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Re: Meeting tomorrow at Technocopia at 7pm!

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Date: August 10th, 2023 > Time: 7pm > Location: Technocopia in Worcester: 44 Portland St, Worcester, MA 01608 > Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA I'll be there tonight, looking forward to it! > As for a topic, I haven't really thought one up, but I'm just sure > stuff will come up! I'd love people's ideas for what to install on > a chromebook that's no longer taking updates.. Bunsenlabs looks > promising.. Dang, I could have taken my in-laws' old 32bit Chrome book which I just retired to use as a demo. It's a ten year old machine which just worked for my mother-in-law for years. Best investment I ever made computer wise. Well... I got alot of use out of my Amigas too. :-) > I'll bring snacks and refreshments and afterwards we'll head off for > dinner! Great.

1 year, 5 months

Re: Zeek - from yesterday's meeting

by Jon "maddog" Hall

>You missed a fun meeting last night. I am sure I did. Unfortunately I am in Rio de Janeiro and was tied up with another meeting. Warmest regards, maddog On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 7:21 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > >>>>> "Jon" == Jon \"maddog\" Hall <jon.maddog.hall(a)gmail.com> writes: > > Jon> From time to time I used a USB Ethernet port: > Jon> https://www.bestbuy.com/site/shop/usb-to-ethernet-adapter > > I used to have one of those kicking around, but for now I'm going to > go with the APU2 dedicated hardware box, it should have enough oomph > once I get Debian Buster (10.10) installed on it. > > Jon> Generally they are about 25 USD. You might be able to find them > Jon> on Ebay or other places for less than that. You might as well > Jon> get a USB 3.0, since it will work with USB 2.0 ports, but USB 2.0 > Jon> will not support 1 Gbit/second, whereas USB 3.0 will. On the > Jon> other hand if the networking flow is not 1 Gbit/second then USB > Jon> 2.0 might work fine. > > Jon> I have found the Linux support for these generic USB Ethernet > Jon> devices to be generally good. > > Thanks for the feedback! You missed a fun meeting last night. > > Jon> md > > Jon> On Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at 5:09 PM John Stoffel via WLUG < > wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > Jon> Guys, > Jon> I'm looking into Zeek and unfortunately I don't have a second > ethernet > Jon> port on my main system, so it's not clear how I'd run a span port > off > Jon> my main switch to grab traffic. > > Jon> What hardware do people recommend for a zeek data collection > node? I > Jon> guess I could spin up my old WRAP board (http://www.pcengines.ch) > Jon> which I used as my main router for years before I replaced it > Jon> recently. But it's not super fast. It's got three 1gb ports, and > 4gb > Jon> of RAM with a 1Ghz single core AMD CPU. So it might do the job, > esp > Jon> since I can install Debian Buster on there without too much > trouble. > Jon> Sweet! > > Jon> John > Jon> _______________________________________________ > Jon> WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > Jon> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Jon> Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Jon> Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Jon> Web Forum/Archive: > Jon> > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/HCS2L… > >

3 years, 9 months

Re: August WLUG meeting reminder!!

by Tim Keller

Keith, If your up for it, I can pick you up at your house. Otherwise, we need to up our streaming game! In any case, I hope you feel better soon. Later, Tim. On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 2:39 PM Keith Wright via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > > Hey fellow WLUG'ers! > > > > We've got a meeting this Thursday August 15th! > > Keep the faith. I had planned to be there, > but I fell and sprained my ankle. > Getting between the bed, bathroom, and armchair, > is about all the moving I want to do. > > I haven't fogotten you and I hope to see you next month. > > -- Keith > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

5 years, 4 months

Re: Reminder! Virtual Meeting Tonight!! 7PM via Jitsi!

