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Re: [Wlug] March WLUG Meeting details update!

by Jon "maddog" Hall

Hi Tim, I am involved with a project to bring low cost Single Board Computers to Latin America. As part of this I am constantly evaluating SBCs for the project. I could give a talk on some of the SBCs on the market, how to evaluate them and how to make a choice between the ones you might want to purchase. Unfortunately I will not be able to do this until the June or July time frame. If you are interested, please let me know. maddog On Wed, Mar 9, 2016, 03:33 Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Gang, > > Here are the details: > > Location: WPI Student Center Mid-Century Rm 331 > Date & Time: March 10th, 2016 @ 7:00pm > Topic: RPZ Bind plus round table. > > Snacks and refreshments will be provided. > > Afterwards we'll retire to Tech Pizza and continue the conversation! > > 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 >

9 years, 11 months

Re: [Wlug] Upcoming meeting topic(s)

by Terry S

I have a new digital camera I haven't even used yet. I'd be more than happy to bring my camera. I'm curious to understand, will these be publicly viewable pictures, or *only* viewable to those who have your key? (P.S. I've never made a key before, so this is a good topic for me.) On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 11:03:05PM -0400, Keith Wright wrote: > > Also, maybe somebody with a digital camera > > could take pictures of WLUG leaders and > > followers, and put them on the web site, > > together with public key identifiers. > > Despite being told several times over the > > past few years, I don't remember most > > people's names, but I might be able to > > if I had a chance to practice at home > > with my web browser. > > > > It is only somewhat useful to have a > > record in your keyring that says you were > > once convinced that the name goes with the > > key, if you have totally forgotten what > > person goes with the name.

18 years, 10 months

Re: [Wlug] The speaker for the February meeting has been lined up!

by Frank Sweetser

I'd say that cool new projects around a Pi would always be welcome, and blocking telemarketers and scammers *definitely* fits that criteria =) Also, as for the octoprint, we may have a 3d printer and octopi rig up and running in time for the next meeting (we're waiting on some a replacement for some defective parts) so we could certainly bring ours over across campus. 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 01/24/2015 01:34 PM, JeffA Maillists wrote: > Hi Tim, > > I don't get to the meetings that often, but any of those subjects would be > great IMHO. > > While not specifically Linux related, maybe one on 3D printing would be > cool? I don't have a 3D printer myself as of yet, but a buddy of mine does, > and it's pretty awesome. It's amazing what you can create once it's 'dialed > in' and you learn how to use it properly. (IE: The proper temperatures for > the hotend and bed for different filaments and how to get the plastic to stay > 'stuck' to the print bed.) And actually, there _is_ a Linux component to his > printer now, lol. We setup a Raspberry Pi running "OctoPrint" on Raspibian to > not only control his printer, but it gives it an HTML interface, wireless > networking, a webcam monitor and time lapse function. It's really cool! > > Speaking of the Raspberry Pi, maybe a night about the Pi, the various > models (A, B, B+ and the new A+) and some projects that use them would be of > interest. > > For instance, one of my current projects is taking a Dummy Security Camera > and converting it into a real HD Wireless Security Camera by putting a > Raspberry Pi A+ with a camera and Wifi inside the dummy camera. (the A+ is > quite small, so it fits quite well - all the other models won't fit without > some potentially serious modifications to the Pi, the Camera case, or both.) > > One of my other projects is what I've named the 'ScamStopper', it's > basically a smart call blocker. It's my solution to stopping the Jamaican > Lottery Scammers from getting through to my 93yo Grandmother. It answers any > 'unknown' caller with a message (even a custom message for the Jamaican > scammers) and doesn't even ring her phone. Only "Known" phone numbers are > passed through, sans the first ring. (And yes, we've changed her number a > couple of times, but she replies to these 'surveys' and lottery 'entries' all > too often, so they end up getting her new number.) Anyways, It's quite a hack > in it's current incarnation, but it works well. It cost me about $125 just in > components to build this working proof-of-concept. I am working on refining > it to cut the cost down and hopefully produce a product I can bring to market. > (IE: I'm currently using a $20 USB Modem to get the CallerID, a $40 Call > Blocker device to suppress the first ring on her phone, and a $10 USB sound > card [as the built-in audio was causing kernel panics, plus I wanted to be > able to record on the Pi too, but haven't worked that out yet.]) > > It might also be cool to cover the Banana Pi, which is a more expensive, > but more powerful version of a Pi (dual core processor, 1GB ram, SATA, etc) I > have one, but really haven't done anything with it yet, unless you count > installing the "Bananaized" version of Raspibian and tinkering a little bit. > It's much faster than a Raspberry Pi, thanks to the dual cores and 1GB ram... > I haven't decided what I'm going to use it for yet. > > Anyways, sorry about the 'book', and I hope you find my suggestion(s) > helpful. I hope to be a more frequent attendee now that I actually live in > Worcester again... > > Jeff > > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com > <mailto:turbofx@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hey Everybody, > > Great news! Andy will be speaking at the Feb. meeting! He's going to be > doing a talk on Mesh networking. I figure this will "mesh" nicely with > Frank's talk about 802.11/[nn]/ networking. Once I get the official title > for the talk I'll send out a more official reminder. > > On a different note... Is there anything that people are interested in > that we could work on lining up speakers for? > > Here's a couple of ideas... > * Software defined networking > * Robotics > * Home automation > > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org <mailto:Wlug@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 >

