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Meetings and Events

Our group has been meeting since April 1994. We formed our group as part of The Boston Computer Society (BCS); when the overall BCS organization dissolved itself, we chose to continue on as an independent user group.

Most of our meetings are held on the M.I.T. campus. Here is M.I.T.'s list of User Groups on Campus, including the dates and locations each group has scheduled.


Meeting Schedule

2010

Wed, Nov 17, 2010 (tech)->Google's Android Phone OS
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 (tech)->Hardware Hacking: Atomic Clock Building
Wed, Sep 15, 2010 (tech)->PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XI, plus a talk by V. Alex Brennan.
Wed, Aug 18, 2010 (tech)->Linux-Friendly Online Backups
Sat, Aug 14, 2010 (social)->Annual Summer BBQ XVI
Tue, Aug 10, 2010 (industry)->LinuxCon North America 2010 (3 days)
Wed, Jul 21, 2010 (tech)->Free Software and Web Applications
Wed, Jun 16, 2010 (tech)->Secure Data Deletion Under linux
Thu, May 27, 2010 (special)->MIT Solar Supercomputing PC Buildout
Sat, May 22, 2010 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XXXVII
Wed, May 19, 2010 (tech)->Open Source and Astaro's Business
Wed, Apr 21, 2010 (tech)->Running Dragon NaturallySpeaking under WINE
Wed, Mar 17, 2010 (tech)->SUSE Studio
Sat, Feb 27, 2010 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XXXVI
Wed, Feb 17, 2010 (tech)->Open Mike Night
Fri, Feb 12, 2010 (special)->Virtualization Deep Dive Day ($15.00 fee)
Wed, Jan 20, 2010 (tech)->Beyond Crowds and Clouds: Why We Need Individual Freedom and Power

2009

Wed, Dec 16, 2009 (tech)->Building Google's Chromium OS
Sat, Dec 05, 2009 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XXXV
Wed, Nov 18, 2009 (tech)->AMD-V: AMD64 virtualization extension
Wed, Oct 21, 2009 (tech)->Virtualization on the Desktop
Wed, Sep 16, 2009 (tech)->PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party X, plus The Illustrated history of Crypto
Sat, Aug 22, 2009 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XXXIV
Wed, Aug 19, 2009 (tech)->Double Header: Branding the Bazaar, and Drupal Content Management System
Sat, Jul 18, 2009 (social)->Annual Summer BBQ XV
Wed, Jul 15, 2009 (tech)->Another Look at MythTV and MythDora
Wed, Jun 17, 2009 (tech)->Rooftops III
Sat, May 30, 2009 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XXXIII
Wed, May 20, 2009 (tech)->Hacking your Portable Linux Server
Sat, Apr 25, 2009 (special)->BarCampBoston 4 (2-day event)
Wed, Apr 15, 2009 (tech)->UNIX, Linux, and BSD: A Look Back (again)
Sat, Mar 21, 2009 (special)->FSF annual meeting: Libre Planet 2009 conference
Wed, Mar 18, 2009 (tech)->Doc Searls on Vendor Relationship Management
Sat, Feb 28, 2009 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XXXII
Fri, Feb 20, 2009 (industry)->Virtualization Deep Dive Day
Wed, Feb 18, 2009 (tech)->Linux TCO in the Enterprise
Wed, Jan 21, 2009 (tech)->Improving online education and documentation for developers
Fri, Jan 09, 2009 (special)->FUDCon Boston to hold FUDCom 11 at MIT

