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Re: WLUG Meeting next week! July 13th 2023.. Tentative topic is keyboards, RedHat.

by Jon "maddog" Hall

Hello, Re: Red Hat and IBM Several weeks ago IBM and Red Hat announced a change to their business licenses for RHEL. Several pundits wrote their opinions about these changes. I carefully read most of them, but I felt some concepts were missing. So I took my time and wrote my thoughts on it. I wrote to you in the middle of writing this article that I would share it with you when it was finished. I will warn you that the article is long. Very long. It is not the article of the TicTok generation, or even the Instagram generation. It is not an article for the faint of heart, but I think it does give a lot of insight into the development of software as an industry, binary-only code and why it happened, Open Source and Free Software. I have shared this with several people who, like me, have been around a "long time", and now I share it with you. Don't look for finger wagging here. Customers will decide what direction they want to go. https://www.lpi.org/blog/2023/07/30/ibm-red-hat-and-free-software-an-old-ma… Regards, md On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 1:22 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > While not entirely linux related, keyboard preference is something that we > all have opinions on. > I'll bring along a couple interesting keyboards that play nicely with > linux. > > I know we'll definitely talk about the the RedHat decision as well. It'll > be interesting to get Joshua's perspective on this as well. > > I'm still working out a location on the WPI campus, I'll let everybody > know when I get more details. > > 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 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/BGQUS… >

2 years, 8 months

Re: [Wlug] Extra Hardware

by Dan Crooks

I would be happy to have one or more or all of those scsi drives. BTW when is the next meeting? Dan Crooks On Sunday 12 August 2001 01:52 pm, you wrote: > Speaking o' which.... > > I have 4 2.4 gig scsi drives in enclosures. Most have centronix > connectors. I have some cables too. They are about to be donated to > goodwill, but I will hold them till this month's meeting if someone wants > them. Let me know by cc'ing to ghostis(a)myrealbox.com; my procmail filter > is on the fritz so your wlug reply may get lost in the shuffle. I also > have an axpci alpha board with cpu & memory in a case, but I don't know if > anyone would have a use for those things anymore... > > -Adam > > On Sat, 11 Aug 2001, Brian Niece wrote: > > It is with a heavy heart that I make the following announcement: > > > > After seven enjoyable and educational years, I am shutting down my last > > Linux computer. After taking out the parts that I need for my zippy new > > Athlon and donating most of the computer to my employer, I will have the > > following left over. I don't feel like dealing with Ebay, so I will > > gladly give them to the first respondents who contact me and are willing > > to pick them up. > > > > The items are: > > > > 1 Seagate Medalist Pro 1080, 1 Gb SCSI hard drive > > 1 Seagate Medalist Pro 2160, 2 Gb SCSI hard drive > > 1 Sony CDU76S, 4x SCSI CD-ROM Drive > > 1 50 pin internal SCSI hard drive cable. > > > > -- > > Brian K. Niece, Ph.D. > > Assistant Professor of Chemistry > > Assumption College > > 500 Salisbury St. > > Worcester, MA 01609-1296 > > 508-767-7209 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > _____________________________________________ > > Adam Keck The Mathworks > > 508-647-7298 Natick, Ma > > www.mathworks.com > > FreeNIX/Backup/Unix Administrator > > _____________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

24 years, 7 months

Re: [Wlug] Talk for April... Thursday April 12?

by James Gray

Works for me. On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 9:08 AM, Chuck Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > How would people feel about having the April meeting on Thursday April > 12 instead of Wednesday April 11? I won't be available on Wednesday. > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 08:51:47AM -0400, Chuck Anderson wrote: > > Thanks Tim, I think an offical ZFS talk would be great. I'll update > > the website and IRC channel. > > > > Chuck > > > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 08:14:01PM -0400, Tim Keller wrote: > > > I believe the previous talk was about btrfs and compared it to zfs. I > > > would consider this talk a stand alone talk that would focus on the > > > features of zfs. > > > > > > Though my head's really full of noise. It's quite possible I did a > > > talk about zfs and don't even remember! > > > > > > Later, > > > Tim. > > > > > > On 3/27/12, James Gray <jamespgray(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I'd like to hear more about ZFS. As you know there was a previous > > > > presentation on ZFS as well, so it would be nice to cover some new > ground. > > > > I'd like to see some ZFS in action. > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 4:29 PM, David Glaser > > > > <dglaser(a)glaserresearch.net>wrote: > > > > > > > >> Sounds good to me! > > > >> > > > >> -David > > > >> > > > >> On 3/26/2012 12:33 PM, Tim Keller wrote: > > > >> > > > >> Hey Everybody, > > > >> > > > >> At the last meeting, there was some talk about ZFS... > > > >> > > > >> Would people be interested in me doing a talk about ZFS? > > > >> > > > >> Thanks, > > > >> Tim. > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

