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Re: Improving WLUG outreach

by Dennis Payne

The NatickFOSS group uses gettogether.community instead of meetup.com. I don't know that it has gotten us any visibility but the software is open source. I've been tempted to join meetup to go to Boston Indie Game Developer meetings but have so far held off. The NatickFOSS group also gets a booth at the Science on State Street event at Framingham State. It is a free STEM activity fair for kids. My job at the event is to generally occupy the time of the kids so the other members talk to the parents. First year I had a playstation controller hooked up to my laptop and held it out to any kid that walked by. Last year I brought the arcade machine assembled by my son's cub scout den. Any idea if WPI does any thing similar? Even if it is something only for WPI students it might be useful to alert people to the group's existence. -- Dennis Payne dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com https://social.freegamedev.net/channel/dulsi

4 years, 11 months

Followup [Re: Follow-Up to Key Signing Party]

by Jamie Guinan

Ok, so I did, gpg --recv-keys ... [everyone's ID from the meeting ] gpg --fingerprint ... [ confirm fingerprints ] for key in ... ; do gpg --sign-key $key; done for key in ... ; do gpg --send-key $key; done Now "gpg --list-keys" shows all the keys I expected to see. And just now I did a "gpg --recv-keys <my ID>" and it said I had 6 new signatures, gpg: requesting key 103BA0B0 from hkp server pgp.mit.edu gpg: key 103BA0B0: "Jamie Guinan <guinan(a)bluebutton.com>" 6 new signatures gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, PGP trust model gpg: depth: 0 valid: 1 signed: 12 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u gpg: depth: 1 valid: 12 signed: 1 trust: 12-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 0u gpg: next trustdb check due at 2009-04-16 gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: new signatures: 6 I think that looks good. At some point I'll look into using it for email and other things, but at least the basics are there. -Jamie

17 years, 7 months

Re: Questions on Technocopia

by Kevin Harrington

Yes food and drink are allowed. The class room has lots of plugs along the walls, although bringing out some extra power strips can also happen. We support back to Cambrian era, so Mezozoic is no problem ;). Precambrian however you are going to need to bring your own microscope. On Tue, Aug 1, 2023, 7:32 AM hammerron via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > These questions may be more directed at Tim, or Kevin (if he gets these > emails): > > Does Technopia allow food and drink? > > Would rooms for any future WLUG meetings there have access to AC outlets > for laptops with Mesozoic age batteries that won't hold a charge? > > Ron > > _______________________________________________ > 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/YMYH4… >

1 year, 4 months

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

by soup

Yep, definitely the case. Need CUDA cores, without them it's doing other and more work. It's funny the apple silicon will probably see faster performance increase than the Radeons just because that's where the people wrenching on this stuff are. I'm still in intel land there for OSX and will be for quite a while (audio software reasons). I'm operating slowly with a 2070RTX and agree, once you've got process, it is a much better value proposition to pay for cloud inferencing. Merging of large checkpoints, building intricate models, aren't possible on consumer hardware until you get into silly money and datacenter boards will always be faster in any case. There's facility and process for separation of elements but were I working professionally in this fashion I would not be expecting final output from inferencing. I would use it as a stock library, at this point in the tech anyway. Even the simplest use of the thing- generating backgrounds, saves so much work and allows for so much different _kind_ of work that if that was all it did it would be a revolution. Separation or direction of elements during inferencing has seen improvement in leaps and bounds, though. Not long ago it was just inpainting (creating masks), and autogeneration of partitions with math, then partition by token/attention and now even automatable manipulation of masking and weights by partition by mask. So it's definitely doable but would require each to build pipeline for their needs. Those tools are still in early stages but the ComfyUI¹ has a 'workflows' conceit for doing a lot of that with visual programming. I haven't moved on from grado library webui yet so no first hand experience with it. Already have pipelines for my purpose in that, the usual, no time to move to the bleeding edge~ For that particular need, the stock featureset of Automatic1111² can do growth, called "outpainting", of a given input. There's extensions to expand on steering capabilities for that but it does a fine job in my experience, as long as the checkpoint and tokens you're using "knows" something of the input. Talking about art is like dancing about architecture so I hope I'm being clear. Also, I should say this is all down at the consumer level, folks building huge base models or using it in enterprise are much more likely to be using pytorch and the diffusers lib. soup ¹ https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI ² https://github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 9:52 AM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > You have to have a recent nVidia CPU to get good results, I was trying > using AMD GPUs and it just wasn't fast at all. So instead of spending > $500 on a GPU, I think spending $20 on some cloud rental might be a > good use of my money and time. > > Still watiing on <blanking on his name> to post his setup instructions > from New Orleans so we can all start poking at it. > > > Now one big issue I see is that once get generate an image, can you > get a version broken into layers? Do professional artists work mostly > in layers on computers so they can more easily re-compose their > layout? > > For some of the examples, I though it was really neat, but I'd like to > shift the result to the left say to emphasize the background more. > > But since I'm a terrible artist without any training or much talent, I > leave it to others to answer these questions. >

