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Reminder: MUUG Meeting, Tonight, May 6, 7:30pm (In-person/Hybrid Meeting) -- Backup & Disaster Recovery, RTFM: /bin Diving
by MUUG meeting announcements 06 May '25

06 May '25

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. A reminder that the MUUG meeting will be this evening, both in person and online... The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, May 6th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's the FIRST Tuesday of the month... Backup & Disaster Recovery for Cloud Services Cloud services are great, but like any computer system they need regular backups. A bunch of files isn't so hard to arrange backups for, but what about more complex scenarios involving services? What if the services completely disappear due to some disaster - how will you recover to the point of having running services again, possibly on a different server? Kevin McGregor will present some thoughts on backup, recovery and disaster recovery with a specific example of a simple Mediawiki site. RTFM: /bin Diving 4.0, A New Hope! Our first 3 installments of /bin Diving were a big success, meaning, at least nobody threw rotten tomatoes at us! So, being a glutton for punishment at trying to figure out what a random /bin command might be able to do, Gilbert Detillieux will dive into the deep end of the /bin again, and see what random gem can be found this time. Where to find the Meeting: Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2 We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below). You can use any of the free, ample, and safe parking spots that say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150 meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27 are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south. For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. Stay tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which will be made available about a half hour before the meeting starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there are issues with connecting.) The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/ _______________________________________________ Muug-announce mailing list -- muug-announce(a)muug.ca To unsubscribe send an email to muug-announce-leave(a)muug.ca

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MUUG Meeting, Tuesday, May 6, 7:30pm (In-person/Hybrid Meeting) -- Backup & Disaster Recovery, RTFM: /bin Diving
by MUUG meeting announcements 29 Apr '25

29 Apr '25

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, May 6th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's the FIRST Tuesday of the month... Backup & Disaster Recovery for Cloud Services Cloud services are great, but like any computer system they need regular backups. A bunch of files isn't so hard to arrange backups for, but what about more complex scenarios involving services? What if the services completely disappear due to some disaster - how will you recover to the point of having running services again, possibly on a different server? Kevin McGregor will present some thoughts on backup, recovery and disaster recovery with a specific example of a simple Mediawiki site. RTFM: /bin Diving 4.0, A New Hope! Our first 3 installments of /bin Diving were a big success, meaning, at least nobody threw rotten tomatoes at us! So, being a glutton for punishment at trying to figure out what a random /bin command might be able to do, Gilbert Detillieux will dive into the deep end of the /bin again, and see what random gem can be found this time. Where to find the Meeting: Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2 We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below). You can use any of the free, ample, and safe parking spots that say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150 meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27 are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south. For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. Stay tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which will be made available about a half hour before the meeting starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there are issues with connecting.) The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/ _______________________________________________ Muug-announce mailing list -- muug-announce(a)muug.ca To unsubscribe send an email to muug-announce-leave(a)muug.ca

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Reminder: MUUG Meeting, Tonight, Apr 1, 7:30pm (In-person/Hybrid Meeting) -- Programming With Closures, RTFM: /bin Diving
by MUUG meeting announcements 01 Apr '25

01 Apr '25

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. A reminder that the MUUG meeting will be this evening, both in person and online... The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, April 1st, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's the FIRST Tuesday of the month... Programming With Closures Unknown by many programmers, closures and first-class functions enable some pretty cool programming techniques that can make your code more maintainable. In a short presentation, Trevor Cordes will demonstrate what they are, how to use them, and explain why they can be desirable. RTFM: The Return of /bin Diving! Our first couple instalments of /bin Diving were a big success, so we'll do it again! Everyone in attendance will be encouraged to help Brad Vokey bumble about on the command line to figure out how to use a random /bin program. April Door Prize Along with our usual selection of e-books, Wyatt Zacharias has acquired for MUUG two Pi Zero W 2's along with two Pi SD cards for us to give away! One set was given away at the March meeting, and the other will be in April. Where to find the Meeting: Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2 We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below). You can use any of the free, ample, and safe parking spots that say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150 meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27 are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south. For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. Stay tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which will be made available about a half hour before the meeting starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there are issues with connecting.) The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/ _______________________________________________ Muug-announce mailing list -- muug-announce(a)muug.ca To unsubscribe send an email to muug-announce-leave(a)muug.ca

