Topic: Getting started with Linux
Presenter: Lauren Drew
When: Thursday, 10 January 2019 - 6:45pm to 9:00pm
Where: NCSU College of Textiles, 1020 Main Campus Dr., Room 2207
Parking: Underground parking deck immediately adjacent to the building (see map)
Map: Google Maps
Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/trilug/events/257683387/

Summary

In this meeting we will have a discussion of what Linux is and some of the different Linux distributions.

If you have never used Linux or are just starting with Linux this is the meeting to attend. It will be the starting point for a series of hack nights where we will go over beginning command line Linux. Don't know what a hack night is? We will cover that.

If you have friends/co-workers who are trying to learn Linux, bring them with you.

Would you like to ask them to bring their laptops and we would help them install Linux on them as a VM?

Bio
Lauren Drew served 25 years in the US Army, as an electronic maintenance chief. Repairing computers, monitors, printers, Night Vision Goggles and other military electronic systems.

After retiring from the Army, Lauren was hired by EMC Corp, which was later bought by Dell, so he now works for Dell EMC, providing technical support for Dell EMC data center equipment. Most of the system he works on are Linux or Linux based system.

He started using Linux as his only computer in 2008, and has used Linux exclusively since.