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Re: Meeting THIS WEEK, July 10th, 2025! Topic: ?TrueNAS? Pi Kiosk displays?

by Kevin Stratton

I am interested in a pihole as well. I also just got an N150 mini pc for things like this. I am particulary interested in doing this with docker images. When I tried to install a docker recursive DNS server that I trust, It needed a Email address, which I did not want to place on my internet email provider. So now I have to install a EMail server for pihole. (recusion sucks). Another area of interest for me might be the consequences of CGNET (if any) for a DYNDNS setup for a personal home page and similar things. There is a small possibility that I will have fiber available in the next couple of months and the provider apparently uses CGNET. On 7/9/25 5:28 PM, Frank Sweetser via WLUG wrote: > That would be a great talk! Pi holes are a perfect way for people to > get started on Linux, so it's great to show off what they can do. > > - Frank > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2025, 5:18 PM Tracie Winslow via WLUG > <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > I have a pihole but I've been meaning to set one up on my Linux > mini-pc instead. Want me to bring my Linux mini-pc and show how to > set up a pihole and use it? > > *"For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin - > real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, > something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, > time still to be served, a debt to be paid. At last it dawned on > me that these obstacles _/were/_//my life. This perspective has > helped me to see there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the > way. So treasure every moment you have and remember that time > waits for no one." > *- Souza > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2025, 6:01 PM Tim Keller via WLUG > <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > Sure!! > > Another topic that came up in a side channel is what is > involved in setting up a pihole. > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM Kevin Harrington via WLUG > <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > I would like to do a proper introduction to CaDoodle now > that it's released as beta! > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2025, 1:31 PM Tim Keller via WLUG > <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > Hey Everybody! > > We've got a meeting this week! > Date: July 10th, 2025 @ 7PM > Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland St. Worcester MA > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/44+Portland+St.+Worcester+MA?entry=gmail…>. > 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". > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/XQUZT… > > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/JEFG4… > > > > -- > 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 > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/5WFZQ… > > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/G4O4P… > > > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list --wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email towlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account:https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings:https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive:https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org…

July 10, 2025

Re: Meeting THIS WEEK, July 10th, 2025! Topic: ?TrueNAS? Pi Kiosk displays?

by Frank Sweetser

That would be a great talk! Pi holes are a perfect way for people to get started on Linux, so it's great to show off what they can do. - Frank On Wed, Jul 9, 2025, 5:18 PM Tracie Winslow via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > I have a pihole but I've been meaning to set one up on my Linux mini-pc > instead. Want me to bring my Linux mini-pc and show how to set up a pihole > and use it? > > > *"For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin - real > life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten > through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to > be paid. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. This > perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness. Happiness is > the way. So treasure every moment you have and remember that time waits for > no one."*- Souza > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2025, 6:01 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > wrote: > >> Sure!! >> >> Another topic that came up in a side channel is what is involved in >> setting up a pihole. >> >> On Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM Kevin Harrington via WLUG < >> wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: >> >>> I would like to do a proper introduction to CaDoodle now that it's >>> released as beta! >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 8, 2025, 1:31 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Everybody! >>>> >>>> We've got a meeting this week! >>>> Date: July 10th, 2025 @ 7PM >>>> Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland St. Worcester MA >>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/44+Portland+St.+Worcester+MA?entry=gmail…> >>>> . >>>> 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". >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >>>> Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ >>>> Change Settings: >>>> https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ >>>> Web Forum/Archive: >>>> https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/XQUZT… >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >>> Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ >>> Change Settings: >>> https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ >>> Web Forum/Archive: >>> https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/JEFG4… >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ >> Change Settings: >> https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ >> Web Forum/Archive: >> https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/5WFZQ… >> > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/G4O4P… >

July 9, 2025

Re: Meeting THIS WEEK, July 10th, 2025! Topic: ?TrueNAS? Pi Kiosk displays?

by Tracie Winslow

I have a pihole but I've been meaning to set one up on my Linux mini-pc instead. Want me to bring my Linux mini-pc and show how to set up a pihole and use it? *"For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life. This perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So treasure every moment you have and remember that time waits for no one."*- Souza On Tue, Jul 8, 2025, 6:01 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Sure!! > > Another topic that came up in a side channel is what is involved in > setting up a pihole. > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM Kevin Harrington via WLUG < > wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > >> I would like to do a proper introduction to CaDoodle now that it's >> released as beta! >> >> On Tue, Jul 8, 2025, 1:31 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Hey Everybody! >>> >>> We've got a meeting this week! >>> Date: July 10th, 2025 @ 7PM >>> Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland St. Worcester MA >>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/44+Portland+St.+Worcester+MA?entry=gmail…> >>> . >>> 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". >>> _______________________________________________ >>> WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >>> Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ >>> Change Settings: >>> https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ >>> Web Forum/Archive: >>> https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/XQUZT… >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >> Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ >> Change Settings: >> https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ >> Web Forum/Archive: >> https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/JEFG4… >> > > > -- > 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 > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/5WFZQ… >

