I've reached out twice and my emails have gone unanswered, I think we
should start planning to have WLUG somewhere else.
I don't know if WPI is an option or not. I think the last of the people are
gone from WPI so we don't have anybody to reserve a room.. If anybody knows
someone, etc.. awesome.
If people have other options, I'd love to hear them.
Thanks,
Tim.
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I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
Hi,
I've noted that many of you host your own email and file servers, and I've
wanted to do this for several years, but I've been avoiding taking this on
myself. This is due to the time investment (to learn tech I don't
necessarily want to learn) and the added weight of responsibility for
security. Quite frankly, I'm getting lazy in my old age and I'm
considering a packaged solution/service like The Helm.
I guess my question is, are the tech barriers to setting up a home email
server really as formidable as claimed in the below justification from The
Helm's web site? If a lazy guy like me sets up an email server, but then
doesn't get around to applying security updates for half a year, is he just
asking to be hacked? For context, I am a local Charter customer with a
standard internet-only subscription.
From: https://blog.thehelm.com/post/how-helm-works-part-1-networking
[quoted text] For an email server to send and receive email with other
servers on the internet, they need port 25 to be open. Unfortunately, ISPs
in the U.S. block port 25 by default, a practice started in the 90s when
home computers were hacked and turned into open relays abused for spamming.
Sometimes it’s possible to get this port unblocked, but it’s not uncommon
for the ISP to ask for a significantly more expensive class of service in
exchange.
ISPs also typically assign dynamic IPs to residential internet connections.
Large email service providers block residential dynamic IPs en masse also
due to the issue raised above. While it’s possible to get a static IP
address from your ISP, they will charge for it and potentially require a
more expensive class of service. PTR records, or reverse DNS, is also a key
requirement for trustworthiness when setting up an email server. Getting
this type of record with a residential internet connection can be a
significant challenge and may also incur additional costs.
To summarize, port blocking, dynamic IPs and challenges in establishing a
PTR record all interfere with easily running an email server at home. It
can cost hundreds of dollars per year and consist of a significant
investment of time with your ISP to get things set up just right. After
thinking about this problem and experimenting for a while, we managed to
find a better way. [end quoted text]
Thanks,
Mike
Hey Everybody,
We've got a WLUG meeting tomorrow June 10th, 2021 at 7pm.
This will be a totally virtual meeting, but hopefully our last!!
Topic: I thought I'd give a quick update on my CNC machine and my quest to
have a full FOSS toolchain.. what's worked, what hasn't, etc. I expect
that'll only take a couple of minutes and then we'll move on to our usual
banter!
Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA
See ya there!
Later,
Tim.
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I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
Hey everyone!
The PipeWire project has been an exciting project to follow, as there has
been heavy development for broad audio use case coverage:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/wikis/homehttps://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire/pipewire/-/blob/master/NEWS
It seems that the developers are currently prioritizing pro-audio use cases
as of late:
https://twitter.com/PipewireP/status/1401885732587847680
>A little question for our pro-audio friends out there. Now that we got
freewheeling and latency reporting implemented, what is at the top of your
wishlist for PipeWire features?
This should be quite exciting! I've tried several DAWs over the years, and
admittedly they seemed to require more effort than necessary to configure
correctly with the Linux audio stack. I'm hoping PipeWire will be able to
resolve this weakness!
What do you think could use more improvement?
- Josh
