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MUUG Meeting, Tuesday, Oct 3, 7:30pm (In-person/Hybrid Meeting) -- libheif
by Trevor Cordes 03 Oct '23

03 Oct '23

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, October 3rd, at 7:30pm. libheif Wyatt Zacharias will provide a brief overview of the "new" high efficiency image file format (HEIF) using some of the native tools provided by the libheif library as well as third party applications to work with this new format. Additionally Wyatt will demonstrate how to build the latest version of the library to add support for HEVC encoded images created by newer devices. Where to find the Meeting: Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2 We conntinue with our in-person meeting location. Brad Vokey has graciously let us use his work office for our in-person meetings for the foreseeable future. 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 that the meeting this month, and for the foreseeable future, is 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 our 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

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Reminder: MUUG Meeting, Tonight, Sept 5, 7:30pm (Date Change, In-person/Hybrid Meeting) -- NetBox
by Gilbert Detillieux 05 Sep '23

05 Sep '23

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, September 5th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's a week early, i.e. the FIRST Tuesday of the month... NetBox Alberto Abrao will present NetBox. According to their website, "NetBox is the leading solution for modeling and documenting modern networks. By combining the traditional disciplines of IP address management (IPAM) and datacenter infrastructure management (DCIM) with powerful APIs and extensions, NetBox provides the ideal 'source of truth' to power network automation. ... Discover why thousands of organizations worldwide put NetBox at the heart of their infrastructure." 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: 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/

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Server for sale
by Alberto Abrao 04 Sep '23

04 Sep '23

Hello everyone, I am selling one of my rackmount servers. A quick description goes below. Please reach out to me for details: * IBM System x3630 M4 2U Server - comes with hardware for mounting to a rack, - Intel Xeon E5-2450 2.10GHz (x2) - Total of 16 cores, 32 threads (8c/16t per socket) - Dual PSU - 7x 1TB SAS HDD - 64GB DDR3 ECC RAM - IBM ServeRAID M5110 RAID Controller - 4x 1Gbe Intel I350 Gigabit NIC Kind regards, Alberto Abrao

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MUUG Meeting, Tuesday, Sept 5, 7:30pm (Date Change, In-person/Hybrid Meeting) -- NetBox
by Gilbert Detillieux 31 Aug '23

31 Aug '23

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, September 5th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's a week early, i.e. the FIRST Tuesday of the month... NetBox Alberto Abrao will present NetBox. According to their website, "NetBox is the leading solution for modeling and documenting modern networks. By combining the traditional disciplines of IP address management (IPAM) and datacenter infrastructure management (DCIM) with powerful APIs and extensions, NetBox provides the ideal 'source of truth' to power network automation. ... Discover why thousands of organizations worldwide put NetBox at the heart of their infrastructure." 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: 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/

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EMACS :-)
by Adam Thompson 23 Aug '23

23 Aug '23

https://youtu.be/urcL86UpqZc Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg>

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[offtopic-ish] security systems company in Winnipeg
by Alberto Abrao 08 Aug '23

08 Aug '23

Hello everyone, I am looking for recommendations on companies that deal with security systems - things such as intercoms, cameras etc. Thank you! Kind regards, -- Kind regards, Alberto Abrao

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R.I.P. Bram Moolenar, BDFL of Vim
by Adam Thompson 05 Aug '23

05 Aug '23

Message from the family of Bram Moolenaar (google.com)<https://groups.google.com/g/vim_announce/c/tWahca9zkt4?pli=1> https://groups.google.com/g/vim_announce/c/tWahca9zkt4?pli=1

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Kerning game
by Adam Thompson 01 Aug '23

01 Aug '23

For the font nerds in the crowd: Kern Type (method.ac)<https://type.method.ac/> (I scored 80/100. I’m told no-one ever quite agrees with the actual font kerning…) -Adam

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Zenbleed
by Alberto Abrao 26 Jul '23

26 Jul '23

Here we go again... https://lock.cmpxchg8b.com/zenbleed.html -- Kind regards, Alberto Abrao

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X.com vs X.org logos
by Gilbert Detillieux 25 Jul '23

25 Jul '23

Apparently, Elon Musk isn't very good at searching the Internet... https://www.phoronix.com/news/Twitter-X-X.Org-Logos Wonder if there will be a lawsuit over this one? Gilbert

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