The monthly mtng of the St. L Linux Users Group (LUG) is in 3 days!
And, it will be of interest even if you don’t care about crypto-currencies, as he is saying that the Pi is actually controlling the computing processes on other machines. Sounds like a cluster of compute servers.
Invite your friends & co=workers who might be interested in Pi &or CryptoCoin mining (BitCoin, Ethereum,…).
https://stllug.sluug.org/ <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://stllug.sluug.org/&sa=D&usd=2&usg=AOvVa…>
Thurs 19 Dec 2019
TOPIC: Crypto Coin Mining on Raspberry Pi
I plan to cover my knowledge of the crypto coin mining that is available. But, mostly I will cover my own experience in using the Pi as a control base for mining. This spans about 5 years. As you may know, most mining operations require lots of computing power, not found on the Pi, but in equipment controlled by the Pi software. I will also discuss the Pi software and demo a working version - sort of the guts of what is needed.
Also I can make available a list of links to related sites that deal with mining or access which will help anyone that is interested in investing in coin acquisition.
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EVERY MONTH:
The STLLUG meetings are usually on the third Thursday of each month from 6:30PM to 9:00PM.
VENUE Nick & Elena's Pizzeria
3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
18:00 -- 21:00 NEWLUG ~ Newcomer Linux Users Group
https://newlug.sluug.org/
A Linux Users Group for the newcomer.
** *Holiday schedule - third Tuesday in December* **
St. Louis County Library ~ Prairie Commons Branch
915 Utz Lane,
Hazelwood MO 63042-2739
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One on one help for anyone curious about or new to Linux. All
meetings are free and open to the public.
TOPICS?
Whatever the newest user needs to know.
The newest user in the room may select the topic.
We won't pick just one ahead of time. We will accept suggestions and
requests, as the course of the meeting will be entirely up to those
that attend. Join us to share the knowledge, learning experiences,
problem solving and effective techniques.
We can mostly explore the traditional Graphical User Interface (GUI),
as it is easy to use, often familiar, and friendly to use. We do NOT
intend to focus on the Command Line Interface (CLI) as it is seldom
required and generally optional for day to day use with modern Linux.
We have access to many formal slide show presentations; but, we use
them only to present information and encourage discussion. We encourage
and prefer lively interaction and user questions. We always want user
questions to be asked. We never think that any question is too dumb.
A selected topic will NOT restrict the course of our meetings. These
topics are tentative. They are only suggestions.
Order of Events:
First some simple introductions, administrative minutia, announcements,
and then you can Call For Help during our Questions and Answers period.
Sometimes we will watch a video or have a slide show presentation,
after which there will be general discussions that usually lead to
additional topics.
Sometimes, there can be a live demonstration of a Linux distribution
(distro) installation, updating, changes, features and applications.
Users that bring their laptops (or even desktops) often connect to the
Internet for application installation and bookmarking of interesting web
sites. Early arrival may provide enough time to assist installation,
configuration and demonstration of Linux on hardware. The library will
NOT provide us with monitors, keyboards, power strips or computer mice.
Come early, come often!
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-- stan r.
-- https://newlug.sluug.org/ For the newcomer, anyone new to Linux.
-- I know about TCP/IP; but, understand less of it each day.
-- Save the earth..... It's the only planet with dark chocolate!
As some may have noticed, tomorrow is 11 December and NOT 12 December.
Still, consider
The monthly general meeting of SLUUG = Wed *11* Dec 2019… …ie TOMORROW!!!
2 GREAT topics!
https://www.sluug.org/
NOTICE OUR LOCATION
VENUE Siemens 13690 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights, MO 63043
The monthly general mtng of SLUUG = Wed 12 Dec ’19… …ie TOMORROW!!!
2 GREAT topics!
Tell your friends… …or better yet, bring them! (“I gotta get a friend!”)
http://www.sluug.org/ <https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.sluug.org/&sa=D&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw1c8…>
VENUE Location Siemens 13690 Riverport Drive, Maryland Heights, MO 63043
NOTICE LOCATION change!!!
BASE: AWK & SEd are the power tools
by James Conroy
Intro to the Power Tools of Unix Text Manipulation
One of the best things about Unix and Unix like systems is the ability to pipe and redirect plain text from one program to another.
Using built in commands you can do many operations such as sorting, counting lines and search for strings in outputs.
But what if you want to do more complicated processes, or do these operates on a massive file?
That is where the power tools come in. Much as a carpenter has an assortment of tools ranging from hand saws for detail work to lathes, we have access to the power tools of the text processing world.
AWK and SEd are the power tools of the plain text world. They are able to do massive and complex actions that would take forever by hand.
This talk is an introduction to AWK, SEd, and Regex's.
MAIN: "Taking containers to the next level with orchestration".
by Matt Skipton of WWT
from Wikipedia: Kubernetes <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubernetes&sa=D&…>:
Kubernetes is an open-source container-orchestration system for automating deployment, scaling and management of applications. It was originally designed by Google and is now maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. ... ... ...
The next major step in using Containers is to coordinate as many as are needed, discarding any instances not required. This concept is called "orchestration", and can handle from just a few to many thousands of containers, depending on the requirements of the workload.
Matt will discuss the problems that the Advanced Technology Center at World Wide Technology faced with application hosting. The pros and cons of using containers and how they deployed Kubernetes to fill in some of the gaps.
