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Re: Meeting THIS WEEK, July 10th, 2025! Topic: ?TrueNAS? Pi Kiosk displays?

by Tracie Winslow

Ooh! I've read about using Tailscale with a pi-hole, but I haven't seen it in action. I'm looking forward to it! *"For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. This perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So treasure every moment you have and remember that time waits for no one."*- Souza On Fri, Jul 11, 2025, 7:12 AM Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I recently bought for my pi5 an actual cooler amd a hat that'll let me > connect a m.2. > > I've hinted at setting up a zulip server and other stuff on it and then > serving it over a tailsacale funnel. > > Time to put actually do it and present it.. > > So, I guess we've got a topic for August! > > Tim. > > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2025, 5:46 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > >> >>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Stratton via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: >> >> > I am interested in a pihole as well. I also just got an N150 mini pc >> for things like this. I am >> > particulary interested in doing this with docker images. When I tried >> to install a docker >> > recursive DNS server that I trust, It needed a Email address, which I >> did not want to place on my >> > internet email provider. So now I have to install a EMail server for >> pihole. (recusion sucks). >> >> > Another area of interest for me might be the consequences of CGNET >> > (if any) for a DYNDNS setup for a personal home page and similar >> > things. There is a small possibility that I will have fiber >> > available in the next couple of months and the provider apparently >> > uses CGNET. >> >> I use dyndns for my stoffel.org domain, so I have a couple of records >> in there, two are dynamic DNS which means the router at the remote >> location will send out updates if the WAN site IP changes. This makes >> it nice to get home via SSH if need be. >> >> What I'd like to see is a discussion on setting up and using wireguard >> to access home system(s) or networks from remote locations. I started >> playing with it, but got bogged down and never made any progress. >> >> I'm using OPNsense as my home firewall. And of course testing remote >> access is a pain. I've got wireguard on my phone, but haven't made >> the testing part work quite yet. >> >

July 11, 2025

Sorry about the A/V issues last night on Jitsi..

by Tim Keller

To our members on the Jitsi call, sorry. Last night was *rough.* we tested stuff at our end and the issue was definitely at the Jitsi side of things. We may have to explore a different platform for the virtual meetings.. Thanks for the patience. Tim.

July 11, 2025

Re: Meeting THIS WEEK, July 10th, 2025! Topic: ?TrueNAS? Pi Kiosk displays?

by Tim Keller

I recently bought for my pi5 an actual cooler amd a hat that'll let me connect a m.2. I've hinted at setting up a zulip server and other stuff on it and then serving it over a tailsacale funnel. Time to put actually do it and present it.. So, I guess we've got a topic for August! Tim. I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers". On Thu, Jul 10, 2025, 5:46 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > >>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Stratton via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > > I am interested in a pihole as well. I also just got an N150 mini pc > for things like this. I am > > particulary interested in doing this with docker images. When I tried > to install a docker > > recursive DNS server that I trust, It needed a Email address, which I > did not want to place on my > > internet email provider. So now I have to install a EMail server for > pihole. (recusion sucks). > > > Another area of interest for me might be the consequences of CGNET > > (if any) for a DYNDNS setup for a personal home page and similar > > things. There is a small possibility that I will have fiber > > available in the next couple of months and the provider apparently > > uses CGNET. > > I use dyndns for my stoffel.org domain, so I have a couple of records > in there, two are dynamic DNS which means the router at the remote > location will send out updates if the WAN site IP changes. This makes > it nice to get home via SSH if need be. > > What I'd like to see is a discussion on setting up and using wireguard > to access home system(s) or networks from remote locations. I started > playing with it, but got bogged down and never made any progress. > > I'm using OPNsense as my home firewall. And of course testing remote > access is a pain. I've got wireguard on my phone, but haven't made > the testing part work quite yet. >

