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Re: [Wlug] Great Meeting last night! Thanks Frank and Jeff!

by Jamie Guinan

Agreed, great meeting. I learned several things from Frank's talk, I had no idea about the "hot plate" and temperature issues. And it was cool to see Jeff's machine in action, despite the hiccups. I should go to more meetings. #sophisticatedcat -Jamie On Fri, 15 May 2015, Tim Keller wrote: > Hey Everybody, > > Last nights meeting was great. A big hardy thanks to Jeff and Frank for > lugging in the printers and showing them off and giving us all a great > education on modelers, slicers and printing software. > > Here are links to things that were talked about: > > 3d Printers: > Kossel <http://reprap.org/wiki/Kossel> > printrbot-plus <http://printrbot.com/shop/assembled-metal-printrbot-plus/> > > Modelers: > openscad <http://www.openscad.org/> > tinkercad <https://www.tinkercad.com/> > > Slicers: > slic3r.org > > Printer Driving Software: > Octoprint <http://octoprint.org/> > > Thanks, > Tim. > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". >

10 years, 1 month

LOCATION CHANGE: WLUG Meeting Jan. 14th @7pm WPI Rec Center Class of '61 Meeting Room

by Chuck Anderson

Frank tells me he booked the same location as last month: WPI Sports and Recreation Center room 412 - Class of '61 Meeting Room So don't go to the Campus Center, no one will be there! On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 09:30:43AM -0500, Tim Keller wrote: > Hey Gang, > > Sorry for the late email, it's been hectic at my end of things. > > Here are the facts! > Date & Time: January 17th, 2016 @ 7PM > Location: WPI Student Center Mid Century Room (rm 331) > Topic: None* > > *There's currently no topic ... I contemplated talking, but never got stuff > together. > > Due to a scheduling conflict, I'll be unable to attend... so if someone > else would like to step up for snacks and refreshments that would be quite > helpful. > > I know people had a busy holidays, so my plan *was* for this to just be a > general meeting anyway. We can get our heads around what we'd like for > speakers for the coming year. > > My hope is to get my buddy Nick to do a deep dive talk about encryption in > February. > I know Greg had mentioned speaking about setting up a radio station. > Please submit any suggestions! > > 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 -- - Chuck (0 Days until IPv4 depletion: http://ipv4depletion.com/)

9 years, 5 months

Re: Meeting Aug 10th at Technocopia at 7pm!

by THE HAMMER

Sadly, I will not make it. If I can might pop in virtually for a bit at least Ron ________________________________ From: Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Sent: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 5:26 PM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Cc: Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> Subject: [WLUG] Meeting tomorrow at Technocopia at 7pm! Hey Everybody! I know we were just there.. but getting back onto our schedule of the 2nd Thursday of the month means we'll eventually have two meetings close together. Date: August 10th, 2023 Time: 7pm Location: Technocopia in Worcester: 44 Portland St, Worcester, MA 01608 Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA As for a topic, I haven't really thought one up, but I'm just sure stuff will come up! I'd love people's ideas for what to install on a chromebook that's no longer taking updates.. Bunsenlabs looks promising.. I'll bring snacks and refreshments and afterwards we'll head off for dinner! Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

1 year, 10 months

Re: Hosting in-person meetings at library

by Richard Klein

Thursday night at the Hudson library? That's 3 Washington St, right? On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 7:51 PM joshua.gage.stone--- via WLUG < wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Update: I went ahead with reserving a meeting time for us tomorrow to > ensure it'd be available to the club -- 7:00PM to 8:15PM. > > I hope that helps! > > - Josh > > On Wed, 2021-07-14 at 18:30 -0400, joshua.gage.stone(a)gmail.com wrote: > > I can reserve a time slot for tomorrow if there's enough interest in going > to the library for a change in pace and scenery. I think it'd be good for > transitioning back to in-person meetings! > > - Josh > > On Wed, 2021-07-14 at 15:39 -0400, Tim Keller wrote: > > I think it's a great idea! > > Speaking with the Technopia folks, they're interested in having us, but it > sounds like it would happen in the Sept. time frame, I'd like to have a > couple in person meetings before that. > > Is this something people would be interested in doing tomorrow? > > Thanks, > Tim. > > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 9:25 PM joshua.gage.stone--- via WLUG < > wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > Hey all, > > I've learned that the library in my town is open to the public for > hosting club meetings! More info: > > https://hudsonpubliclibrary.com/ > > Some of the benefits I can think of for having meetings at the library > include: > > - Free hosting > - Free public wifi > - Free on-site parking > - Low noise levels > - Projector and whiteboard are available > - Books, music, movies, etc, are available for checking out > (https://bark.cwmars.org/eg/opac/home) > - Adjacent to many restaurants, most having outdoor seating > - Has EV charging stations nearby > - Access to well-maintained walking trails and public parks > > Cons: > > - Conference room capacity is capped at 10 occupants > - Meetings must end 15 minutes before library's closing time, so would > have to end at 8:15PM > - Many restaurants might be closed by 9PM > > > I could imagine going back to our usual monthly meetings, from 7:00PM > to 8:15PM on Thursdays, then walking over to one of the restaurants > next door for food and drinks. I can personally vouch for these local > establishments, all reachable within a 5 minute walk: > > https://railtrailflatbread.com/ > https://www.wellysrestaurant.com/ > https://newcitymicrocreamery.com/ > https://www.lessthangreaterthan.com/ > https://www.kithandkinhudson.com/ > https://www.horseshoepub.com/ > https://freshwingma.com/ > https://www.medusabrewing.com/beer-garden > > What do you think? > > - 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/J7HU7… > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/TZJ2W… >