10 months, 1 week

Re: [Wlug] Seeking SuSE 9.1 personal edition

by Steve Freitag

Andy, Not sure if this helps you, but it looks like you can download a SuSE 9.1 Personal iso from a SuSE mirror such as this one: http://suse.cs.utah.edu/suse/i386/9.1-personal-iso/ Here's a couple of links which gives more info on the download (no commercial software) version: http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=7425 http://www.distrowatch.com/?newsid=01692#0 Andy Stewart wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > > >HI all, > >Does anybody have a copy of SuSE 9.1 *personal* edition? Can you bring it to >the next WLUG meeting (no, I'm not roping you into a presentation...)? >Please let me know. > >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) > >iD8DBQFBJAJ4Hl0iXDssISsRAoS8AJ9+mR2XvXk/u3NQiqGjgvJ3G2kTEwCfQx0T >2/S0fV2C4zSVC7fFgxf4wq0= >=pmTL >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >

20 years, 4 months

Back issues of Linux Journal magazine available

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, I am cleaning out a closet and have some back issues of Linux Journal magazine that I'd like to give to somebody who wants them. They are all in great shape, all have been read, and (for you collectors) most probably do not have the mail in subscription cards (I like to use those as bookmarks). Aug 1995 (issue 16) - Dec 1995 All issues from 1996 All issues from 1997, incl Buyer's Guide All issues from 1998, incl Buyer's Guide All issues from 1999, incl "Enterprise Solutions" supplement If nobody wants them by next Monday, I'll send them to recycling. I'd be happy to bring them to the next WLUG meeting if somebody specifically says they want them. Later, Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCpOXZHl0iXDssISsRApXfAJ9UODjZ7meFzPZ/YesyBbsKDPBlUgCeM8Pa Ovvq9jm+aPlUetgGUSG94pQ= =WsE0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

19 years, 6 months

Re: [Wlug] network bandwidth monitor

by Joe Riopel

Here is a network bandwidth monitor I cam acress recently: http://www.gropp.org/ On 4/10/06, Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Mike Leo wrote: > > A few meetings ago, someone had a network bandwidth monitor...anyone remember what it was? > > > > it was not nload or iftop, but something else that i can't think of! > > > > can you remember? > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > Are you thinking of iptraf ? > > Andy > > - -- > Andy Stewart, Founder > Worcester Linux Users' Group > Worcester, MA, USA > http://www.wlug.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFEOkxxHl0iXDssISsRAkVhAKCDGoq6HrppXOWpp95YNCyWBaG8LQCfcQNs > T2PEaSVysQ8VdUzhXsjxw+Y= > =GCh9 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

18 years, 8 months

Re: [Wlug] BBQ Question

by Tim Keller

You're thinking of last years BBQ! My plan was to have the BBQ either August or Sept. Being anywhere near a grill when it's 100 degrees just isn't enjoyable. On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 10:47 AM, Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> wrote: > I thought it already happened. Maybe I'm thinking of last year's BBQ? > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 10:43 AM Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> > wrote: > >> THE HAMMER <hammerron(a)hotmail.com> writes: >> >> > I wasn't able to get to the last meeting so am >> > wondering of there has been any talk of a WLUG BBQ? >> >> No. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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".