July 11, 2025

Re: Sox question

by gmcaplan＠gmcaplan.org

Thank you. I will study this and reply in detail soon. George On 2025-07-10 6:05 pm, John Stoffel via WLUG wrote: >>>>>> "gmcaplan---" == gmcaplan--- via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> >>>>>> writes: > >> I have tried to get an answer to this question thru Stackexachange, >> but >> they give me bureaucratic reasons why this question does not qualify >> for >> an answer. Maybe one of you can give me some guidance. Here is the >> question: > > Hahahahahaha! Stack exchange, the only place where you post a > question, then login as a different account and give a _wrong_ > answer, so people will jump all over things to give a correct answer! > > >> I am running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I use this command line to record from >> either Line In or microphone: > > > >> sox -t alsa default \Desktop/FTC/RecdMsg$(date >> +"%Yx%mx%dx%Ix%Mx%Sx%p")x1.mp3 > > Do you really use a \ instead of / at the start? > > >> A cable is always plugged into Line In. If I plug a microphone into >> the >> Front Microphone connector, this command line records from the mic. If >> I >> physically unplug the mic, I can record from Line In. > > So I suspect this might actually be a hardware problem. Can you > provide more details on your motherboard and sound system? 'lspci' > output might help. dmesg, etc. > >> I hope someone can help me: >> a. Create a similar command that always records from Line In >> b. Create a similar command that always records from Front Microphone >> c. Create a command that asks me which input I want to use > > > What does the output of 'amixer' show on your system? > > Or the output of: arecord -l > > give? This URL might help at little bit as well, though it is old: > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/891623/how-to-list-access-all-the-available… > > > But do your a-c questions, I'd just setup some bash aliases, or > scripts to do what I want, something sorta like this, though I'm not > sure on the exact sox args to use. And I know my alias needs > work. but the idea is: > >> alias recmic='sox rec -t alsa $(date > >> +"%Yx%mx%dx%Ix%Mx%Sx%p")-$o.mp3' > > Then to use it do you: > >> o=file >> recmic > > and it would save to <datestring>-file.mp3 > > Or you setup an alias like the above called: > >> alias recline='sox rec -t alsa ....' > > > > And here's something that looks really useful: > > https://websites.umich.edu/~diehl/LinuxHomeRecording.pdf > > > And have you tried using 'audacity' for your recording needs as well? > It's a GUI and might help you do some quick stuff, or at least help > you figure out which port(s) to specify. > > Even better, try to come to a meeting and bring your hardware and > we'll sit down and work with you to make it all work! > > Cheers, > John > > _______________________________________________ > 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/43GGV…

July 10, 2025

Re: Sox question

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "gmcaplan---" == gmcaplan--- via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > I have tried to get an answer to this question thru Stackexachange, but > they give me bureaucratic reasons why this question does not qualify for > an answer. Maybe one of you can give me some guidance. Here is the > question: Hahahahahaha! Stack exchange, the only place where you post a question, then login as a different account and give a _wrong_ answer, so people will jump all over things to give a correct answer! > I am running Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I use this command line to record from > either Line In or microphone: > sox -t alsa default \Desktop/FTC/RecdMsg$(date > +"%Yx%mx%dx%Ix%Mx%Sx%p")x1.mp3 Do you really use a \ instead of / at the start? > A cable is always plugged into Line In. If I plug a microphone into the > Front Microphone connector, this command line records from the mic. If I > physically unplug the mic, I can record from Line In. So I suspect this might actually be a hardware problem. Can you provide more details on your motherboard and sound system? 'lspci' output might help. dmesg, etc. > I hope someone can help me: > a. Create a similar command that always records from Line In > b. Create a similar command that always records from Front Microphone > c. Create a command that asks me which input I want to use What does the output of 'amixer' show on your system? Or the output of: arecord -l give? This URL might help at little bit as well, though it is old: https://askubuntu.com/questions/891623/how-to-list-access-all-the-available… But do your a-c questions, I'd just setup some bash aliases, or scripts to do what I want, something sorta like this, though I'm not sure on the exact sox args to use. And I know my alias needs work. but the idea is: > alias recmic='sox rec -t alsa $(date > +"%Yx%mx%dx%Ix%Mx%Sx%p")-$o.mp3' Then to use it do you: > o=file > recmic and it would save to <datestring>-file.mp3 Or you setup an alias like the above called: > alias recline='sox rec -t alsa ....' And here's something that looks really useful: https://websites.umich.edu/~diehl/LinuxHomeRecording.pdf And have you tried using 'audacity' for your recording needs as well? It's a GUI and might help you do some quick stuff, or at least help you figure out which port(s) to specify. Even better, try to come to a meeting and bring your hardware and we'll sit down and work with you to make it all work! Cheers, John

July 10, 2025

Re: Reminder WLUG Meeting tonight! Topic PiHole / Cadoodle!

by Tim Keller

Absolutely! All cool setups are welcome! On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > >>>>> "Tracie" == Tracie Winslow via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > > Actually, I was hoping I could show my pi-hole on my Linux mini-pc, > > along with my setup of cloudflared to go with it. > > Please bring it and we'll make the time to show it! > > > -- > > "For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin - real > life. But there was always > > some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some > unfinished business, time > > still to be served, a debt to be paid. At last it dawned on me that > these obstacles were my life. > > This perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness. > Happiness is the way. So > > treasure every moment you have and remember that time waits for no one." > > - Souza > > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > wrote: > > > Hey Everybody! > > > We've got a wlug meeting tonight! > > Time: 7pm > > Date: TODAY!!! July 10th, 2024 > > Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland Ave. Worcester MA > > Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA > > > Topic: Ad blocking and CAD! > > I'm going to give a quick demo of a PiHole server I literally built > this afternoon running on > > a Pi5. Pi-Hole is DNS blackholing software that drastically reduces > how many ads get served to > > your browser! > > > Cadoodle! Kevin has finally gotten Cadoodle to a place where he > wants to show it to the world > > so we're going to let him show off his great piece of software! > > > As usual, we'll go out to dinner after the meeting and keep up the > conversation! > > 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/BVGEQ… > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/IRNUG… > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

July 10, 2025

Re: Reminder WLUG Meeting tonight! Topic PiHole / Cadoodle!

