Thomas Busch will show us how to set up a local DNS server. He writes: 

Learn how to build and manage a reliable local DNS infrastructure using synchronized AdGuard Home instances. This session will cover practical deployment methods, configuration examples, and best practices for maintaining a private, secure DNS environment.

A number of KWLUG members will show off some cool tools:

• Jeff Smith will demonstrate mkvmerge and mkvextract . 
• Shravan Dwarka will demonstrate some bash scripting.
• Tim Laurence will demonstrate nmap. 
• Andrew Cant will demonstrate using Lua in Neovim. 

We are continuing the dinner meetup tradition at J&B Family Restaurant 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 79 Victoria St N in Kitchener, near the corner of Victoria and Duke Here is a map. 

There is parking in front of the restaurant. The nearest City parking lot is at Hall Lane.

Normally you can probably just show up, but this is our first time at J&B and they are a small place. If you plan to attend please make sure to RSVP to dinner@kwlug.org, so the organizers can make an accurate reservation

Khalid Baheyeldin will follow up on his November 2024 presentation on internal climate monitoring with a presentation on using Home Assistant to monitor weather conditions outside his house, such as lightning strikes and thunderstorm distances. He will discuss Home Assistant integration with rtl_433 to decode radio transmissions,  with devices such as La Crosse and AcuRite weather stations, and with WeeWX for statistics. 

Spencer Hughes will discuss remastering Live CD distributions. He writes:

I will be discussing creating a project I wrote for creating custom Debian and RHEL-based Live CDs and going over some of the potential uses for customized live CDs.