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Welcome

 

Welcome to the South Dade Linux Users Group website! Here you will find information about upcoming events, discussion forums, interesting news and information about Linux and open source software in the South Florida area and around the world.

 

This meeting is going to be all about Regex Basics Tutorials.

 

When: Saturday 03/10/2012 @ 10:30am - 1:30pm

Where: @ Planet Linux Caffe 1430 Ponce De Leon Boulevard, Coral Gables, FL

We are having meetings on the 2nd Saturday or Sunday of every month.

Meeting notes are published in Meeting News.


This is a new forming Lug and are planning are first meeting in a week or two. Please Register and post any ideas on the forum. Join us in the IRC chatroom on irc.freenode.org channel #SouthDadeLug. If you like to register to our newsletter for up coming events and meetings please click Here.


We are in need of volunteers to help organize the LUG. If you would like to volunteer your ideas, meeting topics, or forum Moderators please go to our contact page and send us an email or register and post on the group forum. I be sure to get in touch with you ASAP. ALL IDEAS ARE VERY WELCOMED.

 

Thank you,


Jonathan R.
 
Getting Started

Welcome to the wonderful world of Linux and Open Source Software!  Take a look at the following websites to help you find a FREE Linux distribution (distro) suitable to your needs:

DistroWatch - www.distrowatch.com - This site keeps a list of most active distributions along with reviews, news about recent versions and updates. Here you will find a distro to suit just about any kind of use.

Ubuntu Linux - www.ubuntu.com - Currently the fastet growing version of Linux. Known for it's general friendliness, wide hardware compatibility and rapid development. Features the Gnome desktop environment, with variants for KDE (kubuntu) and XFCE (xubuntu) enabling a suitable for just about any taste in interfaces.

CentOS - www.centos.org - CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by a prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor.  CentOS conforms fully with the upstream vendors redistribution policy and aims to be 100% binary compatible. (CentOS mainly changes packages to remove upstream vendor branding and artwork.)

Fedora Linux - www.fedoraproject.org - Also among the most popular and is sponsored by RedHat, the most widely deployed creator of Linux for enterprises. Features a Gnome interface and usually has the leading edge of RedHat inspired software.

Open SuSE Linux - www.opensuse.org - Sponsored by Novell, Open SuSE is the free edition of their commercially available distro. Much like Fedora it features many of the newer versions of software that make their way to the commercial versions in later releases. SuSE is known for it's excellent rendition of the KDE graphical desktop which is a little more Windows like than Gnome.

BackTrack Linux - backtrack-linux.org - Is the highest rated and acclaimed Linux security distribution to date. BackTrack is a Linux-based penetration testing arsenal that aids security professionals in the ability to perform assessments in a purely native environment dedicated to hacking.

You can also get started without formatting your hard drive. Simply boot off a LIVE CD such as Knoppix (www.knoppix.org), Ubuntu v6.10 and higher, or PCLinuxOS (www.pclinuxos.com). If your hardware is on the older side (128MB/400Mhz type of thing) check out Damn Small Linux (www.damnsmalllinux.org) or Puppy Linux (www.puppylinux.org)

There are many specialized distros as well for things like music and video editing (Dynebolic, VideoLinux), media servers (Geexbox), security/firewalls (Coyote, Engarde, m0n0wall), science (Scientific Linux), and even accomodation for the visually impaired (OraLinux) and many others. See Distrowatch for a comprehensive list.

Ultimately, the choice is YOURS! You don't have to run only one operating system, or desktop, or suite of applications. There are many to choose from and you can surely find one to suit your needs.

We hope you found this information useful and look forward to seeing you on the forums and at our meetings.

SouthDadeLUG

ShadowTech