Newcomer Linux Users Group (NEWLUG)
https://newlug.sluug.org/
6:30 ~ 9:00 P.M. (Central Time, USA)
**We open the remote session about 6:00 PM**
This session will use the following link and passcode:
> https://nyx.omnitec.net/NewcomerLinuxUsersGroup
Passcode: Linux2021
This is a Linux Users Group for the newcomer.
One on one help for anyone curious about or new to Linux.
You are invited to attend this next ONLINE session, in lieu of our
regular physical face-to-face meeting. Further instructions below.
* ONLINE Sessions
* NO PHYSICAL MEETINGS until further notice.
* ONLINE session will use remote video service 25 May 2021.
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WHEN YOU ENTER THIS ONLINE SESSION:
Your best experience might be with a Chromium based web browser.
You will be muted on entry, so join early if you want to test your
camera or microphone. Use V on keyboard to toggle your camera. Use M
on keyboard to toggle (mute or unmute) your audio.
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IMPORTANT TO US:
Set your identity to show first name and last name. Instead of full
last name you could just follow first name with an initial.
Going into the chat room may allow you to set your name there. Or,
at three vertical dots (more actions) in lower right hand corner,
select Settings, then under Profile "Set your display name"
(you can ignore the "Set your gravatar email block").
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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.
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TOPICS:
Whatever the newest user needs to know.
The newest user in the meeting may select general and specific topics.
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 our knowledge, learning experiences,
problem solving, techniques and troubleshooting.
We can mostly explore the traditional Graphical User Interface (GUI),
as it is easy to use, often familiar, and friendly to use. We will NOT
focus on the Command Line Interface (CLI) as it is seldom required and
generally optional for day to day use. However, it has many benefits.
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.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
> https://www.sluug.org/https://newlug.sluug.org/
-- EOF --
St. Louis Linux Users Group (STLLUG)
https://www.stllinux.org/
6:30 ~ 9:00 PM (Central Time, USA)
**We will open the remote session at about 6:00PM**
TOPIC Syncthing By Tyler Rudie
Join Zoom Meeting with this direct link:
> https://zoom.us/j/96912592609?pwd=SjA1bUd4TEQ2Rlc1c0wwOVgyeVFPdz09
The Saint Louis Linux Users Group (STLLUG) is a non-profit, volunteer
group that provides education, information and/or support for Linux users.
You are invited to attend this next ONLINE session, in lieu of our
regular physical face-to-face meeting. Instructions are below.
* ONLINE Sessions
* NO PHYSICAL MEETINGS until further notice.
* ONLINE session will use ZOOM remote video service 20 May 2021.
--- invite start ---
Omnitec Corporation is providing a scheduled Zoom meeting.
StLLUG Monthly Meeting
Time: May 20, 2021 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting:
> https://zoom.us/j/96912592609?pwd=SjA1bUd4TEQ2Rlc1c0wwOVgyeVFPdz09
Or sign in using:
> https://www.zoom.us/j
> Meeting ID: 969 1259 2609
> Passcode: StLLUG2021
One tap mobile access:
+16465588656,,96912592609# US (New York)
+13017158592,,96912592609# US (Washington DC)
Dial by your location
+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
Meeting ID: 969 1259 2609
Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/aqtbFJp3O
--- invite end ---
TOPIC: Syncthing by Tyler Rudie
An Unexpected Journey
When the Software vendor Vaders the solution, or how I learned to
use Syncthing when Plex decided to stop doing its job.
It is a tale as old as computers. A Computer Wizard comes along
and shows how they can make your life easier and all you have to
do is pay them. Then a few years later, ok 6 years later, they
up and say that some other Balrog is a better use of their time.
This is how I replaced the Camera Upload function in Plex with
the Syncthing Process.
Syncthing is a free, open-source peer-to-peer file synchronization
application available for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, Solaris,
Darwin, and BSD. It can sync files between devices on a local network,
or between remote devices over the Internet. Data security and data
safety are built into the design of the software.
BIO:
Tyler Rudie is the Lead Code Monkey for Siemens Industry Software
Accounts Department. Yes my code touched your user account when
you got hired. He currently spends his days abusing the Python
and Powershell so he can take long naps at work. So far no luck,
management and coworkers keep finding him things to do. Demonstrating
the core economic principle of unlimited want way to well. He has
a bad habit of using overkill in most of his projects. One of these
days he will get back to his Photography and Astrophotography hobbies.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
> https://www.sluug.org/https://www.stllinux.org/
-- EOF --
St. Louis Unix Users Group (SLUUG)
https://www.sluug.org/
6:30 ~ 9:00 PM (Central Time, USA)
**We will open the remote session at about 6:00 PM**
BASE: Upgrading RAID6, Zero Downtime by Lee Lammert
MAIN: Redhat Kickstart by Steven Gomez
This session can use the following link:
> https://zoom.us/j/92104265810?pwd=VlJOdjNxMllFcWlrZXBrZTk4eTRvUT09
We are a not-for-profit professional association dedicated to education
and communication among computer users. Networking experts, System
experts, hobbyists, students, plus many who are interested in Unix,
Unix-like Operating Systems, Linux, BSD and other Free Open Source
Software (FOSS) applications, products, projects, and services.
You are invited to attend this next ONLINE session, in lieu of our
regular physical face-to-face meeting. Further instructions below.
* ONLINE Sessions
* NO PHYSICAL MEETINGS until further notice.
* ONLINE session will use remote video service 12 May 2021.
