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

by Charles R. Anderson

On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 11:25:26AM +0500, Bill Smith wrote: wsmith> want to know whether or not it's a Good Thing to have Lokkit doing what wsmith> it does. (for example, is it sufficient as a starting point, or should wsmith> I remove it and define my own rules?) No, lokkit does a good job at setting up firewall rules for most users' basic needs. The thing you need to remember with the redhat-config-securitylevel utility, is that every time you go into it, it defaults to the High setting, and does NOT show you what the current setting is. People are confused by this all the time, since they think that after changing it to Medium or Low, it should stay on that setting the next time they open the control panel. It doesn't work that way. -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

Dec. 6, 2002

RE: [Wlug] Re: Next Meeting?

by John Stoffel

Steve> There were a couple of things I liked about Knoppix. The first Steve> is that you don't have to go through all the YaST screens when Steve> you boot, Knoppix just boots right up to KDE and logs you on as Steve> user knoppix. The other neat thing about Knoppix is that you Steve> can save your configuration and home directory of the size you Steve> specify on a USB flash drive. With SuSE if you want to save Steve> your configuration/home dir it creates a 100MB file on your Steve> hard drive (and another 100MB for swap if you want). With Steve> Knoppix you can carry a cheap ($10 after rebate) 64MB USB flash Steve> drive around with you and a Knoppix CD and boot a PC into your Steve> personal environment without touching the hard disk. So where did you find this flash drive? It sounds like a great way to have Linux available when you don't want to screw with someones computer! And what sizes do they have supported?

Sept. 3, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Re: Next Meeting?

by Frank Sweetser

On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 08:52:15AM -0400, Keller, Tim wrote: > be entirely focused on securing BAD/linux. I think it would be disingenuous > to not only the students of WPI, but also tech guys in WPI to let a bunch of > people loose on the network with easily rootable machines. You mean, letting lots of newbie students loose on a large network with machines they barely know how to use, let alone keep reasonably virus/trojan/hacker free? Yeah, we call that "A Term" <G>. At least most linux distributions actually have a sane update mechanism, unlike the mess that is Windows Update. Plus, <plug type=shameless>we have a working up2date server on the WPI campus for anyone on the campus network to use. I don't really have any good docs on how to use it written, but if anyone on campus is interested, email me and I'll give you the quick'n dirty on getting started.</plug> -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu WPI Network Engineer

Sept. 4, 2003

Re: Happy Whatever-mas!

by Evan White

I got a confirmation email on the 24th and can confirm I'm getting new messages from the list. I regret missing the meeting on the 12th, looking back I was knee deep in Google Workspace scripting and got completely time warped. See you all at the next meeting! ERW ________________________________ From: Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2024 8:22 AM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Cc: Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> Subject: [WLUG] Happy Whatever-mas! I hope everybody had a great [insert holiday appropriate for your specific belief system]! I weirdly got a message telling me that my account had been suspended from the mailing list because of too many bounces? In any case, I hope this message finds everybody. Next year is going to be an exciting year for linux and for WLUG. Stay safe everybody, and have a happy new year! Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Dec. 26, 2024

Re: Meeting THIS WEEK, July 10th, 2025! Topic: ?TrueNAS? Pi Kiosk displays?

by Kevin Stratton

I am interested in a pihole as well. I also just got an N150 mini pc for things like this. I am particulary interested in doing this with docker images. When I tried to install a docker recursive DNS server that I trust, It needed a Email address, which I did not want to place on my internet email provider. So now I have to install a EMail server for pihole. (recusion sucks). Another area of interest for me might be the consequences of CGNET (if any) for a DYNDNS setup for a personal home page and similar things. There is a small possibility that I will have fiber available in the next couple of months and the provider apparently uses CGNET. On 7/9/25 5:28 PM, Frank Sweetser via WLUG wrote: > That would be a great talk! Pi holes are a perfect way for people to > get started on Linux, so it's great to show off what they can do. > > - Frank > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2025, 5:18 PM Tracie Winslow via WLUG > <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > I have a pihole but I've been meaning to set one up on my Linux > mini-pc instead. Want me to bring my Linux mini-pc and show how to > set up a pihole and use it? > > *"For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin - > real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, > something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, > time still to be served, a debt to be paid. At last it dawned on > me that these obstacles _/were/_//my life. This perspective has > helped me to see there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the > way. So treasure every moment you have and remember that time > waits for no one." > *- Souza > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2025, 6:01 PM Tim Keller via WLUG > <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > Sure!! > > Another topic that came up in a side channel is what is > involved in setting up a pihole. > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM Kevin Harrington via WLUG > <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > I would like to do a proper introduction to CaDoodle now > that it's released as beta! > > On Tue, Jul 8, 2025, 1:31 PM Tim Keller via WLUG > <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > Hey Everybody! > > We've got a meeting this week! > Date: July 10th, 2025 @ 7PM > Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland St. Worcester MA > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/44+Portland+St.+Worcester+MA?entry=gmail…>. > Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA > > Topic: I could talk about TrueNAS if people were > interested in that, otherwise, this might be a bit of > a freeform meeting. The other thing that I've been > doing lately is turning Pi's into kiosk displays.. but > that's going to take about 10 minutes to explain.. > If someone has something they really want to talk > about let me know! > > As usual we'll head off to dinner afterwards and keep > talking. > > See you there! > 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/XQUZT… > > _______________________________________________ > 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/JEFG4… > > > > -- > 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/5WFZQ… > > _______________________________________________ > 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/G4O4P… > > > _______________________________________________ > 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…

