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Re: [EXT] The future of WLUG

by Joshua Stone

That's excellent news! Sounds like the service is already paying for itself. I'm not opposed to video uploads, so long as the video/audio production is decent and the camera isn't in people's faces. I have a Sony video camera with native 4K and optical zoom, with a shotgun microphone attachment for capturing audio in front of the camera instead of the surrounding area. I also have a blue yeti if you want a good microphone for public speakers to use. We could make this a bit fancier and less intrusive by having a screencast of the speaker's computer to show slideshow material, terminal output, etc, and have an omnidirectional microphone listening and syncing with the screencast. -Josh On Wed, Jan 15, 2020, 13:51 Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I've gotten a couple of hits about people possibly showing up for the next > WLUG meeting from meetup. That's cool! > > I went looking at the Boston Linux Users Group site and it's clear to me > that we're really missing the boat with putting our meetings on youtube, > well at least the ones with a definite presenter. > > Would people be freaked out about being on youtube? Is this something that > people would be interested in? I've got a decent DSLR we could use to take > video, but I don't want people to be uncomfortable. > > Tim. > > On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 1:41 PM <joshua.gage.stone(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Tim, >> >> Thank you very much for creating a meetup.com group for us! The UX for >> finding future meetups and adding meetup dates to a calender is quite good. >> Finding WLUG should also be fairly easy now when searching for "linux" >> within a 50 mile radius of Boston: >> >> >> https://www.meetup.com/find/?allMeetups=false&keywords=linux&radius=50&user… >> >> I've noticed that some search strings will show LUGs with overlapping >> interests but not WLUG. I think adding more words like "FOSS", "Android", >> "Libre", "Open Source", "Ubuntu", "Fedora", "OpenSUSE", "Arch Linux", >> "Unix", etc, to the related topics and/or What We're About section should >> improve this. >> >> I've tried setting up a community over Slack but I think the steps need >> to join was what made it too intrusive for new people -- take joining the >> Rust language Slack server for example: >> >> https://rust-slack.herokuapp.com/ >> >> - Send an invite link to your email >> - Register with a name and password >> - Be greeted with prompts about whether to send notifications >> - Open the #general channel >> >> And this has to be repeated for joining every community that has their >> own Slack server, or at least this has been my experience so far. I think >> Slack has cemented itself as more of a means for teams to collaborate on a >> project, not so much for casual users who want to jump right into a new >> chat. >> >> Matrix only needs to register a username and password (email is optional) >> on the server you're on, and once that's done you can join any number of >> channels on that server. This is much closer to the UX of IRC, and it's >> still superior in some ways because there's no fiddling with choosing a >> specific authentication method like SASL and/or authenticating with nickserv >> >> I think in general Matrix has more mindshare amongst Linux users as a >> modern alternative to IRC, which I think is worth considering when >> comparing frequency of posts on Reddit: >> >> >> https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/search?q=matrix&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevanc… >> >> -Josh >> >> On Sat, 2020-01-11 at 22:59 -0500, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: >> >> This morning I went out and created a meetup group for WLUG: >> https://www.meetup.com/Worcester-Linux-Users-Group and paid for six >> months. Feel free to go and join up if you'd like. >> >> The matrix stuff is cool, I cut my teeth on IRC so I'm always partial to >> the old school but I also understand that eventually we'll want a slack >> channel as well maybe. >> >> Tim. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 4:07 PM Anderson, Charles R via WLUG < >> wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: >> >> We also have an IRC channel: >> >> http://www.wlug.org/participate.html >> >> Internet Relay Chat >> >> Join the realtime chat on our IRC channel. >> >> Connect your IRC client to irc.freenode.net >> Join the #wlug-ma channel or join directly from this link: irc:// >> irc.freenode.net/#wlug-ma. >> See more information about Freenode and join the chat from your web >> browser >> >> but maybe IRC is too old school--no one chats on it anymore. >> >> On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 04:03:14PM -0500, Joshua Stone via WLUG wrote: >> > Hey all, >> > >> > Last night's meeting was excellent, and I'd like say thanks again to >> > Tim for giving me a ride home! >> > >> > Last night's discussion gave me ideas of ways we could improve general >> > activity, increase attendence, and improve outreach efforts. Hosting a >> > meetup.com group would be certainly improve discoverability, and >> > getting in touch with WPI's computer science group would be great too. >> > >> > I think what a lot communities are doing nowadays is having a text chat >> > format for users who want to communicate more easily over the internet, >> > especially with mobile devices. As an example, there are Discord >> > servers for Fedora, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, etc, and they have room sizes >> > generally in the hundreds or even well over a thousand. Even before >> > Discord they'd use IRC for providing support, posting updates, etc. >> > >> > Having a text chat of our own would certainly help improve >> > participation -- I think Matrix would be a good option here because it >> > has many nice features and has a fairly polished user experience: >> > >> > - Numerous clients available on desktop, mobile, and web ( >> > https://matrix.org/clients/ >> > - Persistent chat history >> > - Link previews >> > - Various bots to choose from for adding functionality ( >> > https://matrix.org/docs/projects/bots/ >> > - User moderation >> > - Server federation >> > - Self-hosting available, both client and server are completely FOSS >> > - File sharing >> > - Voice/video calls >> > >> > >> > I have a screenshot if anyone wants to see what a Matrix chat room >> > would look like: >> > >> > https://i.imgur.com/aVILcWB.png >> > >> > Or you can join the room I made: >> > >> > https://matrix.to/#/!EiTljkvagZDFKfQfFu:matrix.org?via=matrix.org >> > >> > Alteratively, if you have a Matrix client already: >> > >> > #wlug:matrix.org >> > >> > >> > >> > Any thoughts? >> > >> > >> > -Josh >> _______________________________________________ >> WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> WLUG mailing list -- >> >> wlug(a)lists.wlug.org >> >> >> To unsubscribe send an email to >> >> wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >> >> >> > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". >