2008

Wed, Dec 17, 2008 (tech)->History of Encryption Technology
Sat, Nov 22, 2008 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XXXI
Wed, Nov 19, 2008 (tech)->OpenStreetMap Overview
Wed, Oct 15, 2008 (tech)->Free Fun - Open Source Video Games
Wed, Sep 17, 2008 (tech)->PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party IX
Sat, Aug 23, 2008 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XXX
Wed, Aug 20, 2008 (tech)->An evening at One Laptop per Child
Sat, Jul 19, 2008 (social)->Annual Summer BBQ XIV
Wed, Jul 16, 2008 (tech)->Don Becker on Beowulf clusters
Sat, Jun 21, 2008 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XXIX
Wed, Jun 18, 2008 (tech)->Revealing Errors: How We Can Use Errors to Advocate for Software Freedom and Openness
Wed, May 21, 2008 (tech)->Linux Soup XI: High-End Audio on Linux, Continued
Wed, Apr 16, 2008 (tech)->Overview of FreeBSD
Wed, Mar 19, 2008 (tech)->Linux Soup XI: High-End Audio on Linux
Sat, Mar 01, 2008 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XXVIII
Wed, Feb 20, 2008 (tech)->Rooftop WLAN Redux
Wed, Jan 16, 2008 (tech)->FOSS Enterprise Security Tools

2007

Wed, Dec 19, 2007 (tech)->Astaro Security Gateway: a Linux-based security appliance
Wed, Nov 21, 2007 (tech)->The Making of MythDora
Sat, Nov 10, 2007 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XXVII
Wed, Oct 17, 2007 (tech)->Introduction to Splunk, "The IT search engine".
Wed, Sep 19, 2007 (tech)->PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party
Sat, Aug 18, 2007 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XXVI
Wed, Aug 15, 2007 (tech)->XenSource and XenEnterprise: Delivering the Power of Xen
Sat, Jul 21, 2007 (social)->Annual Summer BBQ XIII
Wed, Jul 18, 2007 (tech)->Trixbox: a telephony application platform based on Asterisk
Wed, Jun 20, 2007 (tech)->Ruby on Rails
Sat, May 19, 2007 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XXV
Wed, May 16, 2007 (tech)->Meldware Communication Suite: Groupware for Linux
Wed, Apr 18, 2007 (tech)->MythTV: A Roll-Your-Own TiVo Alternative
Wed, Mar 21, 2007 (tech)->Linux Soup X: RHEL5 Virtualization
Sat, Feb 24, 2007 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XXIV
Wed, Feb 21, 2007 (tech)->Virtual Storage in a VMWare Server Environment
Thu, Jan 25, 2007 (special)->Advanced Gentoo Linux
Wed, Jan 17, 2007 (tech)->Dynamic Network Mapping (PBNJ + Nmap)
Mon, Jan 15, 2007 (special)->Introduction to Gentoo Linux

2006

Wed, Dec 20, 2006 (tech)->VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 and the Changing Role of the OS
Sat, Nov 18, 2006 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XXIII
Wed, Nov 15, 2006 (tech)->Porting the Linux kernel
Wed, Oct 18, 2006 (tech)->Enterprise-Class Virtualization with Open Source Technologies
Wed, Sep 20, 2006 (tech)->PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party
Sat, Aug 19, 2006 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XXII
Wed, Aug 16, 2006 (tech)->Rooftop WLAN Project
Sat, Jul 22, 2006 (social)->Annual Summer BBQ XII
Wed, Jul 19, 2006 (tech)->SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10
Wed, Jun 21, 2006 (tech)->The Linux startup process
Sat, May 20, 2006 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XXI
Wed, May 17, 2006 (tech)->Sybase on Linux
Wed, Apr 19, 2006 (tech)->Introduction to Wind River Workbench
Wed, Mar 15, 2006 (tech)->Linux Soup IX: Linux and PDAs
Sat, Mar 04, 2006 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XX
Wed, Feb 15, 2006 (tech)->Overview of Plone, a Content Management System
Wed, Jan 18, 2006 (tech)->Free and Open Source Software: Reaching for the Stars

