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.

2024-11: Home Assistant for Internal Monitoring, PrivacySafe

Khalid Baheyeldin discusses how he uses Home Assistant to monitor indoor air quality. Mikalai Birukou explains the concepts behind PrivacySafe. See https://kwlug.org/node/1399 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, Jan 6, 2025, 7pm

Local DNS, Cool Tools

Meeting Date

2025-01-06T19:00:00

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

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

 

In-Person Social: Wednesday, Nov 20, 2024, 7pm

Dinner at Ethel's Lounge, Uptown Waterloo

Meeting Date

2024-11-20T19:00:00

We are continuing the dinner meetup tradition at Ethel's Lounge in Uptown Waterloo, 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 114 King Street North in Waterloo, at the corner of King and Young St East. Here is a map

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, February 3, 2025, 7pm

Home Assistant for Weather Monitoring + 1 more

Meeting Date

2025-02-03T19:00:00

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.

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, December 2, 2024, 7pm

WatGPU, Fabric

Meeting Date

2024-12-02T19:00:00

Lori Paniak will discuss the WatGPU project, which clusters GPUs together for research computation purposes.

Sam Zhang will discuss Fabric, a commandline-based "open-source framework for augmenting humans using AI".

In-Person Social: Monday, Oct 21, 2024, 7pm

Dinner at Kentucky BBQ, Uptown Waterloo

Meeting Date

2024-10-21T19:00:00

We are continuing the dinner meetup tradition at Kentucky BBQ 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 Street North in Waterloo, at the corner of King and Young St East. Here is a map

2024-10: Infrastructure as Code, Proxmox

Spencer Hughes explains why and how to use infrastructure as code tools in your homelab. Colin_ gives us a tour of high-availability on the virtualization platform Proxmox. See https://kwlug.org/node/1395 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.