Jan. 15, 2020

LISA Conference in Boston

by Chuck Anderson

Here is a great opportunity to go to a professional Sysadmin/Linux/UNIX conference right here in Boston. Early Bird registration ends Monday. ===================================== Invitation to attend: The 25th Annual Large Installation System Administration Conference (LISA) ---------------------------------------------------------------- LISA is coming to Boston, December 4-9, 2011. With the addition of new speciality presentations and training, the breadth and quality of this year's tutorials, refereed papers, invited talks, and participants is unparalleled. 2011 LISA Conference highlights include: * The technical program with must-see invited talks such as: - The DevOps Transformation - The Operational Impact of Continuous Deployment - IBM's Jeopardy!-winning Watson Supercomputer * Practice and Experience presentations sharing real-life experiences on topics ranging from configuration management to security. * Over 40 tutorials taught by top instructors including: - Tobi Oetiker on RRDtool - Tom Limoncelli on Time Management for SysAdmins - Ted Ts'o on Data Recovery - Nan Lui on Puppet - Mark Burgess on Cfengine * "Guru Is In" sessions: get answers to your toughest questions. * The Vendor Exhibition highlighting new products and services and a look at who is hiring. * LISA's famed "hallway track" offers ample opportunity to meet and mingle with colleagues and industry leaders during breaks, BoFs, and other social activities. ----------------------------------------------------------- WHAT: LISA '11: 25th Large Installation System Administration Conference WHEN: December 4-9, 2011 WHERE: Boston, Massachusetts, USA Sheraton Boston Hotel WHO: System administrators, network administrators, DevOps, CIOs, CTOs, researchers, tool providers, support and help desk personnel, etc. WHY: Get the practical information you need to succeed. HOW: http://www.usenix.org/lisa11/progm Massive Discounts for Early Registration -- REGISTER NOW! ---------------------------------------------------------------- PS: Help us promote! -- Banners and buttons: http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa11/promote.html -- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=283935088299936 -- Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/LISAConference #lisa11

