April Meeting: Intro to AnythingLLM

When:

Thursday, April 16, 2026 @ 7:00pm

Where:

Wright State University
Russ Engineering Center, Room 302 (or 348)

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:

Shawn Garrett will present an intro to AnythingLLM, an easy to use and configure all-in-one AI tool.

“The all-in-one AI productivity accelerator. On-device and privacy-first with no annoying setup or configuration.” That’s what this open source software is about. Shawn will present and live-demo some of his initial dabblings and experiments with deploying this and integrating it into his infrastructure.

References:


As always, we’ll also have discussion time for Linux and Open Source news, projects you’re working on, and questions for the rest of the group.

March Meeting: Win10/11 to Linux Backup

When:

Thursday, March 19, 2026 @ 7:00pm

Where:

Wright State University
Russ Engineering Center, Room 302 (or 348)

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:

JMB will show us how to back up Windows 10 and Windows 11 computers to Linux systems, using ssh – no WSLing!

Project Features & Objectives:
  • Access a Win10/11 PC’s ‘Shared Folder’ via a separate Linux (Ubuntu) PC:
  • To backup data in the ‘Shared Folder’ to either a folder of the Ubuntu PC or a mounted SSD (LUKS encrypted) of the Ubuntu PC.
  • Use free and open source software (FOSS).
  • Not reliant on any cloud based storage.

 

We’ll also talk about our recent Installfest on March 7th.

As always, we’ll also have discussion time for Linux and Open Source news, projects you’re working on, and questions for the rest of the group.

Presentation Slides: https://linux.dma1.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Win10-11-to-Linux-Backup-Presentation-Slides.pdf

InstallFest on March 7th

Time to bring in that old desktop or laptop computer and make it useful and secure again, with a fresh Linux install!

Bring a computer or just come by to watch and ask questions. Maybe you’ll win a Dell mini PC with Linux as a door prize!

Details are on our Events page.