From chair at lca2022.linux.org.au Tue Aug 10 08:07:01 2021 From: chair at lca2022.linux.org.au (LCA2022 Chair) Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:07:01 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] linux.conf.au 2022 - Call for Sessions now open! Message-ID: The linux.conf.au 2022 Call for Sessions is now open. It will stay open until 11:59pm 5 September 2021 Anywhere on Earth (AoE). The theme for 2022 is 'community'. After the challenges of the past year, our community has explored ways to rebuild the connections we were used to having face-to-face. Many Open Source communities already had their roots online, so how can this be applied to other areas, and how can we keep people interested as they shift to living even more of their lives online? How can we keep in contact with connections in other countries in a virtual way? If you have ideas or developments you'd like to share with the open source community at linux.conf.au, we'd love to hear from you. ## Call for Sessions The main conference runs on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 January, with multiple streams catering for a wide range of interest areas. We invite you to submit a session proposal on a topic you are familiar with via our proposals portal at https://lca2022.linux.org.au/programme/proposals/. Talks are 45 minute presentations on a single topic presented in lecture format. Each accepted talk will receive one ticket to attend the conference. ## Call for Miniconfs We are pleased to announce we will again have four Miniconfs on the first day, Friday 14 January 2022. These are: * GO GLAM meets Community * Kernel * Open Hardware * System Administration Based on feedback over a few years, we will be introducing two major changes for Miniconfs in 2022: all presentations will be 30 minutes long, and each accepted presentation will receive one ticket to the conference. The Call for Miniconf Sessions is now open on our website, so we encourage you to submit your proposal today. Check out our Miniconfs page at https://lca2022.linux.org.au/programme/miniconfs/ for more information. ## No need to book flights or hotels Don't forget: the conference will be an online, virtual experience. This means our speakers will be beaming in from their own homes or workplaces. The organising team will be able to help speakers with their tech set-up. Each accepted presenter will have a tech check prior to the event to smooth out any difficulties and there will be an option to pre-record presentations. ## Introducing LCA Local We know many of you have missed the experience of a face-to-face conference and in 2022 we are launching LCA Local. While our conference will be online, we are inviting people to join others in their local area and participate in the conference together. More information and an expression of interest form for LCA Local will be released soon. ## Have you got an idea? You can find out how to submit your session proposals at https://lca2022.linux.org.au/programme/proposals/. If you have any other questions, you can contact us via email at contact at lca2022.linux.org.au. The session selection committee is looking forward to reading your submissions. We would also like to thank them for coming together and volunteering their time to help put this conference together. linux.conf.au 2022 Organising Team ---- Read this online at https://lca2022.linux.org.au/news/call-for-sessions/ From andrew at donnellan.id.au Thu Aug 12 01:21:41 2021 From: andrew at donnellan.id.au (Andrew Donnellan) Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 01:21:41 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] [CFP] linux.conf.au Online 2022 Kernel Miniconf Message-ID: LCA2022 Kernel Miniconf - Online - 2022-01-14 --------------------------------------------- The linux.conf.au 2022 Kernel Miniconf Call for Proposals is now open. Start working on your talks! Date: 2022-01-14 Location: The Internet (again) Submissions close: 2021-09-05, 23:59 AoE/UTC-12 Submissions: https://linux.conf.au/proposals/submit/kernel-miniconf/ More info: https://lca-kernel.ozlabs.org/2022-cfp.html Significant changes from last year: - All miniconf speakers are guaranteed a free ticket - All talks will be 30 minutes long - CFP is now being run at the same time as main conference CFP process: if your talk is of broader interest consider submitting to the main conference as well *************************************************************************** linux.conf.au 2022 will be held from 14-16 January 2022. Due to the ongoing COVID-19-related restrictions on events and travel, LCA2022 will once again be held online. (Silver lining is you can speak or attend from wherever you are without flying here!) The Kernel Miniconf is a single-day miniconf track, held on Friday 14 January, about everything related to the kernel and low-level systems programming. The Kernel Miniconf invites talks about