the list has developed its own etiquette; information on it as well as
a more general FAQ
along with information on how to join can be found here.
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Donations
We welcome donations of money; equipment such as hard drives,
memory, or base units; or just a half-hour a week helping out. If we
can't use the equipment ourselves we'll raffle it to raise funds or
find a good home for it and we're always looking for pairs of hands
that can create poster designs, organize seating at talks or help the
public at Linux install days.
The funds we do have go towards the society's running costs and
purchasing equipment for demos. The University will allow us to carry
banner adds on this site in return for any corporate sponsorship.
We are currently looking for anyone whom can help with the funding of
a WiFi network at our meeting room.
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EdLUG GPG Public Key
EdLUG have a public key
Finger print:
011E 3730 8CCA E33C A78C 7293 DD6E F7A4 2F69 8AC5
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We are grateful to the following companies who have helped EdLUG with donations of software
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