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Re: Reminder! Meeting TOMORROW!! May 8th, 2024

by Keith Wright

hammerron via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > I was previously booked but did try to crash the meeting virtually though at 7:45 > Just FYI to the powers that be: I could not join the meeting at the new URL or the > old one. I too had trouble joining; it repeatedly said "you have been disconnected". When I finally was able to join I assumed that was because the meeting did not start until a few minutes after 7:00, but maybe something else was happening. -- Keith

May 9, 2024

Re: Reminder! Meeting TOMORROW!! May 8th, 2024

by hammerron

Hey Gang, I was previously booked but did try to crash the meeting virtually though at 7:45 Just FYI to the powers that be: I could not join the meeting at the new URL or the old one. On 5/7/24 21:34, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > Hey Everybody, > > We've got a meeting tomorrow May 8th at 7PM. > Physical Location: Technocopia 44 Portland St. Worcester > Virtual location: https://jitsi.uvhash.org > (The link won't be live until tomorrow, the instance is currently > powered off) > > Topics: Latest version of KiCAD? > Ondsel CAD: Ramifications of a company pumping money into FreeCAD.. > IBM eats another cloud tool.. > > On a different note, I know in the past we had an IRC channel going. > Discussions sometimes get clunky on the mailing list. > > In the vein of self hosting, would people be interested in me standing > up something like a Zulip server? https://zulip.com/ > > As always, I'll bring snacks and refreshments and we'll head off to > continue the conversation for dinner! > > Hope to see you there! > Later, > Tim. > > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list --wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email towlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account:https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings:https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive:https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org…

May 8, 2024

Reminder! Meeting Today (May 8th, 2024) 7PM!

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody, We've got a meeting today! Date/Time May 8th, 2024, 7PM Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland St. Virtual Location: https://jitsi.uvhash.org/WlugMA (Instance is up and running!) Topic(s): Latest version of KiCAD? Ondsel CAD: Ramifications of a company pumping money into FreeCAD.. but they're fixing bugs? IBM eats another cloud tool.. Time to embrace the Tofu? Live I might log into Digital Ocean and spin up a zulip instance! As usual, the conversation is always lively, and we always end up talking about all manner of interesting stuff. Snacks and refreshments (Grape Fanta!) will be provided and we'll head off to dinner afterwards! Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

May 8, 2024

Re: Reminder! Meeting TOMORROW!! May 8th, 2024

by Joel

I cannot make this meeting due to a conflict. Zulip sounds interesting for a daily chat. Catch you all another time. Joel On May 7, 2024 9:38:32 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey Everybody, > > We've got a meeting tomorrow May 8th at 7PM. > Physical Location: Technocopia 44 Portland St. Worcester > Virtual location: https://jitsi.uvhash.org > (The link won't be live until tomorrow, the instance is currently powered off) > > Topics: Latest version of KiCAD? > Ondsel CAD: Ramifications of a company pumping money into FreeCAD.. > IBM eats another cloud tool.. > > On a different note, I know in the past we had an IRC channel going. Discussions sometimes get clunky on the mailing list. > > In the vein of self hosting, would people be interested in me standing up something like a Zulip server? https://zulip.com/ > > As always, I'll bring snacks and refreshments and we'll head off to continue the conversation for dinner! > > Hope to see you there! > Later, > Tim. > > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers". > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/V4MRA…

May 8, 2024

Reminder! Meeting TOMORROW!! May 8th, 2024

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody, We've got a meeting tomorrow May 8th at 7PM. Physical Location: Technocopia 44 Portland St. Worcester Virtual location: https://jitsi.uvhash.org (The link won't be live until tomorrow, the instance is currently powered off) Topics: Latest version of KiCAD? Ondsel CAD: Ramifications of a company pumping money into FreeCAD.. IBM eats another cloud tool.. On a different note, I know in the past we had an IRC channel going. Discussions sometimes get clunky on the mailing list. In the vein of self hosting, would people be interested in me standing up something like a Zulip server? https://zulip.com/ As always, I'll bring snacks and refreshments and we'll head off to continue the conversation for dinner! Hope to see you there! Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

May 8, 2024

Re: Next WLUG meeting proposal

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Sounds like the 8th is a GO! Excellent! I'll be there. > Now for the topic.. If my hearing has returned after an evening of Bad Religion and Social Distortion, I'll talk a little about the new KiCAD. But I haven't got a new demo done yet. Send out the jitsi link again Tim so we all have it handy.