by Jon "maddog" Hall

Daryll who? >On April 9, 2010 McBride purchased the SCO Mobility intellectual property from The SCO Group for $100,000. Imagine paying 100,000 USD in 2010 for something that was proven to be worth nothing. Even the name "SCO" is so tarnished after what McBride and his cohorts did that it is worth nothing. On a related note, I made contact with Doug Michels, one of the founders of the original Santa Cruz Operations. Doug is a good guy and I worked with him for years during the heady days of the "Common Desktop Environment". In 1997 Doug was on the board of Uniforum and insisted that Linus Torvalds get a lifetime achievement award at the tender age of 28. md On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 12:50 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey Gang, > > We've got a meeting tonight at 7PM! > > Location: Our usual Jitsu haunt: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA > > Topic: I think the Itanium thing got beat to death, but we can still talk > about it. > Apparently there's still a pa-risc port of linux kicking around? Now I > want to run it as a VM! > > Daryl McBride (SCO asshole) just fired for Chapter 13 so we can laugh at > his expense. > > I'm sure there'll be some 3d printer talk, some Pi PICO chatter, plus > whatever else. > > Later, > 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/HYKKY… >

3 years, 10 months

Announce: WLUG Meeting Wednesday May 12 7PM

by Chuck Anderson

Hi folks, Our next WLUG meeting is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, May 12 at 7:00 PM in Morgan Hall at the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA. I'm pleased to announce that Jeff Moyer from Red Hat will be our guest speaker. He will be giving a talk on Solid-State Drive technology (SSDs): A Complete Guide to SSDs This talk explains the inner workings of solid state storage technology in an easy to understand manner. The innate properties of NAND flash are discussed in the context of current disk scheduling methodologies. Benchmark results comparing SSDs and traditional rotating media are presented. The talk further outlines changes in the Linux kernel and file system utilities that have been made to accommodate SSDs, and changes that are on their way. Finally, guidance is given on practical deployment of SSDs, including file system creation and mount options, I/O scheduler selection, and answers to some frequently asked questions. I look forward to seeing you there, Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group

14 years, 8 months

Reminder! WLUG Meeting NEXT week! Nov. 8th, 2018! NOTE: LOCATION CHANGE!

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang! We've got a meeting next week! Date and Time: Nov. 8th, 2018 @ 7pm Location: *Stratton Hall Room 309* Topic: GNURadio / Software Defined Radio / GQRX Presenter: Ian Gelman Here's what Ian had to say about his presentation... I'd like to throw my hat in the ring and give an overview+demo of GNURadio, a FOSS package for graphically developing DSP applications and interfacing with Software-Defined Radios (SDR). I spent last summer at MITRE using this software heavily, and I'm also using it for my MQP work. For the demo, I'd like to bring down some hardware from my lab ( https://www.ettus.com/product/details/UN210-KIT) as well as the $20 RTL-SDR dongle ( http://www.nooelec.com/store/sdr/sdr-receivers/nesdr-mini-rtl2832-r820t.html) to show reception of broadcast FM, ADS-B telemetry from airplanes, as well as some real time views of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and streaming drone footage from a DJI Phantom 3 Pro. Here's the outline: What's SDR? Why should we care? Why do I care? Who uses GNURadio? GNURadio fundamentals Introducing the workflow/flowgraph interface Cloning/Building/Installing (this won't be specific, just mentioning the GitHub repo and where the quickstart guide is) How to contribute (also GR-hackfest!) GNURadio as a software development framework Ex: GQRX (http://gqrx.dk) For the demo, I'll show off some stuff I've made with GNURadio, as well as GQRX to interface with the RTL-SDR. I'm pretty confident that I can cram it inside of 2 hours, because I'll be basically recycling the slides I made for my MITRE presentation, minus the branding and project-specific content. As usual, drinks and snacks will be provided and we'll head out to dinner afterwards. NOTE: I will be unable to attend this meeting. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

