[Hampshire] Portsmouth & SE Hants LUG - 18th May
The next meet is this Saturday (18th May) with the usual start time of 1pmat Broad Oak Sports and Social Club. As a heads up, I will be leaving a bit earlier than usual, by about 5pm to attend another event that starts at 4.30pm. Yes, I know that is after the other one starts, but it isn't a formal meeting, more a thank you event for those who helped in the local elections, and having won a seat I should be there even a bit late due to a prior engagement! Many thanks, Paul Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP-- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Manage subscription: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG website: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth & SE Hants LUG - 20th April
The next meet is this Saturday (20th April) with the usual start time of 1pmat Broad Oak Sports and Social Club. For those coming by car I would recommend checking for roadworks, Southern Water have closed the southbound and part of the northbound Eastern Road (A2030) due to a burst sewage pipe. I'm not sure how long it will be closed, but this is top form from Southern Water who closed the road for a major repair scheme in March (yes, last month) to prevent burst sewage pipes! Many thanks, Paul Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP-- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Manage subscription: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG website: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] ONLINE - Portsmouth & SE Hants LUG - 16th March
The next meet is this Saturday (16th March). Due to Broad Oak being unavailable this month we will move ONLINE (sorry to shout, just trying to ensure nobody travels and finds nobody there). Arguably that's quite handy for me as I am without a car until I sort out a new one (and negotiating the use of my son's in the mean time). Getting the boat ready to launch on the 23rd has become and even bigger challenge! As per previous online meetings the start time will be slightly later than our in person meets at 2pm to give everyone enough time to have lunch - virtual sandwiches aren't as filling To join head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet24 I will set a password of 'sat1624' and enable the lobby. Jitsi has changed a bit and now requires a host/moderator with a suitable account. I've got that covered so nobody needs to use an account who doesn't want to. See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have not plans to, and these are the sort that are not subject to a U-turn in the future Many thanks, Paul Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP-- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Manage subscription: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG website: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth & SE Hants LUG - 17th February
The first next meet is this Saturday (17th February) with the usual start time of 1pmat Broad Oak Sports and Social Club.Sandwiches will be available. I will note that Broad Oak now have members prices at the bar for which you need your card (which reminds me I need to get mine having renewed!). Apologies for the late notice, somewhere between things being hectic and me playing with the configuration of my mail servers as part of my migration something has gone awry. I'm not entirely sure whether that's a failure on my part to send, getting stuck in my configuration changes or what. I thought I'd send the notice ASAP having seen it isn't in any of the lists I'd send it to before (or instead) of investigating. Many thanks, Paul Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP-- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Manage subscription: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG website: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth & SE Hants LUG - 20th January
The first meet of 2024 is this Saturday (20th January) with the usual start time of 1pmat Broad Oak Sports and Social Club.Sandwiches will be available. I will note that Broad Oak now have members prices at the bar for which you need your card (which reminds me I need to get mine having renewed!). I am back up and running having replaced the screen in my laptop too, so things are heading back to some sort of normal.. ish - well, maybe by spring (a year to 18 months before my nerve rebuilds back to as good as its going to get so I'm told, but my walking is significantly less Planet of the Apes now). Many thanks, Paul Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP-- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Manage subscription: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG website: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] It's Happening: Portsmouth & SE Hants LUG - 16th December
Finally we are go, or I guess I am anyway. We are back this Saturday 16th December for our Mince Pi(e)s and Christmas Cheer meet. Usual start time of 1pm at Broad Oak Sports and Social Club. My only issue this month is whether I can get my laptop screen fixed in time having broken it - I'm blaming Covid as my dexterity and concentration is suffering and full recovery seems a way off yet, hence dropping a letter opener on it. Well, perhaps not the only issue, with a desktop that hasn't been exactly used for a couple of years sync'ing email hasn't gone smoothly and I'm still picking up the pieces from a slow sync, messing up read flags and my desktop running out of disk space at the wrong point. Normal service will be resumed one day - if I'm lucky! Anyway, see you there or not I guess, and to those who are in the not category, have a good festive break. Many thanks, Paul Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP-- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] ON HOLD - Portsmouth & SE Hants LUG - 18th November
A quick, and hopefully early enough email to catch everyone, to say that I'm putting the next Portsmouth LUG meet on hold as there's a very good chance it won't go ahead. I'm out of hospital with the positive news, all be it not entirely conclusive, however this month there's a new spanner in the works. I have gone down with COVID for the first time and have been completely out of action for the last week, with little likelihood of being fully back by the weekend. Our youngest has it too, as does my wife (right in the middle of chemotherapy), which just leaves our eldest keeping us going! Anyway, assume it is off unless I send an email stating otherwise, and fingers crossed for next month! Many thanks, Paul Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] ON HOLD - Portsmouth & SE Hants LUG - 21st October
A quick, and hopefully early enough email to catch everyone, to say that I'm putting the next Portsmouth LUG meet on hold as there's a good chance it won't go ahead. I'm currently on the spinal ward in Southampton General Hospital and am unsure what's next, when I'll be out and how I'll be when I am (just when I'm supposed to be supporting my wife through chemo!). Anyway, assume it is off unless I send an email stating otherwise. Many thanks, Paul Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - September 16th IRL
This month's meet will be at Broad Oak, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, on Saturday 19th August. Only three things of note this month: * Sandwiches will be available. * I still have a funny walk (waiting for an MRI). * I had plans to send this out earlier, but with preparations for my wife's chemotherapy completely lost track of which week it was. See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. |https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - August 19th IRL
This month's meet will be at Broad Oak, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, on Saturday 19th August. Eight things of note: * Sandwiches will be available. * I still have a funny walk (tests ongoing). * The finish will likely be marginally early, or at the least pretty prompt on 6pm (as I have to be at my next commitment by 7pm). * As an aside to that, is everyone happy with the time? It may be a bit long for some, but at same time makes it worth the travel for others. * I'm not going to commit to a talk, but I have been doing quite a bit of work on managing BIND and KEA-DHCP with Ansible and Jinja2 so may be able to talk about it. * As an aside to that, there's a subtle difference between doing a talk and talking about something (something to do with preparation and slides I think ;-) ). * Finally, this list has been a bit like the weapons of the Spanish Inquisition, the list kept growing (I'll just count and pop to the top to adjust the count). * Oh, and finally (again) please note that the date is the 19th, not tomorrow which I know breaks with a long running tradition ;-) (/me makes another quick count adjustment). See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. (I think this still works with me not there!). Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. |https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - July 15th IRL
This month's meet will be at Broad Oak, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, and sandwiches will be available. I'm still hobbling and we are off down a new journey of hospital visits and the unknown, but PLUG is still on and I will be there, and this notice is still late ;-) See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. (I think this still works with me not there!). Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - June 17th IRL
This month's meet will be at Broad Oak, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, and sandwiches will be available. I will be back as my dad died on 19th May, my current challenge is a trapped sciatic nerve, but I'm reasonably mobile so trying to get out and back to some form of normal. See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. (I think this still works with me not there!). Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - May 20th IRL
This month's meet will be at Broad Oak, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, and sandwiches will be available. Aiden will be bringing "the internet" with him as I'm with my dad at the moment and not able to leave him for now. Sadly he is deteriorating quite fast at the moment. See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. (I think this still works with me not there!). Keep safe. Thanks, Paul Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - April 14th IRL
This month's meet will be at Broad Oak, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, and sandwiches will be available. (Note to self, for goodness sake hit send you Muppet!). Aiden will be bringing "the internet" with him as I'm with my dad at the moment and not able to leave him for now. See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. (I think this still works with me not there!). Keep safe. Thanks, Paul Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - February 18th IRL
This month's meet will be at Broad Oak, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, and sandwiches will be available. I did have a rash thought about managing a talk on Docker / Portainer this month, but ongoing 'challenges' with the NHS have put paid to that. I can still cover it in an unplanned chat if anyone is interested to see what I've been up to, but a formal talk will have to wait. I do have a couple that have been offered so just need to sort out some dates. On the Docker front, if anyone has any insights on volumes that are store somewhere other than /var/lib/docker/volume/ and aren't network mounted I'd be interested to find out more. As far as I can work out from the documentation that's against the Docker way, unless you use bind mounts rather than proper volumes (which of course are configured as volumes just to confuse you!). Computers are supposed to be logical, unfortunately programmers not so much ;-) See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. Oh, final point of note, I will be looking to head off around 5pm ish this month. Things are often thinning out by then so I don't expect it will be an issue, but just mentioning in case it impact transport choices. (Being lazy again this month with one email to all lists, hopefully the cross post won't upset any of the configurations!). Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - December 17th IRL
Last meeting of the year is upon us, the "Mince Pi(e)s and Christmas Cheer" one... This month's meet will be at Broad Oak, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, and sandwiches will be available. We now have a curtain across the room doorway which helps with noise given the new lack if actual doors. See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. I will remove the bit that said I won't be there and Aiden is stepping in this month - hopefully I didn't put Aiden off by mistakenly leaving it there last time! Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - November 19th IRL
Yes, there is a meeting this month... This month's meet will be at Broad Oak, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, and sandwiches will be available. We now have a curtain across the room doorway which helps with noise given the new lack if actual doors. See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to... actually I won't be there as I'll be a short distance east getting boats ashore, so thanks to Aidan for stepping in. Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - October 15th IRL
This month's meet will be at Broad Oak, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, and sandwiches will be available. We now have a curtain across the room doorway which helps with noise given the new lack if actual doors. See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to... actually I won't be there as I'll be a short distance east getting boats ashore, so thanks to Aidan for stepping in. Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] VIRTUAL Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - September 17th