2005

Wed, Dec 21, 2005 (tech)->Beowulf: The Latest Scoop
Sat, Dec 10, 2005 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XIX
Wed, Nov 16, 2005 (tech)->Time Management for System Administrators
Wed, Oct 19, 2005 (tech)->Ubuntu with Benjamin Mako Hill
Wed, Sep 21, 2005 (tech)->SELinux Overview
Sat, Aug 20, 2005 (social)->Annual Summer BBQ XI
Wed, Aug 17, 2005 (tech)->PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party VI
Wed, Jul 20, 2005 (tech)->Ruby on Rails, and jEdit
Wed, Jun 15, 2005 (tech)->The Xen Virtual Machine Monitor: An Introduction
Wed, May 18, 2005 (tech)->Programming with POSIX Threads
Wed, Apr 20, 2005 (tech)->Converting Windows Applications to Linux
Wed, Mar 16, 2005 (tech)->LinuxSoup VIII: Non Linear Video Editing With Linux & Cinelerra
Wed, Feb 16, 2005 (tech)->LinuxWorld Q & A
Mon, Jan 24, 2005 (special)->Advanced Gentoo Linux
Wed, Jan 19, 2005 (tech)->Ximian and Novell
Mon, Jan 10, 2005 (special)->Introduction to Gentoo Linux

2004

Wed, Dec 15, 2004 (tech)->What's New with BSD
Wed, Nov 17, 2004 (tech)->Beowulf Supercomputing: 2004 Update
Sat, Nov 06, 2004 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XVIII
Wed, Oct 20, 2004 (tech)->The State of X11
Wed, Sep 15, 2004 (tech)->PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party V
Wed, Aug 18, 2004 (tech)->Subversion: A Source Control System
Sat, Jul 24, 2004 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XVII
Wed, Jul 21, 2004 (tech)->Double Feature: Memory Leaks, and Linux in the Enterprise
Sat, Jul 10, 2004 (social)->Annual Summer BBQ X
Sun, Jun 27, 2004 (industry)->USENIX'04 - Jun 27 thru Jul 2
Wed, Jun 16, 2004 (tech)->Our 10th Anniversary
Wed, May 19, 2004 (tech)->Two Topics: RouteWord, and MythTV
Wed, Apr 21, 2004 (tech)->Linux Terminal Server Project
Wed, Mar 17, 2004 (tech)->LinuxSoup VII:Movie Production with Linux & Cinelerra
Sat, Feb 28, 2004 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XVI
Wed, Feb 18, 2004 (tech)->Developing J2ME Applications on Linux
Wed, Jan 21, 2004 (tech)->Extreme Programming: One Team's Experience
Tue, Jan 13, 2004 (special)->Advanced Gentoo Linux
Thu, Jan 08, 2004 (special)->Introduction to Gentoo Linux

2003

Wed, Dec 17, 2003 (tech)->Zope - A Bird's and Worm's Eye View
Wed, Nov 19, 2003 (tech)->Beowulf Update
Wed, Oct 15, 2003 (tech)->Gentoo Linux
Wed, Sep 17, 2003 (tech)->PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party IV
Wed, Aug 20, 2003 (tech)->Mac OS X Server and Apple's Xserver platform
Wed, Jul 16, 2003 (tech)->GNU Privacy Guard: HOWTO
Sat, Jul 12, 2003 (social)->Annual Summer BBQ IX
Wed, Jun 18, 2003 (tech)->Introduction to Qt
Sun, Jun 15, 2003 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XV
Wed, May 21, 2003 (tech)->Overview of Request Tracker
Wed, Apr 16, 2003 (tech)->CUPS: Common Unix Printing System
Sat, Apr 12, 2003 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XIV
Wed, Mar 19, 2003 (tech)->LinuxSoup VI: More on Linux in the Enterprise
Sat, Feb 22, 2003 (special)->Beowulf BarnRaising at Mount Ida College
Wed, Feb 19, 2003 (tech)->Handheld Linux and the HP/Compaq iPaq
Tue, Jan 21, 2003 (special)->Introduction to Gentoo Linux
Wed, Jan 15, 2003 (tech)->PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party III