May 6, 2024

Re: Next WLUG meeting proposal

by Tim Keller

Sounds like the 8th is a GO! Now for the topic.. Tim. On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 5:38 PM Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> wrote: > Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > > The 8th is definitely safe. > > Are you kidding!? It's the most dangerous holiday ever! > > > May the 4th be with everybody! > > Hurray, Hurray, for the Eighth of May, national outdoor intercourse day! > > > https://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/may/national-outdoor-intercour… > > That's OK, I can rearrange my schedule and make time for a jit.si session. > > Last time people had trouble hearing me. I tested my microphone > by asking Diane to let me into her Zoom account. We sat in the living > room 3m apart and tried to talk through headphones and our respective > computers and OSes. It put up a big button that said "Download Zoom Ap" > with misgivings I clicked it. It put a *.deb (Debian) file on my > computer, but did not install it (thank GNU). Then I noticed a much > smaller button that said "Use Browser". When I clicked that it all > worked just fine. Diane and I could Video chat through wifi, > Spectrum's router, and (I assume) some Zoom server somewhere. > > So the hardware works. > > I think somebody in a previous message hinted that there were audio > hardware configuration options in the Jit.Si web page. > > Does anybody have any thoughts? Using Debian > kwright@fcs26:~$ cat /etc/os-release > PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)" > and > Firefox 102.15.1esr (64-bit) > on a > Intel core i7 vPro Thinkpad with Logitech H390 USB headset. > > -- Keith > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

May 6, 2024

Re: Next WLUG meeting proposal

by Keith Wright

Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > The 8th is definitely safe. Are you kidding!? It's the most dangerous holiday ever! > May the 4th be with everybody! Hurray, Hurray, for the Eighth of May, national outdoor intercourse day! https://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/may/national-outdoor-intercour… That's OK, I can rearrange my schedule and make time for a jit.si session. Last time people had trouble hearing me. I tested my microphone by asking Diane to let me into her Zoom account. We sat in the living room 3m apart and tried to talk through headphones and our respective computers and OSes. It put up a big button that said "Download Zoom Ap" with misgivings I clicked it. It put a *.deb (Debian) file on my computer, but did not install it (thank GNU). Then I noticed a much smaller button that said "Use Browser". When I clicked that it all worked just fine. Diane and I could Video chat through wifi, Spectrum's router, and (I assume) some Zoom server somewhere. So the hardware works. I think somebody in a previous message hinted that there were audio hardware configuration options in the Jit.Si web page. Does anybody have any thoughts? Using Debian kwright@fcs26:~$ cat /etc/os-release PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)" and Firefox 102.15.1esr (64-bit) on a Intel core i7 vPro Thinkpad with Logitech H390 USB headset. -- Keith

May 4, 2024

Re: Next WLUG meeting proposal

by Tim Keller

Unfortunately the 15th doesn't work for me either.. The 8th is definitely safe. May the 4th be with everybody! Tim. On Fri, May 3, 2024, 9:55 AM THE HAMMER via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey John, > > It's tough to go by me as I have not attended in too long a while. I can > say for me personally May 8th is booked. The 15th looks ok. If I'm not > able to attend either will do my best to view on line > > Ron > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > *Sent:* Thursday, May 2, 2024 3:51 PM > *To:* Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > > > *Cc:* John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> > *Subject:* [WLUG] Next WLUG meeting proposal > > > Guys, > Tim & I both have conflicts on alot of Thursdays in May for the > regular WLUG meeting. We'd like to see how people feel about moving > it to either > > May 8th > > or > > May 15th > > instead this month. We're still checking with Technocopia to make > sure we will have access on either of those days, but we wanted to > reach out and make sure the rest of you are ok with this change. > > Thanks, > John (and sorta Tim) > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/6SOAC… > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/43F4C… >

May 4, 2024

Re: Next WLUG meeting proposal

by THE HAMMER

Hey John, It's tough to go by me as I have not attended in too long a while. I can say for me personally May 8th is booked. The 15th looks ok. If I'm not able to attend either will do my best to view on line Ron ________________________________ From: John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2024 3:51 PM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Cc: John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> Subject: [WLUG] Next WLUG meeting proposal Guys, Tim & I both have conflicts on alot of Thursdays in May for the regular WLUG meeting. We'd like to see how people feel about moving it to either May 8th or May 15th instead this month. We're still checking with Technocopia to make sure we will have access on either of those days, but we wanted to reach out and make sure the rest of you are ok with this change. Thanks, John (and sorta Tim) _______________________________________________ WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/6SOAC…

May 3, 2024