[dvlug] Virtual LUG meeting _today_, 3pm-5pm

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Don Smith (dcsmith at gmail.com):

> Hi Rick,
> Thanks for the list, I got busy and wasn't able to attend at the time, do
> you know if there are any local lug meetings for the rest of the month?

Hi, Don!  To the extent that Michael Paoli, I, and other BALUG active
volunteers know of virtual LUG meetings, we add them to the wiki page:

https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:covid-19#virtual_meetings

You said _local_:  One of the silver linings of the pandemic is that
it's reminded the Linux community that we are active around the globe,
and IMO you should consider being active in LUGs elsewhere in the world
that hold events in the English language.  For example, I participate in
online LUG meetings in England, India, Norway, and Australia.

Of course, to do that, you will need to deal with time zone differences,
which are crucial.  Take your pick of dozens of Web sites that will
convert times from a distant location's time zone to yours, e.g.,
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html .

If you want to know what time it is _now_ in any place in the world, and
happen to have a Linux system at your disposal, the 'zdump' utility will
do it for you.  Here's a recipe:

:r! grep worldclock .bashrc
    alias worldclock='zdump America/{Los_Angeles,Phoenix,Mexico_City,New_York,Toronto,Sao_Paulo} Europe/{London,Berlin,Oslo,Moscow} Asia/{Calcutta,Shanghai,Tokyo} Australia/{Perth,Melbourne} Pacific/Auckland'

Here is its current output:

[rick at linuxmafia]
~ $ worldclock
America/Los_Angeles  Tue Oct 20 19:13:35 2020 PDT
America/Phoenix      Tue Oct 20 19:13:35 2020 MST
America/Mexico_City  Tue Oct 20 21:13:35 2020 CDT
America/New_York     Tue Oct 20 22:13:35 2020 EDT
America/Toronto      Tue Oct 20 22:13:35 2020 EDT
America/Sao_Paulo    Wed Oct 21 00:13:35 2020 BRST
Europe/London        Wed Oct 21 03:13:35 2020 BST
Europe/Berlin        Wed Oct 21 04:13:35 2020 CEST
Europe/Oslo          Wed Oct 21 04:13:35 2020 CEST
Europe/Moscow        Wed Oct 21 06:13:35 2020 MSD
Asia/Calcutta        Wed Oct 21 07:43:35 2020 IST
Asia/Shanghai        Wed Oct 21 10:13:35 2020 CST
Asia/Tokyo           Wed Oct 21 11:13:35 2020 JST
Australia/Perth      Wed Oct 21 10:13:35 2020 WST
Australia/Melbourne  Wed Oct 21 13:13:35 2020 EST
Pacific/Auckland     Wed Oct 21 15:13:35 2020 NZDT
[rick at linuxmafia]
~ $

Anyway, there's really no reason to limit yourself to _local_ LUG online
events.  The ones elsewhere around the globe are equally accessible.

-- 
Cheers,                           "2020 is pulling out more plot devices than 
Rick Moen                         a TV series on the brink of being canceled."
rick at linuxmafia.com                          (Seen on Reddit, Oct. 2, 2020.)
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