======================================================================
IMPORTANT TO US:
Set your identity to show first name and last name. Instead of full
last name you could just follow your first name with an initial.
WHEN YOU ENTER THIS ONLINE SESSION:
Your best experience might be with a Chromium based web browser.
You will be muted on entry, so join early if you want to test your
microphone. Use Alt+A to unmute or mute your audio. Space bar too.
======================================================================
Omnitec Corporation is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
SLUUG Main General Meeting
Time: May 12, 2021 06:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)
Every month on the Second Wednesday
Join Zoom Meeting
> https://zoom.us/j/92104265810?pwd=VlJOdjNxMllFcWlrZXBrZTk4eTRvUT09
Or, sign in using:
> https://www.zoom.us/j
> Meeting ID: 921 0426 5810
> Passcode: SLUUG2021
One tap mobile
+13126266799,,92104265810# US (Chicago)
+16465588656,,92104265810# US (New York)
Dial by your location
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
Meeting ID: 921 0426 5810
Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/aek1JJ7w4q
--EOF--
The big, important event for this week is the monthly SLUUG general mtng.
This month its the 2 presentations:
SoftRAID6 upgrade w Zero Downtime.
Red Hat KickStart
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http://www.sluug.org/
• ONLINE MEETINGS ONLY until further notice.
• ONLINE sessions will use a remote video meeting service.
• HOW TO CONNECT instructions will be on above web page and our mailing lists. Note that
your browser may need to be refreshed each time you check the web page for the instructions.
• We will open the remote session at about 6:00 PM
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Meetings are every 2nd Wednesday of the month from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM.
BASE:
"Upgrading RAID6 with Zero Downtime From six
2T to eight 4T".
by Lee Lammert
There is a lot of hype about "zero downtime", and many vendors charge
boucoup dinero for that sort of hardware capability to have when upgrading
a storage array.
With Linux SoftRAID, however, don't believe the hype - "zero downtime" has
nothing to do with hardware!
This tutorial will cover upgrading a 6x2T SoftRAID array to 6x4T, and then
adding two more 4T drives, without any downtime or service interruption.
MAIN:
RedHat Kickstart
by Steven Gomez
Red Hat's Kickstart installations offer a means to automate the installation process, either partially or fully.
Kickstart files contain answers to all questions normally asked by the installation program, such as what
time zone you want the system to use, how the drives should be partitioned, or which packages should
be installed. Providing a prepared Kickstart file when the installation begins therefore allows you to
perform the installation automatically, without need for any intervention from the user.
Kickstart features can be an Admin's best friend. This session will present examples of how to use the
Kickstart system with RHEL/CentOS platforms to automate the creation of "cookie cutter" systems in an
easily repeatable manner. Working examples of various methods using of Kickstarts will be included.
(Also works on Fedora per RH.)
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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 our BASE introductory level session (often focused on
personal computing), 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 - Q&A Period.
After all that, we take a break before our MAIN event.
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O T H E R H I L I T E T H I N G S this week…
This week, there is a free M-F class "Automating Geoscience Processes using Python”
The Linux Users of Central Ill Newbies is TONITE!
There is an Intro to Ansible on Thurs
There is an EMACS on Thurs.
Thurs is the deadline to apply for the $100,000 Bell Labs Prize grant.
There is a "Jitsi Community Call" on Monday next week.
There is the 2021 Google Developers Conf Tue-Thurs next week.
St. Louis Area Computer Club (SLACC)
https://slacc.sluug.org/
6:30 ~ 9:00 PM (Central Time, USA)
**We start joining the session at 6:00 PM**
Join the meeting:
> https://nyx.omnitec.net/StLouisAreaComputerClub
**NOTE that the above link has changed**
You are invited to attend this next ONLINE session, in lieu of our
regular physical face-to-face meeting. Further instructions below.
* ONLINE Sessions
* NO PHYSICAL MEETINGS until further notice.
* ONLINE session with private JITSI remote video server 6 May 2021.
LINUX WORKSHOP
The workshop is where we usually configure, examine, fix, install,
repair, and troubleshoot difficult hardware and software configuration
problems for Linux newcomers. Problems with other operating systems and
hardware are also frequently fixed.
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.
> https://slacc.sluug.org/
NO PHYSICAL MEETINGS until further notice. Our usual library
reservations for room meetings were cancelled indefinitely. Room fees
had previously been paid by the St. Louis Unix Users Group (SLUUG).
Omnitec Corporation now provides us with this JITSI server.
Face-to-face meeting were usually held on the first Thursday of every
month from 6:30 PM until 9:00 PM Central Time, USA. We hope to maintain
that timeline into the future by using ONLINE sessions. All physical
meetings and ONLINE sessions are free and open to the public.
We have no membership dues or other charges for the meetings. So,
please join us at our next meetings, sessions or other events for fun,
knowledge and networking. All computer hardware, operating systems and
software are explored.
======================================================================
WHEN YOU ENTER THIS ONLINE SESSION:
Your best experience might be with a Chromium based web browser.
You will be muted on entry, so join early if you want to test your
camera or microphone. Use V on keyboard to toggle your camera. Use M
on keyboard to toggle (mute or unmute) your audio.
======================================================================
IMPORTANT TO US:
Set your identity to show first name and last name. Instead of full
last name you could just follow first name with an initial.
Going into the chat room may allow you to set your name there. Or,
at three vertical dots (more actions) in lower right hand corner,
select Settings, then under Profile "Set your display name"
(you can ignore the "Set your gravatar email block").
FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
> https://www.sluug.org/https://slacc.sluug.org/
--
-- stan r
