Linux-Ottawa (OCLUG) Wiki

• Bruce Davis (x)
• Ian Gorman (x)
• Ed Hong (x)
• Kelly Kendrick (x)
• Scott Murphy (x)
• John Nash (x)
• Tug Wiliams ()

• None

• Slack Board channel

• 19:07
• Call to order - Scott
• Seconded - Kelly

• Previous minutes approved.

I think we had one new person at the meeting. Not positive though.

• Ian: L3GO is back in business,
  

• RGB is back (heavy damage due failure of his bike to pass stress test)
• approx 5 people involved

• John: Have been working on cleaning up files, and looking to see if iso's updated on repos.
• There are a lot of details and they create mental spaghetti
• Possibility of turning notes of project into wiki format. Will try to summarize in clean fashion within 2 weeks.

Scott: Balance - $5,099.19

• Tug has indicated an issue, but it looks like it is the postfix side rather than the mailing list. I have not yet spent time looking into it.
• I have not managed to get the logo I created to appear on the web page yet, but I have not expended much time at it either. Not much change since the last meeting.

Here are the rooms for the next few meetings:

• Thursday, Aug 2nd: Room P216A

Repeating that we also may not be able to get rooms in the future…

From Richard Hagemeyer:

Algonquin is on a huge cost-cutting kick. Parking will no longer be free nights and weekends starting in Sept. The scheduling department is cutting back on staff, so it will likely be more difficult and take longer to book rooms for community groups. I’ve heard (but not confirmed) that all activities will be charged back to individual departments which will delay approvals and increase bureaucracy.

In short, the OCLUG exec may wish to consider other options for September. I will still put in the request, but I have no feel for what will happen with the request.

• I have left a message at Loblaws in College square. Maybe they will get back to me soon.
• The Centerpointe Library looks good, I need to see if I can get a room. My library card is expired, so I need to get it renewed.

See Repeating meeting sessions

• Speaker: Scott Murphy
• Topic: No idea today, will firm up over the weekend.
• Speaker: Tug Williams
• Topic:
• Speaker: Ian Gorman
• Topic:
• Speaker: John Nash?
• Topic: talk about old newspaper items and how to make them accessible to family members using Perl and Latex.
• Speaker: J.F. Messier?
• Topic: J.F. has offered to do a real talk, maybe in September or October. I told him he could use this as a teaser.

Speaker: Scott Murphy Topic: Ansible - Why you might want to use it Speaker: Topic: October

Speaker: Topic: Speaker: Topic: List of future topics

This is a live wish list. It should grow and shrink with the topics we come up with. It is good to have a reference so we don’t lose possible topics. Feel free to add to the list. [X] indicates we did this one.

Use the update of the wiki as fodder for discussion? [X] Blogging Tools for making graphics in a productive fashion Ditaa as a possible options Mermaid as a possible options GraphViz Dia Even raw SVG production might be of interest. Node.js MongoDB Arduino Talk (Peter S) AngularJS & VScode Platform independency for application users: Why doesn’t my program work on my computer? [X] MicroVAX (will eventually be a topic after Scott gets it all working) HW seems OK now that motherboard has been replaced Procuring an additional one that might allow me to figure out the remaining issues Issue getting the console working properly New (to me) VAX is on the way (I have it, still in the box) I have not yet looked at this and the new one is still in the box PDP8 emulator & PiDP8 Hardware Panel (More of a short talk) Scott Murphy (when completed) Obsolete telephone reuse Scott Murphy (has a project in the works) (getting back to that) Need to get back to this Virtual Box and Docker integration Have done a few things with this. Need to put together something Virtualizing a Physical machine remotely, using old tools for new tricks. Scott Murphy - I managed to virtualize Tux by screwing around with the hard disk to get enough space to create locations to do a backup. This could even be done over dialup if necessary. All CLI, all using existing Linux tools, no reboot necessary. This will be my May 2018 talk [X] Automation Ansible for your own sanity (September 2018) What ever happened to cfengine? Puppet - configuration management ## New business: ### Linux in the Wild * should this event continue? * We could reschedule to improve the odds of attendance. i.e., avoid vacations and heat. * Needs more discussion

Motioned: Scott Seconded: Ian