2002

Wed, Dec 18, 2002 (tech)->VMWare and IBM on VMWare ESX
Wed, Nov 20, 2002 (tech)->Developing for Embedded Linux
Sat, Oct 26, 2002 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XIII
Wed, Oct 16, 2002 (tech)->Beowulf Redux: The State of Beowulf Clustering
Wed, Sep 18, 2002 (tech)->Internet Collaboration and Systems Administration
Wed, Aug 21, 2002 (tech)->Introduction to Apple MacOS X
Sat, Jul 20, 2002 (social)->Annual Summer BBQ VIII
Wed, Jul 17, 2002 (tech)->Introduction to IBM AIX
Wed, Jun 19, 2002 (tech)->Linux & Unix Standards Update
Wed, May 15, 2002 (tech)->Moving from MS Windows to GNU/Linux
Sat, Apr 20, 2002 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest XII
Wed, Apr 17, 2002 (tech)->The IT Job Market HOWTO
Wed, Mar 20, 2002 (tech)->LinuxSoup V: Linux in the Enterprise
Wed, Feb 20, 2002 (tech)->Open Mike Night: User Groups in India, Linux & Compaq
Wed, Jan 16, 2002 (tech)->Software Freedom and the GPL

2001

Wed, Dec 19, 2001 (tech)->PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party
Sat, Dec 01, 2001 (hands-on)->Linux Installfest XI
Wed, Nov 21, 2001 (tech)->Postfix: A Secure SMTP Server
Wed, Oct 17, 2001 (tech)->Wireless DSL and Access Rights
Wed, Sep 19, 2001 (tech)->The History of UNIX: How We Got Where We Are
Wed, Aug 15, 2001 (tech)->Intellectual Property Law: Philosophy, Ethics, and Recent Legal Trends
Wed, Jul 18, 2001 (tech)->STEM - A Network Programming Toolkit for System Administrators
Sat, Jul 14, 2001 (social)->Annual Summer BBQ VII
Wed, Jun 20, 2001 (tech)->Sniffers, Scanners and Firewalls
Wed, May 16, 2001 (tech)->Wearable Computing at WPI
Sat, May 12, 2001 (hands-on)->Linux Installfest X
Wed, Apr 18, 2001 (tech)->Samba and Printing
Wed, Mar 21, 2001 (tech)->LinuxSoup IV: The Linux Terminal Server Project
Sat, Mar 03, 2001 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest IX
Wed, Feb 21, 2001 (tech)->Web Design with PHP
Wed, Jan 17, 2001 (tech)->Java on Linux and Simplicity for Java

2000

Wed, Dec 20, 2000 (tech)->Enterprise Management: Open Source Solutions to Proprietary Problems
Wed, Nov 15, 2000 (tech)->Extended Questions and Answers
Sat, Nov 11, 2000 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest VIII
Wed, Oct 18, 2000 (tech)->Kimberlite Cluster Technology
Wed, Sep 20, 2000 (tech)->Jim Gettys of Digital/Compaq
Wed, Aug 16, 2000 (tech)->New User Night
Wed, Jul 19, 2000 (tech)->Linux on a Lan, plus TreLOS Win4Lin
Sat, Jul 15, 2000 (social)->Annual Summer BBQ VI
Wed, Jun 21, 2000 (tech)->Linux and Home Automation
Wed, May 17, 2000 (tech)->Supercomputing with Beowulf Clusters
Wed, Apr 19, 2000 (special)->Eric Raymond on Open Source
Sat, Apr 01, 2000 (special)->Geek Pride Festival
Wed, Mar 15, 2000 (tech)->LinuxSoup: Year Three
Sat, Mar 11, 2000 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest VII
Sat, Feb 19, 2000 (industry)->Softpro Books Grand Opening
Wed, Feb 16, 2000 (tech)->Photo Editing With The Gimp
Wed, Feb 09, 2000 (tech)->Linux and Domino (New England Domino & Notes SIG)
Wed, Jan 19, 2000 (special)->Open Source, Linux, and Apache (joint meeting with AIP)

