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Re: [Wlug] WLUG's membership in BUG

by Charles R. Anderson

On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 11:34:17PM -0400, Bill Smith wrote: wsmith> Another poster (forgot the name... sorry.) suggested that the $50 would wsmith> be better spent paying for an advert in the paper. i'm inclined to wsmith> agree (although i might lean towards something like the Globe or wsmith> something like that, not just a college paper). wsmith> wsmith> if the matter is still under discussion, i vote "no". My vote is also "no". $50 isn't worth a broken "Javascript" link (doesn't work in lynx or links) on a web site that can't even put our meeting schedule on their calendar. Why do they have a .com anyway? I'm sure we can think of much better ways to spend $50. I love the idea of the ad in the paper, too. Remember, we can always join at a future date if things change. Right now, though, I don't think we got anything out of our last year's membership. Maybe we can invite one of their folk to speak at an upcoming meeting to try to convince us of why we should re-join. Worcester isn't Boston. Maybe we should start our own WorcesterUserGroups.org :) We are, after all, the second largest city in New England... (kidding...) -- 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

23 years, 5 months

Re: [Wlug] Re: Next Meeting?

by Andy Stewart

On Monday 01 September 2003 4:52 pm, albutler33(a)netscape.net wrote: > Andy, > > I think a great topic especially for the new students would be "Fast Track > to Linux" where you introduce the GNOME and KDE desktops and a few of your > favorite tools and utilities. > > Al Butler HI Al, My most current thoughts are centered on Linux, its origins, the GPL, WLUG/WPILA, and then segue into single CD demo distributions for folks who want to "kick the tires", as it were, without fully committing their hard drives to Linux. One such single CD demo distribution is Knoppix, which does have KDE (and GNOME?). Once Knoppix is running, many things could be demonstrated. If I go with this idea, I'd want to have copies of the Knoppix CD available for people to take home, and hopefully they would try it at their leisure. How does that sound? Do people have additional ideas? Let's hear them! :-) Later, Andy > > __________________________________________________________________ > McAfee VirusScan Online from the Netscape Network. > Comprehensive protection for your entire computer. Get your free trial > today! > http://channels.netscape.com/ns/computing/mcafee/index.jsp?promo=393397 > > Get AOL Instant Messenger 5.1 free of charge. Download Now! > http://aim.aol.com/aimnew/Aim/register.adp?promo=380455 > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

22 years, 5 months

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

by Tim Keller

I like the idea of doing the Asterisk/Telephony talk for Nov. Logan that would give you some time to polish your presentation, etc. I have no problem giving the talk on "Educational programs and toys that work with linux" for Dec that's a good lead into $GIFT_GIVING_HOLIDAY. Thanks, Tim. On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 8:09 AM, Joel <joelgroup(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I have a 7 year old, so kids & education sounds great. > > Telephony would be a great topic as well. > > Thank you, > > Joel > > > > > On October 14, 2014 5:37:27 PM Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > 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". > > > > ---------- > _______________________________________________ > 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".

11 years, 3 months

Re: [Wlug] Topics for upcoming meetings...

by thinkbrown＠gmail.com

I offered to either give a talk on home virtualization or ownCloud (or both) depending on people's interest (ownCloud is basically a privately hostable Dropbox solution). On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 10:49 PM, Jeff Moyer <jmoyer(a)redhat.com> < SRS0=utBu=KU=mail.wlug.org=wlug-bounces(a)srs.wpi.edu> wrote: > "Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com>" > <SRS0=utBu=KU=mail.wlug.org=wlug-bounces(a)srs.wpi.edu> writes: > > > Despite my assertions that I was going to take notes, I didn't. > > > > Here's what I remember, feel free to add anything that I've forgotten. > > > > 1. Encryption deep dive with my buddy Nick. (I've already spoken to him > and > > he's excited to speak) > > 2. Setting up an radio station using open source software: Greg. > > 3. Talk about Open Computer Vision: Tim. > > 4. Talk about digital currency. ? > > 5. Logan wanted to speak about something? > > > > Have I forgot anything or do people have any more ideas? > > If there is interest, I could give a presentation on the newest storage > technology: persistent memory. > > http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2015/07/28/intel-an… > > https://www.sandisk.com/about/media-center/press-releases/2015/sandisk-and-… > > Cheers, > Jeff > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

