Welcome to the Dayton Linux Users Group

Proxmox Virtual Environment is an open source server virtualization management solution based on QEMU/KVM and LXC. You can manage virtual machines, containers, highly available clusters, storage and networks with an integrated, easy-to-use web interface or via CLI. Proxmox VE code is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3. The project is developed and maintained by Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH.

Mike Linden will cover installation and some basic configuration steps to get you up and running on Proxmox.

As always, any news, discussions, and questions about Linux / Open Source topics are welcome.

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Last month JMB presented a project using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).  This month we will explore WSL a little more deeply.  Nancy Christolear will show how to install WSL on Windows 10 and Windows 11 (and what the differences are).  She will demonstrate using both command line and GUI interfaces and discuss their capabilities.

As always, any news, discussions, and questions about Linux / Open Source topics are welcome.

The Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) is a disk encryption specification originally intended for Linux. LUKS implements a platform-independent standard on-disk format for use in various tools. This facilitates compatibility and interoperability among different programs and operating systems, and assures that they all implement password management in a secure and documented manner.

JMB will show us how to configure a Windows 10 or Windows 11 computer to access a LUKS-encrypted USB-SSD drive.

The key features are:

• In Windows 10/11, access, store & backup files to a locally mounted USB-SSD.
• The ext4-formatted USB-SSD is Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) encrypted.
• Only the owner of the computer has the decryption “key”.
  • The key (passphrase) can just be memorized, written on paper, etc.
  • The key can but does need not be stored on any electronic device.

• Use free and open source software (FOSS).

• Not reliant on any cloud-based storage.

• Use a device that can be:
  • Easily attached / detached
  • Physically stored in a secure location of one’s choosing
  • Small and reasonably portable
  • A capacity that one’s budget will allow (100’s GB / 1+ TB)
  • Affordable and incur only an initial cost (no subscription fees).

As always, any news, discussions, and questions about Linux / Open Source topics are welcome.

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