Upcoming Events
The handy events calendar holds the latest info and of course the mailing list is the place to discuss the details.
You can expect our regular social gatherings and technical talks throughout 2007: -
- Friendly chat, food and drink can be had at our socials. These usually occur every first Wednesday evening of the month and are typically at an inexpensive restaurant or pub in the city centre.
- Our technical talks are usually on every third Thursday evening of the month and are likely to be at our increasingly regular venue, the Navigation Inn. We like to keep the technical talks broad enough to suit the differing abilities of our members, but believe me: you will learn something!
- We like to throw in the odd extra event here and there to suit: e.g. LAN parties and fix-it evenings
We especially welcome new members to the meetings -- you can get help from our regulars (if you need it) or just a friendly group to chat with!
You can get a flavour of the meetings from out the past events pages
About the group
The Nottingham GNU/Linux Users Group ("NLUG") is a focal point for Linux users in and around the Nottingham area providing a forum for exchange of ideas and skills on GNU/Linux-based operating systems.
Membership of the group is free and open: there are no restrictions on who can join. We hold regular informative talks and social meetings - all are welcome! Those who are new to Linux are especially welcome: we hope you will find us to be a friendly and helpful bunch. To join, simply subscribe to the mailing list (we have about 290 subscribers) or just turn up to one of our regular events...
The mailing list can be read using the online archives here. For further details about the mailing list and subscription options go here.
You can also become a registered user of this website by creating an account although this is only necessary if you want to join in with the upkeep of the site.
You can also catch some of us lurking on IRC at #nlug on irc.uk.oftc.net - sometimes quiet, sometimes noisy!
[Social] Food'n'beer at Las Iguanas
Folks,
We have a mildly Mexican flavour to the evening for our next social:
Wednesday 07/05/2008
19:30 meet in our old favourite:
9–11 St James Street
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG1 6FH
0115 979 3400
And thence round abouts
20:00 (for 20:15 at)
4 Chapel Quarter, Chapel Bar
Nottingham NG1 6JS
0115 959 6390
We'll either be sunk by the cocktails there or return to the Roebuck to sample their fine ales.
[Talk] The Linux Life of Newbie Marcel
Folks,
Thursday 17/04/2008 at our favoured Navigation, Marcel (and Steve?) are presenting:
A low tech tour of Linux and the Eee PC for "A Linux day in the Life of newbie Marcel Taylor"
Plus the usual post-talk general discussions.
At:
19:30 meet (in the bar)
20:00 talk (upstairs in the function room).
Ask the friendly bar staff if you can't locate us!
The Navigation Inn
6 Wilford Street
Nottingham
NG2 1AA
Tel: 0115 9417139
[Social] Big Wok Food 'n' Beers meet
Folks,
I think that we're overdue for a return to a good foodie favourite:
The Big Wok Chinese Buffet Restaurant
114 Upper Parliament Street,
Nottingham
0115 9583666
Nottigham Big Wok
(For an example of how NOT to design web pages! The food is much better :-) )
and beers at Lantry's:
The Langtry,
South Sherwood St,
NOTTINGHAM, NG1 4BY
0115 9472124
[Social] Wed 05/03/2008 CHAI YO THAI!
Folks,
A foodie 'n' beer social:
For a very nice change this is at a venue very highly recommended with great food and fair pricing that even I can appreciate!
CHAI YO THAI RESTAURANT
2 Parliament Terrace,
off Parliament Street,
Nottingham
NG1 5FX
0115 9506224
19:30 meet in:
The Toll Bar pub
Tollhouse Hill,
Nottingham,
NG1 5FS
0115 9473952
And thence abouts:
20:00 onwards to CHAI YO
[Talks] 1: Arduino; 2: What GPL?!
Folks,
This week's meet is at our usual Navigation for a couple of mini-talks:
1: Arduino
Bits and Bytes and "Open Source" hardware
2: What GPL?!
GPL and what's this GPL v3 thing about?
I also have a double-sided DVD with 10+ distros on that people can have a play with on the night if they wish if they bring their own hardware for the playing.
All at:
19:30 meet (in the bar)
20:00 talk (upstairs in the function room).
Ask the friendly bar staff if you can't locate us!
The Navigation Inn
[Social/Tech] Thurs 17/01/08 Open mic and meeting planning
[Social/Tech] Thurs 17/01/08 Open mic and meeting planning
"Group meeting! Group meeting!"
Get down to The Navigation on Thursday night and we'll be having an ad-hoc
social/tech meet where anyone can tell of their GNU/Linux adventures, get
some questions answered, get some problems solved, etc. Bring laptops! We
have free wireless broadband! If I decide not to have a few pints (or get a
lift) I might bring along the projector, Frets-on-fire, and a wireless
keyboard so we can guitar-hero for Free(TM) and make idiots of ourselves. If
that doesn't work out I'm sure we'll have a good time anyhow.
We'll also be discussing what meetings to have in 2008 - all ideas are welcome
(although some may turn out to be more welcome than others!)
19:30 meet (usually in the bar), 20:00 talk (upstairs in the function room).
Ask the friendly staff if you can't locate us!
The Navigation Inn
6 Wilford Street
Nottingham
NG2 1AA
Tel: 0115 9417139
http://www.pub-explorer.com/notts/pub/navigationinnnottingham.htm
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=52.948&lon=-1.1518&scale=10000&icon=x
Regards,
Michael Erskine.
[Virtual/Social/Tech] Thurs 20/12/2007 Online Xmas meet
We know how hard it is to arrange socials this time of year so our Xmas meet
will be of the non-meatspace variety (bear with me!) : so at 8pm on Thursday,
fire up your favourite IRC client and point it at #nlug on irc.oftc.net
(irc://irc.oftc.net/#nlug for short) where you should find the usual lurkers
and hopefully a few more to chat inanely in the comfort of your own wifi
warmspot or hardwired boudoir.
Anybody needing help with IRC on Linux, Mac, Windows, etc. can ask here, or
read one of the many primers on the intertubes (e.g.
http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/new2irc.html or perhaps the Wikipedia article
General Fix-it and Install evening at The Navigation
Folks,
This Thursday 22/11/07:
General Fix-it and Install evening at The Navigation
and whatever troubleshooting and discussions and beer and...
Well, see who turns up!
I'll be there with a fistful of disks, and there is WiFi internet access
for (slow) downloads.
If bringing any machines, you can park briefly in the entrance to the
pub yard to unload and then there is parking nearby around the corner by
the castle.
19:30 start, in the room upstairs.
The Navigation Inn
6 Wilford Street
Nottingham
NG2 1AA
Tel: 0115 9417139
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