The Discussion: We had a good discussion about various topics including: How to troubleshoot a microphone using Jitsi on Firefox TPM vs. Secure Boot Check for presence of a Trusted Platform Module in Linux (dmesg | grep -i tpm) Lynis… Read more2024-03-09 Meeting

The Discussion: We had a long a varied discussion about various topics including: Recent short-lived glitch on the mdlug.org server Using dosbox to play older DOS games, like The Incredible Machine Dictation software, which converts speech to text Vocal keyboard,… Read more2024-02-10 Meeting

The Discussion: We had a long a varied discussion about various topics including: Backup solutions which enable bare-metal restoration Hardware vulnerabilities in Apple (and perhaps Android) devices Automated file synchronization across multiple devices Flash fraud, and how to verify capacity… Read more2024-01-13 Meeting

The Discussion: We talked about the OpenSimulator Community Conference which was occurring this same weekend.  This conference was about virtual reality and it was hosted within virtual reality.  We considered the various clients, both 2D and 3D, the choice of… Read more2023-12-09 Meeting

The Discussion: We started the meeting with a major digression…Windows 11 minus the crud.  For a fresh install, it’s as easy as selecting “English/World” instead of “English/US”.  After the installation has completed, change to location preferences to United States.  Most… Read more2023-11-11 Meeting

The Discussion: Richard and Dennis talked about LED light bulbs and the various shades available.  They covered the advantages and disadvantages  of soft light and daylight shades. Dean offered some free servers which led into a further discussion of community… Read more2023-10-14 Meeting

The Presentation: We all heckled, enjoyed, and disagreed with The Linux Tier List, where Chris Titus shared his opinions on various Linux distros.  We even learned a bit in the process. The Discussion: Dennis talked about his frustration with the… Read more2023-09-09 Meeting

Carl gave a quick intro to virtualization. The qemu set of programs allow a virtual machine to be created using almost any type of virtual hardware.  So it is easy to create anything from a virtual i386 with a meg… Read more2023-08-12 Meeting

Carl unfortunately wasn’t able to attend or to present a demo of qemu and libvirt.  He will do this at the August meeting. Rich provided this quick summary of the meeting: Conversation for the whole time was as usual as… Read more2023-07-08 Meeting

We had another wide open discussion including various topics: An written by ChatGPT about TPM chips. A shot of Donald Trump’s bathroom. A website Pat recommends about privacy related info. The ultimate mesh network, helium, and its explorer. Richard started… Read more2023-06-10 Meeting