[EdLUG] December meeting - On day $N of Xmas, FOSS gave to me...

Tue Dec 7 20:46:14 UTC 2021

Thank you to everyone who spoke, especially those who offered a talk at short notice. We had seven talks in the end: the gifts FOSS gave to us were Minetest, Govdirectory, TCP, Virtualbox, Jitsi, Mastodon and Screen. :-D Feel free to share any links or slides here.

We usually don't have a meeting in January, because the first Tuesday is too close to Christmas & Hogmanay. So we'll be back on the 1st of February 2022. If COVID allows, the plan for next year is to alternate online meetups with talks and physical meetups without talks. We don't yet have any talks lined up - if you'd like to give a talk (perhaps going into more detail on the subject of a lightning talk ;-), please get in touch.

Have a good Christmas & Hogmanay!

Thomas

On Tue, 7 Dec 2021, at 18:46, Thomas Kluyver wrote:
> And our usual link - https://links.taikedz.net/?id=bbb-edlug - will redirect you to Jitsi. See you in 15 minutes!
> 
> On Tue, 7 Dec 2021, at 09:53, Thomas Kluyver wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> 
>> Our December meeting is this evening - as usual, we'll meet from 7pm on Jitsi, and start the talks around 7.15.
>> 
>> There's still room for a couple more talks if you'd like to do one. The list of ideas I gave is in the quoted section below this message. Ping me if you'd like to give a talk, either on one of those topics or on something else!
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Thomas
>> 
>> On Wed, 1 Dec 2021, at 23:33, Thomas Kluyver wrote:
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> 
>>> Our December meeting is going ahead on Tuesday next week, with a collection of short talks on the theme of "On day $N of Christmas, FOSS gave to me..."
>>> 
>>> https://www.meetup.com/Edinburgh-Linux-User-Group-EdLUG/events/282063061/
>>> 
>>> I've got 5 people lined up to talk so far (thank you all!), but there's certainly room for some more. All you have to do is pick some piece of free & open source software that you're glad exists, and tell us about it for no more than 5 minutes.
>>> 
>>> Here are some ideas for possible talks:
>>> 
>>> - A game, e.g. 0 A.D., Supertuxkart, OpenTTD
>>> - A desktop application, e.g. Firefox, LibreOffice, Inkscape
>>> - A command line tool, e.g. watch, entr, borg
>>> - 'System' software, like systemd, KDE, ZFS or Postgres
>>> - Ubiquitous infrastructure like Wifi, TCP or DNS (algorithms and protocols are in scope if there's an open source implementation)
>>> - Open hardware, e.g. the Librem 5 phone, Arduino, Raspberry Pi
>>> - Something you've done with open source
>>> - Anything else open source: open source cola recipes, the open source seed initiative...
>>> 
>>> These are just examples: topics not on this list are also very welcome! Get in touch with me if you'd like to give a talk.
>>> 
>>> I'll also allow one talk on penguins, from whoever offers it first. :-D The 5 minute time limit will still apply.
>>> 
>>> See you on the 7th,
>>> Thomas
>>> 
>>> On Sat, 13 Nov 2021, at 14:57, Thomas Kluyver wrote:
>>>> Just a reminder, please do have a think about what bit of open source software, hardware, or anything you could talk about, and get in touch with me. I can also help if you'd like to talk but can't think of a topic. It's only 5 minutes *maximum*, so you don't need to find a lot to say about it.
>>>> 
>>>> I'll post a list of suggested topics in a few more days, but I'd really like to see what you come up with yourselves before that.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks Tai for offering a talk about Minecraft!
>>>> 
>>>> Best wishes,
>>>> Thomas
>>>> 
>>>> On Wed, 3 Nov 2021, at 12:55, Tai Kedzierski wrote:
>>>>> Well, I guess I would talk about Minetest again - and how modding on it affected my career path 😊
>>>>> 
>>>>> // Sent from a mobile device. Typos and brevity may transpire.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tue, 2 Nov 2021, 21:12 Thomas Kluyver, <thomas at kluyver.me.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> For our December meeting (Tuesday 7th December), I'd like to have a collection of small talks, bound together with the theme of "On day $N of Christmas, FOSS gave to me..."
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> To make this work, your LUG needs you! The more speakers we can find, the more fun this will be. :-D It would be amazing if we could do 12 talks, though that might be a stretch. It will be a *maximum* of 5 minutes per talk, so it's not a big commitment.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The idea is simple: tell us about some cool open source thing! It could be a game, a useful tool, or an algorithm (with an open source implementation). It could be something so widespread we hardly notice it, like DNS, or a personal story like how you rescued a broken laptop using Linux. It could be open hardware, or even an open source cola (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCola_(drink) ). The only requirement is for something open source which you're glad exists!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I want to see what you come up with yourself first, but I'll post some specific suggestions a bit nearer the time. Please reply here to pledge a talk, or contact me directly if you prefer. I can also help if you want to talk but are stuck for a topic.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> See you in December,
>>>>>> Thomas
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> P.S. We've decided not to organise the traditional Christmas meal in December, because the risk of spreading COVID when restaurants are super busy seems too high. We're hoping to have a delayed meal together some time in January/February. If that happens, the details will of course be on this list.
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