Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting reminer, tomorrow, Wednesday, December 15, 2021 - Budget Build Redux: Building a Box on a Budget with the AMD Ryzen 5600Gl

When: December 15, 2021 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Budget Build Redux: Building a Box on a Budget with the AMD Ryzen
5600Gl
Moderator: Brian DeLacey, Kurt Keville, Shankar Viswanatha **
<http://www.blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/speakers/s-viswan1>

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/khCgOmuYY28

Summary:

2021 update: The latest Background and Build of a Year-End Budget Linux
computer

Abstract:

Shankar gives a technical overview of the newly released AMD Ryzen 4
series CPU; Kurt reviews the earlier Budget Build system discussed
previously at the August 2020 BLU meeting, based on AMD's Ryzen 3 CPU;
and Brian discusses his newest Budget Build system, based on the new AMD
Ryzen 4 CPU.

Bio

Shankar Viswanathan is a chip architect at AMD and currently works
on the performance architecture for AMD semi-custom APUs. He has
worked on the design and verification of several generations of AMD
processors, most recently on the APUs used in the various XBox One
and PS4 variants. He also spent a year at a software startup
developing a thin hypervisor for run-time malware detection.

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , Wednesday, December 15, 2021 - Budget Build Redux: Building a Box on a Budget with the AMD Ryzen 5600Gl

When: December 15, 2021 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Budget Build Redux: Building a Box on a Budget with the AMD Ryzen
5600Gl
Moderator: Brian DeLacey, Kurt Keville, Shankar Viswanatha **
<http://www.blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/speakers/s-viswan1>

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/khCgOmuYY28

Summary:

2021 update: The latest Background and Build of a Year-End Budget Linux
computer

Abstract:

Details to follow


Bio

Shankar Viswanathan is a chip architect at AMD and currently works
on the performance architecture for AMD semi-custom APUs. He has
worked on the design and verification of several generations of AMD
processors, most recently on the APUs used in the various XBox One
and PS4 variants. He also spent a year at a software startup
developing a thin hypervisor for run-time malware detection.

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting, Reminder, tomorrow, Wednesday, November 17, 2021 - Introduction to Ceph

When:November 17, 2021 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Introduction to Ceph
Moderator: Neha Ojha

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/gDrtXmsRjQM

Summary:

A deep dive into Ceph

Abstract:

What is Ceph? How is it different?

Neha discusses basic Ceph architecture, including details about RADOS,
RGW, RBD,
and CephFS. She also discusses Ceph's management plane and details about
the Ceph community and ecosystem.

Bio

Neha is Project Technical Lead for the Ceph RADOS subsystem, Red Hat
Software

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Thursday, November 11, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , Wednesday, November 17, 2021 - Introduction to Ceph

When:November 17, 2021 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Introduction to Ceph
Moderator: Neha Ojha

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/gDrtXmsRjQM

Summary:

A deep dive into Ceph

Abstract:

What is Ceph? How is it different?

Neha discusses basic Ceph architecture, including details about RADOS,
RGW, RBD,
and CephFS. She also discusses Ceph's management plane and details about
the Ceph community and ecosystem.

Bio

Neha is Project Technical Lead for the Ceph RADOS subsystem, Red Hat
Software

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 20, 2021 - Hardware Hacking 101: Rogue Keyboards and Eavesdropping Cables

When:October 20, 2021 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Hardware Hacking 101: Rogue Keyboards and Eavesdropping Cables
Moderator: Federico Lucifredi

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/gHTlWhyECpU

Summary:

Federico's new hardware talk

Abstract:

More details will be added later

Bio

Federico Lucifredi is The Ceph Storage Product Management Director at
Red Hat, formerly the Ubuntu Server PM at Canonical, and the Linux
"Systems Management Czar" at SUSE.


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Friday, October 15, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting Wednesday, October 20, 2021 - Hardware Hacking 101: Rogue Keyboards and Eavesdropping Cables

When:October 20, 2021 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Hardware Hacking 101: Rogue Keyboards and Eavesdropping Cables
Moderator: Federico Lucifredi

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/gHTlWhyECpU

Summary:

Federico's new hardware talk

Abstract:

More details will be added later

Bio

Federico Lucifredi is The Ceph Storage Product Management Director at
Red Hat, formerly the Ubuntu Server PM at Canonical, and the Linux
"Systems Management Czar" at SUSE.


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting Wednesday, September 15, 2021 - Crypto News Review, Historical Vignette, and Transitioning from PGP/GnuPG

When: September 15, 2021 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Crypto News Review, Historical Vignette, and Transitioning from
PGP/GnuPG
Moderator: Bill Ricker

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/fbghHGtdkg4

Summary:

Bill's annual crypto and security roundup

Abstract:

Bill reviews the year in crypto news, shares some crypto history, and
discusses current best practices for crypto.

