April 2017 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting

by Richard Klein

I use Plex and would love to learn more about it, and about similar things, such as Kodi. I'm also interested in Bitcoin, though, mostly, I want a way to recover the Bitcoin wallet I created (and lost all info for) a couple years ago. However, I realized at the time of the last meeting, that Thursday nights are also open shop night at Worcester Earn-a-bike, which creates a conflict for me. On Apr 25, 2017 2:35 PM, "Tim Keller" <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a topic, > is there something that people are burning to know about? > > We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested > people are. > Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. > > Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always > found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love > to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and > storing bitcoins. > > Thanks, > Tim. > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

April 26, 2017

Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting

by THE HAMMER

I'd be very curious to hear about Kodi. ________________________________ From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org <wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org> on behalf of Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 2:32 PM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a topic, is there something that people are burning to know about? We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested people are. Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and storing bitcoins. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

April 26, 2017

Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller)

by Keith Wright

"Sweetser, Frank E" <fs(a)WPI.EDU> writes: > I won't have time to put anything together for this > upcoming meeting, but if there's interest I could do > something on DNSSEC at a future one. Yes please. I need to know about that. For those who know even less than I, that is Domain Name System SECurity extensions. -- Keith

April 26, 2017

Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller)

by Higgins, Benjamin J

I love both topics... but due to baseball commitments for my son, I can't make the May meeting :( --ben From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Sweetser, Frank E Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 1:46 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller) I won't have time to put anything together for this upcoming meeting, but if there's interest I could do something on DNSSEC at a future one. Frank Sweetser Director of Network Operations Worcester Polytechnic Institute "For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong." - HL Mencken ________________________________ From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org<mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org> <wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org<mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org>> on behalf of joel d <joelgroup(a)gmail.com<mailto:joelgroup@gmail.com>> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 1:01 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org<mailto:wlug@mail.wlug.org> Subject: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller) All three topics are interesting. Plex holds more interest for me currently as I plan to soon build a new home NAS for professional, personal and entertainment data. Would want to include Plex in those plans. RetroPie is interesting too. Built one with my 10 year old son. He learned a lot. Dad can still win at Atari Combat. I could bring it and talk about it, but would likely be a relatively short discussion. BitCoin for me has less interest. Technically it's harder to mine for BitCoin prime numbers every month. As a financial currency it is not very strong, not quite taking the world by storm. I like it's government independence, but prepper friends prefer precious metals. Joel ------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:32:50 -0400 From: Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com<mailto:turbofx@gmail.com>> Subject: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org<mailto:wlug@mail.wlug.org>> Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a topic, is there something that people are burning to know about? We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested people are. Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and storing bitcoins. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers". -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20170425/de6643a1/attachmen… ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org<mailto:Wlug@mail.wlug.org> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug End of Wlug Digest, Vol 162, Issue 7 ************************************ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org<mailto:Wlug@mail.wlug.org> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

April 26, 2017

Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller)

by Sweetser, Frank E

I won't have time to put anything together for this upcoming meeting, but if there's interest I could do something on DNSSEC at a future one. Frank Sweetser Director of Network Operations Worcester Polytechnic Institute "For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong." - HL Mencken ________________________________ From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org <wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org> on behalf of joel d <joelgroup(a)gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 1:01 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller) All three topics are interesting. Plex holds more interest for me currently as I plan to soon build a new home NAS for professional, personal and entertainment data. Would want to include Plex in those plans. RetroPie is interesting too. Built one with my 10 year old son. He learned a lot. Dad can still win at Atari Combat. I could bring it and talk about it, but would likely be a relatively short discussion. BitCoin for me has less interest. Technically it's harder to mine for BitCoin prime numbers every month. As a financial currency it is not very strong, not quite taking the world by storm. I like it's government independence, but prepper friends prefer precious metals. Joel ------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:32:50 -0400 From: Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a topic, is there something that people are burning to know about? We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested people are. Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and storing bitcoins. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers". -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20170425/de6643a1/attachmen… ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug End of Wlug Digest, Vol 162, Issue 7 ************************************ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

April 26, 2017

Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller)

by joel d

All three topics are interesting. Plex holds more interest for me currently as I plan to soon build a new home NAS for professional, personal and entertainment data. Would want to include Plex in those plans. RetroPie is interesting too. Built one with my 10 year old son. He learned a lot. Dad can still win at Atari Combat. I could bring it and talk about it, but would likely be a relatively short discussion. BitCoin for me has less interest. Technically it's harder to mine for BitCoin prime numbers every month. As a financial currency it is not very strong, not quite taking the world by storm. I like it's government independence, but prepper friends prefer precious metals. Joel ------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:32:50 -0400 From: Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a topic, is there something that people are burning to know about? We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested people are. Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and storing bitcoins. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

April 26, 2017

Topics for next meeting

by Tim Keller

Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a topic, is there something that people are burning to know about? We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested people are. Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and storing bitcoins. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

April 25, 2017

Humble Book Bundle: Python presented by No Starch Press (pay what you want and help charity)

by Eric Martin

I figured some of you might find some use for this. It has some great books in it, including black hat python and teaching your kids to program. $15 for a bunch of DRM free books is hard to beat. https://www.humblebundle.com/books/python-book-bundle -- Eric

April 16, 2017

Reminder! WLUG April Meeting tonight! Topic: GlusterFS

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang, Don't forget we've got a meeting tonight! Time: 7pm Location: WPI Student Center Rom 331 (mid Century Room) Speaker: Tim Keller Topic: GlusterFS GlusterFS is a distributed clustered file system that lets you take a whole bunch of servers and combine their storage into a single large file system. Snacks and Refreshments will be provided. After the meeting we'll head down to Tech for some pizza! Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

April 13, 2017

Reminder! Meeting tomorrow! Apr. 13th, 2017! Topic: glusterfs

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang, Tomorrow we've got a meeting! Time: 7pm Location: WPI Student Center Room 331 Topic: glusterfs What is glusterfs? It's a distributed clustered file system. I recently did a talk about GFS2 and while interesting, it requires centralized storage, a knowledge about stuff like iscsi, etc. It's a beast to setup and isn't that flexible. glusterfs is a different animal. It's a flexible overlay filesystem that let's you take a bunch of basic servers and cluster them into a big homogenous filesystem. If you have four systems, each with 4TB worth of disk, you can make yourself a nice 16TB filesystem, or you can setup an 8TB filesystem with mirroring that spans all the machines or a couple of filesystems that do both depending on your needs. What's great about glusterfs is that it sits atop an existing filesystems on the machines and uses TCP to communicate with both fs clients and the node members. It also has a built in NFS server that allows it to be used by other non linux machines. As usual there will be snacks and refreshments and afterwards we'll head to tech for pizza. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

April 12, 2017