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Re: [Wlug] September talk

by Steve Pelland

Karl, This meeting will be at the usual place? This will be the first one I get to attend. I also have a Pi and wanted to chat with others that have Pi's so this will be a great start. Steve On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Karl Lind <electrolind(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Yep, still up for it. Is there a way to connect two HDMI sources up to > projector/tv/video in the room? Reason I have two Pi's and I thought after > the talk can have two running for demo purposes. > > Karl > > Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:51:25 -0400 > From: Frank Sweetser <fs(a)WPI.EDU> > Subject: Re: [Wlug] September meeting topic? > To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > Message-ID: <5029308D.3090301(a)wpi.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > Hi Karl, > > are you still up for giving a talk on the Pi for the September meeting? > So > far as I know it's open for topics, and that sounds like a great one. > > 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 07/13/2012 08:43 PM, Karl Lind wrote: > > Howdy all, > > > > I would like to give a talk on the Raspberry Pi project and I have two > > of them to demonstrate various OS's (I have worked with the Debian and > > Fedora implementations and look forward to the others as they come > > out.). I have four SD cards, so that's the number of OS's I can bring > > with me. > > > > Have a great summer! > > > > Karl > > ______________________________ > _________________ > > 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, 5 months

WLUG MEETING TONIGHT!

by Keith Wright

>>Join the signal chat for more details. >> Thanks, Tim.A steve--- via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > how does one join the signal chat? I was about to ask the same question, but I thought I didn't need to, since somebody had already asked it. John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Yeah, I don't know either for some reason. And is it private to WLUG > only or can we put details onto the web page? But now two people have asked and nobody answered. So: How is it done? Is this the same "signal" that the Secretary of Undeclared War got in trouble for using? ---------- Evan White via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > We had a great discussion mostly about Jujutsu, and the philosophy of > Git commit organization, ... , etc. It all went too fast for me. I thought 'git' was for multi-programmer group projects. Do you use it just to keep track of versions of your own project? ---------- Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Topic: National Right to Repair day > Speaker: Jack Frimet from PIRG. > > Jack Frimet from PIRG reached out to me and asked that he speak at this meeting. PIRG > is an organization that among many other causes is advocating at the national level for > the right to repair. As we are all aware, with Win10 reaching EOL, this is causing a > tsunami of e-waste as people are forced to upgrade to run Win11. I was not clear if they are expecting people to bring old computers to have Linux installed, or if I can just give cash and get an old computer. Also I asked whether Android was Linux hidden behind a "user interface". People seemed to agree that that was about right. Now I ask: Can I get a root shell? Is Linux just hidden, or is it broken and forbidden? I am looking for a extra "back-up" laptop. Would it be easier to install Debian on an Android machine than a Windows machine? Are BIOS passwords a problem? -- Keith

2 months

Re: ISPS limiting..was Re: Meeting next week! March 14th 2024!

