Next Meeting moved to July 18th 2019
by Tim Keller
Hey Gang,
I'm moving the meeting down a week since I'll be on vacation next week.
The meeting will be on July 18th.
I'd love to do a comparison of a pi 4 vs. a pi 3, but buying a 4GB pi 4 is
a bit challenging...
If someone already has one and could bring it, that would be awesome, if
not we'll have to think of a different topic. Yeah, I know you can buy a
1GB/2GB pi 4... but really why would you do that.
Thanks,
Tim.
WLUG President
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constituents as "consumers".
1 week, 5 days
Reminder: June WLUG meeting TODAY! Topic: Side Channel Attacks.
by Tim Keller
Hey Everybody,
We've got a meeting today, Thursday June 13th at 7PM!
Location: WPI Campus Center Mid-Century room (rm 331) aka, the usual haunt.
After last meeting we ended up having a side conversation regarding the now
multiple side channel attacks that the Intel microarchitecture is
vulnerable to.
I thought it might be a good time to actually deep dive what these are, why
they keep happening, why they're likely to continue and what efforts are
being put in to try to mitigate them and the effects these migrations have
on performance.
As usual snacks and refreshments will be supplied and afterwards we'll head
off for dinner to continue the conversation!
Thanks,
Tim.
--
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constituents as "consumers".
1 month
Re: WLUG Meeting June 13th 2019! Topic: Side Channel Attacks
by thinkbrown＠gmail.com
Hey Kevin,
WLUG is an open door meeting. If you'd like to attend, you're more than
welcome to show up.
As far as this months topic, It might also be worth talking about cpu
management engines, since they're also a major source of vulnerabilities,
as AMD found out this week.
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/psptool-amd-secure-technology-psp-firmw...
Logan
On Sat, Jun 8, 2019, 07:34 Kevin via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote:
> I have been on the mailing list a while.....
>
> I would like to come up a meeting this Jun 13.
>
> Are there any specifing instructions for a first time visitor?
>
>
> On 6/7/19 9:10 AM, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote:
>
> Hey Everybody,
>
> We've got a meeting on Thursday June 13th at 7PM!
> Location: WPI Campus Center Mid-Century room (rm 331) aka, the usual haunt.
>
> After last meeting we ended up having a side conversation regarding the
> now multiple side channel attacks that the Intel microarchitecture is
> vulnerable to.
>
> I thought it might be a good time to actually deep dive what these are,
> why they keep happening, why they're likely to continue and what efforts
> are being put in to try to mitigate them and the effects these migrations
> have on performance.
>
> As usual snacks and refreshments will be supplied and afterwards we'll
> head off for dinner to continue the conversation.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim.
>
> --
> I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
> constituents as "consumers".
>
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1 month, 1 week
Re: WLUG Meeting June 13th 2019! Topic: Side Channel Attacks
by Kevin
I have been on the mailing list a while.....
I would like to come up a meeting this Jun 13.
Are there any specifing instructions for a first time visitor?
On 6/7/19 9:10 AM, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote:
> Hey Everybody,
>
> We've got a meeting on Thursday June 13th at 7PM!
> Location: WPI Campus Center Mid-Century room (rm 331) aka, the usual
> haunt.
>
> After last meeting we ended up having a side conversation regarding
> the now multiple side channel attacks that the Intel microarchitecture
> is vulnerable to.
>
> I thought it might be a good time to actually deep dive what these
> are, why they keep happening, why they're likely to continue and what
> efforts are being put in to try to mitigate them and the effects these
> migrations have on performance.
>
> As usual snacks and refreshments will be supplied and afterwards we'll
> head off for dinner to continue the conversation.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim.
>
> --
> I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
> constituents as "consumers".
>
> _______________________________________________
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> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org
1 month, 1 week
WLUG Meeting June 13th 2019! Topic: Side Channel Attacks
by Tim Keller
Hey Everybody,
We've got a meeting on Thursday June 13th at 7PM!
Location: WPI Campus Center Mid-Century room (rm 331) aka, the usual haunt.
After last meeting we ended up having a side conversation regarding the now
multiple side channel attacks that the Intel microarchitecture is
vulnerable to.
I thought it might be a good time to actually deep dive what these are, why
they keep happening, why they're likely to continue and what efforts are
being put in to try to mitigate them and the effects these migrations have
on performance.
As usual snacks and refreshments will be supplied and afterwards we'll head
off for dinner to continue the conversation.
Thanks,
Tim.
--
I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
1 month, 1 week
Re: PCSX2
by Dennis Payne
I started to wonder if maybe I'm not thinking about this with a eye to
the future. Maintaining this will be difficult. I decided to take a
look on flathub.org. It does have a flatpak for pcsx2.
https://flathub.org/apps/details/net.pcsx2.PCSX2
It is listed as 1.5.0-dev.
The playstation 2 bios files needed to moved to a different location.