Apologies for shouting in the subject, but I wanted to get across that the meeting is a VIRTUAL one this month. 2pm start. Two reasons for a virtual meet this month. I've no idea what impact recent events will have in travel this weekend (maybe nothing much on the Saturday), but personal recent events involving A and other hospital visits have left me both more behind than usual and not in a great position to manage an in person meet unfortunately (not, visits for me personally). As a heads up, next month may well be virtual as well as I'm booked to bring my boat ashore, so will be elsewhere (all be it not far away). Anyway... To join virtually head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I will enable the lobby as well as the password of 'sat22'. Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - August 20th
This month's meet will be at Broad Oak, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, and sandwiches will be available. We now have a curtain across the room doorway which helps with noise given the new lack if actual doors. Yes it's happening, just don't ask me about my week, I may just tell you.. again! See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. Keep safe. Thanks, Paul In September I'm doing a 26 mile trek to raise funds for the Alzheimer's Society. My dad has Alzheimer's and I am caring for him, so this has personal significance. It would be much appreciated if you would care to sponsor me. Use the following link to do so: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Paul-Tansom-Trek26 Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - July 16th
This month's meet will be at Broad Oak, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, and sandwiches will be available. We now have a curtain across the room doorway which helps with noise given the new lack if actual doors. Yes it's happening, just don't ask me about my week, I may just tell you! I'll throw your a quick talking point (that's a talking point not a talk , perhaps I should have said discussion point). The IoW LUG / IWPCUG are working on a Laptops for Ukranians scheme for those being hosted in the IoW. They are using a Linux base, and I believe there's something in the Taunton area as well that is using Linux. Details for the IoW setup are at: https://laptops-for-ukrainians.weebly.com/ With details of the config at: https://laptops-for-ukrainians.weebly.com/development.html If anyone has any thoughts on the setup or interest in trying to spread this wider let me know. A source of donated laptops is clearly key to this! More discussion on the day (if people make it without melting) or online. See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - June 18th
This month's meet will be at Broad Oak, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, and sandwiches will be available. We now have a curtain across the room doorway which helps with noise given the new lack if actual doors. I'm not advertising as a hybrid meeting, but if anyone is looking to join virtually let me know and I'll check out the usual Jitsi channel. With the bandwidth usage and two separate meeting feel I'm not sure how practical or desirable it is to keep going. Feel free to let me know if you think otherwise. See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - May 21st
This month's meet will be at Broad Oak, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, and sandwiches will be available (hopefully fresh ones and not the ones they made last weekend thinking it was the third Saturday!). We now have a curtain across the room doorway which helps with noise given the new lack if actual doors. I'm not sure how well people feel the hybrid meeting is working. I plan to check in and setup the Jitsi room, but am aware it is a bit tricky to join in in person conversations over Jitsi (people break into groups) and muting the IRL room so those on Jitsi can talk to each other tends to separate things further. Feedback most welcome to decide whether to continue this feature. See you there (virtually or in person) or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. To join virtually head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I will enable the lobby as well as the password of 'sat22' - a totally random change with no discernable pattern to it! If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). Personally I find the best option is the Electron app that can be downloaded from https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron as an AppImage or a Deb package. It is also available from Flathub and the Snap store as third party build, but I don't know how up to date those are. If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - April 16th IRL & Virtual meet
OK, I can't see my previous email on the lists or in my sent, so either I've imagined sending it or it is stuck on another computer / boot somewhere (I may have too many and I may be gradually losing my marbles - they used to be in a jar by my bed!). A reply or two saying you are planning to be there would be nice as I'm aware it is in the middle of the Easter weekend and other things may be happening instead! This month's meet will be at Broad Oak, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, and sandwiches will be available (for those attending in person and wanting to partake). We now have a curtain across the room doorway which helps with noise given the new lack if actual doors. For those either not wanting to attend in person, or not able to, I will be running the Jitsi room again. I think the new speaker worked slightly better than the original one. See you there (virtually or in person) or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. To join virtually head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I will enable the lobby as well as the password of 'sat22' - a totally random change with no discernable pattern to it! If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). Personally I find the best option is the Electron app that can be downloaded from https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron as an AppImage or a Deb package. It is also available from Flathub and the Snap store as third party build, but I don't know how up to date those are. If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - March 19th IRL & Virtual meet
This month's meet will be at Broad Oak, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, and sandwiches will be available (for those attending in person and wanting to partake). We now have a curtain across the room doorway which helps with noise given the new lack if actual doors. For those either not wanting to attend in person, or not able to, I will be running the Jitsi room again. I think the new speaker worked slightly better than the original one. See you there (virtually or in person) or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. To join virtually head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I will enable the lobby as well as the password of 'sat22' - a totally random change with no discernable pattern to it! If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). Personally I find the best option is the Electron app that can be downloaded from https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron as an AppImage or a Deb package. It is also available from Flathub and the Snap store as third party build, but I don't know how up to date those are. If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - February 19th IRL & Virtual meet
There's been a bit of a heads up on the PLUG list (why aren't you all on it?!), but this is the formal announcement of the February meet (tomorrow!). It will be at Broad Oak, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, and sandwiches will be available (for those attending in person and wanting to partake). Things have changed a little since we last met regularly as there are no longer any doors on the meeting room. It isn't generally noisy and it will help with ventilation, so shouldn't be an issue. There is also the possibility that we can use the downstairs meeting room if there isn't a function on for some meetings - it will be clearly signposted or announced if we aren't in our usual 'room'. For those either not wanting to attend in person, or not able to (to far to travel perhaps, or maybe a tree on the route!), I will be running the Jitsi room to see how the two work together - last time it had teething problems, this time I should have a different speaker / mic setup that may help - possibly - so drop in and see :-) See you there (virtually or in person) or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. To join virtually head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I will enable the lobby as well as the password of 'sat22',- a totally random change with no discernable pattern to it! If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). Personally I find the best option is the Electron app that can be downloaded from https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron as an AppImage or a Deb package. It is also available from Flathub and the Snap store as third party build, but I don't know how up to date those are. If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - January 15th virtual meeting
OK, yes there is a meeting tomorrow - if anyone shows up! Online using Jitsi as per usual starting at 2pm (virtual sandwiches, etc.). I should be there with any luck, but life is less than predictable at the moment. Last month I managed dad's -> home -> mother-in-law's -> home -> Hedge End -> Bishops Waltham -> home -> mother-in-law's -> home -> dad's, which didn't end up leaving a moment to sign in from wherever I happened to be! Anyway, hope to speak to you tomorrow (erk, I sound like an ad from Angel Radio.. which probably most won't have heard of!). To join virtually head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I will enable the lobby as well as the password of 'sat21'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). Personally I find the best option is the Electron app that can be downloaded from https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron as an AppImage or a Deb package. It is also available from Flathub and the Snap store as third party build, but I don't know how up to date those are. If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - December 18th virtual meeting
OK, with the rising cases of the new variant, my challenges with looking after my dad (including isolating as much as possible) and having just been boosted (no idea how I'll feel tomorrow, but hopefully not too bad), we are back online only for the next meet (tomorrow!!). My movements are a little up in the air with my dad, sorting out some bits prior to a funeral next week and family (on the other side) down for the weekend, but I hope to pop in and out at the very least. The usual, virtual wise, start of 2pm, although it has to be said there is sometimes someone there earlier and the Jitsi room (if that's the right term) starts whenever the first person gets there! For those I don't see before, have a good Christmas and New Year. To join virtually head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I will enable the lobby as well as the password of 'sat21'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). Personally I find the best option is the Electron app that can be downloaded from https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron as an AppImage or a Deb package. It is also available from Flathub and the Snap store as third party build, but I don't know how up to date those are. If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - IRL and virtual meet November 19th
Erm third time lucky? It is actually the 20th November not the 19th, but I'm sure you all knew that! On 12/11/2021 23:13, Paul Tansom via Hampshire wrote: We are back to meetings at Broad Oak this month, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, and sandwiches will be available (for those attending in person and wanting to partake). Things have changed a little since we last met as there are no longer any doors on the meeting room. It isn't generally noisy and it will help with ventilation, so shouldn't be an issue. There is also the possibility that we can use the downstairs meeting room if there isn't a function on for some meetings - it will be clearly signposted or announced if we aren't in our usual 'room'. For those either not wanting to attend in person, or not able to (to far to travel perhaps), I will be running the Jitsi room to see how the two work together - one challenge that comes to mind is if everyone at the meet is on Jitsi as well it may well challenge our bandwidth and data use, but we will see how it goes. See you there (virtually or in person) or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. To join virtually head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I will enable the lobby as well as the password of 'sat21'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - IRL and virtual meet November 19th
We are back to meetings at Broad Oak this month, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, and sandwiches will be available (for those attending in person and wanting to partake). Things have changed a little since we last met as there are no longer any doors on the meeting room. It isn't generally noisy and it will help with ventilation, so shouldn't be an issue. There is also the possibility that we can use the downstairs meeting room if there isn't a function on for some meetings - it will be clearly signposted or announced if we aren't in our usual 'room'. For those either not wanting to attend in person, or not able to (to far to travel perhaps), I will be running the Jitsi room to see how the two work together - one challenge that comes to mind is if everyone at the meet is on Jitsi as well it may well challenge our bandwidth and data use, but we will see how it goes. See you there (virtually or in person) or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. To join virtually head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I will enable the lobby as well as the password of 'sat21'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - IRL and virtual meet October 19th