by Cara Salter

Funnily enough, I get a 403 error when I try to view that page. Last I remember it allowed services for private use. --cs -------- Original Message -------- From: THE HAMMER via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Sent: March 15, 2024 1:14:21 AM GMT+11:00 To: John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org>, Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Cc: Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us>, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com>, THE HAMMER <hammerron(a)hotmail.com> Subject: [WLUG] Re: ISPS limiting..was Re: Meeting next week! March 14th 2024! Tim, I could swear I read before, at least for residential services that Charter (now Spectrum) internet did NOT allow you to host a site which is why I have never tried to do it. I would guess that its all about the bandwidth dollars. Below is a link to their current TOS (terms of service) in case it is of interest: Ron https://www.spectrum.com/policies/internet-use-policy [https://www.spectrum.com/content/spectrum/residential/en/policies/internet-…]<https://www.spectrum.com/policies/internet-use-policy> Spectrum - Internet Use Policy<https://www.spectrum.com/policies/internet-use-policy> Learn about our Internet Use Policy for Spectrum Internet® and data subscription. www.spectrum.com ________________________________ From: Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2024 6:34 AM To: John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> Cc: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org>; Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us>; Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> Subject: [WLUG] Re: Meeting next week! March 14th 2024! I knew this topic would be of interest to people! As I'm writing this Gmail is yelling at me to buy more storage.. For me the "self" is the level of control I have over it. Lately ISP's have gone out of their way to make it very hard to host services on your own networks and expose them to the internet. Tim. On Wed, Mar 13, 2024, 3:47 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org<mailto:john@stoffel.org>> wrote: >>>>> "Keith" == Keith Wright via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org<mailto:wlug@lists.wlug.org>> writes: > Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org<mailto:wlug@lists.wlug.org>> writes: >> >> We've got a meeting next week! > I hope to tune in via jit.si<http://jit.si> >> I think it's really worth talking about Self hosting. > I'm not quite sure what you mean by "Self". For twenty years I had a > DSL connection with a static routable IPv4 address. I had an intenet > host with Tandy Monitor that ran a name server, mail server, and web > server. That's all broken now because the ISP no longer does DSL. That's certainly a definite form of self hosting! When you run your own internet infrastructure (http, mail, ftp, ssh) that's you doing the work and keeping the control. > Instead I pay $10 month for a VPS (Virtual Private Server) from > AfterBurst, which comes with an IP address. Pretty much everything > that used to be in my basement is now in "the cloud". It's not > "Self" because its not my computer, but almost everything else is > the same. AfterBurst does not do anything, just let me use their > computer to do it myself. I do this too with a Linode Droplet ($5/mo) but I'm thinking I should upgrade to something with more CPU and Memory so I can run some better anti-spam tools. > The main problem I am dealing with now is that the internal (in home) > network is notwork. I have been keeping notes and put them here: That sucks! > http://www.free-comp-shop.com/none/ipv6.html > I am trying to use IPv6, which I have never done before. If anybody > has any suggestions... I've tried as well in the past, with the big issue for me being getting from IPv6 internally to a (mostly) IPv4 network outside. I think IPv6 probably works better as a gateway to your home, since you can then assign multiple distinct IPs to your own block of 64 (or whatever the count it) of internal IPs and make them visible to the outside. So it removes NATing and such. But IPv6 just is a pain to do. I keep reading that Charter/Spectrum offers IPv6 IPs, but I haven't made the leap. Still working on my wireguard setup, which has falled to the side lately. [https://s-install.avcdn.net/ipm/preview/icons/icon-envelope-tick-green-avg-…]<http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Virus-free.www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…>

1 year, 11 months

Re: WLUG Meeting this month!

by hammerron

I am also happy either way. My own issue is that due to my work schedule, I often don't know until the last minute if I can attend. On 8/7/23 16:51, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > Hey Gang! > > If we go back to our normal schedule we'll be at Technopia this Thursday. > > Would that work for people or would next Thursday work? > > 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 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…

2 years, 6 months

Re: [Wlug] WLUG Meeting Sept. 15th, 2016 @ 7PM Topic: Docker Location: Washburn Labs Rm 232

by Tim Keller

Here's the building... http://maps.wpi.edu/map/?id=609#!s/key=washburn Tim. On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 7:23 PM, Eric Martin <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Washburn labs, it's under the large smokestack / cell tower. > > > On Monday, September 12, 2016, JeffA Maillists <jeffa.maillists(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Tim, >> What building is the room in? >> >> Thanks, Jeff. >> >> On Mon, Sep 12, 2016, 5:15 PM Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hey Everybody! >>> >>> We have a WLUG meeting on Sept. 15th at 7PM! >>> >>> Here are the vitals: >>> Location: Washburn Labs Rm 232 @7pm >>> Speaker: William Temple >>> Topic: Container technologies... >>> >>> The speaker for this meeting is William Temple. Here's what he recently >>> posted to the list (if you didn't already see it) >>> >>> Thanks for inviting me to give a talk on containers this Thursday. I'm a >>> Senior at WPI and spent the last two summers working on container >>> technologies at Red Hat under the Project Atomic/OpenShift banners. >>> >>> If you all are interested, topics for discussion could be: >>> >>> - Containers 101: Introduction & Motivations >>> >>> - Container Technologies >>> >>> -- docker >>> >>> -- Open Containers Initiative >>> >>> -- LXC, rkt, and others >>> >>> - Container Implementation >>> >>> -- namespaces >>> >>> -- cgroups >>> >>> -- security implications, comparison to Virtual Machines >>> >>> - Containers in Production (Kubernetes, etc.) >>> >>> - Containers in Consumer Environments (Flatpak, Snappy, etc.) >>> >>> >>> If there are any other container-related topics you'd like to hear >>> about, please just let me know and I can work them in. I'm mostly familiar >>> with the Docker/OCI & Kubernetes orchestration stack, so I won't be able to >>> go into technical details about other systems, but can give an overview if >>> someone else wants to get into the weeds about any other container systems. >>> >>> I'd like to thank Logan for getting this organized and for William for >>> being accomidating of our location and schedule change. >>> >>> As always, there will be refreshments and snacks and we'll head to Tech >>> Pizza afterwards! >>> >>> See ya there! >>> >>> 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 >>> >> > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > _______________________________________________ > 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".