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting reminder, tomorrow Wednesday, August 18, 2021 - Rocky Linux

When: August 18, 2021 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Rocky Linux
Moderators: Brian Clemens and other Rocky Linux staff

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/fCRBjg4w-PY

Summary:

Overview of the official release of Rocky Linux

Abstract:
Rocky Linux is a community enterprise operating system designed to be
100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), now
that CentOS has shifted direction.

The first release of Rocky Linux is now available.

Our guests provide an overview of the new release, and discuss both
installing a new Rocky server and upgrading/migrating an existing CentOS
server to Rocky.

Rocky Linux Website : https://rockylinux.org/

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org


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Friday, August 13, 2021

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXVI reminder, tomorrow, Saturday, August 14, 2021 12:00 PM

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXVI
When: Saturday, August 14, 2021 from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Where: John and Shelley Chambers' home
33 Cedarwood Avenue, Waltham, MA.
BYOF - Bring Your Own Food and drinks


Boston Linux & Unix is holding its twenty-sixth annual summer BBQ on
Saturday, August 14, beginning at 12:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
Guests are encouraged to bring along something for the grill and the
snack table. We're holding the barbecue at the same location as the past
few years, John and Shelley Chambers' home at 33 Cedarwood Avenue,
Waltham,MA.

We strongly encourage attendees to be fully vaccinated and to wear masks.

Weather forecast is scattered thunderstorms 80s, with a 40% chance of rain.

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Thursday, August 12, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting Wednesday, August 18, 2021 - Rocky Linux

When:August 18, 2021 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Rocky Linux
Moderators: Brian Clemens and other Rocky Linux staff

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/fCRBjg4w-PY

Summary:

Overview of the official release of Rocky Linux

Abstract:
Rocky Linux is a community enterprise operating system designed to be
100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), now
that CentOS has shifted direction.

The first release of Rocky Linux is now available.

Our guests provide an overview of the new release, and discuss both
installing a new Rocky server and upgrading/migrating an existing CentOS
server to Rocky.

Rocky Linux Website : https://rockylinux.org/

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXVI, Saturday, August 14, 2021 1:00 PM

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXVI
When: Saturday, August 14, 2021 from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Where: John and Shelley Chambers' home
33 Cedarwood Avenue, Waltham, MA.
BYOF - Bring Your Own Food and drinks


Boston Linux & Unix is holding its twenty-sixth annual summer BBQ on
Saturday, August 14, beginning at 12:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
Guests are encouraged to bring along something for the grill and the
snack table. We're holding the barbecue at the same location as the past
few years, John and Shelley Chambers' home at 33 Cedarwood Avenue,
Waltham,MA.

We strongly encourage attendees to be fully vaccinated and to wear masks.

Weather forecast is scattered thunderstorms 80s, with a 40% chance of rain.

Please refer to the BLU website
(http://www.blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2019-bbq25) for further details and
directions.


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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting Today Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - SBC Roundup

When: July 21, 2021 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: SBC Roundup
Moderators: Kurt Keville,  Federico Lucifredi, Jason Kridner

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream:  https://youtu.be/jf7W_yFkaTo

Summary:

Retrospective look at a decade of Single Board Computing

Abstract:

Please join us for a walk down memory lane as we look at the history of
Single Board Computers (SBCs), Systems-on-chip (SOCs), Systems-on-chip
(SOMs), and dev boards as members talk about the ones that they used
most. We will discuss the history of embedded Linux in advance of the
ELC and HPEC conferences and talk about how the embedded hardware
hacking community supported the larger Linux movement and vice versa.

Bio
Federico Lucifredi is The Ceph Storage Product Management Director at
Red Hat, formerly the Ubuntu Server PM at Canonical, and the Linux
"Systems Management Czar" at SUSE.

Jason Kridner is Open Platforms Technologist/Evangelist for Texas
Instruments, where he focuses on defining strategy for growing TI's open
platform ecosystem for developers and customers. Jason is the co-founder
and community manager for BeagleBoard.org, designers of BeagleBone
Black. Jason is named on 11 patents and has been programming personal
computers since 1979 as a hobbyist and professional. He worked on the
first wave of MP3 player designs in 1998. Jason will talk about his
experiences developing BeagleBone into an open computing platform that
is powered by a 1GHz ARMv7 CPU and 2 200MHz 32-bit microcontrollers with
real-time capabilities.