6 years, 2 months

Re: [Wlug] Spreading GNU/Linux to the masses

by Frank Sweetser

Hi James, have no fear - the WLUG meetings are intentionally inclusive of users of all levels, all the way out to people who have only heard of linux and are curious to know more. While the meeting topics occasionally delve into deeper technical topics, they're always done with the less experienced users in mind, plus everyone is always welcome to throw out requests for meeting topics. Don't worry about keeping up - all are welcome! Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that Manager of Network Operations | is simple, elegant, and wrong. Worcester Polytechnic Institute | - HL Mencken On 8/2/2014 4:13 PM, James Barclay wrote: > I haven't been to one of the meetings at WPI as of yet even though I only live > near Elm Park (Looks really nice now, eh?) and here is why: > > I'm afraid I'll be attending an engineering and science meeting where things > like servers will be discussed. And algorithms will be presented and > displayed for discussion; I'm just not that good. I'm just not at the Knuth > level at all and nowhere near someone like Stallman or Raymond. Who is? > > I'm what they call an "amateur Linux user and experimenter" and not an > engineer of scientist. I can program in various popular languages and use > emacs as editor. I can tailor my distro to do what I need and want, but I'm > not one to gin up my own Linux. I've even messed with BeOS. I want to spread > the word and maybe even host a Linux class and host an installation party- at > the WPL(?). I wonder if someone can sponsor St. IGNUcious (Stallman) seminar. > > I'd sure like Bruce Perens to do one, but I'm for FS. Running Netrunner 14 > (Kubuntu base) and just love it. Its a GNU/Linux. I want GNU/Linux to be THE > home user's OS. > > I have been studying security and vulnerabilities so I don't have Facebook, > Twitter or use too many browsers that spy and track. My new email is from > Google (Ok OK, I know), but at least Google's server is a Linux. I also use > Midori. > > I don't use anything Microsoft unless its on the WINE lists. I know nothing > about Apple and can't afford it. > > I built my own 32bit rig and have built three others and altered more. I dig > hardware and junk piles. > > I'm also disabled, so I live only on Soc. Sec. retirement. I do have a good car. > > Please advise me if I am appropriate for our WLUG. > > Thanks for the read. > > Jim Barclay

10 years, 5 months

Re: Thanks everybody, last nights virtual meeting was great!

by Jon "maddog" Hall

Mher, Another way you can "sharpen your skills" is to check out the objectives of the Linux Professional Institute's LPIC-1 and LPIC-2 tests (lpi.org) https://www.lpi.org/our-certifications/lpic-1-overview https://www.lpi.org/our-certifications/lpic-2-overview Although we do list training partners and offer some training materials, we do not do training ourselves, only certifications. We have 180,000 certified people in over 180 countries. If you look through our objectives for each level and you can honestly say that you can do each objective, then you have the skills that many companies want. If you get to some of the objectives and say "I do not know how to do that", then you can spend some of your time looking it up and practicing so when you go for that interview and are asked about it you can tell them with confidence that you can do it. For full disclosure, I am the Board Chair of LPI. Good luck in your job hunt. maddog On Sat, Sep 12, 2020 at 8:45 PM Aljerin Butler,Jr. via WLUG < wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hello Mher, > > Perhaps you can start here > <https://www.indeed.com/q-Linux-System-Administrator-Work-From-Home-jobs.html> > to look for a Linux sysadmin position. If you want to do a wider search, > perhaps this > <http://customdesktopsolutions.mywebcommunity.org/index.php/linux-system-adm…> > is more helpful. > If you want to take advantage of your time at home here is where you can > strengthen your skills > <http://customdesktopsolutions.mywebcommunity.org/index.php/linux-system-adm…> > . > > Hope this helps, > Al Butler > Custom Desktop Solutions > <http://customdesktopsolutions.mywebcommunity.org/> > > > > > On Saturday, September 12, 2020, 10:46:40 AM EDT, Mher Mnatsakanyan via > WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > > Hello everyone. > > Zori told me that you guys had another wonderful WLUG meeting yesterday. I > wish I could also make it to the WLUG meeting yesterday. > > It's been over three months now that I was among the 250 people (1/3 of > the company) that got laid off because of COVID19 crisis from Bullhorn. I > was one of their Linux Sys Admins. > > If any of you guys know of any entry level Sysadmin positions locally. > Please keep me in mind if something pops up. > > I really appreciate it. > > Hope to see you at next month's meeting. > > Respectfully, > Mher Mnatsakanyan > > > > > > On Fri, 11 Sep 2020 at 16:22, John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > wrote: > > > I wish I had know about the meeting, I would have loved to join. > Silly me for not checking the website at least. > _______________________________________________ > 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/N55FK… > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ANJ2C… > _______________________________________________ > 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/RIXNO… >

4 years, 3 months

Re: Postponing meeting to the 23rd due to career week.

