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Re: [Wlug] Let's make WLUG meetings better!

by Bill Smith

On Fri, 6 Dec 2002 09:56:59 -0500 "Skip Gaede" <sgaede(a)attbi.com> wrote: SG> I'm also interested in security and IP Tables. My system has a local SG> network and a cable modem, and with previous versions of Mandrake, SG> they had a wizard to setup netfilter. The 9.0 release dropped the SG> wizard and included a shorewall package. The documentation was not SG> great, but I think I understand it well enough to modify the config SG> files as needed. And I like the package a lot. among the things that has me interested, RH8.0 uses Lokkit in setting up baseline Firewall rules. I don't know much about firewalls (yet), but I want to know whether or not it's a Good Thing to have Lokkit doing what it does. (for example, is it sufficient as a starting point, or should I remove it and define my own rules?) Advice is always welcome... Also: Is there a better way to provide information online from past meetings? There are some things where the notes provided raise more questions than they answer for me. Having slide show notes are great, but if someone that was present asked the same question i have, how would i know? just a few thoughts... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- William Smith wsmith-at-chezsmith-dot-com Fall River, MA http://www.chezsmith.com "[T]here is nothing so unnatural as the commonplace." -- Sherlock Holmes, in 'A Case of Identity' * TAG! v3.1 *

Dec. 6, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Next meeting day question...

by Chuck Anderson

The calendar on the website is a Google Calendar. Tim, Frank, and myself have access to change the calendar from any Google calendar client, including google.com/calendar. I recommend Jorte on Android, but the built-in Google calendar on Android should work fine as well. Ideally, whomever reserves a room and/or announces a meeting date/time/topic would update the calendar at the same time. Just change "only this event" so as to not mess up the default recurring schedule. The calendar is public so anyone can subscribe to it so it shows up on their own personal device(s): https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=bzVvc3E4NTBsazYxZThoMW4xbzFybGRiNz… Tuesday Feb 20th works for me. On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 10:07:36AM -0500, thinkbrown(a)gmail.com wrote: > I'm fine with that. If we're going to do it, someone should update the > website for that specific day. > > On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 5:07 PM, Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> > wrote: > > > It looks like the 20th will work for me. > > > > On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 4:56 PM, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Hey Gang, > >> > >> I got talking to my buddy Nick who I'd like to have come and do a talk > >> about cryptography. Unfortunately, he can't make it Thursday. Would Tuesday > >> the 20th work for everybody? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Tim.

Jan. 30, 2018

Re: [Wlug] Meeting on the 14th?

by Tim Keller

I've thought a bit and I think I like: "Python: The Sysadmins Chainsaw Swissarmy Knife" even a bit better. Invariably someone will make a joke something like "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster..." On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:18 AM, thinkbrown(a)gmail.com <thinkbrown(a)gmail.com> wrote: > "A more elegant weapon, for a more civilized age" > On Aug 5, 2014 10:10 AM, "Tim Keller" <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Excellent! I'll get cracking on my slides. I figure this will a bit of >> slides, round table and demos. >> >> I like the title: "Python: The Sysadmins Lightsaber" >> >> >> On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 5:31 PM, David Glaser <dglaser(a)glaserresearch.net> >> wrote: >> >>> How about the 13th. I have an openstack meeting on the 14th. >>> >>> Also, python for sysadmins sounds interesting. Openstack is written in >>> Python. At first, I judged Python to be a scripting language but after >>> some digging, it has some very usefull features for writing large >>> systems - for example, name scoping. >>> >>> -David >>> >>> >>> On 08/04/2014 05:03 PM, Tim Keller wrote: >>> >>> By my reckoning the next meeting is the 14th? >>> >>> If nobody has a topic idea I'd be willing to do a quick talk on >>> "Python for sysadmins". >>> >>> Later, >>> Tim. >>> >>> -- >>> I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their >>> constituents as "consumers". >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wlug mailing listWlug@mail.wlug.orghttp://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wlug mailing list >>> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Aug. 5, 2014

Postponing meeting to the 23rd due to career week.

by Tim Keller

Speaking with Frank, this week is career week at WPI and a mob scene. There are zero rooms to reserve. 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" >>>> <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/OstreeNativeContainerStable> >>>> 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 >>>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYWzMvlj2RQ>. 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! >>>> <https://github.com/ublue-os/base/discussions/33> >>>> >>>> We did it! Hassle-free Nvidia drivers on Fedora Silverblue/Kinoite: >>>> Testers wanted! <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl9EJCF_GM4> >>>> >>>> >>>> <https://www.ypsidanger.com/a-34-line-container-file-saves-the-linux-desktop/> >>>> Nvidia Linux users, this thirty-four line Containerfile might make your >>>> life suck way less. >>>> <https://www.ypsidanger.com/a-34-line-container-file-saves-the-linux-desktop/> >>>> >>>> - 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". >> > >

Feb. 15, 2023

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: WLUG meeting April 9th, 2015 7pm Rm 331 (Mid-Century Room) Pi and GPIO.

by Tim Keller

NO, Thursday... You think I'd have learned by now! At least I got the date right! Clearly Keith is still incapacitated from his surgery... On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 6:58 PM, thinkbrown(a)gmail.com <thinkbrown(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Wednesday?? > > On Mon, Apr 6, 2015 at 6:52 PM, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey Everybody, >> >> This Wednesday we're having our monthly WLUG meeting. I'm going to bring >> along my Pi and do a quick demo talk on GPIO (General Purpose I/O). I >> figure we can also talk about what who/what we'd like for speakers and >> topics. >> >> There will be refreshments and as usual we'll go to tech for pizza >> afterwards. >> >> See ya there! >> >> Later, >> Tim. >> >> -- >> I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their >> constituents as "consumers". >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

