BALUG: meeting TOMORROW Tuesday 2024-10-15 & other BALUG News
------------------------------
items, details further below:
BALUG: meeting TOMORROW Tuesday 2024-10-15 & other BALUG News
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue, ...
------------------------------
For our 2024-10-15 (3rd Tuesdays) BALUG meeting, we have:
Don't have formal presentation lined up, but some discussions topics
have been suggested, so may (also) include:
o Linux, etc. spooky/scary/horror stories
o ZFS
o web CGI
6:00pm Tuesday, October 15th, 2024 2024-10-15
Virtual:
https://meet.jit.si/BALUG.org Dial-in numbers also available at the
URL.
Please use earbud(s)/headphone(s) or mute yourself to avoid audio
feedback issues, also please if you have background sound/noise
issues mute yourself when not talking.
Generally works quite fine with reasonably modern Firefox
Chrome/Chromium, Microsoft Edge, possibly others (requires WebRTC
https://webrtc.org/
(Wikipedia: WebRTC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC)
(can also do some testing here: https://test.webrtc.org/ Probably
don't worry about minor items like "Reflexive connectivity" )), from
desktop, laptop, tablet, smart phone, etc.
In-person:
Henry's Hunan Restaurant
110 Natoma St. (between 2nd & New Montgomery)
San Francisco, CA 94105-3704
1-415-546-4999
https://www.hhunan.com/https://www.hhunannatoma.com/
Delicious Hunan cuisine and reasonably priced.
Easy Transit/Parking Access: short walk from BART, MUNI, parking
Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Meeting Details...
Cost/Dining:
The meetings are always free, but dinner is not (unless you are our
guest speaker, in which case we also treat you to dinner). For
Henry's Hunan Restaurant, if folks are agreeable, we'll share and
dine "family" style, and split up the costs, and typical cost per
person including tax and tip (but not including beverages beyond
complementary tea) would be in the $15.00 to $31.00 range, and
commonly around $18.00 to $27.00. Cash preferred to ease splitting
up the check. One can also specifically order the dish(es) one
needs/prefers (e.g. for dietary considerations) - and we also
commonly order some dish(es) that may meet various dietary
considerations) (e.g. vegetarian, non-pork, ...). Punctual arrival
recommended for optimal dining experience, as we expect to be
ordering at that time.
At approximately 7:00 P.M. we start our presentation/talk, or more
informal talk/discussion if we don't have a particularly
presentation/talk/presenter or special guest arranged.
------------------------------
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
We often have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings.
Hardware, etc. wanted/offered!
Got some (computer, etc.) hardware, etc. you're looking to acquire or
give away (or if not free, well below current fair market value),
and locally? We have a wiki page to list that - so ... see what's
offered, wanted, etc.!
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:offered_wanted_hardware_e…
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a look here:
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
See URL for details. If you're interested in anything in particular,
best to request such reasonably in advance (may not schlep the
inventory or portion(s) thereof, or have some particular ISO burned and
available in quantity >0 if it's not requested in advance).
Donations of USB flash, blank or +-RW media, or funding thereof,
also appreciated.
Books and other titles!
have a peek here:
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:books_and_publications
------------------------------
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue ...
You can do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG.
Quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us at a
meeting and/or drop us a note at: balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist or lead on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o venue arrangement (e.g. followup on potential leads,
on-site coordination/preparations)
o chief/assistant cat herder
o assist on publicity
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrator(s)).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG would like to be doing
(also feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
------------------------------
BALUG: meeting Tuesday 2024-09-17 reliability/recovery/self-healing &
other BALUG News
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items, details further below:
BALUG: meeting Tuesday 2024-09-17 reliability/recovery/self-healing &
other BALUG News
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue, ...
------------------------------
For our 2024-09-17 (3rd Tuesdays) BALUG meeting, we have:
Not a formal presentation, but do have discussion topic,
reliability/recovery/self-healing:
So, likely to include but not limited to:
o Helping ensure reliability of systems, services, etc.
o Recovering from issues (HA and other techniques)
o Self-healing
6:00pm Tuesday, September 17th, 2024 2024-09-17
Virtual:
https://meet.jit.si/BALUG.org Dial-in numbers also available at the
URL.
Please use earbud(s)/headphone(s) or mute yourself to avoid audio
feedback issues, also please if you have background sound/noise
issues mute yourself when not talking.
Generally works quite fine with reasonably modern Firefox
Chrome/Chromium, Microsoft Edge, possibly others (requires WebRTC
https://webrtc.org/
(Wikipedia: WebRTC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC)
(can also do some testing here: https://test.webrtc.org/ Probably
don't worry about minor items like "Reflexive connectivity" )), from
desktop, laptop, tablet, smart phone, etc.
