From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Fri Oct 5 14:33:45 2018 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2018 14:33:45 -0700 Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting + keysigning 2018-10-10 7pm @ Henry's, 110 Natoma, SF Message-ID: <20181005143345.16669acrw97dqf94@webmail.rawbw.com> ANNOUNCEMENT: Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting + keysigning 2018-10-10 7pm @ Henry's, 110 Natoma, SF Who: Bay Area BADies, invited guests/visitors, and anyone else who wants to attend What: Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting (& keysigning)! When: 2018-10-10 (2nd Wed) 7:00 P.M. US/Pacific (-- 'till whenever[1]) Where: Henry's Hunan Restaurant[2] Why: Because it's good to have a Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting! We have out-of-area Debian mentors likely to be in attendance. There will likely also be Ubuntu hour quite nearby, preceding from 6pm to 7pm (watch BAD list for further (later) pointers to information on that). Keysigning - yes, always welcome. We'll try to mostly do the keysigning towards the start of the meeting (less disruptive to later dining, also easier for folks that may be mostly or only interested in the keysigning or might come from Ubuntu Hour to BAD just for the keysigning). Henry's Hunan - yummy Hunan food, reasonably priced for the quality, if folks are amenable, we can dine "family style" - cash and small bills are helpful and appreciated for splitting up check. 1. restaurant usually chases out remaining customers around 9:30 P.M. or so. 2. Henry's Hunan Restaurant[3] 110 Natoma St.[4] (between 2nd & New Montgomery, not to be confused with their other locations) San Francisco, CA 94105-3704 1-415-546-4999 3. http://henryshunan.com/ 4. http://henryshunan.com/natoma.html From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Sat Oct 6 14:38:34 2018 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2018 14:38:34 -0700 Subject: Ubuntu hour quite nearby, preceeding 2018-10-10 BAD meeting In-Reply-To: <20181005143345.16669acrw97dqf94@webmail.rawbw.com> References: <20181005143345.16669acrw97dqf94@webmail.rawbw.com> Message-ID: <20181006143834.16543evjaiddtzs0@webmail.rawbw.com> And yes, for those that may be interested, there is an Ubuntu Hour quite nearby preceding the BAD meeting: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/3804-ubuntu-hour-san-francisco/ (6p-7p @ Starbucks, 74 New Montgomery St.) > From: "Michael Paoli" > Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting + keysigning > 2018-10-10 7pm @ Henry's, 110 Natoma, SF > Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2018 14:33:45 -0700 > ANNOUNCEMENT: Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting + keysigning 2018-10-10 > 7pm @ Henry's, 110 Natoma, SF > Who: Bay Area BADies, invited guests/visitors, and anyone else who wants > to attend > What: Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting (& keysigning)! > When: 2018-10-10 (2nd Wed) 7:00 P.M. US/Pacific (-- 'till whenever[1]) > Where: Henry's Hunan Restaurant[2] > Why: Because it's good to have a Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting! > > We have out-of-area Debian mentors likely to be in attendance. > > There will likely also be Ubuntu hour quite nearby, preceding from > 6pm to 7pm (watch BAD list for further (later) pointers to information > on that). > > Keysigning - yes, always welcome. We'll try to mostly do the keysigning > towards the start of the meeting (less disruptive to later dining, also > easier for folks that may be mostly or only interested in the keysigning > or might come from Ubuntu Hour to BAD just for the keysigning). > > Henry's Hunan - yummy Hunan food, reasonably priced for the quality, > if folks are amenable, we can dine "family style" - cash and small bills > are helpful and appreciated for splitting up check. > > 1. restaurant usually chases out remaining customers around 9:30 P.M. or > so. > 2. > Henry's Hunan Restaurant[3] > 110 Natoma St.