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Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts (ALE) is a diverse group of friendly people who enjoy the freedoms and benefits of GNU Linux Computing and Free Liberating Open Source Software technologies. From novices to network administrators, from smart phones to data centers, we strive to empower every information technology user with freely distributable software and to improve every computing environment with the superior security, functionality and flexibility of Open Source Operating System solutions. -- more about ALE --
For information about upcoming weekly and monthly meetings, please check the ALE Meetup Group Calendar. We do not, and never will, require anyone to sign up with Meetup (or any other service) to attend any of our meetings; we only use it as an additional platform to connect with others in the local Atlanta area who are also interested in Linux.

ALE-CENTRAL MTG. — 7:30pm Thursday, February 20th, 2014

Filed at 5:59 pm February 19, 2014 under by Ruscetta


The featured presentation at ur ALE Central meeting for
7:30pm on Thursday, Feb. 20th, 2014 will now, thanks
to snow and ice days, be the new debut for:

A Hands-on Introduction to the Linux Command Line

presented by Jim Kinney


PLEASE NOTE THE SPECIAL EMORY VENUE DETAILS BELOW!

Synopsis:

Anyone can use Linux systems with a mouse, but the real elegance and power
is at the command line. This presentation is designed to ease the transition from
mouse monkey marvel to command line commando with a HANDS-ON, follow the
examples session that will mix a bit of fun with the fundamentals; all you’ll need
to play along is your laptop. We will be providing copies of the Fedora 20 / i386
live DVD to offer a consistent environment, so advance testing of your system
with a recent Fedora Live DVD is recommended. Alternative Linux OS distros will
work as well, but some parts of the class may be rather different, especially for
Debian derivatives. No networking will be required and the venue has power plugs
at the seats so charged up batteries can be optional.

Special Venue Details:

We have arranged to host this meeting in the E208 lecture hall of the
Mathematics And Science Center building on the Emory campus,
400 Dowman Drive, Atlanta, 30322. A PDF of directions with detailed
maps can is available for viewing and download here:
ALE AT EMORY MASC MAP & DIRECTIONS

Bio:

Jim Kinney was introduced to Linux in 1993. It became a major distraction in his
pursuit of a Masters degree of Physics at GSU in 1997. However, it helped with his
first job at the Emory department of Physics in 1997 where he put students in front
of Linux machines and built a loosely coupled cluster of those student machines at
the same time NASA was building the first Beowulf clusters. After Emory, Jim ran
headlong to the darkside of Linux systems and IT support, design and administration.
Jim founded and ran a consulting firm for 10 years and has worked at places such
as Cox Communications, IBM, GaTech Research Institute and Google. Currently, Jim
is back at Emory running HPC systems for research needs. In his spare time Jim is a
perpetual student of metalworking, beer production and taste testing, martial arts
and general physical world hacking. At one point, Jim actually tried to make a policy
difference in education and ran for DeKalb County school board. He lives with wife
(MS Geology), son (GT engineer wannabe), 5 cats and an old black lab who won’t
chase the cats.

ALE-NW@SPSU meeting Thursday February 27th, 2014 at 7:30pm

Filed at 1:20 pm February 9, 2014 under by JD P

ALE-NW Meeting


CANCELED on 2/13 due to weather.
Rescheduled for 2/27.

This ALE-NW@SPSU meeting is being held Thursday February 27th, 2014 at 7:30pm in room J-202 of the Atrium (J) building on the SPSU campus. This is an open meeting. Everyone is invited, students, non-students, old and young.
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Topic: [me@localhost]$ A Hands-on Introduction to the Linux Command Line

Date: 2/27 @ 7:30p – 9:30p-ish
Where: SPSU J-202

Presentation: Link

Anyone can use Linux systems with a mouse. But the real elegance and power is at the command line. Converting from a mouse master to a student of command line fu is less daunting with a hands-on session with some fun thrown in. We will be using a live DVD to work from so bring a Fedora 20 live DVD and a laptop that is known to work. If you use a different live OS some parts of the class will be rather different. No networking is required.

Bio:
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Jim Kinney was introduced to Linux in 1993. It became a major distraction in his pursuit of a Masters degree of Physics at GSU in 1997. However, it helped with his first job at Emory department of Physics in 1997 where he put students in front of Linux machines and built a loosely coupled cluster of those student machines at the same time NASA was building the first Beowulf clusters.
After Emory, Jim ran headlong to the darkside of Linux systems and IT support, design and administration. Jim founded and ran a consulting firm for 10 years and has worked at places such as Cox Communications, IBM, GaTech Research Institute and Google. Currently, Jim is back at Emory running HPC systems for research needs.
In his spare time Jim is a perpetual student of metalworking, beer production and taste testing, martial arts and general physical world hacking. At one point, Jim actually tried to make a policy difference in education and ran for DeKalb County school board.
He lives with wife (MS Geology), son (GT engineer wannabe), 5 cats and an old black lab who won’t chase the cats.

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ALE-NW **usually** meets the 2nd Thursday of the month at the SPSU campus. Please mark this on your calendar as a reoccurring meeting.

The group usually adjourns to the Marietta Diner after the formal meeting.
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For a campus map and a link to directions please see http://www.spsu.edu/visitspsu/campusmaps/index.htm
or visit the ALE-NW webpage page at http://tomshiro.org/twiki/view/ALE/AleNwOrg for information links from prior meetings.

Learn more about GA-400 Linux Group: http://www.meetup.com/GA-400-Linux-Group/ They informally meet most Sundays to discuss Linux. Very newby friendly group.

Free parking after 7pm in non-reserved spaces in the SPSU P60 deck is best. If you park before that time, you may get a ticket, boot, or towed or toed. ;) Building J, the Atrium building, is a short distance east of the parking deck.
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ALE-NW@SPSU meetings are open events and we hope you will join us! We generally meet on the 2nd Thursday of the month, but always watch the ale.org email list for specifics. Sign up here: http://ale.org/?page_id=5 Also remember that topic suggestions and presentation offers for the meetings can be emailed to [ jdp (at) algoloma (dot) com] or [griggs (dot) andy (at) gmail (dot) com]