From lugmaster at lincolnlug.org.uk  Thu Apr  1 08:13:05 2021
From: lugmaster at lincolnlug.org.uk (Lincoln LUG)
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2021 08:13:05 -0000
Subject: [Lincoln LUG] Lincoln LUG meeting - Wednesday 21st July 2021 @ 7pm
Message-ID: <606580552fba8@lincolnlug.org.uk>

Hello LUG folk

Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday 21st July 2021 @ 7pm. Join us
for some Linux and tech related chit-chat.


Meeting info page: https://lincolnlug.org.uk/meetings/2021-07-21

=== Meeting Location ===

Lincoln Bowl, Washingborough Road, Lincoln. LN4 1EF.
Map: https://lincolnlug.org.uk/meetings/location

The venue kindly provide us with the use of one of their party rooms (the
small room found opposite the reception desk). Free WiFi is provided and
there is a good selection of food and drinks that can be ordered at the bar.
See the menu: https://www.lincolnbowl.co.uk/restaurant-menu/

=== Latest Distro Releases ===

Find out which distros have seen new releases since our last meeting. New
releases include:

    * 04/01 Lite 5.4
    * 03/31 deepin 20.2
    * 03/31 Alpine 3.13.4
    * 03/31 Q4OS 4.4-testing
    * 03/31 Bluestar 5.11.10
    * 03/31 CloudReady 87.4.31
    * 03/30 Proxmox "MG" 6.4
    * 03/30 Kodachi 8.3
    * 03/30 Nitrux 2021.03.30
    * 03/30 Snal 1.3

Full list: https://lincolnlug.org.uk/meetings/2021-07-21/releases

=== Linux News This Month ===

Not sure what to talk about at our next meeting? Take a look at what's been
happening elsewhere since our last meeting.
See: https://lincolnlug.org.uk/meetings/2021-07-21/news


If you have any questions about our next meeting, or you would like to
suggest a topic or talk, please get in touch.

Have a great day and hopefully see you at our next meeting!

--
Philip Newborough (@corenominal)
lugmaster at lincolnlug.org.uk
https://lincolnlug.org.uk

Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/lincolnlug
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From becky.newborough at gmail.com  Tue Apr 20 07:38:16 2021
From: becky.newborough at gmail.com (Rebecca Newborough)
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2021 07:38:16 -0000
Subject: [Lincoln LUG] Fwd: [lugmaster] Seeking new sponsors and donations
 for Slackware UK.
In-Reply-To: <9332s316-29p9-87r-sr37-o95q5o397@nsgreqnex.bet.hx>
References: <9332s316-29p9-87r-sr37-o95q5o397@nsgreqnex.bet.hx>
Message-ID: <CAKAng80g=4Oheb7MG3ppL5GtdkyY1qxskYLvmCfdVK8pMGN+hQ@mail.gmail.com>

Hi everyone

Hope you are all keeping well. Please see the email below from Darren to
source some sponsors/donations for Slackware UK.

Cheers

Becky

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Darren 'Tadgy' Austin <lists at afterdark.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2021 at 22:10
Subject: [lugmaster] Seeking new sponsors and donations for Slackware UK.
To: A closed discussion list for UK LUGMasters. <
lugmaster at mailman.lug.org.uk>


I'd appreciate it if you could forward this onto your LUGs - thanks!

Hi,
  Some of you in the Slackware Linux community may know me already, but
others
may not - I'm Darren 'Tadgy' Austin and I operate the Slackware UK
[https://slackware.uk/] mirror and hosting service specifically targeted at
the Slackware Linux [https://slackware.com/] community.

The service has been running for over 10 years now, with sponsorship and
support from a private company in the UK, File Away Limited
[https://www.file-away.co.uk/], who I have to thank for their unwavering
support over this time - I couldn't have continued the service without
their
help.

File Away's support has allowed the service to grow and grow to what it is
today.  From simply offering a mirror of Slackware Linux at the end of a
2MB
SDSL connection, to also offering free hosting of projects on dedicated
servers with Gigabit connectivity for all things Slackware!

I would like to think Slackware UK has grown to be one of the largest
repositories of Slackware related projects and files on the internet - in
fact, I cannot think of anywhere else that provides access to so many
resources in one location.