14 years

Re: Red Hat controversy

by Jon "maddog" Hall

Hi, I have been writing up a response to this that goes much deeper into the discussion than most articles I have read have done. Because I have been busy doing other things (Board Chair of the Linux Professional Institute, defending the Linux Trademark AGAIN, doing virtual presentations and preparing for a long trip to Latin America) I have not had time to finish it, but I should be able to finish it this weekend. I have given drafts to other LPI board members, many of whom have been in the FOSS space almost as long as I have and some have been in the computer space....no...few people have been in that space as long as I have. So far the comments have been good, some saying it was "great". When it is finished I will post it to the LPI blog (free for everyone to read) and let you guys know. I would also be happy to talk about it in great depth at a WLUG meeting. Spoiler Alert: There is no evil here, and out of it could come great good. Warmest regards, md On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 8:25 AM Joshua Stone via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I didn't talk about the Red Hat controversy at last night's meeting, > namely the decision to stop publishing RHEL sources to git.centos.org > <https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/furthering-evolution-centos-stream> and > the implications this has on the various RHEL clones. > > If there's anyone still interested in hearing about the rationale behind > this recent decision and the response that's created from clone makers, > then I recommend listening to the following Linux Unplugged episodes: > > Caught Red-Hatted | LINUX Unplugged 517 (timestamp 00:08:39): > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra-mXDI-keo > > The Clone Grift Wars | LINUX Unplugged 519 (timestamp 00:06:02) > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdYn_xlOma4 > > I hope that brings some much-needed context to the discussion. > > - 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/BGYSN… >

2 years, 8 months

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

by Tim Keller

I recently bought for my pi5 an actual cooler amd a hat that'll let me connect a m.2. I've hinted at setting up a zulip server and other stuff on it and then serving it over a tailsacale funnel. Time to put actually do it and present it.. So, I guess we've got a topic for August! Tim. I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers". On Thu, Jul 10, 2025, 5:46 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > >>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Stratton via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > > 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. > > I use dyndns for my stoffel.org domain, so I have a couple of records > in there, two are dynamic DNS which means the router at the remote > location will send out updates if the WAN site IP changes. This makes > it nice to get home via SSH if need be. > > What I'd like to see is a discussion on setting up and using wireguard > to access home system(s) or networks from remote locations. I started > playing with it, but got bogged down and never made any progress. > > I'm using OPNsense as my home firewall. And of course testing remote > access is a pain. I've got wireguard on my phone, but haven't made > the testing part work quite yet. >

8 months, 2 weeks

Re: [Wlug] Oct 24, 2002: Install Fest !

by Wes Allen

October 24th it is then! Whoopie! Wes On Saturday 28 September 2002 11:58 am, brad wrote: > I will. This will be a good time for that. > -b > > On Thursday 26 September 2002 09:27 am, Wes Allen wrote: > > anyone want to help me with that ipaq install then? > > > > WEs > > > > On Thursday 26 September 2002 9:18 pm, Andy Stewart wrote: > > > HI Everybody, > > > > > > I have reserved the HIggins Labs discovery classroom (HL218?) for our > > > upcoming install fest! This is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 24, which > > > is the night which was scheduled for our next WLUG meeting. I thought > > > that the first week of B term would work out well for the WPI > > > undergraduates. In place of the meeting, we'll have the install fest > > > from 6:30 - 9:30 PM (yes, the time is earlier for this occasion). I > > > will update the website shortly. > > > > > > If you know people who are interested in having us help them with a > > > Linux installation, please ask them to send me an e-mail so I can keep > > > track. We can probably accomodate folks who want us to configure > > > something but I'd like to give priority to installations. Voyeurs are > > > most welcome to watch and learn! > > > > > > Would somebody from WPILA please post this information on some > > > appropriate WPI newsgroups, bulletin boards, and the like? I'd like to > > > give priority to WPI students and allow "outsiders" if we have enough > > > space. Remember, we have another install fest in February which is > > > open to everybody. > > > > > > WLUG / WPILA Linux Install Fest > > > Date: Thursday, Oct. 24, 2002 > > > Time: 6:30 - 9:30 PM > > > E-mail: andystewart(a)attbi.com > > > > > > Later, > > > > > > Andy > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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