1999

Tue, Dec 14, 1999 (tech)->Network Security
Sun, Dec 05, 1999 (social)->New England Perl Mongers Paint Ball Masasacre
Wed, Nov 17, 1999 (tech)->The MicroOptical Eyeglass Display System
Wed, Oct 20, 1999 (tech)->Overview of FreeBSD
Sat, Oct 09, 1999 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest VI
Wed, Sep 15, 1999 (tech)->DDD - The Data Display Debugger
Wed, Aug 18, 1999 (tech)->Overview of sourceXchange
Wed, Jul 21, 1999 (tech)->Distributed Development of Open Source Projects
Sat, Jul 10, 1999 (social)->Annual Summer BBQ V
Mon, Jun 21, 1999 (special)->Red Hat Road Tour
Wed, Jun 16, 1999 (tech)->Lar Kaufman - "Running Linux" - 3rd Edition
Wed, May 19, 1999 (tech)->CodeWarrior for Red Hat Linux
Sat, May 01, 1999 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest V
Wed, Apr 21, 1999 (tech)->Meet the Members
Wed, Mar 17, 1999 (tech)->SAMBA Enchanted Evening
Wed, Feb 17, 1999 (tech)->XTC - The X Tool Collection
Wed, Jan 20, 1999 (tech)->SmallTalk and VisualWorks on Linux

1998

Wed, Dec 16, 1998 (tech)->Video with Linux
Wed, Nov 18, 1998 (tech)->Security, Hackers, and Information Warfare
Wed, Oct 21, 1998 (tech)->The NetWinder - Corel's Linux PC
Sat, Sep 19, 1998 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest IV
Wed, Sep 16, 1998 (tech)->Linux Soup -- A 2nd Helping
Wed, Aug 19, 1998 (tech)->Linux Soup
Sat, Jul 18, 1998 (social)->Annual Summer BBQ IV
Wed, Jul 15, 1998 (tech)->Lucent Technologies' Inferno - Update on Bell Labs Network OSes
Wed, Jun 17, 1998 (tech)->IP Masquerading, or The $500 Linux Firewall
Wed, May 20, 1998 (tech)->Web Service Accessibility: Disability Law and Public Duties
Sat, Apr 18, 1998 (social)->Linux Cafe
Wed, Apr 15, 1998 (tech)->Bochs: A Portable PC Emulator
Sat, Mar 21, 1998 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest III
Wed, Mar 18, 1998 (tech)->Overview of S.A.N.E.
Sat, Feb 28, 1998 (industry)->Ken Gordon Show
Wed, Feb 18, 1998 (tech)->Caldera Overview
Thu, Jan 29, 1998 (tech)->Red Hat Software, Inc. and RedHat 5.0

1997

Wed, Dec 17, 1997 (tech)->Year End Holiday Q+A Party
Wed, Dec 10, 1997 (admin)->BLU Volunteer Meeting
Wed, Nov 19, 1997 (tech)->Introduction to JavaScript Programming
Wed, Nov 12, 1997 (admin)->BLU Volunteer Meeting
Sat, Nov 01, 1997 (social)->Linux Cafe and Pizzeria
Wed, Oct 15, 1997 (tech)->Overview of CORBA and Linux
Wed, Oct 08, 1997 (admin)->BLU Volunteer Meeting
Wed, Sep 17, 1997 (tech)->Building Intranets with Linux
Wed, Sep 10, 1997 (admin)->BLU Volunteer Meeting
Wed, Aug 20, 1997 (tech)->IPv6: The New Internet Protocol - A Technical Overview
Wed, Aug 13, 1997 (admin)->BLU Volunteer Meeting
Sat, Aug 02, 1997 (social)->Linux/Unix BBQ and Cafe
Wed, Jul 16, 1997 (tech)->Wearable Computing
Wed, Jul 09, 1997 (admin)->BLU Volunteer Meeting
Wed, Jun 18, 1997 (tech)->Legal Implications of Developing for Linux
Wed, Jun 11, 1997 (admin)->BLU Volunteer Meeting
Wed, May 21, 1997 (tech)->EM86 - Running Linux/x86 Binaries on Linux/Alpha
Wed, May 14, 1997 (admin)->BLU Volunteer Meeting
Sat, Apr 19, 1997 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest II
Wed, Apr 16, 1997 (tech)->General Question and Answer
Sat, Apr 12, 1997 (industry)->Ken Gordon Show
Wed, Apr 09, 1997 (admin)->BLU Volunteer Meeting
Wed, Mar 19, 1997 (tech)->Security Without Firewalls
Wed, Feb 19, 1997 (tech)->Linux as a Student Computing Environment
Wed, Jan 22, 1997 (social)->SigNet Rollout
Sat, Jan 18, 1997 (hands-on)->Linux InstallFest

