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January 2022 meetings

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Devon and Cornwall Linux user group meetings for January 2022

Also has details of other events organized by DCGLUG members

I am creating this post in order to consolidate previous meeting information in to one post.

CODE CLUB

Code Club takes place on the First and Third Saturday of the month,  as the First of Jan is new years day, there will be NO code club, and therefore the first club of 2022 will be on the THIRD Saturday.  Please contact Paignton Library for information / booking.

STEM GROUP

Paignton Library STEM Group

Saturday 8th January 2022 @ Paignton Library from 11am

https://www.torbaylibraries.org.uk/web/arena/paigntonlibrary

Please book via the library, as we need to know numbers attending.

DCGLUG virtual meeting (jitsi)

Day / Date: Saturday 15/1/2022

Time: From 12:00 Location:

Online – Meeting jit.si link

Please see meetings page for more info or ask on IRC / Mailing list.

DCGLUG Plymouth Physical meeting

Day / Date : Saturday 22/1/2022
Time : 12:00
Location : Moments Cafe, Plymouth – Website

Please ask on e-mail discussion list for more information. We can also be found on #DCGLUG on the Libera.chat IRC network.

Dates / times are provided to the best of my ability,  please contact Paul Sutton via the list if there is a problem.

LibrePlanet 2021

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LibrePlanet 2021

Empowering users

March 20-21, 2021

Virtual Conference

https://libreplanet.org/2021/

 

IRC LINK : #libreplanet

Server : chat.freenode.net

Webchat : webchat.freenode.net

Registration (benefits, the Participant tier is gratis)

South Devon Tech Jam Meeting

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South Devon Tech Jam – Virtual Meeting
We are back,  Just virtually using Big Blue Button – video conferencing
Details from our Meetup page.
contact e-mail for more details  : info AT sdtj DOT org DOT uk

Peer Tube

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Peer Tube

A decentralized video hosting network, based on free/libre software

Peer tube is another service on the Fediverse. That allows you to upload video and share this with other.  The difference is there are no adverts and fewer limitations on what you can upload.  You still need to stay within the law though.   Having used this I found it pretty straight forward and it transcoded my video in a few hours.  As stated above this is all based on Free / Libre software.

https://social.isurf.ca/profile/dcglug

dcglug@social.isurf.ca

OggCamp 2019

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OggCamp 2019

OggCamp is an unconference celebrating Free Culture, Free and Open Source Software, hardware hacking, digital rights, and all manner of collaborative cultural activities and is committed to creating a conference that is as inclusive as possible.

We’re at The Manchester Conference Centre in the Pendulum Hotel near Picadilly Station the weekend of October 19th and 20th 2019.

https://www.oggcamp.org/

 

Fedora : How to help

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Fedora : How to help

Like any project,  help is always welcome, there is a similar too to that I posted with relation to Libreoffice, but for anyone looking to help with Fedora.

Fedora : How to help

Fedora creates an innovative, free, and open source platform for hardware, clouds, and containers that enables software developers and community members to build tailored solutions for their users.

What Can I do for Fedora

Repl.it

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Repl.it

Repl.it is a web based development environment.  This gives you an instant IDE to develop your code and projects.   It has recently been updated so that it is multiplayer by default so you can collaborate in real time with fellow developers / hackers, which should help increase productivity and or learning / teaching potential of this platform.   Great work to the Development team.

Please see https://repl.it/ for more information and to sign up.

Screen Shot by Paul Sutton – zleap

Libreoffice : How to help

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LibreOffice : How to help

LibreOffice is a well featured free and open source office suite.  As with any project contributors are welcome and encouraged to get involved. There are lots of different jobs to do, so not everything is about coding.   Please see the following link for more information, and see how you may be able to help.

https://whatcanidoforlibreoffice.org/

GSoC March 2019 Update

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Google Summer of Code March 2019 update

Update on this round of  Debian / Google summer of code applications.

Debian is welcoming applicants for Outreachy and GSoC 2019

On Thu 28 March 2019 with tags announce gsoc outreachy
Written by Laura Arjona Reina and Lesley Mitchell

Debian is dedicated to increasing the diversity of contributors to the project and improving the inclusivity of the project. We strongly believe working towards these goals provides benefits both for people from backgrounds that are currently under-represented in free software, and for the wider movement, by increasing the range of skills, experiences and viewpoints contributing to it.

https://bits.debian.org/2019/03/call-for-applicants-outreachy-gsoc-2019.html

 

National Cyber Security Centre publish Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Security Guide

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National Cyber Security Centre publish Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Security Guide.

Last week the NCSC (National Cyber Security Centre) in the UK issued their latest publication which gives advice on how to configure Ubuntu 18.04 LTS in accordance with their security best practices.

The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)is the UK government department responsible for providing guidance on Information Security to the UK public and private sectors as well as responding to online security incidents and securing networks.

https://blog.ubuntu.com/2018/07/30/national-cyber-security-centre-publish-ubuntu-18-04-lts-security-guide