Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Live stream of tonight's BLU meeting

Live stream of tonight's BLU meeting is now active, at

https://youtu.be/4sLnWPuXFsA



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Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting reminder, tomorrow, Wednesday, August 19, 2020 - Building a Box on a Budget with the AMD Ryzen 3, and driving it fast with F2FS

When: August 19, 2020 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Building a Box on a Budget with the AMD Ryzen 3, and driving it fast
with F2FS
Moderator: Brian DeLacey
Location: Online at Jitsi <https://meet.jit.si/blu.org>
The streaming location will be posted on the BLU web site:
http://www.blu.org

Summary:

This meeting will cover the build of a new Linux system from components and
review various uses including consolidating backups

Abstract:

In this two part meeting, we'll review the build list of components and
overall budget for a new Linux-powered system with the AMD Ryzen 3. In the
second part, we'll push this system to its byte-busting limits for powering
a permanent archival system.

We'll begin with an overview of the build - covering the purchase of parts,
continuing with assembly, and concluding with the installation of Ubuntu.
Then we'll move to various considerations and options for the Terabyte
Transportation Generation. We'll discuss managing backups, and showcase the
capabilities of rclone and what you can do with affordable terabytes of
storage.

We'll then look at different file systems and compare considerations for
use in backups. We'll wrap it all up with a forensic review of the
Flash-Friendly File System (F2FS) - discussing details of its design, data
layout and aspects of encryption. We'll looking into the pros and cons of
using F2FS as the underlying file system for a permanent archive of all
your most valuable data. Finally, we'll discuss news reports of an SMR
"scandal" and compare that technology to CMR.

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Boston Linux and Unix
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Thursday, August 13, 2020

Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting Wednesday August 19, 2020 - Building a Box on a Budget with the AMD Ryzen 3, and driving it fast with F2FS

When: August 19, 2020 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: Building a Box on a Budget with the AMD Ryzen 3, and driving it fast
with F2FS
Moderator: Brian DeLacey
Location: Online at Jitsi <https://meet.jit.si/blu.org>

Summary:

This meeting will cover the build of a new Linux system from components and
review various uses including consolidating backups

Abstract:
In this two part meeting, we'll review the build list of components and
overall budget for a new Linux-powered system with the AMD Ryzen 3. In the
second part, we'll push this system to its byte-busting limits for powering
a permanent archival system.

We'll begin with an overview of the build - covering the purchase of parts,
continuing with assembly, and concluding with the installation of Ubuntu.
Then we'll move to various considerations and options for the Terabyte
Transportation Generation. We'll discuss managing backups, and showcase the
capabilities of rclone and what you can do with affordable terabytes of
storage.

We'll then look at different file systems and compare considerations for
use in backups. We'll wrap it all up with a forensic review of the
Flash-Friendly File System (F2FS) - discussing details of its design, data
layout and aspects of encryption. We'll looking into the pros and cons of
using F2FS as the underlying file system for a permanent archive of all
your most valuable data. Finally, we'll discuss news reports of an SMR
"scandal" and compare that technology to CMR.
--
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Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux@gmail.com>
Boston Linux and Unix
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Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6B B6E7
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Thursday, July 16, 2020

Video of last night's BLU meeting

The video of the July 2020 online BLU meeting has been posted to YouTube
and the BLU website. You can view it at

https://youtu.be/BrGPeMQ79YM

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Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Livestream of tonight's BLU meeting on youtube

The YouTube livestream of tonight's meeting is now active, at

https://youtu.be/Xb8DEDoB0AI



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Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting reminder (corrected) today, Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - You Can Tune a Piano but You Can't Tune a Convolutional Neural Network

When: July 15, 2020 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: You Can Tune a Piano but You Can't Tune a Convolutional Neural
Network
Moderators: Kurt Keville,
Location:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85075254996?pwd=cU0xenpiQXRadEVZbEFMSkVjdktkUT09
Summary:
Information updates in the areas of HPC, Supercomputing, and Autonomous
Vehicles

Abstract:
We are partnering with the HPC and GPU Supercomputing Group of Boston
https://www.meetup.com/HPC-GPU-Supercomputing-Group-of-Boston/events/271617454/

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
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Boston Linux VIRTUAL Meeting reminder, today, Wednesday, July 15, 2020 - You Can Tune a Piano but You Can't Tune a Convolutional Neural Network

When: July 15, 2020 7:00PM (6:30PM for Q&A)
Topic: You Can Tune a Piano but You Can't Tune a Convolutional Neural
Network
Moderators: Kurt Keville, Eliot Eshelman
Location:
https://www.meetup.com/HPC-GPU-Supercomputing-Group-of-Boston/events/271617454/
https://www.meetup.com/HPC-GPU-Supercomputing-Group-of-Boston/events/271617454/

Summary:
Information updates in the areas of HPC, Supercomputing, and Autonomous
Vehicles

Abstract:
We are partnering with the HPC and GPU Supercomputing Group of Boston

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>
Boston Linux and Unix
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Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6B B6E7
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