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
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Monday, July 19, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - SBC Roundup

When: July 21, 2021 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: SBC Roundup
Moderators: Kurt Keville,  Federico Lucifredi, Jason Kridner

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/jf7W_yFkaTo

Summary:

Retrospective look at a decade of Single Board Computing

Abstract:

Please join us for a walk down memory lane as we look at the history of
Single Board Computers (SBCs), Systems-on-chip (SOCs), Systems-on-chip
(SOMs), and dev boards as members talk about the ones that they used
most. We will discuss the history of embedded Linux in advance of the
ELC and HPEC conferences and talk about how the embedded hardware
hacking community supported the larger Linux movement and vice versa.

Bio
Federico Lucifredi is The Ceph Storage Product Management Director at
Red Hat, formerly the Ubuntu Server PM at Canonical, and the Linux
"Systems Management Czar" at SUSE.

Jason Kridner is Open Platforms Technologist/Evangelist for Texas
Instruments, where he focuses on defining strategy for growing TI's open
platform ecosystem for developers and customers. Jason is the co-founder
and community manager for BeagleBoard.org, designers of BeagleBone
Black. Jason is named on 11 patents and has been programming personal
computers since 1979 as a hobbyist and professional. He worked on the
first wave of MP3 player designs in 1998. Jason will talk about his
experiences developing BeagleBone into an open computing platform that
is powered by a 1GHz ARMv7 CPU and 2 200MHz 32-bit microcontrollers with
real-time capabilities.


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
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Friday, June 25, 2021

Video and slides for Wednesday's BLU meeting have been posted

The video of maddog's presentation at the July 23 BLU meeting has been
posted to the BLU website, along with maddog's slides.

http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2021-jun

http://blu.org/meetings/2021/06/


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Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting reminder, tomorrow, Wednesday, June 23, 2021 - No One Ever Buys a Computer

When: June 23, 2021 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)

Note: This is not our regular third Wednesday because June 23 is Alan
Turing's 109th birthday.

Topic: No One Ever Buys a Computer
Moderator: Jon "Maddog" Hall

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream:  https://youtu.be/43geWUXNjZE

Summary:

Jon "maddog" Hall discusses what customers really look for

Abstract:

People never really buy software, nor do they buy hardware. They buy a
solution to their problem, but it just happens that computers and
software can solve many, many problems in a relatively inexpensive and
flexible way compared to other solutions.

Today there are hundreds of thousands of software modules and incredibly
inexpensive, but powerful single board microcomputers or microprocessors
to build these solutions.

These in turn can help people sell and support these solutions, creating
jobs.

This talk will illustrate several ideas for these products and hope to
stimulate ideas of other solutions that people could use.

Bio
Jon "maddog" Hall is the Board Chair of the Linux Professional
Institute, Co-founder of Caninos Loucos, the President of Project Caua
and the President of Linux International.

Since 1969 Mr. Hall has been a programmer, systems designer, systems
administrator, product manager, technical marketing manager, educator,
author, CEO and consultant.

Mr. Hall has worked for companies like Western Electric Corporation,
Aetna Life and Casualty, Bell Laboratories, Digital Equipment
Corporation, VA Linux Systems, IBM, SGI and Futura Networks (Campus
Party) as well as being a private consultant.

Mr Hall worked on Unix systems since 1980 and Linux systems since 1994,
when he first met Linus Torvalds and recognized the commercial
importance of FOSS.

Mr. Hall has taught at Hartford State Technical College, Merrimack
College and Daniel Webster College.

Mr. Hall is the author of many magazine and newspaper articles, many
presentations and one book, "Linux for Dummies". He writes a monthly
article for Linux Pro Magazine.

Mr. Hall has consulted with the governments of China, Malaysia, Canada
and Brazil as well as the UN and many local and state governments.

Mr. Hall is on the advisory board of the University of Sao Paulo's
Centro Interdisciplinar Em Tecnologias Interativas (CITI).

Mr. Hall traveled to over 100 countries speaking on the benefits of FOSS.

Mr. Hall received his BS in Commerce and Engineering from Drexel
University (1973), and his MSCS from RPI in Troy, New York (1977).

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting Wednesday, June 23, 2021 - No One Ever Buys a Computer

When:June 23, 2021 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)

Note: This is not our regular third Wednesday because June 23 is Alan
Turing's 109th birthday.

Topic: No One Ever Buys a Computer

Moderators: Jon "Maddog" Hall

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/43geWUXNjZE

Summary:

Jon "maddog" Hall discusses what customers really look for

Abstract:

People never really buy software, nor do they buy hardware. They buy a
solution to their problem, but it just happens that computers and
software can solve many, many problems in a relatively inexpensive and
flexible way compared to other solutions.