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Tracie" == Tracie Winslow via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Actually, I was hoping I could show my pi-hole on my Linux mini-pc, > along with my setup of cloudflared to go with it. Please bring it and we'll make the time to show it! > -- > "For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always > some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time > still to be served, a debt to be paid. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. > This perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So > treasure every moment you have and remember that time waits for no one." > - Souza > On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey Everybody! > We've got a wlug meeting tonight! > Time: 7pm > Date: TODAY!!! July 10th, 2024 > Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland Ave. Worcester MA > Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA > Topic: Ad blocking and CAD! > I'm going to give a quick demo of a PiHole server I literally built this afternoon running on > a Pi5. Pi-Hole is DNS blackholing software that drastically reduces how many ads get served to > your browser! > Cadoodle! Kevin has finally gotten Cadoodle to a place where he wants to show it to the world > so we're going to let him show off his great piece of software! > As usual, we'll go out to dinner after the meeting and keep up the conversation! > 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/BVGEQ… > _______________________________________________ > 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/IRNUG…

July 10, 2025

Re: Meeting THIS WEEK, July 10th, 2025! Topic: ?TrueNAS? Pi Kiosk displays?

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Stratton via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > I am interested in a pihole as well. I also just got an N150 mini pc for things like this. I am > particulary interested in doing this with docker images. When I tried to install a docker > recursive DNS server that I trust, It needed a Email address, which I did not want to place on my > internet email provider. So now I have to install a EMail server for pihole. (recusion sucks). > Another area of interest for me might be the consequences of CGNET > (if any) for a DYNDNS setup for a personal home page and similar > things. There is a small possibility that I will have fiber > available in the next couple of months and the provider apparently > uses CGNET. I use dyndns for my stoffel.org domain, so I have a couple of records in there, two are dynamic DNS which means the router at the remote location will send out updates if the WAN site IP changes. This makes it nice to get home via SSH if need be. What I'd like to see is a discussion on setting up and using wireguard to access home system(s) or networks from remote locations. I started playing with it, but got bogged down and never made any progress. I'm using OPNsense as my home firewall. And of course testing remote access is a pain. I've got wireguard on my phone, but haven't made the testing part work quite yet.

July 10, 2025

Re: Meeting THIS WEEK, July 10th, 2025! Topic: ?TrueNAS? Pi Kiosk displays?

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Harrington via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > I would like to do a proper introduction to CaDoodle now that it's released as beta! Excellent! > On Tue, Jul 8, 2025, 1:31 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey Everybody! > We've got a meeting this week! > Date: July 10th, 2025 @ 7PM > Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland St. Worcester MA. > Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA > Topic: I could talk about TrueNAS if people were interested in that, otherwise, this might be > a bit of a freeform meeting. The other thing that I've been doing lately is turning Pi's into > kiosk displays.. but that's going to take about 10 minutes to explain.. > If someone has something they really want to talk about let me know! > As usual we'll head off to dinner afterwards and keep talking. > 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/XQUZT… > _______________________________________________ > 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/JEFG4…

July 10, 2025

Re: Reminder WLUG Meeting tonight! Topic PiHole / Cadoodle!

by Tracie Winslow

Actually, I was hoping I could show my pi-hole on my Linux mini-pc, along with my setup of cloudflared to go with it. -- *"For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. This perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So treasure every moment you have and remember that time waits for no one."*- Souza On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey Everybody! > > We've got a wlug meeting tonight! > Time: 7pm > Date: TODAY!!! July 10th, 2024 > Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland Ave. Worcester MA > Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA > > Topic: Ad blocking and CAD! > I'm going to give a quick demo of a PiHole server I literally built this > afternoon running on a Pi5. Pi-Hole is DNS blackholing software that > drastically reduces how many ads get served to your browser! > > Cadoodle! Kevin has finally gotten Cadoodle to a place where he wants to > show it to the world so we're going to let him show off his great piece of > software! > > As usual, we'll go out to dinner after the meeting and keep up the > conversation! > 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/BVGEQ… >

July 10, 2025