September Meeting: Proxmox Virtual Environment

When:

Thursday, September 19, 2024 @ 7:00pm

Where:

Wright State University
Russ Engineering Center, Room 302

We will also have an online presence via the Zoom web conferencing service.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87602254357
Meeting ID: 876 0225 4357

If joining a meeting from a Windows PC, the Zoom client will automagically download and attempt to install. For those using Linux, you can download the free (not Free) Zoom client from this page. It’s available for a variety of distributions.

For those attending in person, we will most likely adjourn to Milano’s afterward for food and socializing.

Presentations/Topics:

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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August Meeting: Windows Subsystem for Linux

When:

Thursday, August 15, 2024 @ 7:00pm

Where:

Wright State University
Russ Engineering Center, Room 302

We will also have an online presence via the Zoom web conferencing service.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87602254357
Meeting ID: 876 0225 4357

If joining a meeting from a Windows PC, the Zoom client will automagically download and attempt to install. For those using Linux, you can download the free (not Free) Zoom client from this page. It’s available for a variety of distributions.

For those attending in person, we will most likely adjourn to Milano’s afterward for food and socializing.

Presentations/Topics:

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.

July Meeting: LUKS Disk Encryption in Windows

When:

Thursday, July 18, 2024 @ 7:00pm

Where:

Wright State University
Russ Engineering Center, Room 302

We will also have an online presence via the Zoom web conferencing service.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87602254357
Meeting ID: 876 0225 4357

If joining a meeting from a Windows PC, the Zoom client will automagically download and attempt to install. For those using Linux, you can download the free (not Free) Zoom client from this page. It’s available for a variety of distributions.

For those attending in person, we will most likely adjourn to Milano’s afterward for food and socializing.

Presentations/Topics:

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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