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Next Meeting moved to August 15th 2019

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang, I'm going to move the meeting to August 15th. If you've got a topic idea, let me know. Otherwise, we can either do an open topic meeting. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Aug. 6, 2019

Best place to look for webcam drivers

by Richard Klein

I picked up a Creative Labs model VF0250 webcam, but V4L isn't detecting any devices. I googled it and it looks like gspca supported this model, but it also looks like gspca was abandoned years ago. Where would you look for answers? BTW, this is for Mint.

Aug. 4, 2019

Re: Reminder: WLUG Meeting Today (July 18th, 2019)

by Richard Klein

I swore I'd get out of work earlier tonight! I'll be leaving Billerica shortly. Hopefully, I'll catch you all still at the Student Center! On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 5:19 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey Everybody, > > This is the final reminder that we've got a meeting today! > Date & Time: July 18th 2019 @ 7PM > Location: WPI Student Center Morgan Room > Topic: Pi 4! > > I bought a pi 4 yesterday and I've been poking around with it. I'll bring > it along with a bunch of other pi's! > > Snacks and refreshments will be provided and afterwards we'll head off to > dinner! > > Thanks, > 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 >

July 18, 2019

Reminder: WLUG Meeting Today (July 18th, 2019)

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody, This is the final reminder that we've got a meeting today! Date & Time: July 18th 2019 @ 7PM Location: WPI Student Center Morgan Room Topic: Pi 4! I bought a pi 4 yesterday and I've been poking around with it. I'll bring it along with a bunch of other pi's! Snacks and refreshments will be provided and afterwards we'll head off to dinner! Thanks, Tim Keller WLUG President -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

July 18, 2019

WLUG Meeting July 18th 2019 NOTE: Location Change: WPI Campus Center: Morgan Room

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody! We've got a meeting this Thursday July 18th at 7PM! Location: WPI Campus Center: Morgan Room (main floor hallway to the left of the front desk) Topic: Pi 4 I thought we might talk about the pi 4. I'm going to grab the 1GB version so we'll have a sample device to poke at. I'd really like the 4GB version, but those are a bit hard to find.. I'll have it, plus a pi 3 and an assortment of older pi's as well. As usual snacks and refreshments will be provided and we'll head off for dinner to continue to the conversation. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

July 16, 2019

Next Meeting moved to July 18th 2019

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang, I'm moving the meeting down a week since I'll be on vacation next week. The meeting will be on July 18th. I'd love to do a comparison of a pi 4 vs. a pi 3, but buying a 4GB pi 4 is a bit challenging... If someone already has one and could bring it, that would be awesome, if not we'll have to think of a different topic. Yeah, I know you can buy a 1GB/2GB pi 4... but really why would you do that. Thanks, Tim. WLUG President -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

July 3, 2019

Dual GPU Laptops Experience?

by Dennis Payne

I bought my last laptop from System 76. It's worked well but I was thinking of upgrading. I run Fedora so I wiped the Ubuntu installed by System 76 and haven't had any problems. However my current laptop only has the Intel graphics. The new Gazelle, which is closest to what I have, includes Intel and Nvidia. Anybody have any experience with that setup with Fedora and Wayland? Does it work out of the box? Do you need to install System 76 tools to switch between the different chips? Does Nvidia with Nouveau driver give better performance over Intel? I'm unlikely to install Nvidia's closed source driver. -- Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com https://social.freegamedev.net/channel/dulsi

June 28, 2019

Reminder: June WLUG meeting TODAY! Topic: Side Channel Attacks.

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody, We've got a meeting today, Thursday June 13th at 7PM! Location: WPI Campus Center Mid-Century room (rm 331) aka, the usual haunt. After last meeting we ended up having a side conversation regarding the now multiple side channel attacks that the Intel microarchitecture is vulnerable to. I thought it might be a good time to actually deep dive what these are, why they keep happening, why they're likely to continue and what efforts are being put in to try to mitigate them and the effects these migrations have on performance. As usual snacks and refreshments will be supplied and afterwards we'll head off for dinner to continue the conversation! Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

June 13, 2019

Re: WLUG Meeting June 13th 2019! Topic: Side Channel Attacks

by thinkbrown＠gmail.com

Hey Kevin, WLUG is an open door meeting. If you'd like to attend, you're more than welcome to show up. As far as this months topic, It might also be worth talking about cpu management engines, since they're also a major source of vulnerabilities, as AMD found out this week. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/psptool-amd-secure-technology-psp-firmwar… Logan On Sat, Jun 8, 2019, 07:34 Kevin via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > I have been on the mailing list a while..... > > I would like to come up a meeting this Jun 13. > > Are there any specifing instructions for a first time visitor? > > > On 6/7/19 9:10 AM, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > > Hey Everybody, > > We've got a meeting on Thursday June 13th at 7PM! > Location: WPI Campus Center Mid-Century room (rm 331) aka, the usual haunt. > > After last meeting we ended up having a side conversation regarding the > now multiple side channel attacks that the Intel microarchitecture is > vulnerable to. > > I thought it might be a good time to actually deep dive what these are, > why they keep happening, why they're likely to continue and what efforts > are being put in to try to mitigate them and the effects these migrations > have on performance. > > As usual snacks and refreshments will be supplied and afterwards we'll > head off for dinner to continue the conversation. > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >

June 8, 2019

Re: WLUG Meeting June 13th 2019! Topic: Side Channel Attacks

by Kevin

I have been on the mailing list a while..... I would like to come up a meeting this Jun 13. Are there any specifing instructions for a first time visitor? On 6/7/19 9:10 AM, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > Hey Everybody, > > We've got a meeting on Thursday June 13th at 7PM! > Location: WPI Campus Center Mid-Century room (rm 331) aka, the usual > haunt. > > After last meeting we ended up having a side conversation regarding > the now multiple side channel attacks that the Intel microarchitecture > is vulnerable to. > > I thought it might be a good time to actually deep dive what these > are, why they keep happening, why they're likely to continue and what > efforts are being put in to try to mitigate them and the effects these > migrations have on performance. > > As usual snacks and refreshments will be supplied and afterwards we'll > head off for dinner to continue the conversation. > > 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

June 8, 2019