Hi all. This week, we’re holding elections for the positions of Vice President and Secretary. Both positions are still open, so if you want to help keep RITlug existing and have the time to spare, consider running for the positions (just message someone on eBoard to let us know). Other than that, this week’s meeting will just be social time – come to ask questions, share what you’ve been working on, or study for finals together! Join us for the final meeting of the year this Friday at 4:30 - 6:00 PM in GOL-1445. See you there!

Hi all! The time has finally come for this semester’s lightning talks! Anyone can come with a 5-10 minute presentation about any topic they want – Linux/software-related or otherwise. No need to register in advance, just have your presentation ready to go. If you made a slideshow but don’t have a device to present with, eBoard will lend you one of ours. As always, join us this Friday from 4:30 - 6:00 in GOL-1445. See you all there!

Hi all! This week, I’ll be talking about Unicode and what you need to know to handle text properly. As always, we’ll meet from 4:30 - 6:00 PM in GOL-1445. As a reminder, next week is lightning talks! Presentations may be about anything but they should be fairly short (5-10 minutes). See you there!

Hi all! This week, Rose will be talking about low-level programming. As usual, we’ll meet from 4:30 - 6:00 PM in GOL-1445 Also, this semester’s lightning talks will take place on November 21st, two weeks from today! Anyone can come with a short (5-10 minute) talk about anything they want – whether it be about Linux or anything (really, anything) else you’re passionate about. Lightning talks can be as serious or unserious as you want. No need to sign up, just come to our meeting in the 21st with your talk ready! See you all there!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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)

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

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!