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 ZOOM remote video meeting service on 21 March 2024.
  • Connection instructions will be first sent to our mailing lists and then linked here .

  • TOPIC: Using Local LLMs and RAG for Content Promotion

    Presenter: Sean Twiehaus

    SLUUG produces a lot of content, but we are horrible at promoting it. In this presentation I will show how we could use Open Source Software and AI's Open Source Large Language Models (LLM) running on our privately owned hardware to promote the content we create with minimal effort.

    If you ask a Large Language Model what the St. Louis Unix Users Group is, it has a good answer pulled directly from our website. If you ask specific questions about a presentation that has been given, you quickly realize the limitations. Using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), we can 'teach' the Large Language Model about our presentations. Once taught, we can utilize these Large Language Models to generate summaries, lists of key topics, tweets, YouTube titles, thumbnails, etc.

    Recently we have begun uploading our presentation archives to our Youtube Channel. I will demonstrate how we can 'teach' an Open Source LLM about a specific presentation then get it to generate several titles suitable for the YouTube Video. Then, we will have it generate the video description. Then we will have it generate a list of tags and key phrases.

    Then, we will imagine a program where we submit a talk Title and Abstract into a program, then all these things are generated automatically, all using Open Source Software and Open Source Large Language Models running on our private hardware.

    If anyone is willing to volunteer to make such a program, please reach out! Volunteers Needed!


    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.

    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, March 21st, 2024

    from 6:30PM till 9:00PM Central Standard Time (CST) UTC-06:00

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

    Next scheduled meeting dates

    • 2024
      • 2024-03-21 TOPIC: Using Local LLMs and RAG for Content Promotion by Sean Twiehaus
      • 2024-04-18 TOPIC: To Be Determined Offer to talk!
      • 2024-05-16 TOPIC: To Be Determined Offer to talk!
      • 2024-06-20 TOPIC: To Be Determined Offer to talk!

    SLUUG Annual Meeting and Elections

    As required by SLUUG By-Laws, a required annual meeting was held 14 February 2024.
    Attending any two SLUUG sponsored meetings in calendar year 2023 qualified members to vote. Mail in balloting was held thru out February. That resulted in Ken Johnson and Sean Twiehaus being elected to our Board of Governors. James Conroy continues as Chairman of the Saint Louis Linux Users Group.

    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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