2025-09: Drupal, GrapheneOS

Megan McDermott and Martin Anderson-Clutz introduce the Drupal content management system. Doug Moen offers a Luddite Perspective on GrapheneOS. See https://kwlug.org/node/1445 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

In-Person Social: Wednesday, December 17 2025, 7pm

Dinner at J&B Family Restaurant, Downtown Kitchener

Meeting Date

2025-12-17T19:00:00

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, November 17, 2025, 7pm

Dinner at Crabby Joe's, Downtown Kitchener

Meeting Date

2025-11-17T19:00:00

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. 

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

Dinner at J&B Family Restaurant, Downtown Kitchener

Meeting Date

2025-10-22T19:00:00

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, September 22, 2025, 7pm

Dinner at Crabby Joe's, Downtown Kitchener

Meeting Date

2025-09-22T19:00:00

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 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. 

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, December 1 2025, 7pm

Party Planning, Cycling Guide

Meeting Date

2025-12-01T19:00:00

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.

2025-08: SadServers, BigBlueButton Recordings Revisited

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.

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, September 8, 2025, 7pm

Drupal, GrapheneOS

Meeting Date

2025-09-08T19:00:00

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.

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, October 6 2025, 7pm

Hugo, PrivacySafe

Meeting Date

2025-10-06T19:00:00

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.

2025-07: Transformer Lab, mpv

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.