Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group

Welcome to the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group. WPLUG was founded sometime around Friday September 26th at 11:37:08 EDT 1997 and we support Western PA's Linux community. The group is a not-for-profit organization that provides collaboration resources, including mailing lists, monthly presentations and quarterly installfests, for Linux users of all backgrounds.

Experienced Linux users are welcome; curious persons wanting to see what Linux is all about are welcome -- There are no requirements to join our lists. However, the discussions will be Linux/FOSS oriented.

We are a Linux Users Group based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania so most of our members are from Southwestern PA and the Greater Tri-State area. If you are looking for something in Northwestern PA, please check our sister LUG, ErieLUG.

We're working hard at developing our organization. If you think you can help, we'd appreciate any ideas you have. We'd like to hear your thoughts: What does Western PA need out of WPLUG? What do you need out of WPLUG? Join the list and tell us!

Upcoming Meetings & Events

• Saturday, October 4, 2008 - Membership Meeting: Elections
• November 2008 - TBA
• December 2008 - TBA

For longer term planning and discussion about future meetings, please see the upcoming meetings page.

Upcoming Related Events

• Saturday, October 11, 2008 - Ohio LinuxFest at Columbus, Ohio (use our OLF mailing list to find others for ride and room sharing)

• Sat-Sun, October 11-12, 2008 - Pittsburgh Perl Workshop at Carnegie Mellon University

• Sunday, October 19, 2008 - Central PA Open Source Conference at ITT Tech in Harrisburg, PA

Feel free to see the previous related events page for examples of what we have done in the past.

Past Meetings

For information on previous meetings, please see the past meetings page. If you are new to WPLUG, this will give you an idea of WPLUGs activity level and what sort of things we do.

Online Resources

WPLUG provides a variety of online resources to its members and the community at large, in fact, you're looking at one of these resources right now -- the WPLUG wiki. We provide these resources as a way for our members to help each other, spread the word about Linux and other open source, and generally just socialize.

• Mailing Lists - The WPLUG mailing lists are a big part of our community. We have specific lists for many different issues, ranging from general announcements, to jobs, to people trying to sell stuff in our marketplace.
• Membership - Become a member of the hottest Linux Users Group in Western PA.
• Internet Relay Chat - This is a realtime chat facility that we operate on the FreeNode IRC network. At times this can be a very good way to get information.
• Certification Study Group - A self-study group is forming for participants to assist each other in obtaining Linux certification.
• The Open Pitt - The official newsletter of WPLUG.

Organizational Materials

• ByLaws - How is WPLUG governed.
• Special Rules of Order - Additional rules to cover some specifics not in the bylaws
• Meeting Checklist - this is what needs to be done for each meeting and the responsibilities of each person.
• Financial Documents - links to the forms and instructions from the WPLUG treasurer.
• Committee Information - Listing of WPLUG Committees and members
• Board Information - information on meetings of the WPLUG board
• Election Instructions - Details of how to vote using WPLUG's system for board elections
• Historical Documents - Organizational materials that are kept for future reference
• Inventory - Stuff that belongs to WPLUG - who has it and where

BOINC-based Teams

• WPLUG SETI@home Team - Our team to assist with experiments for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI).
• WPLUG Rosetta@home Team - Team to "help to determine the 3-dimensional shapes of proteins in research that may ultimately lead to finding cures for some major human diseases."
• BOINC - Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing

Swag

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