Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , reminder, tomorrow, Wednesday, July 17, 2024 - Customizing GNOME with Extensions

When: July 17, 2024 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: Customizing GNOME with Extensions

Speakers: Abhishek Prakash

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

We will be recording the meeting. Recordings will be listed at
https://blu.org/video/

Summary:

Abhishek discusses customizing Gnome with GNOME Extensions

Abstract:

Abhishek demonstrates how to install and remove GNOME Extensions, where
to get them, and some best practices. He then shares some of his
favorite extensions and why he likes them.

Bio

Abhishek created "It's FOSS" in 2013 to share his Linux adventures. He
has a Master's degree in Engineering and years of IT industry
experience. Abhishek is a huge fan of Agatha Christie detective mysteries.

Attachment:

https://itsfoss.com/


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

Our meeting recordings are on the Video tab: http://blu.org/video/

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Boston Linux and Unix
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Thursday, July 11, 2024

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , Wednesday, July 17, 2024 - Customizing GNOME with Extensions

When: July 17, 2024 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: Customizing GNOME with Extensions

Speakers: Abhishek Prakash

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

We will not be live streaming as the YouTube the live streams have been
failing partway through our meetings. We will be recording the meeting
using Jitsi's recording feature.

Summary:

Abhishek discusses customizing Gnome with GNOME Extensions

Abstract:

Abhishek demonstrates how to install and remove GNOME Extensions, where
to get them, and some best practices. He then shares some of his
favorite extensions and why he likes them.

Bio

Abhishek created "It's FOSS" in 2013 to share his Linux adventures. He
has a Master's degree in Engineering and years of IT industry
experience. Abhishek is a huge fan of Agatha Christie detective mysteries.

Attachment:

https://itsfoss.com/


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

Our meeting recordings are on the Video tab: http://blu.org/video/

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

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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting, reminder, tomorrow Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - Rocky Linux Redux 2024

When: June 19, 2024 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)   Corrected Date 😳

Topic: Rocky Linux Redux 2024

Speakers:  Brian Clemens, Gregory Kurtzer

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

We will not be live streaming as the YouTube the live streams have been
failing partway through our meetings. We will be recording the meeting
using Jitsi's recording feature.

Summary:

Latest news regarding Rocky Linux

Abstract:

Rocky Linux is an open-source enterprise operating system designed to be
100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux®. It is under
intensive development by the community.

Attachments

Enterprise Linux, the community way: https://rockylinux.org/

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

Our meeting recordings are on the Video tab: http://blu.org/video/

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Jerry Feldman<gaf.linux@gmail.com>
Boston Linux and Unix
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Friday, June 14, 2024

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - Rocky Linux Redux 2024 Date Correction

When: June 19, 2024 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)   Corrected Date 😳

Topic: Rocky Linux Redux 2024

Speakers:  Brian Clemens, Gregory Kurtzer

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

We will not be live streaming as the YouTube the live streams have been
failing partway through our meetings. We will be recording the meeting
using Jitsi's recording feature.

Summary:

Latest news regarding Rocky Linux

Abstract:

Rocky Linux is an open-source enterprise operating system designed to be
100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux®. It is under
intensive development by the community.

Attachments

Enterprise Linux, the community way: https://rockylinux.org/

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

Our meeting recordings are on the Video tab: http://blu.org/video/

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Jerry Feldman<gaf.linux@gmail.com>
Boston Linux and Unix
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Thursday, June 13, 2024

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , Wednesday, June 17, 2024 - Rocky Linux Redux 2024

When: June 17, 2024 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: Rocky Linux Redux 2024

Speakers:  Brian Clemens, Gregory Kurtzer

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

We will not be live streaming as the YouTube the live streams have been
failing partway through our meetings. We will be recording the meeting
using Jitsi's recording feature.

Summary:

Latest news regarding Rocky Linux

Abstract:

Rocky Linux is an open-source enterprise operating system designed to be
100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux®. It is under
intensive development by the community.

Attachments

Enterprise Linux, the community way: https://rockylinux.org/

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

Our meeting recordings are on the Video tab: http://blu.org/video/

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

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , reminder, tomorrow, Wednesday, May 15, 2024 - Fotocx 2024

When: May 15, 2024 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: Fotocx 2024

Speaker:  Dick and Jill Miller

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

Unfortunately the live streams have been failing partway through our
meetings, however,  we will be recording the meeting
using Jitsi's recording feature and post them to our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@bostonlinuxandunix

Summary:

Dick and Jill will reprise their journey through the world of photo
editing with Fotocx


Abstract:

Note: "Fotoxx has been renamed to Fotocx. This was done because a web
search for "fotoxx" returns pornographic web pages ("foto xx") after a
few legitimate results. This has been a plague since years, and I
decided to end it. I regret the inconvenience this causes for some users".
https://kornelix.net/fotoxx.html

Dick Miller returns with a demo of the newest additions to Fotocx 24.30,
Dick last gave a talk on Fotoxx at our May 2022 meeting.

