Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXX Saturday, August 29, 2026 1:00 PM EDT

Boston Linux and Unix Annual Summer BBQ XXX When: Saturday, August 29, 2026 from 1:00 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-fifth annual summer BBQ on Saturday, August 29, beginning at 1:00 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. Please refer to the BLU website (https://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2026-bbq30) for further details and directions. Weather forecast is for partly cloudy in high 70s low 80s. -- Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux@gmail.com> Boston Linux and Unix http://www.blu.org PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7 PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6B B6E7 _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@lists.blu.org https://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting reminder, tomorrow, Wednesday, August 19, 2026 - Commonwealth Fusion Systems

When: August 19, 2026 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A) Topic:Commonwealth Fusion Systems Presenters: Jessica Strunkin, Ryan Taylor Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org Meeting will be recorded, but not live streamed. Recordings will be posted: https://blu.org/video/ Summary: Designing and building commercial fusion systems to provide limitless, clean energy to the world Abstract: Commomwealth Fusion Systems is the worlds largest commercial fusion energy company.  They are currently constructing the SPARC fusion reactor in Devens, Ma to be operational by 2027. SPARC is the proof of concept system that will be paving the way to their ARC generator that will be supplying power to the grid in Northern Virginia in the 2030s. Last month, CFS raised a $1B investment bringing their investsments to $4B. Attachment: https://cfs.energy http://www.blu.org Our meeting recordings are found on the Video tab: http://www.blu.org/video/ -- Jerry Feldman<gaf.linux@gmail.com> Boston Linux and Unixhttp://www.blu.org PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7 PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6B B6E7 _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@lists.blu.org https://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting Wednesday, August 19, 2026 - Commonwealth Fusion Systems

When: August 19, 2026 7:00PM EDT (6:30PM for Q&A) Topic:Commonwealth Fusion Systems Presenters: Jessica Strunkin, Ryan Taylor Location: Online: https://meet.jit.si/blu.org Meeting will be recorded, but not live streamed. Recordings will be posted: https://blu.org/video/ Summary: Designing and building commercial fusion systems to provide limitless, clean energy to the world Abstract: Commomwealth Fusion Systems is the worlds largest commercial fusion energy company.  They are currently constructing the SPARC fusion reactor in Devens, Ma to be operational by 2027. SPARC is the proof of concept system that will be paving the way to their ARC generator that will be supplying power to the grid in Northern Virginia in the 2030s. Last month, CFS raised a $1B investment bringing their investsments to $4B. Attachment: https://cfs.energy http://www.blu.org Our meeting recordings are found on the Video tab: http://www.blu.org/video/ -- Jerry Feldman<gaf.linux@gmail.com> Boston Linux and Unixhttp://www.blu.org PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7 PGP Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6B B6E7 _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@lists.blu.org https://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/announce