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linux.conf.au
by Lexi Haley 15 Jan '22

15 Jan '22

This is random and literally last minute, but it's day one of Linux.Conf.Au - anyone else virtually attending any sessions? https://linux.conf.au/ Lexi

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Reminder: Virtual Meeting today at 7PM Topic: Emacs awesomeness.
by Tim Keller 13 Jan '22

13 Jan '22

Hey Gang, This is a reminder we've got a meeting today. The presenter is my co-worker, lisp ninja, emacs badass Kalman. Beyond being a emacs wizard, he's also a mainframe guru, a unix/linux guru and is/was deeply involved in the writing/maintaining of the symbolics lisp operating system. Today he's going to show off some of his emacs foo. If you think emacs is an editor of a bygone era when things were more civilized, kalman will likely not change your mind. However, if you want to take your emacs usage to the next level you'll love this talk. If you're totally not into emacs, that's okay, come along for the ride all the same. Expect the usual banter, tangents and fun. We'll also talk about what we'll want todo for the next meeting. See ya at the meeting! Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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"apt list --installed" ... even has chrome on Mint...and other raves
by Doug Mildram 13 Jan '22

13 Jan '22

Hi from doug in Maine ...former WPI netops geek, before that a *NIX admin back to when Vax and Sparc were corporate choices (I guess I've gotten over pining for BSD variants). I supported many emacs geeks (sw/hw developers) then, but never adopted emacs in my pea brain. I guess I preferred vi's stupid modes and ESC and ":" , over CTRL-everything? in emacs. Or maybe I got bit by a macro as a child. For some ancient emacs lore...its security hole Way Back Then is lovingly(ha) mentioned in Clifford Stoll's awesome/fun? book "The Cuckoo's Egg". Just to get root, back then. Access via hopping thru dialup 1200baud modems, and a world where security was off-radar to the engineers owning systems. Even MilNet systems. What fun ! Dumb hacker paradise! One fun line from below: What do you feed a Trojan horse ? Oooh, found a 52-page scan of the book at http://nationalsecurity.gmu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Cuckoos-Egg-Read… But as always, I ramble. George: Great question. I "(d)evolved" into a dumb linux Mint user (a great Ubuntu-based distro ..though you gotta choose, Cinnamon,MATE,Xfce. I chose Mate, 20.1 is stable. I forget the why's, but I know it's good with a few beloved windows keyb tricks like ALT-TAB). As a sysadmin responsible for reloading/building systems, I had to fret packages once, .....obviously this was the cat's meow compared to rebuilding from sources and "make". I remember studying our typical < 1000 RedHat packages and feeling like I knew what most of them were. Now I've got > 2000 on Mint, and barely recognize half of them. Today for fun (Thanks Tim), I looked to see... if the one thing I recall needing to install off-package a few years ago = "chrome" showed up in either my sudo logs (nope) or package list. Chrome got into Mint's distros. So my "apt list --installed" output (3mo old desktop load) shows 2028 packages having chosen the "want 3rd party stuff?" install question...so wonderful..so I have both emacsen-common/focal,focal,now 3.0.4 all [installed] and google-chrome-stable/now 91.0.4472.77-1 amd64 [installed,upgradable to: 97.0.4692.71-1] From cmd line, google-chrome (I no longer need on Final side track, I remember years ago saying "amazing...YouTube just works out of box!". Final backtrack...wonder what emacsen-common has, since if I try to launch "emacs" I get Command 'emacs' not found, but can be installed with: sudo apt install e3 # version 1:2.71-2, or sudo apt install emacs-gtk # version 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2 sudo apt install emacs-lucid # version 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2 sudo apt install emacs-nox # version 1:26.3+1-1ubuntu2 sudo apt install jove # version 4.17.2.7-1 Pardon my endless rant, hope it doesn't sidetrack today/tonite. I'll be fascinated to see what a recorded session looks like...with chat/comments?

