Welcome to Cowlug
Welcome to the Cowichan Valley Linux Users Group, COWLUG for short. We are an active community
of Linux users of differing skill levels and areas of expertise; home users and people who
run their entire business on Linux. COWLUG has monthly general meetings.
The goal of Cowlug is to work with the community to develop Linux skills
both at home and in business. We have an active
mail list and provide good support
for users migrating to or starting with Linux.
By using this more open process, we support an operating system that uses free
software development practices that many find more appealing than proprietary software.
To find out what linux is, refer to About Linux.
Linux, PC, Mac commercials
You know the old PC vs Mac TV commercials well this adds one more.
Watch these one at a time they are quite good actually.
PC Mac Linux 1
PC Mac Linux 2
PC Mac Linux 3
Informational Videos Available
I have put the following videos up for viewing. Some of these are quite good at spelling out
up and coming features related to the Linux desktop.
Keith Packard talks about the new Xorg
This one is quite good. Keith talks about the new goodies in X such as auto
configuring monitors and and switching displays on laptops. Well worth watching if you'd like
to know where the X Window System is going.
xorg-keith-packard.ogg
Fixing suspend for fun and profit
Matthew Garrett from the Ubuntu laptop team talks about the current state of suspend / resume
and where it is going.
suspend-resume.ogg
Hal and D-Bus, Making hardware just work
David Zeuthen of Redhat talks about how Hal and D-Bus talk to each other and the kernel, to
allow hardware to just work when plugged, for power mangement and eye candy on the desktop.
hal-dbus-magic.ogg
The Kernel report
Johnathan Corbet tells us everything that has been happening and what is going to be happening
in the Linux Kernel.
kernel-report.ogg
The State of Samba
Jeremy Allison talks about everything Samba.
Samba.ogg
