[ANNOUNCE] St. Louis Linux Users Group (STLLUG) ~ Thursday ~ 17 September 2020

                  St. Louis Linux Users Group (STLLUG)                       https://www.stllinux.org/                    6:30 ~ 9:00 PM (Central Time, USA) You are invited to attend the 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 Jitsi remote video software 17 September 2020 Face-to-face meeting were usually held on the third 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. For those just getting started remotely with JITSI, ahead of time, watch video below, as it seems to be a very good short JITSI introduction. HOW TO ENTER THE STLLUG ONLINE SESSION: Our ONLINE sessions will use JITSI remote video meeting software service on a private remote host. Even if you do not have a camera and microphone, you can ask questions using the chat box, and you can still hear and see others. You must access the session using an Internet browser. A Chromium browser is recommended. Using a Chromium browser seemingly works better than FireFox. Some use a FireFox browser with seemingly no, to little problems; however, Firefox tends to disrupt connectivity. On a PC workstation you shouldn't need to install anything else. Mobile phones have an app available from 8x8 that works well. ************************************************************** **Please note that our private JITSI server address changed.** ************************************************************** The session will use the following link and password: ************************************************************** **Please note that our private JITSI server address changed.** ************************************************************** We believe that we will have better low bandwidth access if most everyone turns off their cameras and mutes their microphones. However, we MIGHT have to begin with starting everyone's microphone muted anyway. Using the space bar as a sort of "PUSH TO TALK" should then work very well.     □ Deactivate your camera to help reduce bandwidth problems.     □ Recommend that you immediately mute your microphone upon entry.     You can then use your spacebar as PUSH_TO_TALK.     □ Using the "More actions" selection found at lower right screen,     then go to "Settings" and enter into "Profile" your first and     last name.     □ You could enter your first and last name when first entering     the Chat area. As you may know it is our intention to use JITSI video meeting software with NEWLUG and SLACC online gatherings. This may also be an acceptable alternative and backup to the ZOOM remote video service that SLUUG had successfully used since the March 2020 STLLUG session.  We may also use JITSI, ZOOM, or yet some other remote video conferencing service with all our SLUUG sponsored remote sessions. Some detailed descriptions about the problems with using Firefox: There was very little relief when Firefox version 76 became available from the repositories. ************************************************************** WHAT! TOPIC ONE: CEPH File System follow up by Michael Carrington of SuSE in Kansas City. A segment to expand on the January 2020 talk given Know that the CEPH Files System (known as CephFS ) is a massively scalable, open-source, distributed storage file system that runs on commodity hardware and delivers object, block and file system storage. Also there will be a second segment: TOPIC TWO: Uyuni project by Patrick Swartz of SuSE Uyuni is a open-source configuration and infrastructure management solution for software-defined infrastructure. It is designed to manage and update tens, hundreds or even thousands of machines. Configurable automated patch and package management based on software channels and repositories you can assign. Onboard and manage any Linux server connected to the network, from IoT edge devices to your Kubernetes environment, either located in your data center, in a 3rd party data center or in the public cloud. Single tool for deployment of hardened OS templates (bare metal, VM or container) for faster, consistent and repeatable provisioning and configuration without compromising speed or security. FOR YOUR INFORMATION