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January 13th 2022 Virtual Meeting! Topic: Using Emacs for fun and pro fit.
by Tim Keller 10 Jan '22

10 Jan '22

Hey Gang! We've got a meeting on Thursday! In light of the recent surge in Omicron (I managed to get exposed on NYE) I'm going to make this month's meeting virtual. Hopefully next month we can get back to our regularly scheduled in person meetings! Date/Time: January 13th 2022 @ 7pm! Location: Our virtual meeting place: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA Topic: Using Emacs for fun and pro fit! Presenter: Kalman Reti This meeting's guest speaker is my amazing co-worker Kalman Reti. If you've never used emacs or used it for years, you'll love this talk. If you hate emacs, well, there's nothing to be said other than to come along and jeer. Kalman is many things, but one of them is a power user of emacs. He's agreed to show off some of his emacs kung fu. In this talk you'll learn some emacs history, likely some lisp and definitely some tricks. Beyond being an emacs guru, he's also a fountain of knowledge of all things unix/linux and beyond! Along the way, I'm sure we'll engage in our usual banter, side tracks and fun. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Interactive regular expression tutorial
by kstratton＠fastmail.us 07 Jan '22

07 Jan '22

Found this. It might be old news, but I thought it was cool enough to share. https://regexone.com -- kstratton(a)fastmail.us

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Re: Bug in the news
by Joseph G 15 Dec '21

15 Dec '21

Here's a good read on log4shell... https://www.lunasec.io/docs/blog/log4j-zero-day-mitigation-guide/ and an ongoing list of vendor responses.... https://gist.github.com/SwitHak/b66db3a06c2955a9cb71a8718970c592 It's bound to bring us 'joy' in the holiday season and beyond! Joe

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Reminder: December meeting! 12/09/2021 @7pm Hudson Public Library!
by Tim Keller 15 Dec '21

15 Dec '21

Hey Everybody, We've got a meeting this Thursday at the Hudson Public Library! Topic: Jail breaking that Wii you've got laying around to run Linux! Then I'm sure it'll get even more interesting! I'd like to brain storm about topics we'd like to talk about next year! Ideas that have been talked about: 1. Pi-hole. What it is, how it works and why you want one! 2. Raspberry Pi clusters.. How to build one and what would you do with one? 3. Ham radio and Linux. I'll have snacks and refreshments on hand, we'll head off to dinner afterwards! Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Reminder: November WLUG Meeting at the Hudson Public Library! Topic: Intel Management Engine.
by Tim Keller 19 Nov '21

19 Nov '21

Hey Everybody, We've got a meeting this Thursday November 18th, 2021 at 7pm - 8:30pm at the Hudson Public Library! Firstly, a big shout out to Joshua Stone for making the reservation at the Hudson Public Library. Secondly, the meeting will also be online at our usual Jitsi location for people who can't make it in person. https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA The topic we'll be discussing at the meeting is the Intel Management Engine technology buried in every Intel CPU. This technology includes a version of Minix running on a separate core inside your CPU you don't control. Moreover, with the right software, changes to your machine can be made remotely, even when the system is powered off (but connected to power). As with all this stuff, of course since the whole thing is cooked into the firmware, it's full of security flaws, etc.. We'll talk about those flaws and how to disable it! We'll also likely touch on the Tesla Dojo D1 processing unit. They've made some claims that I've posted to the mailing list. Logan did some digging and it turns out their claims are not as blow your mind as would be first interpreted. The Hudson Public Library does allow food and drink, so I will bring the usual pretzels and snacks. Afterwards we will be going to Rail Trail Flatbread <https://railtrailflatbread.com/>for dinner. Toss me a line privately if you'll be attending so we've got an idea of how many people will be going out for dinner. I look forward to seeing you there! Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Dojo D1
by Tim Keller 16 Nov '21

16 Nov '21

I just finally got to see the stuff about Tesla's Dojo Processor stuff. 9 PFLOPS per "tile" and 36 TB/s of bandwidth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPHX7e1BxSM Um..wow. Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Use same hostname internally and externally
by brad 15 Nov '21

