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mailing list move and upgrade
by Jason Schaefer 26 Jun '26

26 Jun '26

Ahoy! I've moved our list off dreamhost since they are ending support for mailman. I setup a dedicated mailman3 server with postorius front end and hyperkitty for archives. Exim as the MTA. You can manage your subscription here https://lists.coactcloud.com/mailman3/postorius/lists/nmglug.lists.nmglug.o… Going forward it would be best to use the full email address for the list nmglug(a)lists.nmglug.org Although, nmglug(a)nmglug.org should continue to work. Hopefully the anti-spam protocols allow for smooth delivery to everyone's inbox. Let me know if you see any problems! Jason

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LPIC study group.
by Jerred Weingarten 23 Jun '26

23 Jun '26

Hi all, I am not certain that anyone has posted this here before, but there is a Tuesday study group that meets in Albuquerque at Quelab focused on the LPIC-1 tests. We have been meeting for about a year and a half, working through online video lessons, which turns into discussions when needed. It is a lively group of about 5-6. We meet every Tuesday at Quelab in Albuquerque from 6pm to 8pm. You don't have to be a member of Quelab to attend. -- Jerred Weingarten "Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect." Linus Torvalds, September 28, 2003

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New to this group
by Evan 23 Jun '26

23 Jun '26

Hello! 👋🙂 First time using a mailing list, ha! I just moved to Albuquerque in the last few weeks, and I wanted to check out your group. I've been using Linux as my daily driver for a few years, and I'd like to help more people use it. I tried to join yesterday's meeting through the Jitsi link, but no one let me in. How can I participate with your group? 🤔 Thanks, - Evan

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Any solutions welcome
by palmolive＠cybermesa.com 08 Jun '26

08 Jun '26

Good morning all! I am looking for some guidance/advice/help. My wife created a libreoffice document and when she went back to open it it opened but with a dialog box offering "force quit" or "wait". Waiting just hung. Force quit dropped back to the desktop. In an effort to fix this problem, I did a quick internet search and tried the following: killall soffice.bin nothing happened... next rm -rf~/.config/libreoffice The second command I ran twice as I left a space in front of the .config I next opened libreoffice which took its time. It opened but showed no files available to open. I restarted and it welcomed me to ubuntu like a new install. Now appears there are no files on the disk. As you might imagine, this constitutes a catastrophic fail on my part. Any thoughts, advice, or assistance would be much appreciated. Thanks. Mike

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Re: [nmglug] MeshTastic/MeshCore
by William Pearson 05 Jun '26

05 Jun '26

Yeah, uses the LoRa wireless communication. Kinda like WiFi, but much further range, though much slower data rate. People have pushed the link range up to 200 miles in very special cases. MeshCore utilizes strong encryption for messages. Meshtastic is apparently very simple to set up, though not as resilient as MeshCore. Farmers have used LoRa for weather stations and irrigation systems for years. Very VERY low power, very very long range. People put these things in trees and have that act as a hub to push another 20-30 miles out. On 6/5/26 5:06 PM, Don Crowder wrote: > Looks interesting. > > On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM Loach <loach(a)argent.institute> wrote: > > Anyone have experience with either Meshtastic or MeshCore? Seems > kinda cool. Getting a ThinkNode M1 and gonna explore how it works > connecting to my Linux laptop. > -- > Will Pearson > > PGP Fingerprint > C79EC 767EE 5D66A F2268 5BDCF 78ADC 7F37B AE222 > _______________________________________________ > nmglug mailing list > nmglug(a)lists.nmglug.org > http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org > -- Will Pearson -----PGP FINGERPRINT----- C79EC 767EE 5D66A F2268 5BDCF 78ADC 7F37B AE222

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MeshTastic/MeshCore
by Loach 05 Jun '26

05 Jun '26

Anyone have experience with either Meshtastic or MeshCore? Seems kinda cool. Getting a ThinkNode M1 and gonna explore how it works connecting to my Linux laptop. -- Will Pearson PGP Fingerprint C79EC 767EE 5D66A F2268 5BDCF 78ADC 7F37B AE222

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recent work,
by ted.pome＠pm.me 24 Oct '25

24 Oct '25

NMGLUGers, At our meeting last night we had a small turnout, but some interesting work. there was some discussion of the brige-utils package and I showed off the Acer laptop I am bringing back to life. On the Acer, concensus was to use the ssd for swap. This is also reflected on the various discussions and problems reorted on the web by users who tried other uses. I added 8GB of swap by partitioning the ssd and then making one partition swap, then added the UUID to fstab. Works well. The optical drive was a bit iffy, but seems to have been jolted into life and now is working well. Maybe from blowing out the dust, maybe from the actions of travel and use. Hope you all are well, thank you, Ted P Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) secure email.

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Inquiry about job posting opportunities for Linux System Admins???
by John Jones 09 Oct '25

09 Oct '25

Greetings from Stellar Science in Uptown Albuquerque. We are seeking a Sys Admin with strong Linux experience. Seemed like this user group might have a few. Is there a better way to send the job description? https://stellarscience.applytojob.com/apply/5uM9rOz5cQ/System-Administrator I hope this message finds some folks who are interested. Feel free to reach out directly if there are any questions, or suggestions. Very respectfully, John A. Jones Technical Recruiter <mailto:jjones@stellarscience.com> jjones(a)stellarscience.com Cell: (505)720-9249 text/call Stellar Science Ltd. Co. <http://www.stellarscience.com/> http://www.stellarscience.com/

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Some reflections on Trixie, Debisn 13
by ted.pome＠pm.me 07 Sep '25

07 Sep '25

NMGLUGers, I have posted a brief review of my first take on Trixie, the newest Debian release. There are a few changes that are challenges for me. I have not repeated the ease with which I did prior upgrades. There is a lot to learn, so it is back to the man pages for me. Trixie is now 13.1 and some of the issues have been corrected by the developers. But if you check my post https://nmglug.org/latest-news/ you can read my reflections. Problems have been opportunities to learn, and I think the changes re-enforce the fact that proper hardware is needed to take advantage of the newest changes to the OS. Hope you all are well and not encountering too many glitches. Ted P Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) secure email

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meeting is small tonight;
by ted.pome＠pm.me 28 Aug '25

28 Aug '25

NMGLUGers, Just three of us here at Violet Crown. I am showing off Debian 13, Plasma desktop. Others are chatting. Hope to see more of us next time. Ted P Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) secure email.

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