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==San Fernando Valley Linux Users Group==
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'''Welcome to the San Fernando Valley Linux Users Group (SFVLUG) wiki.''' We hope to see you all soon at one of our meetings. If for some reason you are unable to attend a meeting we invite you to visit with us here at the SFVLUG wiki.
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Welcome to a temporary site we can use while our own server is down or otherwise unavailable. We will decide whether or not to keep it going once our own server is up to speed.
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'''[[Meetings]]''', if you just want to go directly to info on our next meeting including time and venue please go to our [[Meetings]] page.
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Our primary site is [http://www.sfvlug.org www.sfvlug.org] and any information found there is to be considered authoritative. Please use any information in it over this site in the case of conflicting information as this site is not secure and can be edited by someone without authority.
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This site is currently hosted by [http://www.editthis.info EditThis] using [http://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki] software. We will decide whether or not to keep it going here or move it to our own server once our own server is up to speed.
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[[Announcements]]  
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Our primary site is [http://www.sfvlug.org www.sfvlug.org] and any information found there is to be considered authoritative. Please use any information in it over this site in the case of conflicting information. This site is not secure and can be edited by someone without authority.
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==Announcements==
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===[[Meetings]]===
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announcements for membership meetings and events provided by SFVLUG
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===[[Presentations]]===
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Presentation page. Links to resources and slides.
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===[[Special Interest Groups]]===
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subgroups of SFVLUG with an interest in a particular area(s) relating to FLOSS (Free/Libre Open Source Software)
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===[[SFVLUG:Community Portal | Community Portal]]===
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external links to the open source community in cyberspace
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==News==
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===[[Linux News]]===
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===[[FLOSS News]]===
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===[[SFVLUG News]]===
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===[[Non-Free News]]===
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==Resources==
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===[[Linux 101]]===
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==First Steps==
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===[[Newbie Resources]]===
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The username and password for the administrative account is '''admin''', '''admin'''.
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resources for those new to GNU/Linux and/or open source software
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#<font color="red">Important:</font>  [[Special:Userlogin|Log in]] as admin and go to [[Special:Preferences|Preferences]] to change your password!
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#Write down your password.
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#On this page: [[image_logo_url]] put just the url for the logo that you want in the upper left corner of your wiki.
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===[[Command Line Basics]]===
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also see [[Newbie Resources]]
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===[[Classes]]===
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instruction beyond one time presentations (none presently scheduled)
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===[[Code Vault]]===
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looking for more advanced scripts or source code, wanting to donate any bash script or other short and simple code, check this out (also look at [[Command Line Basics]] and [[Newbie Resources]])
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===[[People Page]]===
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personal pages for members (a great place for sharing your interests, create your own personal page)
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===[[Reviews]]===
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==Other optional things to do==
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read/write a review about products or services related to FOSS
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*Control the rights of anonymous and logged in users through the [[Control Panel]] (which can be found in the toolbox on the left side of this page).
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*Add the url for your wiki to the [http://www.editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Categorized_Wiki_List Categorized wiki list]. Simply edit that page and put your wiki under the appropriate category.
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==Projects==
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*To increase the amount of space you have for uploads, add links to http://editthis.info from external sites, and go to the [http://editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Link_Quota_Page Link Quota Page] to increase your uploads quota.
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*Edit [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]] to change the navigation menu
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===[[Project Page]]===
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*Add this wiki to some external wiki indexes:
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Active and proposed projects, includes discussion.
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#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki Wikipedia list of wikis]
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#[http://www.wikiindex.com/Add_a_Wiki WikiIndex]<br>
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===[[SCALE]]===
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*If you are feeling adventurous and know a little about web design you can edit the  javascript and css to the [[Header]] to change the look of your wiki.
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SCALE discussion (status, current and future projects, methods, etc)
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**You must log as admin to do this
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**Whatever you enter in this page will be added to the html in the header after the standard style sheet, so you can override styles.
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==Advocacy==
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*Read the [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide] for other usage and configuration help.
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*Add your wiki to the [http://editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Map_of_wikis map of wikis]
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===[[Linux Advocacy]]===
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*Add a message to the [http://www.editthis.info/wiki/index.php/Feedback Feedback Page] if you see anything that could be improved.
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===[[SFVLUG Advocacy]]===
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==Help==
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===[[Wiki Specific Info]]===
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info on the wiki software used for this site
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==[[Sandbox]]==
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Use this area for training and experimentation
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==[[Pending]]==
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Use this area to develop content thats not yet ready for public viewing
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==About Us==
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We are a very loosely organized group of GNU/Linux and open source software enthusiasts, that live/work/meet in the San Fernando Valley, a suburb of Los Angeles in Southern Californina. You don't actually need to live in the Valley to join, but attending meetings is more difficult if you don't. Please see our [[Announcements]] page for more information on meetings. If you can't attend regular meetings you can still get involved here at this wiki, or in our IRC chat on [http://freenode.net/ freenode] in #sfvlug.
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==Copyleft==
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Previously any posting to this wiki was to be considered in the public domain, see below, but to avoid confusion and to insure that postings aren't improperly used without citation all postings unless otherwise stated are to be considered published under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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[[Image:Gnu-head-banner.png|GNU head]] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.txt
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===Old copyleft notice===
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We need to work out copyright/copyleft/public domain issues, so we can include material with restricted licenses, but at this time you should consider any submission to this site as being in the public domain. Do not post copyrighted material to this site no matter what license without the permission of the copyright holder. Any license restricts what you can and can not do with the material, even the GPL. If you need to reference copyrighted material and can't get permission please use an external link to the original material.
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'''Thank you for visiting the SFVLUG wiki.'''