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Speaking with Frank, this week is career week at WPI and a mob > scene. There are zero rooms to reserve. Ok, so let's push it out. > I think it makes the most sense to push the meeting off to the 23rd so we can get a room with > proper A/V, etc. > As for a topic, a couple people have asked me about container based distros. I think this would be > a great topic. > I've recently gotten heavy involved in k8s deployment stuff and I've had to wrap my brain around > this stuff. > Fedora, Container OS, Rancher OS, Blend OS, the list goes on. > I think there's an interesting conversation around how user friendly, secure, etc. this various > options are. > Is this something people would be interested in? > Later, > Tim. > On Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 4:08 PM Joel <joelgroup(a)gmail.com> wrote: > That makes sense with a meeting last week. . > See everyone on the 16th. . > Joel > On February 9, 2023 3:30:18 PM Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > We are not having a meeting on the 9th, we'll have a meeting on the 16th. > Thanks, > Tim. > On Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 9:52 PM Joel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hi, > Are having a WLUG meeting as tomorrow 2/9 is the second Thursday? > Thank you, > Joel > On February 6, 2023 10:46:54 AM Joshua Stone via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey all, > I thought I'd share a side project I've been working on, which involves building > containers with Nvidia kernel modules and userspace components that work as > bootable OS images thanks to "container-native" support within Fedora Silverblue. > This approach has several advantages over the traditional package management model > for installing out-of-tree drivers, including: > 1) Have the install process and QA shift from client side to server side, making a > CI/CD model of driver distribution possible. > 2) Eliminate the possibility of update failures (i.e., will a , as only container > builds with successful runs will be committed to a container registry and updates > are delivered with an "immutable" model > 3) Modules are signed with one key from a central repo, ensuring that only one key > has to be enrolled for all client systems for enabling secure boot support > 4) Enable the possibility of supporting multiple driver release streams. i.e., > give users the freedom to rebase on 525xx, 520xx, 470xx series drivers, etc, as > well as pin to a specific image snapshot in case of a driver regression > 5) Have the ability to download a pre-built bootable image from a central repo, or > build an image locally with further customizations thanks to the flexibility of > the Containerfile format > 6) Give maintainers a broader framework for debugging regressions, namely being > able to boot into a specific snapshot listed in a bug report > It's true that Nvidia has been the source of many hardware issues. I refuse to own > an Nvidia card because of this. But many Linux users use Nvidia, which I thought > would be a great motivation for working on a container-native approach to > out-of-three driver support. > More info here: > Nvidia images available for testing! > We did it! Hassle-free Nvidia drivers on Fedora Silverblue/Kinoite: Testers > wanted! > Nvidia Linux users, this thirty-four line Containerfile might make your life suck > way less. > - Josh > _______________________________________________ > 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/UCJVP… > _______________________________________________ > 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/TRIDU… > -- > 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/25VH6…

1 year, 10 months

Re: [Wlug] Meeting this week???

by Tim Keller

Funny enough, I just built up a rack of machines to do some Hadoop testing! On Jan 8, 2012, at 11:43 PM, Henrique <nican(a)WPI.EDU> wrote: > Hey, > > I finished reading the "Java NIO," which is about Java's new I/O, and "Hadoop," a database which Facebook uses to handle 21Petabytes of information which was originally based on Google's MapReduce papers (Also started reading a book on C#/.NET) and I would happy to make a presentation about the technologies. > > Happy new year, > Henrique "nican" Polido. > > > > > On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hey gang, > > Are we going to have a meeting this week? If so, what topic would people like to talk about? > > Thanks, > Tim. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

13 years

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