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Last Reminder! WLUG Meeting tonight!
by Tim Keller May 18, 2017

May 18, 2017

Hey Gang, We've got a meeting tonight! Location: WPI Student Center RM 129 Topic: Kodi / RetroPI -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Reminder! Meeting Tomorrow!!!
by Tim Keller May 17, 2017

May 17, 2017

Hey Gang, Tomorrow we're having a meeting! Location: WPI Student Center Rm 129 (Bottom of the stairs) Time: 7pm Topic: Hodgepodge of stuff Codi: Chuck RetroPi: Tim Plus I'll have some stuff from ThotCon and a WiFi Pineapple as well. Snacks and Refreshments will be provided and they'll be pizza afterwards. Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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More fun stuff I'll be bringing to WLUG!
by Tim Keller May 17, 2017

May 17, 2017

I just aquired a WiFi Pineapple! I'll bring it along and show it off. Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] Arduino
by E Johnson May 16, 2017

May 16, 2017

Arduino has been spoken for. Liz J On 15/05/2017, E Johnson <iris.gates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I have an Arduino here, never used; new in packaging. > > This is an Arduino Uno, I guess the original, made in Italy. The kit > contains the controller board, a 16 x 2 character LCD module (green > screen), and a power supply. See wiki: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino > > I will never use this, but I know someone can. Maybe a fun project for > the right kid or parent/child combo to build something with it. > > Someone should come get this. I am conveniently located near Elm Park, > not far from WPI and easy to find. You could drop by on your way > to/from the meeting. I could tuck it away out of sight on the front > porch for you, with your name on it. > > Liz J > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

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Arduino
by E Johnson May 16, 2017

May 16, 2017

I have an Arduino here, never used; new in packaging. This is an Arduino Uno, I guess the original, made in Italy. The kit contains the controller board, a 16 x 2 character LCD module (green screen), and a power supply. See wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduino I will never use this, but I know someone can. Maybe a fun project for the right kid or parent/child combo to build something with it. Someone should come get this. I am conveniently located near Elm Park, not far from WPI and easy to find. You could drop by on your way to/from the meeting. I could tuck it away out of sight on the front porch for you, with your name on it. Liz J

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Re: [Wlug] WLUG Meeting May 18th Topic: Codi / Plex / RetroPi Location: WPI student center Rm 129
by Tim Keller May 16, 2017

May 16, 2017

Thanks Chuck! I'm working on getting my Pi3 running with RetroPi and seeing if i can borrow an Xarcade controller. On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 9:20 PM, Chuck Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > I'll talk about Kodi. > > On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 08:49:13PM +0000, Tim Keller wrote: > > Hey Gang, > > > > Our next meeting is going to be May 18th! at 7pm. We'll be meeting in > the > > WPI Student Center Rm 129. (Go to the bottom of the stairs) > > > > Topic: Plex / Codi / RetroPi. or (So you've got a huge TV, what to do > > with? Watch movies and play retro computer games!!!) > > > > Everybody loves to watch movies, but DVD's scratch, get lost etc. A > better > > way to manage your extensive collection is through programs such as Plex > > and Codi. > > > > As for speakers we're going to have a diverse group speaking at this > > meeting. I will be speaking about RetroPi. I'm looking for speakers for > > Plex / Codi. Write me or just show up! > > > > As usual, snacks and refreshments will be provided and after the meeting > > we'll head off to Tech Pizza. > > > > Thanks, > > Tim. > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] WLUG Meeting May 18th Topic: Codi / Plex / RetroPi Location: WPI student center Rm 129
by Chuck Anderson May 11, 2017

May 11, 2017

I'll talk about Kodi. On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 08:49:13PM +0000, Tim Keller wrote: > Hey Gang, > > Our next meeting is going to be May 18th! at 7pm. We'll be meeting in the > WPI Student Center Rm 129. (Go to the bottom of the stairs) > > Topic: Plex / Codi / RetroPi. or (So you've got a huge TV, what to do > with? Watch movies and play retro computer games!!!) > > Everybody loves to watch movies, but DVD's scratch, get lost etc. A better > way to manage your extensive collection is through programs such as Plex > and Codi. > > As for speakers we're going to have a diverse group speaking at this > meeting. I will be speaking about RetroPi. I'm looking for speakers for > Plex / Codi. Write me or just show up! > > As usual, snacks and refreshments will be provided and after the meeting > we'll head off to Tech Pizza. > > Thanks, > Tim.

