<div><div dir="auto">Ok no problem. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">No but that sounds interesting with the audio side of things etc.</div><div dir="auto">I’ve used audacity once or twice, but that wasn’t on Linux though. </div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Little story: I knew of a guy that learned how to play keyboard by cutting out the keys from a piece of cardboard and studying it lol, to be fair it was in the 1960’s he had no money, then sold books on amazon on how to learn etc.</div><div dir="auto">Monster player!<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Looking forward to it all anyway guys. </div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 at 16:40, Adam Sweet via Wolves <<a href="mailto:wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 05/06/2020 16:28, Blake wrote:<br>
> Sounds great, I like the sounds of that. Happy to help out :) <br>
> <br>
> I can teach Keyboard / Music Production if need be :) <br>
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Awesome. I don't have a keyboard but I'd be interested to hear something<br>
about both of those. Have you ever used Linux for audio recording?<br>
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> On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 at 16:18, Adam Sweet via Wolves<br>
> <<a href="mailto:wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank">wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> So, here are some things I could talk about:<br>
> <br>
> * The command line for beginners<br>
> * Network monitoring with Nagios<br>
> * SNMP and how to monitor your network with it<br>
> * Diet and exercise for geeks<br>
> * Taking care of your back when you sit down all day<br>
> * How to grow chillies (and other vegetables)<br>
> * Setting up a website with Linux<br>
> * Network file sharing with Linux (NFS, Samba and SSH)<br>
> * Guitar basics<br>
> * The basics of cooking good food well<br>
> * Introduction to OpenBSD<br>
> * The FreeBSD and OpenBSD pf firewall<br>
> <br>
> Some things I'd like to hear others talk about:<br>
> <br>
> * Containers (LXC, Docker, podman etc)<br>
> * Kubernetes, what and why<br>
> * ESP32 (firmware, language runtimes and power saving)<br>
> * HomeAssistant<br>
> * Python programming, maybe C, C++ and Java too<br>
> * Introductions to other distros e.g. (Open)SUSE, Elementary OS<br>
> * Basics of electronics<br>
> <br>
> So, go ahead. Feel free to post a list of things you could demo or talk<br>
> about and let me know which of the above you'd like to hear about.<br>
> <br>
> Only rule here is you should offer more than you request...<br>
> <br>
> Ad<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On 05/06/2020 15:37, Adam Sweet wrote:<br>
> > On Weds we discussed the idea of holding regular lightning talk<br>
> > evenings, perhaps once a fortnight or once a month as a prelude to<br>
> > holding longer format talks in future.<br>
> ><br>
> > By lightning talks we mean 5-15 minute introductions to a topic<br>
> that you<br>
> > know something about and can explain to others. Ideally, that would be<br>
> > something geeky or to do with technology but it doesn't have to be, it<br>
> > could be some other area you know about like music, cooking or<br>
> gardening<br>
> > since we're a diverse group and have lots of interests. Perhaps<br>
> > something along the lines of:<br>
> ><br>
> > * Your preferred Linux distro<br>
> > * A particular software application that you know that others might be<br>
> > interested in<br>
> > * What you do in your line of work (sysadmin or dev tools, the<br>
> language<br>
> > or IDE you use, what technologies you use)<br>
> > * Hardware (PC, server, embedded, Arduino, ESP32/ESP8266, radio)<br>
> > * Radio stuff<br>
> > * A particular musical instrument you play and how to get started<br>
> > * Gardening or some other hobby you might have<br>
> ><br>
> > Obviously, being a 5-15 min talk it doesn't need to be a deep<br>
> dive, just<br>
> > an intro and answering some questions.<br>
> ><br>
> > We're an interesting bunch and we have a lot of expertise in different<br>
> > areas of technology and a lot of interests outside of technology<br>
> so I'm<br>
> > sure each of us can come up with something.<br>
> ><br>
> > So, for this coming Wednesday's virtual meeting, I'd like everyone to<br>
> > think of something they could talk about for 5-15 mins on and we'll<br>
> > choose enough to fill maybe an hour.<br>
> ><br>
> > Don't be worried about talking about stuff you think everyone will<br>
> > already know, or won't want to know, or getting something wrong, or<br>
> > being heckled, we're all in the same boat and most of us have<br>
> known each<br>
> > other a long time.<br>
> ><br>
> > I think we'd all like more LUG content, talks and presentations in<br>
> > particular, but nobody actually wants to give them, so we all have<br>
> to be<br>
> > prepared to contribute and this is a low barrier to entry.<br>
> ><br>
> > So, that's the price of admission for the next virtual meeting. If you<br>
> > want to join the conf, then be prepared to talk about something. Do a<br>
> > bit of prep so you know what you're going to say, maybe prepare some<br>
> > slides or do a screen share to show stuff. If we have more than an<br>
> > hour's worth, then maybe you won't have to do yours until the next<br>
> time,<br>
> > but at least you'll have to volunteered and we'll have something<br>
> in the<br>
> > bank for next time.<br>
> ><br>
> > I'm going to post a follow-up containing a list of things I could talk<br>
> > about and a list of things I'd like to hear others talk about.<br>
> ><br>
> > Ad<br>
> ><br>
> <br>
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