up-and-coming kernel developments, the future direction of the kernel, and kernel development community and process matters. Past Kernel Miniconfs have covered topics such as memory management, RCU, scheduling, testing/CI and filesystems, as well as community and process topics such as licensing, developer workflows, safety critical processes, and so on. We invite submissions on anything related to kernel and low-level systems programming. We welcome submissions from developers of all levels of experience, and from anyone connected with the kernel whether you are an upstream kernel developer, distro maintainer, academic researcher or a developer who works further downstream. The focus of the miniconf will primarily be on Linux, however non-Linux talks of sufficient interest to a primarily Linux audience will be considered. -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrew.donnellan.id.au andrew at donnellan.id.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From simon at darkmere.gen.nz Thu Aug 12 20:53:05 2021 From: simon at darkmere.gen.nz (Simon Lyall) Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 22:53:05 +1200 (NZST) Subject: [Linux-aus] CFP for Sysadmin Miniconf at Linux.conf.au 2022 Message-ID: The Call for Proposals is now up for the Sysadmin Miniconf at Linux.conf.au 2022, Online the 14th of January 2022. We are looking for 30 minute long Operations-related talks. We'd particularly love your War Stories about responding to the global pandemic and general work for home, or how you avoided earning war stories. The good news is that all talks accepted to the Miniconf get a free ticket for the whole of the conference! The bad news is that the CFP closes in just over 3 weeks from now on September 5th. So don't delay getting your proposal in! See our long CFP for more details: https://sysadmin.miniconf.org/cfp22.html Or Register and Login the the Conference dashboard to submit a proposal: https://linux.conf.au/dashboard -- Simon Lyall | Very Busy | Web: http://www.simonlyall.com/ "To stay awake all night adds a day to your life" - Stilgar From chair at lca2022.linux.org.au Mon Aug 16 21:12:03 2021 From: chair at lca2022.linux.org.au (Miles Goodhew, chair Linux.Conf.AU 2022) Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2021 21:12:03 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] linux.conf.au 2022 - Call for Sessions now open! Message-ID: <458c163a0df30456d29bc4b917f99c62@lca2022.linux.org.au> Hi everyone, Don't forget to get you session proposal in for LCA2022! While the pandemic has put us all into new and weird circumstances, this could be a great source of interesting stories of learning and adapting that your fellow community members would really benefit from hearing. Please give it a shot and submit your proposals! Thanks, M0les. > The linux.conf.au 2022 Call for Sessions is now open. It will stay open > until 11:59pm 5 September 2021 Anywhere on Earth (AoE). > > > The theme for 2022 is 'community'. > > After the challenges of the past year, our community has explored ways > to rebuild the connections we were used to having face-to-face. Many > Open Source communities already had their roots online, so how can this > be applied to other areas, and how can we keep people interested as they > shift to living even more of their lives online? How can we keep in > contact with connections in other countries in a virtual way? > > If you have ideas or developments you'd like to share with the open > source community at linux.conf.au, we'd love to hear from you. > > > ## Call for Sessions > > The main conference runs on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 January, with > multiple streams catering for a wide range of interest areas. > We invite you to submit a session proposal on a topic you are familiar > with via our proposals portal at > https://lca2022.linux.org.au/programme/proposals/. > Talks are 45 minute presentations on a single topic presented in lecture > format. Each accepted talk will receive one ticket to attend the > conference. > > > ## Call for Miniconfs > > We are pleased to announce we will again have four Miniconfs on the > first day, Friday 14 January 2022. These are: > > * GO GLAM meets Community > * Kernel > * Open Hardware > * System Administration > > Based on feedback over a few years, we will be introducing two major > changes for Miniconfs in 2022: all presentations will be 30 minutes > long, and each accepted presentation will receive one ticket to the > conference. > > The Call for Miniconf Sessions is now open on our website, so we > encourage you to submit your proposal today. Check out our Miniconfs > page at https://lca2022.linux.org.au/programme/miniconfs/ for more > information. > > > ## No need to book flights or hotels > > Don't forget: the conference will be an online, virtual experience. This > means our speakers will be beaming in from their own homes or > workplaces. > The