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WLUG Meeting May 18th Topic: Codi / Plex / RetroPi Location: WPI student center Rm 129
by Tim Keller May 11, 2017

May 11, 2017

Hey Gang, Our next meeting is going to be May 18th! at 7pm. We'll be meeting in the WPI Student Center Rm 129. (Go to the bottom of the stairs) Topic: Plex / Codi / RetroPi. or (So you've got a huge TV, what to do with? Watch movies and play retro computer games!!!) Everybody loves to watch movies, but DVD's scratch, get lost etc. A better way to manage your extensive collection is through programs such as Plex and Codi. As for speakers we're going to have a diverse group speaking at this meeting. I will be speaking about RetroPi. I'm looking for speakers for Plex / Codi. Write me or just show up! As usual, snacks and refreshments will be provided and after the meeting we'll head off to Tech Pizza. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] Cool thing I was just given.
by Gregory Avedissian May 10, 2017

May 10, 2017

I missed the last couple of meetings. Where are we meeting? Greg On 05/08/2017 11:02 AM, Tim Keller wrote: > A coworker of mine went to ThotCon this weekend and came back with one of > the badges. > > https://hackaday.io/project/21797-thotcon-0x8-badge > > I'll bring it along to show off. > > I'm also going to poke at it, but obviously not connected to anything I > care about! > > Later, > Tim. >

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Cool thing I was just given.
by Tim Keller May 8, 2017

May 8, 2017

A coworker of mine went to ThotCon this weekend and came back with one of the badges. https://hackaday.io/project/21797-thotcon-0x8-badge I'll bring it along to show off. I'm also going to poke at it, but obviously not connected to anything I care about! Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting
by Robert Schwein May 5, 2017

May 5, 2017

Have you checked to see if you can move commencement? On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Gang, > > Speaking with Frank, next week is commencement week at WPI. Consequently > ALL the rooms are booked. I'm pushing the meeting off a week to the 18th. > > Thanks, > Tim. > > On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 5:14 PM, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> So, are we decided on talking about Plex / Kodi? Is there enough there >> to turn into a whole meeting? Maybe we could do a Plex / RetroPi mashup >> meeting? >> >> Thanks, >> Tim. >> >> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 6:06 PM, Richard Klein <richspk(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I use Plex and would love to learn more about it, and about similar >>> things, such as Kodi. >>> >>> I'm also interested in Bitcoin, though, mostly, I want a way to recover >>> the Bitcoin wallet I created (and lost all info for) a couple years ago. >>> >>> However, I realized at the time of the last meeting, that Thursday >>> nights are also open shop night at Worcester Earn-a-bike, which creates a >>> conflict for me. >>> >>> On Apr 25, 2017 2:35 PM, "Tim Keller" <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a >>>> topic, is there something that people are burning to know about? >>>> >>>> We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested >>>> people are. >>>> Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. >>>> >>>> Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always >>>> found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love >>>> to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and >>>> storing bitcoins. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Tim. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their >>>> constituents as "consumers". >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wlug mailing list >>>> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>>> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wlug mailing list >>> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their >> constituents as "consumers". >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> > > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

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Meeting RESCHEDULED to May 18th!
by Tim Keller May 5, 2017

May 5, 2017

Hey Wluggers, Because of commencement, etc. we were unable to get a room at WPI. I've decided to reschedule the meeting to May 18th. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting
by Tim Keller May 5, 2017

May 5, 2017

Hey Gang, Speaking with Frank, next week is commencement week at WPI. Consequently ALL the rooms are booked. I'm pushing the meeting off a week to the 18th. Thanks, Tim. On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 5:14 PM, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > So, are we decided on talking about Plex / Kodi? Is there enough there to > turn into a whole meeting? Maybe we could do a Plex / RetroPi mashup > meeting? > > Thanks, > Tim. > > On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 6:06 PM, Richard Klein <richspk(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I use Plex and would love to learn more about it, and about similar >> things, such as Kodi. >> >> I'm also interested in Bitcoin, though, mostly, I want a way to recover >> the Bitcoin wallet I created (and lost all info for) a couple years ago. >> >> However, I realized at the time of the last meeting, that Thursday nights >> are also open shop night at Worcester Earn-a-bike, which creates a conflict >> for me. >> >> On Apr 25, 2017 2:35 PM, "Tim Keller" <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a >>> topic, is there something that people are burning to know about? >>> >>> We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested >>> people are. >>> Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. >>> >>> Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always >>> found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love >>> to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and >>> storing bitcoins. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Tim. >>> >>> -- >>> I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their >>> constituents as "consumers". >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wlug mailing list >>> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> > > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting
by Tim Keller May 4, 2017

