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Searching for meeting topic

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, We have a WLUG meeting coming up in about a week, and as usual, I'm searching for a topic at the last minute. I'll certainly give an update to the group on our work with the Worcester Computer Co-op, but that won't take the whole meeting. I can also discuss some issues in which I've been personally involved with regard to which license to use on free documentation that I have written, but again, that won't take the whole meeting. I'd rather have a single complete topic for the meeting, so if anybody has any ideas and (even better!) wants to volunteer, please let me know. Thanks! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBY3HaHl0iXDssISsRAoIbAJ9RkISnXCXANxft2unzZic0h96ywQCgggIM 3iZiXdiymfD2WTt6AvszuSc= =lnN0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

21 years, 3 months

Re: [Wlug] Musing about meetings...

by Robert Schwein

Google Calendar works for me. Bob On 10/9/2014 12:00 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote: > How would people feel about using Google Calendar? We can embed the > calendar on the website and provide an ICS download link for anyone > who doesn't want to use a Google account. For those who don't mind > using a Google account, they can subscribe directly to the calendar > and get updates in real time. The only think Google cannot do is > invite non-Google/Gmail accounts directly (well it can, but then it > asks the recipient to create a Google account), although we may be > able to hack something to allow the wlug list to get reminder emails > from it. > > On Thu, Oct 09, 2014 at 09:50:06AM -0400, Joel wrote: >> I guess my email started this, so it is only fair to share. >> >> Tim hit it right on the head with scheduling being crazy for some involved. >> On my end, my family starts discussing if and how I make WLUG around >> Tuesday evening (for Thursday meeting). A decade ago I merely drove in WPI >> direction that evening after work (keys -> drive through -> WLUG) . >> >> Prior monthly meetings without a discussion / reminder / email have ended >> with two or less people showing up. Not a big vote for the meeting being >> 2nd Thursday no matter what. For that reason WLUG likely needs some remind >> or "buzz" (email, discussion, reminder, ...) the week of meeting (even >> for a roundtable) . >> >> I would not push for WLUG using a paid (or free) 3rd party site for who is >> / isn't going. First, not sure I would use /login to it. Second, if 3 >> people or more show, it's a meeting (think 2 or less hampers discussion). >> . I am sooooo past only going if John Smith goes... >> >> As to which evening, Wednesdays compete with three other things, two >> fixed and one floating Wednesday. . Thursdays, the second (or any) would >> be my preference. >> >> I would vote for Tim's auto WLUG reminder. >> >> Also, possibly combined with an ICS type meeting invite email. Choosing to >> approve meeting once could get it on everyone's electronic calendar >> perpetually. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Joel >> >> >> >> >> On October 8, 2014 8:29:26 PM Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Okay Gang, >> >> In the 10+ years that this group has been in existence many of us have >> gotten married, had a couple of kids, etc. This means that planning for a >> WLUG meeting needs to happen in a much more scheduled manner. Sending out >> a meeting reminder the day before a meeting just doesn't cut it anymore. >> I've spoken with Chuck and things are going to be changing. >> >> However, before we do anything, I think it makes sense to ask some >> questions. >> >> Does the first Wednesday of every month work for everybody? >> >> Would going back to the Wed/Thurs alternating schedule work better for >> people? >> >> What I'd like to implement is an automated meeting system that'll >> automatically send a reminder at the beginning of the month and then a >> subsequent reminder the day or two before. >> >> I'd love input on this. >> >> 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 >

11 years, 3 months

Announce: May meeting? Yes! See the Technocopia hackerspace.

by Chuck Anderson

Kevin Harrington has volunteered to give WLUG a tour of Technocopia, a new maker/hacker space just a few blocks from campus. He's also volunteered to talk about a programming language I forget the name of. I figure we could meet in the Campus Center, and then walk down to Technocopia. So here's the plan: WLUG Meeting Thursday, May 8 2014. 7:00 PM meet at WPI Campus Center, Chairman's Room. 7:15 PM or so, head down to Technocopia, 95 Prescott Street, Worcester, MA 01605 More information about the hackerspace is available here: http://technocopia.org/ We'll go out for pizza afterwards. On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 03:35:01PM -0400, Tim Keller wrote: > So is the may meeting going to be on the 8th? > > If so.. does anybody have a burning desire to talk about something? > > Thanks, > Tim.

