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Week #10: systemd Hi all, This week, I’ll be giving an extra spOoOoky talk about systemd, everyone’s favorite init system! As always, we’ll meet from 4:30 to 6:00 in GOL-1445. See you there, and happy halloween!

RIT Linux Users Group: Week #10: systemd

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Week #9: Writing a Forth Hi all! This week, Andrew will be giving a talk about low-level programming in Forth. We’ll go over a bit of history and what the language looks like, then look at a working implementation and see how little it takes to write your own. As always, we’ll meet this Friday from 4:30 - 6:00 PM in GOL-1445. See you there!

RIT Linux Users Group: Week #9: Writing a Forth

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Week #8: Processes and Threads Hi all! This week I’ll be talking about how Linux handles processes and threads. Join us this Friday 4:30 - 6:00 PM in GOL-1445. See you there!

RIT Linux Users Group: Week #8: Processes and Threads

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Week #7: Install Party Hi all! In no less than 6 days, Microsoft will drop support for Windows 10. This Friday, we’ll be hosting a Linux installation party! Whether you are using Windows 10 and unable or unwilling to migrate to Windows 11, just want to try Linux out, or want to help out others looking to switch to Linux, be sure to come! As always, we will meet this Friday from 4:30 - 6:00 PM in GOL-1445. IMPORTANT: Back up any data on your device before coming! See you there!

RIT Linux Users Group: Week #7: Install Party

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Week #6: Network Observability Hi all! This week, Gaïa is giving a talk on open-source network observability. Want insights into your network without selling out to evil corporations? Join us at 4:30-6:00 this Friday in GOL-1445 to see an example topology for a datacenter and for a home network and be sure to bring questions!

RIT Linux Users Group: Week #6: Network Observability

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Week #5: Haskell Hi everyone! This week Rose will be giving a talk about Haskell. Haskell is a purely functional programming language, which means functions have no side-effects and can only return a value. Join us this Friday at 4:30 PM in GOL-1445

RIT Linux Users Group: Week #5: Haskell

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Fall 2025 Week 4 - UNIX History

RIT Linux Users Group: Fall 2025 Week 4 - UNIX History

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Fall 2025 Week 2 - Linux Directory Structure

RIT Linux Users Group: Fall 2025 Week 2 - Linux Directory Structure

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Fall 2025 Week 1 - Welcome!

RIT Linux Users Group: Fall 2025 Week 1 - Welcome!

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Fall 2025 Week 3 - Open Source Modular Synthesis

RIT Linux Users Group: Fall 2025 Week 3 - Open Source Modular Synthesis

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Week #4: Unix History Hi everyone! Tristan will be giving a history lesson on the origin of Unix operating systems. He will also be talking about some modern Unix operating systems that aren’t Linux. Join us this Friday at 4:30 PM in GOL-1445

RIT Linux Users Group: Week #4: Unix History

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Week #3: Open Source Modular Synthesis Hi everyone! Today I will be giving a talk about Cardinal, an open source platform for modular synthesis. Modular synthesis separates audio synthesis into individual components controlled by voltage signals. I will go over the basics so you can get started making sounds today. Join us today at 4:30 PM in GOL-1445.

RIT Linux Users Group: Week #3: Open Source Modular Synthesis

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Week #2: Linux Directory Structure Greetings! One thing that is common across most Linux distributions is the structure of the root directory. Tristan will be presenting about standard directories in Linux and the mysteries of /dev, /proc, and /sys. Join us tomorrow at 4:30 PM in GOL-1445.

RIT Linux Users Group: Week #2: Linux Directory Structure

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Feedback Form If you noticed you didn’t have access to the form in the previous announcement it should be working now. Sorry about that. Here is the link again: https://forms.gle/VNYEHKystLifFDZL9

RIT Linux Users Group: Feedback Form

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Week #1: Welcome (back) Hi everyone, welcome to a new semester! The plan for this week will be to give introductions and for eboard to do a quick talk about Linux, FOSS, and what our club does. We are also taking member feedback in regards to what types of meetings you would like to see and when we meet. Go to this form to tell us what we can do better https://forms.gle/VNYEHKystLifFDZL9 Join us in GOL-1445 from 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM this Friday.