July 9, 2025

Re: Meeting THIS WEEK, July 10th, 2025! Topic: ?TrueNAS? Pi Kiosk displays?

by Tim Keller

Sure!! Another topic that came up in a side channel is what is involved in setting up a pihole. On Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM Kevin Harrington via WLUG < wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > I would like to do a proper introduction to CaDoodle now that it's > released as beta! > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2025, 1:31 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > wrote: > >> Hey Everybody! >> >> We've got a meeting this week! >> Date: July 10th, 2025 @ 7PM >> Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland St. Worcester MA >> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/44+Portland+St.+Worcester+MA?entry=gmail…> >> . >> 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". >> _______________________________________________ >> WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >> Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ >> Change Settings: >> https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ >> Web Forum/Archive: >> https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/XQUZT… >> > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/JEFG4… > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

July 8, 2025

Re: Meeting THIS WEEK, July 10th, 2025! Topic: ?TrueNAS? Pi Kiosk displays?

by Kevin Harrington

I would like to do a proper introduction to CaDoodle now that it's released as beta! On Tue, Jul 8, 2025, 1:31 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey Everybody! > > We've got a meeting this week! > Date: July 10th, 2025 @ 7PM > Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland St. Worcester MA > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/44+Portland+St.+Worcester+MA?entry=gmail…> > . > 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". > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/XQUZT… >

July 8, 2025

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

by Tim Keller

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".

July 8, 2025

Re: Reminder!!! *NO* Meeting tomorrow

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> writes: > John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > At a previous meeting you showed a black box about the size of a thick > book and called it a "desktop computer". I thought a desktop computer > was one too big to be a "laptop", but your black box is smaller than > my laptop. > I forgot the name of that black box. What is it? It's a beelink Mini PC AMD Ryzen 7 5825U system. Here's a link to the Amazon site I got it from. It looks like it's $298 right now, and it comes with 32gb of RAM (expandable to 64gb) and a 500mb NVME disk. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2P486GQ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title > I suppose it is a "desktop" because it needs a separate screen and > keyboard, but what connectors are there? Yes, it's a desktop. But I think you can even mount it on the back of some monitors if they support the VESA mounting standard. It's damn small. > I have several big flat screens that are attached to former > computers by odd plugs, and PS/2 keyboards, RJ-45 ethernet plugs. So this unit has Display Port, HDMI and I think it will also do display over USB-C port at 10gb/s. It's pretty damn impressive for the cost. > I got the ethernet working with Spectrum internet, but am > running out of working computers that plug into it. This is a cheap way to get a nice fast, quiet, low power unit. It won't do for long sustained tasks, but for browsing, editing, compiling, etc it 's great. Also comes with ethernet.

July 8, 2025

Re: Reminder!!! *NO* Meeting tomorrow

by Keith Wright

John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Keith, > I hope you're staying cool! >> I feel lumpy; like a cucumber. Lumpy and cool as a cucumber. At a previous meeting you showed a black box about the size of a thick book and called it a "desktop computer". I thought a desktop computer was one too big to be a "laptop", but your black box is smaller than my laptop. I forgot the name of that black box. What is it? I suppose it is a "desktop" because it needs a separate screen and keyboard, but what connectors are there? I have several big flat screens that are attached to former computers by odd plugs, and PS/2 keyboards, RJ-45 ethernet plugs. I got the ethernet working with Spectrum internet, but am running out of working computers that plug into it. -- Keith