11 years, 8 months

Reminder: WLUG meeting Tonight (Wed Oct 13)

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, We'll be having a WLUG meeting tonight (Wed Oct 13) at 7:00 PM in the usual place. There isn't a single topic on the agenda, but here's what I'll cover to at least get a discussion started: 1) Update on the install fest with Worcester Computer Co-op, which was held this past Saturday 2) Update on the Linux adult education class I'm teaching 3) GNU FDL license and Debian's critique thereof (this could almost be a meeting by itself - maybe it should be???) 4) Upcoming meetings and guest speaker announcement 5) Any/all topics of interest brought up by other meeting attendees See ya tonight, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBbK81Hl0iXDssISsRAsY8AJ4wmo8AuS43XWgO4bPYLwR7Xb/BDwCaAn3D HDTqh9qAp7Rxx5o/EQ8wmSI= =mQlq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

21 years, 3 months

WLUG Meeting - Thurs. August 14th - 7PM

by Andy Stewart

HI Everybody, I'm going to announce this meeting "early" (at least relative to most of our meeting announcements) in the hope that it will whet your Linux appetite and entice you to attend this meeting. The meeting topic will be the Linux Terminal Server Project (http://www.ltsp.org) The speaker will be your fearless leader, Andy Stewart. With the use of this software, a person can create a network of computers which uses one powerful server and any number of less powerful diskless client computers. A user would log into the client computer, and would be doing all of their work on the more powerful server transparently. Some advantages to this technique are: - maintenance is largely localized to the server - reuse of old, otherwise obsolete, equipment - security concerns are localized to the server - control over what users can access One disadvantage: - if the sever dies, everybody is dead No doubt you're asking: - how can I boot Linux on a diskless computer? - how is it that I do my work on the server? - why is system management easier with this configuration? - in what practical situation is this configuration advantageous? The answers to those questions, and many more, will be forthcoming at the meeting. I will prepare slides for the meeting which I'll put on the WLUG website afterwards. I will also walk through the many files required to setup this configuration. A live demo will be part of the meeting. To make this a bit more interesting, I'd like to ask a few people to bring in some equipment to help me (please RSVP to me to insure that we have enough of the right things): - a multisync monitor with 1024x768@72Hz capability (my spare died) - a 10/100 network hub or switch - some Ethernet cables - one or two other client machines: - could be laptops with network capability and bootable floppy - at least a P90 with 32 MB of memory, bootable floppy, video, network, etc. My hope is that we could demo 2-3 working clients off of my laptop server. I'll bring one known working client plus the server. See ya later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

22 years, 5 months

Reminder: Upcoming WLUG Meeting

by Andy Stewart

Hi Everybody, Its that time again...time for our monthly WLUG meeting, which will be on Wednesday, May 19th at 7:00 PM in the usual place (see website for directions). At this meeting, our own Tim Keller will give a talk which he describes thus: ---start Tim--- Here's the title. Creating and Rendering 3D Objects in Linux using OSS tools. Here's the blurb. I'll be giving a general talk about some of the open source tools that are currently available on linux and using them to create 3D objects, scenes and animations. I'll show the pros, cons, cool features and short comings of these non commercial products. ---end Tim--- After the meeting, we'll go out for food & drink. I'm wondering if we want Mexican this month. We can decide at the meeting. See ya later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