11 years

Re: [Wlug] Dec 12: Identity Management: FreeIPA, SSSD, Kerberos, etc.

by Keith Wright

"Higgins, Benjamin John" <bjhiggins(a)WPI.EDU> writes: > Wow - a meeting my wife will let me attend :) You have a very strict and jealous wife. Maybe if you explained that Raspberry Pi is just a computer, she would let you attend more meetings. > I also think " FreeIPA + Kerberos" is likely the best topic. Thanks! 1+ I sort of know what Kerberos is. Something installed it on one (but only one) of my computers which means when I log on it takes a minute to time out and say: Cannot resolve network address for KDC in requested realm while getting initial credentials before letting me in. I've thought of asking why, but don't care enough since it eventually works. Maybe I'll learn something. I know that IP means Internet Protocol, but what is the A? http://www.freeipa.org/ does not seem to say, but Wikipedia spells it out. Identity - Policy - Audit Some sort of GUI front end to Kerberos? I'm not sure I want it, but I should know what it is if only so I can avoid it. I would listen to that. -- Keith

10 years, 2 months

Re: [Wlug] Meeting topics

by Chuck Anderson

On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 04:46:44PM -0500, Jim Dibb wrote: > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:21 PM, Chuck Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> wrote: >> I'm interested. I was considering using SSDs for my boot drive. Is >> RAID protection necessary/advisable using SSDs? > > SSDs have much higher reliability than HDD. > Mirroring is the only RAID level that does not impose a write penalty. > Mirroring SSDs is expensive > > Based on these 3 points, I'd say a backup is a much better solution than > RAID, unless you want to (R)AID-0 them into a stripe for even more insane > performance. > > But then again, you didn't state how important your uptime of your system > is. Sorry for leaving that bit out.... Uptime/availability isn't that important, but backups are since RAID *is* my backup (plus rsync to other RAIDed systems for the most important data). With traditional disk drives, it hasn't been too expensive to slap a 2nd system drive in for RAID 1/mirroring. SSDs are much more expensive, so if as you say they are more reliable, perhaps I can forgo the expense of doing RAID on them.

15 years, 11 months

[SPF:Probably_Forged] RE: Next Meeting: June 9th 2016! Speaker: Jon "Maddog" Hall!

