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

WatGPU, Open WebUI

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 Open WebUI, a user-friendly AI interface, focusing on using the API for online use, and its unique functionalities.

 

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.

2024-09: Video Downloader Tools, Mosquitto

Sam Zhang compares video download tools, with an emphasis on yt-dlp. Gord Dey discusses relaying radio signals using the MQTT server Mosquitto. See kwlug.org/node/1389 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

In-Person Social: Wednesday, Sept 25, 2024, 7pm

Dinner at Crabby Joe's, Downtown Kitchener

Meeting Date

2024-09-25T19:00:00

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 Wednesday.

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, October 7, 2024, 7pm

Proxmox, Infrastructure as Code

Meeting Date

2024-10-07T19:00:00

Colin_ will discuss the virtualization platform Proxmox. He writes:

In this demonstration, I'll show how to set up a Proxmox cluster with High Availability using a stack of older Mac Minis, a Raspberry Pi, and a network switch. The presentation will highlight Proxmox's simplicity and reliability in a simulated home network environment, providing insights into its practical applications and benefits.

2024-08: Digital Signage, LibreOffice Macros

Michael Free discusses the components of a digital signage system he built. Mikalai Birukou discusses spreadsheet macros in LibreOffice. See kwlug.org/node/1387 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

In-Person Social: Monday, August 26, 2024, 7pm

Dinner at Crabby Joe's, Downtown Kitchener

Meeting Date

2024-08-26T19:00:00

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, and that it is being held at the same location as last month's restaurant meetup.

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

2024-07: Linux Upskill Challenge, Download Managers

Livia Lima discusses the online training resource Linux Upskill Challenge, and Sam Zhang discusses downloading tools wget, wget2, aria2, and curl. See kwlug.org/node/1381 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.