In-person:
Henry's Hunan Restaurant
110 Natoma St. (between 2nd & New Montgomery)
San Francisco, CA 94105-3704
1-415-546-4999
https://www.hhunan.com/https://www.hhunannatoma.com/
Delicious Hunan cuisine and reasonably priced.
Easy Transit/Parking Access: short walk from BART, MUNI, parking
Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Meeting Details...
Cost/Dining:
The meetings are always free, but dinner is not (unless you are our
guest speaker, in which case we also treat you to dinner). For
Henry's Hunan Restaurant, if folks are agreeable, we'll share and
dine "family" style, and split up the costs, and typical cost per
person including tax and tip (but not including beverages beyond
complementary tea) would be in the $15.00 to $31.00 range, and
commonly around $18.00 to $27.00. Cash preferred to ease splitting
up the check. One can also specifically order the dish(es) one
needs/prefers (e.g. for dietary considerations) - and we also
commonly order some dish(es) that may meet various dietary
considerations) (e.g. vegetarian, non-pork, ...). Punctual arrival
recommended for optimal dining experience, as we expect to be
ordering at that time.
At approximately 7:00 P.M. we start our presentation/talk, or more
informal talk/discussion if we don't have a particularly
presentation/talk/presenter or special guest arranged.
------------------------------
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
We often have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings.
Hardware, etc. wanted/offered!
Got some (computer, etc.) hardware, etc. you're looking to acquire or
give away (or if not free, well below current fair market value),
and locally? We have a wiki page to list that - so ... see what's
offered, wanted, etc.!
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:offered_wanted_hardware_e…
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a look here:
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
See URL for details. If you're interested in anything in particular,
best to request such reasonably in advance (may not schlep the
inventory or portion(s) thereof, or have some particular ISO burned and
available in quantity >0 if it's not requested in advance).
Donations of USB flash, blank or +-RW media, or funding thereof,
also appreciated.
Books and other titles!
have a peek here:
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:books_and_publications
------------------------------
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue ...
You can do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG.
Quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us at a
meeting and/or drop us a note at: balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist or lead on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o venue arrangement (e.g. followup on potential leads,
on-site coordination/preparations)
o chief/assistant cat herder
o assist on publicity
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrator(s)).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG would like to be doing
(also feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
------------------------------
BALUG: meeting Tuesday 2024-08-20 Supporting Older Systems, etc. &
other BALUG News: Mailman 2 --> Mailman 3 & other upgrades
------------------------------
items, details further below:
BALUG: meeting Tuesday 2024-08-20 Supporting Older Systems, etc.
BALUG Upgrades: Mailman 2 --> Mailman 3 & other upgrades
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue, ...
------------------------------
For our 2024-08-20 (3rd Tuesdays) BALUG meeting, we have:
Michael Paoli - not a formal presentation, but do have discussion topic,
etc.:
Supporting older software, operating systems, hardware, upgrading,
etc.
So, likely to include but not limited to:
o How to support older software and operating systems (e.g. past
End-of-Life (EOL)), strategies, limitations, etc.
o How to support older (e.g. past EOL) hardware
o Practical steps to effectively extend (self) support
o Upgrading, e.g. how to upgrade from what's already past EOL
6:00pm Tuesday, August 20th, 2024 2024-08-20
Virtual:
https://meet.jit.si/BALUG.org Dial-in numbers also available at the
URL.
Please use earbud(s)/headphone(s) or mute yourself to avoid audio
feedback issues, also please if you have background sound/noise
issues mute yourself when not talking.
Generally works quite fine with reasonably modern Firefox
Chrome/Chromium, Microsoft Edge, possibly others (requires WebRTC
https://webrtc.org/
(Wikipedia: WebRTC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC)
(can also do some testing here: https://test.webrtc.org/ Probably
don't worry about minor items like "Reflexive connectivity" )), from
desktop, laptop, tablet, smart phone, etc.
In-person:
Henry's Hunan Restaurant
110 Natoma St. (between 2nd & New Montgomery)
San Francisco, CA 94105-3704
1-415-546-4999
https://www.hhunan.com/https://www.hhunannatoma.com/
Delicious Hunan cuisine and reasonably priced.
Easy Transit/Parking Access: short walk from BART, MUNI, parking
Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Meeting Details...
Cost/Dining:
The meetings are always free, but dinner is not (unless you are our
guest speaker, in which case we also treat you to dinner). For
Henry's Hunan Restaurant, if folks are agreeable, we'll share and
dine "family" style, and split up the costs, and typical cost per
person including tax and tip (but not including beverages beyond
complementary tea) would be in the $15.00 to $31.00 range, and
commonly around $18.00 to $27.00. Cash preferred to ease splitting
up the check. One can also specifically order the dish(es) one
needs/prefers (e.g. for dietary considerations) - and we also
commonly order some dish(es) that may meet various dietary
considerations) (e.g. vegetarian, non-pork, ...). Punctual arrival
recommended for optimal dining experience, as we expect to be
ordering at that time.
