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:
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.
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.
Jason Paul presents a brief overview of Linux (followed by a robust discussion). Anton Avramov presents examples from the SQL-oriented web development framework SQLpage, with an introduction from project founder Ophir Lojkine. See https://kwlug.org/node/1374 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.
Livia Lima will discuss her educational project Linux Upskill Challenge. She writes:
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.
Hubert Chathi is a developer for Matrix, a real-time communications protocol that supports end-to-end encrypted decentralized communication. Hubert last told us about Matrix in 2019, and now he will tell about what is new and exciting in the Matrix world.
Ian Goldberg discusses privacy and the value of universities running Tor exit nodes. Tim Laurence discusses sensors and their uses in his home automation system. See https://kwlug.org/node/1366 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.
We are continuing the dinner meetup tradition at The Duke of Wellington Pub in Waterloo, 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.
Jason Paul will run through a five minute "Introduction to Linux" talk he is preparing. There will be plenty of time for feedback and discussion afterwards.
Anton Avramov and project founder Ophir Lojkine will discuss SQLPage, a web templating engine that allows you to safely define webpages using only SQL queries. Ophir will give us a prerecorded introduction to the software, and then Anton will go through some demonstrations and take questions.
