KWLUG Meeting: Monday, December 2, 2019, 7pm
systemd, computer vision
Meeting Date
2019-12-02T19:00:00
Nathan Fish will tell us about systemd.
Chris Blasko will give an overview of computer vision, with an emphasis on object recognition.
KWLUG Meeting: Monday, October 7 2019, 7pm
Syncthing, Blockchain
Meeting Date
2019-10-07T19:00:00
Sandeep Johri will tell us about how he uses Syncthing to keep his files safe.
Gheorghe Curelet-Balan will tell us about blockchains. He writes:
This talk will introduce the fundamental concepts & features of a blockchain (permanent distributed ledger, transaction & block building, block mining, proof of work, incentives, governance, etc.) in the context of bitcoin's step by step operation.
2019-09: Home Networks, PrivacySafe
Sandeep Johri describes his home network setup. Mikalai Birukou introduces PrivacySafe and 3NWeb, which allow you to run secure private servers in your home. See kwlug.org/node/1154 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Unfortunately, the audio quality is terrible this podcast -- the microphone kept cutting out.
2019-08: WRDashboard, Vim
Andrew Cant introduces the KWDashboard project, and Jason Eckert offers a survival guide to Vim. See kwlug.org/node/1170 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.
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2019-07: Docker Swarm, Life in a Terminal Window
Mikalai Birukou discusses Docker and Docker Swarm. Paul Nijjar discusses terminal window applications. See kwlug.org/node/1169 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped. Also, the recorder stopped recording unexpectedly a couple of times, so we lost several minutes of audio.
KWLUG Meeting: Monday, November 4, 2019, 7pm
Beginner Git, Matrix
Meeting Date
2019-11-04T19:00:00
Paul Nijjar will give a conceptual, high-level overview of how to use git, with the end goal of making a pull request on a Gitlab/Github project. This presentation will be beginner-friendly.
Hubert Chathi is a developer for Matrix, a real-time communications protocol.that supports end-to-end encrypted decentralized communication. Hubert will tell us about the project and some of its features.
2019-06: GDB
Sergio Durigan Jr provides an introduction to GDB, the GNU Debugger. See kwlug.org/node/1153 or additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.
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KWLUG Meeting: Monday, August 12, 2019, 7pm
WRDashboard, Vim
Meeting Date
2019-08-12T19:00:00
Andrew Cant will describe the tools and workflow behind WRDashboard, an information aggregator for Waterloo Region.
Jason Eckert has been using Vim for decades. He will give us a beginner-friendly tutorial of the text editor.
Update: Jason has provided his slides, linked below.
KWLUG Meeting: Monday, July 8, 2019, 7pm
Docker Swarm, Life in a Terminal Window
Meeting Date
2019-07-08T19:00:00
Mikalai Birukou will tell us about Docker Swarm, a native clustering system for Docker.
Paul Nijjar has an old and slow computer, so lives his life in a terminal window as much as possible. He will describe some of the end-user applications he uses in this interface, including: web surfing, playing multimedia files, reading news, notetaking, and more. This presentation is beginner-friendly.
2019-05: IPFS, Curv
Nathan Fish explains IPFS, the Interplanetary File System. Doug Moen demonstrates developments in Curv, the programming language he developed. See kwlug.org/node/1150 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.
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