Current revision as of 07:16, 20 April 2013

Welcome to the San Fernando Valley Linux Users Group (SFVLUG) wiki. We hope to see you all soon at one of our meetings. If for some reason you are unable to attend a meeting we invite you to visit with us here at the SFVLUG wiki.

Meetings, if you just want to go directly to info on our next meeting including time and venue please go to our Meetings page.

This site is currently hosted by EditThis using MediaWiki software. We will decide whether or not to keep it going here or move it to our own server once our own server is up to speed.

Our primary site is www.sfvlug.org and any information found there is to be considered authoritative. Please use any information in it over this site in the case of conflicting information. This site is not secure and can be edited by someone without authority.


Contents

Announcements

Meetings

announcements for membership meetings and events provided by SFVLUG

Presentations

Presentation page. Links to resources and slides.

Special Interest Groups

subgroups of SFVLUG with an interest in a particular area(s) relating to FLOSS (Free/Libre Open Source Software)

Community Portal

external links to the open source community in cyberspace

News

Linux News

FLOSS News

SFVLUG News

Non-Free News

Resources

Linux 101

Newbie Resources

resources for those new to GNU/Linux and/or open source software

Command Line Basics

also see Newbie Resources

Classes

instruction beyond one time presentations (none presently scheduled)

Code Vault

looking for more advanced scripts or source code, wanting to donate any bash script or other short and simple code, check this out (also look at Command Line Basics and Newbie Resources)

People Page

personal pages for members (a great place for sharing your interests, create your own personal page)

Reviews

read/write a review about products or services related to FOSS

Projects

Project Page

Active and proposed projects, includes discussion.

SCALE

SCALE discussion (status, current and future projects, methods, etc)

Advocacy

Linux Advocacy

SFVLUG Advocacy

Help

Wiki Specific Info

info on the wiki software used for this site

Sandbox

Use this area for training and experimentation

Pending

Use this area to develop content thats not yet ready for public viewing

About Us

We are a very loosely organized group of GNU/Linux and open source software enthusiasts, that live/work/meet in the San Fernando Valley, a suburb of Los Angeles in Southern Californina. You don't actually need to live in the Valley to join, but attending meetings is more difficult if you don't. Please see our Announcements page for more information on meetings. If you can't attend regular meetings you can still get involved here at this wiki, or in our IRC chat on freenode in #sfvlug.




Copyleft

Previously any posting to this wiki was to be considered in the public domain, see below, but to avoid confusion and to insure that postings aren't improperly used without citation all postings unless otherwise stated are to be considered published under the GNU Free Documentation License.

GNU head http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.txt

Old copyleft notice

We need to work out copyright/copyleft/public domain issues, so we can include material with restricted licenses, but at this time you should consider any submission to this site as being in the public domain. Do not post copyrighted material to this site no matter what license without the permission of the copyright holder. Any license restricts what you can and can not do with the material, even the GPL. If you need to reference copyrighted material and can't get permission please use an external link to the original material.


Thank you for visiting the SFVLUG wiki.

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