July 10, 2025

Re: Intersection of Open Source and Social Change

by Nick Krichevsky

Lemmy is cool conceptually, but FYI, since you're thinking about social change, the maintainers of Lemmy are fascist-sympathisers ("tankies" is the term to Google for). On Mon, Aug 12, 2024, 8:19 AM Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Awesome. I'll have to try to make it to an upcoming event. > > I was thinking about setting up either a Matrix server for chat, or a > Lemmy server for a reddit-like set of discussion forums. > > On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 7:48 PM Kevin Harrington <mad.hephaestus(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Count me in! I have been working on a book on the topic for a few years >> on and off. Fyi just about every meeting of Robot Club turns into one of >> those sort of discussions. We meet at technocopia Saturdays 1-4. >> >> On Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 7:34 PM Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Hey folks, >>> >>> At dinner after the last meeting we had an interesting conversation >>> around the intersection of software/technology and big picture social >>> change. This has been an area of interest of mine for a while now, and I'd >>> love to connect with other people who would be interested in talking about >>> ways to make meaningful change. >>> >>> Would anyone be interested in joining a discussion on something like >>> Discord, Slack, or maybe an open source alternative? >>> >>> -- >>> Greg Boyce >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/BNJIS… >>> >> > > -- > Greg > _______________________________________________ > 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/ERVCY… >

Aug. 12, 2024

Re: WLUG Meeting tonight?

by Robert Krawitz

On 1/18/25 13:38, Dennis Payne via WLUG wrote: > My Framework 16 has been great. I have not upgraded anything. Games I couldn't run before can be run > perfectly fine. I did recently try "Return to Moria" and it did not run well. It is PS5 game not > available for the PS4 so I suspect it just requires more power than the Framework 16 graphics can > give. I'm not running machine learning code so that hasn't been an issue for me. My only two problems (personally) with it are: 1) Storage is limited (I want at leat 16 TB for all of my media -- photos and videos). A pair of 8 TB M.2's would be great, but those aren't available in 2230 form factor. 2) I'd prefer a 4K screen, even at a lower refresh rate. I'm not into gaming. Otherwise, it looks like a fantastic machine. I'd prefer to trade off size and weight in favor of capability, but I'm probably an outlier.

Jan. 18, 2025

Re: [Wlug] Next meeting - topic?

by doug waud

Hi Chuck Charles R. Anderson wrote: > Who wants to do a PGP Keysigning? It would involve advance > preparation from everyone who would like to participate. By now I'd > imagine most of you have gotten your feet wet with GnuPG :-) If not, > see: > > http://www.wlug.org/files/pgp-slides/index.html > > If there is interest, please let me know in the next couple days so I > can organize the procedure and send out instructions. I have been dragging my feet but, with your posting, got gpg and got to the first step of you slides, gpg --gen-key At that point, I could not remember what default type you had recommended. I realize this is not critical, but like to stick to the same as the rest of the crowd in a KISS mode. :-) So, if you'll pick a default, I'll go on to the next step and report back for help at the next stumble :-) Oh Yes. Count me in as interested! Thanks for volunteering. doug

April 13, 2004

Re: [Wlug] meeting topic

by Mike Frysinger

On Monday 30 January 2006 09:30, Mike Leo wrote: > Am I wrong, or is the gentoo install insanely comlicated? > > Although I did not sit in front of it from start to finish, it seems like > an install takes hours and hours of work... > > I followed the Handbook (some 80 pages of documentation), which i'm sure is > very accurate and each step worked as advertised, but in the end it was too > much. well, the from-source Gentoo install is arguably supposed to be fun like that it's been a while since i installed Gentoo using released media, but i'm pretty sure doing an install with just GRP packages would make it a lot faster ... > After an install of debian, which takes me less than 20 minutes, this was > too much for my poor little brain to take, and I eventually gave up. doesnt debian have its own installer though ? the Gentoo one is coming along, but it hasnt had the time to mature as other distros have ... -mike

Jan. 30, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Upcoming meeting: Jan 13th

by Brian Waite

On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 09:23:58 -0500, Chuck Haines <chaines(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I wouldn't mind seeing some stuff on embedded linux development. > Maybe get anyone who has done some to talk about it's pros and cons. > I know I've done a bit of embedded programming with Arcom Linux and > QNX. I'd love to see some embedded Linux devel. I do embedded Linux development at home and at the office and I'd like to see others who do it. I'd might be willing to talk a bit about it, but I have to check my availability. If any one else wants to step up for this or another topic, I'll step back with no worries what so ever. I'll see if I am available and get back ASAP. Is embedded linux (primarily PPC) interesting to the masses? Some topics I could expound on are: * Cross development vs Local Development * Linux as en embedded OS (Kernels, modules, flash filesystems, pitfalls) * Designing Embedded Linux Clusters * Application considerations on embedded linux Anything else people might find more interesting? > > Chuck > > On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 01:26:29 -0500, Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > HI gang, > > > > We have a WLUG meeting coming up on Thurs Jan 13 - any thoughts on what topic > > we should explore? Or more to the point - any volunteers? :-) > > > > 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) > > > > iD8DBQFB3NoVHl0iXDssISsRAjByAJ9emZO3gA+52yQ0dBLhMmSBvWTxNQCfcKRO > > diTNYvQe9uG7zOGE6NSFikY= > > =1oes > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > -- > Chuck Haines > chaines(a)gmail.com > ------------------------------------------- > Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity > TKE-ZM Web Coordinator > ECE Systems Administrator > ------------------------------------------- > AIM: CyberGrex > YIM: CyberGrex_27 > ICQ: 3707881 > ------------------------------------------- > GPG Fingerprint: 303A AB50 4EA9 70ED 2E30 2368 C9CD CCB5 4BD7 0989 > GPG Key: http://www.maxslack.com/gpgkey.txt > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Jan. 10, 2005

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