by Mike Peckar

>maddog's monastery and marina for math, music, micro-computing, micro-brewery, micro-winery, micro-distilery, and bait shop. So Maddog, feel free to bring along some tequila from your micro distillery, but if you do, please make sure to toss in a few worms from the bait shop. :-) From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Tim Keller Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2016 5:01 PM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: [Wlug] Next Meeting: June 9th 2016! Speaker: Jon "Maddog" Hall! Hey Gang, Jon "Maddog" Hall is going to be speaking at the upcoming meeting! Here's the details: Date & Time: June 9th, 2016 @ 7pm Location: WPI Atwater-kent Rm 232 Topic: Back from the Dead: Projects that maddog is working on, and why you should care Abstract: Only a month after a massive heart attack maddog will be talking about some of the projects he is working on: (1) Rebooting the Linux Professional Institute (and why you should care) (2) Selling small computers in Brazil (and why you should care) (3) Creating jobs for the jobless and help for the clueless (and why you should care) Who is Jon "Maddog" Hall? Jon "maddog" Hall is the Chairman of the Board of the Linux Professional Institute, and the President of Linux International. Since 1969, Mr. Hall has been a programmer, systems designer, systems administrator, product manager, technical marketing manager, author and educator. He currently works as an independent consultant, and is involved with bringing environmentally friendly computing to emerging marketplaces as well as working on performance and educational issues with Free and Open Source Software via the Linaro Association. He is also closely aligned with LeMaker, a design center located in Shengen, China. While not a founding member of LPI, maddog helped formulate some of the concepts and donated personal money to allow the first 200 tests be tested for psychometrics. Mr. Hall has worked for such companies as Western Electric Corporation, Aetna Life and Casualty, Bell Laboratories, Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), VA Linux Systems, SGI, Futura Networks (Campus Party) and Linaro. Mr. Hall has taught at Hartford State Technical College (HSTC), Merrimack College and Daniel Webster College. While at HSTC his students gave him the nickname of "maddog", and he developed the skills necessary for talking to university students over pizza and beer. Mr Hall has worked on many different operating systems (MFT, MVT, VS1, VS2, MVS, CP-67, VM/CMS, RSTS/E, RSX-11M, CP/M) but concentrated on Unix systems since 1980 and Linux systems since 1994, when he first met Linus Torvalds and correctly recognized the commercial importance of Linux and Free and Open Source Software. Mr. Hall obtained a DEC "Alpha" system for Linus Torvalds and organized and engineering team which helped the Linux community to port Linux to the world's fastest 64-bit microcomputer. Since 2006 Mr. Hall has been working on Project Cauā, which will large numbers of high-tech jobs allowing students who could not afford to attend university to both attend university and get real-life job experience. Mr. Hall is the author of numerous magazine and newspaper articles, many presentations and one book, "Linux for Dummies". He currently writes a blog for Linux Pro Magazine. Mr. Hall has consulted with the governments of China, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and Brasil as well as the United Nations and many local and state governments on the use of Free and Open Source Software. Mr. Hall serves on the boards of several companies, and several non-profit organizations. He is currently very active with the University of Sao Paulo's Centro Interdisciplinar Em Tecnologias Interativas (CITI), acting as a member of their advisory board. Mr. Hall has traveled to over 100 countries, many more than one time, speaking on the benefits of Open Source Software having received his BS in Commerce and Engineering from Drexel University (1973), and his MSCS from RPI in Troy, New York (1977). In his spare time maddog is working on his retirement project: maddog's monastery and marina for math, music, micro-computing, micro-brewery, micro-winery, micro-distilery, and bait shop.

9 years, 8 months

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

by The Hammer

..I won't be able to get there either. Too much on my plate. On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Bob <Robert.Athol.Mass(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Darn..... Three meetings on Wed. evening; one in Rhode Island; one in > Worcester; and one in Athol. And, I'm supposed to be retired! Going to > have to get my key signed another day. > > Bob > > On 8/29/2013 11:53 PM, Eric Martin 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----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >

12 years, 5 months

Re: [EXT] Re: Physical WLUG Meeting is cancelled tomorrow...