We are back to meetings at Broad Oak this month, with the usual IRL start of 1pm, and sandwiches will be available (for those attending in person and wanting to partake). Things have changed a little since we last met as there are no longer any doors on the meeting room. It isn't generally noisy and it will help with ventilation, so shouldn't be an issue. There is also the possibility that we can use the downstairs meeting room if there isn't a function on for some meetings - it will be clearly signposted or announced if we aren't in our usual 'room'. For those either not wanting to attend in person, or not able to (to far to travel perhaps), I will be running the Jitsi room to see how the two work together - one challenge that comes to mind is if everyone at the meet is on Jitsi as well it may well challenge our bandwidth and data use, but we will see how it goes. See you there (virtually or in person) or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. To join virtually head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I will enable the lobby as well as the password of 'sat21'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - virtual meet October 16th
Right, if my computer will play ball here's a heads up on what is (or isn't) happening with the meeting tomorrow. Wow, this computer is taking me back to my days desktop publishing on my un-accelerated Amiga with ProPage - even in wireframe mode I had to hold my finger down for ages and watch the redraws catch up with where I'd dragged things with the mouse. Typing is behaving similarly on this Ryzen 5 3600 with NVME SSD and 64G RAM! Anyhoo, timing, login and platform as ever (and as below), but I may well be late (or possibly not there!). I've left this meeting as online as I will be up in too few hours (must get to bed!) to bring my boat ashore. I hope to join, and likely drop in and out from the sailing club on my phone, but can't quite guarantee exactly what my movements are. In person meetings may well resume once I've established contact with Broad Oak again (I may well pop in on my way home tomorrow). Watch this space for details - hybrid may be an option if I can get my head around it. May see you tomorrow. You know the drill by now.. we're on Jitsi and the next online PLUG meet is on Saturday. See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. The meet will be slightly later than our in person meets (remember them?) at 2pm to give everyone enough time to have lunch - virtual sandwiches aren't as filling! To join head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I'm not sure whether Jitsi has issues with random people joining, but just in case I will set a password of 'sat21'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. See and/or hear you there - so to speak! Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Joint LUG Event: Lightning talks on Linux audio
I teased this with my last meeting announcement, and then forgot that I'd tweaked some of my outbound email settings to work around a block on the Virgin IP block I send from (I'm not convinced their tech support were/are technical enough to understand my issue and they've gone quite now - I'm paying for my newfound speed with no IPv6 and consumer grade tech support that get lost off script, oh well). I'm sure there's a quote about the worst decorated house being that of a decorator - I think that's aimed at not wanting to do work when you get home, so I'm not sure how it holds up in the world of the computer geek, but my network is forever in a state of being patched until I can get the time to finish things! Anyway, details can be found at: https://www.meetup.com/belfast-lug/events/280903885/ including registration and the link to Mozilla Hubs where it will be hosted. A quick cut and paste of the details gives: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 6:30 PMto 8:30 PMBST MULTI-LUG BONUS ROUND - EXTRA LUGS FOR YOUR LUGGING Short talks from a range of LUG members on a range of desktop audio topics - coordinated by Edinburgh, Portsmouth and Belfast LUGs. On Mozilla Hubs - spatially-dependent audio, because audio isn't complicated enough! Come and hear (if your audio works) people you normally can't, as we share community activity with Linux & Libre groups outside Belfast. So far: - "a lightning beginner showcase on playing music on terminal through MOC" - Tai (Edinburgh) - "a light-quick intro about how to create a song with jack/ardour/hydrogen" - Nic (Edinburgh) - "Home office & OBS, a crash course" (TBC) - "Audio in computers is hard, humans are the problem" - sigma (Belfast) - "Rosegarden & Friends for Making Classical Extra-Classy (feat. Pipewire & Bonus Ardour)" - Phil (Belfast) Still looking for 10min talks, so please keep me posted! Do try out https://hubs.mozilla.com/ <https://hubs.mozilla.com/> in advance to make sure, as we tempt the irony of ironies, that your audio fully works. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. |https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - virtual meet September 18th
Hmm, need a different quote this month... how about "Dammit, the mild cigar found under benches and hedges?"; a bit more obscure? Anyway, after going down with a nasty bug that knocked be out for a week or so immediately after the last meet, I'm almost caught up. I've not established where we are with in person meets yet so we are online again this month (hopefully we can get back to Broad Oak soon, I'm certainly running a Repair Cafe at the Pallant Centre in Havant on a monthly basis and things are working well enough there. If anyone has any comments or ideas about online vs in person, Saturday afternoons as usual or other times, alternative venues (although we do pretty well where we are except for access for those that can't manage the stairs, which is a shame) drop me an email. On a related note, a quick 'save the date' heads up that we are planning a virtual multi-LUG event on Wednesday 29th between 6:30pm and 8:30pm - more details to follow once the final details are tied down. You know the drill by now.. we're on Jitsi and the next online PLUG meet is on Saturday. See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. The meet will be slightly later than our in person meets (remember them?) at 2pm to give everyone enough time to have lunch - virtual sandwiches aren't as filling! To join head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I'm not sure whether Jitsi has issues with random people joining, but just in case I will set a password of 'sat21'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. See and/or hear you there - so to speak! Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - virtual meet August 21st
Round objects... (who is Round and to what does he object?). A slight distraction of my son unexpectedly going into hospital and I've forgotten to send out the notice. It is still on tomorrow if anyone wants to turn up. Points but no prizes for anyone who knows where the start of this sentence came from :-) You know the drill by now.. we're on Jitsi and the next online PLUG meet is on Saturday. See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. The meet will be slightly later than our in person meets (remember them?) at 2pm to give everyone enough time to have lunch - virtual sandwiches aren't as filling! To join head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I'm not sure whether Jitsi has issues with random people joining, but just in case I will set a password of 'sat21'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. See and/or hear you there - so to speak! Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - virtual meet July 17th
You know the drill by now.. we're on Jitsi and the next online PLUG meet is on Saturday. See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. The meet will be slightly later than our in person meets (remember them?) at 2pm to give everyone enough time to have lunch - virtual sandwiches aren't as filling! To join head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I'm not sure whether Jitsi has issues with random people joining, but just in case I will set a password of 'sat21'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. See and/or hear you there - so to speak! Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - virtual meet June 19th
You know the drill by now.. we're on Jitsi and the next online PLUG meet is on Saturday. See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. The meet will be slightly later than our in person meets (remember them?) at 2pm to give everyone enough time to have lunch - virtual sandwiches aren't as filling! I did think I may be able to put together a talk on what I've been doing recently updating my infrastructure with Ansible and Docker (amongst other things), but time has been far from on my side, so I can talk about it, but not *do a* talk about it :-) I've not yet got Ansible deploying Docker containers, and with barely half a day free to do that before Saturday that seems unlikely, but I have got plenty of other bits up and running including UFW (with firewall configuration), OpenSSH (with key deployment), Certbot (only installed the Snap so far), Dovecot (virtual hosting multiple domains with accounts), Postfix (almost there, it sends out and passes inbound mail to Dovecot but I've not got DKIM setup yet, Exim was easier!) and Docker (installed from their own sources) if anyone wants to talk about them and the modules involved, etc. To join head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I'm not sure whether Jitsi has issues with random people joining, but just in case I will set a password of 'sat21'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. See and/or hear you there - so to speak! Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - virtual meet May 15th
You know the drill by now.. we're on Jitsi (noting the subtle update of the password from last year, although there is now a lobby so you should be spotted and let in if you forget it) the next online PLUG meet is on Saturday. See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have no plans to. The meet will be slightly later than our in person meets (remember them?) at 2pm to give everyone enough time to have lunch - virtual sandwiches aren't as filling! I'm still on Openreach, hopefully third install date will be the charm (although technically you could argue that it is the fourth as the offered one and by the time I'd managed to let them know it was OK it was gone). As an aside, if anyone has an interest in old Linux magazines and would like some (and can collect from near Portsmouth) I have most of the issues of Linux Journal from 1995 to 2002 that need to go to make space. There's a good chance I'll have Linux Format, Linux Magazine and Linux User / Linux User & Developer issues in the not too distant future too. To join head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I'm not sure whether Jitsi has issues with random people joining, but just in case I will set a password of 'sat21'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. See and/or hear you there - so to speak! Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - virtual meet April 17th
You know the drill by now.. we're on Jitsi (noting the subtle update of the password from last year, although there is now a lobby so you should be spotted and let in if you forget it) the next online PLUG meet Saturday. See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have not plans to. The meet will be slightly later than our in person meets at 2pm to give everyone enough time to have lunch - virtual sandwiches aren't as filling! With any luck my connection will be just about adequate to cope and I will try very hard not to grumble about Openreach failing to fix my connection and then almost, but not quite getting it back to where it was (14Mbps is a truly blistering FTTC speed). I will also try very hard not to moan about Virgin having cancelled my new line install twice because the council have paved over the access and they need permission to sort that out. To join head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I'm not sure whether Jitsi has issues with random people joining, but just in case I will set a password of 'sat21'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. See and/or hear you there - so to speak! Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - virtual meet March 20th
You know the drill by now.. we're on Jitsi (noting the subtle update of the password from last year, although there is now a lobby so you should be spotted and let in if you forget it) the next online PLUG meet Saturday. See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have not plans to, and these are the sort that are not subject to a U-turn in the future ;-) The meet will be slightly later than our in person meets at 2pm to give everyone enough time to have lunch - virtual sandwiches aren't as filling! To join head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I'm not sure whether Jitsi has issues with random people joining, but just in case I will set a password of 'sat21'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. See and/or hear you there - so to speak! Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - virtual meet February 20th
Erk, with jury service and trying to keep on top of work, meetings, etc. I've completely failed to send out the notice for tomorrows LUG meet. Well it is going ahead, assuming at least one person turns up, so... Follow the usual drill for Jitsi (noting the subtle update of the password from last year, although there is now a lobby so you should be spotted and let in if you forget it) the next online PLUG meet is tomorrow. See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have not plans to, and these are the sort that are not subject to a U-turn in the future ;-) The meet will be slightly later than our in person meets at 2pm to give everyone enough time to have lunch - virtual sandwiches aren't as filling! To join head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I'm not sure whether Jitsi has issues with random people joining, but just in case I will set a password of 'sat21'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. See and/or hear you there - so to speak! Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - virtual meet January 16th
Welcome to 2021, I think you'll all agree that it is much improved over 2020 so far! Nothing like talking Linux, open source and general techy type stuff to take your mind of things though, so with the usual drill for Jitsi (although note the subtle update of the password) the first online PLUG meet of the year is this coming Saturday. See you there or, well, erm, not I guess - it is purely voluntary, but we still don't bite and we have not plans to, and these are the sort that are not subject to a U-turn in the future ;-) The meet will be slightly later than our in person meets at 2pm to give everyone enough time to have lunch - virtual sandwiches aren't as filling! To join head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I'm not sure whether Jitsi has issues with random people joining, but just in case I will set a password of 'sat21'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. See and/or hear you there - so to speak! Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - virtual meet November 21st
