Resources
Speaker slides, learning materials, and links to help you on your Linux journey.
Speaker slides
Slides and materials from past VanLUG presentations.
| Date | Talk | Speaker | |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Photography & Open Source Tools | Serhiy Kobyakov | Slides |
| Apr 2025 | Version Control Therapy through Git | Eduard M. | Slides |
| Jan 2025 | Mastering Regex | Dolan H. | Slides |
| Oct 2024 | Shell Magic: The Power of Bash One-Liners | — | Slides |
| Sep 2024 | Job Search Strategies: "Dude, Where's My Job?" | — | Slides |
| Sep 2024 | Discover Go Programming Language | — | Slides |
| Aug 2024 | Upstream Projects from Red Hat | Waldirio | Slides |
| Jun 2024 | DevOps, Linux && Open Source | KC | Slides |
| Jun 2024 | Data Science & Open Source Tools | Eduard | Slides |
| May 2024 | Bash Script Crash Course | Iman Anooshehpoor | Slides |
| Apr 2024 | Tips on Compiling Linux Kernels | Kim Kulak | Handout |
| Mar 2024 | Unlock Linux: Software Packages | John Weintraub | Slides |
| Mar 2024 | Cybersecurity & the Flipper Zero | Levko Kravchuk | Slides |
AGM documents
Minutes and reports from our Annual General Meetings.
Learning Linux
Whether you're just getting started or sharpening your skills, these free resources are a great place to begin.
- Linux Foundation: Intro to Linux (free course, optional certification)
- freeCodeCamp Linux Crash Course (video, beginner-friendly)
- freeCodeCamp Introduction (updated 2023 post-install course)
- r/linux4noobs (no-judgement community Q&A)
- University of Surrey UNIX Tutorials (eight fundamental exercises)
- Linux.org Tutorials (formal training for CS students)
- Professor Messer: CompTIA Linux+ (free certification prep videos)
- IBM: Linux Kernel Tutorial (LPI exam prep)
- UC Davis: Linux/Unix Tutorial Center (Professor Matloff)
- Linuxtopia: Linux Security for Beginners
Tools & reference
- Linux Productivity Tools, command-line toolkit by Ketan Maheshwari (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
- Recommended Hardware, O'Reilly guide to Linux-compatible hardware
- Free Linux Training Videos, introductions to various distros and VMware setup
Design system
This website uses PatternFly, Red Hat's open-source design system. All colours are drawn from the flag of Vancouver:
Logo
From 1999 to 2026, VanLUG used an unmodified Tux by Larry Ewing, Simon Budig and Garrett LeSage as its icon, paired with a stylized mountain logo created by Ben Holt.
The current icon, adopted in 2026, is a modified Tux Flat SVG by gg3po and Iwan Gabovitch (based on NewTux.svg by gg3po, itself based on the original Tux.png by Larry Ewing) with the wavy stripes of the Vancouver flag added to the belly. It is licensed under the GNU GPL v2 or later. The full logo pairs the icon with the “VanLUG / Vancouver Linux User Group” wordmark.
Fonts
Colours
Assets
Created with Inkscape. Source files are in static/design/. Cards and headers use background photos from Unsplash.