1996

Wed, Dec 18, 1996 (tech)->Java: The Big Picture
Sat, Dec 14, 1996 (industry)->Ken Gordon Show
Wed, Nov 20, 1996 (tech)->Unix Standardization
Wed, Oct 16, 1996 (tech)->Watch Out For Flying SPARCs! - A SparcLinux Demonstration
Wed, Sep 18, 1996 (tech)->PGP and Electronic Privacy
Wed, Aug 21, 1996 (tech)->Introduction to Scilab
Sat, Aug 17, 1996 (social)->Linux Cafe/BBQ
Wed, Jul 17, 1996 (tech)->GNU HURD: The Latest News
Wed, Jun 19, 1996 (tech)->Linux/Alpha: One Year Later
Wed, May 15, 1996 (tech)->Linux Security: A Firewall HOWTO
Wed, Apr 17, 1996 (tech)->Linux and Commercial UNIX: Adversaries or Bedfellows?
Fri, Apr 12, 1996 (social)->Linux Cafe
Wed, Mar 20, 1996 (tech)->Beginners Clinic: HOTWO Install RedHat Linux
Wed, Feb 21, 1996 (tech)->General Q+A - Bring your questions, problems, and horror stories!
Wed, Jan 17, 1996 (tech)->Introduction to Modula-3

1995

Wed, Dec 13, 1995 (tech)->Frame Relay Hardware
Fri, Dec 08, 1995 (social)->Linux Cafe
Wed, Nov 15, 1995 (tech)->Linux Web Browsers
Wed, Oct 18, 1995 (tech)->Majordomo - Managing Your Mailing Lists
Wed, Sep 20, 1995 (tech)->Perl Basics
Wed, Aug 16, 1995 (tech)->Emacs for Power Users
Sat, Aug 05, 1995 (social)->First Annual Linux/Unix SIG Summer BBQ
Wed, Jul 19, 1995 (tech)->Troubleshooting Your Linux System
Wed, Jun 21, 1995 (tech)->AUIS - The Andrew User Interface System
Wed, May 17, 1995 (special)->Linus Torvalds Comes to Boston!
Wed, Apr 19, 1995 (tech)->BOOTP Servers / GNU Philosophy
Sat, Apr 01, 1995 (industry)->BCS MegaMeeting
Wed, Mar 15, 1995 (tech)->Linux on Digital Alpha AXP
Wed, Feb 15, 1995 (tech)->Introduction to TCL and TK
Wed, Jan 18, 1995 (tech)->Linux Web Servers and Basic HTML and CGI

1994

Wed, Dec 21, 1994 (tech)->Configuring the XFree86 X Server
Wed, Nov 16, 1994 (tech)->What Next?
Tue, Oct 04, 1994 (tech)->WINE and SCO Binary Emulators
Tue, Sep 06, 1994 (tech)->Providing Internet Services on a Linux Platform
Tue, Aug 02, 1994 (tech)->Linus Torvalds at DECUS
Tue, Jul 05, 1994 (tech)->Installing Slackware Linux
Tue, Jun 07, 1994 (tech)->*NEW GROUP*
Sat, Apr 02, 1994 (industry)->BCS MegaMeeting 1994

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