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Re: WLUG history

by Andy Stewart

On 1/23/20 12:08 PM, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > One of my favorite anecdotes is from one of our installfests at Stratus where > Doug Wade tripped over the power cord *just* as the install had finished, but > before the MBR/LILO could be written to the disk. > It was cool to see a bunch of linux hackers stand around and get Mandrake to > properly boot on this persons machine. > > Good times. > > Tim. Definitely good times! I remember when Doug Waud tripped on that power cord. At the time, we somewhat affectionately said that the machine had been "Doug'd". I remember a talk that Doug Waud gave about computer networking. His first example of a network was a string with a cup at either end. Does anybody else remember that install fest we held at Stratus Computer? I think we installed Linux on 20 computers that day. I remember using a shoe horn to get it installed on two separate hard drives for Bob Evans, who I still see at ham radio club meetings. Andy -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Vice President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF) Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group

Jan. 24, 2020

New WLUG website

by Andy Stewart

HI everybody, The WLUG website has been moved to a new location. I'd like to thank Rob Bellville for hosting the WLUG website for us for the last 3.5 years! Unfortunately, the ISP that Rob was using is "going away" so the site needed a new home. Chuck Anderson has volunteered to host the WLUG website on his machine - thanks, Chuck! I will still maintain my role to keep the site up to date with meeting announcements and such. The change should be totally transparent to all of you. You will continue to access the site via: http://www.wlug.org You will know if you are seeing the new site since it says "**NEW**" near the top. As the DNS change is propagated around the Internet, eventually you'll all see the new site. Don't freak out if you don't catch the new site immediately...they both have identical content. I won't remove the files from the old site just yet until we're sure that the transition has been completed successfully. If you have problems accessing the site, please let me know. Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

May 20, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Re: Next Meeting?

by Stephen C. Daukas

Not to trigger a full blown debate... It doesn't matter what point *we* are at, it matters what point anyone who decides to show up is at. It also doesn't matter what can fit on a flash drive... You have to ask yourself who the intended audience is. If it is techies who already know what a home directory is and might end up playing with Linux without WLUG's help, then it doesn't matter what you show, or if you demo more than one thing. If, however, you are trying to interest newbies who might decide to stay with what they already have if the alternative is perceived as a lot of work, then I would advise skipping the discussion about how cool the technology is and focus on why a standard Linux distro is useful. As I keep reminding my students - the technology is meaningless, the important questions to ask is "what can you do with it". If you really want to excite a lot of students, show them how they can save money and, more importantly time, and still turn their assignments in on time in a format acceptable to their professors! The reason for my initial comment in this thread was simple: In my experience at WPI, a non-trivial minority of students do not have a tremendous amount of experience with computers - even the self professed "programmers." Students new to WPI are already overwhelmed with some 30-40 hours a week of school work outside of class time. If they are "into computers" then they are already interested enough to invest their time based on the "technology is cool" camp. If, however, they are interested in technology as a tool, they will look at the demo, size up how much effort is involved (and that includes how readily available the necessary information is and how easy that info is to use), decide how helpful the venue is to trying Linux, assess if Linux/WLUG/whatever is worth it to them, and make a decision. If, as you say, the commercial distributions are no more difficult to install than windows, then that is what we should be showing, as well as OpenOffice, Mozilla, and so forth. Steve Matt Higgins wrote: >My 2 cents or less if you will. > >I think Knoppix is the way to go! The point is to showoff Linux-wares not to >teach about a particular distributions configuration mechanism or file system >layout. Knoppix is clean and impressive in many ways and does a great job at >showing off what Linux can do. Furthermore we are to the point were a Linux >install is no more difficult then a Windows install, particularly the commercial >distributions; Red Hat, SuSe, Mandrake, Yellow Dog, etc... > >So thats my 2 cents or less, long live Slackware! > >Matt > >Quoting Steve Freitag <Steve.Freitag(a)alum.wpi.edu>: > > > >>I've recently spent a small amount of time playing around with both the SuSe >>8.2 Live Eval, and Knoppix 7-26-03, so I thought I'd pass along my >>observation >> >> >> >>Both default you into KDE and have a similar selection of apps (Like >>OpenOffice, Mozilla, the GIMP etc). Knoppix happens to be based of Debian. >> >> >> >>There were a couple of things I liked about Knoppix. The first is that you >>don't have to go through all the YaST screens when you boot, Knoppix just >>boots right up to KDE and logs you on as user knoppix. The other neat thing >>about Knoppix is that you can save your configuration and home directory of >>the size you specify on a USB flash drive. With SuSE if you want to save >>your configuration/home dir it creates a 100MB file on your hard drive (and >>another 100MB for swap if you want). With Knoppix you can carry a cheap >>($10 after rebate) 64MB USB flash drive around with you and a Knoppix CD and >>boot a PC into your personal environment without touching the hard disk. >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: wlug-admin(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf >>Of Stephen C. Daukas >>Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 4:23 PM >>To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>Subject: Re: [Wlug] Re: Next Meeting? >> >> >> >>Is introducing yet-another-flavor-of-linux useful? I understand what you >>are trying to achieve, but one of the first questions that came to my mind >>was "what is the difference between Knoppix and a regular Linux distro"? >>(The first was actually "what the hell is Knopix"!) Will it be confusing to >>the people looking at is verusus what they see when they look at SuSe, Red >>Hat, etc.? >> >>Andy Stewart wrote: >> >> >> >>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 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>-- >>Stephen C. Daukas - stephen(a)daukas.com - http://daukas.com/ >> >> >> >> > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > > -- Stephen C. Daukas - stephen(a)daukas.com - http://daukas.com/