April 7, 2015

Re: April WLUG meeting to be online

by Stephen Thamel

Hey Pete - I would be interested in the 580 and the R415s. I can come by tomorrow when convenient. Let me know if that works for you. On Wed, Apr 8, 2020, 1:07 PM Pete Wason via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hi! When is the meeting? > > BTW, I have *piles* of (mostly Dell) hardware for sale (donation? either > is overly complicated..). Everything from an old > Dimension E530 desktop to a Poweredge R515 with 12TB of internal disk > (both already running CentOS 6.10). A whole roomfull of > Optiplex 740s and 580s, an R300, two R415s, etc. In a few weeks I'll also > have a couple of Synology RS2416+ units with > expansion chassis. I can forward a complete list if anyone is interested. > Most of the equipment is in Worcester, where I work. > > Stay safe! > Pete in Sutton > > > > On 3/31/2020 10:34 AM, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > > Hey Gang, > > > > I hope everybody is staying safe and healthy. While Linux doesn't need > virus protection, we do. Wash your hands you filthy animals. > > > > As the subject reads, we're going to be doing the WLUG meeting online. > > I've been active in the wlug-ma irc channel as have others. > > > > What do people think about Jitsi for doing a video meetup? > > > > Refreshments will not be provided and we won't be going out for dinner!! > > > > Stay home, stay safe and I hope we'll all get to see each other soon. > > > > 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/LNHAH… > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/53TKE… >

April 8, 2020

Re: [Wlug] I presume we're meeting the 10th of Oct?

by Frank Sweetser

I'm almost there now, we'll see what's going on Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >I'm standing outside of Higgins 230 and its's full of people... None >of which look like they're here for wlug... > >On 10/9/12, Chuck Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> wrote: >> I reserved Higgins Labs 230 again, same place as last month. >> >> On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 04:41:23PM -0400, Tim Keller wrote: >>> Chuck, >>> >>> Where will this meeting be held? My current demo setup is two pcs... >>> I'm probably going to need help depending on where we have it. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Tim. >>> >>> On 10/5/12, Chuck Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> wrote: >>> > Sounds great! >>> > >>> > On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 11:01:24AM -0400, Tim Keller wrote: >>> >> That's a great idea. I do lots and lots of virtualization >stuff.. I'd >>> >> be >>> >> willing to do some research, setup a demo and do a talk about >>> >> OpenStack. >>> >> >>> >> Chuck, what do you think? >>> >> >>> >> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 9:19 PM, David Glaser >>> >> <dglaser(a)glaserresearch.net>wrote: >>> >> >>> >> > How about the cloud -say OpenStack. I see references to it. >>> >> > >>> >> > -David >>> >> > On 10/04/2012 03:38 PM, Tim Keller wrote: >>> >> > >>> >> > Hey Gang! >>> >> > >>> >> > I presume we're having a meeting on the 10th? Does anybody >have a >>> >> > topic/idea? >>> >> > >>> >> > Thanks, >>> >> > Tim. >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> > >-- >Sent from my mobile device > >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 -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

Oct. 10, 2012

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Meeting Dec. 10th at 7pm! NOTE: !!!!LOCATION CHANGE!!!!

by Robert Schwein

Ahhhh.... do you mean the "Sports and Recreation Center"? On 12/9/2015 3:04 AM, Robert Schwein wrote: > The "Rec Center" is not on the WPI campus map. Can you help me find > it? And, is room 61 really on the 4th floor? > > Thanks > Bob > > On 12/7/2015 5:06 PM, Tim Keller wrote: >> Hey Everybody, >> >> Dmitri Pal, the director of engineering at Red Hat has graciously >> offered to speak about Kerberos, FreeIPA, SSSD and I'm sure a whole >> host of other things! >> >> Here are the vitals! NOTE: THE LOCATION IS CHANGED FOR THIS MEETING!!!! >> >> When: December 10th, 2015 @ 7pm. >> Where: Rec Center Rm. 61! (4th Floor) >> Who: Dmitri Pal, Engineering Director at Red Hat! >> What: FreeIPA, SSSD, Kerberos, etc. >> >> Refreshments and snacks will be provided and as always we'll be >> heading to Tech Pizza afterwards to continue the lively conversation! >> >> I'd also like to thank Chuck for getting this organized! >> >> 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 >

Dec. 9, 2015

Re: [Wlug] Reminder: Next WLUG Meeting will be Thursday February 12th 2015 @ 7pm Rm 331 (Mid-Century Room)

by Andy Stewart

On 02/05/2015 10:29 AM, Tim Keller wrote: > Hey Everybody, > > I'm glad to announce that our founder Andy Stewart will be doing a talk > on wireless mesh networking! > I expect this talk will be both entertaining and interesting. > > Afterwards we'll be retiring to Tech for pizza! > > Date: Thursday February 12th, 2015 7pm-9pm > Location: WPI Campus Center, Mid-Century Room 331 > > Later, > Tim. HI WLUG, Thanks, Tim, for sending that notice to the WLUG membership. Specifically, I will be discussing Broadband-Hamnet (trademark), which is a mesh network designed by amateur radio operators, but can be used by mere mortals :-) as well. One can reflash many versions of the the Linksys WRT54G with this software and create your own mesh network, as has been done in Austin, TX and I believe Seattle, WA. Also, the Ubiquiti hardware can be used. I will have slides and a few Linksys boxes to demonstrate the concept. Feel free to bring your laptop to connect to the demo network. One can connect via an ethernet cable (bring your own) or wirelessly. For more information: http://www.broadband-hamnet.org I look forward to seeing you at the meeting, and joining you afterwards for pizza. Andy -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF)

Feb. 6, 2015

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

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