Matt Skipton is currently a Principal Solutions Architect with World Wide Technology. Most recently he has been managing several development teams that are writing applications for the WWT Advanced Technology Center. In addition to management Matt has a focus on DevOps for the teams. He has previously held positions as a System Engineer at VMware and SuSe Linux.
Meetings are every 2nd Wednesday of the month from 6:30PM to 9:00PM.
6:30 Basic/tutorial
7:00 announcements & general Q&A
7:30 main feature presentation
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SLUUG is your forum for exchanging information about OPEN standards, OPEN systems, OPEN source, products, services and architectures.
We usually start the general meeting with a basic session, which may include either simple tutorials, displays of newly discovered web sites, command line wonders, demonstrations of useful applications, amazing graphical packages, major resolution of long standing anomalies, blinking lights, or quantum shifts in both time and space. Then we will have our usually quick welcome, introduction, administrative announcements, and a Call For Help - Questions and Answers Period. After all that, we take a break before our main event.
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And NEXT WEEK…
The StL LUG mtng @ Nick & Elaina’s
If you know anyone who is:
interested in running Linux on a Pi,
running a cluster of Pi’s,
Bitcoin, Ethereum, or other CryptoCurrency mining;
…tell them to come NEXT WEEK for…
https://stllug.sluug.org/ <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://stllug.sluug.org/&sa=D&usd=2&usg=AOvVa…>
Thurs 19 Dec 2019
TOPIC: Crypto Coin Mining on Raspberry Pi
by Gary Thompson
I plan to cover my knowledge of the crypto coin mining that is available. But, mostly I will cover my own experience in using the Pi as a control base for mining. This spans about 5 years. As you may know, most mining operations require lots of computing power, not found on the Pi, but in equipment controlled by the Pi software. I will also discuss the Pi software and demo a working version - sort of the guts of what is needed.
Also I can make available a list of links to related sites that deal with mining or access which will help anyone that is interested in investing in coin acquisition.
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EVERY MONTH:
The STLLUG meetings are usually on the third Thursday of each month from 6:30PM to 9:00PM.
VENUE Nick & Elena's Pizzeria
3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
Tell them you are with SLUUG, the Linux/Unix/Open Systems Grp!
Techie Grps Holiday Party! Bowling, ping-pong, billiards Extravaganza! 11th Annual
Monday, December 9⋅6:30 – 9:30pm
Moolah Lanes, 3821 Lindell Blvd # 2, St. Louis, MO 63108 <https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=Moolah%20Lanes%2C%203821%20Lindell%20B…>
Description:
All "techie groups"' holiday party!
11th Annual StL Area Tech Group Bowling Extravaganza!
by Your St. Louis Users Groups
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/11th-annual-st-louis-area-tech-group-bowling-e… <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.eventbrite.com/e/11th-annual-st-lo…>
VENUE Moolah Lanes,
3821 Lindell Blvd # 2, St. Louis, MO 63108
It's that time of year again, when lots of St. Louis tech folks get together to demonstrate their bowling prowess, or the lack thereof!
About this Event
We've rented out the whole Moolah Lanes again! This includes bowling, pool, & ping pong for 3 hours. If none of those activities pique your interest you can still come out and just meet new people.
Don't worry about printing tickets! We're just asking folks to RSVP so we know how many people to expect.
We're looking for sponsors for this year's event. If you'd like to sponsor (and see your name here), please contact us!
Please forward this to any other groups that might be interested.
Thanks,
Your friendly STLATGBE Organizers
Organizer: SLUUG Sponsored Events
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And, of course our regular monthly general mtng is on Wednesday
Wednesday at Siemens (no longer at Graybar).
18:00 -- 21:00 SLACC ~ St. Louis Area Computer Club
https://slacc.sluug.org/
Linux Configuration Workshop
** *Bring a computer and Install Linux* **
St. Louis County Library, Thornhill Branch,
12863 Willowyck Drive,
St. Louis, MO 63146
The Saint Louis Area Computer Club (SLACC) is the oldest, longest enduring, continuously meeting personal
computer organization active in the Greater St. Louis Metro Area.
We often hold a Linux Configuration Workshop when nothing else more interesting comes up, or when there is no
other event or activity scheduled.
Linux is an Internet capable Networking Operating System that provides many fully functional applications that
perform well on both older and new computers. Most Linux distributions are free or low cost and provides an
extremely reliable and cost effective alternative to high priced proprietary software.
The workshop is where we usually examine, fix, repair, and troubleshoot, difficult hardware and software
configuration problems for Linux newcomers. Problems with other operating systems and hardware are also
frequently fixed. We have full connectivity to the Internet on site and know how to use it.
Bring your laptop or desktop PC to our hands on workshop to troubleshoot your Linux installation, network
connection or X Window GUI configuration problem. Just remember to bring your laptop and power strip or your
desktop PC with monitor, keyboard, mouse, cables, cords, power strips and two discs or a flash thumb drive.
For newcomers, we can evaluate your hardware and current Operating System setup. If we determine there is
sufficient time, we can perform a complete functioning Linux installation.
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-- stan r.
-- https://newlug.sluug.org/ For the newcomer, anyone new to Linux.
-- I know about TCP/IP; but, understand less of it each day.
-- Save the earth..... It's the only planet with dark chocolate!
