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, January 10th, at 7:30pm:
The Taming of journald Continues
In his last presentation, Trevor Cordes showed us how to use
syslog with journald, and filter out unwanted log lines. However,
those bazillion unwanted lines being filtered out are still being
written to disk, causing major wear and tear on your precious,
limited-life SSD! In this follow-up presentation, Trevor will
discuss minimizing SSD writes and wasted space by using the
journald RAMdisk and size-limiting options.
RTFM: nmap(1)
Wyatt Zacharias will give a quick overview of some of the basic
features of nmap.
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 normally holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second 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, January 10th, at 7:30pm:
The Taming of journald Continues
In his last presentation, Trevor Cordes showed us how to use
syslog with journald, and filter out unwanted log lines. However,
those bazillion unwanted lines being filtered out are still being
written to disk, causing major wear and tear on your precious,
limited-life SSD! In this follow-up presentation, Trevor will
discuss minimizing SSD writes and wasted space by using the
journald RAMdisk and size-limiting options.
RTFM: nmap(1)
Wyatt Zacharias will give a quick overview of some of the basic
features of nmap.
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 normally holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second 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 simulcast online over BBB...
The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly
meeting ***in person***, on Tuesday, December 13th, at 7:30pm:
Round-Table, Lightning Talk, and Pot Luck
MUUG is happy to announce we are having an in-person pot-luck
event!
We will continue the tradition of making the December meeting more
of an informal, social gathering.
*But please, stay home if you are sick!*
We will also attempt to simulcast the live round-table and
lightning talk over Big Blue Button for those that can't attend in
person for any reason: https://muug.ca/meet
Bring your favourite gadget! Bring your latest gadget to talk
about -- while everyone mingles, eats, and drinks.
This will be a pot-luck snack event. Members are encouraged to
bring their own food to sample and share with others. Feel free to
bring your own special drink as well -- just remember that we
don't have a liquor license!
Lightning Talk: MUUG Online Lore & History
This month, our server committee will show off some quick LibreNMS
stats and history of our latest MUUG Online 8.0 server, which is
western Canada's largest and fastest open source software mirror.
Where to Find the Meeting:
This month we have moved to Skullspace, at 374 Donald St. We will
be in room 200. Please note that this location is not mobility
accessible. There are 3 flights of stairs and it is 1.5 stories up.
Also note that the Winnipeg Jets have a home game on December 13th
so downtown street parking will be scarce. One of the best blocks
for street parking is Notre Dame after Hargrave. There is also
lots of commercial parking in the area including right behind the
Skullspace building.
The 66 bus route has a southbound stop on the same block of Donald
(useful for departure) in front of the Yellow Dog Tavern. For
arrival by bus, it's quite reasonable to walk from stops on Graham
and Portage or if taking the 66 get off at northbound Smith at
Portage or northbound King at Notre Dame.
Doors will be open starting at 7:15 pm with the meeting starting
at 7:30 pm. After 7:45 pm the doors may be locked so you will need
to call the Skullspace number (204-480-4092) and we'll answer and
come down to let you in.
The group normally holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second 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, December 13th, at 7:30pm:
Round-Table, Lightning Talk, and Pot Luck
MUUG is happy to announce we are having an in-person pot-luck
event!
We will continue the tradition of making the December meeting more
of an informal, social gathering.
But please, stay home if you are sick.
We will also attempt to simulcast the live round-table and
lightning talk over Big Blue Button for those that can't attend in
person for any reason: https://muug.ca/meet
Bring your favourite gadget! Bring your latest gadget to talk
about -- while everyone mingles, eats, and drinks.
This will be a pot-luck snack event. Members are encouraged to
bring their own food to sample and share with others. Feel free to
bring your own special drink as well -- just remember that we
don't have a liquor license!
Lightning Talk: MUUG Online Lore & History
This month, our server committee will show off some quick LibreNMS
stats and history of our latest MUUG Online 8.0 server, which is
western Canada's largest and fastest open source software mirror.
Where to Find the Meeting:
This month we have moved to Skullspace, at 374 Donald St. We will
be in room 200. Please note that this location is not mobility
accessible. There are 3 flights of stairs and it is 1.5 stories up.
Also note that the Winnipeg Jets have a home game on December 13th
so downtown street parking will be scarce. One of the best blocks
for street parking is Notre Dame after Hargrave. There is also
lots of commercial parking in the area including right behind the
Skullspace building.
The 66 bus route has a southbound stop on the same block of Donald
(useful for departure) in front of the Yellow Dog Tavern. For
arrival by bus, it's quite reasonable to walk from stops on Graham
and Portage or if taking the 66 get off at northbound Smith at
Portage or northbound King at Notre Dame.