RIT Linux Users Group: Week #1: Welcome (back)

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Spring 2025 Week 7 - Kernel Livepatching

RIT Linux Users Group: Spring 2025 Week 7 - Kernel Livepatching

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Week #08: Game Development Hello everyone! Are you interested in game development? Do you want to know about the state of game development on Linux? Tomorrow, Julian will be giving a talk about game development on Linux, so if you’re interested in game development make sure to come We will be meeting in Golisano 1445 at 4:30 PM as usual

RIT Linux Users Group: Week #08: Game Development

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Week #07: Kernel Live Patching Hello everyone! Did you know that the Linux kernel can (sort of) update itself without rebooting? Now you do! If you want to know more, come to Ryan’s talk tomorrow to hear about live-patching the Linux kernel See you there! (Slides available at here)

RIT Linux Users Group: Week #07: Kernel Live Patching

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Week #10: Zig (Also, announcement about elections, lightning talks, and Imagine RIT) Hello everyone! Do you like writing programs? Do you think that C kind of sucks? If so, then this may be the talk for you. This week, Ian will be presenting about Zig, a systems programming language that is more sensible than C, but not as strict as Rust. RITLUG elections are coming up! Do you think the current eboard sucks? Do you think the current eboard is great? Either way, you should vote! Friday, April 11th we will hold elections for eboard for the 2025-2026 school year. If you are interested in running for eboard, the Vice President and Secretary positions are currently unopposed, but you can also run for President or Treasurer. Please let an eboard member know if you want to run. Lightning talks will be held Friday, April 18th. For those who are unaware, lightning talks are a semesterly RITLUG tradition in which members give 5-6 minute talks about anything. Whether you have something you want to say, but don’t have enough for a full talk, or you just want to tell us about something that interests you, lightning talks are a great opportunity. We’ve had talks about everything from secure boot to squigonometry. Finally, RITLUG will be participating in Imagine RIT. The theme of our booth is everyday Linux systems. If you are interested in volunteering to help run the booth, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/4e5XJ7J5nEDovzo69 See you all on Friday, Simon

RIT Linux Users Group: Week #10: Zig (Also, announcement about elections, lightning talks, and Imagine RIT)

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Week #06: Yocto Hello everyone! Yocto is a set of tools for building embedded Linux distributions. It includes tools for generating and composing system configurations, to automatically build a final system. Tomorrow, Aria will be giving a talk about Yocto, so be sure to come if you’re interested in embedded Linux. See you there!

RIT Linux Users Group: Week #06: Yocto

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Spring 2025 Week 5 - Text Processing

RIT Linux Users Group: Spring 2025 Week 5 - Text Processing

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Week #05: Build Systems Hello everyone! It is often the case that a project is only available as source code. We often find ourselves running ./configure, make install, and other similar commands. If you’ve ever wondered how these commands lead to a finished binary, Tristan’s talk this week about Make and the GNU build system is for you. See you there!

RIT Linux Users Group: Week #05: Build Systems

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Spring 2025 Week 4 - Text Processing

RIT Linux Users Group: Spring 2025 Week 4 - Text Processing

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Week #04: Text Processing Hello everyone! Shell scripting can look like magic sometimes, and one of the most opaque parts of some shell scripts is string processing. This week I will be giving a talk about cut, sed, find, etc. See you there!

RIT Linux Users Group: Week #04: Text Processing

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Week #03: Degoogling Hello everyone! Have you ever wondered how you get from a file on you disk to a process running on your computer? How shells work? How does they load, link, and run your programs? This week Tristan will be giving a talk about running programs. Come meet us at 4:30 tomorrow in Golisano 1445 to hear more See you there!

RIT Linux Users Group: Week #03: Degoogling

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Spring 2025 Week 2 - Degoogling

RIT Linux Users Group: Spring 2025 Week 2 - Degoogling

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Week #02: Degoogling Hello everyone! Are you sick and tired of Google spying on your every move? Are you interested in free and open source alternatives to the Google software that comes with your phone, or which you use for day to day tasks? Have you ever wondered what a “GrapheneOS” or a “microG” was? If so, this is the talk for you. Come meet us at 4:30 today in Golisano 1445 to hear Freya talk about degoogling. See you there!

RIT Linux Users Group: Week #02: Degoogling

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Week #01: Welcome Back Welcome back everyone! For our first meeting of the new semester we will be giving everyone a chance to (re)introduce themselves after the break. As such, there will be no talk. This semester, we were able to reserve Golisano 1445, so make sure to go to that room at 4:30 PM tomorrow See you there!

RIT Linux Users Group: Week #01: Welcome Back

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