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Oculus Quest now available
by Evan Leibovitch 12 Apr '20

12 Apr '20

Hi all. For those of you experimenting with Virtual Reality: The $550 Oculus Quest, best VR headset that doesn't require tethering to a PC, has been nearly impossible to get (at regular price) since September. It's now for sale at both Amazon and Best Buy. Delivery only -- no in-store pickup because the stores are closed. Best Buy can ship faster right now but its just being available for purchase on either site is not very common. -- Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada @evanleibovitch or @el56

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Google GCP
by Ansar Mohammed 12 Apr '20

12 Apr '20

It’s not as mature as AWS or Azure, but you can get a free (no time restriction) Linux VM in GCP. You need a credit card to sign up, but there is no charge on the card if you don’t use anything else.

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LonTV on Jitsi (and Zoom)
by D. Hugh Redelmeier 08 Apr '20

08 Apr '20

LonTV is a YouTube channel. I often find he talks about things I'm interested in. He doesn't focus on Linux but he does install it to test systems once in a while. In the 2020 April 6 episode he talks about Jitsi and then about Zoom security issues. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRaTFDMk67g> This reflect's Lon's change of thinking since this 2020 March 30 episode. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqWamqiaF00> If you are going to watch both, I suppose that it would be best watching them in cronological order. (I'm only now watching the earlier one.) I had not bothered to read up on Jitsi (or Zoom). I learned from Lon that a hosted Jitsi is available with no charge. Of course that might have security problems. Hosting Jitsi on one's own system would reduce those concerns (but not eliminate them).

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Losing Whoozin
by John Moniz 06 Apr '20

06 Apr '20

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[GTALUG-Announce] Meeting on Tuesday, April 14 at 07:30 PM
by hi＠gtalug.org 06 Apr '20

06 Apr '20

<https://gtalug.org/meeting/2020-04/> # Round Table Q&A A Round Table Q&A Session is where we take questions from the audience, and the audience discusses and attempts to answer those questions from their own knowledge. It's a great way to meet fellow members of our community and discover the skill sets we each bring to the table. There will be no video recording during the session. Due to global pandemic we are going to hold this session virtually in zoom. Zoom meeting URL: https://zoom.us/j/555304054?pwd=eWdoNlBWUGtXMXZrN1RmZ2tCTEE2UT09 Meeting ID: 555 304 054 Password: 077170 One tap mobile: +16473744685,,555304054 +15873281099,,555304054 Dial by your location(Canada): * +1-647-374-4685 * +1-647-558-0588 * +1-587-328-1099 * +1-778-907-2071 * +1-438-809-7799 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/acqLA3Cd7V ## Location Zoom meeting ## Schedule * 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation. # 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>. --- GTALUG Announce mailing list announce(a)gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

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Planning April Meeting
by Alex Volkov 06 Apr '20

06 Apr '20

Hello Everyone, We're thinking of doing April meeting online, we're thinking of having a Q&A. Which of the teleconference software do you find the most comfortable to work with? * Zoom * Hangouts * Jitsi * Something completely different * Let's just skip a meeting Please reply to this email so we can gauge the interest in the next meeting. Thank you, Alex.

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Pingdom's odd security choices
by Giles Orr 02 Apr '20

02 Apr '20

We use Pingdom at work, and have been very happy with it. They provide a simple service, but they do it pretty well and generate good statistics and graphs in the process. But today I had an extraordinary experience: I switched two back-end Nginx servers to TLS 1.3 only (the public accesses HAProxy servers that front these servers still provide TLS 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3). And the instant I did, Pingdom declared both of them down. They were demonstrably up. So I emailed Pingdom, and got this rather astonishing response: "Thanks for contacting us!" "I'm afraid that at the moment we don't support TLS 1.3" "I will however tag this up as a feature request for future development, although I can not give an ETA on when it'll become available. We do also have a public forum available here where feature requests can be submitted for product management to read!" As I replied back to them, TLS 1.3 is available in all the major browsers AND all the major web servers. Don't make me choose between security and my alerting system ... I'm not really looking for replies here (although I'd be interested if anyone does). I was just so gobsmacked by this I wanted to share - and warn people that Pingdom may not be keeping up with the times. -- Giles https://www.gilesorr.com/ gilesorr(a)gmail.com

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[GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG: COVID-19 Impact
by Christopher Browne 31 Mar '20

31 Mar '20

The ongoing COVID-19 problem has made it impossible to hold our monthly meetings at Ryerson. Our meetings are held at Ryerson University; the University has declared [1] that, to help diminish the spread of the virus, they are eliminating all discretionary activities on (and off) campus until May 1, 2020. GTALUG certainly falls in the "discretionary activity" category, therefore we do not have availability of that space. It is, of course, entirely likely that the May 1 date will shift as the situation evolves. Further, the Ontario Government has banned getting together in groups of 50 or more [2] (it would be no surprise for that to go down further), and in view of the risks of the virus, it would not be at all responsible for GTALUG to attempt to shift to other locations; that would not fit well with the "social and physical distancing" concept in use to try to diminish spread of the virus. We are trying to see what we can do about alternative mechanisms, so that discussions may take place online. The mailing list remains active, of course; we hope to see more ideas emerge over the next couple of weeks. [1] https://www.ryerson.ca/news-events/news/2020/03/president-mohamed-lachemi-a… [2] https://www.ontario.ca/page/2019-novel-coronavirus -- Chris Browne --- GTALUG Announce mailing list announce(a)gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/announce

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What have people been using for remote meetings?
by Dave Collier-Brown 29 Mar '20

29 Mar '20

My work has the usual dreck, plus bluejeans which is passible, but do people have favorites for non-one-to-one work? --dave -- David Collier-Brown, | Always do right. This will gratify System Programmer and Author | some people and astonish the rest dave.collier-brown(a)indexexchange.com | -- Mark Twain CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER : This telecommunication, including any and all attachments, contains confidential information intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. Any dissemination, distribution, copying or disclosure is strictly prohibited and is not a waiver of confidentiality. If you have received this telecommunication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return electronic mail and delete the message from your inbox and deleted items folders. This telecommunication does not constitute an express or implied agreement to conduct transactions by electronic means, nor does it constitute a contract offer, a contract amendment or an acceptance of a contract offer. Contract terms contained in this telecommunication are subject to legal review and the completion of formal documentation and are not binding until same is confirmed in writing and has been signed by an authorized signatory.

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Video of our march meeting
by Alex Volkov 25 Mar '20

25 Mar '20

Hello Everyone, Here's the video of our March meeting. Ham Radio with a side of Linux with Alan Heighway -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzE3nnzs9PM Alex.

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