A reminder that the MUUG meeting will be this evening, both in person
and online...
The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly
meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, June 6th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's a week
early, i.e. the FIRST Tuesday of the month...
Using BTRFS Deduplication to Consolidate 90 Hard Drives
This month, Chris Audet will provide a brief overview of BTRFS
deduplication, as well as demonstrate a practical application -
a large HDD consolidation being planned for later this year.
Where to find the Meeting:
Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2
We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has
graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person
meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual
meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the
most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner
of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below).
You can use any of the free, ample, and safe parking spots that
say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering
unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150
meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for
Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27
are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south.
For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the
meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. Stay
tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which
will be made available about a half hour before the meeting
starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there
are issues with connecting.)
*Date Change*
Please note the change in meeting date for this month, and for the
rest of the current year (at least until the July/August break).
We are now meeting on the first Tuesday of each month.
The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of
every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and
August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a
MUUG member to attend.
For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out
their web server:
https://muug.ca/
Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your
workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or
linking to it on social media:
https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf
--
Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca>
Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/
The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly
meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, June 6th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's a week
early, i.e. the FIRST Tuesday of the month...
Using BTRFS Deduplication to Consolidate 90 Hard Drives
This month, Chris Audet will provide a brief overview of BTRFS
deduplication, as well as demonstrate a practical application -
a large HDD consolidation being planned for later this year.
Where to find the Meeting:
Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2
We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has
graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person
meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual
meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the
most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner
of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below).
You can use any of the free, ample, and safe parking spots that
say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering
unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150
meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for
Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27
are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south.
For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the
meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. Stay
tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which
will be made available about a half hour before the meeting
starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there
are issues with connecting.)
*Date Change*
Please note the change in meeting date for this month, and for the
rest of the current year (at least until the July/August break).
We are now meeting on the first Tuesday of each month.
The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of
every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and
August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a
MUUG member to attend.
For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out
their web server:
https://muug.ca/
Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your
workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or
linking to it on social media:
https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf
--
Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca>
Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/
A reminder that the MUUG meeting will be this evening, both in person
and online...
The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly
meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, May 2nd, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's a week
early, i.e. the FIRST Tuesday of the month...
Ansible AWX
"AWX provides a web-based user interface, REST API, and task
engine built on top of Ansible." In this presentation, Alberto
Abrao will show how to set it up, and basic usage.
Where to find the Meeting:
Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2
We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has
graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person
meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual
meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the
most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner
of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below).
You can use any of the free, ample, and safe parking spots that
say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering
unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150
meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for
Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27
are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south.
For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the
meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. Stay
tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which
will be made available about a half hour before the meeting
starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there
are issues with connecting.)
*Date Change*
Please note the change in meeting date for this month, and for the
rest of the current year (at least until the July/August break).
We are now meeting on the first Tuesday of each month.
The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of
every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and
August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a
MUUG member to attend.
For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out
their web server:
https://muug.ca/
Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your
workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or
linking to it on social media:
https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf
--
Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca>
Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/
The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly
meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, May 2nd, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's a week
early, i.e. the FIRST Tuesday of the month...
Ansible AWX
"AWX provides a web-based user interface, REST API, and task
engine built on top of Ansible." In this presentation, Alberto
Abrao will show how to set it up, and basic usage.
Where to find the Meeting:
Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2
We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has
graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person
meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual
meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the
most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner
of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below).
You can use any of the free, ample, and safe parking spots that
say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering
unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150
meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for
Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27
are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south.
For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the
meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. Stay
tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which
will be made available about a half hour before the meeting
starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there
are issues with connecting.)
*Date Change*
Please note the change in meeting date for this month, and for the
rest of the current year (at least until the July/August break).
We are now meeting on the first Tuesday of each month.
The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of
every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and
August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a
MUUG member to attend.
For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out
their web server:
https://muug.ca/
Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your
workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or
linking to it on social media:
https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf
--
Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca>
Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/
A reminder that the MUUG meeting will be this evening, both in person
and online...
The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly
meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, April 4th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's a week
early, i.e. the FIRST Tuesday of the month...
Steam Decks and Steam Desks
Join us this month for a foray into Linux gaming, presented
by Chris Audet. We'll discuss Valve's Steam Deck, and similar
handheld computers. We'll also cover some notable gaming Linux
distros, such as Lakka, and ChimeraOS.
RTFM: termdown - turn your terminal into a countdown timer
(or stopwatch)!
For this month's RTFM, Brad Vokey will give us a quick
demonstration of some of the features of termdown, a python
countdown timer for the terminal which he has used in the
past to count down the MUUG virtual meeting breaks.
Where to find the Meeting:
Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2
We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has
graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person
meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual
meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the
most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner
of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below).
You can use any of the free, amble, and safe parking spots that
say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering
unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150
meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for
Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27
are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south.
For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the
meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. Stay
tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which
will be made available about a half hour before the meeting
starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there
are issues with connecting.)
*Date Change*
Please note the change in meeting date for this month, and for the
rest of the current year (at least until the July/August break).
We are now meeting on the first Tuesday of each month.
The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of
every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and
August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a
MUUG member to attend.
For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out
their web server:
https://muug.ca/
Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your
workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or
linking to it on social media:
https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf
--
Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca>
Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/
The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly
meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, April 4th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's a week
early, i.e. the FIRST Tuesday of the month...
Steam Decks and Steam Desks
Join us this month for a foray into Linux gaming, presented
by Chris Audet. We'll discuss Valve's Steam Deck, and similar
handheld computers. We'll also cover some notable gaming Linux
distros, such as Lakka, and ChimeraOS.
