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LA LUGSNews / Special EventsPast EventsScheduling EventsMeetingsInstallFestsSpecial Interest GroupsOnline ChatEducationLinux DocumentationDocumentaci�n en espa�olOther GroupsLos Angeles Linux User GroupsLinux is sweeping the world - Los Angeles included.The many Linux User Groups in the Los Angeles area have a lot to offer. To find out more, join themailing list of a nearby user group,drop by one of their meetings, or attend a special eventlike Demo Day or an Installfest. Pretty soon you, too, willbe getting more out of your computer for less.News / Special EventsEvents are listed in reverse chronological order.February 2011Friday - Sunday 25-27 February : SCaLE 9x. The ninth annual SCALE event will take place this coming February in Los Angeles, CA. This year the event moves to a new venue at the LAX Hilton hotel. Note: LUG webmasters, you can make your own updates to this section; please contact [email protected] for access. Other announcementsLinux Weekly News, the best Linux news source on the web, relies on subscriptions for support.Please help keep this important resource alive by subscribing.I've subscribed; have you?See also linuxcalendar.com for a list of national and international events, courtesy of Linux Weekly News.Scheduling EventsIf you have an event you'd like listed here, or would like other groupleaders to know about it, please post your announcement to thelalugs mailing list.If you would like to give a presentation at one or more of the Linux or Unix User Groupsin Los Angeles, please write speakers at lalugs.org(replace the word ' at ' with @ in the email address, of course).We will forward your note to the organizers.Linux User Group MeetingsLocations and times may vary, so check the individual group's sitebefore attending! It's a good idea to subscribe to their mailing list;many groups post last-minute reminders.GroupWhenWhereAntelope Valley (AVLUG)First Thursday of the monthCamille's Sidewalk Cafe (Lancaster, CA)BurbankLUG Monthly Buena Vista Library, Burbank, CALinux at LAX (LiLAX) Second Saturday of the month, 10 AM California|Telecom, Down Town Los Angeles, CALinux Users, Los Angeles (LULA) None scheduled Bradley Center, LA, CALinux Users Group of the Inland Empire (LUGIE) 2nd Saturday, 10am-noon Redlands, CAOrange County LUG (OCLUG) (usually 1st) Saturday, 10am-3pm Cal State FullertonSan Fernando Valley LUG (SFVLUG) Saturday 6pm (bi-weekly) Dennys on Sherman @ Van Nuys AirportSan Gabriel Valley LUG (SGVLUG) 2nd Thursday, 7pm Caltech Santa Barbara Linux User Group (SBLUG) Check web site Santa Barbara, CASanta Clarita Valley LUG (SCVLUG) usually last week of month, at 7:00pm; check web site Santa Clarita; see scvlug.orgSimi-Conejo LUG (S.C.L.U.G.) every other Saturday 2 pm Simi Valley YMCAUCLALUG biweekly; Thursdays 6pm 3820 Boelter Hall, UCLA (meetings in 4760)Southwest Riverside County Linux Enthusiasts Last SaturdayVaries - Check CalendarVentura County Linux Users GroupBi-Weekly on Santurday at 2pmITT Tech, Oxnard, CAThe following groups seem to be inactive: Channel Islands Linux User Group (CILUG)Coachella Valley (Palm Springs) Linux User GroupRoute66 LUG (La Verne, CA)The Linux Labs User GroupCerritos Linux User GroupUSCLUGInstallfestsAn Installfest is an event where you bring your computer it, and experts help you install Linux on your computer for free (or nearly free). For more information about Installfests in general, visit installfest.org.If you need some hardware for an install fest, don't forget last Sat, 7-11 a.m. - TRW (Northrop-Grumman) Ham Radio & Computer Swap Meet at the SE corner of Marine and Aviation Blvd. in Redondo Beach - Free parking and admittance Several LA LUGs hold regular or occasional Installfests:OCLUGhas an Installfest as part of every meeting.UCLALUGhas an installfest once a quarter on a Saturday. The next installfest is October 6 2007.LULA used to hold Installfests on the 4th Sunday of the month, but stopped doing this regularly when the Midnight Special bookstore closed.Simi-Conejo LUG (S.C.L.U.G.) holds Installfests every other month.Cerritos Linux User Groupoffers installation help at each meeting.Special Interest GroupsSpecial Interest Groups (or SIGs) are just that - groups of peoplewho get together to explore in detail a single topic.They are often tied together by a mailing list, and are madeup of people from more than one LUG.LAMP SIG - Linux+Apache+MySQL+PHPLAZUG - Los Angeles Zope (and Python) User GroupLinuxChix LALinuxMovies.org: Advancing Linux motion picture technologySouthern California Debian - a group of Debian developers and users.Lula-biz - for Linux contractors and consultantsLA Government LUG (LAGLUG) -people using Linux in local government organizations.Southern California Wireless Users Group (SoCalWUG) - wireless Internet enthusiasts (not really a SIG,but I believe it was started as a result of discussions on local Linux mailing lists)Online ChatWe have five, count 'em, five irc hangouts to choose from:irc://irc.freenode.net/#lalugs -- Michael Elkins invites Linux users from Los Angeles (or who used to befrom Los Angeles :-) to stay tuned to #lalugs at irc.freenode.netfor ongoing socializing, no set time; he feels it's a shame we usually onlyget together once or so a month, may as well be a community the rest ofthe time, too. irc://irc.freenode.net/#lilax --Art Johnson invites LA Linux users to tune in Sunday evening for the weekly Lilax chat sessionat 8:00 PM or thereabouts.irc://irc.freenode.net/#sclug -- Gareth Greenaway hosts an SCLUG chat session Wednesdays at 8:00 PM.irc://irc.freenode.net/#avlug -- where AVLUG hangs out.