At approximately 7:00 P.M. we start our presentation/talk, or more
informal talk/discussion if we don't have a particularly
presentation/talk/presenter or special guest arranged.
------------------------------
BALUG Upgrades: Mailman 2 --> Mailman 3 & other upgrades
BALUG will be undergoing various major upgrades. Most of these
will be relatively unnoticed by most users, however some changes
will be be more noticeable.
Mailman 2 to Mailman 3 upgrade will be the upgrade probably most
noticed by most users. Some highlights:
Doesn't change:
o subscriptions/memberships and most per-list member options
o list posting addresses
Changes substantially:
o web interface
o managing and viewing member options
For more information, see:
https://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk/2024-August/000251.htmlhttps://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:mailman2to3
The BALUG VM will also be undergoing some major operating system
upgrades. Though this will cause some at least brief outages, I'm
aiming and hoping to generally keep those as short as feasible. So,
in general, if site appears to be down or some service(s) not operational,
probably check back a bit later and they'll likely be available again.
I'm hoping/aiming to do most of this work evenings/nights/weekends.
------------------------------
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
We often have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings.
Hardware, etc. wanted/offered!
Got some (computer, etc.) hardware, etc. you're looking to acquire or
give away (or if not free, well below current fair market value),
and locally? We have a wiki page to list that - so ... see what's
offered, wanted, etc.!
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:offered_wanted_hardware_e…
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a look here:
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
See URL for details. If you're interested in anything in particular,
best to request such reasonably in advance (may not schlep the
inventory or portion(s) thereof, or have some particular ISO burned and
available in quantity >0 if it's not requested in advance).
Donations of USB flash, blank or +-RW media, or funding thereof,
also appreciated.
Books and other titles!
have a peek here:
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:books_and_publications
------------------------------
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue ...
You can do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG.
Quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us at a
meeting and/or drop us a note at: balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist or lead on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o venue arrangement (e.g. followup on potential leads,
on-site coordination/preparations)
o chief/assistant cat herder
o assist on publicity
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrator(s)).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG would like to be doing
(also feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
------------------------------
BALUG: meeting Tuesday 2024-07-16 Mailman 3 & other BALUG News
------------------------------
items, details further below:
BALUG: meeting Tuesday 2024-07-16 Mailman 3 & other BALUG News
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue, ...
------------------------------
For our 2024-07-16 (3rd Tuesdays) BALUG meeting, we have:
Michael Paoli - not a formal presentation, but do have discussion topic,
etc.:
Mailman 3 (and related, and other upgrades in BALUG's near-term future,
etc.). This will be a "part 2", continued discussion from last month's
meeting, more about Mailman 3, findings in testing and evaluation, how
it differs from Mailman 2, general plans and information regarding
migration from Mailman 2 to Mailman 3, and also some discussion of other
fairly near term upgrades planned for BALUG (notably operating system
version upgrades).
Also, fairly likely I won't be physically at the meeting, but will be
present on-line (alas, got a common contagion recently, and may not be
clear of that and symptoms by meeting time). So I may not be making it
physically to the meeting. So, if you're at restaurant and don't see
BALUG sign, may want to make one up so others can find you. I will be
online for the meeting.
6:00pm Tuesday, July 16th, 2024 2024-07-16
Virtual:
https://meet.jit.si/BALUG.org Dial-in numbers also available at the
URL.
Please use earbud(s)/headphone(s) or mute yourself to avoid audio
feedback issues, also please if you have background sound/noise
issues mute yourself when not talking.
Generally works quite fine with reasonably modern Firefox
Chrome/Chromium, Microsoft Edge, possibly others (requires WebRTC
https://webrtc.org/
(Wikipedia: WebRTC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC)
(can also do some testing here: https://test.webrtc.org/ Probably
don't worry about minor items like "Reflexive connectivity" )), from
desktop, laptop, tablet, smart phone, etc.
In-person:
Henry's Hunan Restaurant
110 Natoma St. (between 2nd & New Montgomery)
San Francisco, CA 94105-3704
1-415-546-4999
https://www.hhunan.com/https://www.hhunannatoma.com/
Delicious Hunan cuisine and reasonably priced.
Easy Transit/Parking Access: short walk from BART, MUNI, parking
Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Meeting Details...