organising team will be able to help speakers with their tech > set-up. Each accepted presenter will have a tech check prior to the > event to smooth out any difficulties and there will be an option to > pre-record presentations. > > > ## Introducing LCA Local > > We know many of you have missed the experience of a face-to-face > conference and in 2022 we are launching LCA Local. > While our conference will be online, we are inviting people to join > others in their local area and participate in the conference together. > More information and an expression of interest form for LCA Local will > be released soon. > > > ## Have you got an idea? > > You can find out how to submit your session proposals at > https://lca2022.linux.org.au/programme/proposals/. If you have any other > questions, you can contact us via email at contact at lca2022.linux.org.au. > > The session selection committee is looking forward to reading your > submissions. We would also like to thank them for coming together and > volunteering their time to help put this conference together. > > > linux.conf.au 2022 Organising Team -- ------------------------- Miles Goodhew Chair, Linux.Conf.AU [1] 2022 chair at lca2022.linux.org.au [1] Links: ------ [1] https://Linux.Conf.AU -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 749e876f.jpeg Type: image/jpeg Size: 32994 bytes Desc: not available URL: From russell at coker.com.au Sat Aug 28 17:27:59 2021 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2021 17:27:59 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] Virtual LUG talks - restart Message-ID: <27224870.x2x6Gsi7Sr@xev> I haven't followed up on this issue for a while, the main thing I have been stuck on is the issue of coordinating it. We have groups all around Australia with their own meetings on known dates that differ. One suggestion was to have a new meeting on a different date and force everyone to change (that's fair but inconvenient for some). My latest idea is that we could have an Australia wide meeting for the talks most suited to a large audience. Some talks due to a combination of the speaker and the topic work well for small groups, you can have great meetings that end up as a round-table discussion on how to use the new technology that the speaker introduced. Some talks work well in a format much like a university lecture, the speaker says what they want to say, shows pictures they want to show, and answers a few questions. So if we had a fixed time for a nationwide meeting and took nominations for the most suitable lecture-format talks from talks that had been given at LUG meetings (the first thing that comes to mind is every LUG talk that's a respin of a lecture someone gave at LCA) then I think we could have a format that works well for a nationwide audience (a large group of people who can't have much chit chat on a video link) while the talks that are more of a discussion format stay at LUG meetings. Note that I'm not in any way criticising discussion format talks, I've given many of them myself and I'm probably better at that than at lecture format talks. The LUV Jitsi server is up to the task of hosting this. So we need to choose a time and day of the month and find lectures. What do you think? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ From russell at coker.com.au Sun Aug 29 15:01:26 2021 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2021 15:01:26 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] hands-on training Message-ID: <6474105.n3xtT3bIvp@xev> In the past I've run hands-on training sessions for LUV which have worked out well. I think it's time to do that again over video chat. The format is that everyone gets root access to a VM, documentation on what needs to be done, and video chat to discuss problems with it (and the text part of the Jitsi for pasting error messages etc). Here are some of the past topics of hands-on training that I've run: Debian SE Linux (installation and configuration). Setting up BTRFS and ZFS with recovery from corrupted block devices and testing out the basic filesystem features. Setting up DNS and a mail server with Postfix and BIND. This time will include IPv6 as I don't have IPv4 public addresses. Includes extension sections on SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. Other training that I could run: Setting up LAMP stack with Wordpress as an example. Covering basics of Wordpress setup as well as some of the less obvious LAMP options. This will be with IPv6 or non-standard ports due to lack of IPv4 addresses. Setting up network monitoring with etbemon and the Prosody Jabber server. Who is interested in such training? Previous training has been run on Saturdays in the middle of the day, but we could do it at a different time if there's demand. Also I can provide free VMs for anyone else who wants to run such training on free software. You provide the master VM image, a script to make dozens of copies with different IP addresses etc, lecture notes, and be ready to talk people through problems and I'll provide the VM hosting, video conferencing, and tech support for problems with VMs or video conferencing. Let me know if there's something you want to teach. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ From andrew at donnellan.id.au Mon Aug 30 14:35:09 2021 From: andrew at donnellan.id.au (Andrew Donnellan) Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 14:35:09 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] [CFP] linux.conf.au Online 2022 Kernel Miniconf In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The CFP is still open until 5 September, in a week from now - please get your submissions in and/or suggest it to your kernel-interested friends and colleagues. Regards Andrew On Thu, 12 Aug 2021 at 01:21, Andrew Donnellan wrote: > LCA2022 Kernel Miniconf - Online - 2022-01-14 > --------------------------------------------- > > The linux.conf.au 2022 Kernel Miniconf Call for Proposals is now open. > Start working on your talks! > > Date: 2022-01-14 > Location: The Internet (again) > Submissions close: 2021-09-05, 23:59 AoE/UTC-12 > Submissions: https://linux.conf.au/proposals/submit/kernel-miniconf/ > More info: https://lca-kernel.ozlabs.org/2022-cfp.html > > Significant changes from last year: > - All miniconf speakers are guaranteed a free ticket > - All talks will be 30 minutes long > - CFP is now being run at the same time as main conference CFP process: if > your talk is of broader interest consider submitting to the main conference > as well > > *************************************************************************** > > > linux.conf.au 2022 will be held from 14-16 January 2022. > > Due to the ongoing COVID-19-related restrictions on events and travel, > LCA2022 will once again be held online. (Silver lining is you can speak or > attend from wherever you are without flying here!) > > The Kernel Miniconf is a single-day miniconf track, held on Friday 14 > January, about everything related to the kernel and low-level systems > programming. > > The Kernel Miniconf invites talks about up-and-coming kernel developments, > the future direction of the kernel, and kernel development community and > process matters. Past Kernel Miniconfs have covered topics such as memory > management, RCU, scheduling, testing/CI and filesystems, as well as > community and process topics such as licensing, developer workflows, safety > critical processes, and so on. > > We invite submissions on anything related to kernel and low-level systems > programming. We welcome submissions from developers of all levels of > experience, and from anyone connected with the kernel whether you are an > upstream kernel developer, distro maintainer, academic researcher or a > developer who works further downstream. The focus of the miniconf will > primarily be on Linux, however non-Linux talks of sufficient interest to a > primarily Linux audience will be considered. > > -- > Andrew Donnellan > http://andrew.donnellan.id.au andrew at donnellan.id.au > -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrew.donnellan.id.au andrew at donnellan.id.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From russell at coker.com.au Tue Aug 31 15:46:16 2021 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:46:16 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] this list Message-ID: <2548892.hIFruQV7Wq@xev> Past discussions here have had a conclusion that using this list for general Linux support is OK. But the majority of traffic here isn't about that which will be a disincentive to people asking such questions. Should we have a separate list for Linux support in Australia to be welcoming to such queries? I received more replies to my message about hands-on training from the luv- main list than this list in spite of this list having more than twice as many subscribers. Does that mean this list isn't reaching the sort of people who want to learn about how to configure Postfix etc and is mostly about the sort of people who are interested in LCA CFPs? That isn't a bad thing, but if so then we probably need a separate list for the people who aren't planning to present at LCA. http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/lugcomms/ Finally we have the lugcomms list which we tried to resurrect months ago. One possibility would be to repurpose that list for announcements to general LUG members which members of each of the LUGs could forward to their groups by whatever method is most appropriate. What do you think? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ From josh at nitrotech.org Tue Aug 31 15:52:36 2021 From: josh at nitrotech.org (Joshua Hesketh) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:52:36 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] this list In-Reply-To: <2548892.hIFruQV7Wq@xev> References: <2548892.hIFruQV7Wq@xev> Message-ID: On 31/8/21 15:46, Russell Coker via linux-aus wrote: > Past discussions here have had a conclusion that using this list for general > Linux support is OK. But the majority of traffic here isn't about that which > will be a disincentive to people asking such questions. To be fair there isn't much traffic on this list at all sadly. > > Should we have a separate list for Linux support in Australia to be welcoming > to such queries? I'm not opposed to this, but I'm also personally happy for this list to be used for it (which is probably my preference). > > I received more replies to my message about hands-on training from the luv- > main list than this list in spite of this list having more than twice as many > subscribers. Does that mean this list isn't reaching the sort of people who > want to learn about how to configure Postfix etc and is mostly about the sort > of people who are interested in LCA CFPs? That isn't a bad thing, but if so > then we probably need a separate list for the people who aren't planning to > present at LCA. Right, this is probably the challenge (the audience). So the question is: is it easier to get the correct audience onto a new list or participating on this existing list (if that's the decision). There's also the broader discussion about whether mailing lists are where people go for discussions or not these days (as opposed to forums, chat applications, or stackoverflow etc) which I suspect is a large reason we don't see more activity. Cheers, Josh > > http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/lugcomms/ > > Finally we have the lugcomms list which we tried to resurrect months ago. One > possibility would be to repurpose that list for announcements to general LUG > members which members of each of the LUGs could forward to their groups by > whatever method is most appropriate. > > What do you think? > From russell at coker.com.au Tue Aug 31 17:20:43 2021 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 17:20:43 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] communication methods Message-ID: <2412004.Bczd4nvdUs@xev> On Tuesday, 31 August 2021 15:52:36 AEST Joshua Hesketh via linux-aus wrote: > There's also the broader discussion about whether mailing lists are > where people go for discussions or not these days (as opposed to forums, > chat applications, or stackoverflow etc) which I suspect is a large > reason we don't see more activity. I run a Matrix server for LUV and can give accounts to any Linux people in Australia. We want to avoid stackoverflow and similar services. Would there be interest in having a Linux Australia forum? I could setup a forum on the LUV server, but it's probably better to do that on a LA server. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ From josh at nitrotech.org Tue Aug 31 17:26:24 2021 From: josh at nitrotech.org (Joshua Hesketh) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 17:26:24 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] communication methods In-Reply-To: <2412004.Bczd4nvdUs@xev> References: <2412004.Bczd4nvdUs@xev> Message-ID: On 31/8/21 17:20, Russell Coker via linux-aus wrote: > On Tuesday, 31 August 2021 15:52:36 AEST Joshua Hesketh via linux-aus > wrote: >> There's also the broader discussion about whether mailing lists are >> where people go for discussions or not these days (as opposed to forums, >> chat applications, or stackoverflow etc) which I suspect is a large >> reason we don't see more activity. > I run a Matrix server for LUV and can give accounts to any Linux people in > Australia. > > We want to avoid stackoverflow and similar services. > > Would there be interest in having a Linux Australia forum? I could setup a > forum on the LUV server, but it's probably better to do that on a LA > server. > To clarify, I wasn't suggesting those services, merely guessing why we see less traffic (but if others want them then sure). Linux Australia is on Matrix already: #linuxaus:matrix.org Cheers, Josh From svetlana.tkachenko at fastmail.com Tue Aug 31 17:03:12 2021 From: svetlana.tkachenko at fastmail.com (Svetlana Tkachenko) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 17:03:12 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] this list In-Reply-To: <2548892.hIFruQV7Wq@xev> References: <2548892.hIFruQV7Wq@xev> Message-ID: Hi Russell Coker > Does that mean this list isn't reaching the sort of people who > want to learn about how to configure Postfix etc I would be interested in learning this, though, via IRC would be easier than via a audio chat with screen sharing. What is your nick on IRC? I have a debian computer at home and a static ip. Regards Svetlana From lloy0076 at adam.com.au Tue Aug 31 18:57:05 2021 From: lloy0076 at adam.com.au (David Lloyd) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 04:57:05 -0400 Subject: [Linux-aus] this list In-Reply-To: <2548892.hIFruQV7Wq@xev> References: <2548892.hIFruQV7Wq@xev> Message-ID: Why reduce the traffic of an already quiet list? I doubt making a separate list for technical discussion(s) will increase the traffic /but/ it could splinter the community. To be honest, unless this list got sunk so much in a flurry of technical questions appropriate for a Linux/Open Source related mailing list ... the absolute horror ... I'd be inclined to leave it as it is. ...unless someone knows of a contingent who want to activate such a list that I/we(?) don't know about :) DSL On 31/08/2021 1:46 am, Russell Coker via linux-aus wrote: > Past discussions here have had a conclusion that using this list for general > Linux support is OK. But the majority of traffic here isn't about that which > will be a disincentive to people asking such questions. > > Should we have a separate list for Linux support in Australia to be welcoming > to such queries? > > I received more replies to my message about hands-on training from the luv- > main list than this list in spite of this list having more than twice as many > subscribers. Does that mean this list isn't reaching the sort of people who > want to learn about how to configure Postfix etc and is mostly about the sort > of people who are interested in LCA CFPs? That isn't a bad thing, but if so > then we probably need a separate list for the people who aren't planning to > present at LCA. > > http://lists.linux.org.au/pipermail/lugcomms/ > > Finally we have the lugcomms list which we tried to resurrect months ago. One > possibility would be to repurpose that list for announcements to general LUG > members which members of each of the LUGs could forward to their groups by > whatever method is most appropriate. > > What do you think? > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From russell at coker.com.au Tue Aug 31 19:44:39 2021 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 19:44:39 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] this list In-Reply-To: References: <2548892.hIFruQV7Wq@xev> Message-ID: <5401526.GaF06rXrUv@xev> On Tuesday, 31 August 2021 17:03:12 AEST Svetlana Tkachenko via linux-aus wrote: > Hi Russell Coker > > > Does that mean this list isn't reaching the sort of people who > > want to learn about how to configure Postfix etc > > I would be interested in learning this, though, via IRC > would be easier than via a audio chat with screen sharing. > What is your nick on IRC? Services like Jitsi and BBB support text chat as well as audio and video. They also make it easy to share screen contents. So it's definitely better than IRC for such things. https://gist.github.com/pinkisemils/39d4ded8b1639b6f39dcab15618649f5 Also IRC use has dropped off following a recent freenode issue, the above is one of many web pages about the topic that I think gives a reasonable summary of the issues without taking too much reading time. > I have a debian computer at home and a static ip. My message to this on Sunday subject "hands-on training" covers the options. The advantage of a VM over your own PC is that it's in a known state before things start and I can easily login to check things if you have problems while you won't want people logging in to your own PC. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ From russell at coker.com.au Tue Aug 31 19:47:28 2021 From: russell at coker.com.au (Russell Coker) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 19:47:28 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] communication methods In-Reply-To: References: <2412004.Bczd4nvdUs@xev> Message-ID: <2931433.otGRr7MXHI@xev> On Tuesday, 31 August 2021 17:26:24 AEST Joshua Hesketh via linux-aus wrote: > > I run a Matrix server for LUV and can give accounts to any Linux people in > > Australia. > > > > We want to avoid stackoverflow and similar services. > > > > Would there be interest in having a Linux Australia forum? I could setup a > > forum on the LUV server, but it's probably better to do that on a LA > > server. > > To clarify, I wasn't suggesting those services, merely guessing why we > see less traffic (but if others want them then sure). I believe that the need for user engagement is obvious and therefore the suggestion that lack of such a service is limiting user engagement is an implied suggestion to use such services. > Linux Australia is on Matrix already: #linuxaus:matrix.org We need accounts for people, preferrably not accounts on some big server which ends up with as much community control as Facebook etc. I think it would be good if we had a Linux Australia Matrix server and gave accounts to community members. