<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:monospace,monospace">BALUG: meeting: Tu 2026-04-21: Selfhosting in 2026 & other BALUG News<br><br>------------------------------<br><br>items, details further below:<br>BALUG: meeting: Tu 2026-04-21: Selfhosting in 2026 & other BALUG News<br>Henry's Hunan: New Menu!<br>giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...<br>help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue, ...<br><br>------------------------------<br><br>For our 2026-04-21 (3rd Tuesdays) BALUG meeting,<br><br>    6:00pm Tuesday, April 21st, 2026 2026-04-21: Selfhosting in 2026<br>    Don't have a speaker/presentation lined up, but do have a<br>    discussion topic: Selfhosting in 2026<br><br>    So, what does or may selfhosting look like in 2026?<br>    How does that compare to days of yore?<br>    Direct on physical machine selfhosted from home?<br>    Static IPv4 IP(s)? "Static" IPv6 IP(s)?<br>    Dynamic IPs and DDNS?<br>    Reverse Proxy?<br>    ISP NAT? ISP CGNAT?<br>    Virtual Machine? Containers? Selfhosted or provider hosted?<br>    Provider hosted services? Cloud?<br>    What service(s) self-hosted? What software/packages/infrastructure?<br><br>    Virtual:<br>    <a href="https://meet.jit.si/BALUG.org">https://meet.jit.si/BALUG.org</a> Dial-in numbers may also be available<br>    at the URL.<br>    Please use earbud(s)/headphone(s) or mute yourself to avoid audio<br>    feedback issues, also please if you have background sound/noise<br>    issues mute yourself when not talking.<br>    Generally works quite fine with reasonably modern Firefox<br>    Chrome/Chromium, Microsoft Edge, possibly others (requires WebRTC<br>    <a href="https://webrtc.org/">https://webrtc.org/</a><br>    (Wikipedia: WebRTC <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC</a>)<br>    (can also do some testing here: <a href="https://test.webrtc.org/">https://test.webrtc.org/</a> Probably<br>    don't worry about minor items like "Reflexive connectivity" )), from<br>    desktop, laptop, tablet, smart phone, etc.<br><br>    Henry's Hunan Restaurant<br>    110 Natoma St. (between 2nd & New Montgomery)<br>    San Francisco, CA 94105-3704<br>    1-415-546-4999<br>    <a href="https://www.hhunan.com/">https://www.hhunan.com/</a> <a href="https://www.hhunannatoma.com/">https://www.hhunannatoma.com/</a><br>    Delicious Hunan cuisine and reasonably priced.<br>    Easy Transit/Parking Access: short walk from BART, MUNI, parking<br>       Trip planning:  <a href="https://511.org/">https://511.org/</a><br><br>Meeting Details...<br><br>Cost/Dining:<br>     The meetings are always free, but dinner is not (unless you are our<br>     guest speaker, in which case we also treat you to dinner).  For<br>     Henry's Hunan Restaurant, if folks are agreeable, we'll share and<br>     dine "family" style, and split up the costs, and typical cost per<br>     person including tax and tip (but not including beverages beyond<br>     complementary tea) would be in the $17.00 to $35.00 range, and<br>     commonly around $19.00 to $30.00.  Cash preferred to ease splitting<br>     up the check.  One can also specifically order the dish(es) one<br>     needs/prefers (e.g. for dietary considerations) - and we also<br>     commonly order some dish(es) that may meet various dietary<br>     considerations) (e.g. vegetarian, non-pork, ...). Punctual arrival<br>     recommended for optimal dining experience, as we expect to be<br>     ordering at that time.<br>     At approximately 7:00 P.M. we start our presentation/talk, or more<br>     informal talk/discussion if we don't have a particularly<br>     presentation/talk/presenter or special guest arranged.<br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Henry's Hunan: New Menu!<br><br>The menu is recently quite changed, and wonderfully delicious!<br>Henry's Hunan never disappoints.<br>More details, have a look here:<br><a href="https://lists.balug.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/balug-talk@lists.balug.org/thread/EBA6MBGJ5MR346FLXFOH3237ASPV3H4Q/">https://lists.balug.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/balug-talk@lists.balug.org/thread/EBA6MBGJ5MR346FLXFOH3237ASPV3H4Q/</a><br>and/or here:<br><a href="https://www.hhunannatoma.com/">https://www.hhunannatoma.com/</a><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ...<br><br>We often have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings.<br><br>Hardware, etc. wanted/offered!<br>Got some (computer, etc.) hardware, etc. you're looking to acquire or<br>give away (or if not free, well below current fair market value),<br>and locally?  We have a wiki page to list that - so ... see what's<br>offered, wanted, etc.!<br><a href="https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:offered_wanted_hardware_etc">https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:offered_wanted_hardware_etc</a><br><br>CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a look here:<br><a href="https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc">https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc</a><br>See URL for details.  If you're interested in anything in particular,<br>best to request such reasonably in advance (may not schlep the<br>inventory or portion(s) thereof, or have some particular ISO burned and<br>available in quantity >0 if it's not requested in advance).<br>Donations of USB flash, blank or +-RW media, or funding thereof,<br>also appreciated.<br><br>Books and other titles!<br>have a peek here:<br><a href="https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:books_and_publications">https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:books_and_publications</a><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue ...<br><br>You can do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG.<br><br>Quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG.  Come talk to us at a<br>meeting and/or drop us a note at: <a href="mailto:balug-contact@balug.org">balug-contact@balug.org</a><br>These opportunities may include, among other possibilities:<br>o assist or lead on speaker coordination/procurement, etc.<br>o venue arrangement (e.g. followup on potential leads,<br>   on-site coordination/preparations)<br>o chief/assistant cat herder<br>o assist on publicity<br>o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some<br>     quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrator(s)).<br>o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist<br>o archivist/history/retrieval/etc.<br>o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG would like to be doing<br>     (also feel free to suggest ideas!)<br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we<br>should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or<br>things we should do differently): <a href="mailto:publicity-feedback@balug.org">publicity-feedback@balug.org</a><br><br>------------------------------</div></div>