Lockdown has arrived again so we are still in the world of virtual meetings. If you haven't tried one please do, we don't bite, and even if we did you're a safe distance away behind a webcam and mic (no need to have the camera on if you prefer not to). Apologies for the late notice, a combination of toothache (not ideal in lockdown) and an eye infection (makes using a computer difficult, at least for a novice, I'm sure Mike could give me a lesson or two!) have caused some interesting challenges over the past week or so. The meet will be slightly later than our in person meets at 2pm to give everyone enough time to have lunch - virtual sandwiches aren't as filling! To join head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I'm not sure whether Jitsi has issues with random people joining, but just in case I will set a password of 'sat20'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. See and/or hear you there - so to speak! Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - virtual meet October 17th
Another virtual meeting this month, our venue is now open, but not the section we use. Of course the new rule of 6 restrictions scupper things anyway, and I'm far from sure how many people would want to meet in person anyway. I suspect we will continue as virtual until the New Year, but will keep an eye on things to see how they change. The meet will be slightly later than our in person meets at 2pm to give everyone enough time to have lunch - virtual sandwiches aren't as filling! To join head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I'm not sure whether Jitsi has issues with random people joining, but just in case I will set a password of 'sat20'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. See and/or hear you there - so to speak! Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - virtual meet September 19th
Another virtual meeting this month, our venue is now open, but not the section we use. Of course the new rule of 6 restrictions scupper things anyway, and I'm far from sure how many people would want to meet in person anyway. I suspect we will continue as virtual until the New Year, but will keep an eye on things to see how they change. Apologies for the short notice, it is almost traditional now! I have been battling toothache with limited dental service and sorting out a test so we can get out of isolation (so I couldn't run an IRL meet anyway). All of which has distracted me, but I will host on Jitsi as usual for anyone who wishes to have a chat - the (new) usual virtual meet details are below. The meet will be slightly later than our in person meets at 2pm to give everyone enough time to have lunch - virtual sandwiches aren't as filling! To join head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I'm not sure whether Jitsi has issues with random people joining, but just in case I will set a password of 'sat20'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. See and/or hear you there - so to speak! Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - virtual meet August 15th
Another virtual meeting this month, our venue is currently still closed. Somebody had the audacity (open source joke? no, move on!) to start the month on a Saturday which puts the third Saturday far too early in the month! Combine this with email issues[1] (distraction, not failure to send) and a battle with my insurance claim from February kicking into a new gear (don't insure with LV) I have to add apologies for the later (even than usual) notification. The meet will be slightly later than our in person meets at 2pm to give everyone enough time to have lunch - virtual sandwiches aren't as filling! To join head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I'm not sure whether Jitsi has issues with random people joining, but just in case I will set a password of 'sat20'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). If anyone wants to join by phone I can email a code when the meeting starts (I don't think it gets created until then with Jitsi), but I have no idea where you stand on call costs. It came up at the IWPCUG / IOWLUG meet and I investigated. See and/or hear you there - so to speak! Keep safe. Thanks, Paul [1] not the only issue, but it will teach me to use Windows only to find my AV software silently blocks email so you think there isn't any coming in! Avast if you are wondering, so presumably AVG will do the same. -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - virtual meet July 18th
Another virtual meeting this month, our venue is currently still closed. The meet will be slightly later than our in person meets at 2pm to give everyone enough time to have lunch - virtual sandwiches aren't as filling! To join head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet This month there might be a talk on WireGuard, although that is far from guaranteed as it depends on the availability of the speaker which isn't finalised yet. With a fair weather and a decent cross channel breeze it may happen though. On the plus side, there is no need to travel and find out it isn't happening. For anyone interested in WireGuard there will be the opportunity to chat anyway as I have just set it up on my OpenWrt router and connected from my Android phone and laptop. My phone detects when it isn't on my local WiFi and brings up the VPN automatically... but that uses Tasker which isn't open source so perhaps I shouldn't mention that! I'm not sure whether Jitsi has issues with random people joining, but just in case I will set a password of 'sat20'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). See and/or hear you there - so to speak! Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - virtual meet June 20th
I've just found that a few of my recent emails have got lost in the ether, so I am now regretting not keeping up on my LUG emails as it seems to include my meeting notification. So... The meet will be slightly later than normal at 2pm to give everyone enough time to have lunch - virtual sandwiches aren't as filling! To join head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmeet I'm not sure whether Jitsi has issues with random people joining, but just in case I will set a password of 'sat20'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I use Firefox, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). See and/or hear you there - so to speak! Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - SURPRISE NO APRIL MEETING!
** Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire [2020-04-15 21:40]: > Hi all, > > Greetings from Edinburgh! I moved away a couple of years ago, but stayed on > the list in case I happen to be down near there at the right time for a PLUG > meeting. Sadly, that hasn't happened yet. > > We had an EdLUG meeting on Jitsi recently, and it worked pretty well for most > people, with a couple of caveats: > > - We asked everyone to use Chromium/Chrome, because apparently one person on > Firefox can cause issues for everyone. People are working on this, so > hopefully it won't be necessary next time: > https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet/issues/4758 > - A couple of people couldn't hear any sound until they allowed it to access > a microphone. > > Some people tested out Apache OpenMeetings as an alternative - I missed the > test, but apparently there were more issues even with fewer people trying to > connect. > > Best wishes, > Thomas > > On Wed, 15 Apr 2020, at 13:18, Paul Tansom via Hampshire wrote: > > I can't imagine anyone is expecting an April meeting, and days are merging > > into > > each other at the moment, but I will just send out a confirmation that there > > will be no meeting. > > > > I am looking into options for a virtual meeting though, so will update > > if/when > > I have something. If anyone has any preferences of timings or platforms they > > really don't want to use let me know. At the moment Jitsi in what I am > > looking > > at. > > > > Watch the mailing list and/or website for updates on the status of the May > > meeting. > > > > Keep safe. ** end quote [Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire] Erk, I'll bottom post this time. I've been doing too many non list replies recently where bottom posting confuses people for some reason. I didn't spot this email before, wow, is it that long ago! I think they must have sorted the Firefox issues as I was using it and I wasn't aware of any particular issues. We were on for a good few hours in the end. A couple had issues getting webcams working, one of which was Brave not having access from within the Snap, but nothing down to me - I don't think! Feel free to join us given travel isn't an issue :-) -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] [Surrey] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - virtual meet May 16th
I've not found it any less user friendly than others I've tried - mainly GoTo Meeting, although I had a Zoom meeting tonight which didn't go according to plan. Took me a while to work my way around it, then it lost my webcam and finally it just closed. Thankfully when I restarted it managed to make the rest of the meeting, although it was prone to freezing the video and the audio broke up several times. Overall the image and sound quality seemed far worse than Jisti (9 people on Jitsi and 13 on Zoom). There is a Jitsi client written for Electron, but it doesn't seem to be packaged so it is a case of downloading from Github. Nice to 'see' you on Saturday. ** James Courtier-Dutton via Hampshire [2020-05-16 17:49]: > Hi, > > I joined the Jitsu today from a Linux Ubuntu 20.04. > Using Chrome it cut me off after about 10 seconds, I tried a few times > without any luck. > I then tried with Firefox, and it worked fine. That explains the > connecting/disconnecting that people were curious about. > It was me trying to get on. > It is my first time using jitsu. It is interesting that you can get > voice working, and only later, you give yourself a "nick name" so that > everyone can tell who you are! > Its not the most user friendly product, but it is definitely user > friendly enough so that everyone managed to get connected. > > Kind Regards > > James > > > > On Sat, 16 May 2020 at 17:10, Tony Wood via Surrey > wrote: > > > > Nice to see you all this afternoon and thank you all for your help with > > my strange (intermittent) boot issue. > > > > It does seem that none of us had problems with 'jit.si' compatibility > > with browsers - I used Chromium, others used Firefox and Chrome; all > > worked happily AFAIK. Jitsi seems more robust than Zoom or Skype and > > the lack of a time limit is a big plus, I think. > > > > Best regards > > > > Tony Wood > > (SLUG) > > > > On 16/05/2020 16:07, Mike Ray via Surrey wrote: > > > > > > > > > I know this is a bit late now because it is approx 4 o'clock on Saturday. > > > > > > But with some initial mucking around I found Jitsi to be adequately > > > accessible on both Chrome and Firefox under Windows 10 using the NVDA > > > screen reader. > > > > > > Like Richard said, Firefox was better this month than last. Mozilla > > > seem to be on a roll at the moment. > > > > > > > > > On 16/05/2020 11:45, Tony Wood via Surrey wrote: > > >> I'll go along with all that, Richard. > > >> About microphone noise comments: my new webcam (brilliant video, faulty > > >> microphone) has been returned and (same model) reordered. Highly > > >> unlikely to arrive in time for today's meeting but my wife has offered > > >> the use of her laptop (newly upgraded - SSD, now 8GB RAM better plug-in > > >> speakers) and I might take up her offer. > > >> Maybe see you later. :-) > > >> > > >> Tony Wood > > >> > > >> On 16/05/2020 06:29, Richard Crossley via Surrey wrote: > > >>> Hi, > > >>> > > >>> Welcome to the world of virtual meetings. > > >>> > > >>> So far Surrey Lug has found: > > >>> > > >>> * The URLs for the meetings are reusable, we used the same URL for May > > >>> and April > > >>> > > >>> * We haven't had the equivalent of Zoombombing, but we do have a > > >>> password that is only kept on-list not on the website > > >>> > > >>> * People drop-in and out as they like without issue > > >>> > > >>> * Firefox worked better in May than April > > >>> > > >>> * Warnings about noisy microphones can mostly be ignored > > >>> > > >>> * We had people on from as far afield as Hong Kong and Brazil with no > > >>> noticeable lag. > > >>> > > >>> Good luck > > >>> > > >>> Kindest Regards, > > >>> > > >>> Richard C. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On 16/5/2020 12:01 am, Paul Tansom via Surrey wrote: > > >>>> Rather late notice, but there will be a virtual meet this Saturday 16th > > >>>> May. The days and weeks seem to blend together at the moment - it was > > >>>> suggested (a while back) that it was 2 NHS claps and 2 days to the next > > >>>> meet! > > >>>> &
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - virtual meet May 16th
Rather late notice, but there will be a virtual meet this Saturday 16th May. The days and weeks seem to blend together at the moment - it was suggested (a while back) that it was 2 NHS claps and 2 days to the next meet! The meet will be slightly later than normal at 2pm to give everyone enough time to have lunch - virtual sandwiches aren't as filling! To join head to: https://meet.jit.si/plugmay I'm not sure whether Jitsi has issues with random people joining, but just in case I will set a password of 'sat16'. If for some reason the URL above has been grabbed I will update via the list and website (you don't seem to be able to reserve them). I've used Firefox with my tests, but I have heard that some have had issues and recommend Chrome or Chromium. There is also an app that you will be asked to download if you are using Android or Apple (it is also available through F-Droid). See and/or hear you there - so to speak! Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG - SURPRISE NO APRIL MEETING!