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ From l.symons at live.com Tue Aug 31 20:00:09 2021 From: l.symons at live.com (Lucas Symons) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 10:00:09 +0000 Subject: [Linux-aus] communication methods In-Reply-To: <2931433.otGRr7MXHI@xev> References: <2412004.Bczd4nvdUs@xev> <2931433.otGRr7MXHI@xev> Message-ID: I think a forum would be a great idea! IMO it would look great under the linuxAus domain, I'm sure we could work out a way to sync "Members" accounts vs just a forum account if we wanted to have a members only area and allow non member accounts for general chat/questions. Lucas Symons ________________________________ From: linux-aus on behalf of Russell Coker via linux-aus Sent: Tuesday, 31 August 2021, 7:47 pm To: linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au Subject: Re: [Linux-aus] communication methods On Tuesday, 31 August 2021 17:26:24 AEST Joshua Hesketh via linux-aus wrote: > > I run a Matrix server for LUV and can give accounts to any Linux people in > > Australia. > > > > We want to avoid stackoverflow and similar services. > > > > Would there be interest in having a Linux Australia forum? I could setup a > > forum on the LUV server, but it's probably better to do that on a LA > > server. > > To clarify, I wasn't suggesting those services, merely guessing why we > see less traffic (but if others want them then sure). I believe that the need for user engagement is obvious and therefore the suggestion that lack of such a service is limiting user engagement is an implied suggestion to use such services. > Linux Australia is on Matrix already: #linuxaus:matrix.org We need accounts for people, preferrably not accounts on some big server which ends up with as much community control as Facebook etc. I think it would be good if we had a Linux Australia Matrix server and gave accounts to community members. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/ _______________________________________________ linux-aus mailing list linux-aus at lists.linux.org.au http://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo/linux-aus To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to linux-aus-unsubscribe at lists.linux.org.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From svetlana.tkachenko at fastmail.com Tue Aug 31 21:20:44 2021 From: svetlana.tkachenko at fastmail.com (Svetlana Tkachenko) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 21:20:44 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] this list In-Reply-To: <5401526.GaF06rXrUv@xev> References: <2548892.hIFruQV7Wq@xev> <5401526.GaF06rXrUv@xev> Message-ID: <6dc74f77-7ebd-45ec-a72e-315d534b9bdd@www.fastmail.com> Hi Russell > > > Does that mean this list isn't reaching the sort of people who > > > want to learn about how to configure Postfix etc > > > > I would be interested in learning this, though, via IRC > > would be easier than via a audio chat with screen sharing. > > What is your nick on IRC? > > Services like Jitsi and BBB support text chat as well as audio and video. > They also make it easy to share screen contents. So it's definitely better > than IRC for such things. I would have trouble with audio. People may interrupt me in the middle of an audio session, or listen to what I say. I do not have any idea how this is done in other households, here it is easy to hear what I say from another room and even my neighbour hears every word that I say easily. Maybe I just need a better mic - I don't know. > https://gist.github.com/pinkisemils/39d4ded8b1639b6f39dcab15618649f5 > > Also IRC use has dropped off following a recent freenode issue, the above is > one of many web pages about the topic that I think gives a reasonable summary > of the issues without taking too much reading time. I'm on libera, oftc, efnet, and about 20 other networks. Joining a new one would not be a problem for me and I would be happy to help to host an ircd for linuxAU if this is desired. > > I have a debian computer at home and a static ip. > > The advantage of a VM over your own PC is that it's in a known state before > things start and I can easily login to check things if you have problems while > you won't want people logging in to your own PC. VM is ok, I just didn't use it before properly. I have virtualbox installed. Regards, Svetlana From noel.butler at ausics.net Tue Aug 31 22:42:44 2021 From: noel.butler at ausics.net (Noel Butler) Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 22:42:44 +1000 Subject: [Linux-aus] this list In-Reply-To: References: <2548892.hIFruQV7Wq@xev> Message-ID: <0f2a905b7f7ccb45d92385e9559057de@ausics.net> On 31/08/2021 18:57, David Lloyd via linux-aus wrote: > Why reduce the traffic of an already quiet list? > > I doubt making a separate list for technical discussion(s) will > increase the traffic _but_ it could splinter the community. council took it upon themselves to do this already with the grants, so less people would bother questioning their choices and actions -- Regards, Noel Butler This Email, including attachments, may contain legally privileged information, therefore at all times remains confidential and subject to copyright protected under international law. 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