Boston Linux Installfest LX
When: Saturday June 4, 2016, from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Where: MIT Building E-51, Room 061
2 Amherst St, Cambridge
Plenty of free parking in the parking lot in front of E-51.
http://mitiq.mit.edu/mitiq/directions_%20parkinge51.htm
What you need to bring: Your computer, monitor, power strips and your
Linux distributions. We do have copies of some distributions.
In general we have expertise with most distros, but if you need special
expertise, please email the BLU discussion list in advance. Today, most
distros are using Live CDs that you can try out and then install.
Additionally, CD images can be pushed onto USB sticks using various USB
creators.
COST: It's free! However, we DO have expenses, and contributions are
welcome. Please consider contributing $25 per machine.
Our volunteers will help you to install Linux on your own system. While
Linux runs on most systems, some systems do have configurations and
hardware that may not be supported. Please consult the following web
pages for hardware compatibility. While we prefer you to bring your own
distros, our volunteers will normally have
Linux Howto Pages: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html
Linux Frequently Asked Questions: http://tldp.org/docs.html#faq
Additionally, there are forums and listservs for most distros.
Generally our volunteers have sets of the latest Fedora, SuSE and
Ubuntu distributions:
* Fedora - http://fedora.redhat.com (Fedora 23 Live DVD/USB and
fedora 24 beta)
* Ubuntu - http://www.ubuntu.com ( 16.04 LTS DVD/USB)
* other distros can be downloaded at the Installfest
We generally have them on local drives and can burn CDs/DVDs and
USBs.Since there are many variants of these distros, we advise you to
bring an empty USB stick with sufficient memory to hold one of the
distros. LiveCD images required under 1GB, full DVD images for Fedora
require about 4GB, and OpenSuSE needs 8GB. I usually have some USBs
prepared.
We generally have both a Wired and Wireless network available. The
wireless SSID at MIT is "MIT".
In addition, you can run Linux on your Windows PC through a virtual
machine manager, such as Virtualbox. You can install this in your
Windows machine and run Linux as a guest OS, or install it in your Linux
machine and run Windows as a guest. VirtualBox 5.0.20.
(http://www.virtualbox.org.) is free and is available for Linux, Windows
10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP and Windows Vista. Additionally,
there are also
some VMWare clients that are also free for Windows.
Lunch is generously sponsored by Bluefin Technical Services, John Ross
and Ron Thibeau
Please refer to the BLU website (http://www.blu.org) for further
information and directions. Parking is free and available in front of
the building on Amherst St. Enter the building, and take the elevator to
your left down 1 floor. Room 061 is opposite the elevator.
--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org
PGP key id: 537C5846
PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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Monday, May 30, 2016
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Boston Linux Meeting Reminder, tomorrow, Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - Rooftop WLAN, IoT, and the Doobie Brothers: What were once Vices are now Habits
When: May 18, 2016 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Rooftop WLAN, IoT, and the Doobie Brothers: What were once Vices
are now Habits
Moderators: Kurt Keville
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 315 ***
Summary:
A discussion of the IoT Citywide LoRaWAN Initiative.
Abstract:
LoRaWAN is a low power long range wide area network network. Kurt will
talk about implementing this citiwide. This technology is currently
implemented in Amsterdam.
Details to follow...
Please note that the next Linux installfest is on Saturday, June 4, 2016
For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org
Please note that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51
parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or directly on Amherst St.
After the meeting we will adjourn to the official after meeting meeting
location at The Cambridge Brewing Company
http://www.cambridgebrewingcompany.com/
--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90
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Topic: Rooftop WLAN, IoT, and the Doobie Brothers: What were once Vices
are now Habits
Moderators: Kurt Keville
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 315 ***
Summary:
A discussion of the IoT Citywide LoRaWAN Initiative.
Abstract:
LoRaWAN is a low power long range wide area network network. Kurt will
talk about implementing this citiwide. This technology is currently
implemented in Amsterdam.
Details to follow...
Please note that the next Linux installfest is on Saturday, June 4, 2016
For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org
Please note that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51
parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or directly on Amherst St.
After the meeting we will adjourn to the official after meeting meeting
location at The Cambridge Brewing Company
http://www.cambridgebrewingcompany.com/
--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90
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Saturday, May 14, 2016
Annual BLU PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party
I've just flushed the keyring in preparation for the next BLU keysigning
party in September.
If you'd like to participate in the keysigning, you need to add your PGP or
GnuPG key id to the keyring by entering it on the form at
http://blu.org/keysignings/keypartyregister.php
The script takes the key id and pulls the corresponding public key from the
keyserver at pgp.mit.edu, so you need to ensure your key is on the
keyserver prior to registering.
Note that the purpose of keysigning is to verify the identity of a key's
owner, in order to build of the web of trust. As such, we don't sign
anonymous keys, which someone wanted us to do last year.
In order to participate, the key must contain the name and email address of
the human being who owns the key, and that specific human being must have
proof of identity to present to the other participants before those other
participants will sign the key.
We assume that participants will accept a valid government-issued photo id,
such as a driver's license or a passport, as sufficient proof of identity
for the purpose of verifying a key's owner.
--
John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix
Email jabr@blu.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6
PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6
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party in September.
If you'd like to participate in the keysigning, you need to add your PGP or
GnuPG key id to the keyring by entering it on the form at
http://blu.org/keysignings/keypartyregister.php
The script takes the key id and pulls the corresponding public key from the
keyserver at pgp.mit.edu, so you need to ensure your key is on the
keyserver prior to registering.
Note that the purpose of keysigning is to verify the identity of a key's
owner, in order to build of the web of trust. As such, we don't sign
anonymous keys, which someone wanted us to do last year.
In order to participate, the key must contain the name and email address of
the human being who owns the key, and that specific human being must have
proof of identity to present to the other participants before those other
participants will sign the key.
We assume that participants will accept a valid government-issued photo id,
such as a driver's license or a passport, as sufficient proof of identity
for the purpose of verifying a key's owner.
--
John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix
Email jabr@blu.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6
PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6
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Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, May 18, 2016 - Rooftop WLAN, IoT, and the Doobie Brothers: What were once Vices are now Habits
When: May 18, 2016 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Rooftop WLAN, IoT, and the Doobie Brothers: What were once Vices
are now Habits
Moderators: Kurt Keville
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 315 ***
Summary:
A discussion of the IoT Citywide LoRaWAN Initiative.
Abstract:
LoRaWAN is a low power long range wide area network network. Kurt will
talk about implementing this citiwide. This technology is currently
implemented in Amsterdam.
Details to follow...
For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org
Please note that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51
parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or directly on Amherst St.
After the meeting we will adjourn to the official after meeting meeting
location at The Cambridge Brewing Company
http://www.cambridgebrewingcompany.com/
--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90
_______________________________________________
Announce mailing list
Announce@blu.org
http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/announce
Topic: Rooftop WLAN, IoT, and the Doobie Brothers: What were once Vices
are now Habits
Moderators: Kurt Keville
Location: MIT Building E-51, Room 315 ***
Summary:
A discussion of the IoT Citywide LoRaWAN Initiative.
Abstract:
LoRaWAN is a low power long range wide area network network. Kurt will
talk about implementing this citiwide. This technology is currently
implemented in Amsterdam.
Details to follow...
For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site
http://www.blu.org
Please note that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51
parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or directly on Amherst St.
After the meeting we will adjourn to the official after meeting meeting
location at The Cambridge Brewing Company
http://www.cambridgebrewingcompany.com/
--
Jerry Feldman <gaf@blu.org>
Boston Linux and Unix
PGP key id:3BC1EB90
PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90
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