[4] (between 2nd & New Montgomery, not to be confused with > their other locations) > San Francisco, CA 94105-3704 > 1-415-546-4999 > 3. http://henryshunan.com/ > 4. http://henryshunan.com/natoma.html From rick at linuxmafia.com Mon Oct 8 14:09:29 2018 From: rick at linuxmafia.com (Rick Moen) Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 14:09:29 -0700 Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting + keysigning 2018-10-10 7pm @ Henry's, 110 Natoma, SF In-Reply-To: <20181005143345.16669acrw97dqf94@webmail.rawbw.com> References: <20181005143345.16669acrw97dqf94@webmail.rawbw.com> Message-ID: <20181008210929.GV9503@linuxmafia.com> Quoting Michael Paoli (Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu): > Keysigning - yes, always welcome. We'll try to mostly do the keysigning > towards the start of the meeting (less disruptive to later dining, also > easier for folks that may be mostly or only interested in the keysigning > or might come from Ubuntu Hour to BAD just for the keysigning). If unfamiliar with GnuPG keysignings, please see: https://wiki.debian.org/Keysigning On that Debian wiki page, these are essential steps _prior_ to the keysigning: Step 1: Create an RSA keypair: $ gpg --gen-key (If you don't already have one.) Step 4: Print your key The printout of your fingerprint must contain the following information: o Your first name o Your last name o Your e-mail addresses (the ones you use with the key) o The encryption method and the ID of the key (e.g. 4096R/1A2B3C4D5E6F7G8H) o The fingerprint itself You can use this function : $ gpg -v --fingerprint 1A2B3C4D5E6F7G8H [...] (Lots more detail at link.) At the keysigning (as described on the wiki page), people who would sign your key -- which, for Debian internal purposes needs to include at least one Debian developer -- will need to examine some form of reliable photo ID, such as a driver's licence or passport. Bring enough printouts (Step 4) to hand out. Back in the 2000s, I was event coordinator for a bunch of Bay Area keysignings, following Keysigning Party HOWTO's protocol detailed here: https://cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/keysigning_party/en/keysigning_party.html http://www.penlug.org/foswiki/bin/view/Main/KeySigning http://linuxmafia.com/gpg/party-page-2004-09.html http://linuxmafia.com/gpg/ I'm so behind the times, I have only a 1024-bit DSA key. $ gpg --fingerprint rick at linuxmafia.com pub 1024D/6E03C0E3 2000-08-10 Key fingerprint = 8844 D2FC AF0F 7D40 27F6 5EC5 10E4 9C93 6E03 C0E3 uid Rick Moen sub 1024g/FC2DDC3B 2000-08-10 $ So, maybe I should fix that. (The prevailing standard and modern GnuPG default is 2048-bit RSA.) On the bright side, it's a really widely signed 1024-bit DSA key. Back in the day, we used to joke about 'Six Degrees of Ted T'so.' From rick at linuxmafia.com Mon Oct 8 15:36:56 2018 From: rick at linuxmafia.com (Rick Moen) Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 15:36:56 -0700 Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting + keysigning 2018-10-10 7pm @ Henry's, 110 Natoma, SF In-Reply-To: <20181008210929.GV9503@linuxmafia.com> References: <20181005143345.16669acrw97dqf94@webmail.rawbw.com> <20181008210929.GV9503@linuxmafia.com> Message-ID: <20181008223656.GW9503@linuxmafia.com> I wrote: > I'm so behind the times, I have only a 1024-bit DSA key. [...] > So, maybe I should fix that. (The prevailing standard and modern GnuPG > default is 2048-bit RSA.) Done, uploaded to public keyserver pgp.surfnet.nl, and added to my public page http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/rick-moen-publickey.gpg . Example syntax for fetching keys from a keyserver to your local keyring for future signing: gpg --keyserver pgp.surfnet.nl --recv-keys 4A3DA709 6E03C0E3 (Those are my RSA and DSA public keys, respectively.) From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Sat Oct 13 05:18:31 2018 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2018 05:18:31 -0700 Subject: BALUG: meeting: Tu 2018-10-16: Spooky, Scary, from Hell IT/Linux stories; & other BALUG News Message-ID: <20181013051831.15015pamnp91eao0@webmail.rawbw.com> BALUG: meeting: Tu 2018-10-16: Spooky, Scary, from Hell IT/Linux stories; & other BALUG News ------------------------------ items, details further below: BALUG: meeting: Tu 2018-10-16: Spooky, Scary, from Hell IT/Linux stories Bits from last month's meeting on /proc and /sys filesystems giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ... help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue, ... Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org ------------------------------ For our 2018-10-16 (3rd Tuesday) BALUG meeting: discussion topic: Spooky, Scary, from Hell IT/Linux stories We don't have a formal presentation lined up for this meeting, but we do have a suggested discussion topic: Spooky, Scary, from Hell IT/Linux stories Yes, it was suggested for the month, and thinking of what lies at the month's end. Many of us have such stories, and would like to hear others. So ... this month, come, learn by counter-example (experience is cruel and rather unforgiving teacher, but highly effective), be entertained, share your topical knowledge and experience. Thrilling time likely to be had by all. And that doesn't prevent us from also answering random or specific Linux questions, sharing such information, etc. Please RSVP if you're planning to attend. To do so please e-mail us a note to rsvp at balug.org indicating meeting date. If you'll be bringing additional guest(s) please let us know total number of folks you're RSVPing for. Also please let us know any special requirements or concerns you may have (e.g. if you have any particular dietary considerations, so that we might possibly be able to accommodate you, or if you won't be dining with us but do wish to otherwise join our meeting). 6:30pm Tuesday, October 16th, 2018 2018-10-16 Henry's Hunan Restaurant 110 Natoma St. (between 2nd & New Montgomery) San Francisco, CA 94105-3704 1-415-546-4999 http://henryshunan.com/ Easy Transit/Parking Access: short walk from BART, MUNI, parking Trip planning: http://www.511.org/ Delicious Hunan cuisine and reasonably priced. Meeting Details... Cost/Dining: The meetings are always free, but dinner is not (unless you are our guest speaker, in which case we also treat you to dinner). For Henry's Hunan Restaurant, if folks are agreeable, we'll share and dine "family" style, and split up the costs, and typical cost per person including tax and tip (but not including beverages beyond complementary tea) would be in the $13.00 to $20.00 range, and commonly around $15.00 to $17.00. Cash may be preferred to ease splitting up the check. One can also specifically order the dish(es) one needs/prefers (e.g. for dietary considerations) - and we also commonly order some dish(es) that may meet various dietary considerations) (e.g. vegetarian, non-pork, ...). Please arrive by 7:00 P.M., we expect to order entrees at that time, and may order appetizer(s) and/or soup(s) anytime after 6:30 P.M. ------------------------------ Bits from last month's meeting on /proc and /sys filesystems Missed last month's meeting on /proc & /sys filesystems, or went and looking for bit of reminder/synopsis and/or additional bits? Have a look at some of the relevant posts to the "talk" list that followed the meeting: https://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-talk/2018-September/date.html ------------------------------ giveaways (& wanted), hardware, CDs/DVDs, books/publications, ... We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll likely have at least the below plus additional items. CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a look here: https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof, also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory (qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does also frequently change). Hardware, etc. wanted/offered! Got some (computer, etc.) hardware, etc. you're looking to give away or acquire (or if not free, well below current fair market value), and locally? We have a wiki page to list that - so ... see what's offered, wanted, etc.! https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:offered_wanted_hardware_etc Books and other titles! have a peek here: https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:books_and_publications ------------------------------ help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue ... You can do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG. Quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us at a meeting and/or drop us a note at: balug-contact at balug.org These opportunities may include, among other possibilities: o venue arrangement (e.g. followup on potential leads, on-site coordination/preparations) o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc. o chief/assistant cat herder o assist on publicity o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrator(s)). o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist o archivist/history/retrieval/etc. o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG would like to be doing (also feel free to suggest ideas!) ------------------------------ Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org ------------------------------ Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or things we should do differently): publicity-feedback at