23 years, 6 months

Re: Dec meeting.. not the 14th! 21st or 28th?

by Robert Schwein

You've pretty much hit the high points Chuck. From my own experience when going overseas if I'm able to VPN to the country I'm going to, the rental car reservation is considerably less in cost to reserve that car than if I reserved it from state side. I'm assuming there is a difference between a poor native and a rich American. Bob On 12/8/2023 12:56 AM, Chuck Anderson via WLUG wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 09:08:00PM -0500, Doug Mildram via WLUG wrote: >> So, maybe or maybe not, that's the kind of VPN I suspect they're selling, >> but I don't see the value for normal folks....or maybe anyone. (educate >> me!) >> Unless their hosted-server-world-route network security is a win. >> Thanks for listening, and my thursday's look better than usual this month, >> so hoping for WLUG virtually dec 14. -doug > Yes. Those "modern" VPNs are used for many reasons. Here are a couple: > > - To appear to servers/services that you are physically located in a > different geographical area. This can help you bypass > geographically restricted content, such as watching sports programs > that content owners don't want you to see based on where you live > (local sports broadcast blackouts). Or trick hotels into giving you > a better price--yes, hotels can hike the rates they present to you > if they think you are nearby--assuming you need last-minute > accomodations while you are away on vacation. > > - To hide your real IP address from servers and/or hide your browsing > from intermediaries (your ISP for example) for privacy. This could > be so you can avoid being tracked and having your browsing habits > sold to advertisers (something your ISP can easily do--SSL does not > hide DNS queries although that is changing with the availability of > DNS-over-HTTPS and similar), to hide from authorities/copyright > enforcers, or for life-and-death reasons (hide from unfriendly > governments.) > _______________________________________________ > 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, 3 months

Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 110, Issue 5

by Frank Sweetser

At tech now. joel d <joelgroup(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Came late. > >Did I miss it? > >Tech pizza? > >Other location? > >Thank you, > >Joel > On Dec 12, 2012 12:00 PM, <wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org> wrote: > >> Send Wlug mailing list submissions to >> wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Need some help with digital signal processing ... (David >Glaser) >> 2. Announce: Meeting December 12th 7PM, WPI Campus Center >> Mid-Century Room 331 (Chuck Anderson) >> 3. Re: Need some help with digital signal processing ... (Jeff >Moyer) >> >> >> >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 06:33:22 -0500 >> From: David Glaser <dglaser(a)glaserresearch.net> >> Subject: [Wlug] Need some help with digital signal processing ... >> To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >> Message-ID: <50C86B82.5030301(a)glaserresearch.net> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> Hi Folks, >> >> I need some help with an Android app for the hearing impaired. >> Essentially, the app is to be used with a wearable android device >> (Google Glasses or theSony android wrist watch) and will listen for >> sounds such as the door bell or the tty, or any other household >> soundthat should be reported to the wearer. >> >> Capturing the sound using an Android device is not the problem. What >I >> don't know is how to compare the incoming sound stream with sound >> signatures that should cause the event to occur. Once the event >occurs, >> then text can be displayed on the googleglasses or the haptic >transducer >> on the wrist watch can be activated. >> >> This app is intended to be open sourceso I'm looking for volunteer >help >> on the algorithms. I will do the programming. >> >> Regards >> >> David Glaser >> dglaser(a)glaserresearch.net >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> >http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20121212/8dede17f/attachmen… >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:47:11 -0500 >> From: Chuck Anderson <cra(a)WPI.EDU> >> Subject: [Wlug] Announce: Meeting December 12th 7PM, WPI Campus >Center >> Mid-Century Room 331 >> To: wlug(a)wlug.org >> Message-ID: <20121212124710.GZ29170(a)angus.ind.WPI.EDU> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> We are having a WLUG meeting this evening, December 12, at 7:00 PM in >> the WPI Campus Center, Mid-Century Room 331. >> >> http://www.wpi.edu/Admin/CC/Floorplans/37678.htm >> >> This seems like a good time to talk about the WLUG website. We've >had >> half-completed plans since about 2 years ago to replace the hardware >> and software to create a Wiki or Drupal site to replace the outdated >> and manually-maintained-by-me HTML site. This week I plan to finally >> migrate things over to the new server, but the content will still be >> the old HTML site for now. We need some volunteers to help build a >> new site in either MediaWiki or Drupal or some other framework. >> >> After the meeting, we'll continue discussions over at Tech Pizza. >> >> Hope to see you there, >> Chuck >> -------------- next part -------------- >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >> Name: not available >> Type: application/pgp-signature >> Size: 190 bytes >> Desc: not available >> Url : >> >http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20121212/d872da62/attachmen… >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:33:35 -0500 >> From: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer(a)redhat.com> >> Subject: Re: [Wlug] Need some help with digital signal processing ... >> To: David Glaser <dglaser(a)glaserresearch.net>, Worcester Linux Users >> Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >> Message-ID: <x49zk1jl4qo.fsf(a)segfault.boston.devel.redhat.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> David Glaser <dglaser(a)glaserresearch.net> writes: >> >> > Hi Folks, >> > >> > I need some help with an Android app for the hearing impaired. >> > Essentially, the app is to be used with a wearable android device >> > (Google Glasses or theSony android wrist watch) and will listen for >> > sounds such as the door bell or the tty, or any other household >> > soundthat should be reported to the wearer. >> > >> > Capturing the sound using an Android device is not the problem. >What I >> > don't know is how to compare the incoming sound stream with sound >> > signatures that should cause the event to occur. Once the event >> > occurs, then text can be displayed on the googleglasses or the >haptic >> > transducer on the wrist watch can be activated. >> > >> > This app is intended to be open sourceso I'm looking for volunteer >> > help on the algorithms. I will do the programming. >> >> We've got some smart folks on this list, no doubt, but it might serve >> you better to ask this question in a more focused forum. Try >> http://www.reddit.com/r/DSP/ for starters. >> >> Good luck! >> Jeff >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> >> End of Wlug Digest, Vol 110, Issue 5 >> ************************************ >> > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >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.

