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WLUG Meeting tomorrow! Jun 11th, 2015! Native ZFS on linux!
by Tim Keller June 11, 2015

June 11, 2015

Hey Everybody, Sick of your limited file systems? Worried it won't scale when pentabyte disks hit the market? Good news, I've got a file system for you! I'll be doing a talk/demo of the ZFS (Zettabyte File System) naively running on Linux. This is going to be held in the campus center Rm. 129 a.k.a "Chairman's Room" at 7pm. Refreshments will be provided. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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WLUG meeting this week
by Joel June 10, 2015

June 10, 2015

I am bummed out that home / requirements / life will keep me away from the WLUG meeting this week. Very interested in learning about ZFS details, tips and configuration for the home NAS I am currently building. Any chance post meeting you could share your ZFS slides and info either on WLUG site or via email? Thank you, Joel

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WLUG Meeting Thursday June 11th, 2015 Topic: ZFS on linux! NEW LOCATION!!!
by Tim Keller June 8, 2015

June 8, 2015

The next WLUG meeting is June 11th, 2015. @ 7pm. NOTE: THE MEETING WILL BE IN THE CAMPUS CENTER RM 129 aka "Chairman's Room" I will be speaking about native ZFS on linux. I'll go into the structure of ZFS and its design principles, and how it's used in production. I'll then do a demo showing off what ZFS can do and I'll create a bunch of different FS types, etc. It should be a blast. Like usual there will be refreshments available. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Next Meeting June 11th, 2015: Topic: ZFS on linux
by Tim Keller June 1, 2015

June 1, 2015

Hey Everybody, Our next meeting is going to be on June 11th, 2015 @ 7:00pm. The topic is going to be "ZFS on linux". What is ZFS? ZFS is a logical volume manager (LVM), raid subsystem and a file system combined. I'll be doing a deep dive on how ZFS works on linux, it's strengths and weaknesses. Snacks and refreshments will be available. I'm working with Frank to verify the location. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Next Meeting Topic: ZFS on linux?
by Tim Keller May 18, 2015

May 18, 2015

Hey Gang, Would people find it interesting in doing either a ZFS centric meeting, or doing a compare/contrast Linux file system bonanza? Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] Great Meeting last night! Thanks Frank and Jeff!
by Jamie Guinan May 16, 2015

May 16, 2015

Agreed, great meeting. I learned several things from Frank's talk, I had no idea about the "hot plate" and temperature issues. And it was cool to see Jeff's machine in action, despite the hiccups. I should go to more meetings. #sophisticatedcat -Jamie On Fri, 15 May 2015, Tim Keller wrote: > Hey Everybody, > > Last nights meeting was great. A big hardy thanks to Jeff and Frank for > lugging in the printers and showing them off and giving us all a great > education on modelers, slicers and printing software. > > Here are links to things that were talked about: > > 3d Printers: > Kossel <http://reprap.org/wiki/Kossel> > printrbot-plus <http://printrbot.com/shop/assembled-metal-printrbot-plus/> > > Modelers: > openscad <http://www.openscad.org/> > tinkercad <https://www.tinkercad.com/> > > Slicers: > slic3r.org > > Printer Driving Software: > Octoprint <http://octoprint.org/> > > Thanks, > Tim. > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". >

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Great Meeting last night! Thanks Frank and Jeff!
by Tim Keller May 15, 2015

May 15, 2015

Hey Everybody, Last nights meeting was great. A big hardy thanks to Jeff and Frank for lugging in the printers and showing them off and giving us all a great education on modelers, slicers and printing software. Here are links to things that were talked about: 3d Printers: Kossel <http://reprap.org/wiki/Kossel> printrbot-plus <http://printrbot.com/shop/assembled-metal-printrbot-plus/> Modelers: openscad <http://www.openscad.org/> tinkercad <https://www.tinkercad.com/> Slicers: slic3r.org Printer Driving Software: Octoprint <http://octoprint.org/> Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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WLUG Meeting Tonight (May 14th 2015) @ 7PM [!!!DIFFERENT LOCATION!!!]
by Tim Keller May 14, 2015

