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Reminder! We've got a meeting tonight! (January 9th 2019) at 7PM. WPI Campus Center Rm 331

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody, We've got a meeting tonight. I'll be in our usual haunt (WPI Campus Center Mid Century Room (rm 331)) at 7PM. As this was a short notice meeting, I suspect the attendance might be sparse. Josh, why don't we plan for February so you're not on the spot and I can get the word out a bit better. I'm thinking tonight might be a bit freeform which is always fun! We can also talk about things that we might all find interesting for up coming topics. As usual snacks and refreshments will be provided and afterwards we'll head off for dinner. See you there! Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Jan. 9, 2020

Re: Greetings Programs!

by Tim Keller

Lexi, I've heard of Tiny, but I've never seen it in action. That sounds really cool! Feel free to bring along the laptop to show it off! That in itself sounds like a great idea for a talk! Later, Tim. On Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 5:16 PM Lexi Haley via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hi, I'm Lexi! > > I've not been to a WLUG meeting since ... since a long time .... I > remember a Blender talk, and a Maddog talk - and these look like circa > 2003/2004.... So, absent a long time! > > Anyways. I am trying to find the time to come again. > > I've been a casual Linux user since 1998, when I installed Debian from a > pile of floppies (( or should I say, my friend installed it for me, and my > learning journey began )) .... and for a long time I was an exclusive user > .... and at heart I think I am still - even as I flog along a 10 year old > iMac. > > But for a couple years now, on my laptop I've been running 'Tiny Core > Linux' , which if you're unfamiliar with it, it is based on the Linux From > Scratch work, with an emphasis on a 'tiny' footprint. Needed additional > software are mounted into ram from squashfs archives, on the fly. It is > quirky, but I like it. I wondered if anyone else has used it (or uses it). > > I didn't feel right just asking blindly, without a vague reintroduction of > myself. > > So - question: Anyone else use, now or previously, the Tiny Core Linux > Distribution? [*] > > Thanks, > Lexi Haley (WPI CS 2002) > > [*] a search on the email archives yielded no hits ... > > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Jan. 9, 2020

Greetings Programs!

by Lexi Haley

Hi, I'm Lexi! I've not been to a WLUG meeting since ... since a long time .... I remember a Blender talk, and a Maddog talk - and these look like circa 2003/2004.... So, absent a long time! Anyways. I am trying to find the time to come again. I've been a casual Linux user since 1998, when I installed Debian from a pile of floppies (( or should I say, my friend installed it for me, and my learning journey began )) .... and for a long time I was an exclusive user .... and at heart I think I am still - even as I flog along a 10 year old iMac. But for a couple years now, on my laptop I've been running 'Tiny Core Linux' , which if you're unfamiliar with it, it is based on the Linux From Scratch work, with an emphasis on a 'tiny' footprint. Needed additional software are mounted into ram from squashfs archives, on the fly. It is quirky, but I like it. I wondered if anyone else has used it (or uses it). I didn't feel right just asking blindly, without a vague reintroduction of myself. So - question: Anyone else use, now or previously, the Tiny Core Linux Distribution? [*] Thanks, Lexi Haley (WPI CS 2002) [*] a search on the email archives yielded no hits ...

Jan. 8, 2020

Re: We've got a Meeting on January 9th! Usual Spot, Topic: Possibly TBD

by Joshua Stone

Hey all, I hope everyone had a great time over the holidays! I certainly did! I'm also happy to hear that the presentation was so well received (easily the longest talk I've held so far!) and there is interest in doing it again! I know that some couldn't attend the December meeting, and I recall we had to cut the meeting short before we could do a demo of drawing on a Wacom drawing tablet with Krita. If there are enough people interested in seeing my presentation again I could see if I can attend tomorrow, otherwise I could plan for February instead which will give me time to refine my material as well as give more people a chance to attend. -Josh On Tue, Jan 7, 2020, 22:23 Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey Gang, > > I hope you all had a great holidays and a happy new year! We've got a > meeting on Thursday, the 9th! > > Location: WPI Campus Center Mid Century Room Rm 331 (our usual haunt) > Date / Time: January 9th, 2020 at 7PM > Topic: TBD! Let me know if you'll be attending we'll see what we might > want to do. > If more people are going to show up we could do a redo of Joshua's talk, > it was fantastic. > Another option might be to have a round table for topics people might want > to hear this year. > Obviously, if people have ideas feel free to post them to the list as well! > > As usual snacks and refreshments will be provided and afterwards we'll > head off for dinner to continue the conversation. > > Hope to see you there > Tim Keller > WLUG President > > -- > 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 >