13 years, 3 months

Re: [Wlug] Upcoming meetings - topic proposals

by Tom Martinson

Hello. I am new to this LUG. So I would like to say hello. Peter said that his wife has to connect to his SaMBa server from UMass. When I have had similar situations What I did was to setup a VPN using PPTP. That way you can block All SMB traffic to the outside world. Connect to the PPTP termination point with your client. Setup up the Tunnel and then the SMB information is passed on the inside of the tunnel. Thus keeping the integrity. Also this gives a smaller "signature" for your firewall/server to the real world. Just a though. Peter Gutowski wrote: > Well, so far it's not been a problem, although I keep a close watch on suspicious activity. (You'll notice entries for hosts allow and hosts deny. So far that seems to be pretty effective, although I do notice twits trying to access and being denied): > > hosts allow = 192.168.3.0/255.255.255.224 192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0 > 128.119.216.0/255.255.255.0 216.175.212.192/255.255.255.240 > hosts deny = all # <- no other machines can access > > Perhaps you could suggest conf options that allows [incoming] connections, but don't broadcast availability (i.e. is 'invicible' to all but people that know that that machine is a smb server). As I said, I'm not samba expert! (BTW, my wife accesses the system from her computer at UMass) > > On Monday, May 7, 2001 11:01 AM, Keller, Tim <Tim.Keller(a)stratus.com> wrote: > >> Hey I was looking at the sample smb.conf file (and I've set up a bunch of >> samba servers as well) and I saw something odd (well odd for >> me) >> >> -- start cut -- >> # Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces >> # If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them >> # here. See the man page for details. >> interfaces = 192.168.3.1 24.91.122.146 >> -- end cut -- >> >> >From a home network point of view, why would you want samba to bind to your >> external (24.xx...) address? Maybe I'm doing something wrong? >> >> I personally add rules to my firewall to block outgoing and incoming SMB >> traffic to the outside world. SMB as a protocol goes (if you could call it >> that) tends to tell the world more then one would want... >> >> Tim. >

24 years, 10 months

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

by Joel

I second the snap circuits. . My 7 year old has been experimenting with it for over a year. Starting to follow instructions now and build more complex stuff. Thank you, Joel On October 15, 2014 11:18:40 AM Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: Eric, Firstly, congratulations! Eli might be too young for it right now, but a couple years ago I bought Isabelle a "Snap Circuits" kit: http://www.amazon.com/Elenco-Snap-Circuits-SC-300-Physics/dp/B00CIXVIRQ It's been a hit in our house. I'm thinking of buying a copy of "Code Monkey Island": http://codemonkeyplanet.com/ Though I'd like to see the reviews first. Later, Tim. On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Eric Martin <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com> wrote: > We just had our second and our first is super interested in things so I'm > on board too. Telephony is also good for my job so no arguments here. > > > On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, 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 >> > > > -- > Eric Martin > > _______________________________________________ > 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

11 years, 5 months

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