MAIN Topic: The History of Computing: 2000-2009 Presenter: Scott Granneman (https://www.sluug.org/bio/Scott_Granneman) This talk will cover the foundational tech shifts of 2000–2009: Microsoft introduced Windows 2000 and XP, Apple reinvented itself with OS X and the iPhone, and Linux gained traction with enterprise-ready distros like Red Hat and Ubuntu. Open source became mainstream, aided by the rise of platforms like Firefox, OpenOffice, and Git — which reshaped not just Linux development but modern software collaboration itself. We’ll also look at the rise of Wi-Fi, USB 2.0, exFAT, NTFS 3.0, and the massive growth of the Internet, from Wikipedia and Gmail to YouTube and Facebook. It was a decade that quietly built the world we live in now. ≠====≠====≠===≠=====≠ http://www.sluug.org/ The URL link to connection instructions for this meeting is posted earlier on the day of the meeting, at the above home page. It is the link called "linked here". Will start ~6:45pm, immediately after announcements & short Q&A. There will NOT be a separate Basic Tutorial this month!