2023-09: Cool Tools

This meeting consists of cool tools discovered by LUG members.  John Driezen demonstrates file renaming in Double Commander. John Steel shows us screenkey, fzf (the fuzzy finder), mitmproxy and jq. Nathan G and Nick G demonstrate why xargs still matters in 2023. See https://kwlug.org/node/1343 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

 

In-Person Social: Monday, September 18, 2023, 7pm

Dinner at The Coop Wicked Chicken

Meeting Date

2023-09-18T19:00:00

We are continuing the dinner meetup tradition at The Coop Wicked Chicken in Kitchener, starting at 7pm. Note that this dinner is on a Monday. Future restaurant meetups will alternate between Mondays and Wednesdays.

This is a supplementary informal meeting; we will still hold meetings for technical topics.

The address is 1 Queen St N, at the corner of King and Queen streets.

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, Oct 2, 2023, 7pm

PrivacySafe, Game Wave Emulation

Meeting Date

2023-10-02T19:00:00

We will hold this meeting online, and at the University of Waterloo location.

Mikalai Birukou will offer an interactive demo of the latest version of PrivacySafe, his privacy-protecting web platform. Audience members a will be invited to follow along by downloading the PrivacySafe clients on their own computers and interacting with the features. Low- or zero-touch clients are available for MacOS, Linux, and Windows.

2023-08: Ardour, KDEConnect

Brent Clements walks us through the Digital Audio Workstation software Ardour. Ron Barnes demonstrates KDEConnect, which facilitates communication and controls between mobile devices and desktops. See https://kwlug.org/node/1335 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

In-Person Social: Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Dinner at McCabe's Kitchener

Meeting Date

2023-08-23T19:00:00

We are continuing the dinner meetup tradition at McCabe's Irish Pub and Grill in Kitchener, starting at 7pm. Note that this dinner is on a Wednesday. Future restaurant meetups will alternate between Mondays and Wednesdays.

This is a supplementary informal meeting; we will still hold virtual meetings for technical topics.

The address is 352 King Street West, Kitchener, ON, near King and Francis streets.

2023-07: UNIX Philosophy, Dev Containers

Jason Eckert discusses the UNIX philosophy, and how it has taken over the world. Jason Paul shows us how to use development containers to create replicable build environments. See https://kwlug.org/node/1320 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

In-Person Social: Monday, July 17, 2023, 7pm

Dinner at The Coop Wicked Chicken

Meeting Date

2023-07-17T19:00:00

We are continuing the post-pandemic dinner meetup tradition at The Coop Wicked Chicken in Kitchener, starting at 7pm. Note that this dinner is on a Monday. Future restaurant meetups will alternate between Mondays and Wednesdays.

This is a supplementary informal meeting; we will still hold virtual meetings for technical topics.

The address is 1 Queen St N, at the corner of King and Queen streets.

KWLUG Meeting: Monday, August 14, 2023, 7pm

KDE Connect, Ardour

Meeting Date

2023-08-14T19:00:00

This meeting will be held online. 

Ron Barnes will demonstrate KDE Connect, a program which allows easy communication between all of your devices. Ron calls this "the killer app of KDE".

Brent Clements will demonstrate the digital audio workstation software Ardour. (We rescheduled this presentation from July's meeting.)

2023-06: Zubick's Scrap App, Devel::DebugHooks

John Driezen motivates a scrap-tracking program in Python, and explains how he developed it. Eugen Konkov describes Devel::DebugHooks, a Perl debugger he wrote. See https://kwlug.org/node/1323 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.