KWLUG Meeting: Monday, September 8, 2025, 7pm
Meeting Date
Note: the location for the in-person meeting will continue to be LIB 323 at the Dana Porter library, not LIB 329. This will be our in-person home for the indefinite future.
Note: the location for the in-person meeting will continue to be LIB 323 at the Dana Porter library, not LIB 329. This will be our in-person home for the indefinite future.
Location note: Once again we have changed rooms for the in-person meeting. This month's meeting will be held in DC 1568 at the University of Waterloo. Note that this is in the Davis Centre library, not the Dana Porter library. Don't get confused!
Bob B will show us some esoteric "Stupid Bash tricks" he has collected over the years.
Jason Eckert will tell us how to use Hugo to generate static websites.
Tony Salomone discusses Transformer Lab, his platform to facilitate running AI models locally. Sam Zhang discusses the featureful multimedia player mpv. See https://kwlug.org/node/1433 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.
Jason Paul presents the travel router he built on the RaspAP distribution. Mikalai Birukou explains concepts behind PrivacySafe. See https://kwlug.org/node/1427 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.
Thomas Busch demonstrates AdGuard Home. J. Lucas Donkers shows off the homebrew laptop he made using a Raspberry Pi. See https://kwlug.org/node/1418 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.
Note: The in-person meeting location has changed. Instead of LIB 329 (the "Computer Lab") this meeting will be held in LIB 323 (the "Learning Lab"), which has glass doors.
Another Note: Unfortunately Jason had to postpone his BigBlueButton Setup presentation. It will be rescheduled.
Fernando Duran will give us an update on SadServers, which teaches users Linux skills by presenting them with interactive challenges on virtual machines.
Alesh Slovak demonstrates new features in his gaming platform ChimeraOS. Tim Laurence configures a smart plug using ESPHome. See https://kwlug.org/node/1415 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.
Tony Salomone will tell us about Transformer Lab, which allows you to easily run, train, evaluate and build AI models on your local machine without writing code.
Sam Zhang will discuss mpv, a free software media player. He will demonstrate hardware acceleration, keybindings, frame advance features and more.
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.
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.