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2024-10: Infrastructure as Code, Proxmox

Spencer Hughes explains why and how to use infrastructure as code tools in your homelab. Colin_ gives us a tour of high-availability on the virtualization platform Proxmox. See https://kwlug.org/node/1395 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

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.

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.

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.

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.

2024-05: Intro to Linux, SQLPage

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.

2024-04: Privacy and Tor Exit Nodes; Home Automation Sensors

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.

2023-03: TrueNAS SCALE, Unraid

Jason Paul demonstrates TrueNAS SCALE, and John Steel demonstrates Unraid. Unfortunately, we had some audio problems during the second presentation, and the audio quality got pretty bad. See https://kwlug.org/node/1368 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

2024-02: gLabels, GNU Parallel Part 2

John Driezen demonstrates how to use the gLabels program to design and print peel-off labels. GNU Parallel author Ole Tange presents some advanced features of that program. Unfortunately, the audio quality of Ole's presentation was not great.  See https://kwlug.org/node/1364 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.

2024-01: Origin Stories, GNU Parallel

Chris Frey and Tim Laurence offer their origin stories, and Andrew Sullivan Cant leads a tutorial in GNU Parallel. See https://kwlug.org/node/1360 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Note that this audio has had silences clipped.