Columbia-Area Linux Users Group

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Welcome!

The Columbia-Area Linux Users Group (CALUG) is a friendly informal group of Columbia-area residents who share an interest in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in general, and Linux in particular. The CALUG meets at 7:00PM on the second Wednesday of each month. Like the software that interests us, our meetings are free - and open to everyone.

Bridge Education is extending the courtesy of hosting the CALUG's July meeting in its East Columbia office (conveniently located around the corner from Tenable Network Security) at:

6716 Alexander Bell Drive, Suite 100
Columbia, MD 21046

View the map if you are unfamiliar with the area.

Please join the CALUG at our July 8^th meeting for an exciting "GnuPG in the FOSS Community: Why You Should Care" presentation by Chuck Frain. Chuck's presentation is tailored for users having moderate experience with public/private key technologies (such as GnuPG and PGP). Among the topics covered will be:

How do you manage keys?
Why sign keys and have your key signed?
Real names vs. Internet anonymity.
Why is GnuPG trust important in FOSS?

News

Please thank Brad Ackerman for his exciting Android presentation and demo of the new HTC Magic phone at our June meeting!

Related Events/Activities

[ongoing] Assistance is requested for the CALUG "Give Back to the Community Project" - The CALUG has volunteered to contribute/install/maintain a Linux machine to host the websites of humanitarian organizations. Goodwill SysAdmin support from CALUG members is welcome.

Online Resources

Lists of online resources (security, etc.)
Chuck Frain is maintaining an identi.ca group for facilitating the exchange of CALUG event information.

Public/Private Support

The CALUG meetings are hosted by Tenable Network Security.
The CALUG newsgroup server and mailing list are sponsored by Clinton Ebadi.
The CALUG website is sponsored by IntEn Corporation.
CALUG members benefit from our participation in the Pearson Education User Group program - which provides free pre-publication books for members to read/review, and heavily-discounted published books.