Boston Linux & UNIX was originally founded in 1994 as part of The Boston Computer Society. We meet on the third Wednesday of each month, online, via Jitsi Meet.

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Meetings and Events


Our group has been meeting since April 1994. We formed our group as part of The Boston Computer Society (BCS); when the overall BCS organization dissolved itself, we chose to continue on as an independent user group.

From June 1994 to February 2020, immediately prior to the CoVID-19 pandemic that began in March 2020, most of our meetings were held on the M.I.T. campus. Ever since then, we have been holding our meetings online at https://meet.jit.si/blu.org.

Index of speakers at BLU events



Meeting Schedule


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Schedule for 2024

Wed, Dec 18, 2024 (tech) NixOS, Part 1: The Nix Ecosystem
Wed, Nov 20, 2024 (tech) Leveraging AI Assistance in Python Projects
Wed, Oct 16, 2024 (tech) September without End in October: Cryptology News Update and Historical Vignette
Wed, Sep 18, 2024 (tech) Steadfast Self-Hosting
Wed, Aug 21, 2024 (tech) Experiences Upgrading CentOS7 to RHEL8
Sat, Aug 17, 2024 (social) Annual Summer BBQ XXVIII
Wed, Jul 17, 2024 (tech) Customizing GNOME with Extensions
Wed, Jun 19, 2024 (tech) Rocky Linux Redux 2024
Wed, May 15, 2024 (tech)Fotocx 2024
Wed, Apr 17, 2024 (tech)Short Takes II: For Those About To Hack, We Salute You!
Wed, Mar 20, 2024 (tech)Building a Home Server with Proxmox and TrueNAS SCALE
Wed, Feb 21, 2024 (tech)Hand-Held Nanocluster
Wed, Jan 17, 2024 (tech)Differential Fuzzing

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