OpenWRT

Contribution Date

It's somewhat startling to realize OpenWRT wasn't nominated long ago ...

From http://openwrt.org/:

- OpenWrt is described as a Linux distribution for embedded devices.

Contributions - cash or equipment, but apparently to SPI, with instructions to forward to OpenWRT, instead of OpenWRT directly:

- https://dev.openwrt.org/wiki/SupportDonate - includes credit card payment means. No obvious PayPal mechanism sticks out.

In-Person Social: Monday, June 15, 2026, 7pm

Dinner at Prohibition Warehouse, Uptown Waterloo

Meeting Date

2026-06-15T19:00:00

We are continuing the dinner meetup tradition at Prohibition Warehouse in Uptown Waterloo, starting at 7pm. Note that this restaurant meeting is on a Monday

This is a supplementary informal meeting; we will still hold hybrid meetings for technical topics.

The restaurant is located at 103 King St N in Waterloo, near the intersection of King and Princess St E. Here is a map

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, October 5, 2026, 7pm

25th Anniversary Panel + 1 more?

Meeting Date

2026-10-05T19:00:00

To commemorate KWLUG's 25th anniversary, a number of early members will reminisce about the origins of KWLUG and reflect on their free software journeys. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions and contribute your own thoughts. 

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, Sept 14, 2026, 7pm

Pioreactor, Power Monitoring with Home Assistant

Meeting Date

2026-09-14T19:00:00

Cameron Davidson-Pilon will give us some updates from his Pioreactor project, which sells bioreactors for growing microorganisms in science experiments. As per the name, Pioreactors are based on Raspberry Pi devices. 

Chris Irwin will tell us how upgrading to a heat pump led him through an exciting journey of using smart plugs, some smart appliances and whole-home power monitoring to track his electricity usage in Home Assistant.

2026-05: Incident Response, LibreTime

Thomas Busch discusses how to respond to security incidents. Bob Jonkman discusses how he uses LibreTime to manage the Radio Waterloo radio station. See https://kwlug.org/node/1463 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

In-Person Social: Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 7pm

Dinner at Bobby O'Brien's Irish Pub, Downtown Kitchener (also LibreLocal)

Meeting Date

2026-05-20T19:00:00

We are continuing the dinner meetup tradition at Bobby O'Brien's Irish Pub in downtown Kitchener, starting at 7pm. Note that this restaurant meeting is on a Wednesday

This is a supplementary informal meeting; we will still hold hybrid meetings for technical topics.

The restaurant is located at 125 King St E in Kitchener, near the intersection of King and Young St. Here is a map

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, August 10, 2026, 7pm

LLM Stack, PrivacySafe

Meeting Date

2026-08-10T19:00:00

Christopher Thompson will describe the components he uses to run self-hosted Large Language Models at home. He writes: