2024-09: Video Downloader Tools, Mosquitto

Sam Zhang compares video download tools, with an emphasis on yt-dlp. Gord Dey discusses relaying radio signals using the MQTT server Mosquitto. See kwlug.org/node/1389 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

In-Person Social: Wednesday, Sept 25, 2024, 7pm

Dinner at Crabby Joe's, Downtown Kitchener

Meeting Date

2024-09-25T19:00:00

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

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, October 7, 2024, 7pm

Proxmox, Infrastructure as Code

Meeting Date

2024-10-07T19:00:00

Colin_ will discuss the virtualization platform Proxmox. He writes:

In this demonstration, I'll show how to set up a Proxmox cluster with High Availability using a stack of older Mac Minis, a Raspberry Pi, and a network switch. The presentation will highlight Proxmox's simplicity and reliability in a simulated home network environment, providing insights into its practical applications and benefits.

2024-08: Digital Signage, LibreOffice Macros

Michael Free discusses the components of a digital signage system he built. Mikalai Birukou discusses spreadsheet macros in LibreOffice. See kwlug.org/node/1387 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

In-Person Social: Monday, August 26, 2024, 7pm

Dinner at Crabby Joe's, Downtown Kitchener

Meeting Date

2024-08-26T19:00:00

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, and that it is being held at the same location as last month's restaurant meetup.

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

2024-07: Linux Upskill Challenge, Download Managers

Livia Lima discusses the online training resource Linux Upskill Challenge, and Sam Zhang discusses downloading tools wget, wget2, aria2, and curl. See kwlug.org/node/1381 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, Sept 9, 2024, 7pm

YouTube Download Tools, Mosquitto

Meeting Date

2024-09-09T19:00:00

Sam Zhang will follow up his July presentation on download managers with a discussion about video downloading tools. He will cover the death of youtube-dl, the rise of yt-dlp, as well as commandline usage and configuration for these tools.

Gordon Dey will tell us about his journey of getting a transceiver working with the MQTT publish/subscribe server Mosquitto

 

In-Person Social: Wednesday, July 24, 2024, 7pm

Dinner at Crabby Joe's, Downtown Kitchener

Meeting Date

2024-07-24T19:00:00

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

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, Aug 12, 2024, 7pm

Digital Displays, LibreOffice Macros

Meeting Date

2024-08-12T19:00:00

Michael Free will discuss how he put together a digital signage player using common Linux utilities and bash scripts. He will discuss using Debian preseeding for automatic installation, packaging deb files, using Cockpit to manage digital signs, and Ansible for automation.

Mikalai Birukou will tell us about how to automate things using macros in LibreOffice. He writes:

2024-06: Matrix, Pioreactor

Hubert Chathi tells us what's new with the decentralized communications platform Matrix. Cam Davidson-Pilon tells us about his startup Pioreactor, which makes low-cost bioreactors that run on Raspberry Pi boards. See https://kwlug.org/node/1379 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.