Sept. 3, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Charter Telephone reviews, boylston?

by John Stoffel

Jared> A word to the wise, make sure that they actually can port your Jared> number before you switch. I moved into a new place in Uxbridge Jared> a couple years ago. So new that they didn't even have the Jared> cable company's lines - so I just got a package through Verizon Jared> that included DirecTV and DSL. The number ported over just fine. I called on the old in the morning, and called again in the afternoon on the new. Painless. Now we'll see what Verizon says in my final bill. :] [ editout horror story... ] Jared> In the end, I was able to get my original Verizon number back Jared> and get my DSL and DirecTV turned on again, but it was the most Jared> painful experience that I have gone through in quite a while. Jared> I actually still have Charter, but just for the local cable Jared> access package ($13/mo) so that I can watch the selectman's Jared> meetings and stuff like that. Thanks for sharing! I do appreciate it. So far, it just works. And the new connection seems louder to my wife too, so it's a plus. No complaints so far. John

Sept. 15, 2007

Re: [Wlug] linux vpn client?

by Mike Leo

my understanding is that it is free as in beer. I believe you can even go to the cisco web site, sign up for free, and download all the clients you want. I will bring it to the meeting and ya'll can decide for yourselves. --- Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 13 September 2004 6:19 pm, Mike Leo wrote: > > my understanding is that the client is free...but > i am > > not 100% positive. > > I think Tim would want to know if the client comes > with source code and/or if > it is free of cost. Is it free as in beer ? Is it > free as in speech ? > > 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) > > iD8DBQFBRjH7Hl0iXDssISsRAhwgAJ0bVp+2bki9ZVTgLA7Y2GfPifPkuwCeMyLQ > LHBMGJN9PdfYVOZwxR0K9C8= > =6tPJ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

Sept. 14, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Ubuntu CD's

by Eric Martin

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Copying an Ubuntu CD is totally legit...just doesn't look as nice as the packaged one... 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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEO9UQaI8VEtSi4H8RAoZWAKCVBE7t6/ob0A9JMU4+B8IkHaJfMwCgjsoY C8p0j5d0FKnDSeKOf7iMxJE= =RWmU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

April 11, 2006

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

by Ben Dow

Well, I might be a little out of touch with my old-fashioned Slackware ways, but I don't think there's supposed to be a /dev/eth0. DHCP must not be working if it's not showing up in ifconfig, but try ifconfig eth0 to see if the interface exists. You can always try running dhcpcd manually, too. On Wed, 22 Aug 2001, Sands Fish wrote: > Hello all, > Settin' up the box I won at the last WLUG meeting. I wanna get it on > the network here at work. When I watch the boot messages, I see "eth0 LANCE > <mac address>" and "eth0 using auto-carrier-detection", but i don't see an > entry for /dev/eth0 when i look there. I can ping the local loopback, but > when I try to use DHCP in linuxconf to let it grab an address, but in > ifconfig, i still only see the entry for the local loopback. Is there a > different location for the eth0 device? Any hints? Anything would be > appreciated. Thanx everyone. > > - Sands Fish > - eCommerce > - telecomNOW > - sands(a)telecomnow.com >

Aug. 22, 2001

LPI-LUG.org

by albutler33＠netscape.net

Hello Andy, This is the organization I was telling you about Thursday night during the quarterly meeting. Think there might be any interest? You can check out the website at www.lpi-lug.org/. Al Butler LPI-LUG.org - What is it? This site is to promote the certification of Linux users through their LUG's (Linux User Groups). This is a site sponsored by the Open Source Software Institute, the United States Affiliate of LPI. There are two main sections of this site. The first section is devoted to individual Linux users/advocates/etc. The Linux Professionals Exchange is designed for registered individuals of LPI-LUG.org and provides access to employment opportunities that can only be found on LPI-LUG.org. Linux Users Groups are also encouraged to register with LPI-LUG.org. This first step will start communication between LPI-LUG.org and your LUG. Once registered, you are eligible for the benefits associated with being an LPI-LUG. __________________________________________________________________ Switch to the New Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp

July 3, 2004

Re: [Wlug] OpenWrt

by Karl Hiramoto

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yes, excellent distro.. I use it on 12 boxes which are a mix of Linksys WRT54G and WRT54GS. I do OLSR mesh networks and hot spots. Beware WRT54G with hardware version 5 does not work. as Cisco cripled the box with only 4M of ram. See info on www.openwrt.org for hardware compatibility. It's definitely not a newbie distro though, you need to know linux and networking. Some people try openwrt and are upset because it requires you to know something about Linux and networking. There are several other distros out there that are more easy, but less configurable and less hackable. :-) Enjoy, - -- - -- Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto jabber.org=karl_hiramoto Mike wrote: >At the last meeting we briefly discussed building a Linux Router from a >single board computer. I was poking around the net and found the OpenWrt >project. I'm curious if anyone has any experience with OpenWrt? > >Happy Holidays, >Mike > >OpenWrt: http://wiki.openwrt.org/FrontPage > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDrCBdi5PWRMgthfERAmEqAJ9PRi6apq32NNX2720sheDVRnXzIgCcDOFm /hSLn2WAqswfmZwedo7pWnk= =WfWm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Dec. 23, 2005

Re: [EXT] Re: Free, viable videoconferencing ?

by Chris Thompson

I know it's been mentioned, but wanted to point to two instances of it I use frequently and offer some additional feedback. There's the "premier" one, which is at https://meet.jit.si/ and is very often running the very latest version. The Mayfirst COOP also hosts an instance at https://meet.mayfirst.org/ This doesn't tend to be upgraded quite so frequently, so unless it lands on a poor version, it's a great one to use. Usually "just works" on phone/desktop fine. It can be a little glitchy, and has not often performed very well for my coop more than about 10 participants or so. Desktop sharing, video, audio, and chat as well as other features all function well on GNU/Linux save for some difficulty I had with Sway WM/Wayland (which may well have been my shortcoming). I'm not sure how dependent the limits we've seen are dependent upon the infrastructure available, but I'm told it's not terribly difficult to deploy an instance, but have yet to try myself. FWIW, nearly every time, a quick page refresh (or two) for whomever is having issues gets things working. TBH, it's best to have a backup connection when using Jitsi (i.e. text msg, etherpad, or IRC or whatever), or else to work with more experienced users - e.g. those that will notice a message/open the chat pane to read that they cannot be heard and to either un-mute or else refresh their page. --Chris On 3/25/20 11:53 AM, Bradley Noyes via WLUG wrote: > I have never used this software, but apparently nextcloud can do some > kind of video conferencing with their package call “spreed" > > https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed > > > > >> On Mar 25, 2020, at 10:55, Krichevsky, Nicholas J. via WLUG >> <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org <mailto:wlug@lists.wlug.org>> wrote: >> >> How much do you care about it being *VIDEO* by the way? If it's not >> important, there's always Mumble... >> >> Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/ghei36> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* Michael Voorhis via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org >> <mailto:wlug@lists.wlug.org>> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 25, 2020 10:53:52 AM >> *To:* Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion >> <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org <mailto:wlug@lists.wlug.org>> >> *Cc:* Voorhis, Michael C <mvoorhis(a)wpi.edu >> <mailto:mvoorhis@wpi.edu>>; Joshua Stone <joshua.gage.stone(a)gmail.com >> <mailto:joshua.gage.stone@gmail.com>> >> *Subject:* [EXT] [WLUG] Re: Free, viable videoconferencing ? >> >> On 3/25/20 10:38 AM, Joshua Stone via WLUG wrote: >> > Zoom is a good option if using a Pro subscription. >> >> We're digressing a bit from the discussion-topic which is *free* >> videoconferencing. My email was in retrospect ambiguous; I made >> assumptions based on the listenership of my email. >> >> I was asking about FOSS videoconferencing. Jitsi appears to be the only >> answer at this point. >> >> Thanks all, >> >> --MCV. >> _______________________________________________ >> WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org <mailto:wlug@lists.wlug.org> >> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >> <mailto:wlug-leave@lists.wlug.org> >> Create Account: >> https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail… >> Change Settings: >> https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail… >> Web Forum/Archive: >> https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail… >> _______________________________________________ >> WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org <mailto:wlug@lists.wlug.org> >> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >> <mailto:wlug-leave@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/4ER6X… > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/UH6HX…

March 25, 2020

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