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.
  • WE RECOMMEND UPGRADING ANY ZOOM APPLICATIONS .
  • ONLINE session will use remote video meeting service on 17 September 2026 .
  • Connection instructions will be first sent to our mailing lists and then linked here .
  • In what order or sequence are the meeting events held? STLLINUX Meeting

    • TOPIC: AI Guardrails Problem

    Presenter: Andrew Denner of CIAlug

    Elevating Containerization: A Dive into Buildah
    Artificial Intelligence (AI) Breaches, Broken Refusals, the Genie That's Already Out.

    In July 2026, an AI lab's own models broke out of a sandbox and hacked a real company — and the guardrails on commercial AI made it harder to clean up, not easier.

    Weeks later, a second lab found its models had quietly done the same thing to three more organizations.

    We will dig into what actually happened, what it means for AI guardrails generally, and demo models with safety training surgically removed, running locally.

    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.

  • In what order or sequence are the meeting events held? STLLINUX Meeting

    • 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, September 17th, 2026

    from 6:30PM till 9:00PM Central Daylight Time (CDT) UTC-5

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

    Next scheduled meeting dates

    SLUUG Annual Meeting and Elections

    As directed by SLUUG By-Laws, the next required annual meeting will be held 11 February 2026.

    Attending any two SLUUG sponsored meetings in calendar year 2025 qualifies as voting membership. Ballots for February 2026 elections are now available for secret balloting. An absentee ballot could be printed for mailing to us. You might be able to use a LibreOffice Writer ballot file that could be printed and mailed to us.

    Mail in balloting can be done thru out February 2026.
    Your ballot must reach us for counting by our BOARD well before 2 March 2026 (the next STEERCOM meeting).
    Incumbents Lee Lammert and Grant Taylor for BOARD, and James Conroy for STLLINUX.

    As directed by SLUUG By-Laws, the following required annual meeting will be held 10 February 2027.

    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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