We like Linux and Free and Open Source Software. Please join us on the first non-holiday Monday of each month. We are based in Waterloo Region, but welcome attendees and presenters from anywhere in the world.
This account mostly forwards announcements related to the group from elsewhere.
| Website | https://kwlug.org |
| Location | Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada |
Upcoming Meeting - https://kwlug.org/node/1436
Monday, Aug 11 2025, 07:00pm
Location: Hybrid: BBB and LIB 329 at Dana Porter Library
Jason Paul will continue his exploration setting up BigBlueButton using DevOps and GitOps principles. Fernando Duran will give us an update on SadServers, which teaches users Linux skills by presenting them with interactive challenges on virtual machines.
Upcoming Meeting - https://kwlug.org/node/1422
Monday, Nov 3 2025, 07:00pm
Location: Hybrid: BBB and LIB 329 at Dana Porter Library
Khalid Baheyeldin will continue his series of talks about Home Assistant by telling us about AppDaemon, an execution environment that interfaces with Home Assistant for writing custom apps in Python. He will demonstrate a simple app, and then show some more involved ones, including an app for emailing weather updates, and an app to replace his humidifier's h...
Video - https://kwlug.org/node/1440
2025-06: RaspAP Travel Router, PrivacySafe
pnijjar
Sat, 2025-06-07 01:59
Jason Paul presents the travel router he built on the RaspAP distribution. Mikalai Birukou explains concepts behind PrivacySafe. Video by Mikalai Birukou.
Video - https://kwlug.org/node/1437
2025-05: AdGuard Home, Raspberry Pi Laptop
pnijjar
Wed, 2025-05-07 01:38
Thomas Busch demonstrates AdGuard Home. J. Lucas Donkers shows off the homebrew laptop he made using a Raspberry Pi. See https://kwlug.org/node/1418 for additional information, slides and other auxiliary materials. Video by Mikalai Birukou.
Upcoming Meeting - https://kwlug.org/node/1433
Monday, Jul 7 2025, 07:00pm
Location: Hybrid: BBB and LIB 329 at Dana Porter Library
Tony Salomone will tell us about Transformer Lab, which allows you to easily run, train, evaluate and build AI models on your local machine without writing code. Sam Zhang will discuss MPV, a free software commandline media player.
Video - https://kwlug.org/node/1435
2025-04: ChimeraOS, ESPHome
pnijjar
Fri, 2025-04-11 01:22
Alesh Slovak discusses ChimeraOS. Tim Laurence demonstrates using ESPHome to program a smart plug. Video by Mikalai Birukou.
Archive.org page: https://archive.org/details/kwlug_meeting_2025-04-07
Upcoming Meeting - https://kwlug.org/node/1415
Monday, Apr 7 2025, 07:00pm
Location: Hybrid: BBB and LIB 329 at Dana Porter Library
Tim Laurence will demonstrate how to customize a devices with ESPHome installed through a series of examples using a simple smart plug bought online.Alesh Slovak will give us an update on his Linux distro ChimeraOS (formerly GamerOS), which aims to turn any PC into a gaming console. It has support for Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG, and dozens of console platf...
Upcoming Meeting - https://kwlug.org/node/1429
Monday, May 19 2025, 07:00pm
Location:
We are continuing the dinner meetup tradition at Crabby Joe's in downtown Kitchener, starting at 7pm. Note that this restaurant meeting is on a Monday.This is a supplementary informal meeting; we will still hold hybrid meetings for technical topics.The restaurant is located at 70 King St E in Kitchener, at the corner of King and Frederick St. Here is a map. Parking is free in the Crabby Joe's parking lo...
Upcoming Meeting - https://kwlug.org/node/1428
Wednesday, Apr 23 2025, 07:00pm
Location:
We are continuing the dinner meetup tradition at J&B Family Restaurant in downtown Kitchener, starting at 7pm. Note that this restaurant meeting is on a Wednesday.This is a supplementary informal meeting; we will still hold hybrid meetings for technical topics.The restaurant is located at 79 Victoria St N in Kitchener, near the corner of Victoria and Duke Here is a map. There is parking in front of t...
Upcoming Meeting - https://kwlug.org/node/1430
Wednesday, Jun 18 2025, 07:00pm
Location:
We are continuing the dinner meetup tradition at J&B Family Restaurant in downtown Kitchener, starting at 7pm. Note that this restaurant meeting is on a Wednesday.This is a supplementary informal meeting; we will still hold hybrid meetings for technical topics.The restaurant is located at 79 Victoria St N in Kitchener, near the corner of Victoria and Duke Here is a map. There is parking in front of t...