But Slackware UK isn't just about mirroring software that you can find
elsewhere on the internet - I offer free full file hosting to Slackware
related projects, distributions and package maintainers.  There are several
projects which utilise Slackware UK as their primary hosting solution;
including SlackwareARM [https://arm.slackware.com/] and SlackwareARM for
the
Raspberry Pi (SARPi) [https://sarpi.penthux.net/], Absolute Linux
[https://www.absolutelinux.org/], Freeslack [http://freeslack.net/], Slint
[https://slint.fr/], Cinnamon SlackBuild (CSB)
[https://cinnamonslackbuilds.github.io/] and MATE SlackBuild (MSB)
[https://mateslackbuilds.github.io/], to name but a few.  I also offer a
mirror of the entire Slackware Linux trees as well as packages provided by
the
Slackware core dev team members alienBOB (Eric Hameleers) and rworkman
(Robby
Workman).  I also maintain an in-house cumulative archive (thanks to
alienBOB
for the bootstrap) of all packages distributed since the very first release
of
Slackware64.

As I mentioned before, the service has been supported for many years by
File
Away Limited.  However, recently and unfortunately, I have had word from
File
Away that they may no longer be able to continue funding (paying the
bills!)
of the main Slackware UK server after this years contract with the
dedicated
server provider ends.  Obviously this could be a blow to the continued
availability of the service going forward.

So, why am I reaching out to the community?

The primary reason is to try and find sponsors who may like to provide
funding
for the Slackware UK services in order to keep this valuable and widely
used
project operational.  If you know of, or perhaps work for, a company who
may
be inclined to support a project like Slackware UK with sponsorship or
donations to the cause, please, please either pass their details to me so I
can make a direct approach, or facilitate an introduction between us
yourself?

Finding new sponsors who can financially support the project would be
fantastic - especially if those sponsors already have something to do with
Slackware (using it in their products or company, or regularly use one of
the
projects hosted on Slackware UK, perhaps?).

However, If you cannot help by providing a contact or introduction, that
brings me onto the second objective of this approach: donations or
patronage.

If you would like to contribute to the cause but don't have any contacts to
offer, please consider a donation, if you have the means?
I currently have a GoFundMe fundraiser [https://gofund.me/87934ce3]
running,
with the goal of bringing in enough donations to see the project through
the
next 3 years of operation.  But I do understand this may be a lofty goal
and
you may wish to show your support with a one off PayPal payment
[https://paypal.me/DonateToSlackwareUK] or a continuing patronage through
Patreon [https://patreon.com/SlackwareUK].  Any donations are gratefully
received and every little bit helps :)

Finally, I would appreciate it if you could spread this message through
your
circle of contacts, be that a group you are involved with (a LUG, Facebook
group, etc.) a mailing list, or any other personal contacts far and wide.

Please note that all donations and sponsorship are kept strictly for the
use
of services provided by Slackware UK, in a seperate bank account.  I do not
profit or take any sort of payment for running the service.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and any bit of support you can
offer!

Darren Austin.


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From becky.newborough at gmail.com  Thu Apr 22 15:43:20 2021
From: becky.newborough at gmail.com (Rebecca Newborough)
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 15:43:20 -0000
Subject: [Lincoln LUG] Fwd: [lugmaster] Talk: Greg Kurtzer and R. Leigh
 Hennig from the Rocky Linux project
In-Reply-To: <7098c5f5-acde-27ce-1378-bb46eb727e39@gmail.com>
References: <55039f18-4f7b-1802-2ece-46232cd735f6@gmail.com>
 <7098c5f5-acde-27ce-1378-bb46eb727e39@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAKAng81hOnAsyovDt7+D_dggW0hg2GFPkan4sa=B8EE3H2ijzw@mail.gmail.com>

Hi

Details of a talk being hosted by Wolves LUG if you wish to join them.

Regards

Becky

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Adam Sweet <adamsweet at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 at 12:07
Subject: Re: [lugmaster] Talk: Greg Kurtzer and R. Leigh Hennig from the
Rocky Linux project
To: A closed discussion list for UK LUGMasters. <
lugmaster at mailman.lug.org.uk>


As a reminder, this is next Wednesday. I'd be grateful if you could
remind your LUGs and ask people to sign up via Meetup.com so we know
whether we're going to need to pay for one of the Zoom large meetings
addons to increase the number of attendees permitted.

As discussed previously, there's no need for a Zoom account and it is
possible to watch it on the web without installing the Zoom client.