Nov. 12, 2011

Re: [Wlug] RH 8

by Wesley Allen

How nice is rh8? I've got mdk9 and like it, but usb doesn't work!! And does anybody know if any pcmia usb/firewire cards are supported in linux? Wes On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 23:38:29 -0400 jeff <jmr71769(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >Aramico wrote: > >>Till now, i still get the problem in downloading RH 8 in >>several >>diffrent places. >>Can somebody tell me where can i download it ? >> >>All available sites are using identification's login for >>now.. >>..while the other could not be touched using wget...... >>;( >> >>Thanks! > > >this message is for aramico and anyone else concerned: > >if you guys need cd's burnt, please let me know. i'm the >linux 'courier' for a lot of my friends around the area >and would be more than happy to get you a copy of >whatever you need. i live right here in downtown >worcester. i usually do my 'deals' at the worcester >public library. just name the time and place and i'll be >happy to meet you there. > >i have all the recent copies of redhat, mandrake, debian, >gentoo, crux, and freebsd. > >my burner and my bike are at your service! > >later! > >-jeff >mwblug - soon to be a full-time wlug-er since my other >half (christian - mwblug) moved to boston and i don't see >the guy anymore. :-( > >p.s. i have copies of everything except for suse. > > > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Oct. 16, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Balloon board

by Jamie Guinan

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Andy Stewart wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Andre Lehovich wrote: > > After the meeting a few of us chatted about embeded hardware projects. The > > Balloon Board, based on the Strongarm CPU, has all open specs. Unfortunately > > it looks like a sample board is about $700. http://balloonboard.org/ > > > > An example product built using the board: > > http://www.toby-churchill.com/english/product_info/index.html > > > > --Andre > > Other possibilities for Linux friendly embedded projects: > > I made a firewall with Linux software with the Routerboard: > http://www.routerboard.com > > The USB development board looks interesting, but I haven't actually > tried it: > http://www.delcom-eng.com/ > > These look rather neat, but seem to be a little expensive IMHO, but not > unreachable: > http://www.gumstix.com > > The embedded development kits look interesting as well, but the prices > are exceedingly high. Two examples: > http://www.arcom.com/devkit-linux-apollo.htm > http://www.arcom.com/devkit-linux-pxa270-zeus.htm > > I don't think this vendor offers Linux support, but Linux does work with > these products: > http://www.hobbyengineering.com/SectionBS.html Here's a few more... 1) pickit1/pickit2, very reasonably priced, http://www.microchipdirect.com/ProductDetails.aspx?Catalog=BuyMicrochip&Cat… 2) NSLU2, $99 at many retailers, and I've seen quite a few on eBay. XScale (ARM), USB 2.0, Ethernet, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2 One of my "someday" projects is to make my own computer-controlled alt-azimuth mount for amateur telescopes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altazimuth_mount Or even just a replacement controller for the existing motorized mount. -Jamie

Dec. 15, 2006

BBC cd

by doug waud

Hi all A few meeting back, Andy gave out some BBC-Linux cd's. I decided to try one and got hung up. Basically everything went well until I got to the stage of downloading stuff from the net (the network card set-up worked fine). The download hung. It defaulted to the address 64.81.65.8 for zork.net where the stuff was supposed to be. I suspected that zork.net had moved so I went to another box and went to it via netscape. It came up ok (the directory structure was slightly different but the files were there). The problem is that the BBC script needs a dotted quad, not a zork.net. So the problem is to find out the dotted quad for zork.net. I tried ping zork.net and it pinged 66.92.188.166. I then went there and got crackmonkey.org. I tried pinging crackmonkey.org and got that same 66.92.188.166 I got pinging zork.net ! arp zork.net and crackmonkey.org also gives that same common dotted quad. Ping of the BBC default address 64.81.65.8 gives nothing. Unlike Netscape, Konquerer will take dotted quads. The 66.92.188.166 comes up crackmonkey.org consistent with the preceding while 64.81.65.8 gives the error message "could not connect to host 64.81.65.8". My question, then, is how does one get a dotted quad for zork.net? A related question is whether anyone tried/succeeded loading Debian starting with that BBC-linux cd? i.e. can it be done? (The README-DEBIAN on the cd gives alternative sites but none of them has the -bbc versions of the image and tarball the install script is looking for. I admit to not wanting to go down the path of redoing the install scripts :-( ) This email sure did not please the spell-checker! :-) doug