Doors will be open starting at 7:15 pm with the meeting starting
at 7:30 pm. After 7:45 pm the doors may be locked so you will need
to call the Skullspace number (204-480-4092) and we'll answer and
come down to let you in.
The group normally holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second 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, November 8th, at 7:30pm:
MediaWiki Backups
Kevin McGregor will present one possible way to back up and restore
a MediaWiki site using common Unix and Linux tools for local use or
disaster recovery.
RTFM: micro(1)
Brad Vokey will give us a quick demo of micro(1). Micro is a
terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive,
while also taking advantage of the full capabilities of modern
terminals. As the name indicates, micro aims to be somewhat of a
successor to the nano editor by being easy to install and use, but
also aims to be enjoyable to use right from the start, with modern
universal keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl-S, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-Z etc.).
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 normally holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second 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, November 8th, at 7:30pm:
MediaWiki Backups
Kevin McGregor will present one possible way to back up and restore
a MediaWiki site using common Unix and Linux tools for local use or
disaster recovery.
RTFM: micro(1)
Brad Vokey will give us a quick demo of micro(1). Micro is a
terminal-based text editor that aims to be easy to use and intuitive,
while also taking advantage of the full capabilities of modern
terminals. As the name indicates, micro aims to be somewhat of a
successor to the nano editor by being easy to install and use, but
also aims to be enjoyable to use right from the start, with modern
universal keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl-S, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V, Ctrl-Z etc.).
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 normally holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second 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, October 18th, at 7:30pm:
Tracking Aircraft with an RTL-SDR and a RaspberryPi
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, or ADS-B, is a modern
aircraft safety system that broadcasts an aircraft's
identification and position data to other aircraft and ground
stations. Using an off-the-shelf RTL-SDR receiver and a
RaspberryPi, we can decode these messages to track aircraft in our
vicinity. Wyatt will show how to install the dump1090 software
used to decode the messages, and the different third-party
aggregation sites that collect ADS-B information to provide
real-time flight tracking around the world.
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 normally holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second 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/
Please note the date change for this month only...
The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly
meeting online, on Tuesday, October 18th, at 7:30pm:
Tracking Aircraft with an RTL-SDR and a RaspberryPi
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, or ADS-B, is a modern
aircraft safety system that broadcasts an aircraft's
identification and position data to other aircraft and ground
stations. Using an off-the-shelf RTL-SDR receiver and a
RaspberryPi, we can decode these messages to track aircraft in our
vicinity. Wyatt will show how to install the dump1090 software
used to decode the messages, and the different third-party
aggregation sites that collect ADS-B information to provide
real-time flight tracking around the world.
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 normally holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second 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, September 13th, at 7:30pm:
RTFM Duo
This month, we'll have a couple short RTFM-style presentations.
First, Trevor Cordes (who normally prefers working quietly behind
the scenes on coding or newsletter editing) will be presenting on
rsyslog. Next, Brad Vokey will be presenting on bpytop.
Fighting the PHPower with rsyslog
Help! The new PHP8 has made normal, everyday scripting practices
an error on screen or in the logfiles. Fight the power and
reclaim your PHP sanity using rsyslog and its filtering
options. But beware, rsyslog itself is a minefield of
inexplicableness. Trevor Cordes will lead you on a quick and easy
path to victory over PHP, and any other daemon you may disagree
with!
Bpytop - a Python port and continuation of bashtop(1)
This month Brad Vokey will give us a quick demonstration of
byptop. Bpytop is a colorful, efficient, responsive, terminal
resource monitor that shows usage and stats for your processor,
memory, disks, network and processes. Written in Python by the
original author of bashtop, the author claims it is faster and
much better supported. Add some bling to your original old top(1)
command!
The group holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second 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, September 13th, at 7:30pm:
RTFM Duo
This month, we'll have a couple short RTFM-style presentations.
First, Trevor Cordes (who normally prefers working quietly behind
the scenes on coding or newsletter editing) will be presenting on
rsyslog. Next, Brad Vokey will be presenting on bpytop.
Fighting the PHPower with rsyslog
Help! The new PHP8 has made normal, everyday scripting practices
an error on screen or in the logfiles. Fight the power and
reclaim your PHP sanity using rsyslog and its filtering
options. But beware, rsyslog itself is a minefield of
inexplicableness. Trevor Cordes will lead you on a quick and easy
path to victory over PHP, and any other daemon you may disagree
with!
Bpytop - a Python port and continuation of bashtop(1)
This month Brad Vokey will give us a quick demonstration of
byptop. Bpytop is a colorful, efficient, responsive, terminal
resource monitor that shows usage and stats for your processor,
memory, disks, network and processes. Written in Python by the
original author of bashtop, the author claims it is faster and
much better supported. Add some bling to your original old top(1)
command!
The group holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second 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/