<div dir="auto"><div>A snappy title, crikey! Let me have a think!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 7 Jun 2020, 18:01 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:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks Kris. Good to hear from you. I'm sure there would be interest in<br>
that, 3D printing has been discussed on probably the last 2 or 3 virtual<br>
meetings. I don't have one though, so I'd sit quietly in the corner.<br>
<br>
If you could give that a snappy title I can add it to the proposed talks<br>
list.<br>
<br>
Ad<br>
<br>
<br>
On 06/06/2020 02:00, Kris Douglas wrote:<br>
> I could do something around 3D printing and building the Open Source<br>
> Marlin printer firmware that runs on various ARM chips in 3D printers.<br>
> It's something I've been on somewhat of a deep dive on recently. Would<br>
> need some time to put something together if anyone was interested.<br>
> <br>
> Quite keen to to the little lightning talk idea though!<br>
> <br>
> Cheers<br>
> Kris<br>
> <br>
> On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 at 18:25, Adam Sweet via Wolves<br>
> <<a href="mailto:wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a>>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> 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 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<br>
> 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" rel="noreferrer">wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:wolves@mailman.lug.org.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">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<br>
> 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<br>
> would be<br>
> >>> something geeky or to do with technology but it doesn't have to<br>
> 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<br>
> 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<br>
> 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<br>
> 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<br>
> 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.<br>
> If you<br>
> >>> want to join the conf, then be prepared to talk about something.<br>
> 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<br>
> next 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<br>
> 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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