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FDD/USB emulator
by Zbigniew Koziol 21 Mar '16

21 Mar '16

Dears, Did anyone around had anything with these? Since FDD is commonly not used anymore and since there is still around a lot of equipment using it some fine people come with the idea of building a replacement for FDD that would emulate its functioning while the data would be stored on USB pen drive. It is indeed a good idea: I guess that a mass production of the device should be no more than around 20-50 $ while these units are sold for up to 500 US$ (in Poland up to 500 PLN, which is 4 times less). Where that is used? Very often still, in programmable musical instruments and, first of all, in machines used in industry. I am landed now at the National Center for Nuclear Research near Warsaw, Poland. And I was given such a toy, a FDD/USB emulator (EMUF-720F), for installing it in Robofill 200 machine which is used for wire-cutting metal. I am fine with that. After some Internet searching I know already, mostly, how to use it. With one exception: I do not know how to boot the machine from that emulator. Help is to be sincerely appreciated. zb. -- Zbigniew Kozioł http://nanophysics.pl mobile: +48 507 330 216

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WD PiDrive
by D. Hugh Redelmeier 15 Mar '16

15 Mar '16

2.5" drive designed for Raspberry Pi by Western Digital. 3.14 x 10^11 bytes US$31.40 Not available in Canada :-( <http://wdlabs.wd.com/products/wd-pidrive-314gb/>

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ECFS - memory analysis of a process snapshot.
by Russell Reiter 12 Mar '16

12 Mar '16

Here's an interesting video from Defcon 23 regarding ECFS for finer grained ELF tracking of hijacks and other problem code. It can recover full truncated text segments and reconstruct original section headers from core dumps among other things. They've dubbed it process necromancy. I guess this comes from its ability to snapshot a process without killing it and even reanimate a process from a snapshot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCJJnJ84MSE

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Toronto Homebrew Hosting Club on Thursday, 21st April at HackLab
by Myles Braithwaite 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

I'm doing another Homebrew Hosting Club on the 21st April at HackLab. All thoses who are interested in self hosting are welcome to attend. Also I setup an announce list you can join @ <https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/homebrewhostingclub>. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Myles Braithwaite <me(a)mylesbraithwaite.com> Date: Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 9:07 AM Subject: Toronto Homebrew Hosting Club on Thursday, 21st April at HackLab To: homebrewhostingclub(a)gtalug.org <https://homebrewhosting.club/> Are you building your own website? Setup and running your own calendar/contacts server? Developing your own publishing web app? Hosting a Gnu-based-social-network? Running your own Wiki? Hosting your own email server? Did you buy a $35 VPS and looking to replace Google Apps with your a self hosted solution? Or some other digital magic-cloud service? If so, we are a meetup of people in the Greater Toronto Area passionate about self hosting, in the same structure as the [Homebrew Computer Club][1] meetings in Silicon Valley (and the [Homebrew Website Club][2]). It will be a gathering of like-minded people to swap ideas, talk shop, and general awesomeness about hosting your own infrastructure. Our second meetup will be on Thursday 21st April 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at the Toronto [HackLab][3] (near the corner of [Queen Street West and Dufferin Street][4]). [1]: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrew_Computer_Club> [2]: <https://indiewebcamp.com/Homebrew_Website_Club> [3]: <https://hacklab.to/> [4]: <http://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3522641496> -- Myles Braithwaite | http://mylesb.ca/e

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Dinner before Meeting on Tuesday (today)
by D. Hugh Redelmeier 08 Mar '16

08 Mar '16

| From: Myles Braithwaite <me(a)mylesbraithwaite.com> | * 6:00 pm - Please discuss on the general mailing list (i.e. | <talk(a)gtalug.org>) where you want to go for dinner. Reference material: <http://wiki.gtalug.org/pre-meeting_dinner> Please help maintain and improve this wiki page. Where do people wish to go? Since nobody has spoken up, and it is getting late, I'll dictate: Milo's Pita 6 Dundas East <http://www.yelp.ca/biz/milos-pita-toronto> Backup, in case of failure: Opa! of Greece 10 Dundas East <http://www.yelp.ca/biz/opa-of-greece-dundas-street-toronto> I've not tried either. Speak up quickly if you disagree.

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What would you use to host VM's
by Dave Cramer 08 Mar '16

08 Mar '16

What open source framework would you use to host a limited number < 50 VM's Ideally has a GUI, but not absolutely necessary. Dave Cramer

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[GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG Meeting Tonight at 7:30pm
by Myles Braithwaite 08 Mar '16

08 Mar '16

<http://gtalug.org/meeting/2016-03/> # systemd and What's Your Setup * systemd with **Bill Thanis** * What's Your Setup: A round table discussion on what you use to get stuff done. ## Location George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 245 Church Street, Room 203 Ryerson University <http://goo.gl/maps/16oJ2> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/23447525> ## Schedule * 6:00 pm - Before the meeting a group of GTALUGers will be dining at Milo's Pita (6 Dundas East) <https://www.yelp.ca/biz/milos-pita-toronto>. * 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation. * 9:00 pm - After each meeting a group of GTALUGers move to the The Imperial Pub (54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more socializing. # 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 jeopardize 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 honored 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: <http://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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Raspberry Pi 3 already!
by D. Hugh Redelmeier 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

and just two months after I bought a Pi 2 from Microsoft Store. Here are some highlights, possibly inaccurately remembered. Better - Arm A53: significantly faster than the A7(?) in the Pi 2. 64-bit - built in bluetooth and WiFi. These apparently go through SDIO, bypassing the USB bottleneck. - faster clocking for the GPU (I think) Worse: - takes more power to run. You might need a new power supply Same: - no price increase! - same case and peripherals as Pi 2 (but LEDs move) - all USB is 2.0 (no USB 3.x) - too much goes through a single internal USB 2.0 bus (ethernet, 4 usb ports) - although the processor is 64-bit, the software is still 32-bit. I hope that this will change. - 1G of RAM

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[GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG Meeting on 8th March at 7:30pm
by Myles Braithwaite 03 Mar '16

03 Mar '16

<http://gtalug.org/meeting/2016-03/> # systemd and What's Your Setup * systemd with **Bill Thanis** * What's Your Setup: A round table dicussion on what you use to get stuff done. ## Location George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 245 Church Street, Room 203 Ryerson University <http://goo.gl/maps/16oJ2> <http://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 The Imperial Pub (54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more socializing. # 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 jeopardize 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 honored 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: <http://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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Doing a 30min Talk at 8th March GTALUG Meeting
by Myles Braithwaite 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

If anyone is interested in doing a 30 minute talk at the next GTALUG meeting (8th March) get in touch with me @ me(a)mylesbraithwaite.com.

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