Timely, considering our upcoming meeting.
Stephen Hand - Know Technology, LLC
The TechMaine Linux User Group (LUG) meets monthly on the first Wednesday of the month (starting January 2010).
You are invited to join us for presentations on Linux topics and networking among peers. And, join us afterwards at the pub down the hall!
LUG Managers:
Scott Ellis, Jumpnow Technologies
David Merrill, The VIA Group LLC
Alan Rubin
Bogart Salzberg, InkFist.com
Interested in presenting at a LUG meeting? Submit a Speaker Proposal.
Announcements and New Forum Topics
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I was thinking keep it simple and maybe go with the electronic hardware equivalent of a hello world program and just get some blinking lights going.
We could use Arduinos or something like those FT232R USB to Serial converters or...
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The big North American Linux conference is happening August 10-12. This event is normally held on the west coast, so even with tickets at $500, it's still cheaper for locals then most years. Student price is $150.
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At one of the meetings this Spring, someone asked for a good (cheap) way to get GPIO out of a modern PC, without a serial or parallel port. Here's one way.
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E-Learning Course Suggestions:
Recent Books of Interest:
- Ubuntu: Up and Running. A Power User's Desktop Guide
- grep Pocket Reference: A quick pocket reference for a utility every Unix user needs.
- Essential Linux Device Drivers
- Debug It! Find, Repair, and Prevent Bugs in Your Code
- 97 Things Every Programmer Should Know: Collective Wisdom from the Experts
- flex & bison
- The Book of Xen: A Practical Guide for the System Administrator
- Linux in a Nutshell, Sixth Edition
- Practical Virtualization Solutions: Virtualization from the Trenches
- A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming, A, 2nd Edition
