UNIX / Linux Install Fest - Twin Cities IEEE Computer Society
The Twin Cities IEEE Computer Society invites you to:
UNIX / Linux Install Fest
Unix runs on a wide variety of machine architectures and is used heavily for Internet services, web-hosted business applications, office workstations and Scientific Computing for research and engineering.
Derived from Unix is Linux, the most ubiquitous operating system in the world today. Linux is everywhere, from cell phones (Android) to desktop PCs and home WiFi routers. Of the top 500 supercomputers in the world today, all run the Linux OS. Most Internet servers are run by Unix or Linux. If you use Google or Facebook, you indirectly use Linux. Chromebook is Linux. (Your Mac is technically Unix.)
What makes these Unix systems ubiquitous? It has much to do with the licensing, which is generally considered as Free & Open Source. Combine that with the human nature to innovate and we get substantial software development, as well as new Unix systems. Because Linux is free and open source software, many people have derived their their own operating systems from it. See for yourself at DistroWatch.
Why install Linux?
• Advance your interests in Linux, and in freedom.
• Re-purpose an old computer.
• Take control of your computer!
What we will do
• Discuss the core components of a Linux distribution.
• Perform Linux OS and related software installs.
• Troubleshoot installs.
Date and Time
Location
Hosts
Registration
- Date: 10 Aug 2023
- Time: 06:00 PM to 08:00 PM
- All times are (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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- North Hennepin Community College
- 7411 85th Avenue North
- Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
- United States 55445
- Building: Center for Liberal Arts (CLA)
- Room Number: CLA 120
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- Starts 12 July 2023 12:00 PM
- Ends 10 August 2023 07:00 PM
- All times are (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
- No Admission Charge
Agenda
The meeting will begin at 6:00 PM and conclude no later than 8:00 PM.
Light snacks & beverages will be provided.
Before the meeting, registrants will be sent:
- Instructions for those wishing to attend remotely, online.
- A checklist to optionally complete in advance (to ensure that you get the most out of the meeting).