Jan. 29, 2002

RE: [Wlug] Fwd: Software Freedom Day: August 28, 2004

by Martin, Eric

Gentoo has a live cd for mac, although it's not gui based...also there's a bit of config for oldworld macs... -----Original Message----- From: doug waud [mailto:douglas.waud@umassmed.edu] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:59 AM To: andystewart(a)comcast.net; Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] Fwd: Software Freedom Day: August 28, 2004 Hi all Andy Stewart wrote: > Subject: > Software Freedom Day: August 28, 2004 snip,snip > We will be handing out printed materials and CDs with good > quality FOSS, like TheOpenCD and Knoppix. ..... > Our role will be to help coordinate the event and > provide ..... > high quality (pressed) CDs that local > teams can give out to the general public on Software Freedom Day. Andy, at our meetings, you have asked what we might do with our accumulated $. This FOSS initiative makes me wonder whether making a lot of Knoppix discs which we could all carry around and hand out when queried about Linux, might be a good use of our resources. It would strike me as being right on target with our objective of proselytizing. I, for one, continually run into people curious about Linux and free software in general. If I could hand them a Knoppix disk and say "Here, see for yourself!" I think I would get good bang for buck. In particular the term "free" would sink in well. Any thoughts? doug PS A lot of non Linux users use MACS. Does Knoppix work there/is there a MAC Knoppix alternative? It would be a shame to miss this constituency; MAC users may be human too! :-) _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

March 11, 2004

Job opportunity

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 If interested, please reply directly to Elizabeth Holland (eholland(a)agencourt.com) - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: job opportunity Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:48:22 -0400 From: Elizabeth Holland <eholland(a)agencourt.com> Reply-To: eholland(a)agencourt.com <eholland(a)agencourt.com> Organization: Agencourt Bioscience To: andystewart(a)comcast.net <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Andy I received your name from a web search for Linux users. We currently have a job opening some of your members may be interested it. If you could pass the below job around, I would appreciate it. Thanks Agencourt Bioscience Corporation, located in Beverly, Massachusetts, is a trusted provider of genomic services and nucleic acid purification products. We are dedicated to designing solutions for overcoming all of our clients' current and future discovery challenges. Agencourt is a dynamic and growing company that is committed to providing employees with a fast paced environment and a fun place to work. As a result of our significant growth, we have an immediate need for a *Research Programmer* * * The role of Programmer will be to support an in-house R&D effort to develop a new DNA sequencing technology. We seek a productive programmer who enjoys working in an academic style collaborative environment and meets the requirements listed below. BS or higher in Math, Science, or Engineering Proficiency in Linux Experience with most of the following: C/C++, VB, PERL, Python, Java, PHP, MySQL, MatLab/Mathematica Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter with salary requirements to hr(a)agencourt.com <mailto:hr@agencourt.com> . Job Code RSP - -- 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 iD8DBQFCaBsWHl0iXDssISsRAouQAJ9NQdHoLtqLJ9Hh1IJEFXwfO/rTugCfQCB8 p3axC/FvG7HMpmCjHmPd33c= =zeO0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