It runs about the same as the regular version. Steambot Chronicles
doesn't run at full speed on my computer (about ~50% PS2 speed). The
flatpak version may have been a percent or two behind but hard to say
for certain.
I did have problems installing it. Following the instructions on the
site didn't work. The repository is added in my Gnome Software but
clicking on install gave an error "Failed to install file: not
supported". Not sure why that is. I ended up using the command line.
flatpak install flathub net.pcsx2.PCSX2
On Sat, 2019-05-18 at 14:35 -0400, Dennis Payne via WLUG wrote:
> Before the meeting on games, I tested pcsx2 thinking maybe I could
> show it. However, it was removed from rpmfusion in Fedora 30. PCSX2
> is playstation 2 emulator. I have a working PS2 but the He-Man game
> was only released in Europe and it is region locked. The emulator
> finally allowed me to try the game. Since I didn't like losing that
> ability I've rebuilt the pcsx2 package for Fedora 30.
>
> http://identicalsoftware.com/dulsi/lzma-libs-4.32.7-21.fc30.i686.rpm
> http://identicalsoftware.com/dulsi/pcsx2-1.4-11.fc30.i686.rpm
>
> The src rpms are exactly the same as the files from fedora and
> rpmfusion. I cheated a bit in compiling the pcsx2 package. It had
> some errors with system headers files. Rather than create a patch to
> make it compile, I hacked the system header files. (It was a throw
> away VM because pcsx2 can't compile in 64 bit.)
>
> Feel free to grab it if you want to play PS2 games.
>
> --
> Dennis Payne
> dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com
> https://social.freegamedev.net/channel/dulsi
>
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1 month, 3 weeks
PCSX2
by Dennis Payne
Before the meeting on games, I tested pcsx2 thinking maybe I could show
it. However, it was removed from rpmfusion in Fedora 30. PCSX2 is
playstation 2 emulator. I have a working PS2 but the He-Man game was
only released in Europe and it is region locked. The emulator finally
allowed me to try the game. Since I didn't like losing that ability
I've rebuilt the pcsx2 package for Fedora 30.
http://identicalsoftware.com/dulsi/lzma-libs-4.32.7-21.fc30.i686.rpm
http://identicalsoftware.com/dulsi/pcsx2-1.4-11.fc30.i686.rpm
The src rpms are exactly the same as the files from fedora and
rpmfusion. I cheated a bit in compiling the pcsx2 package. It had some
errors with system headers files. Rather than create a patch to make it
compile, I hacked the system header files. (It was a throw away VM
because pcsx2 can't compile in 64 bit.)
Feel free to grab it if you want to play PS2 games.
--
Dennis Payne
dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com
https://social.freegamedev.net/channel/dulsi
1 month, 4 weeks
Re: WLUG Meeting TODAY!! Topic: Linux Gaming!
by Levasseur, Kenneth
Yea...CC is locked as well, anyone get in?
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From: Dennis Payne via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 3:02:13 PM
To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion
Cc: Tim Keller; Dennis Payne
Subject: [WLUG] Re: WLUG Meeting TODAY!! Topic: Linux Gaming!
It's been a really long time since I've attended or been on WPI campus. Where should we park?
On Thu, 2019-05-16 at 09:36 -0400, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote:
Hey Everybody!
We've got a meeting today!!
Date: May 16th, 2019
Time: 7pm
Location: WPI Campus Center Mid Century Room (rm 331)
Topic: Linux Gaming
This month we'll be talking about Linux Gaming! I will be attending!
I plan do demo using Lutris. If others would like to demo games on linux feel free to show them off.
As usual snacks and refreshments will be provided and afterwards we'll head off for dinner.
Thanks,
Tim.
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1 month, 4 weeks
Re: WLUG Meeting TODAY!! Topic: Linux Gaming!
by Dennis Payne
It's been a really long time since I've attended or been on WPI campus.
Where should we park?
On Thu, 2019-05-16 at 09:36 -0400, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote:
> Hey Everybody!
> We've got a meeting today!!
> Date: May 16th, 2019
> Time: 7pm
> Location: WPI Campus Center Mid Century Room (rm 331)
> Topic: Linux Gaming
>
> This month we'll be talking about Linux Gaming! I will be attending!
>
> I plan do demo using Lutris. If others would like to demo games on
> linux feel free to show them off.
>
> As usual snacks and refreshments will be provided and afterwards
> we'll head off for dinner.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim.
>
>
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2 months
WLUG Meeting TODAY!! Topic: Linux Gaming!
by Tim Keller
Hey Everybody!
We've got a meeting today!!
Date: May 16th, 2019
Time: 7pm
Location: WPI Campus Center Mid Century Room (rm 331)
Topic: Linux Gaming
This month we'll be talking about Linux Gaming! I will be attending!
I plan do demo using Lutris. If others would like to demo games on linux
feel free to show them off.
As usual snacks and refreshments will be provided and afterwards we'll head
off for dinner.
Thanks,
Tim.
--
I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
2 months