Jan. 8, 2020

We've got a Meeting on January 9th! Usual Spot, Topic: Possibly TBD

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang, I hope you all had a great holidays and a happy new year! We've got a meeting on Thursday, the 9th! Location: WPI Campus Center Mid Century Room Rm 331 (our usual haunt) Date / Time: January 9th, 2020 at 7PM Topic: TBD! Let me know if you'll be attending we'll see what we might want to do. If more people are going to show up we could do a redo of Joshua's talk, it was fantastic. Another option might be to have a round table for topics people might want to hear this year. Obviously, if people have ideas feel free to post them to the list as well! As usual snacks and refreshments will be provided and afterwards we'll head off for dinner to continue the conversation. Hope to see you there Tim Keller WLUG President -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Jan. 8, 2020

STM8 blue pill boards and programmer

by John Stoffel

Guys, I've got some STM8 bluepill boards and a spare knock off ST-Linkv2 programmer if anyone is interested. I was playing around with them this weekend and the lack of a decent IR Library meant that my interest has waned. They're cheap cheap chear, and interesting as a way to learn more low level programming. I can give you my linux notes if you like too! Or if you know of a library for STM8 that does both send/receive of IR codes, I'd love to hear about it. I'd trade for an AVR ISP programmer instead if anyone has one, since I'm now more interested in ATtiny 85/84/88/841 boards these days. I won't be able to make meetings (unless maybe if you have one the 16th of this January) for a while though, so we'd have to arrange a meetup or something. Cheers! John

Jan. 5, 2020

Re: Wireless Networking for Cub Scouts

by JeffA Maillists

I have a few USB wireless networking adapters you could have. I think I have 4 or 5. I just have to find them, LOL... Jeff Artz 508-735-8675 On Sun, Dec 29, 2019, 9:53 AM Dennis Payne via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Anyone have a wireless networking card or computer with wireless > networking they would be willing to donate to the cub scouts? > > For last years pinewood derby we used DerbyNet ( > https://jeffpiazza.github.io/derbynet/) It was great. We want to step > it up a bit this year. I'd like to have a computer running the software > and tablets connecting wirelessly to register cars. This way we can > take pictures of every car as they are registered. > > I have some old computers which could be used but none have wireless > networking. > > -- > Dennis Payne > dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com > https://social.freegamedev.net/channel/dulsi > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >

Dec. 29, 2019

Wireless Networking for Cub Scouts

by Dennis Payne

Anyone have a wireless networking card or computer with wireless networking they would be willing to donate to the cub scouts? For last years pinewood derby we used DerbyNet ( https://jeffpiazza.github.io/derbynet/) It was great. We want to step it up a bit this year. I'd like to have a computer running the software and tablets connecting wirelessly to register cars. This way we can take pictures of every car as they are registered. I have some old computers which could be used but none have wireless networking. -- Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com https://social.freegamedev.net/channel/dulsi

Dec. 29, 2019

Re: WLUG meeting and presentation material

by John Stoffel

Josh, Thanks for being so prompt in putting up your slides, still bummed I missed the presentation. Happy Holidays all! John

Dec. 21, 2019

WLUG meeting and presentation material

by Joshua Stone

Hey everyone, Thank you again for letting me present on Silverblue, Toolbox, and Flatpak for December's WLUG meeting! I've uploaded a PDF copy of the slideshow material to my Google Drive for anyone who couldn't make it to the meeting and/or wants to look at some of the references inside: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1FJc9864buwRFS5UktivfffU7u9CySSKB Admittedly the material itself can be difficult to understand as it was made more to complement an oral presentation format, but I could continue improving on the material to make it more complete if there's enough interest, plus much development has been going on around containers that it makes sense to update it anyway. I hope everyone is having an excellent time enjoying the holidays! -Josh

Dec. 21, 2019