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Old News
2000/02/02
Production of the official VLUG T-shirt is now underway. An announcement
will be made when they are ready for purchase. Click here for more info.
1999/10/21
We have been choosen! Sort of anyway -:)
The Canuck Site of the Day for today is us!
1999/06/16
The available list of distributions for sale from VLUG will be increasing
very soon... stay tuned to ourGet Linux page for more details.
1999/02/09
Excellent turnout for the February meeting. Matthew Skala made an excellent
presentation on Perl. Our next meeting is March 9th.
1999/02/07
Our forth InstallFest was a huge hit. There was so much demand for this one that
we've decided to hold them more frequently. We're currently looking at holding
them every two months instead of every four.
1999/01/19
Good turnout for our January meeting, with Deid Reimer on Samba. Approximately
40 people came out.
1999/01/15
The TUX dolls have arrived. WOW are they cute!!! There are still a few
medium and small sizes available for those who haven'ta
ordered one yet.
1999/01/11 -> 1999/01/13
Several VLUG members went to Vancouver to assist with the Linux booth
at Comdex/Canada West '99. The booth was organized by the
Vancouver Linux Users Group
(VanLUG) and staffed by members from VanLUG, VLUG,
Fraser Valley Linux Users Group (FVLUG)
and the Canadian Linux Users Exchange (CLUE).
Simply put -- we rocked! One of the three most popular booths the entire
show, 7000 brochures given away, award for most "Innovative" booth, good
coverage on BCTV.
1998/12/13
We have started the ordering for TUX dolls. Check out the online ordering
system to get your very own little penguin.
1998/11/14
Our Local Victoria Linux Consultant's
list is now online. Please fill-out the online form if you'd like
to be listed here.
1998/11/10
Our monthly meeting (the first at our new day-of-the-month: second
tuesday) had a good turnout for Deid's presentation on PHP and
Matthew's on "man".
1998/10/27
Our monthly meeting had a good turn out. No presentation was
scheduled, so we covered some business and then had general
discussion.
Important decision: Our meetings are going to be held the second
tuesday of the month in the future. This means our
next meeting is November 10th.
1998/10/25
Our booth at the 1998 Victoria Computer Show was a huge success!
750 brochures were handed out, and we sold just over 100 CDs!
Check out some pictures
from the show.
VLUG made two presentations during the show weekend.
The slides
for that presentation are available.
1998/10/10
The members page has been updated to
show our current members. Those who've signed up but haven't
officially joined (by mailing their $20 check) appear as "Friends
of VLUG".
1998/09/30
We got the paperwork back from the Registrar: we're an offically
registered BC Society! Our formal name: Victoria Linux Users
Group: The Association of Linux Users in Victoria.
1998/09/26
The third quarterly VLUG InstallFest,
part of the first National
Canadian Linux InstallFest was a great success, with twenty one
machines receiving attention, and upwards of 60 people coming out.
1998/09/23
Our bylaws and several other
required documents have been filed with the Registrar. We should
receive Registered Society status in about two weeks.
1998/09/22
Our September general meeting, VLUG's first AGM, took place on the
22nd. Please see the
minutes for details.
For ancient, but interesting news from 1998
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