Who!

The Saint Louis Linux Users Group (STLLUG) is a non-profit, volunteer group that provides education, information and/or support for Linux users. Saint Louis Linux User Group Logo

What!

ONLINE Sessions

  • NO PHYSICAL MEETINGS until further notice.
  • ONLINE session will use remote video meeting service on 19 June 2025.
  • Connection instructions will be first sent to our mailing lists and then linked here .
  • In what order or sequence are the meeting events held? STLLINUX Meeting

    • TOPIC: Evolution of Internet Security:
    From SSL to Modern TLS

    Presenter: Lee Lammert and Grant Taylor

    Since the 1990s, security of internet traffic has been a major concern for all parties involved. Starting with OpenSSL, SSL tech has matured over the years, including a major issue in 2014 (Heartbleed).

    (Editor's note: TLS, which stands for Transport Layer Security, is a cryptographic protocol that provides secure communication over a network, like the internet. It is widely used to encrypt data sent between applications, like: web browsers and servers, email, instant messaging, voice over IP, ...ensuring privacy and data integrity. Think of it as a secure tunnel for your online communications. TLS is a proposed by The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) "open standard". First defined in 1999, the current version defined in August 2018.)

    SLUUG Sponsored meetings in the STL Metro Area

    Click here if you do not see mini-calendar below

    Monthly Meetings

    This Saint Louis MO, STL Linux Users Group (STLLUG) meets monthly to learn and talk about Linux. To avoid back-to-back meetings, this GNU/Linux Users Group usually holds its meetings ( eight days after ) on the second Thursday after the monthly meeting of the Saint Louis Unix Users Group (SLUUG). Eight days after would either be the third Thursday or the fourth Thursday of each month.

    These meetings are free, public and open to all.

    We begin gathering about 6:00PM to test microphones, screen sharing and webcams. At 6:30PM we start with introductions, announcements, current events of interest, and a general CALL-FOR-HELP segment. Then we will go into the presentation of our main topic, sometime after or around 6:45PM.

  • In what order or sequence are the meeting events held? STLLINUX Meeting

    • A SLUUG Special Interest Group

    STLLUG is loosely affiliated with the St. Louis Unix Users Group (SLUUG), as one of its Special Interest Groups (SIG). Under SLUUG care, web page support is provided. Individual membership dues, fees or other charges are NOT required. These meetings are free, public and open to all.

    Where!

  • NO PHYSICAL MEETINGS until further notice.
  • ONLINE sessions will use remote video meeting service.
  • Connection Instructions to follow on this web page and our mailing lists.

    • When!

    Thursday, June 19th, 2025

    from 6:30PM till 9:00PM Central Daylight Time (CDT) UTC-5

    We will open the remote session at about 6:00 PM CDT, so that you can join early to test your microphone, screen and video sharing.

    Next scheduled meeting dates

    SLUUG Annual Meeting and Elections

    As directed by SLUUG By-Laws, a required annual meeting was held 12 February 2025.

    Attending any two SLUUG sponsored meetings in calendar year 2024 qualifies you as a voting member. Ballots for February 2025 elections are now available for secret balloting. An absentee ballot could be printed for mailing to us. You might be able to use a LibreOffice Writer ballot file that could be printed and mailed to us.

    Your ballot must reach us for counting by our BOARD well before 3 March 2025 (the next STEERCOM meeting).

    Attending any two SLUUG sponsored meetings in calendar year 2023 qualified members to vote. Mail in balloting was held thru out February 2024. That resulted in Ken Johnson and Sean Twiehaus being elected to our Board of Governors. James Conroy continued as Chairman of the Saint Louis Linux Users Group.

    As directed by SLUUG By-Laws, the next required annual meeting will be held 11 February 2026.

    Past meetings

    Click here if you do not see past presentation archives listing below
    SLUUG has been meeting continuously since July 1992.
    STLLINUX has been meeting continuously since July 1995.

    Other independent, loosely affiliated SLUUG sponsored groups:

  • St. Louis Area Computer Club
  • Newcomer Linux Users Group

    • Contact us if you have a presentation you would like to have considered for selection.

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