KWLUG Meeting: Monday, October 4, 2021, 7pm

Open edX, Ansible

Meeting Date

2021-10-04T19:00:00

Paul Nijjar will relate his experiences using the learning management system Open edX as an instructor, and why in the world he would use it when his workplace already has D2L's Brightspace available.

Jeff Smith will discuss the popular configuration management software Ansible.

2021-09: MuseScore, Containerization

Michael Hitchens demonstrates the music scoring software MuseScore, and Jason Eckert leads us through a tour of containerization concepts, buzzwords, and history. See https://kwlug.org/node/1257 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

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KWLUG Meeting: Monday, Sept 13, 2021, 7pm

MuseScore, Demystifying Containerization

Meeting Date

2021-09-13T19:00:00

Michael Hitchens will follow up his LMMS presentation with another music-related project: the music composition software MuseScore.

Jason Eckert will demystify containerization and orchestration for us. Docker, Kubernetes, Swarms, Rancher... what are these tools used for? Why are they useful? How do they fit together? How has the industry evolved over the past seven years? Jason will answer these questions and more.

2021-08: Krita, Homelab setup

Kyle Murphy demonstrates how he uses Krita, the digital painting program. Bob B shows off his homelab setup. See https://kwlug.org/node/1251 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

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2021-07: Tmux migration, Trivia night

Paul Nijjar describes configuration changes he made in order to migrate from GNU Screen to Tmux, and the group collectively stumps itself with trivia. See kwlug.org/node/1248 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

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2021-06: Arduino, Text Formats

Brent Clements demonstrates some Arduino projects, and Tim Laurence discusses different text formats you may encounter in the world.  See kwlug.org/node/1247 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

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KWLUG Meeting: Monday, August 9, 2021, 7pm

Krita/Blender Revisited, Homelab Setup

Meeting Date

2021-08-09T19:00:00

In May we had a Blender/Krita presentation that emphasized Blender. This month we have a followup from Kyle Murphy, who will emphasize the digital painting tool Krita. He will offer some tips and techniques, shows how he incorporates Krita into game design, and demonstrate cross-functionality with Blender.

Bob B will give us a tour of his homelab: a collection of servers, storage and networking that lives in his house.

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, July 5 2021, 7pm

Tmux Migration, Trivia Night

Meeting Date

2021-07-05T19:00:00

This meeting will be held on our BigBlueButton instance: https://webconference.kwlug.org/room/kwlug 

Paul Nijjar will explain how and why he transitioned from the GNU Screen multiplexer to Tmux.

The group will collectively hold a trivia night. You can bring some free-software trivia to share and maybe we will get stumped.