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GTALUG Meeting Tonight at 7:30pm
by hi＠gtalug.org 12 Mar '19

12 Mar '19

<https://gtalug.org/meeting/2019-03/> # FPGAs for Fun, Acceleration, and Profit! w/ Chris Tyler Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) have moved from being expensive, exotic prototyping tools to affordable mainstream devices for hardware customization and acceleration. This talk takes a general look at FPGAs, how to use them, the current technology landscape, the increasing use of FPGAs as cloud, leaf, and server accelerators, and related technology initiatives around standardization and cache coherence. ## Location George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 245 Church Street, Room 203 Ryerson University <https://goo.gl/maps/16oJ2> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/23447525> ## Schedule * 6:00 pm - Please discuss on the general mailing list (i.e. <talk(a)gtalug.org>) where you want to go for dinner. * 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation. * 9:00 pm - After each meeting, a group of GTALUGers move to The Imperial Pub (54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more socialising. # Code of Conduct We want a productive happy community that can welcome new ideas, improve every process every year, and foster collaboration between individuals with differing needs, interests and skills. We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation from those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure that diverse groups collaborate to mutual advantage and enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that could jeopardise the participation of any person in the community. The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in private whenever the Linux community will be judged by our actions. We expect it to be honoured by everyone who represents the community officially or informally, claims affiliation or participates directly. It applies to activities online or offline. We invite anybody to participate. Our community is open. Please read more about the GTALUG Code of Conduct here: <https://gtalug.org/about/code-of-conduct/>. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the GTALUG Code of Conduct please contact the GTALUG Board @ <board(a)gtalug.org>.

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CANCELLED - NO GTALUG TODAY
by hi＠gtalug.org 12 Feb '19

12 Feb '19

<https://gtalug.org/meeting/2019-02/> # NO GTALUG TODAY Due to weather, our venue is closed. We encourage folks to be safe and avoid travel today.

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GTALUG Meeting Feburary 12th at 7:30pm
by hi＠gtalug.org 23 Jan '19

23 Jan '19

<https://gtalug.org/meeting/2019-02/> # FPGAs for Fun, Acceleration, and Profit! w/ Chris Tyler Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) have moved from being expensive, exotic prototyping tools to affordable mainstream devices for hardware customization and acceleration. This talk takes a general look at FPGAs, how to use them, the current technology landscape, the increasing use of FPGAs as cloud, leaf, and server accelerators, and related technology initiatives around standardization and cache coherence. ## Location George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 245 Church Street, Room 203 Ryerson University <https://goo.gl/maps/16oJ2> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/23447525> ## Schedule * 6:00 pm - Please discuss on the general mailing list (i.e. <talk(a)gtalug.org>) where you want to go for dinner. * 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation. * 9:00 pm - After each meeting, a group of GTALUGers move to The Imperial Pub (54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more socialising. # Code of Conduct We want a productive happy community that can welcome new ideas, improve every process every year, and foster collaboration between individuals with differing needs, interests and skills. We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation from those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure that diverse groups collaborate to mutual advantage and enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that could jeopardise the participation of any person in the community. The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in private whenever the Linux community will be judged by our actions. We expect it to be honoured by everyone who represents the community officially or informally, claims affiliation or participates directly. It applies to activities online or offline. We invite anybody to participate. Our community is open. Please read more about the GTALUG Code of Conduct here: <https://gtalug.org/about/code-of-conduct/>. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the GTALUG Code of Conduct please contact the GTALUG Board @ <board(a)gtalug.org>.

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GTALUG Meeting Tomorrow, 7:30pm
by hi＠gtalug.org 07 Jan '19

07 Jan '19

<https://gtalug.org/meeting/2019-01/> # Lightning Talks Lighting Talks nights are your chance to share your experiances or topic of interest in 10min or less. This rounds recommened theme is Linux Distrobutions, but the floor is open to all comers! Got a Lightning talk already in mind, please give us a heads up at speakers(a)gtalug.org! Or sign-up at the meeting, we look forward to hearing from you! ## Location George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 245 Church Street, Room 203 Ryerson University <https://goo.gl/maps/16oJ2> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/23447525> ## Schedule * 6:00 pm - Please discuss on the general mailing list (i.e. <talk(a)gtalug.org>) where you want to go for dinner. * 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation. * 9:00 pm - After each meeting, a group of GTALUGers move to The Imperial Pub (54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more socialising. # Code of Conduct We want a productive happy community that can welcome new ideas, improve every process every year, and foster collaboration between individuals with differing needs, interests and skills. We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation from those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure that diverse groups collaborate to mutual advantage and enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that could jeopardise the participation of any person in the community. The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in private whenever the Linux community will be judged by our actions. We expect it to be honoured by everyone who represents the community officially or informally, claims affiliation or participates directly. It applies to activities online or offline. We invite anybody to participate. Our community is open. Please read more about the GTALUG Code of Conduct here: <https://gtalug.org/about/code-of-conduct/>. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the GTALUG Code of Conduct please contact the GTALUG Board @ <board(a)gtalug.org>.

