Linux – Victoria PiMakers And Others

July 4, 2019February 18, 2020

Saturday, Aug 3, 2019 Linux Sig

9:30 AM to 12:00 AM

Quality Foods, Upstairs Large Boardroom
Eagle Creek (near Victoria General Hospital)

27 Helmcken Rd · Victoria, BC

May 22, 2019July 25, 2019

Sat 6 July 2019 – Linux Sig

9:30 AM to 12:00 AM

Quality Foods, Upstairs Large Boardroom
Eagle Creek (near Victoria General Hospital)

27 Helmcken Rd · Victoria, BC

February 2, 2019February 24, 2019

March 2, 2019 – Linux Sig

9:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Quality Foods, Upstairs Large Boardroom
27 Helmcken Rd · Victoria, BC
Eagle Creek (near Victoria General Hospital)

Get together, enjoy coffee, and talk Linux. Everyone is welcome

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