UNT Linux Users Group

The title of this group ("Linux Users Group") is somewhat of a misnomer. In fact, this web server is actually running FreeBSD, another open source operating system. Primarily, our group wants to explore all sorts of "how-to" solutions to technical problems in the computing realm. However, most of the things we plan to investigate are based on either the open source or GNU movements.

Fora for You

Dan Glass has set up one of his old test computers for doing the forum thang. You can visit the http://fugu.infosec.unt.edu/lug/index.php site to participate at that level, if you so choose.

Subscribing to the Mailing List

If you seek some local (North Texas) help from folks you might possibly know or want to be "part of the scene," you can subscribe to the mailing list by doing the following:
  1. Address an email message to: majordomo@mail.cas.unt.edu
  2. In the body (not the subject), enter: subscribe lug
  3. For help on using the mailing list, address email to the same recipient and enter the following in the body of your message: help

News

Wed Jul 26 17:41:38 CDT 2000
Due to a lot of prep work for some upgrades, the remaining, unscheduled summer classes will be postponed until one or more instructors can teach them.
Wed Jul 26 17:41:38 CDT 2000
Ryan Hickey submitted some handy tips he collected from ZDNet's Element K e-mail newsletters and HTMLified them.

Attending the Summer 2000 Workshops

A small group of interested parties are developing workshops open to technically saavy folks. The ultimate goal of the workshops is to enable participants to create a database that can be accessed through a web server.

We set up the following workshops to accomplish that goal. All workshops meet in GAB 550 from 1:15p-5pm. Email me (tim@unt.edu) if you want to attend one or more.
Date Workshop Goal
5/26/2000 Linux Installation Install Red Hat v6.2 on a PC you bring to the session. Includes handy security tips.
6/2/2000 Perl Learn the fundamentals of Perl programming.
6/9/2000 Apache Install Apache on your Linux PC. Apache is the most widely used web server on the Internet. Includes handy security tips.
6/30/2000 PHP Install PHP on your Linux PC and learn PHP fundamentals. PHP enables you to embed programming commands in your HTML documents to create dynamic and customized content for your web site.
7/14/2000 MySQL Install MySQL on your Linux PC and learn SQL. Interface to SQL through PHP/Perl (assumes you learned one of those already).
?/??/???? Perl Regular Expressions Learn the real power of Perl: Regular Expressions. Regular Expressions enable you to easily and programmatically parse standardized input streams (like reports) in the hope of generating more useful output.
?/??/???? Emacs Multiplatform editor to the stars.

The Missing Links

This page is born from idea that if you wait long enough, something just might not happen. In other words, as needs arise, I plan to update this page (but it won't all appear at once). Do you need something not listed here? Please email your thoughts to me (tim@unt.edu).

Last updated on: Thu Oct 16 12:38:09 Central Daylight Time 2003 Last updater: tim@unt.edu