May 4, 2017

So, are we decided on talking about Plex / Kodi? Is there enough there to turn into a whole meeting? Maybe we could do a Plex / RetroPi mashup meeting? Thanks, Tim. On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 6:06 PM, Richard Klein <richspk(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I use Plex and would love to learn more about it, and about similar > things, such as Kodi. > > I'm also interested in Bitcoin, though, mostly, I want a way to recover > the Bitcoin wallet I created (and lost all info for) a couple years ago. > > However, I realized at the time of the last meeting, that Thursday nights > are also open shop night at Worcester Earn-a-bike, which creates a conflict > for me. > > On Apr 25, 2017 2:35 PM, "Tim Keller" <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a >> topic, is there something that people are burning to know about? >> >> We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested >> people are. >> Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. >> >> Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always >> found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love >> to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and >> storing bitcoins. >> >> Thanks, >> Tim. >> >> -- >> I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their >> constituents as "consumers". >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting
by Richard Klein April 26, 2017

April 26, 2017

I use Plex and would love to learn more about it, and about similar things, such as Kodi. I'm also interested in Bitcoin, though, mostly, I want a way to recover the Bitcoin wallet I created (and lost all info for) a couple years ago. However, I realized at the time of the last meeting, that Thursday nights are also open shop night at Worcester Earn-a-bike, which creates a conflict for me. On Apr 25, 2017 2:35 PM, "Tim Keller" <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a topic, > is there something that people are burning to know about? > > We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested > people are. > Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. > > Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always > found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love > to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and > storing bitcoins. > > Thanks, > Tim. > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

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Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting
by THE HAMMER April 26, 2017

April 26, 2017

I'd be very curious to hear about Kodi. ________________________________ From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org <wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org> on behalf of Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 2:32 PM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a topic, is there something that people are burning to know about? We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested people are. Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and storing bitcoins. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller)
by Keith Wright April 26, 2017

April 26, 2017

"Sweetser, Frank E" <fs(a)WPI.EDU> writes: > I won't have time to put anything together for this > upcoming meeting, but if there's interest I could do > something on DNSSEC at a future one. Yes please. I need to know about that. For those who know even less than I, that is Domain Name System SECurity extensions. -- Keith

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Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller)
by Higgins, Benjamin J April 26, 2017

April 26, 2017

I love both topics... but due to baseball commitments for my son, I can't make the May meeting :( --ben From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Sweetser, Frank E Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 1:46 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller) I won't have time to put anything together for this upcoming meeting, but if there's interest I could do something on DNSSEC at a future one. Frank Sweetser Director of Network Operations Worcester Polytechnic Institute "For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong." - HL Mencken ________________________________ From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org<mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org> <wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org<mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org>> on behalf of joel d <joelgroup(a)gmail.com<mailto:joelgroup@gmail.com>> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 1:01 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org<mailto:wlug@mail.wlug.org> Subject: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller) All three topics are interesting. Plex holds more interest for me currently as I plan to soon build a new home NAS for professional, personal and entertainment data. Would want to include Plex in those plans. RetroPie is interesting too. Built one with my 10 year old son. He learned a lot. Dad can still win at Atari Combat. I could bring it and talk about it, but would likely be a relatively short discussion. BitCoin for me has less interest. Technically it's harder to mine for BitCoin prime numbers every month. As a financial currency it is not very strong, not quite taking the world by storm. I like it's government independence, but prepper friends prefer precious metals. Joel ------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:32:50 -0400 From: Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com<mailto:turbofx@gmail.com>> Subject: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org<mailto:wlug@mail.wlug.org>> Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a topic, is there something that people are burning to know about? We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested people are. Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and storing bitcoins. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers". -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20170425/de6643a1/attachmen… ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org<mailto:Wlug@mail.wlug.org> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug End of Wlug Digest, Vol 162, Issue 7 ************************************ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org<mailto:Wlug@mail.wlug.org> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller)
by Sweetser, Frank E April 26, 2017

