Windy City Linux Users Group

The "Windy City Linux Users Group" meets on the first Thursday of each month.

WCLUG will meet using "Jitsi" Thursday, August 4th from 7:30 PM until 11 PM.

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https://meet.jit.si/moderated/0f038d270b8a7eb3cee825cad8e2e4c8611075f3df29b201e9968fb921cd5d7a
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Dial-in: +1.512.647.1431‬ PIN: ‪2106 8139 13#

April 22-24, 2022

Penguicon is a three-day event where we all learn from each other (as well as from our Guests of Honor) about hacking, building sci-fi universes, soldering, painting miniatures, gaming, coding, and more.

Registration

LibrePlanet was held this year as an Online event on March 19th & 20th.

Archive: Video | Audio

February 18-19, 2022

GeekBeacon Fest would like to cordially invite you to join us in our first open culture, open source, festival celebrating making the world a better place through shared knowledge and technology.

Archived on YouTube: Day One | Day Two

The Ohio LinuxFest will be held this year as a hybrid event on December 3rd & 4th.
Archived on Youtube: Dec 3 Talks | AlmaLinux | Dec 4 Talks

Thursday, July 28th, 2021 at 5 PM PDT Streaming Discussion with Q&A

https://www.eff.org/event/eff30-fireside-chat-founders-edition

As an end to EFF's year-long celebration of our 30th anniversary, join us for a candid live discussion with some of our founders and early board members. EFF's Executive Director, Cindy Cohn will be joined with Esther Dyson, Mitch Kapor, John Gilmore, and Steve Wozniak to discuss a variety of topics from EFF's origin story and its role in digital rights to where EFF is as an organization today.

We regret to inform about the passing of Don Weiman. Don was more commonly known as "Distro" Don among the Linux user groups of the Chicagoland Area. Don took the extra personal effort to give away free Linux distribution media to user group members. He did this dating back to a time when many people lacked regular access to high speed Internet service and the hardware required to burn recordable compact discs. Don's dedication and generosity to the Linux community will be remembered.

The State of Illinois has entered Phase 5 of its COVID-19 response plan. The Illinios Department of Public Health has provided additional guidance as the state re-opens.

Join us Wednesday June 16th, 2021 at 12 PM PDT for another At Home with EFF livestream.

Thursday, June 3rd, 2021 at 5 PM PDT Streaming Discussion with Q&A

https://www.eff.org/event/eff30-fireside-chat-free-internet-gigi-sohn

Join us for a candid live discussion with net neutrality pioneer Gigi Sohn, who served as Counselor to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission and co-founder of leading advocacy organization Public Knowledge. Gigi will sit down with EFF Senior Legislative Counsel Ernesto Falcon, and EFF Associate Director of Policy and Activism Katharine Trendacosta to discuss corporatization, activism, and the fate of the internet.