3 years, 11 months

Re: [Wlug] Early reminder: upcoming WLUG meeting

by Richard Klein

I jotted down a couple very quick notes at the end of the meeting, so I thought I'd share them with everyone else. Of course, the meeting started with Nick giving a presentation of Miro, a media player with online guide, search tools, rating system, etc, built on gtk, python, libtorrent, and mozilla, that takes advantage of RSS and bit torrent: http://www.getmiro.com/ Miro began in Worcester! One of the many guys whose names I can't remember reminded us of the ACM@WPI swap meet this Saturday. This is the official page: http://www.acm.wpi.edu/swapmeet/ but I like the presentation of the data better here: http://www.socialweb.net/Events/87360.lasso Someone else recommended MonoPrice for cheap DVI/HDMI cables: http://www.monoprice.com/home/index.asp Alex, I think, recommended the Linux Mint distro, but I don't remember what the question was: http://www.linuxmint.com/about.php Finally, someone recommended the HP T57xx line of thin clients as a surprisingly capable platform with no moving parts that can be had for cheap on the used and/or gray market: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06a/12454-12454-321959-338927-893… -- Rich

16 years, 5 months

Re: [Wlug] WLUG Meeting May 18th Topic: Codi / Plex / RetroPi Location: WPI student center Rm 129

by Tim Keller

Thanks Chuck! I'm working on getting my Pi3 running with RetroPi and seeing if i can borrow an Xarcade controller. On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 9:20 PM, Chuck Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > I'll talk about Kodi. > > On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 08:49:13PM +0000, Tim Keller wrote: > > Hey Gang, > > > > Our next meeting is going to be May 18th! at 7pm. We'll be meeting in > the > > WPI Student Center Rm 129. (Go to the bottom of the stairs) > > > > Topic: Plex / Codi / RetroPi. or (So you've got a huge TV, what to do > > with? Watch movies and play retro computer games!!!) > > > > Everybody loves to watch movies, but DVD's scratch, get lost etc. A > better > > way to manage your extensive collection is through programs such as Plex > > and Codi. > > > > As for speakers we're going to have a diverse group speaking at this > > meeting. I will be speaking about RetroPi. I'm looking for speakers for > > Plex / Codi. Write me or just show up! > > > > As usual, snacks and refreshments will be provided and after the meeting > > we'll head off to Tech Pizza. > > > > Thanks, > > Tim. > _______________________________________________ > 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".

8 years, 1 month

Re: [Wlug] REMINDER!! Meeting TONIGHT! March 12th, 2015!

by Jamie Guinan

On Thu, 12 Mar 2015, Keith Wright wrote: > Jamie Guinan <guinan(a)bluebutton.com> writes: > > > I haven't been to a WLUG meeting in ages. Is it still in the same > > building in the southwest corner of the quad? The floorplan link is > > dead, > > It is not that building, the floorplan has been edited with > sheetrock, hammers, and saws. > > It is in the student center, west-by-northwest of the > central fountain. If you get there, > there is an information booth and list of events. > They will direct you to the second floor mid-century > room, with the slide rule memorial. Keith, thank you for the directions. The guy at the information booth was aware of the WLUG meeting. > > Is there parking available in the West Street lot? The West Street lot was wide open. I didn't bother to get a pass from security, but I doubt they care much at that hour. I enjoyed seeing all the Raspbery Pi projects. I'll try and make it to some more meetings this year. Best, -Jamie