Cost/Dining:
The meetings are always free, but dinner is not (unless you are our
guest speaker, in which case we also treat you to dinner). For
Henry's Hunan Restaurant, if folks are agreeable, we'll share and
dine "family" style, and split up the costs, and typical cost per
person including tax and tip (but not including beverages beyond
complementary tea) would be in the $15.00 to $31.00 range, and
commonly around $18.00 to $27.00. Cash preferred to ease splitting
up the check. One can also specifically order the dish(es) one
needs/prefers (e.g. for dietary considerations) - and we also
commonly order some dish(es) that may meet various dietary
considerations) (e.g. vegetarian, non-pork, ...). Punctual arrival
recommended for optimal dining experience, as we expect to be
ordering at that time.
At approximately 7:00 P.M. we start our presentation/talk, or more
informal talk/discussion if we don't have a particularly
presentation/talk/presenter or special guest arranged.
------------------------------
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
We often have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings.
Hardware, etc. wanted/offered!
Got some (computer, etc.) hardware, etc. you're looking to acquire or
give away (or if not free, well below current fair market value),
and locally? We have a wiki page to list that - so ... see what's
offered, wanted, etc.!
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:offered_wanted_hardware_e…
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a look here:
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
See URL for details. If you're interested in anything in particular,
best to request such reasonably in advance (may not schlep the
inventory or portion(s) thereof, or have some particular ISO burned and
available in quantity >0 if it's not requested in advance).
Donations of USB flash, blank or +-RW media, or funding thereof,
also appreciated.
Books and other titles!
have a peek here:
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:books_and_publications
------------------------------
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue ...
You can do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG.
Quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us at a
meeting and/or drop us a note at: balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist or lead on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o venue arrangement (e.g. followup on potential leads,
on-site coordination/preparations)
o chief/assistant cat herder
o assist on publicity
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrator(s)).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG would like to be doing
(also feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
------------------------------
BALUG: meeting TOMORROW!: Tu 2024-06-18 & other BALUG News
------------------------------
items, details further below:
BALUG: meeting TODAY!: Tu 2024-06-18 & other BALUG News
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue, ...
------------------------------
For our 2024-06-18 (3rd Tuesdays) BALUG meeting, we have:
Don't have specific speaker/presentation lined up for this meeting at
least at the time of this update, but that doesn't prevent us from
having interesting and exciting conversations! Sometimes we even come
up with a speaker/presentation at the last minute. Or, of course,
always feel free to bring questions/topics you may want to ask about or
have discussed.
6:00pm Tuesday, June 18th, 2024 2024-06-18
Virtual:
https://meet.jit.si/BALUG.org Dial-in numbers also available at the
URL.
Please use earbud(s)/headphone(s) or mute yourself to avoid audio
feedback issues, also please if you have background sound/noise
issues mute yourself when not talking.
Generally works quite fine with reasonably modern Firefox
Chrome/Chromium, Microsoft Edge, possibly others (requires WebRTC
https://webrtc.org/
(Wikipedia: WebRTC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC)
(can also do some testing here: https://test.webrtc.org/ Probably
don't worry about minor items like "Reflexive connectivity" )), from
desktop, laptop, tablet, smart phone, etc.
In-person:
Henry's Hunan Restaurant
110 Natoma St. (between 2nd & New Montgomery)
San Francisco, CA 94105-3704
1-415-546-4999
https://www.hhunan.com/https://www.hhunannatoma.com/
Delicious Hunan cuisine and reasonably priced.
Easy Transit/Parking Access: short walk from BART, MUNI, parking
Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Meeting Details...
Cost/Dining:
The meetings are always free, but dinner is not (unless you are our
guest speaker, in which case we also treat you to dinner). For
Henry's Hunan Restaurant, if folks are agreeable, we'll share and
dine "family" style, and split up the costs, and typical cost per
person including tax and tip (but not including beverages beyond
complementary tea) would be in the $15.00 to $31.00 range, and
commonly around $18.00 to $27.00. Cash preferred to ease splitting
up the check. One can also specifically order the dish(es) one
needs/prefers (e.g. for dietary considerations) - and we also
commonly order some dish(es) that may meet various dietary
considerations) (e.g. vegetarian, non-pork, ...). Punctual arrival
recommended for optimal dining experience, as we expect to be
ordering at that time.
At approximately 7:00 P.M. we start our presentation/talk, or more
informal talk/discussion if we don't have a particularly
presentation/talk/presenter or special guest arranged.
------------------------------
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
We often have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings.
Hardware, etc. wanted/offered!
Got some (computer, etc.) hardware, etc. you're looking to acquire or
give away (or if not free, well below current fair market value),
and locally? We have a wiki page to list that - so ... see what's
offered, wanted, etc.!
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:offered_wanted_hardware_e…
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a look here:
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
See URL for details. If you're interested in anything in particular,
best to request such reasonably in advance (may not schlep the
inventory or portion(s) thereof, or have some particular ISO burned and
available in quantity >0 if it's not requested in advance).