15 Nov '21

All, To quickly summarize my problem/question, I’d like to host a nextcloud server at my house and be able to access it with the same hostname whether I’m home or away. I own a domain, let’s call it example.com. Its main DNS record points to a node at digital oceans. However I’d like to host a sub-domain at my house, let’s call it home.example.com. Currently home.example.com resolves to a routable IP address at my house. - When I’m on the road, I’d like to be able to connect to https://home.example.come - When I’m home, I’d like to be able to connect to https://home.example.com. The above works on a well-behaved desktop receiving dns servers via dhcp. Specifically, I have setup local dns to resolve home.example.com to 192.168.1.1. Searching this topic has taught me that this method is called Split-DNS. However android and iOS do not appear to honer my local dns server — I’m not sure why — so they resolve the address to a routable IP and connect from within the private 192.168.1.0 subnet. My firewall sees this and drops it b/c it is a non-routable IP address connecting to the external interface. (I got this info by running tcpdump and watching traffic). Has anyone attempted something similar? Is there something I’m overlooking? (Probably) My goal is to not do special configurations on enduser devices. Thanks, — brad

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Meeting in Hudson and Main Street Contest
by Joshua Stone 15 Nov '21

15 Nov '21

Hey all, I'm posting to confirm that the venue for our upcoming in-person meeting at 7PM will be held at the Hudson Public Library! We may also want to look into eating options after the meeting, many of which are on Main Street: https://www.discoverhudson.org/taste/ My vote goes to the Rail Trail Flatbread which is close to the library and has some incredibly tasty menu items! And speaking of main streets, I'm happy to announce that Hudson has become a semi-finalist for the Main Street Contest! https://mainstreetcontest.com https://mainstreetcontest.com/profile/102 I think it's awesome that the town has seen so much growth since we moved here and gives us a sense of community. I'm excited to see where it'll go! - Josh

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Next Meeting November 18th, NOT the 11th.
by Tim Keller 11 Nov '21

11 Nov '21

Hey Gang, My birthday is on the 11th and the family is taking me out for dinner. We'll have the meeting on the 18th instead! I've got some ideas for topics, but if someone has a burning desire to talk about something, let me know! Otherwise I think I'll show off my experiments with TrueNAS scale. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Looking to contact Andy Stewart
by Jon "maddog" Hall 18 Oct '21

18 Oct '21

Sorry for this intrusive method of finding someone, but I saw Andy Stewart at the NearFest this past Friday, and thinking that I had his email address (and I did), I am having trouble with contacting mval.net, his mail domain. Does anyone have an alternative address for him, of if Andy reads this can you either fix your server or give me a working email? Thanks, md

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Someone at cvs is having a bad day
by Tim Keller 13 Oct '21

13 Oct '21

I just got a "Hello _fname" email.. doh.

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We've got a meeting oct 14th!!
by Tim Keller 13 Oct '21

13 Oct '21

This is a reminder that we've got a virtual meeting this Thursday October 14th. Topic: tbd, dojo, Linux in space, Linux is now running native on the m1, plus the usual banter, etc. Should the next meeting be physical? Date: 10 / 14 / 2021 Time: 7pm Location: Jitsi @ https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA I hope to see you there! Later, Tim.

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Open Source Game Achievements Article
by Dennis Payne 30 Sep '21

30 Sep '21

Fedora Magazine has published my article on open source game achievements. https://fedoramagazine.org/open-source-game-achievements/ I just got Alchemy Quest, Anagramarama, and Inertia Blast add to Fedora. So it will be easier to test Gamerzilla on Fedora 35. -- Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@dulsi

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Inertia Blast
by Dennis Payne 10 Sep '21

10 Sep '21

Thrust is an old C64 game. I never played the original but enjoyed an svgalib version a long time ago. Svgalib was used for games when people didn't have machines that could reasonably run X. It requires root to run and can't run under X so it isn't something people do now for the most part. The version I played now has an X version but it requires pseudo color so it is not usable. I updated the code to use SDL. I replaced some images that seemed to have been copied from the original. I renamed the game to Inertia Blast. Of course this included adding Gamerzilla support but it is minimal at the moment with only two achievements. http://identicalsoftware.com/inertiablast/ -- Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@dulsi

