NILUG

There will be no NILUG meeting in August. Many of our members have other activities planned for the second Saturday of August.

We will resume our normal meeting schedule in September.

Why I hate Microsoft is an interesting article, despite the terrible title. The title implies that the author is a rabid anti-Microsoft fanatic. This is not true, as the article is a well-reasoned, sound description of the history of Microsoft and their products, and is completely true in every respect.

The article presents concrete examples of why consumers should not chose to use any Microsoft product. It explains how Microsoft's first product (Basic for the 8080) was developed on University computers and the time spent doing so was never paid for. This implies that MSBasic was illegally developed. And that is just the first example.

A very interesting read.

We are working on more content for the web site. As a member, you can submit articles and files for inclusion on the site.

We have added some graphical links to our favorite news sites. Check them out if you haven't already done so.

We have created rotating banners for some of our favorite Linux distributions. They are shown in the web site header. If you have a favorite distro that is not being displayed and you would like to see it, please drop us a message so we can create a banner for the distro.

You can join our mailing list to learn more about what is going on in NILUG, ask questions about Linux and generally stay in touch with the other members. Our NILUG membership list will never be distributed or sold to any other organization or business.

To join the NILUG mailing list, simply send an e-mail message to

Nilug-join@nilug.org

The subject and body of the text message will be ignored.

You should send this message using the email account that you wish the mailing list items to go to, as the list server will use the 'From' address of your email.

Welcome to the new North Idaho Linux Users Group (NILUG) web site. We have tried to make the site more interactive, for those who would like to add articles, ask questions, and talk to others who enjoy using Linux.

Feel free to roam around and check out our content.