July 7, 2025

Sox question

by gmcaplan＠gmcaplan.org

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

July 2, 2025

Re: Reminder!!! *NO* Meeting tomorrow

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Wright via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: Keith, I hope you're staying cool! > John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: >> What a great meeting last week! A big shout out to Xavier for doing >> his presentation on NixOS! Hopefully Tim will be able to share the >> links to the slides and other info. > Yes, thank you. I would like to review the slides. >> We talked about: >> >> NixOS >> >> - A tool and environment for building systems in a deterministic >> manner. Sorta like Ansible, or Puppet, or Chef, or Salt or >> cfengine (old school!) or Terraform. > I don't know what any of those are. I was comparing it to apt-get, rpm, > yumm and, of course guix. I think I heard Xavier say something about > teamwork between Nix and guix, which would be good because I don't think > we need $2^n$ incompatible package managers. So think of those tools listed above as the next step up in abstraction to managing groups of packages and entire system level configuration. So I use Ansible and I tell it to install a bunch of packages, and then ansible uses apt or dpkg to do the actual install. Ansible (or terraform, salt, chef, puppet, etc) are all tools for bringing systems into alignment with your specifications. They add/remove packages, make updates to configurations, etc. NixOS is more like apt and rpm, with the idea that (as I understand it) you have a much more reproducable set of packages that are cryptographically proveable to be the same. Not so much from a signed with a key, but more in the form of hashes that track state all the way back to the source package. > I looked up NixOS, expecting to see a lot of cartoons. Where did those > cartoons come from and are they "official"? I don't know. Maybe Xavier or somethinh with the slides can chime in here? >> And what are the feelings of those who are remote? > I feel lumpy; like a cucumber. LOL! >> Were you able to follow along and enjoy the talk? > The first half-hour or so was near intolerable, but then the noise > stopped and the camera stopped bouncing and all was good. Yeah, the noise in the usual conference room was crazy. And I just found another tool which I think Xavier was using in his shell. Take a look at 'starship': https://starship.rs/ which I find funky because it requires you to have Nerdfonts (https://www.nerdfonts.com/) installed. Which honestly seems like a step backwards, just like Emojis are a step backward. Yes, it's fun to have and know the meaning (or supposed meaning!) of a special graphical image, but it really feels like we're going back to Egyptian Heiroglyphics. Which means you have to memorize hundreds or thousands of individual characters to make words. And then you still have to join them together into bigger chunks. The power of the Roman (or other smaller alphabets) to me is that you have a smaller number of pictographs or letters to know, which you can string together into larger concepts more easily. This is ignoring language and pronounciation issues of course. Ah well, enough ranting, it's gonna be another scorcher today, so stay cool everybody! John

June 25, 2025

Re: Reminder!!! *NO* Meeting tomorrow

by Keith Wright

John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > What a great meeting last week! A big shout out to Xavier for doing > his presentation on NixOS! Hopefully Tim will be able to share the > links to the slides and other info. Yes, thank you. I would like to review the slides. > We talked about: > > NixOS > > - A tool and environment for building systems in a deterministic > manner. Sorta like Ansible, or Puppet, or Chef, or Salt or > cfengine (old school!) or Terraform. I don't know what any of those are. I was comparing it to apt-get, rpm, yumm and, of course guix. I think I heard Xavier say something about teamwork between Nix and guix, which would be good because I don't think we need $2^n$ incompatible package managers. I looked up NixOS, expecting to see a lot of cartoons. Where did those cartoons come from and are they "official"? > And what are the feelings of those who are remote? I feel lumpy; like a cucumber. > Were you able to follow along and enjoy the talk? The first half-hour or so was near intolerable, but then the noise stopped and the camera stopped bouncing and all was good. -- Keith

June 20, 2025

Re: Reminder!!! Meeting tomorrow night! Topic: Nix

by John Stoffel

Hey guys, What a great meeting last week! A big shout out to Xavier for doing his presentation on NixOS! Hopefully Tim will be able to share the links to the slides and other info. We talked about: NixOS - A tool and environment for building systems in a deterministic manner. Sorta like Ansible, or Puppet, or Chef, or Salt or cfengine (old school!) or Terraform. But with it's own twist on how it keeps a hash pointing at the version you have, so you can mix-n-match tools versions easily. nushell (https://www.nushell.sh/) - a new shell for Linux and MacOS which includes some PowerShell like features. It looks interesting for sure. But maybe this old dog is too stuck in his ways to change direnv (https://direnv.net/) - A way to have your shell environment updated when you 'cd' into a directory, so that you don't have to remember what environment settings your need when you're moving around and doing work. I wish I had this for my engineers back when I was supporting an ASIC design team, they would have loved this. So who's going to present next month? And what are the feelings of those who are remote? Were you able to follow along and enjoy the talk? Doing both in-person and streamed stuff is tough at times, and I feel like we're not paying enough attention to those who try to comment from remote connections. Cheers, John

June 17, 2025

Re: Reminder!!! Meeting tomorrow night! Topic: Nix

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: See you all there! > 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. > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/44PZQ…

June 12, 2025

Reminder!!! Meeting tomorrow night! Topic: Nix

by Tim Keller

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.