6 years, 5 months

Re: [Wlug] Re: Wlug Digest, Vol 22, Issue 18

by John Stoffel

Carlton> I've done software RAID (RAID0 and RAID5) for a long time and Carlton> never had to use an initrd image. Just have a 100 MB boot Carlton> partition on one drive, and set root=/dev/md0 in grub. For me, the whole idea of booting of RAID is so that I can lose either disk, and not really notice. Currently, I don't have that. And since my main test system is also my main work system at home, I'm loathe to screw with it much. *grin* Carlton> This is with two 60GB WD HD's and one 80 GB (which has the Carlton> bootable 100 MB partition). If you RAID it all, well, guess Carlton> you need an initrd (please correct me if I'm wrong). As far as I know, yes you do need an initrd (or initramfs now?) to make it work properly. Carlton> As far as RAID1 and RAID5, isn't RAID5 strictly better, if Carlton> you have the HD's? I mean, just lose 1/3 of the storage for Carlton> total mirroring and you have to lose 2 HD's to lose your Carlton> data. Why would someone choose RAID1 over RAID5 (just Carlton> curious)? I did have a RAID5 system set up, but decided to Carlton> change it over to RAID0 and use an external Maxtor drive for Carlton> backup (just simple rsync). RAID0 = stripping RAID1 = mirroring RAID5 = parity RAID5 suffers on write performance when compared to RAID1, since if you write a small chunk of data, RAID5 may have to actually READ/COMPUTE PARITY/WRITE to all the drives. With RAID1, it's a simple parallel write to each drive. No READ overhead. RAID5 can generally just lose 1 disk from the set without losing data. RAID1 can lose 1/2 the mirror without losing data. How you implement your RAID1 setup across more than two disks is an issue. I choose RAID1 over RAID5 because I only had space for two drives, and I only had an HPT302 with dual channels, so I put one disk on each channel for maximum peformance. If I had more money and a 3ware controller, I probably would have gone for RAID5 on my data, since it has a size/cost advantage over RAID1. I would NEVER go for RAID0 for my data, too much potential for data loss. Even with backups. Carlton> Personally, I feel if you compile a couple of kernels it Carlton> really becomes old hat, I mean, once you know how to do it Carlton> it's no big deal. Same with RAID systems. But that would be Carlton> an interesting meeting, nonetheless. Exactly, it would be an interesting meeting to show people how easy it is to implement, and hopefully how robust it is as well, esp if you lose your primary harddisk. Can you boot cleanly from the secondary one? You have updated the MBR on that disk, right? Carlton> I've never had a problem and found I needed initrd to get Carlton> something to work. What are the benefits of using it? >From what I know, the advantage/requirement of using an initrd is that you can boot off of a funky device, since you first boot into a small OS image with all the tools you need to setup and switch to your main filesystems. In my case, I've got a pair of 9gb SCSI disks, and I currently boot off one. My plan has always been to mirror the two disks so that if I lost one, I could still boot. My data is all on a pair of 120gb IDE drives, which are mirrored, and which have saved me from ugly restores, because I noticed that one disk had dropped out and I was able to just re-mirror without any major impact. John

19 years, 3 months

Re: [Wlug] Motherboard search tool?

by Richard Klein

On 11/15/2007, John Stoffel wrote: > > So does anyone know of a useful resource which compares > motherboards and allows you to filter down the selection > quickly and easily? Esp by features? > > So say I want: > > AM2 socket > FireWire onboard > 4gb > RAM potential > Gigabit Ethernet > >= 3 PCI slots > 1 PCIe x16 > >= 1 PCIe x1 or x4 I don't know of one specific site for comparing motherboards like that (and motherboard makers change their line-ups so often, it could be tough to keep such a site fresh). I usually figure out which chipset I want, first, and then narrow my search to motherboards with that chipset. If you're looking at regular ATX motherboards, I think you'd be hard-pressed to find one that *didn't* have onboard FireWire and Gigabit Ethernet. I suspect most motherboards these days will meet all your specs except for >= 3 PCI slots. The industry seems to be in a hurry to drop PCI slots. -- Rich

17 years, 1 month

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