The Meeting Place for Linux Users
Presentation: Dr. Bob talked about how RC Helicopters are economical and useful, but without guidance they can be frustrating to learn. If you don’t have an instructor, you can still reduce costly accidents and frustration by learning a few key… Read more2017-12-09 Meeting
Presentation: Carl Miller talked about and demonstrated the use of SELinux on a Fedora workstation. In particular he focused on the getenforce, setenforce, sealert and restorecon commands. We also had a lively discussion about the use of VLANs and IP… Read more2017-11-11 Meeting
There was no meeting in October because The Continuum was this weekend.
Presentation: Joe Miller (KJ8O) is a licensed amateur radio operator who demonstrated digital radio modes useful to connect computer to computer over distances (multi-mile) well beyond normal wifi. He explained how to get started, where to get software for unlicensed… Read more2017-09-09 Meeting
No meeting. Taking a summer break.
No meeting. Taking a summer break.
Presentation: Raspberry Pi, Headless Dr. Meier described considerations and procedures to setup a raspberry pi without monitor, mouse, or keyboard. Especially useful for standalone servers, kiosks, and embedded hardware applications. He showed how to modify Raspbian image, for first time… Read more2017-06-10 Meeting
Presentation: Dual monitor configuration in Linux. Rich brought in his system and we discovered that the problems he experienced were from his video card. After swapping it out everything worked as expected. We also had plenty of time to discuss… Read more2017-05-13 Meeting
Presentation: Managing the Webserver at DPL. Victor Ibegbu, Assistant Director for Information Systems of the Detroit Public Library, talked about how their web server caters to a wider variety of users than most servers and do so within a very… Read more2017-04-08 Meeting
Presentation: Raspberry Pi Goodness. Gibson Nichols provided a hands-on exploration of the Raspberry PI, which is a small inexpensive computer that can be used for a wide variety of solutions. We did a walk-thru of a project to build a… Read more2017-03-11 Meeting