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Reminder! Meeting this week on Sept 9th!
by Tim Keller 09 Sep '21

09 Sep '21

Hey Gang, We've got a meeting this week on Sept. 9th! Do people want to do in a meeting in person or virtual? 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 (Virtual) at 7PM, usual Jitsi location.
by Tim Keller 09 Sep '21

09 Sep '21

Hey Gang, Enough people have reached out to me privately that they want to attend remotely, that I think it makes sense to do the meeting virtually this month. The meeting will be at the usual virtual place: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA <https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA>@7PM. Speaking with Frank WPI is off the table as a meeting location. Tonight I think it warrants a conversation about where we'd like to do physical meetings. They are going to happen, I'd like to pick a spot that works for everybody. I'm sure lots of other topics will come up as well. 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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Happy 30th birthday linux!!
by Tim Keller 27 Aug '21

27 Aug '21

It was 30 years ago today Linus sent out his fateful email about his os he didn't think was going to turn into a "big thing." This is an amazing group full of quirky, smart and enthusiast linux users! I hope in some way we've helped to make linux a success! Stay safe and I hope to see you at the next meeting! Later, Tim.

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Reminder: August virtual meeting tonight!
by Tim Keller 12 Aug '21

12 Aug '21

Hey Gang, This is a reminder that we've got a virtual meeting tonight! Date: 8/12/2021 Time: 7pm Location: Jitsi @ https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA I hope to 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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Anagramarama
by Dennis Payne 11 Aug '21

11 Aug '21

Anagramarama is a game I found on the libre game wiki. I decided to add game achievements to Anagramarama. Since the old website is gone, I've created a new website. I'm currently in the process of adding the package to Fedora. http://identicalsoftware.com/anagramarama/ You can see the achievements at my test site: http://108.49.106.217/game/dulsi/anagramarama -- Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@dulsi

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Meeting reminder! August 12th 2021, NOTE: Meeting will be Virtual!
by Tim Keller 09 Aug '21

09 Aug '21

Hey Gang! We've got a meeting on Thursday August 12th! I'm going to up front say that this is going to be a virtual meeting. As great as having an in person meeting was, I think we should go back to virtual meetings until the whole Delta variant situation shakes out. Feel free to argue, this is wlug after all! Topic: Nothing decided yet. Feel free to step up to the plate if you've got something interesting. Otherwise, expect the usual nerd banter! Time: 7pm Location: The usual Jitsi location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Hosting in-person meetings at library
by joshua.gage.stone＠gmail.com 20 Jul '21

20 Jul '21

Hey all, I've learned that the library in my town is open to the public for hosting club meetings! More info: https://hudsonpubliclibrary.com/ Some of the benefits I can think of for having meetings at the library include: - Free hosting - Free public wifi - Free on-site parking - Low noise levels - Projector and whiteboard are available - Books, music, movies, etc, are available for checking out (https://bark.cwmars.org/eg/opac/home) - Adjacent to many restaurants, most having outdoor seating - Has EV charging stations nearby - Access to well-maintained walking trails and public parks Cons: - Conference room capacity is capped at 10 occupants - Meetings must end 15 minutes before library's closing time, so would have to end at 8:15PM - Many restaurants might be closed by 9PM I could imagine going back to our usual monthly meetings, from 7:00PM to 8:15PM on Thursdays, then walking over to one of the restaurants next door for food and drinks. I can personally vouch for these local establishments, all reachable within a 5 minute walk: https://railtrailflatbread.com/ https://www.wellysrestaurant.com/ https://newcitymicrocreamery.com/ https://www.lessthangreaterthan.com/ https://www.kithandkinhudson.com/ https://www.horseshoepub.com/ https://freshwingma.com/ https://www.medusabrewing.com/beer-garden What do you think? - Josh

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VPN Question
by hammerron 18 Jul '21

18 Jul '21

Tim/Chuck: Thank for the info. I will pass it on

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