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All Events in Virtually Cuban (5)
December 17Wednesday
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GatorLUG Meeting
December 17, 2008 at 6pm – Virtually Cuban GatorLUG Meeting Agenda for December 17, 2008 6:00 - 6:20 Announcements / General Discussion 6:20 - 6:40 10 min. Lightning talk segments on any Linux-related topic 6:40 - 7:45: Presentation - The… Organized by Clint Collins | Type: Meeting
April 15Wednesday
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GatorLUG
April 15, 2009 from 6pm to 9pm – Virtually Cuban 6:00 - 6:20 Announcements / General Discussion Still No Tax Software for Linux? | Hackerspaces | CodeTown 6:20 - 7:30 Presentation - MythTV - Now in HD MythTV is a free open source digital video r… Organized by Clint Collins | Type: meeting
May 20Wednesday
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GatorLUG
May 20, 2009 from 6pm to 8pm – Virtually Cuban 6:00 - 6:20 Announcements / General Discussion Hackerspace Update - skillhouse.org | Scary robots | Release Parties Upcoming Events - Southeast LinuxFest 6:20 - 6:40 Distro Spotlight - Ubuntu 9.04… Organized by Clinton Collins | Type: meeting
June 17Wednesday
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GatorLUG - Hackerspace, Electric Cars
June 17, 2009 from 6pm to 8pm – Virtually Cuban (Photo from the Maker Faire '09, Oakland, CA - it's a Tesla!) GatorLUG Meeting Agenda for June 17, 2009 6:00 - 6:20 Announcements / General Discussion Palm Pre (Did you get one?) Hackerspace Upd… Organized by Clinton Collins | Type: meeting
April 21Wednesday
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Codeslinger Shootout
April 21, 2010 from 6pm to 8pm – Virtually Cuban On April 21, 2010 you are invited to test your fast thinking and programming skills at the GatorLUG meeting. You could win the coveted title of "Fastest Codeslinger of 2010", a cool mug proclaimin… Organized by GatorLUG - The Gainesville Linus Users Group via Clint Collins, organizer | Type: contest
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