Donations of USB flash, blank or +-RW media, or funding thereof,
also appreciated.
Books and other titles!
have a peek here:
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:books_and_publications
------------------------------
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue ...
You can do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG.
Quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us at a
meeting and/or drop us a note at: balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist or lead on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o venue arrangement (e.g. followup on potential leads,
on-site coordination/preparations)
o chief/assistant cat herder
o assist on publicity
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrator(s)).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG would like to be doing
(also feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
BALUG: meeting TOMORROW!: Tu 2024-05-21 & other BALUG News
------------------------------
items, details further below:
BALUG: meeting TODAY!: Tu 2024-05-21 & other BALUG News
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue, ...
------------------------------
For our 2024-05-21 (3rd Tuesdays) BALUG meeting, we have:
Don't have specific speaker/presentation lined up for this meeting at
least at the time of this update, but that doesn't prevent us from
having interesting and exciting conversations! Sometimes we even come
up with a speaker/presentation at the last minute. Or, of course,
always feel free to bring questions/topics you may want to ask about or
have discussed.
6:00pm Tuesday, May 21st, 2024 2024-05-21
Virtual:
https://meet.jit.si/BALUG.org Dial-in numbers also available at the
URL.
Please use earbud(s)/headphone(s) or mute yourself to avoid audio
feedback issues, also please if you have background sound/noise
issues mute yourself when not talking.
Generally works quite fine with reasonably modern Firefox
Chrome/Chromium, Microsoft Edge, possibly others (requires WebRTC
https://webrtc.org/
(Wikipedia: WebRTC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC)
(can also do some testing here: https://test.webrtc.org/ Probably
don't worry about minor items like "Reflexive connectivity" )), from
desktop, laptop, tablet, smart phone, etc.
In-person:
Henry's Hunan Restaurant
110 Natoma St. (between 2nd & New Montgomery)
San Francisco, CA 94105-3704
1-415-546-4999
https://www.hhunan.com/https://www.hhunannatoma.com/
Delicious Hunan cuisine and reasonably priced.
Easy Transit/Parking Access: short walk from BART, MUNI, parking
Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Meeting Details...
Cost/Dining:
The meetings are always free, but dinner is not (unless you are our
guest speaker, in which case we also treat you to dinner). For
Henry's Hunan Restaurant, if folks are agreeable, we'll share and
dine "family" style, and split up the costs, and typical cost per
person including tax and tip (but not including beverages beyond
complementary tea) would be in the $15.00 to $31.00 range, and
commonly around $18.00 to $27.00. Cash preferred to ease splitting
up the check. One can also specifically order the dish(es) one
needs/prefers (e.g. for dietary considerations) - and we also
commonly order some dish(es) that may meet various dietary
considerations) (e.g. vegetarian, non-pork, ...). Punctual arrival
recommended for optimal dining experience, as we expect to be
ordering at that time.
At approximately 7:00 P.M. we start our presentation/talk, or more
informal talk/discussion if we don't have a particularly
presentation/talk/presenter or special guest arranged.
------------------------------
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
We often have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings.
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a look here:
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
Donations of USB flash, blank or +-RW media, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details. If you're interested
in anything in particular, best to request such reasonably in advance
(may not schlep the inventory or portion(s) thereof, or have some
particular ISO burned and available in quantity >0 if it's not requested
in advance)
Hardware, etc. wanted/offered!
Got some (computer, etc.) hardware, etc. you're looking to give
away or acquire (or if not free, well below current fair market value),
and locally? We have a wiki page to list that - so ... see what's
offered, wanted, etc.!
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:offered_wanted_hardware_e…
Books and other titles!
have a peek here:
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:books_and_publications
------------------------------
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue ...
You can do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG.
Quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us at a
meeting and/or drop us a note at: balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist or lead on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o venue arrangement (e.g. followup on potential leads,
on-site coordination/preparations)
o chief/assistant cat herder
o assist on publicity
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrator(s)).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG would like to be doing
(also feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
BALUG: meeting TOMORROW!: Tu 2024-04-16 & other BALUG News
------------------------------
items, details further below:
BALUG: meeting TODAY!: Tu 2024-04-16 & other BALUG News
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue, ...
------------------------------
For our 2024-04-16 (3rd Tuesdays) BALUG meeting, we have:
Don't have specific speaker/presentation lined up for this meeting at
least at the time of this update, but that doesn't prevent us from
having interesting and exciting conversations! Sometimes we even come
up with a speaker/presentation at the last minute. Or, of course,
always feel free to bring questions/topics you may want to ask about or
have discussed.
