Devon and Cornwall GNU/Linux Users Group

European search index

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European search index

We’re teaming up with Qwant to build a European search index

The European search engines (and competitors) Ecosia 🇩🇪 and Qwant 🇫🇷 are joining forces to build their own European search index!

And the best part? It’ll be open and available to all of us!

This is great news for other small search engines, start-ups and the AI industry, as they’ll now have the chance to use this index instead of the ones offered by Microsoft and Google.

LF – Build Linux Device Drivers

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This was posted to LinkedIn.,  but sharing here.

🐧 LIVE instruction makes Developing Linux Device Drivers (LFD430) a must-have learning opportunity for experienced Linux developers. Learn:
✅ Linux device drivers
✅ Appropriate APIs for hardware & software devices that interface with the kernel
✅ Linux driver development & debugging
https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/developing-linux-device-drivers/?hss_channel=lcp-7953130

Linux Developers OpenSource LinuxKernel

OpenFest

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OpenFest

OpenFest is the annual open research event organised by Sheffield & Sheffield Hallam universities.

This year’s OpenFest will take place online during 2nd-5th September 2025. The theme for 2025’s event is Open Research and Equity, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (OR+EEDI)

Call for papers

Lug Meets – May 2025

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MEETINGS

The group hold regular meetings

  • 3rd Saturday (from 12) – Jitsi. Meet
  • 4th Saturday, Plymouth social. 1200 onwards at the Moments Café

69A New George Street, Plymouth, GB PL1 1RJ

Wider Community

Exeter Raspberry Pi Jam – 1st Saturday of the month,  Exeter Library

Torbay Tinkerers  – 4th Saturday of the month at Paignton, 09:30 to 12:00ish, STEAM Café and Discovery Centre, 13 Torbay Road, Paignton.  Please see the [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554348046709) for details.

Please ask on the mailing list for details on lug meets, so those who are attending can keep an eye out for you.

Gopher

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I copied this over from my blog., This may be of interest to a wider audience here.

There are still some servers out there, some are new, and offer services such as HackerNews, Project Gutenberg and others. Thanks to Anthk @anthk@paquita.masto.host who has made a list of some of these Gopher servers

Does the web allow you to do this at 2.7 KBPS?

  • Gutenberg gopher://gopher.icu/7/gutenberg
  • Internet Archive gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/ia/
  • Huge portal gopher://magical.fish
  • News, blog and more gopher://1436.ninja
  • Reddit gopher://gopherddit.com
  • HN gopher://hngopher.com
  • Google Maps (text) gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/dir
  • Podcasts: gopher://gopher.icu/1/pod
  • Dictionary: gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/dict Blogs:
  • gopher://sdf.org
  • Weather (finger):
  • gopher://graph.no:79/0/London

There are still clients software out there, and yeah you can all this with good old plain text.

apt search gopher

Lug meets April 2025

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MEETINGS

The group hold regular meetings

  • 3rd Saturday (from 12) – Jitsi. Meet
  • 4th Saturday, Plymouth social. 1200 onwards at the Moments Café

69A New George Street, Plymouth, GB PL1 1RJ

Members are encouraged to arrange meetings in their area.   This is helpful due to the geographical nature of the area.

Wider Community

Exeter Raspberry Pi Jam – 1st Saturday of the month,  Exeter Library

Torbay Tinkerers  – 4th Saturday of the month at Paignton, 09:30 to 12:00ish  STEAM Café and Discovery Centre, 13 Torbay Road, Paignton.  Please see the [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554348046709) for details.

NB;  March meeting will be on Saturday 29th March.