<div dir="ltr">I could do something around 3D printing and building the Open Source Marlin printer firmware that runs on various ARM chips in 3D printers. It's something I've been on somewhat of a deep dive on recently. Would need some time to put something together if anyone was interested.<div><br></div><div>Quite keen to to the little lightning talk idea though!</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div>Kris</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 at 18:25, Adam Sweet via Wolves <<a href="mailto:wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk">wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Thanks Chris, I'd be interested all of those. The bottom 5 particularly,<br>
and the first two later on. I've seen your Bergamot talk twice, but you<br>
can do it for those that haven't.<br>
<br>
FWIW, I've put all this stuff up here:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://wolveslug.org.uk/proposed-talks/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://wolveslug.org.uk/proposed-talks/</a><br>
<br>
I'll keep this list updated as people offer subjects they can talk on<br>
and request some they'd be interested in and we can pick them off over time.<br>
<br>
Ad<br>
<br>
<br>
On 05/06/2020 16:50, Chris Ellis via Wolves wrote:<br>
> This is a great idea, and I'd really encourage everyone to try and do<br>
> a short talk. No matter how nervous you might feel about it, people<br>
> won't bite.<br>
> If you think you can't talk about anything that would interest others,<br>
> I'm fairly certain you will be able too, as they say, there is a book<br>
> in everyone.<br>
> <br>
> Things I'm happy to talk on:<br>
> * Ceph - Software Defined Storage - Quick overview and some of the<br>
> pain I went through with it<br>
> * Routed Network Fabrics - How to build really high throughput<br>
> networks dirt cheap using commodity switches and Linux cleverness<br>
> * Bergamot Monitoring - Need I say more<br>
> * ESP32 - What is it and getting started.<br>
> * Containers - Happy to do an intro to Docker / Containers / Podman,<br>
> how to run stuff and how to build containers.<br>
> * Kubernetes - What is it and getting started<br>
> * openSUSE - A quick look at MicroOS and Kubic - new variants of<br>
> openSUSE which are pretty interesting<br>
> * Anything PostgreSQL related<br>
> <br>
> Happy to listen to anything other people want to talk about,<br>
> especially things that they find interesting and are passionate about.<br>
> <br>
> Chris E.<br>
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 4:18 PM Adam Sweet via Wolves<br>
> <<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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 time,<br>
>>> but at least you'll have to volunteered and we'll have something 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>
>><br>
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