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Re: Intersection of Open Source and Social Change

by Mike kantrowitz

Sorry I couldn't join for dinner after the last meeting. Sounds like it was a good conversation. I'm definitely interested in further conversation about tech and social change. /mike On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 2:55 PM John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > >>>>> "Gregory" == Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > > Awesome. I'll have to try to make it to an upcoming event. > > And we will be sure to publicize this on the wlug.org web site as > well. > > > I was thinking about setting up either a Matrix server for chat, or > > a Lemmy server for a reddit-like set of discussion forums. > > Would the chats be logged for later viewing? I'm not familiar with > either setup. I honestly prefer email lists, but that's because I > find interacting in a web browser for forums to be a pain in the rear > because I have to use the mouse for some much, which just slows me > down. > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 7:48 PM Kevin Harrington < > mad.hephaestus(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Count me in! I have been working on a book on the topic for a few > years on and off. Fyi just > > about every meeting of Robot Club turns into one of those sort of > discussions. We meet at > > technocopia Saturdays 1-4. > > > On Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 7:34 PM Gregory Boyce via WLUG < > wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > > Hey folks, > > > At dinner after the last meeting we had an interesting > conversation around the > > intersection of software/technology and big picture social > change. This has been an area > > of interest of mine for a while now, and I'd love to connect > with other people who would > > be interested in talking about ways to make meaningful change. > > > Would anyone be interested in joining a discussion on something > like Discord, Slack, or > > maybe an open source alternative? > > > -- > > Greg Boyce > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/BNJIS… > > > -- > > Greg > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ERVCY… > _______________________________________________ > 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/NYRKA… >

Aug. 12, 2024

Re: Intersection of Open Source and Social Change

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Gregory" == Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Awesome. I'll have to try to make it to an upcoming event. And we will be sure to publicize this on the wlug.org web site as well. > I was thinking about setting up either a Matrix server for chat, or > a Lemmy server for a reddit-like set of discussion forums. Would the chats be logged for later viewing? I'm not familiar with either setup. I honestly prefer email lists, but that's because I find interacting in a web browser for forums to be a pain in the rear because I have to use the mouse for some much, which just slows me down. > On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 7:48 PM Kevin Harrington <mad.hephaestus(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Count me in! I have been working on a book on the topic for a few years on and off. Fyi just > about every meeting of Robot Club turns into one of those sort of discussions. We meet at > technocopia Saturdays 1-4. > On Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 7:34 PM Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey folks, > At dinner after the last meeting we had an interesting conversation around the > intersection of software/technology and big picture social change. This has been an area > of interest of mine for a while now, and I'd love to connect with other people who would > be interested in talking about ways to make meaningful change. > Would anyone be interested in joining a discussion on something like Discord, Slack, or > maybe an open source alternative? > -- > Greg Boyce > _______________________________________________ > 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/BNJIS… > -- > Greg > _______________________________________________ > 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/ERVCY…

Aug. 12, 2024

Re: Intersection of Open Source and Social Change

by Nick Krichevsky

Lemmy is cool conceptually, but FYI, since you're thinking about social change, the maintainers of Lemmy are fascist-sympathisers ("tankies" is the term to Google for). On Mon, Aug 12, 2024, 8:19 AM Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Awesome. I'll have to try to make it to an upcoming event. > > I was thinking about setting up either a Matrix server for chat, or a > Lemmy server for a reddit-like set of discussion forums. > > On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 7:48 PM Kevin Harrington <mad.hephaestus(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Count me in! I have been working on a book on the topic for a few years >> on and off. Fyi just about every meeting of Robot Club turns into one of >> those sort of discussions. We meet at technocopia Saturdays 1-4. >> >> On Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 7:34 PM Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Hey folks, >>> >>> At dinner after the last meeting we had an interesting conversation >>> around the intersection of software/technology and big picture social >>> change. This has been an area of interest of mine for a while now, and I'd >>> love to connect with other people who would be interested in talking about >>> ways to make meaningful change. >>> >>> Would anyone be interested in joining a discussion on something like >>> Discord, Slack, or maybe an open source alternative? >>> >>> -- >>> Greg Boyce >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/BNJIS… >>> >> > > -- > Greg > _______________________________________________ > 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/ERVCY… >

Aug. 12, 2024

Re: Intersection of Open Source and Social Change

by Gregory Boyce

Awesome. I'll have to try to make it to an upcoming event. I was thinking about setting up either a Matrix server for chat, or a Lemmy server for a reddit-like set of discussion forums. On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 7:48 PM Kevin Harrington <mad.hephaestus(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Count me in! I have been working on a book on the topic for a few years on > and off. Fyi just about every meeting of Robot Club turns into one of those > sort of discussions. We meet at technocopia Saturdays 1-4. > > On Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 7:34 PM Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > wrote: > >> Hey folks, >> >> At dinner after the last meeting we had an interesting conversation >> around the intersection of software/technology and big picture social >> change. This has been an area of interest of mine for a while now, and I'd >> love to connect with other people who would be interested in talking about >> ways to make meaningful change. >> >> Would anyone be interested in joining a discussion on something like >> Discord, Slack, or maybe an open source alternative? >> >> -- >> Greg Boyce >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/BNJIS… >> > -- Greg