6:00pm Tuesday, April 16th, 2024 2024-04-16
Virtual:
https://meet.jit.si/BALUG.org Dial-in numbers also available at the
URL.
Please use earbud(s)/headphone(s) or mute yourself to avoid audio
feedback issues, also please if you have background sound/noise
issues mute yourself when not talking.
Generally works quite fine with reasonably modern Firefox
Chrome/Chromium, Microsoft Edge, possibly others (requires WebRTC
https://webrtc.org/
(Wikipedia: WebRTC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC)
(can also do some testing here: https://test.webrtc.org/ Probably
don't worry about minor items like "Reflexive connectivity" )), from
desktop, laptop, tablet, smart phone, etc.
In-person:
Henry's Hunan Restaurant
110 Natoma St. (between 2nd & New Montgomery)
San Francisco, CA 94105-3704
1-415-546-4999
https://www.hhunan.com/https://www.hhunannatoma.com/
Delicious Hunan cuisine and reasonably priced.
Easy Transit/Parking Access: short walk from BART, MUNI, parking
Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Meeting Details...
Cost/Dining:
The meetings are always free, but dinner is not (unless you are our
guest speaker, in which case we also treat you to dinner). For
Henry's Hunan Restaurant, if folks are agreeable, we'll share and
dine "family" style, and split up the costs, and typical cost per
person including tax and tip (but not including beverages beyond
complementary tea) would be in the $15.00 to $31.00 range, and
commonly around $18.00 to $27.00. Cash preferred to ease splitting
up the check. One can also specifically order the dish(es) one
needs/prefers (e.g. for dietary considerations) - and we also
commonly order some dish(es) that may meet various dietary
considerations) (e.g. vegetarian, non-pork, ...). Punctual arrival
recommended for optimal dining experience, as we expect to be
ordering at that time.
At approximately 7:00 P.M. we start our presentation/talk, or more
informal talk/discussion if we don't have a particularly
presentation/talk/presenter or special guest arranged.
------------------------------
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
We often have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings.
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a look here:
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
Donations of USB flash, blank or +-RW media, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details. If you're interested
in anything in particular, best to request such reasonably in advance
(may not schlep the inventory or portion(s) thereof, or have some
particular ISO burned and available in quantity >0 if it's not requested
in advance)
Hardware, etc. wanted/offered!
Got some (computer, etc.) hardware, etc. you're looking to give
away or acquire (or if not free, well below current fair market value),
and locally? We have a wiki page to list that - so ... see what's
offered, wanted, etc.!
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:offered_wanted_hardware_e…
Books and other titles!
have a peek here:
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:books_and_publications
------------------------------
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue ...
You can do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG.
Quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us at a
meeting and/or drop us a note at: balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist or lead on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o venue arrangement (e.g. followup on potential leads,
on-site coordination/preparations)
o chief/assistant cat herder
o assist on publicity
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrator(s)).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG would like to be doing
(also feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
BALUG: meeting TOMORROW!: Tu 2024-03-19 & other BALUG News
------------------------------
items, details further below:
BALUG: meeting TODAY!: Tu 2024-03-19 & other BALUG News
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue, ...
------------------------------
For our 2024-03-19 (3rd Tuesdays) BALUG meeting, we have:
Don't have specific speaker/presentation lined up for this meeting at
least at the time of this update, but that doesn't prevent us from
having interesting and exciting conversations! Sometimes we even come
up with a speaker/presentation at the last minute. Or, of course,
always feel free to bring questions/topics you may want to ask about or
have discussed.
Also, I've got a rather packed schedule, so I'm intending to be online
for this meeting, but expect I won't be able to make it to the physical
meeting venue. So, if you're at restaurant and don't see BALUG sign,
may want to make one up so others can find you.
6:00pm Tuesday, March 19th, 2024 2024-03-19
Virtual:
https://meet.jit.si/BALUG.org Dial-in numbers also available at the
URL.
Please use earbud(s)/headphone(s) or mute yourself to avoid audio
feedback issues, also please if you have background sound/noise
issues mute yourself when not talking.
Generally works quite fine with reasonably modern Firefox
Chrome/Chromium, Microsoft Edge, possibly others (requires WebRTC
https://webrtc.org/
(Wikipedia: WebRTC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC)
(can also do some testing here: https://test.webrtc.org/ Probably
don't worry about minor items like "Reflexive connectivity" )), from
desktop, laptop, tablet, smart phone, etc.
In-person:
Henry's Hunan Restaurant
110 Natoma St. (between 2nd & New Montgomery)
San Francisco, CA 94105-3704
1-415-546-4999
https://www.hhunan.com/https://www.hhunannatoma.com/
Delicious Hunan cuisine and reasonably priced.
Easy Transit/Parking Access: short walk from BART, MUNI, parking
Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Meeting Details...