Attachments:

Fotocx home page: https://kornelix.net/fotocx/fotocx.html

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

Our meeting recordings are listed on the Video tab:
https://blu.org/video/ and on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=boston+linux

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

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Thursday, May 9, 2024

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting Wednesday, May 15, 2024 - Fotocx update

When: May 15, 2024 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: Fotocx update

Speaker:  Dick and Jill Miller

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

Unfortunately the live streams have been failing partway through our
meetings, however,  we will be recording the meeting
using Jitsi's recording feature and post them to our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@bostonlinuxandunix

Summary:

Dick and Jill will reprise their journey through the world of photo
editing with Fotocx

Abstract:

Note: "Fotoxx has been renamed to Fotocx. This was done because a web
search for "fotoxx" returns pornographic web pages ("foto xx") after a
few legitimate results. This has been a plague since years, and I
decided to end it. I regret the inconvenience this causes for some users".
https://kornelix.net/fotoxx.html

Dick Miller returns with a demo of the newest additions to Fotocx 24.30,
Dick last gave a talk on Fotoxx at our May 2022 meeting.


Attachments:

Fotocx home page: https://kornelix.net/fotocx/fotocx.html

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

Our meeting recordings are listed on the Video tab:
https://blu.org/video/ and on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=boston+linux

--

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

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Boston Linux and Unix
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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , reminder, tomorrow, Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - Short Takes II: For Those About To Hack, We Salute You!

When: April 17, 2024 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: Short Takes II: For Those About To Hack, We Salute You!

Speaker:  Kurt Keville and others

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

Unfortunately the live streams have been failing partway through our
meetings, however,  we will be recording the meeting
using Jitsi's recording feature and post them to our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@bostonlinuxandunix

Summary:


2024 SCC, SBCC, Graph Challenge , SIGTBD, annual Bad Ideas Competition

Abstract:

A number of short presentations related to the 2024 SCC (Student Cluster
Competition), the SBCC (Single Board Cluster Competition), the Graph
Challenge (https://graphchallenge.org/) [graphchallenge.org] , SIGTBD
(https://sigtbd.csail.mit.edu/), [sigtbd.csail.mit.edu] and of course
the annual Bad Ideas Competition.


Attachments:

https://fossi-foundation.org/latch-up/2024
https://fossi-foundation.org/
https://sbcc.io/
https://www.meetup.com/hpc-gpu-supercomputing-group-of-boston/

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

Our meeting recordings are listed on the Video tab:
https://blu.org/video/ and on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=boston+linux

--

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

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Friday, April 12, 2024

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - Short Takes II: For Those About To Hack, We Salute You!

When: April 17, 2024 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: Short Takes II: For Those About To Hack, We Salute You!

Speaker:  Kurt Keville and others

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

We will not be live streaming. Unfortunately the live streams have been
failing partway through our meetings. We will be recording the meeting
using Jitsi's recording feature and post them to our YouTube channel.

Summary:

2024 SCC, SBCC, Graph Challenge , SIGTBD, annual Bad Ideas Competition

Abstract:

A number of short presentations related to the 2024 SCC (Student Cluster
Competition), the SBCC (Single Board Cluster Competition), the Graph
Challenge (https://graphchallenge.org/) [graphchallenge.org] , SIGTBD
(https://sigtbd.csail.mit.edu/), [sigtbd.csail.mit.edu] and of course
the annual Bad Ideas Competition.


Attachments:

https://fossi-foundation.org/latch-up/2024
https://fossi-foundation.org/
https://sbcc.io/
https://www.meetup.com/hpc-gpu-supercomputing-group-of-boston/

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

Our meeting recordings are listed on the Video tab:
https://blu.org/video/ and on our YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=boston+linux

--

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

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting reminder, tomorrow,, Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - Building a Home Server with Proxmox and TrueNAS SCALE

When: March 20, 2024 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: Building a Home Server with Proxmox and TrueNAS SCALE

Speaker:  Shankar Viswanathan

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


We will not be simulcasting to a YouTube live-stream.
We will be recording the meeting for later replay at https://blu.org/video/

Summary:

Shankar shows us how he built a new home server using Proxmox and
TrueNAS SCALE

Abstract:

TBD

Bio

Shankar Viswanathan is the lead performance architect for AMD's
Strategic Silicon products. He has worked on the design and verification
of several generations of AMD processors. Most recently, he was on the
design team for the SoCs that power game consoles such as the
PlayStation5 and the Steam Deck. His general interests like at the
intersection of performance and security in hardware platforms.