10 years, 3 months

Re: [Wlug] gettin' the Sparc Classic on the network...

by john＠stoffel.org

Sands> Settin' up the box I won at the last WLUG meeting. I wanna Sands> get it on the network here at work. When I watch the boot Sands> messages, I see "eth0 LANCE <mac address>" and "eth0 using Sands> auto-carrier-detection", but i don't see an entry for /dev/eth0 Sands> when i look there. I can ping the local loopback, but when I Sands> try to use DHCP in linuxconf to let it grab an address, but in Sands> ifconfig, i still only see the entry for the local loopback. Sands> Is there a different location for the eth0 device? Any hints? Sands> Anything would be appreciated. Thanx everyone. The box should already be semi setup to use an address between 192.168.1.101-105, or something like that. I don't remember exactly what I used and I'm not at home to check. The LANCE part is the ethernet chip, eth0 is the interface you need to use to access the net. Do you have any errors in the log file when you run dhcpd on the box? It might need to have some stuff put into /etc/dhcpd.conf to get it working right. I can check this at home if need be. And if need be, I can rip a copy of RH 6.1 for Sparc and bring it to the next meeting for those who'd like to get packages for it. John

24 years, 5 months

PGP Key Signing Party

by Eric Martin

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This upcoming meeting we are going to have a PGP Key Signing Party. For those of you who don't know what PGP is, allow me to briefly explain. This is all base off of the GPG Key Signing HOWTO (http://www.rubin.ch/pgp/kspa/gpg-party.en.html) which I suggest for further reading. Those who do know can feel free to skip down to the next paragraph. PGP stands for Pretty Good Privacy, and is a Public Key Infrastructure that allows us to communicate securely and deal with data in a secure fashion. There is a public key that one would typically upload to a server and a private key that you hold on to. With the private key you can decrypt / sign, and with the public key you can encrypt / verify emails and documents. Key signatures come into play when you validate that a specific key belongs to a specific person and extend the web of trust. Here's what needs to be done BEFORE the meeting on your computer, or on a secure terminal (e.g. not in a computer lab on your campus). I'll post directions both for GPG (Gnu Privacy Guard) and Kgpg (the KDE front - -end to gpg for all of those who like GUIs). 1. Generate a Key Pair / Verify your key won't expire soon gpg --gen-key (Default values of DSA/Elgamal is fine and the default of 2048 is good.) I recommend 3 - 5 years for a key lifespan (how long the key will be good for) 1a) for those of you wishing to use Kgpg, goto Keys -> Generate Key Pair and fill in the dialog box Once you create the New key pair, check the Save As box under _Revocation Certificate_ to save a Revocation Certificate (see 2) 1c) For those of you who already have a key, make sure yours isn't about to expire (like mine did). If it has expired, you can extend the life by $ gpg --edit-key <key-id> and typing expire at the command prompt next, generate a new key-pair and sign your new key with your old key so anyone who trusted your old one will trust the new one. 2) Generate a revocation certificate Revocation certificates are for situations where you forget your passphrase, the key becomes comprised, etc you can revoke your key. $ gpg --output revoke.asc --gen-revoke <key-id> Save this in multiple places, print a copy etc in case you need it. 2GUI) If you didn't create a revocation cert in Kgpg, just right click on your new key and select Revoke Key. when the box pops up only check Save As 3) Upload your key to the Designated server for this party (pgp.mit.edu) $ gpg --send-key --keyserver=pgp.mit.edu <key-id> 3GUI) Right Click on the Key, select Export Public Keys, select Default Key Server (make sure it's pgp.mit.edu under Settings) 4) Email me your key's fingerprint so I can add it to the list $ gpg --fingerprint <key-id> Copy and Paste that into an email to the coordinator (me, Eric Martin). 5) print out a copy of that same output and bring it to the meeting. I'll make up a check list and bring them to the meeting for everyone to use. Example output from Step 4: pub 1024D/A9413B9F 2007-04-09 [expires: 2010-04-08] Key fingerprint = D1C4 086E DBB5 C18E 6FDA B215 6A25 7174 A941 3B9F uid Eric J. Martin <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com> uid Eric J. Martin <freak4uxxx(a)gmail.com> sub 2048g/01F81B8E 2007-04-09 [expires: 2010-04-08] my <key-id> is A9413B9F (which is always the same as my last 8 hex digits of my fingerprint). If like me you don't always remember your key-id you can use your email address and it will still work. My full key information is: Key ID: A9413B9F Key Type: DSA Hex Fingerprint: D1C4 086E DBB5 C18E 6FDA B215 6A25 7174 A941 3B9F Key Size: 1024 (The DSA key is always 1024 bits. The ElGamal Encryption key is 2048 bits in my case, but isn't needed for the keysigning party.) What you should bring to this party 1. Yourself, no exceptions 2. Two forms of positive photo ID - driver's license and passport are good 3. Key Id, Key Type, Hex Fingerprint and Key size info ***Please print out your own copy of your info to compare against mine when you arrive *** 4. Pen / Pencil What you Should Not Bring 1. Computer I want to thank Chuck Anderson for helping me out. If you have any questions please let me know. Eric -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGMBvKaiVxdKlBO58RAsCVAJ9cA488l+SybdxD+rgqNWGi/U9tUQCeMvH8 UAhMTFVRG5SbVVn5jqbVwqg= =BSzn -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