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MUUG Meeting, Tuesday, Apr 1, 7:30pm (In-person/Hybrid Meeting) -- Programming With Closures, RTFM: /bin Diving
by MUUG meeting announcements 24 Mar '25

24 Mar '25

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, April 1st, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's the FIRST Tuesday of the month... Programming With Closures Unknown by many programmers, closures and first-class functions enable some pretty cool programming techniques that can make your code more maintainable. In a short presentation, Trevor Cordes will demonstrate what they are, how to use them, and explain why they can be desirable. RTFM: The Return of /bin Diving! Our first couple instalments of /bin Diving were a big success, so we'll do it again! Everyone in attendance will be encouraged to help Brad Vokey bumble about on the command line to figure out how to use a random /bin program. April Door Prize Along with our usual selection of e-books, Wyatt Zacharias has acquired for MUUG two Pi Zero W 2's along with two Pi SD cards for us to give away! One set was given away at the March meeting, and the other will be in April. Where to find the Meeting: Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2 We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below). You can use any of the free, ample, and safe parking spots that say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150 meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27 are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south. For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. Stay tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which will be made available about a half hour before the meeting starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there are issues with connecting.) The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/ _______________________________________________ Muug-announce mailing list -- muug-announce(a)muug.ca To unsubscribe send an email to muug-announce-leave(a)muug.ca

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Reminder: MUUG Meeting, Tonight, Mar 4, 7:30pm (In-person/Hybrid Meeting) -- Raspberry Pi Sensors
by MUUG meeting announcements 04 Mar '25

04 Mar '25

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. A reminder that the MUUG meeting will be this evening, both in person and online... The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, March 4th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's the FIRST Tuesday of the month... Raspberry Pi Sensors Wyatt will present I2C sensors on a Raspberry Pi. While many have come to use the Raspberry Pi simply as a mini linux computer with regular USB peripherals, one of the unique features of the Pi is its 40 GPIO pins which include support for the I2C (inter-integrated circuit) protocol. This low level communication protocol opens a wide array of small sensors available for use with the Pi. Wyatt will demo the basics of connecting I2C sensors to the Pi, and some of the software that can interact with them. March Door Prize Along with our usual selection of e-books, Wyatt Zacharias has acquired for MUUG two Pi Zero W 2's along with two Pi SD cards for us to give away! One set will be given away at the March meeting, and the other in April. Where to find the Meeting: Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2 We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below). You can use any of the free, ample, and safe parking spots that say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150 meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27 are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south. For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. Stay tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which will be made available about a half hour before the meeting starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there are issues with connecting.) The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/ _______________________________________________ Muug-announce mailing list -- muug-announce(a)muug.ca To unsubscribe send an email to muug-announce-leave(a)muug.ca

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MUUG Meeting, Tuesday, Mar 4, 7:30pm (In-person/Hybrid Meeting) -- Raspberry Pi Sensors
by MUUG meeting announcements 25 Feb '25

25 Feb '25

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, March 4th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's the FIRST Tuesday of the month... Raspberry Pi Sensors Wyatt will present I2C sensors on a Raspberry Pi. While many have come to use the Raspberry Pi simply as a mini linux computer with regular USB peripherals, one of the unique features of the Pi is its 40 GPIO pins which include support for the I2C (inter-integrated circuit) protocol. This low level communication protocol opens a wide array of small sensors available for use with the Pi. Wyatt will demo the basics of connecting I2C sensors to the Pi, and some of the software that can interact with them. March Door Prize Along with our usual selection of e-books, Wyatt Zacharias has acquired for MUUG two Pi Zero W 2's along with two Pi SD cards for us to give away! One set will be given away at the March meeting, and the other in April. Where to find the Meeting: Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2 We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below). You can use any of the free, ample, and safe parking spots that say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150 meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27 are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south. For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. Stay tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which will be made available about a half hour before the meeting starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there are issues with connecting.) The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/ _______________________________________________ Muug-announce mailing list -- muug-announce(a)muug.ca To unsubscribe send an email to muug-announce-leave(a)muug.ca

