2026-07: Elixir, Homelab Tours

Chris Nicoll introduces the programming language Elixir. Marc Peppin, Anne DeCusatis, Mikalai Birukou, Thayen Burtenshaw, and Spencer Hughes discuss their homelabs. See https://kwlug.org/node/1483 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, Nov 2, 2026, 7pm

LearnBot, Authentik

Meeting Date

2026-11-02T19:00:00

Sumedh Mahajan will demonstrate LearnBot, a system he set up to use AI chatbots in learning management systems (LMSes). The AI helps clarify questions from student users.

Spencer Hughes will tell us about Authentik, a self-hostable, open-source Identity Provider (IdP) for modern single-sign on (SSO) applications.

In-Person Social: Monday, August 24, 2026, 7pm

Dinner at Huether Hotel, Uptown Waterloo

Meeting Date

2026-08-24T19:00:00

We are continuing the dinner meetup tradition at the Huether Hotel 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 59 King St N in Waterloo, near the intersection of King and Princess St E. Here is a map. 

In-Person Social: Wednesday, July 22, 2026, 7pm

Dinner at Crabby Joe's, Downtown Kitchener

Meeting Date

2026-07-22T19:00:00

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. 

2026-06: BigBlueButton Setup, High-Powered Rocketry

Jason Paul describes how he set up a backup BigBlueButton webconferencing server on AWS. Matteo Golin discusses the use of free software in high-powered rocketry. See https://kwlug.org/node/1470 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

In-Person Social: Monday, June 15, 2026, 7pm

Dinner at Prohibition Warehouse, Uptown Waterloo

Meeting Date

2026-06-15T19:00:00

We are continuing the dinner meetup tradition at Prohibition Warehouse 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 56 King St N in Waterloo, near the intersection of King and Princess St E. Here is a map. 

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

25th Anniversary Panel

Meeting Date

2026-10-05T19:00:00

To commemorate KWLUG's 25th anniversary, a number of early members will reminisce about the origins of KWLUG and reflect on their free software journeys. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions and contribute your own thoughts. 

Elsewhere

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, Sept 14, 2026, 7pm

Pioreactor, postmarketOS

Meeting Date

2026-09-14T19:00:00

Cameron Davidson-Pilon will give us some updates from his Pioreactor project, which sells bioreactors for growing microorganisms in science experiments. As per the name, Pioreactors are based on Raspberry Pi devices. 

Chris Irwin will tell us about postmarketOS, a Linux distro for mobile devices based upon Alpine Linux.

2026-05: Incident Response, LibreTime

Thomas Busch discusses how to respond to security incidents. Bob Jonkman discusses how he uses LibreTime to manage the Radio Waterloo radio station. See https://kwlug.org/node/1463 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.