April 21, 2005

Re: [Wlug] VNC performance

by Baris Hasdemir

i have used win as tightvnc server and a linux as a client but only for once. When I connected, the other party told me that her wallpaper has disappeared, and she wanted me to put that back there upon leaving her computer. I also didn't see any wallpapers while I was connected. I thought it may because of tightvnc so didn't touch any setting related with the wallpaper. and when I disconnected from her pc she told that the wallpaper was back. I hadn't meant to do that, I think it is a default setting. (may be in a more recent version of tightvnc server) hope it helps, baris On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 14:35:39 -0500 Brad Noyes <maitre(a)ccs.neu.edu> wrote: > Hi All, > I remember some time ago talking with Andy, and others about VNC performance at a > wlug meeting. I remember that setting the depth 8 will help performance, as well > as disabling the wallpaper. I am running the server on windows, and the client > on a linux machine. VNC's site has info for disabling wallpaper, but it seems to > involve editing a registry file. When i try to do so, i get an access denied > message, because that file is read only. Can someone help me out here? I really > know very little about windows. On the client side, the option '-depth 8' > doesn't seem to do very much i get '16 bits per pixel'. > > If anyone knows of any other methods for speeding up VNC, please post. > > Thanks, > --Brad > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Dec. 3, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Need Homes: 2U+,custom cases/psupp/fans

by Walt Sawyer

I'd like one. Bring it to the meeting tonight. Thanks! Walt On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 13:57 -0400, Doug Mildram wrote: > Yet another Westboro,MA giveaway: (Anyone teaching EE or Hobbies909?) > Free and basically new: empty/nonstandard cases w/powersupp+fans. > > A dead project has left homeless ~15 cases, 19" wide, 24" deep, > (19" wide == standard 18.5" distance between frontpanel mounting holes) > 4.5" high == including .5" high rubber feet. (2U == 3.5", these are taller), > semi-empty inside (a 13"x14"x3.5" area inside plus a 6"x8"x3.5" along psupply) > 19" rackmountable , BUT, ***** NOT ***** set up for PC-based motherboard: > does NOT include disk/floppy/usb brackets or any of THAT pc-ready stuff. > > http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/case_top.JPG > > Each case has a 400W standard 12v/5v power supply, > and (4) 3.5" fans already mounted (side exhaust) inside; > a removable suitcase-strap-panel on the front as shown; > (see picture case_front.JPG URL below..but it hides the switches below) > also on front panel: 1 power switch; 2 LEDs, "Fan Fail" and "Power". > > http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/case_front.JPG > > Even MORE Gory detail: > Each case has a custom (now useless) NONstandard screw-post > arrangement which you'd need to re-do > (re-drill new holes as needed, may need shorter posts). > > So it's good if you have something REALLY CUSTOM you want mounted+powered. > > If you ask for just the power supplies, you're missing my mantra: > these babies (CASES) need an inventive home or homes. -- doug mildram > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

June 15, 2005

Re: [Wlug] PCI IDE card?

by Jeff Moyer

==> Regarding Re: [Wlug] PCI IDE card?; "John Stoffel" <john(a)stoffel.org> adds: Chuck> Most IDE/SATA RAID (especially onboard) is shite and completely not Chuck> worth using, to the point that Linux software RAID is vastly Chuck> superior. Even if I had a so-called "RAID" chipset on my Chuck> motherboard, I'd disable it and use software RAID. [snip] john> I keep waffling back and forth between RAID1 (mirroring) and RAID5. john> And I keep waffling between booting from RAID or not. Part of the If you don't boot from RAID, then you still have a single point of failure. It's quite possible that this is a fine solution for your home setup. john> problem is that to boot off raid, you need to build a intrd image, john> and since I do a bunch of kernel compiles and reboots all the time john> (say once a week or so...) I've been a bit leary of all that. Let me rephrase your reasoning: You don't want to use an initrd because you aren't familiar with the process. Just because you do a lot of kernel builds/reboots (and your definition of a lot is my definition of very few, here), that is no reason not to use an initrd. What distribution do you use? You could simply use the packaging scripts that they provide to build your custom kernels. This, in the end, would be the best solution in my opinion. john> Now that would be a good meeting some evening, talking about and john> showing how to setup a bootable RAID system for the OS and how to john> upgrade your kernel easily and automatically. Two separate issues, I think. -Jeff

Aug. 31, 2005

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