I can't imagine anyone is expecting an April meeting, and days are merging into each other at the moment, but I will just send out a confirmation that there will be no meeting. I am looking into options for a virtual meeting though, so will update if/when I have something. If anyone has any preferences of timings or platforms they really don't want to use let me know. At the moment Jitsi in what I am looking at. Watch the mailing list and/or website for updates on the status of the May meeting. Keep safe. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG ** NO MARCH MEETING **
I doubt this will come as a huge surprise, but there will be no March meeting this coming weekend. I have decided to err on the side of caution and cancel the March meeting. If you know anyone who was planning to attend or usually does please make sure they are aware. I have updated the website accordingly. Watch the mailing list and/or website for updates on the status of the April meeting. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 15th February 2020
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 15th February 2020 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html In view of the weather I am postponing my planned talk. Two reasons for this, firstly for those who may not want to travel not to miss out (when there is actually a talk!), and secondly it isn't ready. That is due in no small part to the weather since part of the roof went from the back of the house to the front lawn (and the one next door and the skip next door but one), so instead of finishing it off and getting the notice out in good time I was sorting out insurance, emptying buckets and temporary repairs. A 'bring-a-box' meet in old speak, 'clinic' in some circles, or whatever you want to call a bunch of people getting together to talk open source, free software, etc., etc.. Share experiences, problems and learn new things :-) Don't forget you can bring along a problem or two and ask for help solving them... or come along to get stuck into somebody elses challenging issue. Anything related to Linux, open source, Raspberry Pi, etc. most welcome. There will be plenty of good chat, problem solving and general geekery. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 18th January 2020
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 18th January 2020 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html A 'bring-a-box' meet in old speak, 'clinic' in some circles, or whatever you want to call a bunch of people getting together to talk open source, free software, etc., etc.. Share experiences, problems and learn new things :-) I do have a talk in the works, but I won't announce it just in case, but I will add a post with details if it is ready to go; otherwise I'll have it ready for next month (he types with all due confidence!). Don't forget you can bring along a problem or two and ask for help solving them... or come along to get stuck into somebody elses challenging issue. Anything related to Linux, open source, Raspberry Pi, etc. most welcome. There will be plenty of good chat, problem solving and general geekery. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 16th November 2019
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 16th November 2019 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html No talk, so it is a 'bring-a-box' meet in old speak, 'clinic' in some circles, or whatever you want to call a bunch of people getting together to talk open source, free software, etc., etc.. Share experiences, problems and learn new things :-) Don't forget you can bring along a problem or two and ask for help solving them... or come along to get stuck into somebody elses challenging issue. Anything related to Linux, open source, Raspberry Pi, etc. most welcome. There will be plenty of good chat, problem solving and general geekery. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 18th January 2020
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 18th January 2020 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Panic!! There is a meeting tomorrow, my New Years resolution is already broken (make sure the notifications arrive in good time). In my defence I did send one out, but I have to confess to not having checked that it arrived on the lists. I did plan to have a talk, but it hasn't quite materialised (which translates to the fact that my week was completely reorganised by work and what I was planning to do, which was going to be the basis for the talk, hasn't happened). I will aim to get it organised for next month, which will also allow it to be announced in good time :-) A 'bring-a-box' meet in old speak, 'clinic' in some circles, or whatever you want to call a bunch of people getting together to talk open source, free software, etc., etc.. Share experiences, problems and learn new things :-) Don't forget you can bring along a problem or two and ask for help solving them... or come along to get stuck into somebody elses challenging issue. Anything related to Linux, open source, Raspberry Pi, etc. most welcome. There will be plenty of good chat, problem solving and general geekery. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 21st December 2019
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 21st December 2019 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Mince Pi(e)s and Christmas Cheer. No talk this month, but I'm sure there will be plenty of good conversation, and I will bring some mince pies to go with the usual sandwiches. To keep with the theme, if you're doing something interesting with a Raspberry Pi why not bring it along. I'm sure we can tell the difference between the Mince and Raspberry varieties ;-) If anyone is interested in the tiny GL iNet OpenWrt base routers, I'll bring mine along. I'm doing a lightning talk on backing up WordPress with mysqldump and tar on Wednesday at the WordPress meetup, so that is also available. There will be plenty of good chat, problem solving and general geekery. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 16th November 2019
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 16th November 2019 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html I've just got to my LUG email this week and I can't find the notification I sent last weekend, so I'm sending what might or might not be another one. Do come along tomorrow and don't leave me to eat all the sandwiches! I'm off to hunt the last one now... No talk, so it is a 'bring-a-box' meet in old speak, 'clinic' in some circles, or whatever you want to call a bunch of people getting together to talk open source, free software, etc., etc.. Share experiences, problems and learn new things :-) Don't forget you can bring along a problem or two and ask for help solving them... or come along to get stuck into somebody elses challenging issue. Anything related to Linux, open source, Raspberry Pi, etc. most welcome. There will be plenty of good chat, problem solving and general geekery. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 19th October 2019
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 19th October 2019 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html No talk, so it is a 'bring-a-box' meet in old speak, 'clinic' in some circles, or whatever you want to call a bunch of people getting together to talk open source, free software, etc., etc.. Share experiences, problems and learn new things :-) A quick heads up that there is a risk I may be late with the internet that is kept in the PLUG box (it isn't all in there, just a bit!). The room is available and I will be there, hopefully on time, but whilst I am only a short distance away from the venue I may be stuck on the water if tide and timings don't quite fall in place (it is the sailing club recovery weekend, so I will be up around 5am as we bring all the boats on moorings into the compound). I can be reached in the Telegram group: https://t.me/joinchat/FIF_ew67vQhLNJOK8unm2A if necessary (assuming I am able to get to my phone). Don't forget you can bring along a problem or two and ask for help solving them... or come along to get stuck into somebody elses challenging issue. Anything related to Linux, open source, Raspberry Pi, etc. most welcome. There will be plenty of good chat, problem solving and general geekery. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 21st September 2019
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 21st September 2019 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html No talk, although I do have a lightning talk on migrating the PLUG website to Jekyll. Otherwise it is a 'bring-a-box' meet in old speak, 'clinic' in some circles, or whatever you want to call a bunch of people getting together to talk open source, free software, etc., etc.. Share experiences, problems and learn new things :-) Don't forget you can bring along a problem or two and ask for help solving them... or come along to get stuck into somebody elses challenging issue. Anything related to Linux, open source, Raspberry Pi, etc. most welcome. There will be plenty of good chat, problem solving and general geekery. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 17th August 2019
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 17th August 2019 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html It is on this month, I've only just realised that my notification email hasn't arrived! No talk, unless anyone has a lightning talk (always welcome), so a 'bring-a-box' meet in old speak, 'clinic' in some circles, or whatever you want to call a bunch of people getting together to talk open source, free software, etc., etc.. Share experiences, problems and learn new things :-) Don't forget you can bring along a problem or two and ask for help solving them... or come along to get stuck into somebody elses challenging issue. Anything related to Linux, open source, Raspberry Pi, etc. most welcome. There will be plenty of good chat, problem solving and general geekery. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 20th July 2019
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 20th July 2019 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html This months talk is: WordPress - the hard way "WordPress has been around for a few years now, but it is sometimes easy to forget that it is an open source project and you can install it on your own hardware. This talk will provide an overview of a manual install of WordPress for anyone who either wants to try it or is interested in what is going on behind the scenes of hosting providers one click installs. The talk will also cover the basics of getting up and running and touch on the new Gutenberg editor that is intended to make creating content easier; whether this is the case will be left as an exercise for the audience!" Don't forget you can bring along a problem or two and ask for help solving them... or come along to get stuck into somebody elses challenging issue. Anything related to Linux, open source, Raspberry Pi, etc. most welcome. There will be plenty of good chat, problem solving and general geekery. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Thanks, Paul PS. Apologies for this being even later than usual. I was sure it had already been sent, so I'll probably find a draft copy somewhere one day. -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 15th June 2019
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 15th June 2019 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html No booked full scale talk, but lightning talks are always welcome. Bring along a problem or two and ask for help solving them... or come along to get stuck into somebody elses challenging issue. Anything related to Linux, open source, Raspberry Pi, etc. most welcome. There will be plenty of good chat, problem solving and general geekery. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 18th May 2019
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 18th May 2019 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html No booked full scale talk, but lightning talks are always welcome. Bring along a problem or two and ask for help solving them... or come along to get stuck into somebody elses challenging issue. Anything related to Linux, open source, Raspberry Pi, etc. most welcome. There will be plenty of good chat, problem solving and general geekery. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 20th April 2019
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 20th April 2019 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Yes, there is a meet this weekend, in spite of Easter, so if you are available do come along. There is the oportunity for lightning talks if you want to try out doing a talk without the pressure of preparing a long piece (or at all!). If you want to volunteer one, or a future talk (please!) email me, or for lightning talks you can let me know on the day. I have been working on migrating a site from static HTML to Jekyll, and plan to do the same with the PLUG site if all goes well. I'm happy to talk to anyone about that, but I'm not ready for a full talk on it... yet. A usually hectic live as decided to step up a gear, so things aren't as far along as hoped. There will be plenty of good chat, problem solving and general geekery. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 16th March 2019
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 16th March 2019 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Eek, it's Thursday and the next meeting is on Saturday - it is still Thursday just about. Yes there is a meet :-) Sadly no talk again, although I'm open to any lightning talks. If you want to volunteer one, or a future talk (please!) email me, or for lightning talks you can let me know on the day. If anyone is interested I can put a few words together on SPF (Sender Policy Framework for email) and/or Mastodon (Open Source distributed micro blogging). There will be plenty of good chat, problem solving and general geekery (ooh, that's a word, my spell check doesn't complain!). Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Raspberry PI
