[sf-lug] BALUG: meeting next Tuesday 2024-11-19 & other BALUG News

[Michael Paoli]

BALUG: meeting next Tuesday 2024-11-19 & other BALUG News

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BALUG: meeting next Tuesday 2024-11-19 & other BALUG News
mini announcement: digitalwitness.org
giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...
help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue, ...

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For our 2024-11-19 (3rd Tuesdays) BALUG meeting, don't have formal
presentation lined up, but have some discussions topics in mind, so will
likely (also) include:
o web CGI (Common Gateway Interface)[1]
   Means to have web servers run programs, e.g. from web pages/forms,
   take actions, provide dynamic content, etc., e.g.:
   o https://www.ipv4.balug.org/myip[2]
     https://www.ipv6.balug.org/myip[3]
   o https://www.digitalwitness.org/[4]
o device mapper[5] Map block devices to higher level virtual
   block devices, and can add many features, e.g.:
   cache, clone, crypt, delay, error, flakey, liner, mirror,
   multipath, raid, snapshot, striped, thin, zero
References:
  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Gateway_Interface
  2. https://www.ipv4.balug.org/myip
  3. https://www.ipv6.balug.org/myip
  4. https://www.digitalwitness.org/
  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_mapper

    6:00pm Tuesday, November 19th, 2024 2024-11-19

    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 $17.00 to $35.00 range, and
     commonly around $19.00 to $30.00.  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.

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mini announcement: digitalwitness.org

digitalwitness.org - (digital) items (e.g. secure hashes) PGP/gpg
signed, via ssh or web interface (want witness/evidence that some
(digital) something existed at some point in time?  E.g. digital video,
photo, code, ...)
More details posted earlier on the "Talk" list:

Announcing digitalwitness.org - free public signing (witnessing) service
https://lists.balug.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/balug-talk@lists.balug.org/message/KH6JIXYESORTSG4BKQFU5EHDWPTV6ZK6/

+Web interface: https://www.digitalwitness.org/
https://lists.balug.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/balug-talk@lists.balug.org/message/DK2O7WNPXDTPEORSSANRH4GNS7QGJSHL/

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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_etc

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

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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 at 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!)

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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 at balug.org

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