18 years, 9 months

Re: We've got a meeting next week on the 13th!

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "soup" == soup via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: I suspect that now that Broadcom is releasing their new ARM CPU and MS is shipping windows on it, there will be alot more ARM based boards out there, and they should be pretty good for running linux. In my use case though, I'd be happy to run on ARM for my personal email hosting and simple web stuff, but it's the memory that's the killer. I want to get a Linode with more RAM (1gb just doesn't cut it when you try to run rspam...) so I can run postfix/dovecot/rspam and all the other stuff you need for doing email well these days. Stuff like setting up keys, DMARC, SPF, signing outgoing emails, re-signing forwarded emails, etc. It's honestly getting pretty damn tough to run your own mail server well these days. > Damn that's some metal. Pricing is up there for a workstation > though. It'll drop hopefully, especially with Win11 ARM on the > horizon. Much obliged for the info. > --- > soup > On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 4:19 PM Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > In my data center I've got a bunch of Ampere ARM servers and they're awesome. U.2 NVME, lots > of PCI slots, etc. > https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2023/everything-ive-learned-building-fast… > Tim. > On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 1:51 PM soup <soupforare(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Are there any shipping ARM boards/chips for the consumer market? Quick look just shows a > few ATX server boards with, relatively, ancient ARMs bundled. > The stuff Apple is shipping has the same T2 "problem" the later intel machines have with > running linux, it's kind of a pain, delicate, and ruins the point of having the hardware > security in the first place. It'd be amazing if they'd work on 1st party support but > considering their business model I don't see that ever happening. > On the server side, I'm loving ARM. I saw the revolution coming back when AWS Graviton was > first announced. Pushed a lot of things at work over early. With go binaries it's as > simple as a compile flag. Graviton2 offerings were ~1/3 off the equivalent intel machines > for EC2, similar discount for lambda. For some of our workloads they were faster than > intel too. Haven't had occasion to test the grav3 stuff but I imagine it's better still. > If you've got things in interpreted language, go, or projects that have been cross-arch > and stable a while- mariadb, postgresql, nginx, et al., definitely would suggest seeing > how it'd work for you. > --- > soup > On Fri, Jun 7, 2024 at 12:20 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Keith, > It wasn't just you. It seems that it maxes out at some low number of users.. why.. > worth investigating, but not at the expense of people being able to get into the > meeting. > Yeah, ARM for linux has been the "hotness" for a while. Pi definitely brought it to > the forefront, but now more and more there are viable arm desktops. > As for the AI, there are some FOSS solutions out there that are shockingly amazing. > "ollama" is just one of them. > No need to pay NVidia for AMD for the privilege. > Tim. > On Thu, Jun 6, 2024 at 1:58 PM Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> wrote: > Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: >> We've got a meeting next week! Note, I won't be using our own Jitsi server >> but going to back to the old one since we've had so many issues. > I think part of the problem was with my micophone to webserver > interface. > At this point I am thinking of this more as a test than a meeting, > but I plan to do it. >> If there's a topic that people would like us to tackle, I'd be up for it! > I haven't been paying a lot of attention to the latest hardware, but > the radio said something about ARM processor that caught my attention. > ARM means rasberry pi means Linux, no? Wikipedia has an enormous > article (the Citations alone are 11 pages two column) but the last > thing on the page seems to say that Wine is no longer for playing > Windows games on Linux, but that MS needs it to prop up the ass end > of their sorry operating system. Is the monopoly gone? > The radio also speaks of Nvidia. They sell those Invidious graphics > cards. The ones that need special secret drivers that only work if > you have the right *.dll? It seems that everyone now needs them to > do Artifical Intelligence (all rise). Have they changed their attitude, > or is it like: "Here's your AI. Pay the monthly bill to retain your > licence to use it. Any attempt to try to find out what it does or > how it works will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law of > Connecticut."? > -- Keith > -- > 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/K35PA… > -- > 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/BUVOG…

