Want to learn Linux but don't know where to start? Come join us for a casual atmosphere where we'll help you through the tough stuff. This meetup is perfect for novices looking to start a career or just want to try it at home. If you're more experienced and want to pay-to-forward and help others looking to advance themselves, please join in. This will be open source learning environment- learn, and pass it on to others in need free of charge.

We're a group of folks who use / are interested in scalable computing technologies, mostly Hadoop, HBase, and "NoSQL" platforms. We've had attendees and speakers from Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Visible Technologies, Drawn to Scale, U.S. National Labs, and many more! Groups are usually 75-150 attendees. We've been meeting since August 2009, and encourage anyone to attend! Usually we have: 1 or 2 ~20 minute "Feature" presentations Up to 4 "lighting talks" Friendly and helpful group discussion …