This Wed (ie 3 days, ie 8 Oct) is the monthly general mtng. Please invite friends, colleagues, students,... http://www.sluug.org/ <https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.sluug.org/&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw1pCygITLUCwj9arN6WP3QV> *BASE* Topic: *How NOT to BADLY DESIGN UX.* Bad design doesn't just frustrate—it can horrify, confuse, or even make you queasy. In this fast-paced 30-minute tutorial, we'll look at the good, the bad, and the downright ugly of user interfaces and user experiences, with examples pulled from the Web, software, and the real world. Come ready to laugh, cringe, and maybe pick up a few lessons on how—and more importantly, how NOT—to design. Presenter: *Scott Granneman*. *MAIN* Topic: *WireGuard, VPN, VPS. Using Linux to keep Win-10 & Win-11 safe.* Presenter: *Lee_Lammert* <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sluug.org/bio/Lee_Lammert&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw1zJdyS9F6qtGRX3OETuxUW> This challenge was enabling a remote MS-Windows *11* laptop to securely access file shares hosted on a *Samba server* as well as connect to a MS-Win*10* server inside the office LAN (192.168.1.0/24 <https://www.google.com/url?q=http://192.168.1.0/24&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw2BA4UXIpbJVx2DjS3wJ6dp>), where direct exposure to the internet would be insecure and impractical. The solution was to set up a *VPN* using a Linux server in the office as the endpoint and a *VPS* (nyx.omnitec.net <https://www.google.com/url?q=http://nyx.omnitec.net/&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw3MIz-QnVJe2FRBn_e-zSA2>) as a relay, with *WireGuard *providing lightweight, encrypted connectivity. Once configured with *keypairs androuting*, the VPN allows the remote Windows 11 client to appear as part of the office network, making Samba shares accessible and a connection to the Win10 'server' as if the laptop were local, while maintaining security and control. =============================== 6pm CDT The Zoom mtng will open online. Test your sound & video. Chat with folks. 6:30 CDT Tutorial begins. 7pm CDT Tutorial ends. We have Announcements & a short Q&A 7:15 CDT Main Presentation After the main presentation, there is usually a bit of general, perhaps UNrelated to the evenings topics, Q&A and Commentary. The Main Presentation is generally done by 9 CDT. The Zoom session is generally shut down before 10 CDT. =============================== The *URL* link to connection instructions for this meetng is posted earlier on the day of the meetng, at the above home page. It is the link called "*linked here*". - - *ONLINE MEETINGS ONLY* until further notice. - *ONLINE* sessions will use a remote video meeting service. - *HOW TO CONNECT *instructions will be on the *https://www.sluug.org/ <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sluug.org/&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw30xd8Gqu0jxQlAsm68bqFG>* web page and on our mailing lists. Note that your browser cache 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*, so that you can join early to test sharing your microphone, screen and video camera. ============================== Meetings are every 2nd Wednesday of the month *from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM.* ============================== The *Saint Louis Unix Users Group *(*SLUUG*) is an IRS 501c(6) designated not-for-profit professional association dedicated to education and communication among computer users. SLUUG members include many Linux and UNIX professionals, Networking experts, System experts, hobbyists, retirees, students, plus many others who are interested in Unix, Unix-like Operating Systems, Linux, BSD and other Free Open Source Software (FOSS) applications, products, projects and services. *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 - Questions and Answers Period. After all that, we may take a break before our *MAIN* event.