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MUUG Meeting, October 11, 7:30pm -- Physical Computing
by MUUG meeting announcements 04 Oct '16

04 Oct '16

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, October 11. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Introducing Physical Computing Davidian Chorley will be our presenter this month. Introducing Physical Computing is a presentation on computing devices with GPIOs. General Purpose Input/Outputs allow interfacing with a huge variety of hardware. Davidian will discuss several platforms that implement GPIOs, why one might want to use them, his own projects and various common and creative uses for physical computing. Platforms covered are Raspberry Pi and Raspbian (Debian), Arduino (the device and IDE), and MBED programable devices from the ARM processor platform. Daemon-Dash: tinc For this month's Daemon-Dash segment, Mark Jenkins will present [13]tinc, "a Virtual Private Network (VPN) daemon that uses tunnelling and encryption to create a secure private network between hosts on the Internet." Door Prizes On top of whatever else is on offer this month, we'll have a copy of "The Book of JavaScript", 2ed, by No Starch Press as a door prize. There will also be a Raspberry Pi Model B+ being drawn. The group holds its general 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. ****************************************************************** Please note our *NEW* meeting location for this month: *Room 1M28* (1st floor) Manitoba Hall, University of Winnipeg, entrance on Ellice Ave. between Spence St. and Balmoral St. Parking is available on the surrounding streets and in the lots on nearby streets. Look for signage once you're at the building, or ask a security guard. ****************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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MUUG Meeting, September 13, 7:30pm -- Midnight Commander
by MUUG meeting announcements 06 Sep '16

06 Sep '16

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, September 13. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Midnight Commander Brian Lowe will demonstrate and discuss Midnight Commander. It is a text-mode console-based file manager that combines a pair of easy to navigate file panels with a command line. Together they provide a powerful and versatile environment for viewing, moving, and copying files and directories. RTFM: cal This month, Brad Vokey will demonstrate cal, a simple calendar display program for the command line. Learn some neat tricks about this useful tool. Door Prizes On top of whatever else is on offer this month, we'll have a copy of the O'Reilly book "Advanced Perl Programming" as a door prize. Come out and have a look at it and maybe get your own copy for free! The group holds its general 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. ****************************************************************** Please note our *NEW* meeting location for this month: *Room 1M28* (1st floor) Manitoba Hall, University of Winnipeg, entrance on Ellice Ave. between Spence St. and Balmoral St. Parking is available on the surrounding streets and in the lots on nearby streets. Look for signage once you're at the building, or ask a security guard. ****************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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MUUG Meeting, June 14, 7:30pm -- Gentoo
by MUUG meeting announcements 07 Jun '16

07 Jun '16

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, June 14. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Gentoo Eric Raine will be presenting on the Gentoo Linux Distribution. Differences in installation from Ubuntu will be covered. Also covered is how to configure installation of packages and update. Gentoo is a free operating system based on either Linux or FreeBSD that can be automatically optimized and customized for just about any application or need. RTFM: Terminal Control Commands Due to a recent influx of new and novice members, Trevor Cordes will be doing an RTFM instead of a daemon dash this month. The topic is something every *NIX user should master: terminal control commands (e.g. ^Z and ^L) and rudimentary job control. These little dual-key presses will streamline your terminal sessions and make you more efficient. You'll wonder how you ever got by without them! The group holds its general 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. ****************************************************************** Please note our *NEW* meeting location for this month: *Room 1M28* (1st floor) Manitoba Hall, University of Winnipeg, entrance on Ellice Ave. between Spence St. and Balmoral St. Parking is available on the surrounding streets and in the lots on nearby streets. Look for signage once you're at the building, or ask a security guard. ****************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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MUUG Meeting, May 10, 7:30pm -- Double Daemon Dash
by MUUG meeting announcements 03 May '16