by Richard Klein

I've got HexChat up and running on Debian. I'll look for it next time I boot into Windows. On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 12:29 PM hammerron via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Rich, > > Just fyi, I use hexchat > > It seems pretty easy to operate > > Ron > On 3/22/20 9:05 AM, Richard Klein via WLUG wrote: > > I vaguely remember mirc. Neither mirc nor pirch were available through > the Microsoft Store. I installed something, but never got around to trying > it, and now I'm wfh on my own computer. I'll still be booting into Windows > for work, so, whatever it was, I'll probably install it again. Now I'm > trying to decide on an IRC client for Debian/Gnome... > > -- > Rich > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 5:04 PM Chris Thompson via WLUG < > wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > >> (PS - moderator, please ignore my last post from the incorrect >> address...doh! sorry.) >> >> LOL Chuck. That's not very nice, but...funny! :P >> >> Sorry to hear you are stuck with Windows 'cause of "the man". Haven't >> used it for a rather long time now, so I dunno if these still even >> exist, but mIRC I think was the last I used (before that Pirch rings a >> bell). >> >> There are great Web-based interfaces if you are maintaining a server >> somewhere - my favorite there is the node implementation called "The >> Lounge". https://thelounge.chat/docs Nice thing is it'll stay connected >> for >> you so you won't miss messages. >> >> --Chris >> >> On 3/18/20 2:30 PM, Chuck Anderson via WLUG wrote: >> > format c: >> > >> > (make sure to run from a CMD window with Administrator privileges) >> > >> > On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 02:22:25PM -0400, Richard Klein via WLUG wrote: >> >> Do you guys have a favorite IRC client for Windows? >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 18, 2020 at 1:28 PM Chris Thompson via WLUG < >> wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> I would certainly recommend organizing in IRC, but for more >> interaction, >> >>> Jitsi is worth a shot. >> >>> >> >>> Zoom does work very well on Gnu/Linux, but yes - proprietary, so, >> >>> personally not interested in using them more than I already am >> coerced to >> >>> :P >> >>> >> >>> Jitsi usually handles rooms with up to about a dozen people pretty >> well, >> >>> but often struggles beyond that. Most issues are resolved with a >> simple >> >>> reload of the page. >> >>> >> >>> Try it out @ either of these instances, no registration require: >> >>> >> >>> https://meet.jit.si/ (typically pretty bleeding-edge, so sometimes >> less >> >>> stable) >> >>> >> >>> or: >> >>> >> >>> https://meet.mayfirst.org/ (pretty up to date, but generally more >> stable >> >>> of late) >> >>> >> >>> Tim, you may be able to recover your ident info with the following, >> once >> >>> you've connected with #Freenode. If the name is registered with >> >>> NickServ, it'll email you at the registered address: >> >>> >> >>> /msg NickServ SENDPASS turbox >> >>> >> >>> --Chris >> >>> IRC: wolcen >> >>> >> >>> On 3/18/20 11:28 AM, Keith Wright via WLUG wrote: >> >>>>> Subject: [WLUG] Re: Physical WLUG Meeting is cancelled tomorrow... >> >>>>> From: madserge--- via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Never used IRC before but I do have an app on Manjaro called >> >>>>> Konversation that I think is a IRC client, would like to join if >> anyone >> >>>>> can tell me any info about the chat room that would be great! >> >>>> How did this work? >> >>>> >> >>>> I used IRC once before. A friend said "let's try this", >> >>>> and told me what program to run and how to start. >> >>>> >> >>>> The conversation went something like: >> >>>> Hi, are you there? Yes. It works! Yes. Well goodbye. >> >>>> >> >>>> That was many years ago, and I have forgotten the name >> >>>> of the program. Then I got busy and forgot the WLUG >> >>>> meeting entirely. >> >>>> >> >>>> Diane has been using something called Zoom on Windows. >> >>>> Google turns up some hints that Zoom can work on Linux, >> >>>> but it seems to be a binary mystery code that connects >> >>>> to the mother ship and does secret stuff...anybody know? >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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/YCS6I… >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/4HCI5… >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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/NZRMC… > > _______________________________________________ > 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/7UPSJ… >

5 years, 10 months

Re: [Wlug] Ubuntu CD's

by Eric Stein

I have 5 livecd/install sets that I got shipped from ubuntu awhile back. I'd like to keep one, so you can have the other four. Eric P.S. The meeting is at 7pm in the access grid room on Wednesday, right? Mike Leo wrote: >I made the mistake of offering a linux basics class at work. > >I was going to use the Ubuntu LiveCD to get the class some hands on. This way, they could take >the CD and install it if they wanted too. > >I figured about 5-10 responders would say they wanted to go to the class. > >So far about 20 people are coming. > >Anyone have any extra 5.1 Ubuntu CD's they can part with? I need at least 10 more now and don't >have time to wait for the mail. I know I could make copies, but talking about the free-ness of >it, it would be better to hand them a nice legit copy. > >If so, please bring them to the LUG meeting tomorow if you can. > >Thanks... > >Mike >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

19 years, 10 months

Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting...

by dulsi＠identicalsoftware.com

Funny I just wrote a program due to having young kids. I wondered how my oldest would do at spelling tests in first grade. I decided to whip up a game to test his spelling. Due to my son's obsession with Legos I used a Lego movie setting for the game. You play Batman trying to rescue people from some new think tanks. Each character has a password to release them based on them. Batman says what the word is an you have to spell it. Of course getting enough content in to be usable is taking time. My son's spelling words don't always work easily either. My sons have played with gcompris a little bit. Quoting Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com>: > I figure we're half way through October at this point, we should start > thinking about what we'd like talk about for a topic next month. > > One area that's of interest to me with young kids is educational programs > that work on linux. > > Thanks, > Tim. > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". >

11 years, 4 months

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