📍Discord💻Virtual Only💲 Free Come join us as we nerd out about Linux at this month's Hackforge Linux User Group Virtual Social! What to Expect: This virtual social event provides an excellent opportunity to connect with fellow Linux enthusiasts, learn, and have fun!Hope to see you all there! 📆 Aug 5, 2026🕦 7-9 PM📍Virtual Event via Discord🎟️...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online Via Zoom💻👥Hybrid💲 Free After a smashing success in January, Shader Playground returns!Whether you joined us last time or are jumping in for the first time, Shader Playground Part II is your chance to create stunning real-time visuals with GPU programming, right in your browser. This...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave., Unit 210) & Online Via Zoom👥🖥️ Hybrid 💲 Free We’ve noticed that a lot of people who come to our events don't realize they have a standing invitation to help guide the organization—and we want to change that. Our Membership Committee has been looking at how we will define...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online Via Zoom💻👥Hybrid💲 Free After last month’s dive into C++ 101, we’re back to The Paint Project. If you’re new to C++, we are building a paint style program (think Microsoft Paint or Mario Paint), using C++ as a big group project. Together, we'll hack on...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave., Unit 210)👥 In Person Only 💲 Free This month, LUG will be hosting a Linux install party...drop-in style! If you're interested in trying out Linux, then this is the event for you! Members will be available to help you with installing Linux on your laptop, onto a virtual machine,...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave., Unit 210)👥 In Person Only 💲 Free After 13 years of building community, it's time to celebrate it! From 7-10pm August 28th, Hackforge HeadQuarters turns into a video game lounge. We'll have stations set up and a selection of consoles from modern to retro to choose from so everyone...
📍Zoom💻Virtual Only💲 Free Creating accessible tech works best when developers, designers, and people with lived experience share the same table. To help achieve this, Hackforge's Accessibility Interest Group meets monthly. We're a growing group that offers a casual space to connect with community, share ideas, and shape where we head next. Our next meeting takes...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave., Unit 210)👥 Virtual Only 💲 Free Come join us as we nerd out about Linux at this month's Hackforge Linux User Group Virtual Social! What to Expect: This virtual social event provides an excellent opportunity to connect with fellow Linux enthusiasts, learn, and have fun!Hope to see you all...
📍 Loose Goose (126 Ouellette Ave, Windsor)👥 In Person Only 💲 Free This month the Windsor C and C++ User Group takes a field trip down the street to the Loose Goose! Join us for a drink, a plate, and some next level company! Topics will likely range from horror stories, innovative fixes, and perhaps...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave., Unit 210)👥 In Person Only 💲 Free Software Freedom Day celebrations at Hackforge are back! Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). We'll celebrate in true Hackforge style with rolling Lightning Talks, Q&As, and open networking. Throughout the event: 🔥 Bryan...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online Via Zoom💻👥Hybrid💲 Free This month's LUG event we'll be taking a look at Incus! Incus is a next generation manager for applicaiton containers, system containers, and virtual machines. During the session, we'll be exploring the history of the project, the basic commands, system containers, practical...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online Via Zoom💻👥Hybrid💲 Free After an epic month of creating Shaders in GLSL, it's time to show them off. Join us at Hackforge HQ & Online via Zoom to get a glimpse at the awesome 3D graphics participants created across the 3 categories: general, code golf,...