April 26, 2017

I won't have time to put anything together for this upcoming meeting, but if there's interest I could do something on DNSSEC at a future one. Frank Sweetser Director of Network Operations Worcester Polytechnic Institute "For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong." - HL Mencken ________________________________ From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org <wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org> on behalf of joel d <joelgroup(a)gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 1:01 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller) All three topics are interesting. Plex holds more interest for me currently as I plan to soon build a new home NAS for professional, personal and entertainment data. Would want to include Plex in those plans. RetroPie is interesting too. Built one with my 10 year old son. He learned a lot. Dad can still win at Atari Combat. I could bring it and talk about it, but would likely be a relatively short discussion. BitCoin for me has less interest. Technically it's harder to mine for BitCoin prime numbers every month. As a financial currency it is not very strong, not quite taking the world by storm. I like it's government independence, but prepper friends prefer precious metals. Joel ------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:32:50 -0400 From: Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a topic, is there something that people are burning to know about? We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested people are. Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and storing bitcoins. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers". -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20170425/de6643a1/attachmen… ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug End of Wlug Digest, Vol 162, Issue 7 ************************************ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller)
by joel d April 26, 2017

April 26, 2017

All three topics are interesting. Plex holds more interest for me currently as I plan to soon build a new home NAS for professional, personal and entertainment data. Would want to include Plex in those plans. RetroPie is interesting too. Built one with my 10 year old son. He learned a lot. Dad can still win at Atari Combat. I could bring it and talk about it, but would likely be a relatively short discussion. BitCoin for me has less interest. Technically it's harder to mine for BitCoin prime numbers every month. As a financial currency it is not very strong, not quite taking the world by storm. I like it's government independence, but prepper friends prefer precious metals. Joel ------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:32:50 -0400 From: Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a topic, is there something that people are burning to know about? We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested people are. Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and storing bitcoins. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Topics for next meeting
by Tim Keller April 25, 2017

April 25, 2017

Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a topic, is there something that people are burning to know about? We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested people are. Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and storing bitcoins. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Humble Book Bundle: Python presented by No Starch Press (pay what you want and help charity)
by Eric Martin April 16, 2017

April 16, 2017

I figured some of you might find some use for this. It has some great books in it, including black hat python and teaching your kids to program. $15 for a bunch of DRM free books is hard to beat. https://www.humblebundle.com/books/python-book-bundle -- Eric

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Reminder! WLUG April Meeting tonight! Topic: GlusterFS
by Tim Keller April 13, 2017

April 13, 2017

Hey Gang, Don't forget we've got a meeting tonight! Time: 7pm Location: WPI Student Center Rom 331 (mid Century Room) Speaker: Tim Keller Topic: GlusterFS GlusterFS is a distributed clustered file system that lets you take a whole bunch of servers and combine their storage into a single large file system. Snacks and Refreshments will be provided. After the meeting we'll head down to Tech for some pizza! Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Reminder! Meeting tomorrow! Apr. 13th, 2017! Topic: glusterfs
by Tim Keller April 12, 2017

April 12, 2017

Hey Gang, Tomorrow we've got a meeting! Time: 7pm Location: WPI Student Center Room 331 Topic: glusterfs What is glusterfs? It's a distributed clustered file system. I recently did a talk about GFS2 and while interesting, it requires centralized storage, a knowledge about stuff like iscsi, etc. It's a beast to setup and isn't that flexible. glusterfs is a different animal. It's a flexible overlay filesystem that let's you take a bunch of basic servers and cluster them into a big homogenous filesystem. If you have four systems, each with 4TB worth of disk, you can make yourself a nice 16TB filesystem, or you can setup an 8TB filesystem with mirroring that spans all the machines or a couple of filesystems that do both depending on your needs. What's great about glusterfs is that it sits atop an existing filesystems on the machines and uses TCP to communicate with both fs clients and the node members. It also has a built in NFS server that allows it to be used by other non linux machines. As usual there will be snacks and refreshments and afterwards we'll head to tech for pizza. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Reminder! Meeting April 13th @ 7PM
by Tim Keller April 9, 2017

April 9, 2017

Hey Gang, This is reminder that we've got a meeting this week! Location: Campus Center Room 331 Time: 7PM Topic: To be decided! Let me know if there's something that you have a burning urge to talk about! Thanks, Tim. Per our last meeting, here were some of the topics... Media server bake off Kodi (Xbmc) PLEX media center /server Open media vault (runs PLEX) Open ELEC (runs Kodi) Linux Arcade machines Research Distros Home Backup Server (zfs for linux) Bake off of backup solutions Sysadmin automation tools Salt / Puppet / Chef / Ansible Nicholas Howgraham-Grave Talk about finding flaws in RSA SHA1 collison stuff Git development Methods Virtualization on linux KVM / Vmware / OVB / Xen / Qubes Privacy on Linux: What to do when you're convinced the goverment is watching. Encrypted FS 2FA Isolated applications What distro is snowden running? 3d Printing and linux Tools for linux -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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