Welcome to the Provo Linux Users Group Website

Submitted by Ryan Simpkins on Sun, 2006-08-06 18:23.

Membership:
The Provo Linux Users Group welcomes everyone with an interest in Linux and Free/Open Source Software. Most of our members live in, or near, Utah valley. There is no membership fee. The only membership requirement is active participation.

Meetings: IMPORTANT CHANGE
Meetings are typically held on the second Wedensday of every month at 7:30pm. Please subscribe to the mailing list or watch this web site for additional details as that is subject to change. The meeting location is at Omniture's Headquarters (click for location details).

May Meeting: MySQL

Submitted by Ryan Simpkins on Thu, 2008-05-01 11:05.
Date: May 14th, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Omniture, Inc.

PLUG:

MySQL will be flying Jay Pipes (North American Community Relations Manager at MySQL) in to Salt Lake on the 14th for the sole purpose of addressing PLUG (and all other local SIGs). Please spread the word. Set your calendars. Blog it. Spread it. Tell everyone.

This will be an in-depth technical presentation. Expect this to be one of those killer, mind-bending, and deep technical presentations. The kind that leaves you barley able to drive home. Jay will keep the presentation as language agnostic as possible - and focus just on the SQL-fu Jay specializes in. This is one presentation you don't want to miss.

There will be prizes (books and MySQL swag). And we will have drinks. There might be food, but don't plan on it.

Jay's Bio:

Jay Pipes is the North American Community Relations Manager at MySQL. Co-author of Pro MySQL (Apress, 2005), Jay has also written articles for Linux Magazine and regularly assists software developers in identifying how to make the most effective use of MySQL. He has given sessions on performance tuning at the MySQL Users Conference, RedHat Summit, NY PHP Conference, OSCON, and Ohio LinuxFest, amongst others. He lives in Columbus, Ohio, with his wife, Julie, and his four animals. In his abundant free time, when not being pestered by his two needy cats and two noisy dogs, he daydreams in PHP code and ponders the ramifications of __clone().

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New Server Home & Sponsor

Submitted by Ryan Simpkins on Wed, 2008-04-30 21:36.

We are proud to announce that Tier Four is now a a sponsor of the Provo Linux Users Group. They have graciously offered to host the plug.org server in their Orem datacenter facility. If you ever need local co-location service in a quality datacenter, please give them a call.
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April Meeting: HP & Linux

Submitted by Ryan Simpkins on Wed, 2008-04-02 15:42.
Date: April 9th, 2008
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Omniture, Inc.

PLUG:

Forsythe is sponsoring a special PLUG meeting this month. Robert Weirick, Unix Consultant at Hewlett Packard, will be addressing the group. Robert will discuss HP's Linux roadmap, as well as address the offerings HP brings to the open source community. It is wonderful to see large IT organizations like Forsythe and HP recognize PLUG. HP is a major contributor to open-source software, including the Linux kernel (top 15 contributor). Plan on attending to show support for their interest in our community.

Hewlett-Packard Company provides various products, technologies, software, solutions, and services worldwide. The company's Enterprise Storage and Servers segment provides storage and server products in industry standard servers, business critical systems, and StorageWorks offerings. Its HP Services segment offers a portfolio of multi vendor IT services, such as technology, consulting and integration, and outsourcing services. Hewlett-Packard's HP Software segment offers a suite of business technology optimization software solutions comprising support that allow customers to manage and automate their IT infrastructure, operations, applications, IT services, and business processes

Forsythe helps organizations across all industries solve business problems and meet key business objectives through technology. We serve as a trusted, independent advisor, offering technology and business consulting services, technology leasing, and products from all leading IT infrastructure manufacturers. Forsythe is comprised of more than 800 professionals working from more than 50 offices in the United States and western Canada.

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New Features: Company and Member Statistics

Submitted by Ryan Simpkins on Fri, 2007-11-09 00:30.

We have launced two new features for all members to enjoy:

Company Statistics - Shows real time statistics regarding our database of local companies. Don't see your's on the list? Add your company today!

Member Statistics - Shows real time statistics regarding our membership database. Is your profile up to date?

Please feel free to offer feedback regarding these interesting new features.

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PLUG Accepted As LinkedIn Group

Submitted by Ryan Simpkins on Wed, 2007-04-25 17:17.

PLUG has been accepted as a group by LinkedIn.

Once you are accepted you will get the following benefits:

  • You can see others on LinkedIn who are members of the group.
  • You can send "InMail" directly to them without going through your other connections.
    • You can turn this off in the 'settings' link that will appear in the "Your Groups" block on the home page.

Unfortunately no one outside the group will see the PLUG logo. This is because LinkedIn wants lots of money for that 'feature,' and PLUG is broke. If you are a LinkedIn fan and want to pay the fee to get this set up, let us know.

To get connected to the group go here:
http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/2889/7F810718DA13

Then click on:
"Accept Invitation"

You will be approved ASAP, then you will have a "Your Groups" section that will appear on your home page.

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