June 11, 2025

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

by Tim Keller

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".

June 9, 2025

Re: Reminder!! Meeting This Thursday!! May 29th, 2024 Topic: Mini-PC, QLC+

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > 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. I may need to blow it all away and run some ventoy stuff on there... if only because it depends so much on working LDAP and NFS mounts! More will be shown at the meeting. > 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. I'll be trying to have some example show files in place, it might be a bit hard to see over the video, but hopefully it will look good!

May 27, 2025

Reminder!! Meeting This Thursday!! May 29th, 2024 Topic: Mini-PC, QLC+

by Tim Keller

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.

May 27, 2025

Re: Meeting this week, May 22nd at 7pm! Topic: Mini PC!

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Date: May 29nd (updated!) > 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've 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. https://www.qlcplus.org/ https://qlab.app/ For those of you who want me details of the mini PC, it's a Beelink Mini PC AMD Ryzen 7 5850U system with 1Tb NVME and 16gb of RAM. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C2P486GQ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title I'm super impressed by what it provides, and it's certainly an upgrade over my old AMD Athlon Phenom II Quad core system I was using as my desktop before. > I recently started (trying!) to use a glove80 keyboard so I'll bring > that along so people can give it a try as well. I'm sad to say that http://www.wasdkeyboards.com where I got my CODE keyboard quite a number of years ago seems to be no more. So eventually I'll be looking for a new tenkeyless model to replace the two I have, mostly because the keycaps are wearing off. > As usual, we'll head off for dinner afterwards to keep the conversation going. The more the merrier! John

May 22, 2025

Re: Let's not be stupid.. Moving the meeting to the 28th.

by Tim Keller

Yeah.. I meant the 29th.. Thanks! On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM Frank Sweetser <frank.sweetser(a)gmail.com> wrote: > So the 28th is a Wednesday. Did you mean to say it's going on Thursday > the 29th? > > On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > wrote: > >> 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". >> _______________________________________________ >> WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >> Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ >> Change Settings: >> https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ >> Web Forum/Archive: >> https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/ES4SV… >> > > > -- > - Frank > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

May 21, 2025

Re: Let's not be stupid.. Moving the meeting to the 28th.

by Frank Sweetser

So the 28th is a Wednesday. Did you mean to say it's going on Thursday the 29th? On Wed, May 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > 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". > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/ES4SV… > -- - Frank

May 21, 2025

Let's not be stupid.. Moving the meeting to the 28th.

by Tim Keller

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".

May 21, 2025

Meeting this week, May 22nd at 7pm! Topic: Mini PC!

by Tim Keller

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".

May 20, 2025

Re: Next month meeting date, some input needed.

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Frank" == Frank Sweetser via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > The 22nd would work for me. Sounds like the 22nd is the "good enough" date for people. Now for a topic! Can we get a talk on the web browser being developed for the new non-linux system? I totally am blanking on the name(s) right now, but we've mentioned it at the past few meetings. I'll try to bring my new tiny little desktop. The only gotcha is that it depends on my home NFS server for NFS home directories and LDAP for authentication. Which leads to another topic... keeping home directories in sync when you have laptops, home servers, remote systems, etc. How do people keep their setups consistent? I came from an era of Xterms and DEC workstations where all home and tool directories were on NFS servers, and the systems were very light on anything but enough to boot the OS. This way people could sit down at any system, login and their environment was just there. Now with everyone having laptops, I think most colleges have gone away from big computer labs any more. But keeping your files safe is tough. iCloud, OneDrive, rsync, etc have helped, but I'm not sure what the real answer is here. This could be an interesting topic! John

May 2, 2025

Re: Next month meeting date, some input needed.

by Frank Sweetser

The 22nd would work for me. On Thu, May 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > >>>>> "Jansen" == Jansen Smith via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > I can make the 15th if you need me to run a meeting solo, otherwise we > can do the 22nd. > > > Monthly is monthly, IMHO. > > 22nd works for me. > > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 11:20 AM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > wrote: > > > 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". > > _______________________________________________ > > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > > Web Forum/Archive: > > > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/Q362J… > > _______________________________________________ > > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/FMBQX… > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/GFUHV… > -- - Frank

May 1, 2025

Re: Next month meeting date, some input needed.

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Jansen" == Jansen Smith via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: I can make the 15th if you need me to run a meeting solo, otherwise we can do the 22nd. > Monthly is monthly, IMHO. > 22nd works for me. > On Wed, Apr 30, 2025, 11:20 AM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > 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". > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/Q362J… > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/FMBQX…

May 1, 2025