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Meeting THIS WEEK, July 10th, 2025! Topic: ?TrueNAS? Pi Kiosk displays?
by Tim Keller July 8, 2025

July 8, 2025

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".

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Reminder!!! Meeting tomorrow night! Topic: Nix
by Tim Keller July 8, 2025

July 8, 2025

Just a reminder that we've got a meeting tomorrow night! Date: June 12th, 2025 Time: 7pm Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland st. Worcester MA Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA Topic: Nix Package Manager Presenter: Xavier Ruis Fellow WLUG member Evan White has asked his friend Xavier to speak at WLUG and he's graciously agreed. Xavier Ruis is one of the organizers of the Boston Typescript club and will be giving a talk about the Nix Package manager! https://nixos.org/ Nix is a packaging system that allows for the creation of "declarative builds and deployments" It works on all the distros as well as the NixOS linux distribution. Afterwards we'll head off to dinner to continue the conversation! I hope to see you there! Tim.

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Sox question
by gmcaplan＠gmcaplan.org July 2, 2025

July 2, 2025

Hi Folks, 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: 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 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. 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 Thank you. George Caplan email: gmcaplan(a)gmcaplan.org

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WLUG.. Already?!? Yup! June 12th 2025 Topic: Nix Package Manager, Presenter: Xavier Ruiz
by Tim Keller June 9, 2025

June 9, 2025

Hey Everybody! Fellow WLUG member Evan White has asked his friend Xavier to speak at WLUG and he's graciously agreed. Xavier Ruis is one of the organizers of the Boston Typescript club and will be giving a talk about the Nix Package manager! https://nixos.org/ Nix is a packaging system that allows for the creation of "declarative builds and deployments" It works on all the distros as well as the NixOS linux distribution. Here's all the vital details! Date: June 12th, 2025 Time: 7pm Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland Ave. Worcester MA Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA Afterwards we'll head out to dinner and continue the conversation. I hope to see you there! Tim -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Reminder!! Meeting This Thursday!! May 29th, 2024 Topic: Mini-PC, QLC+
by Tim Keller May 27, 2025

May 27, 2025

Hey Everybody! We've got a meeting this week! Time: 7pm Date: May 29th, 2025 Location: Technocopia Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA Topic: BeeLink Mini-PC Presenter: John Stoffel. Long time WLUG member John Stoffel has graciously agreed to show off his new, small, but mighty desktop. We'll put it through its paces with a couple quick demos and tests. Along with his mini pc, he's also got QLC+ lighting control software and an LED instrument with RGBW Leds in it to demo and show off it being controlled by a linux system. QLC+ has slowed down in development lately, but it's an interesting alternative to QLAB when you don't have a Mac, and Qlab only runs on Macs. As usual, we'll head off for dinner afterwards to keep the conversation going. Later, Tim.

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Meeting this week, May 22nd at 7pm! Topic: Mini PC!
by Tim Keller May 22, 2025

May 22, 2025

Hey Everybody! We've got a meeting this week! Date: May 22nd Time: 7PM Location: Technocopia Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA Topic: Mini-PC.Long time WLUG member John Stoffel has graciously agreed to show off his new, small but mighty desktop. We'll put it through its paces with a couple quick demos and tests. We'll likely get OpenWebUI running on it, as well as Cadoodle. I recently started (trying!) to use a glove80 keyboard so I'll bring that along so people can give it a try as well. As usual, we'll head off for dinner afterwards to keep the conversation going. Thanks, TIm. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Let's not be stupid.. Moving the meeting to the 28th.
by Tim Keller May 21, 2025

May 21, 2025

John texted me this morning that there's a nor'easter on the way. The weather people, who are using Linux to run the large models are predicting heavy rain and winds, localized flooding, etc. I care more about the members of this group than keeping to a schedule. I think it makes sense to move the meeting to the 28th.. Stay safe everybody! Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Next month meeting date, some input needed.
by Tim Keller May 2, 2025

May 2, 2025

Next Month on the 2nd and 3rd Thursdays I have conflicts. So.. the next possible Thursday would be the 22nd.. Another option is that we shift the meeting to Wednesday for this month on the 14th? I know that isn't an "Free Hack" day at Technocopia, but I think we can work something out. What would people like to do? Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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IPv6, are you using it, should we be using it?
by steve＠patternsoft.net April 12, 2025

April 12, 2025

I’ve been adding more and more matter/thread devices to my home and since I’ve seen more local ipv6 addresses I’ve tried enabling Ipv6 fully. BUT, Ive had struggles adding matter devices. Is this just older hardware choices like we have to create a 2.4 GHz only network? Is the world of devices not yet ready for IPv6? What are your thoughts on it? Steve Thibault

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Reboot required questions
by The Hammer April 12, 2025

April 12, 2025

I usually run any updates on my Linux machine after I'm done using the machine for the day. Sometimes the update the system says "reboot required" At that point I close the active window. Hit restart, let the machine start up, reboot, and then I sign in again before shutting down for the night. My question is: can I instead just shut down and wait until the next day to start up the computer? (I've read on line that I need a "proper" shut down. With all the text flashing at hyper speed I wonder if I do shut down or even start up properly) Ron

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