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GTALUG Meeting on Tuesday 8 Jan @ 7:30pm
by hi＠gtalug.org 02 Jan '19

02 Jan '19

<https://gtalug.org/meeting/2019-01/> # Lightning Talks Lighting Talks nights are your chance to share your experiances or topic of interest in 10min or less. This rounds recommened theme is Linux Distrobutions, but the floor is open to all comers! Got a Lightning talk already in mind, please give us a heads up at speakers(a)gtalug.org! Or sign-up at the meeting, we look forward to hearing from you! ## Location George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 245 Church Street, Room 203 Ryerson University <https://goo.gl/maps/16oJ2> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/23447525> ## Schedule * 6:00 pm - Please discuss on the general mailing list (i.e. <talk(a)gtalug.org>) where you want to go for dinner. * 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation. * 9:00 pm - After each meeting, a group of GTALUGers move to The Imperial Pub (54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more socialising. # Code of Conduct We want a productive happy community that can welcome new ideas, improve every process every year, and foster collaboration between individuals with differing needs, interests and skills. We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation from those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure that diverse groups collaborate to mutual advantage and enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that could jeopardise the participation of any person in the community. The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in private whenever the Linux community will be judged by our actions. We expect it to be honoured by everyone who represents the community officially or informally, claims affiliation or participates directly. It applies to activities online or offline. We invite anybody to participate. Our community is open. Please read more about the GTALUG Code of Conduct here: <https://gtalug.org/about/code-of-conduct/>. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the GTALUG Code of Conduct please contact the GTALUG Board @ <board(a)gtalug.org>.

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GTALUG Meeting Tonight
by hi＠gtalug.org 11 Dec '18

11 Dec '18

<https://gtalug.org/meeting/2018-12/> # VDO for CentOS, RHEL and beyond w/ Aaren deJong VDO is the new storage layer from Red Hat for block level compression, deduplication and zero-block omission. It's not just for RHEL and it's likely the start of something bigger for open-source storage. Those familiar with (open)ZFS might find this familiar and/or interesting. ## Location George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 245 Church Street, Room 203 Ryerson University <https://goo.gl/maps/16oJ2> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/23447525> ## Schedule * 6:00 pm - Please discuss on the general mailing list (i.e. <talk(a)gtalug.org>) where you want to go for dinner. * 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation. * 9:00 pm - After each meeting, a group of GTALUGers move to The Imperial Pub (54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more socialising. # Code of Conduct We want a productive happy community that can welcome new ideas, improve every process every year, and foster collaboration between individuals with differing needs, interests and skills. We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation from those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure that diverse groups collaborate to mutual advantage and enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that could jeopardise the participation of any person in the community. The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in private whenever the Linux community will be judged by our actions. We expect it to be honoured by everyone who represents the community officially or informally, claims affiliation or participates directly. It applies to activities online or offline. We invite anybody to participate. Our community is open. Please read more about the GTALUG Code of Conduct here: <https://gtalug.org/about/code-of-conduct/>. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the GTALUG Code of Conduct please contact the GTALUG Board @ <board(a)gtalug.org>.

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GTALUG Meeting on Tuesday 11 December at 7:30pm
by hi＠gtalug.org 22 Nov '18

22 Nov '18

<https://gtalug.org/meeting/2018-12/> # VDO for CentOS, RHEL and beyond w/ Aaren deJong VDO is the new storage layer from Red Hat for block level compression, deduplication and zero-block omission. It's not just for RHEL and it's likely the start of something bigger for open-source storage. Those familiar with (open)ZFS might find this familiar and/or interesting. ## Location George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 245 Church Street, Room 203 Ryerson University <https://goo.gl/maps/16oJ2> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/23447525> ## Schedule * 6:00 pm - Please discuss on the general mailing list (i.e. <talk(a)gtalug.org>) where you want to go for dinner. * 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation. * 9:00 pm - After each meeting, a group of GTALUGers move to The Imperial Pub (54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more socialising. # Code of Conduct We want a productive happy community that can welcome new ideas, improve every process every year, and foster collaboration between individuals with differing needs, interests and skills. We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation from those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure that diverse groups collaborate to mutual advantage and enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that could jeopardise the participation of any person in the community. The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in private whenever the Linux community will be judged by our actions. We expect it to be honoured by everyone who represents the community officially or informally, claims affiliation or participates directly. It applies to activities online or offline. We invite anybody to participate. Our community is open. Please read more about the GTALUG Code of Conduct here: <https://gtalug.org/about/code-of-conduct/>. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the GTALUG Code of Conduct please contact the GTALUG Board @ <board(a)gtalug.org>.