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Reminder: MUUG Meeting, Tonight, Feb 4, 7:30pm (In-person/Hybrid Meeting) -- Favourite Browser Plugins
by MUUG meeting announcements 04 Feb '25

04 Feb '25

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. A reminder that the MUUG meeting will be this evening, both in person and online... The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, February 4th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's the FIRST Tuesday of the month... My Favourite Browser Plugin(s) The third time's the charm!... Hopefully... This month we return our focus to the desktop by discussing and demonstrating a couple of Trevor Cordes' favourite browser plugins. Yes, there are a million of these things, and everyone has their own set of "indispensables." The choice often comes down to what itch you have to scratch, and what cool ones you've been introduced to by friends - or MUUG. Trevor personally hates clutter in web pages he frequents. So he'll show you how to clean things up with ABP and uBlock Origin. But we're not just talking ads: nope, you can remove basically any piece of nonsense on any site with a bit of extra work. You'll see the easy "anyone can do it" way plus the "completely insane" complex way - including when sites purposely try to sabotage your blockers. Winning! Trevor may also discuss/demo NoScript, Dark Reader and Video Background Play Fix: all things he cannot possibly live without. If you don't leave wanting to install a few of these then you must be from outer space! Where to find the Meeting: Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2 We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below). You can use any of the free, ample, and safe parking spots that say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150 meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27 are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south. For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. Stay tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which will be made available about a half hour before the meeting starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there are issues with connecting.) The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/ _______________________________________________ Muug-announce mailing list -- muug-announce(a)muug.ca To unsubscribe send an email to muug-announce-leave(a)muug.ca

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MUUG Meeting, Tuesday, Feb 4, 7:30pm (In-person/Hybrid Meeting) -- Favourite Browser Plugins
by MUUG meeting announcements 28 Jan '25

28 Jan '25

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, February 4th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's the FIRST Tuesday of the month... My Favourite Browser Plugin(s) The third time's the charm!... Hopefully... This month we return our focus to the desktop by discussing and demonstrating a couple of Trevor Cordes' favourite browser plugins. Yes, there are a million of these things, and everyone has their own set of "indispensables." The choice often comes down to what itch you have to scratch, and what cool ones you've been introduced to by friends - or MUUG. Trevor personally hates clutter in web pages he frequents. So he'll show you how to clean things up with ABP and uBlock Origin. But we're not just talking ads: nope, you can remove basically any piece of nonsense on any site with a bit of extra work. You'll see the easy "anyone can do it" way plus the "completely insane" complex way - including when sites purposely try to sabotage your blockers. Winning! Trevor may also discuss/demo NoScript, Dark Reader and Video Background Play Fix: all things he cannot possibly live without. If you don't leave wanting to install a few of these then you must be from outer space! Where to find the Meeting: Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2 We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below). You can use any of the free, ample, and safe parking spots that say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150 meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27 are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south. For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. Stay tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which will be made available about a half hour before the meeting starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there are issues with connecting.) The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/ _______________________________________________ Muug-announce mailing list -- muug-announce(a)muug.ca To unsubscribe send an email to muug-announce-leave(a)muug.ca

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Reminder: MUUG Meeting, Tonight, Jan 7, 7:30pm (In-person/Hybrid Meeting) -- Browser Plugins & Open Source Apps
by MUUG meeting announcements 07 Jan '25