Cost/Dining:
The meetings are always free, but dinner is not (unless you are our
guest speaker, in which case we also treat you to dinner). For
Henry's Hunan Restaurant, if folks are agreeable, we'll share and
dine "family" style, and split up the costs, and typical cost per
person including tax and tip (but not including beverages beyond
complementary tea) would be in the $15.00 to $31.00 range, and
commonly around $18.00 to $27.00. Cash preferred to ease splitting
up the check. One can also specifically order the dish(es) one
needs/prefers (e.g. for dietary considerations) - and we also
commonly order some dish(es) that may meet various dietary
considerations) (e.g. vegetarian, non-pork, ...). Punctual arrival
recommended for optimal dining experience, as we expect to be
ordering at that time.
At approximately 7:00 P.M. we start our presentation/talk, or more
informal talk/discussion if we don't have a particularly
presentation/talk/presenter or special guest arranged.
------------------------------
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
We often have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings.
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a look here:
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
Donations of USB flash, blank or +-RW media, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details. If you're interested
in anything in particular, best to request such reasonably in advance
(may not schlep the inventory or portion(s) thereof, or have some
particular ISO burned and available in quantity >0 if it's not requested
in advance)
Hardware, etc. wanted/offered!
Got some (computer, etc.) hardware, etc. you're looking to give
away or acquire (or if not free, well below current fair market value),
and locally? We have a wiki page to list that - so ... see what's
offered, wanted, etc.!
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:offered_wanted_hardware_e…
Books and other titles!
have a peek here:
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:books_and_publications
------------------------------
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue ...
You can do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG.
Quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us at a
meeting and/or drop us a note at: balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist or lead on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o venue arrangement (e.g. followup on potential leads,
on-site coordination/preparations)
o chief/assistant cat herder
o assist on publicity
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrator(s)).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG would like to be doing
(also feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
BALUG: meeting TODAY!: Tu 2024-02-20 & other BALUG News
------------------------------
items, details further below:
BALUG: meeting TODAY!: Tu 2024-02-20 & other BALUG News
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue, ...
------------------------------
For our 2024-02-20 (3rd Tuesdays) BALUG meeting, we have:
Don't have specific speaker/presentation lined up for this meeting at
least at the time of this update, but that doesn't prevent us from
having interesting and exciting conversations! Sometimes we even come
up with a speaker/presentation at the last minute. Or, of course,
always feel free to bring questions/topics you may want to ask about or
have discussed.
Also, I've got a probable scheduling conflict, so I may not be able to
make the meeting or may not be able to make all of it. So, if you're at
restaurant and don't see BALUG sign, may wan to make one up so others
can
find you.
6:00pm Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 2024-02-20
In-person:
Henry's Hunan Restaurant
110 Natoma St. (between 2nd & New Montgomery)
San Francisco, CA 94105-3704
1-415-546-4999
https://www.hhunan.com/https://www.hhunannatoma.com/
Delicious Hunan cuisine and reasonably priced.
Easy Transit/Parking Access: short walk from BART, MUNI, parking
Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Virtual:
https://meet.jit.si/BALUG.org Dial-in numbers also available at the
URL.
Please use earbud(s)/headphone(s) or mute yourself to avoid audio
feedback issues, also please if you have background sound/noise
issues mute yourself when not talking.
Generally works quite fine with reasonably modern Firefox
Chrome/Chromium, Microsoft Edge, possibly others (requires WebRTC
https://webrtc.org/
(Wikipedia: WebRTC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC)
(can also do some testing here: https://test.webrtc.org/ Probably
don't worry about minor items like "Reflexive connectivity" )), from
desktop, laptop, tablet, smart phone, etc.
Meeting Details...
Cost/Dining:
The meetings are always free, but dinner is not (unless you are our
guest speaker, in which case we also treat you to dinner). For
Henry's Hunan Restaurant, if folks are agreeable, we'll share and
dine "family" style, and split up the costs, and typical cost per
person including tax and tip (but not including beverages beyond
complementary tea) would be in the $15.00 to $31.00 range, and
commonly around $18.00 to $27.00. Cash preferred to ease splitting
up the check. One can also specifically order the dish(es) one
needs/prefers (e.g. for dietary considerations) - and we also
commonly order some dish(es) that may meet various dietary
considerations) (e.g. vegetarian, non-pork, ...). Punctual arrival
recommended for optimal dining experience, as we expect to be
ordering at that time.
At approximately 7:00 P.M. we start our presentation/talk, or more
informal talk/discussion if we don't have a particularly
presentation/talk/presenter or special guest arranged.
------------------------------
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
We often have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings.