Aug. 12, 2024

Re: Intersection of Open Source and Social Change

by Kevin Harrington

Count me in! I have been working on a book on the topic for a few years on and off. Fyi just about every meeting of Robot Club turns into one of those sort of discussions. We meet at technocopia Saturdays 1-4. On Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 7:34 PM Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey folks, > > At dinner after the last meeting we had an interesting conversation around > the intersection of software/technology and big picture social change. > This has been an area of interest of mine for a while now, and I'd love to > connect with other people who would be interested in talking about ways to > make meaningful change. > > Would anyone be interested in joining a discussion on something like > Discord, Slack, or maybe an open source alternative? > > -- > Greg Boyce > _______________________________________________ > 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/BNJIS… >

Aug. 11, 2024

Intersection of Open Source and Social Change

by Gregory Boyce

Hey folks, At dinner after the last meeting we had an interesting conversation around the intersection of software/technology and big picture social change. This has been an area of interest of mine for a while now, and I'd love to connect with other people who would be interested in talking about ways to make meaningful change. Would anyone be interested in joining a discussion on something like Discord, Slack, or maybe an open source alternative? -- Greg Boyce

Aug. 11, 2024

Re: I put the slides I'm working on out where people can find them!

by Jansen Smith

I'm still in recovery, sorry. So Kala & I spent the night cloistered, painting minis and doing self-care. Reviewing this slide deck, and this is phenomenal stuff. It can sometimes be demoralizing, forgetting that we're not alone, freaking out and raising alarm bells at the technofeudal rent-seeking... Thank you, Tim, for reminding me again that I'm not alone. https://github.com/FabioLolix/LinuxTimeline/releases is a fun resource; thanks for the link! I'm surprised by how many are still notionally supported. On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 11:46 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > https://github.com/turbofx/tao_of_linux > > Thanks, > 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/PMDJ4… >

Aug. 9, 2024

Re: Meeting tomorrow!! Topic: The tao of linux.

by Jon "maddog" Hall

Sounds like a great meeting, especially for "newbies". Unfortunately I have a dinner theater engagement at that time, so have fun! md On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 11:38 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey Everybody! > > Date: August 8th @ 7PM > Location: Techncopia, 44 Portland st. Worcester MA > Virtual location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA > > We've got a meeting tomorrow! I'm planning on giving a short talk on the > history of linux, how we got here, where are we going, why it matters and > delve into some unix history and philosophy.. i.e. "everything is (mosly) a > file.. no really.." > > I fully expect all the usual suspects will also have interesting tidbits > to add, corrections to make and generally it should be an interesting talk > to help people new to the FOSS world and in particular the linux world why > we love linux and why we think it's great. > > As usual we'll head off for dinner afterwards and keep the conversation > going! > > I hope to see you there! > 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/XJTBR… >

Aug. 8, 2024

I put the slides I'm working on out where people can find them!

by Tim Keller

https://github.com/turbofx/tao_of_linux Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Aug. 8, 2024

Re: We've got meeting on the 8th of August!

by Tim Keller

Pulls out a walker.. Why, when I was just a wee linux lad, installing linux was an huge pain in the ass.. not like these days when you can just boot from an ISO.. from a usb stick.. you needed three floppies and a zip drive!! Then you'd accidentally "dd" your hardrive (hd0) trying to create a floppy image so you could install the ppp program!! These days installing linux is far easier than it ever was, but there's still interesting corner cases and odd devices that getting linux installed on them can be tricky. Tim. On Tue, Aug 6, 2024 at 11:52 AM William Grenache via WLUG < wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > I learn just from being on this thread but knowing the *why *from an > install party would be fantastic. > > > > On Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at 09:31:01 AM EDT, Kevin Harrington via WLUG < > wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > > We haven't run an "Install-fest" in years, maybe plan a regular install > Linux party? > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2024, 8:17 AM hammerron via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > wrote: > > Hi Tim, > > Sorry for the late reply. To comment about a "back to basics" meeting. I > think that is a terrific idea. I would go further to say not just one, but > from time to time having more of them again also, or maybe a small portion > of some meetings. It might welcome in a wider range of members to WLUG. > > Ron > On 7/29/24 09:51, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > > Hey Everybody! We've got a meeting and a topic idea! > > We've got a meeting on the 8th! > > During the last couple of meetings, we've had a couple of new users come > by and it was clear to me that we were going into the higher level linux > concepts, many of which were flying over their heads. > > I was thinking it might be really good to have a back to basics wlug > meeting, where we get in get into unix philosophy, what a distro is, what > parts make up a distro, common things people deal with, etc. Yeah, nah? > > I'm also trying to turn a page here and start the conversation about the > meeting more than say.. 2 days before the meeting so the meetings can > continue to have their ruckus nature, but actually have some bit of > structure! > > Thanks, > 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/ACOXX… > > _______________________________________________ > 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/6IRRM… > > _______________________________________________ > 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/NTWLY… > _______________________________________________ > 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/XZRF7… > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Aug. 8, 2024