** Adam John Trickett via Hampshire [2019-02-19 12:08]: > On Monday, 18 February 2019 20:04:20 CET Tim Brocklehurst via Hampshire wrote: > > Oh, for digital thermometers, look at the DS18B20 one-wire sensors. They're > > easy to read and come in various packages. > > That's the one I've seen on various Google searches so far, seems popular, > and > simple to work with. ** end quote [Adam John Trickett via Hampshire] I went for a DHT22 as I needed humidity as well... and still haven't got round to using it yet! -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 16th February 2019
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 16th February 2019 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html No talk this month so the floor (projector?) is open to anyone for a Lightning talk or two. Prepare (or don't - just ad lib) a 5 or 10 minute talk on something you've found useful, a problem you have, or basically anything Linux / open source / Raspberry Pi / Maker related that would be of interest. If I can find a few spare minutes I hope to have a short something in the Scratch / Snap! (Scratch like language, not packaging) / Raspberry Pi / Micro:bit area to talk about (and as I type that I'm realising that somebody is going to be reading this thinking 'you mentioned ad lib'!). Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] From ADSL to VDSL (BT Internet)
** Rob Malpass via Hampshire [2019-01-15 16:02]: > Hi all > > I've been offered a free (completely) upgrade from BT ADSL "Total Broadband" > to "BT Infinity". As 0 extra cost - why wouldn't I (That's a rhetorical > question - not the one I seek answers to!) > > As part of the agreement over the phone I was told my old BT Hub would be > replaced. but this has got me thinking. > > At present, my master socket (dining room) has an extension into the study > so I can make phone calls from the study. Into the study's extension is > plugged a phone and an ASDL micro filter. The BT Hub is plugged into the > ADSL micro filter in the study. BT tell me that the new router they're > sending > > a)Simply replaces the existing router (so would be plugged into the ADSL > micro filter in the study) > > b)That I can connect this new router as soon as it arrives. > > I'm not sure I believe this. I was told that VDSL modems need to be > connected to the master socket - not an extension. As such, I'll need to > uninstall the router in the study and put the new router directly into the > master in the dining room. > > Does anyone know definitively? > > Cheers > > Rob ** end quote [Rob Malpass via Hampshire] My dad is with BT with Infinity and has the Home Hub on an extension without problems (well, not related to that anyway). From memory the upgrade wasn't simply a case of plugging in and off as there was a switchover point where the one configured for ADSL stopped working and the VDSL one started. I guess their firmware may have been upgraded to be able to check, or perhaps they co-ordinate with the engineer making the changes at the exchange to update the configuration remotely (I nearly typed that with a straigh face, my experience of BT engineers co-ordinating with the call centre isn't exactly positive - although each of the engineers I've had has been quite helpful). The issues we have had are with the Hob Hubs giving up, I think we are on the third one now, although that has lasted better than the first two that I think were little over a year each. The other issue is just down to the quality of the line itself and BT's inability to sort it out. It gets worse over time and takes a leap in wet weather (and they never respond quickly enough to find the issue, or detect any issues remotely so threaten to charge - I think one time when they were working my dad noted that where they lifted the plate in the road to work on a connection it was full of water to the top!). I am currently battling similar line issues with my mother-in-laws line which frequently deteriorates and never has an issue found remotely - on the times they come out they do something that results in no charge and improvement for a while. My line is much the same, with the added disadvantage of being just a touch inside the maximum distance for FTTC which drops my speed to 16Mbps (wish I hadn't run a test, I'm down to 14Mbps at the moment). I will just touch on my regular grumble that I can't move to cable because I can't get fixed IPv4 and IPv6 on cable (well, I can get a single IPv4 for about £10 or £15 per month more than I currently pay as of my last check). -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 19th January 2019
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 19th January 2019 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html This month we have a talk from Andrew Howe: Load Balancing using the Linux Kernel Andrew is a FLOSS enthusiast from Southampton, currently working as a Linux engineer at Loadbalancer.org in Portsmouth. This talk will provide an overview of load balancing and how Linux is used to do it. While ‘application aware’ user-space load balancing software is all the rage these days, the Linux kernel contains a rock solid load balancing solution which is hard to beat in terms of raw performance. With a little knowledge, it's possible to build a Linux load balancer to meet the needs of even the busiest networks and environments. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 15th December 2018
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 15th December 2018 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Mince Pi(e)s and Christmas Cheer. No talk this month, but I'm sure there will be plenty of good conversation, and I will bring some mince pies to go with the usual sandwiches. To keep with the theme, if you're doing something interesting with a Raspberry Pi why not bring it along. I'm sure we can tell the difference between the Mince and Raspberry varieties ;-) Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 17th November 2018
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 17th November 2018 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html All things being equal and with a fair wind I hope to have some slides put together for a short talk on: A Journey into Ansible using Dokuwiki This won't be an in depth dive into Ansible, but a walk through some of the decisions I've made in putting together an Ansible playbook to automatically deploy Dokuwiki to my intranet server, and upgrade when a new version is released. Dokuwiki is an open source wiki that doesn't require a database. This install covers uploading, extracting and symlinking the PHP code, configuring Apache to server the site and using variables and templates to make things as generic as possible. I've also recently put together a basic GUI to CLI command using PySimpleGUI and then made it a standalone executable with PyInstaller. There's no talk, but if anyone is interested I will make sure I have the code with me. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 20th October 2018
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 20th October 2018 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Since it is International Repair day why not bring along a problem that will breath new life into an old computer! I have a few lightning talks available if anyone is interested - i.e. no slides, minimal preparation and a quick demonstration! 1. A quick demo of the new Telegram channel so you can see if it is of interest. 2. A quick demo of converting old cassette tapes to mp3, ogg, or etc. using a USB device an Audacity. ...which may lead on to... 3. Using Gerbera to share media - very quick to setup, but equally basic in terms of interface; I would be interested in alternatives that are lightweight and install alongside other services on an existing server. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Au revoir mes amis
** A. J. Trickett via Hampshire [2018-10-03 03:58]: > Dear LUG, > > It is with a heavy heart that at the end of September we sold our > house and left not only Hampshire but England for France. As some > of you may have known my wife is French and the recent political > changed have made things awkward, so elected to move and for the > past few days we have been unpacking boxes in our new house just > across the channel in Brittany. > > I'll remain on the list probably to the end of the year, but then > fall off. > > Bonne chance ! ** end quote [A. J. Trickett via Hampshire] Oh dear, another source of PLUG talks moves away! I know where you are coming from, but I won't take that any further here. All the best, and look us up if you are passing this way in the future - assuming that is even possible ;-) (a winky face, but arguably dark humour). -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 15th September 2018
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 15th September 2018 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html This month is a bring-a-box meet, although I hope to find a few minutes between now and Saturday to do a short talk on how to use the Telegram group that I am trialing, and discuss what people think about it and other possible ways to encourage more people to come along to meets. I also plan to bring along a USB cassette deck that I have been using recently to transfer some old audio cassettes to MP3/OGG, so if anyone is interested in how easy it is to do this on Linux with Audacity I can demonstrate. It isn't the last word in audio quality, but is more than good enough for spoken word (I've not tried music yet as I generally used vinyl). So bring along your problems and we will commiserate with you, erm, I mean see if we can help you solve them! Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 18th August 2018
** Victor Churchill via Hampshire [2018-08-16 23:14]: > G'day all, > > Is there any chance that someone could bring along a Debian Jessie bootable > installation disc? I managed to make my big Jessie laptop unbootable when I > attempted to revert a botched apt upgrade, so I fear a new install is > needed and don't have any machine with a DVD writer at the moment. > (Fortunately /home is on its own partition so shouldn't be affected, > though I should try to get a proper backup done too) ** end quote [Victor Churchill via Hampshire] I'm not going to be there myself, but I've dropped a copy of disk on of the latest Debian 8.11 (Jessie) in the box - I'm assuming the laptop has a CD/DVD drive in it to install from. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 18th August 2018
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 18th August 2018 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html This month is going ahead with a bring-a-box meet. I won't be there, but Aidan is standing in, so everyone can enjoy the usual tech chat and problem solving. Sandwiches will be back on too. Apologies to those who attended last month, I hadn't realised that Lisi booked ahead on a yearly basis rather than with an ongoing arrangement so they weren't expecting us. We are booked up for another year now, so put a recurring event in your calendar :-) Thank you to Aidan for standing in, and also the Jeffrey who also offered, but isn't quite as close for collecting the box. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. Enjoy the meet on Saturday, and if anyone else is at Oggcamp I'll see you there. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 21st July 2018
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 21st July 2018 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html This month we have a talk on "ANTLR: Another Tool for Language Recognition" from Jeffrey Best. "Jeff will be talking about his experiences with ANTLR4, creating a small, domain-specific expression language for a Java application. There will be a real example, rather than a lot of theory on lexical analysis, grammars or parsing, but he will run through the basics of defining a lexer and a grammar, show the simple statements required to build a parse tree and the benefits of using listener methods, over visitors, to handle evaluation as ANTLR4 walks the parse tree. He will demonstrate adding ANTLR4 to your Java Maven project, how to generate the lexer and grammar source code from your definitions and how to extend the base listener class with your own implementations." Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. I look forward to seeing you all on Saturday! Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 19th May 2018
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 19th May 2018 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html Having recently installed OpenWrt on a couple of routers I have put together a talk about my experiences. Many consumer routers have limited functionality and replacing the firmware with OpenWrt can transform them into far more fully feature devices. With a little care flashing the device can be no more difficult than upgrading the stock firmware. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. I look forward to seeing you all on Saturday! Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 21st April 2018
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 21st April 2018 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html This month we have a talk on Node-RED from Ross Cruickshank. Ross is a Developer Advocate at IBM working with the IBM Cloud platform and services. He is keen and active in recruiting into and maintaining the IBM and open source ecosystem. Node-RED is a programming tool for wiring together hardware devices, APIs and online services in new and interesting ways. It provides a browser-based editor that makes it easy to wire together flows using the wide range of nodes in the palette that can be deployed to its runtime in a single-click. Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. I look forward to seeing you all on Saturday! Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 17th March 2018