RTFM: termdown - turn your terminal into a countdown timer
(or stopwatch)!
For this month's RTFM, Brad Vokey will give us a quick
demonstration of some of the features of termdown, a python
countdown timer for the terminal which he has used in the
past to count down the MUUG virtual meeting breaks.
Where to find the Meeting:
Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2
We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has
graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person
meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual
meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the
most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner
of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below).
You can use any of the free, amble, and safe parking spots that
say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering
unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150
meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for
Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27
are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south.
For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the
meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. Stay
tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which
will be made available about a half hour before the meeting
starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there
are issues with connecting.)
*Date Change*
Please note the change in meeting date for this month, and for the
rest of the current year (at least until the July/August break).
We are now meeting on the first Tuesday of each month.
The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of
every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and
August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a
MUUG member to attend.
For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out
their web server:
https://muug.ca/
Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your
workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or
linking to it on social media:
https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf
--
Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca>
Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/
The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly
meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, March 7th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's a week
early, i.e. the FIRST Tuesday of the month...
KVM without a GUI - Have you lost your head?
Linux KVM (Kernel-Based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization
solution for Linux, using hardware accelerated virtualization
extensions to provide near physical performance. New users of KVM
may find the command line interface daunting and difficult to
understand. Even the majority of KVM tutorials online rely on the
GUI to do the initial installation and setup of your virtual
machines, but what if we don't have a GUI? As Linux admins, we are
accustomed to doing most of our work in a remote terminal, most of
our servers don't even have a keyboard or monitor plugged in, and
are located in remote data centers. In this presentation, Wyatt
Zacharias will present the basics of how to use the KVM command
line tools to create and setup a new virtual machine from scratch.
Where to find the Meeting:
Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2
We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has
graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person
meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual
meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the
most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner
of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below).
You can use any of the free, amble, and safe parking spots that
say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering
unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150
meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for
Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27
are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south.
For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the
meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. Stay
tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which
will be made available about a half hour before the meeting
starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there
are issues with connecting.)
*Date Change*
Please note the change in meeting date for this month, and for the
rest of the current year (at least until the July/August break).
We are now meeting on the first Tuesday of each month.
The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of
every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and
August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a
MUUG member to attend.
For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out
their web server:
https://muug.ca/
Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your
workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or
linking to it on social media:
https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf
--
Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca>
Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/
A reminder that the MUUG online meeting will be on BBB this evening...
The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly
meeting online, on Tuesday, February 7th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's a week
early, i.e. the FIRST Tuesday of the month...
CheckMK
Alberto Abrao will present CheckMK, a great platform for
monitoring various IT infrastructure components. It has powerful
tools to monitor all different kinds of devices that comprises a
regular Enterprise IT environment. Agents are available for Linux,
*nix (AIX, Solaris), *BSD, Windows, VMware, AWS, Azure,
Kubernetes, Docker, among others. These can be easily enhanced
with plug-ins for custom functionality. It also allows for the
monitoring of devices that support SNMP.
Easy to get started with, but packed with features and infinitely
customizable, CheckMK is an excellent choice for the monitoring of
any IT environment.
*Date Change*
Please note the change in meeting date for this month, and for the
rest of the current year (at least until the July/August break).
We are now meeting on the first Tuesday of each month.
This will once again be an online meeting. Stay tuned to our
muug.ca home page for the official URL, which will be made
available about a half hour before the meeting starts. (Reload the
page if you don't see the link, or if there are issues with
connecting.)
The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of
every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and
August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a
MUUG member to attend.
For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out
their web server:
https://muug.ca/
Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your
workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or
linking to it on social media:
https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf
--
Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca>
Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/
The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly
meeting online, on Tuesday, February 7th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's a week
early, i.e. the FIRST Tuesday of the month...
CheckMK
Alberto Abrao will present CheckMK, a great platform for
monitoring various IT infrastructure components. It has powerful
tools to monitor all different kinds of devices that comprises a
regular Enterprise IT environment. Agents are available for Linux,
*nix (AIX, Solaris), *BSD, Windows, VMware, AWS, Azure,
Kubernetes, Docker, among others. These can be easily enhanced
with plug-ins for custom functionality. It also allows for the
monitoring of devices that support SNMP.
Easy to get started with, but packed with features and infinitely
customizable, CheckMK is an excellent choice for the monitoring of
any IT environment.
*Date Change*
Please note the change in meeting date for this month, and for the
rest of the current year (at least until the July/August break).
We are now meeting on the first Tuesday of each month.
This will once again be an online meeting. Stay tuned to our
muug.ca home page for the official URL, which will be made
available about a half hour before the meeting starts. (Reload the
page if you don't see the link, or if there are issues with
connecting.)
The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of
every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and
August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a
MUUG member to attend.
For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out
their web server:
https://muug.ca/
Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your
workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or
linking to it on social media:
https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf
--
Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca>
Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/
The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly
meeting online, on Tuesday, February 7th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's a week
early, i.e. the FIRST Tuesday of the month...
Please note the change in meeting date for this month, and for the
rest of the current year (at least until the July/August break).
We are now meeting on the first Tuesday of each month.
Stay tuned for a follow-up announcement, a week before the meeting
date, with more information about the topic for the month. But we
wanted to give you advance notice of the date change.
This will once again be an online meeting. Stay tuned to our
muug.ca home page for the official URL, which will be made
available about a half hour before the meeting starts. (Reload the
page if you don't see the link, or if there are issues with
connecting.)
The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of
every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and
August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a
MUUG member to attend.
For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out
their web server:
https://muug.ca/
Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your
workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or
linking to it on social media:
https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf
--
Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca>
Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/