10 years, 3 months

Re: WLUG history

by Jon "maddog" Hall

GNHLUG started in 1995, but was reduced to a mailing list about ten years ago. It no longer holds meetings. Every once in a while someone tries to resuscitate it, but it eventually goes into a coma again. I think BLU has been around a long time. It is what is left from the Boston Computer Society, and as such may have pre-dated even GNHLUG. md On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 7:01 PM Anderson, Charles R via WLUG < wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Not sure we are the oldest, but we /might/ be the oldest still in > operation. Is GNHLUG still in operation? If so, they are probably > older. I was inspired to dig into my archives: > > An early email from our founder, Andy Stewart: > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 22:22:18 -0400 > From: Andy Stewart <astewart(a)world.std.com> > To: "Worcester Linux Users' Group" <wlug(a)mass-pc.wpi.edu> > Subject: [Fwd: Caldera Inc. IT Forum] > > OK, gang, tell the man what you think! > > Remember, he is the gentleman who graciously donated the tee shirts and > CDROM discs from Caldera... > > Andy > > ---------------------- > > Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 12:30:22 -0600 > From: Paul La Fluer <paull(a)caldera.com> > Organization: Caldera, Inc. > To: astewart(a)world.std.com > Subject: Caldera Inc. IT Forum > > Hello Andy, I hope everything is going good. I am in the process of > organizing a conference while in New York. My goal is to rent out a > large ballroom in a hotel and have all the usergroups in the area come > and listen to Bryan Sparks our CEO and other talk about Linux and > OpenLinux. There will be presentations plus a Q&A session. I would like > to hear your feedback on the idea and if your group would attend. We > would be giving away door prizes like OpenLinux Base and Standard and > handing out t-shirts, papers and OpenLinux Lite and OpenDOS to all that > attend. Please give me some feedback on this idea. I need to know soon > to get things set up. > > Thanks, > > Paul La Fleur > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > An email about our SECOND meeting (that refers to the first meeting): > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 21:29:13 -0400 > From: Andy Stewart <astewart(a)world.std.com> > To: "Worcester Linux Users' Group" <wlug(a)mass-pc.wpi.edu> > Subject: Next WLUG meeting > > The next scheduled meeting for the Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG) > is August 21, 1997, at 7 PM in the Gordon Library on the Worcester > Polytechnic Institute (WPI) campus in Worcester, MA. > > We had a great turnout of about 20 people at our very first meeting last > month - I hope to see all of you come back, and I'd like to extend a > welcome to anybody who would like to attend. > > I would suggest parking in the "lower library" parking lot and hiking up > the 102 stairs to the library (not to mention the 12 or so more stairs > in the library to get to the 2nd floor!). > > For more information, feel free to send me E-mail at: > > astewart(a)world.std.com > > Look for the penguin signs! Hope to see you there! > > Andy Stewart > WLUG > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I'd guess our first meeting was about July 23 or 24, 1997, or perhaps > the week before, July 16 or 17. > > But maddog from GNHLUG forwarded this, which says "as always, the > meeting are free..." which implies that July 30th is NOT their first > meeting. If they had monthly meetings, that would place their first > meeting in June 1997 or before. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Mon, 21 Jul 97 10:28:09 -0400 > From: "Jon 'maddog' Hall, USG Senior Leader" <hall(a)zk3.dec.com> > To: gnhlug(a)zk3.dec.com > Subject: GNHLUG - Linux Cluster meeting July 30th at Martha's Exchange > > Hi, > > We now have a venue for the July 30th meeting of the GNHLUG, with Loki, > a cluster of 16 Pentium PRO 200s, running Linux as the topic of the talk. > > We will be meeting on the *second* floor dining room of the Martha's > Exchange > Building in beautiful downtown Nashua. I will be picking up the speaker in > Cambridge that day and transporting him to Martha's for dinner, arriving > about > 1730 hours. For those of you who wish to join us for dinner, please RSVP. > The meeting itself will start at 1900 hours, with the speaker probably > getting > up steam about 1915 hours. > > As always, the meetings are free and open to everyone, and as a FINAL > enticement I will be handling out *free* CD ROMS with the V1.2 Debian > release > for Intel on it. > > M. Patrick Goda, a principal of the Loki > > ( http://loki-www.lanl.gov/ ) > > project at the Theoretical Division of the Los Alamos National Labs, a > Beowulf > > ( http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux-web/beowulf/beowulf.html ) > > style computer will be our speaker. I have convinced him to present a talk > on the Loki project, one of linking together 16 Intel Pentium Pro machines > to > create a system that has: > > o high reliability > o high throughput > > and generally 16-node IBM SP2 performance (over 1.2 GigaFlops) at 1/20th > the > cost (about $60K)!! > > Pat is a friend of mine that I introduced to Red Hat Linux when he was a > graduate student at the University of Hawaii (long story). > > Due to the fact that Patrick is a rare find, I will invite the Boston Linux > User's Group and the Worcester Linux User's group to join us that night, > so I > have arranged for larger quarters. > > Some additional Beowulf pages are from my own alma mater: > > http://einstein.drexel.edu/beowulf/Beowulf_concept.html > > including exerpts from the original Beowulf story: > > http://einstein.drexel.edu/beowulf/original_beowulf.html > > Warmest regards, > > maddog > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Nevermind, GNHLUG is definitely older by several years according to their > web page: > > http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Www/PastEvents > > 1996 > > When Where What Who How Many > 31 Jan 1996 UNH Durham Linux Linus Torvalds 200+ > > 1994 > > When Where What Who How Many > 19 Oct UNH (?) First meeting Members ??? > > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 04:13:25PM -0500, Richard Klein via WLUG wrote: > > What do we know about WLUG's history? If it really is one of the oldest > > LUGs, it might merit a Wikipedia article. It would be great if we could > > flesh that out, too. > > > > This article seems like it could use a list of LUGs: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_user_group > > > > On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 1:43 PM Dennis Payne via WLUG < > wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > > wrote: > > > > > 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. > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >

5 years, 5 months

Re: Hosting in-person meetings at library

by Tim Keller

I think it's a great idea! Speaking with the Technopia folks, they're interested in having us, but it sounds like it would happen in the Sept. time frame, I'd like to have a couple in person meetings before that. Is this something people would be interested in doing tomorrow? Thanks, Tim. On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 9:25 PM joshua.gage.stone--- via WLUG < wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hey all, > > I've learned that the library in my town is open to the public for > hosting club meetings! More info: > > https://hudsonpubliclibrary.com/ > > Some of the benefits I can think of for having meetings at the library > include: > > - Free hosting > - Free public wifi > - Free on-site parking > - Low noise levels > - Projector and whiteboard are available > - Books, music, movies, etc, are available for checking out > (https://bark.cwmars.org/eg/opac/home) > - Adjacent to many restaurants, most having outdoor seating > - Has EV charging stations nearby > - Access to well-maintained walking trails and public parks > > Cons: > > - Conference room capacity is capped at 10 occupants > - Meetings must end 15 minutes before library's closing time, so would > have to end at 8:15PM > - Many restaurants might be closed by 9PM > > > I could imagine going back to our usual monthly meetings, from 7:00PM > to 8:15PM on Thursdays, then walking over to one of the restaurants > next door for food and drinks. I can personally vouch for these local > establishments, all reachable within a 5 minute walk: > > https://railtrailflatbread.com/ > https://www.wellysrestaurant.com/ > https://newcitymicrocreamery.com/ > https://www.lessthangreaterthan.com/ > https://www.kithandkinhudson.com/ > https://www.horseshoepub.com/ > https://freshwingma.com/ > https://www.medusabrewing.com/beer-garden > > What do you think? > > - 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/J7HU7… > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

3 years, 11 months

Re: WLUG Meeting tonight?

by Tim Keller

Chuck, That's awesome! I've seen there are apt repositories going as well! Since this week is a follies dejour for me.. You'll all laugh. Installing 6.12.8 I managed to mess up my order of operations and rebooted before fully updating the boot loader.. Don't install kernels when you're sleepy.. Tim. On Thu, Jan 9, 2025, 3:28 PM Keith Wright via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > I am used to getting an email from Tim Keller when there is > a WLUG meeting. I am also used to it being on the second > Thursday of the month. One of those didn't happen. > > Two meetings ago I tried to do a presentation of LaTeX, > but share-screen did not work like it did three meetings ago. > > One meeting ago, share screen worked, but everyone was > talking about something else, and I wasn't really ready anyway. > > I could try again, though I am not really ready today either. > ---- > > Also > > > Hey Everybody, > > > > This is a reminder that we've got a meeting tomorrow at WPI! > > Time: 7pm > > Location: WPI Student Center Room 128 (Taylor Room) Down below the > stairs. > > Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA > > Topic: frame.work laptop demo, passbolt demo > > > > Cara Salter has agreed to come and show off her frame.work laptop. This > > laptop is designed with upgrade ability in mind. Components such as the > > motherboard can be easily swapped for more powerful versions, etc. > > If Cara (or anyone with a frame.work) is still around, I would be > interested in an update on this. Does it still work, or did it > blow blue smoke? Did you actually upgrade anything? > Would you recomend it? > ---- > > Chuck Anderson via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > > I noticed in "dnf update" on Fedora 41: > > > > Installing: > > kernel x86_64 6.12.4-200.fc41 updates 0.0 B > > kernel-core x86_64 6.12.4-200.fc41 updates 73.6 MiB > > kernel-modules x86_64 6.12.4-200.fc41 updates 62.5 MiB > > kernel-modules-core x86_64 6.12.4-200.fc41 updates 37.1 MiB > > kernel-modules-extra x86_64 6.12.4-200.fc41 updates 2.7 MiB > > OK. Google finds a page that says dnf is Fedora's replacement > for yum, which is apt or rpm re-done. Just another package manager. > > You installed a kernel; what did you notice that was interesting? > > -- 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/WMLWN… >

5 months, 3 weeks

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