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In The Community
by hi＠gtalug.org 14 Nov '18

14 Nov '18

# In The Community # November ## Toronto.js JS Workshop * Wednesday, 14th, 6:30pm * 1266 Queen St. West Suite #6 https://www.meetup.com/torontojs/events/bqlmqpyxpbrb/ ## Hacklab Toronto Junk Independence Day * Sunday, 18th 2pm - 7pm * 1266 Queen St. West Suite #6 * https://hacklab.to/archives/junk-independence-day-nov-18th/ ## Serverless Toronto Using Event Streams to orchestrate a Serverless Application * Tuesday, 20th, 6pm * Myplanet (Bank of Upper Canada Building), 252 Adelaide St. E. * https://www.meetup.com/Serverless-Toronto/events/254389273/ ## Toronto Perl Mongers * Thursday, 29th, 7pm * FlightNetwork, 145 King St West Suite 1400 * https://www.meetup.com/Toronto-Perl-Mongers/events/rhsxwpyxpbdc/ ## DEFCON Toronto (DC416) Exploring Hacked Data Services & Defending against the Magecart Gang * Thursday, 29th, 6pm * Bluecat, 4100 Yonge Street (3rd floor) * https://www.meetup.com/DEFCON416/events/256240821/ # December ## Polyhack Toronto * Wednesday, 5th, 7pm * H Bar, 859 Queen Street W * https://www.meetup.com/polyhackTO/events/255984757/ *** If you have an event to add to this monthly list, please contact: scott [at] gtalug [dot] org.

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GTALUG Meeting Tonight
by hi＠gtalug.org 13 Nov '18

13 Nov '18

<https://gtalug.org/meeting/2018-11/> # Blockchain, the technology not the hype with Paul Mullins Let's take a look at what technologies were remixed and labelled blockchain and how blockchain has evolved since these ideas came together in Staoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin white paper of 2008. ## Location George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 245 Church Street, Room 203 Ryerson University <https://goo.gl/maps/16oJ2> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/23447525> ## Schedule * 6:00 pm - Please discuss on the general mailing list (i.e. <talk(a)gtalug.org>) where you want to go for dinner. * 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation. * 9:00 pm - After each meeting, a group of GTALUGers move to The Imperial Pub (54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more socialising. # Code of Conduct We want a productive happy community that can welcome new ideas, improve every process every year, and foster collaboration between individuals with differing needs, interests and skills. We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation from those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure that diverse groups collaborate to mutual advantage and enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that could jeopardise the participation of any person in the community. The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in private whenever the Linux community will be judged by our actions. We expect it to be honoured by everyone who represents the community officially or informally, claims affiliation or participates directly. It applies to activities online or offline. We invite anybody to participate. Our community is open. Please read more about the GTALUG Code of Conduct here: <https://gtalug.org/about/code-of-conduct/>. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the GTALUG Code of Conduct please contact the GTALUG Board @ <board(a)gtalug.org>.

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Special Event: Seatbelts and Airbags for Bash w/ Michael Potter
by hi＠gtalug.org 16 Oct '18

16 Oct '18

# Special Event: Seatbelts and Airbags for Bash w/ Michael Potter https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/seatbelts-and-airbags-for-bash-tickets-51177497… ## Date and Time Wed, 17 October 2018 6:45 PM – 9:00 PM EDT # Location Hacklab.TO 1266 Queen Street West Suite #6 Toronto, Ontario M6K 1L3 # Abstract: This presentation will focus on the underutilized features of bash that are critical to building production quality scripts. Demos will show you how to turn on options and error trapping that expose the hidden time bombs in the code. Turning these features on should be considered a requirement, much like turning on “strict” and “warnings” is considered a requirement for Perl programs. Also, as much of the bash syntax has become outdated, the presentation will explain which syntax is best to use and which syntax to avoid. Knowledge of any of the common UNIX scripting languages will be sufficient to understand the presentation and script authors at all proficiency levels should find value in attending. Although the presentation does not address differences between Korn shell and bash, much of what will be discussed also applies to Korn shell. # Bio: Michael Potter is a long time UNIX user and C developer and more recently a consultant to insurance companies. He is a proponent of strongly typed languages which inspired him to try to "fix" bash by using its underutilized features to make it more reliable. Please arrive early to be seated, presentation will start at 7pm sharp.

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