Open Tech Calendar

Do's and Don't's for Nginx and Apache web server

This month we have pen-tester Peter giving us a talk about security considerations when setting up your own web server! He'll be going over setup and discussing shortcomings of common setups, and go over SSL/TLS requirements for the modern Internet...

Talk will start at 7:45 this month, and last approx 30min, after which there will be some administrative talk, and a chance to further socialize amongst Linux and Open Source enthusiasts!

Thu 5th Jul 2018 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 5th Jul 2018 9:30pm (Europe/London)

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Hovercraft ! a text-orented slide creation framework

This month, Kris will be presenting "Hovercraft! - Merging `convenience` and `cool`!"

Hovercraft! is a framework for creating slides using reStructuredText , compiling to impress.js compatible output - all that is needed to display the slides then is a browser!

Having your slides defined as pure text allows the entire project to be version controlled and automatically processed, and rendering in a browser means no office software is necessary on the presenter machine, removing any compatibility issues.

Its output supports a presenter area with notes and previews, as well as 3D effects, pan + zoom, just like any modern slide creation and presentation suite.

Documentation: https://hovercraft.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#

GitHub : https://github.com/regebro/hovercraft

reStructuredText : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReStructuredText

If you have never been to one of these meetings, just know that it's friendly and informal - grab a pint or a soda, come ask questions, get help with open source software and Linux, or simply rant & rave!

There will also be a Linux laptop on hand for a quick show and tell for anyone who is curious, and you can also bring your own laptop to troubleshoot Linux, or try Linux on your own laptop - without installing it.

The meeting will be in the back room of the Southsider pub, West Richmond Street, Edinburgh from 7:30pm, with a brief introduction to Linux, open source and free software for any newcomers.

The scheduled talk will start at 8pm.

http://edlug.org.uk/node/143

Thu 3rd May 2018 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 3rd May 2018 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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Thu 5th Apr 2018 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 5th Apr 2018 9:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 1st Mar 2018 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 1st Mar 2018 9:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 1st Feb 2018 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 1st Feb 2018 9:00pm (Europe/London)

Mon 5th Mar 2018 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Mon 5th Feb 2018 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 1st Mar 2018 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Mon 5th Mar 2018 9:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 1st Feb 2018 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Mon 5th Feb 2018 9:00pm (Europe/London)

Writing Cleaner Bash Scripts

Tonight's talk will be given by Tai Kedzierski, covering bash scripting and how to write clean scripts.

Writing shell scripts is a common system administrator task, and whilst a programming practice, generally does not follow the same rigours of software development process - as a result, bash scripts are often regarded merely as ugly, unmaintainable shims.

Tai will give some examples of some of his bash scripts from years ago, compared to their cleaner counterparts today, and how he has tried to treat bash as a "real" programming language using shellcheck, git version control, and bash-builder.

git : https://git-scm.com

Shellcheck: https://shellcheck.net

bash-builder: https://github.com/taikedz/bash-builder

http://edlug.org.uk/node/140

Mon 5th Mar 2018 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Mon 5th Mar 2018 9:30pm (Europe/London)

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Computer Chronicles and the Way Back Machine

Welcome, to the first EdLUG talk of 2018 !

This month Shehraz Ditta will give a a dual-combo talk about Computer Chronicles, an 80's and 90's PBS broadcast television series that discussed the rise of personal computing and Internet in the industry ; and give an introduction for the Way Back Machine, also known as The Internet Archive, or Archive.org, a site on which as many web sites have been stored at various points in their history. Old site no longer reachable? The Way Back Machine just might have it!

Computer Chronicles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Chronicles

Way Back Machine: https://archive.org/

http://edlug.org.uk/node/139

Mon 5th Feb 2018 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Mon 5th Feb 2018 9:30pm (Europe/London)

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Social

This meeting will be a social for anybody who wishes to talk Linux, open source, and computers in general.

If you have never been to one of these meetings, just know that it's friendly and informal - grab a pint or a soda, come ask questions, get help with open source software and Linux, or simply rant & rave!



Meeting will be in the back room of the Southsider pub, West Richmond Street, Edinburgh from 7:30pm.

http://edlug.org.uk/node/124

Thu 5th Nov 2015 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 5th Nov 2015 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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EdlLUG Social

This meeting will be a social for anybody who wishes to talk Linux, open source, and computers in general.

If you have never been to one of these meetings, just know that it's friendly and informal - grab a pint or a soda, come ask questions, get help with open source software and Linux, or simply rant & rave!

There will also be a Linux laptop on hand for a quick show and tell for anyone who is curious, and you can also bring your own laptop to troubleshoot Linux, or try Linux on your own laptop - without installing it.



Meeting will be in the back room of the Southsider pub, West Richmond Street, Edinburgh from 7:30pm.

http://edlug.org.uk/node/121

Thu 1st Oct 2015 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 1st Oct 2015 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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Edinburgh Linux Users Group

Robert McLay will be giving a talk about tmux a tty multiplexing tool that will be set to replace gnu's screen command in the near future.

tmux is an updated version of screen which has a cleaner and easier to maintain code base; the talk will cover some of the history and why Robert ended up moving from screen to tmux, as well as some of the issues you may encounter when using it.

The meeting will be in the back room of the Southsider Pub, West Richmond Street, Edinburgh. The talk should kick off shortly after 7:30pm. The main talk is expected to last around 40min, with time for Q&A afterwards.

After the talk, there will be time for socializing, with light bites and a chance to catch up with attendees.

http://edlug.org.uk/node/115

Thu 7th May 2015 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 7th May 2015 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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Edinburgh Linux User Group Talk : WebSockets

The Edinburgh Linux User Group is a social gathering of users of the LInux operating system. EdLUG meetups are a chance to wind down, talk about technology, fix someone's computer... or talk about anything at all really!

This month we will be hosting guest speaker Kenny Coyle from ScotLUG who will talk about Web Sockets, their client and server implementations, with JavaScript and NodeJS, and how this relates to... football!

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"Web-sockets, how I finally understood football.

"Support for Web-sockets and similar technologies is being bundled into the web browsers that we see every day. Chrome, Firefox, Safari and even Internet Explorer all have native implementations. To this end it is becoming much easier to build rich, useful web applications and dynamic features using the technology.

"I'll be talking about implementation of both Web Socket clients and Servers using Javascript, NodeJS and Socket.io with some examples. I'll also be talking about how it helped to make the recent World Cup coverage real time making it much more interesting."
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Talk starts at 7:30pm at the back of the Southsider, West Richmond Street, Edinburgh and will last until 9pm at the latest, after which we will be all free to mix and socialize. Please arrive before start of talk to minimize disturbance :-)

http://www.edlug.org.uk/

Thu 3rd Jul 2014 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 3rd Jul 2014 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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EdLUG, the Edinburgh Linux User Group, meets on the first Thursday of every month. We try to host a Linux and/or Open Source-related talk every month, followed by socializing/notworking :-)

The talk for 5th of June 2014 will be centred around Dirvish, and advanced backup system.

Thu 5th Jun 2014 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 5th Jun 2014 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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EdLUG Meetup

EdLUG, the Edinburgh Linux User Group, meets on the first Thursday of every month. We try to host a Linux and/or Open Source-related talk every month, followed by socializing/notworking :-)

The talk for 3rd of June 2014 will be centred around Dirvish, and advanced backup system.

http://www.edlug.org.uk/

Thu 3rd Jul 2014 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 3rd Jul 2014 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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