9 years, 5 months

Re: [Wlug] Topic ideas for next meeting...

by Keith Wright

Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> writes: > Would people be interested in my talking about GitLab? At first I thought that this was a message on the other mailing list, because the Guile-Scheme mailing list has broken into discussion of Gitorious, Github, etc. > It's basically your own personal Github. Great, I can collaborate with myself, and not bother other people with my half-baked ideas! > I could also dove tail this into a general talk about > Git / Source Control, etc. Sounds good to me. Is GitLab the same as git itself? I don't know much about this, but might be able to keep my mouth shut long enough to learn. In other words, if you do a presentation, then Yes, I'll listen, but if you lead a discussion, then you lead from before. -- Keith

9 years, 7 months

Re: [Wlug] Next WLUG Meeting: Keysigning Party 9/11/2013

by Eric Martin

Just a reminder that this week I'll be giving a talk on PGP and running a key signing. Please upload your public key to the keyring before the meeting to register for the key signing. It is possible to participate without registering but it's a lot easier if you register. Please don't hesitate to ask if you have any questions. On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:53 PM, Eric Martin <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com>wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > On Wednesday, September 11th 2013 I'll be running a PGP Key Signing > party. PGP stands for Pretty Good Privacy and was developed by Phil > Zimmerman in 1991 for secure communications. Signing keys allows you to > say that you trust somebody's key, and extends the Web of Trust which > helps everybody. > > To participate, please bring your public key's fingerprint, and at least > (2) forms of ID (Government issued photo ID is the best way to go). If > you don't yet have a public key, follow the directions for 'Preparing > for the Party' from this [1] Key Signing Party HOWTO. > > Additionally, please upload your public key to our keyring for this > event here [2]. I'll give a brief talk on PGP, and then we'll go > through everybody's keys. > > What not to bring: A computer. Keys are signed at home, we just verify > them at the Key Signing. > > [1] > > http://www.cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/keysigning_party/en/keysigning_party.htm… > [2] http://biglumber.com/x/web?keyring=4480 > > - -- > Eric Martin > Key Fingerprint = C74F 1EBF 2E80 7984 8CB5 064E BF17 D34C C704 B30F > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.13 (Darwin) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJSIBdBAAoJEL8X00zHBLMPIP8P/AmMZiaHpVo3Mq72yOXONUbX > bUUFKtK2qCFw0g8uAJ63D5hL7kDTbWXlTWsm+73jvkaofsKyTP8hNR0ulr5ni7dw > X7EEQYSpK0MufQzEqUpfEoIa6I8Pjfa5qIWNOAuJDJpAwR8+0S2urGcQML0YarFG > fys0HHWW69kYG8CTGZw/0ATmBdVZFiZEjXFk6R5wIB33SvXtzuPTLltoded5bpwK > svtZf4Fa3QlaEBlg25AKWFpa6OOTt3eUBQU/KNGjhfIrLkhpsbuhcbAD6C6DPtzk > 25P/9TWCSaRAcyT29amGG5qLrFEHklAic6UcOjIJtlN6ywcHSbVtHOcxIA4OmBLy > e0HeskGlqu/qhqgZxDQMWbvMUdzIRqCa+pMzxGI40+w6tHnlTGPW1MZbZJxhfStW > AC720w6U+q/b9iCiZHF634gbvIL6Da3G2G20Vhr4h6s1rOX53sfgIqmoB66A6SPC > P6MUkO42oPdEQ7WE+69f7VHGyXgkEnJUaEXGYoBdILV3qyHyNJNKF/X7o0Vtf+xn > rJTokOgCEyg5xRtzQFlYpdiIoR/BMHTteKsyki6px2hn4bCsNItOJNhG8IutVo/o > qofPVIyJaiA5o7G7z8QNeppy4NBq0h752T0lU/gSs9ojhBzQ9kVuhR4PNL6QcZ98 > +rLxS3s1fEsTmakIpo2G > =lNN3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- Eric Martin