03 May '16

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 10. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Now in 3-D! (Double Daemon Dash) In this case we mean that this meeting will feature a Double Daemon Dash (DDD) instead of one DD and one regular presentation: In Wyatt's Daemon-Dash segment he will be presenting the Squid caching proxy server daemon. Squid is a full featured proxy daemon with support for http, https, and ftp. Wyatt will show the quickest way to have Squid up and running on a new server, and how to keep it secure. Paul Sierks will present on DavMail. The group holds its general 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. ****************************************************************** Please note our *NEW* meeting location for this month: *Room 3M60* (3rd floor) Manitoba Hall, University of Winnipeg, entrance on Ellice Ave. between Spence St. and Balmoral St. Parking is available on the surrounding streets and in the lots on nearby streets. Look for signage once you're at the building, or ask a security guard. ****************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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MUUG Meeting, Apr 12, 7:30pm -- GNUPlot & NFS
by MUUG meeting announcements 05 Apr '16

05 Apr '16

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 12. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: GNUPlot Brian Lowe will be presenting gnuplot, a powerful mathematical graphing and charting program. In constant development for the past thirty years, gnuplot is a mature command-driven program capable of producing presentation-ready charts and graphs. Brian will be showing some of the more impressive 2D and 3D graphs gnuplot can produce, and a couple of practical charts he's used the program for. Daemon-Dash: NFS In this month's Dæmon Dash segment, Adam Thompson will demonstrate simple, common use cases for NFS (Network File System) sharing. The group holds its general 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. ****************************************************************** Please note our *NEW* meeting location for this month: *Room 3M60* (3rd floor) Manitoba Hall, University of Winnipeg, entrance on Ellice Ave. between Spence St. and Balmoral St. Parking is available on the surrounding streets and in the lots on nearby streets. Look for signage once you're at the building, or ask a security guard. ****************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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MUUG Meeting, Mar 8, 7:30pm -- Thunderbird
by MUUG meeting announcements 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 8. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Thunderbird Brad Vokey will be doing a presentation on Thunderbird, a free, open source, cross platform email, news, and chat client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. Brad will focus on how to customize Thunderbird with extensions (and other little known features) to take this email client into power user territory. Topics will include the extensions: Keyconfig, Nostalgy, QuickFolders, Quicktext Pro, Signature Switch, Xnote, and Expression Search. He will also briefly cover tags, message filters, search folders, and other built-in tricks to help reduce the time you have to spend on email each day. New Segment: Daemon-Dash MUUG is proud to announce a new segment that has been dubbed: Daemon-Dash. The idea behind Daemon-Dash is to have a quick 15-25 minute presentation on a daemon, and dive right into the meat of the content. DD's will forgo the usual introductory theory and use cases, instead showing users how to start using the daemon right away. Daemon-Dash: dnsmasq For our first ever Daemon-Dash segment, Paul Sierks will be presenting dnsmasq. Geared towards small networks, Dnsmasq provides DHCP, DNS, and TFTP services. Written in C, it features a small CPU and memory footprint making it suitable to run on just about anything, such as a home router. It has been adopted by some distributions which have it configured as a DNS cache. Other use cases include BOOTP and PXE network booting. The group holds its general 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. ****************************************************************** Please note our *NEW* meeting location for this month: *Room 3M60* (3rd floor) Manitoba Hall, University of Winnipeg, entrance on Ellice Ave. between Spence St. and Balmoral St. Parking is available on the surrounding streets and in the lots on nearby streets. Look for signage once you're at the building, or ask a security guard. ****************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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MUUG Meeting, Feb 9, 7:30pm -- Wireless Theory and Regulations
by MUUG meeting announcements 02 Feb '16