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 17th March 2018 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html This month we have a bring-a-box meeting with the option of lightning talks if anyone has one they want to do. Bring along your laptops, Raspberry Pis, etc. and any problems or projects you want to discuss. Unfortunately the Node-RED talk had to be postponed at the last minute, but I have confirmed it for next month (Node-RED is a programming tool for the Internet of Things). Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. I look forward to seeing you all on Saturday! Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 17th February 2018
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 17th Febuary 2018 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html This months talk is "Vim, how to quit and reasons not to". As a long term user I will explain what makes Vim different to other editors and why I prefer it - even for typing emails. CALL FOR TALKS - sorry to shout, but if anyone has a talk they would like to do please let me know; I'm open to anything Linux / open source related. You don't have to be an expert just an enthusiast! As a quick tease for the March meeting, I am just in the process of confirming (I hope) a talk on Node-RED, a programming tool for the Internet of Things (and available on the Raspberry Pi). Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. I look forward to seeing you all on Saturday! Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 20th January 2018
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 20th January 2018 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html With Christmas and the New Year rushing all to rapidly by I've not managed to arrange a talk this month, so we will open up the floor to Lightning Talks again. Last month we had a couple of impromptu ones that opened up discussion, so if you are unsure about doing one just think of it as opening up discussion to the floor rather than just a table :-) These are 5 minute talks with 2 minutes for questions afterwards (give or take, if there is time available there's no need to cut short a good discussion!). The subject can be anything related to Linux and Open Source, and I would encourage anyone to consider doing something whatever your level of experience. Nobody knows everything, and it is just as valuable to hear about a new user's journey as it is to hear an in depth technical talk (it is a good reminder of where we all started and problems experienced users overlook). To get you thinking here are a few suggested areas: - How you found Linux and what you like or would like to improve. - A new piece of software you have found and have found useful. - A problem you are having and would like help with. - A fun new gadget that works with or runs Linux. There is no need to put together slides, and with just 5 minutes to fill the preparation is minimal (or just wing it!). In fact there is no real pressure to fill the full 5 minutes even, if you have a tip to share the conversation will start and time will fly by! All things being equal and with a following wind I plan to do a quick "How to quit Vim" Lightning Talk. http://portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201801.html Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. I look forward to seeing you all on Saturday! Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 16th December 2017
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 16th December 2017 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oak Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html There is no talk scheduled this month, but the floor is open for anyone who wants to do a lightning talk. These are 5 minute talks with 2 minutes for questions afterwards (give or take, if there is time available there's no need to cut short a good discussion!). The subject can be anything related to Linux and Open Source, and I would encourage anyone to consider doing something whatever your level of experience. Nobody knows everything, and it is just as valuable to hear about a new user's journey as it is to hear an in depth technical talk (it is a good reminder of where we all started and problems experienced users overlook). To get you thinking here are a few suggested areas: - How you found Linux and what you like or would like to improve. - A new piece of software you have found and have found useful. - A problem you are having and would like help with. - A fun new gadget that works with or runs Linux. There is no need to put together slides, and with just 5 minutes to fill the preparation is minimal (or just wing it!). In addition to the usual sandwiches I will bring along some mince pies to mark the festive season. http://portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201712.html Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. I look forward to seeing you all on Saturday! Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 18th November 2017
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 18th November 2017 from 1pm to 6pm in the Broad Oaks Social Club, Hilsea. Talks start at 3pm. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html This month the talk is from Thomas Kluyver and is titled: Where's my open smartphone? http://portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201711.html Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. I look forward to seeing you all on Saturday! Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 21st October 2017
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 21st October 2017 from 13:00 to 18:00+ in the Broad Oaks Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html This month the talk is from Paul Tansom and is titled: First steps with Ansible http://portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201710.html Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. I look forward to seeing you all on Saturday! Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Home user Linux Support opportunities in Southampton/Eastleigh area?
** Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire <hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> [2017-09-20 08:22]: > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017, at 09:06 PM, Imran Chaudhry wrote: > > Since everyone has a phone > > or tablet these days it might be more traction. Lets see. > > Yes, anecdotally it does seem like many people are using phones & > tablets at home now rather than desktops & laptops. I'm thinking of > offering to do a PLUG talk on FOSS for phones (not that I know much > about it, but doing a talk is a good way to learn). ** end quote [Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire] Sounds good to me, we have a gap next month I'm trying to fill - or any month after that if anyone is interested. Any talks most welcome ;-) -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 16th September 2017
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 16th September 2017 from 13:00 to 18:00+ in the Broad Oaks Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html This month the talk is from Paul Tansom and is titled: What on Earth is Oggcamp (why there was no meeting last month!) and will be followed by a preview of Ubuntu MATE 17.10, due for release next month. http://portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201709.html Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. I look forward to seeing you all on Saturday! Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] *NO* Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting for August
A reminder that there will be no Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting this month. This was discussed at the last meeting, but for those who weren't able to attend, a combination of ill health and a clash with Oggcamp has left us short handed. (If anyone is attending Oggcamp, I am on the crew so will be around somewhere trying to be useful.) Normal service will be resumed next month, with a meeting on 16th September. ** Call for talks ** If anyone has a talk they would like to give please let me know (particularly if it is for September as that will save me trying to find some time to think of something and put it together!). Also, if anyone has any suggestions of things they would be interested in hearing about that would be great too. Thanks, Paul -- Pau Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Anyone going to OggCamp 17?
** Imran Chaudhry via Hampshire <hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> [2017-08-12 15:09]: > Just a follow-up that I've booked accommodation and am going to > OggCamp 17 next weekend. > > I'll also be delivering a talk on... well, you just have to attend to > find out ;) > > I'm planning to arrive in Canterbury on Friday 18th evening and hook > up with the Friday night OGGCamp pub crowd. > > Anyone wants to car share with me then please contact me off-list. I'm > aiming to leave after work from Havant though at 4pm and would like to > avoid going back to Southampton but let's see. > > Thanks :) ** end quote [Imran Chaudhry via Hampshire] I'm planning to leave not too long after lunch, so should be in the pub on Friday evening too. All being well I should be heading to the venue when I get there to scope things out as I'm on the crew. I can't help out with the car share as I am travelling in my accomodation and camping about a mile and a half from the venue. See you there though :) -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Portsmouth and South East Hants LUG meeting Saturday, 15th July 2017
The next Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Linux Users Group meeting will be this coming Saturday, 15th July 2017 from 13:00 to 18:00+ in the Broad Oaks Social Club, Hilsea. http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html This month the talk is from Jeffrey Best on "Database Migration". http://portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201707.html Sandwiches, tech talk and excellent company guaranteed as usual, of course. I look forward to seeing you all on Saturday! Thanks, Paul -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Anyone going to OggCamp 17?
** Andy Random via Hampshire <hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> [2017-06-28 12:33]: > > On Tue, 27 Jun 2017, Imran Chaudhry via Hampshire wrote: > > > Just curious if anyone was planning to go this year? If anyone is > > going to go by car I'd be happy to contribute petrol money to tag > > along. > > > > http://oggcamp.org/ > > I'm planning to go, but haven't got beyond that yet. > > By that I mean I've not booked a hotel or arranged travel, but my aim would > be to get there by train and be there for the whole weekend. > > This also assumes that by the time I get around to it I can find > accommodation that I consider affordable and still go. ** end quote [Andy Random via Hampshire] Likewise. I have a ticket, but since I've not fully commited the time I've not sorted accomodation yet. The first stage of that will be the MOT and tax on my van (it is Ogg*camp* after all), but I need to do that anyway, so that's still not a cast iron guarantee. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] HTTPS Certificate problem
** Chris Dennis via Hampshire <hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> [2017-02-13 12:39]: > On 07/02/17 11:20, Paul Tansom via Hampshire wrote: > >... I recently added my pop/imap mail server certificates to the process as > >well (I'd forgotten they were still with StartSSL) and that was much easier > >than expected - took about 10 minutes including working out how to do it :) > Can you point me to information about that? I need to create IMAP/SSL > certificates for a domain where the website is on a hosting service that > doesn't seem to allow the use of LetsEncrypt (they want to provide the HTTPS > certificates in exchange for money(!)), and I can't work out how to get > LetsEncrypt certificates just for email. ** end quote [Chris Dennis via Hampshire] Sorry, I marked this for a reply when I spotted but didn't have time to dig out my notes and completely failed to come back to it - I've only just spotted it again! The basic principle is to use a web server on the host to validate the certificate when you obtain it, but not actually install it with the script. If you aren't running a web server on the same box as the mail server then you can spin up a temporary one with the script, but I am so I haven't tried that option (I think it is the --standalone switch). The incantation I used was: sudo /opt/certbot/certbot-auto certonly --dry-run -w /var/www/domain/webroot/ -d mail.example.com well, actually it wasn't quite, that one has the --dry-run to to through the motions but not do anything, just remove when you have everything sorted :) I don't have the tool installed from a package, it was originally installed before the rename and I've not checked back to see if there is a PPA yet (I'll probably do that when I do my upgrade which is due any day now - ish!). A quick breakdown (for anyone not familiar) is: certbot-auto - the command (complete with path in my case) certonly - just obtain the certificate, don't try to install it (at the moment there only look to be options to install for apache and nginx, I prefer to do the editing myself --dry-run - just puts it into test mode -w - gives the path to the root directory of the domain required for the certificate, the script puts files in here to check for remotely -d - gives the certificate domian (and you can use multiple -d .. for mulitple domains in a single certificate) There's a