21 years, 8 months

REMINDER: WLUG Meeting

by Andy Stewart

HI everybody, The next WLUG meeting will be held on Thursday, Dec. 12th at 7:00 PM in Kinnicutt Hall on the WPI campus in Worcester. At this meeting, we'll informally discuss the Linux news and events which took place over the year 2002. Let's take a look at how far Linux has come in the past year, and muse over where it will head during the next year. Look back through your old magazines, e-mails, and newsgroups and let's see how many different things we can remember about this past year and Linux. We will also hold a brainstorming session to get more details about upcoming WLUG meetings for the year 2003. After the meeting, we'll make our monthly pilgrimage to the Boynton Restaurant for some pizza and beer as we celebrate Linux and the holidays together. See ya later! Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

23 years, 1 month

Re: [Wlug] Trolling for a meeting topic

by Stephen C. Daukas

Hi Andy! We could use the round table to talk about a well-advertised "install fest" in the fall... Steve Andy Stewart wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > > >Hi Everybody, > >We have a meeting coming up soon and I'm looking for somebody who has a >topic they'd like to present at the meeting. There's free pizza for you >after the meeting if you do the presentation (wow - such a deal!!). > >Here's another idea: if we had a topic where we could have a round >table discussion, that would work also. We had a meeting like this a >couple of months ago and it worked out well. The choice of topic is an >open topic for discussion. > >Let us know your thoughts. The meeting is currently scheduled for this >coming Thursday, July 14th at 7 PM. > >Thanks! > >Andy > >- -- >Andy Stewart, Founder >Worcester Linux Users' Group >Worcester, MA, USA >http://www.wlug.org > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) >Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > >iD8DBQFC0gKTHl0iXDssISsRArVpAKCEiD+OtQwH0GKNdoniOhqhnBnW4QCeKrQ5 >ZB0rq+gdYER7hO3UGk7jY/I= >=eR7C >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > >

20 years, 6 months

Re: Hosting in-person meetings at library

by THE HAMMER

The Hudson Location involves more driving for me. My guess is if we have more meetings there, I would likely attend just a few from time to time. I do not plan to be there tonight. That being said and not having been there, free parking and food nearby sound like definite pluses. I'm anxious to hear how the meeting goes. Ron ________________________________ From: Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2021 3:39 PM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Cc: Joshua Stone <joshua.gage.stone(a)gmail.com>; Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> Subject: [WLUG] Re: Hosting in-person meetings at library I think it's a great idea! Speaking with the Technopia folks, they're interested in having us, but it sounds like it would happen in the Sept. time frame, I'd like to have a couple in person meetings before that. Is this something people would be interested in doing tomorrow? Thanks, Tim. On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 9:25 PM joshua.gage.stone--- via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org<mailto:wlug@lists.wlug.org>> wrote: 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 _______________________________________________ WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org<mailto:wlug@lists.wlug.org> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org<mailto:wlug-leave@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/J7HU7… -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

4 years, 6 months

Re: Reminder: November WLUG Meeting at the Hudson Public Library! Topic: Intel Management Engine.

by Keith Wright

Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > 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. I live in Worcester. For a long time I just walked up the hill to WLUG at WPI. I got bad at walking, so I got a ride and hung out in the library until meeting time. Those days are over. I don't know where Hudson is. I assume it's in Worcester county. The "W" in "WLUG" no longer stands for WPI, or even Wormtown. OK. > 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 Did this happen? I was having a slow day after getting a anti-covid booster Wednesday, thinking of just skipping the whole thing. Diane was not home, so I could not use her laptop as I have in the past to join jit.si WLUG meetings, but I tried to connect with my own. It is not really usable, with its built in microphone and speaker feedbacking, but I thought I could listen and wave. I could see myself on screen, so I know the camera was working. The microphone seemed to be working, but when I pushed the "join meeting" button nothing happened. This was probably around 7:30. I assumed my own system (hardware, sofrware, network...) was the problem, but on further thought maybe you guys did not get it set up, or quit when nobody else joined the meeting for half an hour. > The topic we'll be discussing at the meeting is the Intel > Management Engine technology buried in every Intel CPU. I think I had better find out about this some other way. Thanks for the heads-up. What good is it to have the source code, if you can't trust the computer to run it? > We'll talk about those flaws and how to disable it! Any pointers to more info? -- Keith

4 years, 2 months

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