If people really don't want to sign up via Meetup.com,  I'll be posting
the Zoom details here on the day:

https://wolveslug.org.uk/event/talk-rocky-linux-28th-april-2021/

If you haven't already, please retweet/share the following links. I've
been doing everything I can think of to promote the event and I could do
with as much help as possible.

https://twitter.com/LugWolves/status/1379396700809351176

https://www.facebook.com/events/535037241224512

Ad


On 06/04/2021 18:06, Adam Sweet wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> On the evening of Wednesday 28th April 2021, Rocky Linux founder and
> Executive Director Greg Kurtzer and Director of Operations R. Leigh
> Hennig will be talking about Rocky Linux.
>
> After the news that CentOS 8 will be EOL this year and transition to a
> rolling release model, Greg Kurtzer, original founder of the CentOS
> project announced Rocky Linux, a free, community-run drop in replacement
> for CentOS and RHEL. The first release candidate of Rocky Linux is
> expected by 30th April 2021 and an official release by mid-2021.
>
> Greg and Leigh will be talking about the formation and status of Rocky
> Linux, answer questions that sysadmins might have and how users can
> contribute to the success of Rocky Linux.
>
> It’s a big deal getting these guys to speak to us just as Rocky Linux is
> poised to be the big Linux distro story of the year. We’re really
> excited about this one, please join us.
>
> More details here:
>
> https://wolveslug.org.uk/event/talk-rocky-linux-28th-april-2021/
>
> There is a tweet and a Facebook event here for you to share:
>
> https://twitter.com/LugWolves/status/1379396700809351176
>
> https://www.facebook.com/events/535037241224512
>
> Please share and retweet those far and wide, all are welcome.
>
> There's a social before and after the talk so please feel free to hang
> around and chat.
>
> Regards,
>
> Adam Sweet
> Wolves LUG


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From becky.newborough at gmail.com  Thu Apr 22 16:43:18 2021
From: becky.newborough at gmail.com (Rebecca Newborough)
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 16:43:18 -0000
Subject: [Lincoln LUG] Fwd: [lugmaster] Talk 29th April 21 @Shropshire LUG
 Reverse Engineering by example
In-Reply-To: <1974779475.1375607.1619107977774@mail.yahoo.com>
References: <1974779475.1375607.1619107977774.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
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Message-ID: <CAKAng83Y0M5b+uhFOBB8-hHX2L0FgEx_u771s09emSpF8Jhs=w@mail.gmail.com>

Hi

You wait for a talk and then 2 come along on the same day.  Shropshire LUG
are hosting this one - sign up details below.

Cheers

Becky

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From: emails081-register--- via lugmaster <lugmaster at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 at 17:13
Subject: [lugmaster] Talk 29th April 21 @Shropshire LUG Reverse Engineering
by example
To: UK LUG Masters' private discussion <lugmaster at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Cc: emails081-register at yahoo.co.uk <emails081-register at yahoo.co.uk>


Reverse Engineering by example - Migrate and re-engineer closed source
solutions
Presented by  Dr Heather Lomond

This talk will be the tale of some reverse engineering, trial and error,
lucky guesses and hours of analysis of many GBytes of data that finally
led to the Longmynd Receiver. Longmynd is now a fully functional
implementation on the RPI, has been used as the software basis for 3 new
receivers, is fully Open Source (available on GitHUB), has been widely
adopted in the ATV community and has won 2 significant awards for
innovation in the Amateur radio world.

Feel free to pass on to your  members maybe even see you there !
https://www.meetup.com/novalug/events/277398470/
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From acontractornow at yahoo.co.uk  Thu Apr 22 16:47:11 2021
From: acontractornow at yahoo.co.uk (John Alexander)
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 16:47:11 -0000
Subject: [Lincoln LUG] Fwd: [lugmaster] Talk 29th April 21 @Shropshire
 LUG Reverse Engineering by example
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References: <1974779475.1375607.1619107977774.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
 <1974779475.1375607.1619107977774@mail.yahoo.com>
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    On Thursday, 22 April 2021, 17:43:27 BST, Rebecca Newborough via Lincoln <lincoln at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:  
 
 Hi
You wait for a talk and then 2 come along on the same day.  Shropshire LUG are hosting this one - sign up details below. 
Cheers
Becky
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From: emails081-register--- via lugmaster <lugmaster at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 at 17:13
Subject: [lugmaster] Talk 29th April 21 @Shropshire LUG Reverse Engineering by example
To: UK LUG Masters' private discussion <lugmaster at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Cc: emails081-register at yahoo.co.uk <emails081-register at yahoo.co.uk>



Reverse Engineering by example - Migrate and re-engineer closed source solutions
Presented by  Dr Heather Lomond
This talk will be the tale of some reverse engineering, trial and error,
lucky guesses and hours of analysis of many GBytes of data that finally
led to the Longmynd Receiver. Longmynd is now a fully functional
implementation on the RPI, has been used as the software basis for 3 new receivers, is fully Open Source (available on GitHUB), has been widely adopted in the ATV community and has won 2 significant awards for innovation in the Amateur radio world.
Feel free to pass on to your  members maybe even see you there !
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