selection of options to play with, but those are the ones I used. I then had to manually install them into my Dovecot config, but that was just a case of changing the existing lines. The certificates are installed in directories under /etc/letsencrypt, so in the /etc/dovecot/conf.d/ssl.conf file (for example) you have something like: ssl_cert = https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] HTTPS Certificate problem
** Samuel Penn via Hampshire <hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> [2017-02-08 15:36]: > On Tuesday 07 Feb 2017 11:20:12 Paul Tansom via Hampshire wrote: > > ** Imran Chaudhry via Hampshire <hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> [2017-02-07 > > 07:52]: > > > > +1 for letsencrypt.org - I recently switched to HTTPS for all my > > > hosted server domains and was very happy to find a "letsencrypt" > > > package for Debian that automated the entire process. It even > > > auto-renews the cert for you. > > > > ** end quote [Imran Chaudhry via Hampshire] > > > > Seconded, I've been using Letsencrypt for a while now (just checked and it > > looks as though I signed up back in November 2015), and I've had no problems > > in that time. I used to use StartSSL and the manual renewal and install was > > a pain, particularly if you'd managed to let your personal account > > certficate expire and lost access to the certificates you already had > > (thankfully I managed to merge the accounts I had when they did a system > > upgrade a while back). > > I'm also using Let's Encrypt, and I'm really happy with it. I've had two > issues with it though. > > First, was that my original websites were behind a proxy/firewall that > didn't allow HTTP (only HTTPS) access, and the auto-setup didn't work due > to not being able to call back. I've since moved away from that setup, > and with a more normal environment it all worked first time. Yes, I've got that issue with a couple of servers I run internally. I haven't quite decided how to proceed with it yet; the servers are internal servers, so I could quite reasonably use self signed certificates, but I've had a couple of issues with doing that in some cases - the main one being sharing a Keepass database between machines. That works fine with Dropbox, but I want to move it through to my Nextcloud box, which will be internally hosted, and the Keepass client on Android doesn't like connecting to a self signed https instance (well it would, but I have to accept all certificates rather than add an exception just for the one server, which doesn't feel right). I could open things up to the internet, possibly even only when I do the renewal checks, but I'm not entirely happy about putting my internal DNS entries on a public server, it seems wrong having private addresses on public servers! > Second, was that if you install the script manually, and run the cron > with the recommended --no-self-upgrade option, then it doesn't update > itself. I have had it fall far enough behind that the script then stops > working and fails to update your certificates. Running it manually > without the --no-self-upgrade flag fixed that relatively quickly, but > I need to make sure the script gets updated regularly. I had that once, but decided to let the script update itself. I was getting emails from the cron job anyway so I would see the update happen; it now emails as part of the script so I had to disable my own email when I found I was getting two each time! I'm still running on the manual install, but I see there are some Letsencrypt packages in the Ubuntu repositories now (not caught up with the fact that it is Certbot now!), so I'm not sure how that will impact things - I may try it when I upgrade my server to 16.04. ** end quote [Samuel Penn via Hampshire] -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] HTTPS Certificate problem
** Imran Chaudhry via Hampshire <hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> [2017-02-07 07:52]: > On 1 February 2017 at 21:01, Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire > <hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > > I'm not at all an expert on HTTPS, but if you're running a public web > > server now, the standard advice is to use letsencrypt > > (https://letsencrypt.org/ ) to create certificates. They're free and you > > can get them from an API, but unlike a self-signed certificate, it will > > be trusted by all major browsers. > > > > On Wed, Feb 1, 2017, at 08:58 PM, Stephen Davies via Hampshire wrote: > >> Along with the general move to using HTTPS I configured my webserver to > >> allow HTTPS connections. > >> > >> However one of my users reported this error. > >> > >> The certificate is not trusted because it is self-signed. The > >> certificate is only valid for bonzo.lan The certificate expired on 21 > >> January 2017 at 13:51. The current time is 1 February 2017 at 20:49. > >> Error code: SEC_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ISSUER > >> > >> Some expert guidance on how I can resolve this would be most welcome. > >> The system was built just over a year ago hence the certificate expiry. > >> As it said, the cert currently in use is self signed but as yet I've not > >> explicitly done anything regarding certs in the webserver. > > +1 for letsencrypt.org - I recently switched to HTTPS for all my > hosted server domains and was very happy to find a "letsencrypt" > package for Debian that automated the entire process. It even > auto-renews the cert for you. ** end quote [Imran Chaudhry via Hampshire] Seconded, I've been using Letsencrypt for a while now (just checked and it looks as though I signed up back in November 2015), and I've had no problems in that time. I used to use StartSSL and the manual renewal and install was a pain, particularly if you'd managed to let your personal account certficate expire and lost access to the certificates you already had (thankfully I managed to merge the accounts I had when they did a system upgrade a while back). Initially the 90 day renewal on Letsencrypt seems as though it ought to be a pain, but with the automated renewal I just note that it has happened when my cron job emails me and get a nice satisfied feeling that all is working fine :) I currently look to have 13 certificates on the go, and all of those cover multiple sub domains (even if it is just the base domain and a www, but frequently a few sub domains as well (forums., gallery., wildlangstone., exim., etc.). I recently added my pop/imap mail server certificates to the process as well (I'd forgotten they were still with StartSSL) and that was much easier than expected - took about 10 minutes including working out how to do it :) -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Robotic Sailing talk, Monday 3rd October (Southampton Python group)
** Gordon Scott via Hampshire <hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> [2016-09-28 10:55]: > On 27/09/16 14:03, Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire wrote: > >hear about how we used Python and Linux to make a boat sail itself, > > :-> Hmm, but my 86 year old gaff yawl does that, up to a point at least, > with no robotics at all :-> > > Why would I want a robot if I can just lash the tiller, trim the mizzen and > sit back and marvel at what the old lady does all on her own? ** end quote [Gordon Scott via Hampshire] Because you can? ;) I use an ancient Autohelm if I want an upgrade from lashing the tiller (which I used to use a couple of jam cleats for on my last boat - RIP). Both current and previous boats came read to install the Haslar self stearing gear which used no electronics, although if the wind changed direction so would you! I was actually chatting about this at the last PLUG meeting and hope I can make the talk. If you look at the web page [1] you'll see that the boat in question is somewhat smaller that either of our boats (well, bar my model ones!). I did consider starting a LUG regarding using Linux on boats, but thought my planned name of NautiLUG might have drawn the wrong membership - maybe that's why the LUG never actually setup the lists for me ;) -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Annual General Meeting - Future of the LUG
** Andy via Hampshire <hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> [2016-08-11 23:54]: > On Thu, 11 Aug 2016, Lisi Reisz via Hampshire wrote: > >On Thursday 11 August 2016 21:10:35 Tony Whitmore via Hampshire wrote: > For what it is worth (and assuming that a group of new and enthusiastic > individuals doesn't step forward to form a new committee) I will be voting > for option 2 Likewise, it would be a shame for the LUG to fold, and that seems to be the best way of keeping the list in tact. Having been here through thick and thin since sometime in the late '90s I'd be sad to see the list go the way of others I've been on like the LBC (Linux Buyers Consortium if anyone remembers that one!). > >2) The committee is disbanded and the constitution suitably updated to > >enable a sole LUG member to act as benefactor; to maintain the mailing > >list and optionally the website as they see fit with a suitable degree of > >consultation from the membership. In this case the current LUG funds will > >not be handed over to the benefactor. > > and if nobody else wants the job I will volunteer as the LUG "benefactor", > though I admit I'm unlikely to have time to do much other than answer a few > emails each month. I'm happy to back up Andy to spread the load on managing the list / website (simplified as per the PLUG one I should think) and to do as we do at PLUG and ensure multiple lugmasters. > If there are people who would like to be on a new committee and have the > time to actively participate in the running of the LUG then I encourage them > to contact chair...@hantslug.org.uk as outlined in Tim's email. This would be the preferred option as it has the potential of having meetings if there is someone out there with the time and inclination to organise them. Anyone is welcome to attend our PLUG meetings though :) ** end quote [Andy via Hampshire] -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] Kitchen project
** James Courtier-Dutton via Hampshire <hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> [2016-07-11 23:46]: > On 11 July 2016 at 15:39, Roger Munford via Hampshire < > hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > > > I am just about to install a new kitchen. > > > > For years I have had a mains powered radio that I switch on by clicking > > the power socket. The station or volume never change and I like the > > simplicity. > > > > However I would like to be able to listen to the bbc iplayer but I don't > > mind taking extra time for fiddling about setting it up. > > > > I haven't had time to do any research about how I achieve this but must > > cut the wiring channels for extra sockets and lights in the next day or so. > > > > I can imagine that a raspberry pi will be involved and so I am embedding a > > standard double socket box in the wall with conduit leading down to it. I > > have a false ceiling so there is plenty of space and access to power and > > ethernet. > > > > I can envisage some sort of radio which runs independently and will > > remember its last settings when powered up. The radio should also be able > > to be controlled by the raspberry pi (volume,station) and also take audio > > feed from the pi when required. > > I can also envisage a touch screen to control it but have no idea how to > > fix it to the wall. > > If anybody has done something similar and can recommend some hardware, i > > would be grateful. > > > I have a TV in my kitchen. That has music channels that I can switch to if > there is nothing on the TV. > Saves the need for a Radio. > > Another alternative is to put speakers in the roof, and set them up so that > you can control them with your smart phone. > > Anywhere I have a mains socket or a tv socket or a ethernet socket, I have > put in the wall round and not flat conduit so that I can easily re-wire the > cables if they break or technology changes. So, it is quite easy to change > a mains socket for a PoE socket if I so wish. ** end quote [James Courtier-Dutton via Hampshire] Using some bluetooth speakers with a smartphone or tablet is quite a simple option and pretty flexible too. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] New Forest Solar
** Lisi <hants...@googlemail.com> [2015-11-14 00:12]: > On Friday 13 November 2015 22:57:54 Gordon Scott wrote: > > I don't know of a solution for the bulbs. > > Frustratingly, I've been storing some for years ready for when I go to > > the dump. > > Last time I took a whole batch of bulbs of all kinds to the dump a chap > helped > me find the place - and put almost all of them into the ordinary household > waste. So now, when I take the kettle (and I shall have to do so some time - > what else am I to do with it?) - I shall hope to remember to take my three > mercury based bulbs. The rest can go in the household rubbish here!! ** end quote [Lisi] I know the tip have a special section for bulbs because they are considered hazardous waste (at least the low energy ones and tubes are, which are the ones I've taken). Some time ago Robert Dyas started collecting bulbs, and last time I tried they still did, although you had to ask as they didn't have the bin out. I'm sure I've seen somewhere else doing this as well but can't completely remember where - B I think. Perhaps try the Brockhampton (Havant) tip on your way to the next PLUG meet, it isn't too far off your route I don't think. -- Paul Tansom | Aptanet Ltd. | https://www.aptanet.com/ | 023 9238 0001 Vice Chair, FSB Portsmouth & SE Hampshire Branch | http://www.fsb.org.uk/ = Registered in England | Company No: 4905028 | Registered Office: Ralls House, Parklands Business Park, Forrest Road, Denmead, Waterlooville, Hants, PO7 6XP -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
