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.

2026-01: Fedora Atomic Linux, Incus

Doug Moen discusses Fedora Atomic Linux distros. Mikalai Birukou discusses the container management platform Incus. See https://kwlug.org/node/1456 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

In-Person Social: Monday, January 19, 2026, 7pm

Dinner at Crabby Joe's, Downtown Kitchener

Meeting Date

2026-01-19T19:00:00

We are continuing the dinner meetup tradition at Crabby Joe's in downtown Kitchener, 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 70 King St E in Kitchener, at the corner of King and Frederick St. Here is a map

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, May 4, 2026, 7pm

LibreTime + 1 more

Meeting Date

2026-05-04T19:00:00

Bob Jonkman from Radio Waterloo will tell us about LibreTime, the radio automation and scheduling software that runs the station. (This presentation will be held during the second presentation slot. If all goes well it will be simulcast as a radio show.)

2025-12: Party Planning, Cycling Guide

Spencer Hughes describes the software tools he uses to plan his Christmas parties. Mark Connolly discusses the OpenStreetMap-based navigation app Cycling Guide. See https://kwlug.org/node/1447 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

2025-11: AppDaemon for Home Assistant, Using Ceph and Proxmox as a Distributed NAS

Khalid Baheyeldin describes how to get weather alerts and how to control his humidifier using AppDaemon on Home Assistant. Spencer Hughes discusses setting up a NAS on Proxmox using Ceph for distributed storage. See https://kwlug.org/node/1422 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

2025-10: Hugo, PrivacySafe

Jason Eckert demonstrates the static site generator Hugo. Mikalai Birukou asks for feedback about system maps for PrivacySafe apps. See https://kwlug.org/node/1444 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

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

Fedora Atomic Linux, Incus

Meeting Date

2026-01-05T19:00:00

Update: Unfortunately Megan will not be able to present this month. We will reschedule her Marp presentation. 

Doug Moen will tell us about Fedora Atomic distros such as  Fedora Kinoite. He writes:

Fedora Atomic Linux is a family of distros that combine the ease of maintenance and the worry free automatic system updates of Android and ChromeOS, with the hackability, configurability and privacy of traditional desktop Linux.