There are 2 unusual events and the usual monthly SLUUG general that we’ll halite here. There are other worthy events listed on the http://sluug.org that are a bit smaller or more ordinary and you’ll have to check there. ================================== 1. Friday-Sunday @ techArtista in the CWE of StL (and online) Code For America Brigade. This group is a national organization with branches in many cities including StL. Their idea/mission is to both/either write code &/or find & organize data that is available in the public domain. One of the StL projects revealed an enormous amount of abandoned & government owned property in StL city. Other projects have been to write open src sftwr that “is just needed” ==================================== 2 Tue-Wed. Online IEEE Electrical Engineering Conference IoT & Real-Time Communication ===================================== 3. Wed 6:30pm SLUUG monthly general mtng BASIC/tutorial Topic: Man Pages by: Stan Reichardt  <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sluug.org/bio/Stan_Reichardt&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw3qfW7vuKOPqPIbN9FgZgBZ> Man pages refers to the man command, which is the system's manual pager. Each page argument given to man is normally the name of a program, utility or function. The manual page associated with each of these arguments is then found and displayed. A section, if provided, will direct man to look only in that section of the manual. The default action is to search in all of the available sections following a pre-defined order (see DEFAULTS), and to show only the first page found, even if page exists in several sections. MAIN Topic: Steam Deck by Tyler Rudie Released on Feb 25th; Valve released the latest foray into the gaming hrdwr market with the Steam Deck. Utilizing a AMD Zen 2 APU, 16gb of memory, & using Arch Linux to power the Steam sftwr. We will dive into how this device works, the goal for Valve, & how this helps us in the broader Linux ecosystem. Also demo games that I own working on the device. From Wikipedia: The Steam Deck is a hand held <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handheld_PC&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw2BMlhI3QY3yD5NZgkgvUsD> gaming computer <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaming_computer&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw3zpFkxnj0GuFmrcS6lV2hS> developed by Valve Corporation <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw0hpHqZ1Sqxt6C1qmEBBuxM>. Steam Deck can be played as a handheld (or connected to a monitor in the same manner as the Nintendo Switch <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw3-zz_luqmeiXduJtjGJLff>). It runs SteamOS which is a fork of ArchLinux. The Proton <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_(software)&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw1rNjHCfLg2YhMsioyUyfap> compatibility layer <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compatibility_layer&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw3ALPG6IdaqCusHml7Tmyeu> allows it to run sftwr written for MS-Win on this Linux machine. Therefore games written for MS-Win can be run as well as native Linux games from the Steam library. It is an x86-64-v3 <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64%23Microarchitecture_levels&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw0iTXTKp21AEECW3lsUOsjw> device with integrated gaming inputs. The system is an open platform, allowing users to install other compatible games on the device or other operating systems <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating_system&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw1aKFaKYhf1IN5ThWVsOaK5>. Details (& Zoom login) will be published on https://www.sluug.org/ <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sluug.org/&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw0RbfuIjrVlqVEnbP2D99f7> when available. ============================== Meetings are every 2nd Wednesday of the month from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM. EVERY MTNG: ONLINE MEETINGS ONLY until further notice. “ will use a remote video mtng srvc (ex. Zoom, JitSi,...) HOW TO CONNECT instructions will be on https://www.sluug.org/ <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sluug.org/&sa=D&source=calendar&usd=2&usg=AOvVaw0RbfuIjrVlqVEnbP2D99f7> web page & 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 your mic, screen & video sharing.