Attachments

Proxmox Virtual Environment: https://www.proxmox.com/en/
TrueNAS SCALE https://www.truenas.com/truenas-scale/

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

Our meeting recordings are on the Video tab: http://blu.org/video/

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Jerry Feldman<gaf.linux@gmail.com>
Boston Linux and Unix
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Friday, March 15, 2024

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - Building a Home Server with Proxmox and TrueNAS SCALE

When: March 20, 2024 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: Building a Home Server with Proxmox and TrueNAS SCALE

Speaker:  Shankar Viswanathan

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

We will not be live streaming. Unfortunately the live streams have been
failing partway through our meetings. We will be recording the meeting
using Jitsi's recording feature.

Summary:

Shankar shows us how he built a new home server using Proxmox and
TrueNAS SCALE

Abstract:

TBD

Bio

Shankar Viswanathan is the lead performance architect for AMD's
Strategic Silicon products. He has worked on the design and verification
of several generations of AMD processors. Most recently, he was on the
design team for the SoCs that power game consoles such as the
PlayStation5 and the Steam Deck. His general interests like at the
intersection of performance and security in hardware platforms.

Attachments

Proxmox Virtual Environment: https://www.proxmox.com/en/TrueNAS SCALE
https://www.truenas.com/truenas-scale/

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

Our meeting recordings are on the Video tab: http://blu.org/video/

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

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , reminder, tomorrow, Wednesday, February 21, 2024 - Hand-Held Nanocluster

When: February 21, 2024 7:00PM EST (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: Hand-Held Nanocluster

Speaker:    Federico Lucifredi

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

We will not be live streaming. Unfortunately the live streams have been
failing partway through our meetings. We will be recording the meeting
using Jitsi's recording feature.

Summary:

Federico demonstrates his latest cluster build project

Abstract:

Nocluster: using an orthogonal strategy, we look at a build of a single
two-socket host using 10-year old hardware to field 44 cores and 256 GB
of RAM. Power consumption is on the high side, but so is performance.

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

Our meeting recordings are on the Video tab: http://blu.org/video/

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

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , Wednesday, February 21, 2024 - Hand-Held Nanocluster

When: February 21, 2024 7:00PM EST (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: Hand-Held Nanocluster

Speaker:    Federico Lucifredi

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

We will not be live streaming. Unfortunately the live streams have been
failing partway through our meetings. We will be recording the meeting
using Jitsi's recording feature.

Summary:

Federico demonstrates his latest cluster build project

Abstract:

Nocluster: using an orthogonal strategy, we look at a build of a single
two-socket host using 10-year old hardware to field 44 cores and 256 GB
of RAM. Power consumption is on the high side, but so is performance.

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

Our meeting recordings are on the Video tab: http://blu.org/video/

--

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

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , reminder, tomorrow, Wednesday, January 17, 2024 - Differential Fuzzing

When: January 17, 2024 7:00PM EST (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: Differential Fuzzing

Speaker:    Benjamin P. Kallus

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

We will notbe live streaming. Unfortunately the live streams have been
failing partway through our meetings. We will be recording the meeting
using Jitsi's recording feature.

Summary:

Differential fuzzing of HTTP servers and proxies

Abstract:

Details to follow.

Bio:

About Ben: https://kallus.org/


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

Our meeting recordings are on the Video tab.

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Boston Linux and Unix
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Friday, January 12, 2024

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , Wednesday, January 17, 2024 - Differential Fuzzing

When: January 17, 2024 7:00PM EST (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: Differential Fuzzing

Speaker:    Benjamin P. Kallus

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

We will notbe live streaming. Unfortunately the live streams have been
failing partway through our meetings. We will be recording the meeting
using Jitsi's recording feature.

Summary:

Differential fuzzing of HTTP servers and proxiesDiffDifferential fuzzing
of HTTP servers and proxieserential fuzzing of HTTP servers and proxies

Abstract:

Details to follow.

Bio:

About Ben: https://kallus.org/


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

Our meeting recordings are on the Video tab.

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Jerry Feldman<gaf.linux@gmail.com>
Boston Linux and Unix
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Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting , Wednesday, January 17, 2024 - Differential Fuzzing

When: January 17, 2025 7:00PM EST (6:30PM for Q&A)

Topic: Differential Fuzzing

Speaker:    Benjamin P. Kallus

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

We will notbe live streaming. Unfortunately the live streams have been
failing partway through our meetings. We will be recording the meeting
using Jitsi's recording feature.

Summary:

Differential fuzzing of HTTP servers and proxiesDiffDifferential fuzzing
of HTTP servers and proxieserential fuzzing of HTTP servers and proxies

Abstract:

Details to follow.

Bio:

About Ben: https://kallus.org/


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

Our meeting recordings are on the Video tab.

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Jerry Feldman<gaf.linux@gmail.com>
Boston Linux and Unix
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