Today there are hundreds of thousands of software modules and incredibly
inexpensive, but powerful single board microcomputers or microprocessors
to build these solutions.

These in turn can help people sell and support these solutions, creating
jobs.

This talk will illustrate several ideas for these products and hope to
stimulate ideas of other solutions that people could use.

Bio
Jon "maddog" Hall is the Board Chair of the Linux Professional
Institute, Co-founder of Caninos Loucos, the President of Project Caua
and the President of Linux International.

Since 1969 Mr. Hall has been a programmer, systems designer, systems
administrator, product manager, technical marketing manager, educator,
author, CEO and consultant.

Mr. Hall has worked for companies like Western Electric Corporation,
Aetna Life and Casualty, Bell Laboratories, Digital Equipment
Corporation, VA Linux Systems, IBM, SGI and Futura Networks (Campus
Party) as well as being a private consultant.

Mr Hall worked on Unix systems since 1980 and Linux systems since 1994,
when he first met Linus Torvalds and recognized the commercial
importance of FOSS.

Mr. Hall has taught at Hartford State Technical College, Merrimack
College and Daniel Webster College.

Mr. Hall is the author of many magazine and newspaper articles, many
presentations and one book, "Linux for Dummies". He writes a monthly
article for Linux Pro Magazine.

Mr. Hall has consulted with the governments of China, Malaysia, Canada
and Brazil as well as the UN and many local and state governments.

Mr. Hall is on the advisory board of the University of Sao Paulo's
Centro Interdisciplinar Em Tecnologias Interativas (CITI).

Mr. Hall traveled to over 100 countries speaking on the benefits of FOSS.

Mr. Hall received his BS in Commerce and Engineering from Drexel
University (1973), and his MSCS from RPI in Troy, New York (1977).

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux@gmail.com <mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com>>
Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
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Sunday, June 6, 2021

Re: [Discuss] BLU Annual Summer BBQ

Forgot to mention, if we're rained out on August 14, we'll reschedule for
August 21.



On Sat, Jun 5, 2021 at 11:12 PM John Abreau <jabr@blu.org> wrote:

> We've scheduled the BLU annual summer BBQ for Saturday, August 14, noon to
> 5:30 pm.
>
> http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2021-bbq26
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Saturday, June 5, 2021

BLU Annual Summer BBQ

We've scheduled the BLU annual summer BBQ for Saturday, August 14, noon to
5:30 pm.

http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2021-bbq26

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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting reminder, tomorrow, Wednesday, May 19, 2021 - Assorted Topics

When:May 19, 2021 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Assorted Topics
Moderators: BLU Staff and members

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/Pj1ooiEoljE

Summary:

An open-ended discussion of Linux, UNIX, and FLOSS topics


Abstract:

Our scheduled speakers had to cancel at the last minute, so we'll have
an open-ended discussion. Jerry Feldman will lead off with his
impressions of the recently released Fedora 34. However, we will
entertain any other Linux, UNIX, or FLOSS oriented topic.


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Thursday, May 13, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting Wednesday, May 19, 2021 - Assorted Topics

When: May 19, 2021 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic:Assorted Topics
Moderators: BLU Staff and members

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/Pj1ooiEoljE

Summary:

An open-ended discussion of Linux, UNIX, and FLOSS topics

Abstract:

Our scheduled speakers had to cancel at the last minute, so we'll have
an open-ended discussion. Jerry Feldman will lead off with his
impressions of the recently released Fedora 34. However, we will
entertain any other Linux oriented topic.


For further information and instructions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux@gmail.com <mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com>>
Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
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Tuesday, April 20, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting Wednesday, April 21, 2021 - Larks' Tongues in ASCII

When:April 21, 2021 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Larks' Tongues in ASCII
Moderators: Kurt Keville,  Eliot Eshelman

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/V2oycK_1Wlc

Summary:

Updates Updates on HPC, Supercomputing, and Cluster Computing, plus B.U.
Student Cluster Contest team


Abstract:

More details will be added later

Bio
Eliot's interests span from astrophysics to bacteriophages;
high-performance computers to small spherical magnets. He's been an avid
Linux geek (with a focus on HPC) for more than a decade. He works as
Microway's Vice President of Strategic Accounts and HPC Initiatives.

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux@gmail.com <mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com>>
Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
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Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting reminder, tomorrow Wednesday, March 17, 2021 - Linux Soup XVII

When: March 17, 2021 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Linux Soup XVII
Moderator: Christoph Doerbeck

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/LabGDr3bcks

Summary:

Christoph Doerbeck's traditional March talk and demo

Abstract:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 was released almost 2 years ago.  With an eye
towards identifying differences from RHEL 7, this session will present
what you need to know about the operating system including foundational
component updates and new tools you should be aware of.  We will also
cover some highlights from the minor releases (8.1, 8.2 and 8.3).