02 Feb '16

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, February 9. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Wireless Theory and Regulations Wyatt Zacharias will be doing a presentation on wireless theory and regulations, and how they pertain to the average user. Wyatt will be breaking down the basic units and calculations related to wireless networks and how they can be used by an unlicensed user. RTFM In the RTFM segment this month, Adam Thompson will discuss the use of (and possibly demonstrate) lvm(8) snapshots, particularly their use for quick rollback. Door Prizes On top of whatever else is on offer this month, we'll have a copy of the O'Reilly book "Mind Hacks" as a door prize. Come out and have a look at it and maybe get your own copy for free! The group holds its general 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. ****************************************************************** Please note our *NEW* meeting location for this month: *Room 3M60* (3rd floor) Manitoba Hall, University of Winnipeg, entrance on Ellice Ave. between Spence St. and Balmoral St. Parking is available on the surrounding streets and in the lots on nearby streets. Look for signage once you're at the building, or ask a security guard. ****************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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MUUG Meeting, Jan 12, 7:30pm -- Logstash Revisited
by MUUG meeting announcements 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, January 12. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Logstash Revisited This month, Paul Sierks will be giving us an in-depth look at Logstash, which was briefly mentioned and demoed at the November meeting, when Rob Keizer presented it in the context of Elasticsearch and Kibana. RTFM In the RTFM segment this month, Wyatt Zacharias will be showing us qrencode(1). The group holds its general 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. ****************************************************************** Please note our *NEW* meeting location for this month: *Room 3M60* (3rd floor) Manitoba Hall, University of Winnipeg, entrance on Ellice Ave. between Spence St. and Balmoral St. Parking is available on the surrounding streets and in the lots on nearby streets. Look for signage once you're at the building, or ask a security guard. ****************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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MUUG Meeting, Dec 8, 7:30pm -- Zenworks: The Other CM
by MUUG meeting announcements 01 Dec '15

01 Dec '15

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, December 8. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Zenworks: The Other CM Heard about ZENworks but never really seen it? In this month's presentation, Katherine Scrupa will be discussing her trials and tribulations with Novell's Configuration and Systems Management suite. Learn how to control the behaviour of software bundles, which bugs and gotchas to watch out for, and discover new version features in the 11.3 version of ZCM. Round-table, Mingling and Munchies As 2015 draws to a close, MUUG is going to continue our recent tradition of turning the December meeting into more of a social event. We will have the usual round-table session, followed by a presentation, and then have some time for mingling, eating, and drinking. This will be a pot-luck snack event. Cookies and pop will be provided by MUUG, but members are encouraged to bring their own finger food to sample and share. Feel free to bring your own drink as well if you want something particular - just remember that we don't have a liquor license! Winnipeg Harvest Food Drive Also as in previous years, we are combining our pot luck with a food drive for Winnipeg Harvest. This month, any member who brings at least 1 item for Winnipeg Harvest to the December meeting will be given an entry into the door prize draw! Winnipeg Harvest has information about what they're looking for on their website: http://winnipegharvest.org/donate-food/ The group holds its general 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. ****************************************************************** Please note our *NEW* meeting location for this month: *Room 1M28* Manitoba Hall, University of Winnipeg, entrance on Ellice Ave. between Spence St. and Balmoral St. Parking is available on the surrounding streets and in the lots on nearby streets. Look for signage once you're at the building, or ask a security guard. ****************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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MUUG Meeting, Nov 10, 7:30pm -- Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana
by MUUG meeting announcements 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 10. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana Robert Keizer will be doing a presentation on Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana. The presentation will focus on running these systems in a production environment. Elasticsearch is a highly available NoSQL distributed database which is primarily used for real-time and deep searching. When used in conjunction, these systems provide a very robust and feature-complete solution for enterprise log management. Rob will go through setting up and installing all three systems, as well as provide an overview and example of these systems. RTFM For this month's RTFM, Gilbert Detillieux will talk about the getcap(8) and setcap(8) commands, used to control Linux capabilities(7) as an alternative to using setuid-root binaries. This provides a safer way of allowing unprivileged users to execute operations normally requiring root permission. AGM Plus, this month's meeting is the MUUG annual general meeting, which included the election of the MUUG board of directors for the 2015-2016 year (which will be by acclamation). There is also a notice of motion to ammend the MUUG by-laws. The group holds its general 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. ****************************************************************** Please note our *NEW* meeting location for this month: *Room 1M28* Manitoba Hall, University of Winnipeg, entrance on Ellice Ave. between Spence St. and Balmoral St. Parking is available on the surrounding streets and in the lots on nearby streets. Look for signage once you're at the building, or ask a security guard. ****************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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