May 14, 2015

Hey Everybody, Tonight is the night! We'll be meeting at 7pm and learn all kinds of coolness about 3d printers! Jeff and Frank will be talking about and showing off the technology of 3d printing. Cookies/Chips/Refreshments will be there as well. Afterwards we'll continue the discussion at Tech Pizza. PLEASE NOTE!!! We're Meeting in the Forkey Conference Room in the Harrington <http://maps.wpi.edu/map/?id=609#!s/key=Harrington> Building! Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Meeting Tomorrow May 14th, 2015 @ 7PM Topic: 3D Printing! [NOTE: LOCATION CHANGE]
by Tim Keller May 13, 2015

May 13, 2015

Hey Everybody, The next WLUG meeting is tomorrow! The topic will be 3D printing! Jeff and Frank will to be talking about 3D printers, showing off a Kossel and printerbot, plus the technology and software involved. !!!!PLEASE NOTE THE LOCATION HAS CHANGED!!!!! We will be meeting in the "Forkey Conference Room" in the Harrington <http://maps.wpi.edu/map/?id=609#!s/key=Harrington> building @ 7PM. Like always, we'll reconvene at Tech Pizza and have a couple slices! Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Meeting location update...
by Tim Keller May 12, 2015

May 12, 2015

Hey Everybody, Frank has come through and secured us a location... We'll be meeting in the Forkey conference room in the Harrington Building http://maps.wpi.edu/map/?id=609#!s/key=Harrington Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Meeting Reminder Thursday May 14th 2015!
by Tim Keller May 12, 2015

May 12, 2015

Hey Everybody, We've got a meeting this Thursday! We've been tossing around talking about ZFS on linux and 3D printing. I haven't heard back from Chuck about where the meeting is going to be held yet. Does anybody have a preference on a topic? When: Thursday May 14th, 2015 @ 7pm Where: WPI (somewhere!) What: Either ZFS on linux or 3d printing. Refreshments: The usual! Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Contacts-Address Books
by The Hammer May 9, 2015

May 9, 2015

Hello Everyone, Since it's been quite here on the e-list, I figured I'd ask a non-technical question? Can anyone recommend a good contact/address book program for off line use? One that has a good export/back up function (preferably backing up as text) I've google searched it, and did not get far with that. Ron

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Is mail working?
by Tim Keller May 8, 2015

May 8, 2015

This list seems very quiet... -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Next Meeting May 14th, 2015!
by Tim Keller May 5, 2015

May 5, 2015

Hey Gang, The next meeting is on the 14th. We still don't have a speaker lined up. I know there was some interest in ZFS vs. XFS vs. JFS. I'd expressed some interest in 3d printing and what OSS software was on the market. Chunk, do you have an alternative location lined up for us? Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Beaglebone Black
by Andy Stewart May 1, 2015

May 1, 2015

Hi Everybody, I would like to know if any proprietary binary blobs are required to use a Beaglebone Black. According to my findings, the Raspberry Pi has a proprietary binary blob involved with booting the machine, and also controlling the video. It wasn't so easy to find this information. I would prefer to use such a board with no proprietary software. That's why I'm considering the Beaglebone Black. Does anybody know the definitive answer? I've searched a lot of websites to no avail. Thanks! Andy -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF)

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ZFS on Linux vs. BTRFS or stick with EXT4?
by Chuck Anderson April 30, 2015

April 30, 2015

I'm migrating to new large drives and would lke to take advantage of a filesystem that has integrated data and metadata checksums. How well does ZFS on Linux really work? What is the current status of BTRFS? Which one would you trust your precious data to? I've been out of the loop lately... This would be a great meeting topic! "How to set up ZFS on Linux and/or BTRFS". Any takers?