1 year, 8 months

Re: Reminder: WLUG Meeting tonight: Topic ProxMox / Turning Pi 2

by Keith Wright

John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > And does anyone have pointers to the Image generating stuff we talked > about? It wiould be fun to try it out myself and for $10 I could get > alot of fun. That wasn't a motion, but I second it anyway. From the viewpoint of a jit.si watcher, that was one of the most fun demos of a program I have seen at a WLUG over the decades. But eye-candy aside, I was most interested that the demonstrator claimed to understand how it works and to have some links. The meaning of words changes over time. More change in less time now. A cartoon generating program is called "artificial intelligence". I can't draw cartoons, so I must not be intelligent. The words "machine learning" were used. As I said Thursday, I did my dissertation on machine learning. At that time, it meant a computer (with appropriate programming) would input a sequence of examples, each marked as in or not in a certain class. The computer would then (we hoped) be able to correctly classify examples that had not been explicitly shown before. I didn't see anything like that in the demo. It was said to be based on a "neural net", but neural nets have been around since Minsky started inventing words back in the fifties. What changed to make neural networks suddenly start working? -- Keith

1 year, 11 months

Re: [Wlug] WLUG Meeting March 10th 2016!

by Frank Sweetser

Sure, I can throw some slides together! On March 7, 2016 9:32:04 PM EST, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Hey Gang, > >I put a shout out for topic ideas and got crickets... If Frank would be >gracious enough to do a talk bout RPZ security features in bind (even >if >it's a short one) that would be great. > >Then I figure we can do a round table and talk about the new Raspberry >Pi >3, competitors to the Pi, SQL server for Linux?!?!, ZFS on in ubuntu >16.10, >linux gaming, etc. > >If there's something that someone's interested in talking about, reply >to >the list and we'll round table it as well... lots of times this turns >into >a topic. Someone (maybe Chuck) mentioned something about Flask... > >Afterwards we'll head to Tech Pizza (and if it's warm enough maybe >Wooberry!) and keep the conversation going. > >I'd like to apologize for dropping the ball a bit lately, life's gotten >hectic. I'm going to start working on getting some speakers lined up. > >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 -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

9 years, 11 months

Re: WLUG MEETING TONIGHT!

by steve＠patternsoft.net

I missed the original message about it even though it’s in my mailbox. I forwarded it to the list. And I do recall getting a reply to my message about joining but I cannot find it. Hopefully though the link in the forward works? > On Dec 10, 2025, at 10:34 PM, Keith Wright via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > >> >>> 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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/QGC2Z…

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