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a look here:
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
Donations of USB flash, blank or +-RW media, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details. If you're interested
in anything in particular, best to request such reasonably in advance
(may not schlep the inventory or portion(s) thereof, or have some
particular ISO burned and available in quantity >0 if it's not requested
in advance)
Hardware, etc. wanted/offered!
Got some (computer, etc.) hardware, etc. you're looking to give
away or acquire (or if not free, well below current fair market value),
and locally? We have a wiki page to list that - so ... see what's
offered, wanted, etc.!
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:offered_wanted_hardware_e…
Books and other titles!
have a peek here:
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:books_and_publications
------------------------------
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue ...
You can do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG.
Quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us at a
meeting and/or drop us a note at: balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist or lead on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o venue arrangement (e.g. followup on potential leads,
on-site coordination/preparations)
o chief/assistant cat herder
o assist on publicity
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrator(s)).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG would like to be doing
(also feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org
BALUG: meeting TODAY!: Tu 2024-01-16 watchdog & troubleshooting
intermittent issues & other BALUG News
------------------------------
items, details further below:
BALUG: meeting TODAY!: Tu 2024-01-16 watchdog & troubleshooting
intermittent issues
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue, ...
------------------------------
For our 2024-01-16 (3rd Tuesdays) BALUG meeting, we have:
2024-01-16 Theme: watchdog & troubleshooting intermittent issues
Don't have specific speaker/presentation lined up for this meeting at
least at the time of this update, but do have a discussion topic:
watchdog & troubleshooting intermittent issues.
So, likely to include but not limited to:
o watchdog timers, devices, software, hardware
o troubleshooting intermittent/fast/rare issues
o etc.
6:00pm Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 2024-01-16
In-person:
Henry's Hunan Restaurant
110 Natoma St. (between 2nd & New Montgomery)
San Francisco, CA 94105-3704
1-415-546-4999
https://www.hhunan.com/https://www.hhunannatoma.com/
Delicious Hunan cuisine and reasonably priced.
Easy Transit/Parking Access: short walk from BART, MUNI, parking
Trip planning: http://www.511.org/
Virtual:
https://meet.jit.si/BALUG.org Dial-in numbers also available at the
URL.
Please use earbud(s)/headphone(s) or mute yourself to avoid audio
feedback issues, also please if you have background sound/noise
issues mute yourself when not talking.
Generally works quite fine with reasonably modern Firefox
Chrome/Chromium, Microsoft Edge, possibly others (requires WebRTC
https://webrtc.org/
(Wikipedia: WebRTC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC)
(can also do some testing here: https://test.webrtc.org/ Probably
don't worry about minor items like "Reflexive connectivity" )), from
desktop, laptop, tablet, smart phone, etc.
Meeting Details...
Cost/Dining:
The meetings are always free, but dinner is not (unless you are our
guest speaker, in which case we also treat you to dinner). For
Henry's Hunan Restaurant, if folks are agreeable, we'll share and
dine "family" style, and split up the costs, and typical cost per
person including tax and tip (but not including beverages beyond
complementary tea) would be in the $15.00 to $31.00 range, and
commonly around $18.00 to $27.00. Cash preferred to ease splitting
up the check. One can also specifically order the dish(es) one
needs/prefers (e.g. for dietary considerations) - and we also
commonly order some dish(es) that may meet various dietary
considerations) (e.g. vegetarian, non-pork, ...). Punctual arrival
recommended for optimal dining experience, as we expect to be
ordering at that time.
At approximately 7:00 P.M. we start our presentation/talk, or more
informal talk/discussion if we don't have a particularly
presentation/talk/presenter or special guest arranged.
------------------------------
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
We often have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings.
CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a look here:
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc
Donations of USB flash, blank or +-RW media, or funding thereof,
also appreciated. See the above URL for details. If you're interested
in anything in particular, best to request such reasonably in advance
(may not schlep the inventory or portion(s) thereof, or have some
particular ISO burned and available in quantity >0 if it's not requested
in advance)
Hardware, etc. wanted/offered!
Got some (computer, etc.) hardware, etc. you're looking to give
away or acquire (or if not free, well below current fair market value),
and locally? We have a wiki page to list that - so ... see what's
offered, wanted, etc.!
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:offered_wanted_hardware_e…
Books and other titles!
have a peek here:
https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:books_and_publications
------------------------------
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue ...
You can do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG.
Quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us at a
meeting and/or drop us a note at: balug-contact(a)balug.org
These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:
o assist or lead on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.
o venue arrangement (e.g. followup on potential leads,
on-site coordination/preparations)
o chief/assistant cat herder
o assist on publicity
o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some
quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrator(s)).
o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist
o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.
o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG would like to be doing
(also feel free to suggest ideas!)
------------------------------
Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we
should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or
things we should do differently): publicity-feedback(a)balug.org