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Upcoming stuff for WLUG!
by Tim Keller April 28, 2015

April 28, 2015

Hey Gang, A couple things... 1. Speakers. As of right now I don't have any speakers lined up. If anybody wants to speak about something, or would like to suggest a topic they'd be interested in hearing spoke about let me know and I'll work on getting it set up. As for topics that I'm interested in... 3d printing! I know that WPI has a printer (that's running on a Pi even!) What OSS is out there to do modeling, etc? 2. WLUG BBQ Does August still work for everybody? I know it's early, but I figure it's better to start now and get things lined up then end up rushing around later... Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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MEETING TONIGHT!
by Tim Keller April 9, 2015

April 9, 2015

Hey Everybody, Don't forget the meeting is tonight! See you there! Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Reminder: WLUG meeting April 9th, 2015 7pm Rm 331 (Mid-Century Room) Pi and GPIO.
by Tim Keller April 7, 2015

April 7, 2015

Hey Everybody, This Wednesday we're having our monthly WLUG meeting. I'm going to bring along my Pi and do a quick demo talk on GPIO (General Purpose I/O). I figure we can also talk about what who/what we'd like for speakers and topics. There will be refreshments and as usual we'll go to tech for pizza afterwards. See ya there! Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Reminder! Meeting April 9th, 2015, 7pm Rm 331 (Mid-Century Room)
by Tim Keller April 2, 2015

April 2, 2015

Hey Gang! The next WLUG meeting is upon us! I've dropped the ball a bit and haven't lined up a speaker yet... If anybody has a pressing urge for something to speak about, by all means let me know! Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Cryptoparty in Worcester on Sun. Mar 22
by Steve Revilak March 18, 2015

March 18, 2015

Hello Worcester Linux Users Group! My name is Steve and I'm a Linux user who lives in the Boston Area. I'm helping to organize a Cryptoparty at the Worcester Public Library, and I wanted to extend an invitation to WLUG members. The cryptoparty is this Sunday 3/22 from 2pm - 4pm, and we plan to cover Jitsi and GnuPG. The WPL is located at 3 Salem Street, Worcester, and we'll be meeting in the Banx room. Hope to see you Sunday. Steve

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Free computers and monitors.
by Bill Nelson March 16, 2015

March 16, 2015

WLUG: Before discarding these items, I want to offer them to anyone who needs them. They are all working and not missing any parts. 1. ViewSonic 19" G90fb Graphics Series monitor CRT 2. ATX full-tower custom built computer a. pentium processor b. Windows XP with discs/license c. 80 GB Western Digital HD d. Asus ATI Radeon A7000 video card e. DVD read/write f. Multiple outlet USB card g. sound card h. 300 watt power supply j. keyboard and mouse 3. Hewlett Packard Pavilion 12" monitor CRT 4. IBM Thinkpad 600 laptop a. Carrying case b. New battery c. All discs/software/licenses Please respond to whn6849(a)verizon.net if you know of a good home for them. Regards, Bill Nelson

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Great meeting last night!
by Tim Keller March 13, 2015

March 13, 2015

What a great meeting last night! Chuck did a great presentation showing off several different model Pi's plus demoing their use as squeeze box remote media players. He also started to show off the MAME and DVR/MythTV stuff but we all got distracted. I think that could merit a meeting topic all by itself! We had a great show and tell of pi devices. The coolest being the homemade pi based wifi enabled security camera (with infrared LEDs!) To cap the night we ended doing a mini install fest on a "classic" Sony Vaio! Thanks everybody! Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] Great meeting last night!
by Jamie Guinan March 13, 2015

March 13, 2015

On Fri, 13 Mar 2015, Tim Keller wrote: > What a great meeting last night! Chuck did a great presentation showing > off several different model Pi's plus demoing their use as squeeze box > remote media players. He also started to show off the MAME and DVR/MythTV > stuff but we all got distracted. I think that could merit a meeting topic > all by itself! > > We had a great show and tell of pi devices. The coolest being the homemade > pi based wifi enabled security camera (with infrared LEDs!) > > To cap the night we ended doing a mini install fest on a "classic" Sony > Vaio! > > Thanks everybody! > Tim. Tim, Do you have a link to that graphics package you were talking about? The one where you just throw data at it and check it once in a while. Thanks, -Jamie

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Python 3 Programming Course
by Robert Schwein March 13, 2015

March 13, 2015

http://ieeeboston.org/event/introduction-programming-python-version-3-sprin… For anyone interested, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) is sponsoring a 5 session short course on programming with Python V3. Bob

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