balug.org From asheesh at asheesh.org Tue Oct 16 16:13:28 2018 From: asheesh at asheesh.org (Asheesh Laroia) Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 19:13:28 -0400 Subject: Debian mentors visiting Bay Area - can you help? In-Reply-To: References: <12eeca3f-320e-51bd-215f-5c7a751baee6@pocock.pro> Message-ID: Just want to say -- sorry this slipped through the cracks on my end. Hope everyone had a nice visit. On Fri, Sep 14, 2018, 4:54 PM Daniel Pocock wrote: > > > On 12/09/18 18:46, Elizabeth K. Joseph wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 12:46 AM, Daniel Pocock > wrote: > >> - suggesting events, big or small, in the week before or week after the > >> summit: any time between 6 - 21 October, with a particular emphasis on > >> the days 9-11 October > > > > I'll be out of town October 10-14th, but we could also see about > > scheduling a Debian Dinner some time while they're in town. > > > > If you don't need me for this (you don't, anyone can call a > > meeting[0]) our traditional "2nd Wednesday of the month" lands on > > October 10th. Though I'd also be able to run one the following Monday, > > the 15th. > > > > [0] http://bad.debian.net/shotgun_rules.txt > > > > > > Hi Asheesh, Elizabeth and everybody, > > Thanks for being so helpful > > I'd like to introduce Milena and Jaminy (on CC, but I believe they > subscribed now) > > There are still some visa formalities pending but they are beginning to > work on an itinerary. I told them about the possible meeting on 10 > October. > > I suggested to them arranging an AirBNB apartment for 3-4 days before > the summit, so they can visit local events like this. If anybody can > suggest other events that would really help them a lot. Given the > region is so large, can anybody also give them feedback to help them > focus their apartment search criteria? > > Regards, > > Daniel > -- > bad mailing list > bad at bad.debian.net > http://bad.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/bad > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From daniel at pocock.pro Wed Oct 17 12:17:23 2018 From: daniel at pocock.pro (Daniel Pocock) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 21:17:23 +0200 Subject: Debian mentors visiting Bay Area - can you help? In-Reply-To: References: <12eeca3f-320e-51bd-215f-5c7a751baee6@pocock.pro> Message-ID: On 17/10/18 01:13, Asheesh Laroia wrote: > Just want to say -- sorry this slipped through the cracks on my end. > Hope everyone had a nice visit. > Milena may still be in the region, feel free to get in touch with her if there might still be opportunities to meet up. Thanks to everybody from BAD for making her so welcome on her first trip with a Debian activity. Regards, Daniel From rick at linuxmafia.com Wed Oct 17 13:56:51 2018 From: rick at linuxmafia.com (Rick Moen) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 13:56:51 -0700 Subject: Debian mentors visiting Bay Area - can you help? In-Reply-To: References: <12eeca3f-320e-51bd-215f-5c7a751baee6@pocock.pro> Message-ID: <20181017205651.GD29963@linuxmafia.com> Quoting Daniel Pocock (daniel at pocock.pro): > Milena may still be in the region, feel free to get in touch with her if > there might still be opportunities to meet up. There is a _short_ potential window for doing so, because if I recall correctly her flight out of the Bay Area is tomorrow (the 18th). Likewise to the best of my recollection, she is now in the Sunnyvale / Mountain View area. -- Cheers, Founding member of the Hyphenation Society, a grassroots-based, Rick Moen not-for-profit, locally-owned-and-operated, cooperatively-managed, rick at linuxmafia.com modern-American-English-usage-improvement association. McQ! (4x80) From rick at linuxmafia.com Wed Oct 17 15:18:29 2018 From: rick at linuxmafia.com (Rick Moen) Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 15:18:29 -0700 Subject: Debian mentors visiting Bay Area - can you help? In-Reply-To: <20181017205651.GD29963@linuxmafia.com> References: <12eeca3f-320e-51bd-215f-5c7a751baee6@pocock.pro> <20181017205651.GD29963@linuxmafia.com> Message-ID: <20181017221829.GA6823@linuxmafia.com> I wrote: > There is a _short_ potential window for doing so, because if I recall > correctly her flight out of the Bay Area is tomorrow (the 18th). > Likewise to the best of my recollection, she is now in the Sunnyvale / > Mountain View area. Correction: Milena's departure is appearently extremely early on Friday the 19th (according to a mail from her).