12 years, 5 months

Re: Ideas for the next WLUG meeting

by Tim Keller

Josh, I think this would be an awesome talk. I'm particularly interested in the /sysroot upgrading process. I like the idea of having an immutable root that you can unwind things if they go horribly wrong. I'm game for having this as our Dec. topic! Thanks, Tim. On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 12:03 PM Joshua Stone via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I'd just like to say I had a fun time at Thursday's meeting! I'm > already looking forward to the next meeting as I'm sure there are > plenty of interesting topics we could discuss. > > As mentioned before, I think we could examine technologies that'd be > beneficial to Linux on the desktop, like comparing packaging > technologies including Flatpak, Snap, and AppImage. > > I think we could also look into the future of containers on the desktop > as a whole with projects like Flatpak, toolbox, podman, and Silverblue. > > My workflow over the past few years has been using these upcoming > technologies as daily drivers as they lead to saner development. For > example, my laptop runs Silverblue ( > https://fedoramagazine.org/what-is-silverblue/) which is a Fedora > variant designed around immutability where a new system image is > committed as the new /sysroot without affecting the state of the > running system. This is reminiscent of Android A/B updates, although > the update backend -- ostree -- has elements of a version control > system like git. > > Toolbox ( > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-silverblue/toolbox/) is > also interesting as it lets you switch into an unprivileged development > environment that can be built up and torn down without affecting the > host as tools are installed inside a container. For example, I can > build and install duc inside a toolbox without actually installing to > the host /usr: > > [jstone@jstone-laptop ~]$ toolbox create --release 31 --container duc- > test > [jstone@jstone-laptop ~]$ toolbox enter --container duc-test > ⬢[jstone@toolbox ~]$ git clone https://github.com/zevv/duc > ⬢[jstone@toolbox ~]$ cd duc > ⬢[jstone@toolbox duc]$ sudo dnf --assumeyes install gcc make autoconf > automake pango-devel cairo-devel tokyocabinet-devel ncurses-devel > ⬢[jstone@toolbox duc]$ autoreconf --install > ⬢[jstone@toolbox duc]$ ./configure > ⬢[jstone@toolbox duc]$ make > ⬢[jstone@toolbox duc]$ sudo make install # no password needed > ⬢[jstone@toolbox duc]$ mkdir ~/.cache/duc > ⬢[jstone@toolbox duc]$ tcbmgr create ~/.cache/duc/duc.db > ⬢[jstone@toolbox duc]$ duc index ~ > ⬢[jstone@toolbox duc]$ duc gui > > Finally, I've been installing most of my apps as Flatpaks, which uses > the same file storage backend as Silverblue to manage apps and shared > runtimes. This app distribution technology allows you to decouple apps > and operating systems as everything is built and run inside a sandbox, > making upgrades easier. Compare needing only one version of an app to > package as a flatpak, versus packaging for different versions of > distros: > > https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.clementine_player.Clementine > https://www.clementine-player.org/downloads > > I'd be glad to hear what everyone has to say! > > -Josh > _______________________________________________ > 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".

6 years, 2 months

More stuff!

by Theo Van Dinter

Sorry for the short notice, but we found some more stuff while gathering equipment for tonight's meeting! If you're interested in something for the meeting, please let me know before 5:30pm. hardware: Adtran DSU II AR (CSU/DSU) 5 dec hubs/repeaters (only 3 power supplies) 3 button mouse P133 CPU w/ fan random sealed card (NVRAM board I think) and memory for a PIX 10000 firewall. software: (windows, sorry...) shrinkwrapped box, "CD-ROM Bundle" - "Encyclopedia 6 Titles Bundle: (1-4) Mindscape CD Deluxe 4 Pack includes: * Chessmaster 4000, * Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing! v3.0, * U.S. Atlas v5.0, * World Atlas v5.0, (5) The San Diego Zoo: The Animals! v2.0, (6) Compton's Encyclopedia 1997 book: Computers, Ethics & Social Values edited by Johnson and Nissenbaum. c.1995 Prentice Hall -- Randomly Generated Tagline: Linux: Because a PC is a terrible thing to waste. (By komarimf(a)craft.camp.clarkson.edu, Mark Komarinski)

24 years, 5 months

Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting (confidence in FOSS decreasing?)

by Keith Wright

Michael C Voorhis <mvoorhis(a)cs.wpi.edu> writes: > Here's an interesting discussion topic: > > ../hackers-shake-confidence-in-1980s-free-software-idealism.html > ../heartbleed----another-horrible--horrible--open-source-fail.html > ../heartbleed-is-the-open-source-development-model-broken/ > > [...etc...] Where there's smoke, there's a smoke making machine. Maybe a more interesting topic would be: Why were WPI IT employees who usualy hang out in the basement all over campus at 6am trying to undo the emergency security patches that MS had installed overnight? Now excuse me, I have to go put Windows 9 on my Xbox. -- Keith PS: Are there bugs in open-source software? Yes, a few. Are there bugs in secret-source software? Yes, many. Did I learn from Rumsfeld to ask myself easy questions before you can ask a hard one? Yes, exactly.

11 years, 3 months

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