Re: Slack for PLUG

2020-01-03 Thread Jill Rouleau
https://www.irccloud.com/

It's a cloud-based irc client/bouncer with a modern web UI and mobile apps.  (A
bouncer is like an irc connection proxy that stores channel and chat logs for
you when your client isn't connected.)  For folks who don't want to or can't run
their own bouncer or just want an easier interface to irc it's a really great
option.  So if you like things like Slack because they're more user-friendly
this is a good client-based alternative that won't lock you into a proprietary
chat solution.  This is usually my go-to client for introducing new f/oss
contributors to irc and I'd definitely feature it prominently in any intro to
irc talk.


-Jill


On 2020-01-04 01:18, Ed wrote:
> Is there a presentation for January?
> I would enjoy learning to IRC at the one PLUG meeting I can make
> before summer...
> 
> On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 10:39 AM Michael Butash  wrote:
> >
> > I've had so many services over the past 25 years or so, at this point I
don't do any more than I have to.  I like slack because it's business partners
and customers mostly so professional, and it's pretty universal.  I ran discord
for a bit last year for a game I was playing, but that's about it.  I still use
gvoice/hangouts for all my sms, signal atop that, and that's about it.
> >
> > As Hans said, Plug does have IRC, but of all things IRC is one thing I've
never gotten into using after all these years, or more never had a reason to
continue using.  Perhaps less is more and should though.
> >
> > -mb
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 9:45 PM Stephen Partington 
wrote:
> >>
> >> I would be interested in matter most with rocketchat a close second.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jan 1, 2020, 2:54 PM Seabass  wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I’d imagine we would want to setup an open-source solution of some kind.
> >>>
> >>> I’d be willing to setup a rocket chat, for example, but I don’t know what
that would take for our audience, not had anyone said anything about wanting
one.
> >>> Nobody expressing interest may also be why it never happened, though.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Message: 6
> >>> Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 17:11:26 -0500
> >>> From: Michael 
> >>> To: Main PLUG discussion list 
> >>> Subject: Re: Slack for PLUG
> >>> Message-ID:
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> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> >>>
> >>> imagine if we all showed for an installfest!
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 4:46 PM Brian Cluff  wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > We've got almost a thousand on Meetup and almost 500 subscribed to this
mailing list.
> >>> >
> >>> > Brian Cluff
> >>> >
> >>> > On 12/31/19 11:57 AM, Michael Butash wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > I was looking at this for something else, and thought this might be nice
for PLUG.
> >>> >
> >>> > https://slack.com/help/articles/204368833-Slack-for-Nonprofits
> >>> >
> >>> > I use Slack chat a lot with various customers and partners, and it's
free to nonprofits ala PLUG (I think) if under 250 users. Not sure how many
folks are actually joined to PLUG offer that to everyone (that would actually
participate), but I'd be interested in joining it if one existed with the folks
that normally participated here.
> >>> >
> >>> > Thoughts?
> >>> >
> >>> > -mb
> >>> >
> >>> >
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Red Hat User Group launch

2020-01-03 Thread Jill Rouleau
Red Hat is launching a RHUG in Tempe.  The first meetup will be Wed Jan 22 at
the Main Event in Tempe, with a presentation on Ansible for Security Compliance
and Incident Response.  (Coincidentally, there will also be an introductory
presentation on Ansible at PLUG, in February!)

Hope to see lots of folks from PLUG there.
https://events.redhat.com/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x126256abcd

-Jill

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Re: Learning Python

2019-12-18 Thread Jill Rouleau
https://automatetheboringstuff.com/
Also available in dead-tree version.

https://greenteapress.com/wp/think-python-2e/
There's 2 editions of this book - one that's based on python2 and one that's
updated for python3.  Make sure you grab the version for py3.


https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/expert-python-programming-third-edition
This is a good follow-on once you get the basics of the language down and want
to do more.

If you're doing data analysis you probably want to take a look at the pandas
lib, https://pandas.pydata.org/
And possibly https://matplotlib.org/

VSCode is a great IDE for python, as is pycharm.

-jill


On 2019-12-16 00:34, AZ Pete wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm interested in learning Python and thought I'd ask the PLUG brain trust on
some recommendations for books.
> 
> My main interest in learning Python is more for data analysis (Statistics, AI,
etc), not web programming. I'm a SQL Server DBA/Developer and recent versions of
SQL Server have the ability to run Python within the database engine as another
avenue for data analysis. I'm also interested in moving toward more data
analysis/BI roles and Python fits the bill quite well. I have 20 years of DBA
experience, so I don't necessarily need beginner level programming books. But
having said that, I have no experience with Python at all.
> 
> I've found countless video tutorials on Python (Pluralsight, EdX, Coursera,
etc.), but I still prefer book learning, especially books that teach a concept
and then give you "homework" assignments to practice.
> 
> Any recommendation on Python books for programming (not website stuff, though)
would be very much appreciated.
> Also, recommendations for an IDE on Windows would be appreciated. I already
use VS Code for Powershell development, so maybe that will be ok for Python?
> 
> Thanks,
> Peter
> 
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AZ Tech Summit - PLUG discount

2019-08-08 Thread Jill Rouleau
The folks at LI9 who gave our talk last month about RHEL8 have extended a
discount code for PLUG members to attend AZ Tech Summit.

The event is on 9/11/2019 at the Phoenix Convention Center.
https://technologysummit.net/arizona.html

Promo code ATS19ATT will waive the $249 registration fee.

Thanks very much to Kristina and Li9!

-Jill

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