Spencer Hughes will show us how he plans his annual Christmas party using FLOSS. He writes:
This talk describes the technology I use to organize and operate my annual Christmas party using open‑source software and other tech services. Topics include RSVP handling, inventory and food scheduling, network and media, sharing useful links, and some fun party favours we’ve setup.
Fernando Duran discusses his hands-on sysadmin training projects SadServers and SadSRE. Mikalai Birukou demonstrates improvements he made to the BigBlueButton video recording process. See https://kwlug.org/node/1436 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.
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!
Update: Unfortunately, Bob B won't be able to present his Stupid Bash Tricks presentation this month. We will reschedule it.
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.