07 Jan '25

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. A reminder that the MUUG meeting will be this evening, both in person and online... The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, January 7th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's the FIRST Tuesday of the month... January 7, 2025: My Favourite Browser Plugin(s), and Open Source Apps This month we return our focus to the desktop by discussing and demonstrating a couple of Trevor Cordes' favourite browser plugins. Yes, there are a million of these things, and everyone has their own set of "indispensables". The choice often comes down to what itch you have to scratch, and what cool ones you've been introduced to by friends - or MUUG. Trevor personally hates clutter in web pages he frequents. So he'll show you how to clean things up with ABP and uBlock Origin. But we're not just talking ads: nope, you can remove basically any piece of nonsense on any site with a bit of extra work. You'll see the easy "anyone can do it" way plus the "completely insane" complex way - including when sites purposely try to sabotage your blockers. Winning! Trevor may also discuss/demo NoScript, Dark Reader and Video Background Play Fix: all things he cannot possibly live without. If you don't leave wanting to install a few of these then you must be from outer space! Kevin McGregor will also present an overview of a variety of user-focused, open-source applications, from typical office applications to media editing, games, utilities and more. Where to find the Meeting: Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2 We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below). You can use any of the free, ample, and safe parking spots that say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150 meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27 are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south. For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. Stay tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which will be made available about a half hour before the meeting starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there are issues with connecting.) The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/ _______________________________________________ Muug-announce mailing list -- muug-announce(a)muug.ca To unsubscribe send an email to muug-announce-leave(a)muug.ca

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MUUG Meeting, Tuesday, Jan 7, 7:30pm (In-person/Hybrid Meeting) -- Browser Plugins & Open Source Apps
by MUUG meeting announcements 31 Dec '24

31 Dec '24

Caution! This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting IN PERSON, on Tuesday, January 7th, at 7:30pm. Yes, that's the FIRST Tuesday of the month... January 7, 2025: My Favourite Browser Plugin(s), and Open Source Apps This month we return our focus to the desktop by discussing and demonstrating a couple of Trevor Cordes' favourite browser plugins. Yes, there are a million of these things, and everyone has their own set of "indispensables". The choice often comes down to what itch you have to scratch, and what cool ones you've been introduced to by friends - or MUUG. Trevor personally hates clutter in web pages he frequents. So he'll show you how to clean things up with ABP and uBlock Origin. But we're not just talking ads: nope, you can remove basically any piece of nonsense on any site with a bit of extra work. You'll see the easy "anyone can do it" way plus the "completely insane" complex way - including when sites purposely try to sabotage your blockers. Winning! Trevor may also discuss/demo NoScript, Dark Reader and Video Background Play Fix: all things he cannot possibly live without. If you don't leave wanting to install a few of these then you must be from outer space! Kevin McGregor will also present an overview of a variety of user-focused, open-source applications, from typical office applications to media editing, games, utilities and more. Where to find the Meeting: Fortress Software Inc., 350 Keewatin St -- Unit #2 We have a new in-person meeting location now! Brad Vokey has graciously let us use his work office for our next in-person meeting. The meeting room will be open by 7:00 pm, with the actual meeting starting at 7:30 pm. If driving, enter the lot using the most north east entrance and drive around to the south west corner of the building (see route in map detail on poster linked below). You can use any of the free, ample, and safe parking spots that say "reserved" in front of units #1 through #4 before entering unit #2. Bus stops #30814 and #30880 (route 77) are only 150 meters away. The last bus leaves for Polo Park at 10:15 pm and for Garden City at 10:31 pm. Logan Ave. bus routes #19, #26, and #27 are a 600 meter (8 minute) walk to the south. For those unable or preferring not to attend in person, the meeting will also be available online, using BBB as usual. Stay tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which will be made available about a half hour before the meeting starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there are issues with connecting.) The group now holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the *first* Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/ _______________________________________________ Muug-announce mailing list -- muug-announce(a)muug.ca To unsubscribe send an email to muug-announce-leave(a)muug.ca

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