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
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Saturday, March 13, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting Wednesday, March 17, 2021 - Linux Soup XVII

When: March 17, 2021 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Linux Soup XVII
Moderator: Christoph Doerbeck

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/LabGDr3bcks

Summary:

Christoph Doerbeck's traditional March talk and demo

Abstract:

More details will be added later

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux@gmail.com <mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com>>
Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
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Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Tonight's BLU meeting is livestreaming

Tonight's BLU meeting on CentOS is in session. The YouTube live stream can
be viewed at

https://youtu.be/aERk-mW980k


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Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting Reminder, today Wednesday, February 17, 2021 - What's New With CentOS

When: February 17, 2021 7:00PM EST (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: What's New With CentOS
Moderators: Rob Wilmoth Chief Architect, North American Service
Providers, Red Hat Software
  Note: Rob has a hard conflict at 7:30PM.
Gregory Kurtzer , Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
Brian Clemens , Project Manager , Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
Leigh Hennig , Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/aERk-mW980k

Summary:

Update on recent changes to CentOS

Abstract:

Rob Wilmoth conducts an informal discussion on the Red Hat Developer,
the reorganization of the CentOS project, and how you and your
organization can benefit from these changes.
In addition, Brian Clemens from Rocky Linux, Gregory Kurtzer, and Leigh
Henning from Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation will present, Rocky
Linux, a replacement for CentOS.

Rocky Linux website: https://rockylinux.org/

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux@gmail.com <mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com>>
Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
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Saturday, February 13, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting Wednesday, February 17, 2021 - What's New With CentOS

When: February 17, 2021 7:00PM EST (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: What's New With CentOS
Moderator: Rob Wilmoth Chief Architect, North American Service
Providers, Red Hat Software
  Note: Rob has a hard conflict at 7:30PM.

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/aERk-mW980k

Summary:

Update on recent changes to CentOS

Abstract:

Rob Wilmoth conducts an informal discussion on the Red Hat Developer,
the reorganization of the CentOS project, and how you and your
organization can benefit from these changes. This will be a panel
discussion. We will try to get additional experts.

For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux@gmail.com <mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com>>
Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Tonight's BLU meeting - live stream UPDATE

Due to technical difficulties, the live stream url has changed. The new
link is at

https://youtu.be/_5fuPPhP_A8


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Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting reminder Wednesday, January 20, 2021 -Deploying An Openshift Cluster using Ansible Automation

When: january 20, 2021 7:00PM EST (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Deploying An Openshift Cluster using Ansible Automation
Moderator: Christoph Doerbeck

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/lqBbHW8jAL4


Summary:

Review of a collection of playbooks to aid the deployment of an
Openshift cluster

Abstract:

This discussion will focus more on the automation pieces and will
demonstrate a cluster being deployed to libvirt (single node using
integration kvm virtualization) and a cluster being deployed to ovirt
(multi-node enterprise kvm virtualization).


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

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Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux@gmail.com <mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com>>
Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
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Thursday, January 14, 2021

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting Wednesday, January 20, 2021 -Corrected YouTube- Deploying An Openshift Cluster using Ansible Automation

When: january 20, 2021 7:00PM EST (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Deploying An Openshift Cluster using Ansible Automation
Moderator: Christoph Doerbeck

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/lqBbHW8jAL4


Summary:

Review of a collection of playbooks to aid the deployment of an
Openshift cluster

Abstract:

This discussion will focus more on the automation pieces and will
demonstrate a cluster being deployed to libvirt (single node using
integration kvm virtualization) and a cluster being deployed to ovirt
(multi-node enterprise kvm virtualization).


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux@gmail.com <mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com>>
Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
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Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting Wednesday, January 20, 2021 - Deploying An Openshift Cluster using Ansible Automation

When: january 20, 2021 7:00PM EST (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Deploying An Openshift Cluster using Ansible Automation
Moderator: Christoph Doerbeck

Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org

Live stream: https://youtu.be/1ixxKy4ES2o


Summary:

Review of a collection of playbooks to aid the deployment of an
Openshift cluster

Abstract:

This discussion will focus more on the automation pieces and will
demonstrate a cluster being deployed to libvirt (single node using
integration kvm virtualization) and a cluster being deployed to ovirt
(multi-node enterprise kvm virtualization).


For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site:
http://www.blu.org

--
Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux@gmail.com <mailto:gaf.linux@gmail.com>>
Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org
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