(The above irc:// URLs only work in web browsers (like Mozilla) that support the irc:// URL scheme.)Me, I use a commandline irc client, ircii (it's on the 2nd disc of Red Hat 7.2),so I put the linesalias lilax="irc -c '#lilax' $USER irc.freenode.net"alias lalugs="irc -c '#lalugs' $USER irc.freenode.net"alias sclug="irc -c '#sclug' $USER irc.oftc.net"alias avlug="irc -c '#avlug' $USER irc.freenode.net"in my ~/.bashrc to make it easier to join. Tip: Once you're in, here are some irc commands:list users in the current channel:/who *join a channel (say, #lilax):/join #lilax quit irc:/quitSee also OCLUG's irc page.EducationClasses in Linux and Unix are now offered at several locations in Los Angeles.OnlineThe best list by far is atCalifornia Virtual Campus -- click "Students", then pick"Computer Information Systems" in the "Browse by Subject" menu, and search for "unix". It gives a list of online Unix courses from accredited colleges and universities in California. Cool!Other resources:worldwidelearn.com/linux.htm- links to free and nonfree online training materials about Linux and open source.Dan Kegel's list of Unix book recommendationsDan Kegel's list of free online Unix quizzes and tutorialsDan Kegel's overview of Linux in Universities discussions on irc.debian.org - believe it or not, free classes on tools like screen, gnuplot, and gpg, taught online via IRC.Local CollegesIf your college doesn't offer any Linux training, ask them why!You might also consider pointing them toRed Hat Academy,which is Red Hat's curriculum program for colleges.(If you know of similar programs, please email me so we can link to them.)Antelope Valley College offers CIS157: Introduction to Unix.Cal State Fullerton Extensionoffers certificates in Unix/Linux.Costs range from $400 to $800; classes seem to meet 5 to 15 times.El Camino College, in Torrance,offers an Introduction to Unix class (CSCI-40).Los Angeles City Collegeoffers five Linux courses (Installation/Maintenance, Server Administration, C Programming, Java Programming,and Serving Web & Database Applications) instructed by Craig Van Degrift.Each costs $85 to $120, and meets two to four times.(LACC also has an "Introduction to Open Office" course!) Mt. San Antonio College has been offering Linux classes for several years. North City Career Center, San Diego, offers five Linux-related courses: "Linux Operating System - Introduction", "Linux Programming with Bash", "Linux System Administration", "Linux - Apache Web Server", and "Linux Web Server Security". Pierce College in Woodland Hills offers CS534 (Operating Systems),a course about Unix system administration.Santa Ana College offers a UNIX Certificate which requires completion of six classes:Perl Programming / CGI, Programming Concepts, Unix OS, Unix Administration,Shell Scripting, and Unix System Programming.Santa Monica College offers CS 40, Operating Systems, which contains an introduction to Unix.See the home page for a textbook CS40 has used,and the instructor's CS40 page.UCLA Extension currently offers three Linux-related courses: "Introduction to Unix", "Intermediate Unix", and "Linux Networking Tools and Techniques" (which David Morgan took and liked in 2002).UC Riverside Extensioncurrently offers a certificate in Unix/Linux systems; to earn it, you mustcomplete five one-month courses (Intro to UNIX/Linux, Shell Programming,System Administration, Perl, and Security). (Ignore the link to "coursescurrently being offered"; for some reason, it doesn't list any of thesecourses, even though they're currently offered.)North American Computer Collegein Glendale has a Linux Certified Administrator training program.See their schedule for dates.Other Local InstitutionsThe Linux Professional Institute offersstandardized Linux skills tests. Tests are occasionally given at special events,but are normally offered at test centers throughout the area run byPearson VUE and by Thompson Prometric.See their sites for details.Remote CollegesFoothill College offers several Unix courses.If you know of more, please email us.Other GroupsSan Diego-based Linux groups:San Diego Linux Users Group (SDLUG)Kernel Panic Linux Users Group (KPLUG)Linux System Administrators (LxSA)Local non-Linux groups and technical event calendars:UUASC, the UNIX Users Association of Southern CaliforniaAntelope Valley Microcomputer Users Group (AVMUG)LA Tech Calendarsocaltech.com/calendar/calendar.plOther regional Linux/Open Source organizations:SOCALLUGS is another online resource which provides information on open source user groups and events here in the Los Angeles area.Open Source Region Stuttgart (Germany; looks very active)For Linux User Groups outside the Los Angeles area, try checking the following sites:linux.org/userslinuxlinks.com/UserGroupscounter.li.orgyahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/.../Linux/User_Groupsssc.com/glue/groupseasyrsvp.com/ugotwapcug.netCopyleft 1999-2007 LALUGS Last update: 6/22/07Send updates to lalugs@yahoogroups