KWLUG Meeting: Monday, May 5, 2025, 7pm

AdGuard Home, Raspberry Pi Laptop

Meeting Date

2025-05-05T19:00:00

Thomas Busch will demonstrate the web interface of AdGuard Home, and how he uses it to manage his DNS setup. 

J. Lucas Donkers will demonstrate how he built a laptop using a custom case, a Raspberry Pi, a built-in open source oscilloscope, and a Waveshare LCD display. 

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, March 3, 2025, 7pm

BigBlueButton: Setup and Video Editing

Meeting Date

2025-03-03T19:00:00

Jason Paul will explain how to set up BigBlueButton hosted on Amazon Web Services, and the GitOps/DevOps principles used to deploy and maintaining the installation.

Mikalai Birukou will demonstrate his workflow for editing BigBlueButton presentations into video files that can be shared

 

 

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, April 7, 2025, 7pm

ESPHome, ChimeraOS

Meeting Date

2025-04-07T19:00:00

Tim Laurence will demonstrate how to customize a device with ESPHome . He will walk us through a series of examples using a simple smart plug bought online.

Alesh Slovak will give us an update on his Linux distro ChimeraOS (formerly GamerOS), which aims to turn any PC into a gaming console. It has support for Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG, and dozens of console platforms.

2025-01: Local DNS, Cool Tools

Thomas Busch discusses reliable local DNS using AdGuard Home. Jeff Smith demonstrates mkvmerge and mkvextract. Shravan Dwarka discusses bash scripting. Tim Laurence demonstrates nmap. See https://kwlug.org/node/1406 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

In-Person Social: Wednesday, Jan 22, 2025, 7pm

Dinner at J&B Family Restaurant, Downtown Kitchener

Meeting Date

2025-01-22T19:00:00

We are continuing the dinner meetup tradition at J&B Family Restaurant 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 79 Victoria St N in Kitchener, near the corner of Victoria and Duke Here is a map

In-Person Social: Monday, December 16, 2024, 7pm

Dinner at Crabby Joe's, Downtown Kitchener

Meeting Date

2024-12-16T19:00:00

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.

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

2024-12: WATGPU, Open WebUI

Lori Paniak and Indy Ng discuss the University of Waterloo WATGPU project. Sam Zhang introduces the Open WebUI AI interface. See https://kwlug.org/node/1403 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

2024-11: Home Assistant for Internal Monitoring, PrivacySafe

Khalid Baheyeldin discusses how he uses Home Assistant to monitor indoor air quality. Mikalai Birukou explains the concepts behind PrivacySafe. See https://kwlug.org/node/1399 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, Jan 6, 2025, 7pm

Local DNS, Cool Tools

Meeting Date

2025-01-06T19:00:00

Thomas Busch will show us how to set up a local DNS server. He writes: 

Learn how to build and manage a reliable local DNS infrastructure using synchronized AdGuard Home instances. This session will cover practical deployment methods, configuration examples, and best practices for maintaining a private, secure DNS environment.

A number of KWLUG members will show off some cool tools:

In-Person Social: Wednesday, Nov 20, 2024, 7pm

Dinner at Ethel's Lounge, Uptown Waterloo

Meeting Date

2024-11-20T19:00:00

We are continuing the dinner meetup tradition at Ethel's Lounge in Uptown Waterloo, 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 114 King Street North in Waterloo, at the corner of King and Young St East. Here is a map