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BerkeleyLUG meetup this Sunday 2026-08-09
Hi all,
Reminder here of the first Berkeley Linux User Group meetup of the month.
Both the virtual and the in-person physical meetups start at 11:00am PDT this Sunday, August 9th and go to 2:00pm PDT or however late people want to participate.
Please see the currently available meetup schedule at https://berkeleylug.com/meetings graciously provided by Michael P for further BerkeleyLUG meetup details; see references [1] and especially [2].
Info of virtual meetup thru Jit.si Meet https://meet.jit.si/BerkeleyLUG
Dial-in: +1.512.647.1431 PIN: 1036 1972 20#
To attend remotely, you'll need:
o Computer w/ any reasonably-modern graphical Web browser.
https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/user-guide/supported-browsers
o mic w/ speakers/headphones.
Headphones/earbuds are recommended because they avert audio feedback loops.
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o ... ---> or for a device using a specialised Jitsi Meet client program:
(Recommendation for headphones/earbuds still applies for all of the below)
o Jitsi Meet Client (28MB APK) for Android 5.0+, via F-Droid:
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jitsi.meet/
o Jitsi Meet Client for Android, via Google Play Store
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jitsi.meet
o Jitsi Meet Client for iOS, via Apple iTunes Store
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jitsi-meet/id1165103905
o Jitsi Meet Electron desktop client (86MB binary: Linux x86_64, MacOS,
MS-Windows), https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases
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Am planning to again do the same as the last meetup with SoDoI Coffee Tasting House this week (again, info at [1] and [2]) as far as initial plans to be at SoDoI in-person _before_ the 11:00am meetup start time. If SoDoI should somehow be closed as it was for the BerkeleyLUG 2026-06-28 meetup, then would proceed directly to the Berkeley Public Library's THP South branch's[3] Community room, just as for the last meetup of 2026-07-12 :-)
As a reminder, THP South branch [3] is definitely open on Sundays and there are ample table space, accessible WiFi, and electric outlets for laptops and other smaller computing devices. While the Berkeley Public Library's Rules of Use Policy specifically frowns on "meals" consumed inside the library (see 'A Shared Space' section of [4]), apparently "covered drinks and small snacks are okay" to bring inside. This way, those of us who wish to can avail ourselves of purchasing beverages such as Thai tea/coffee and/or small, non-messy snacks (am thinking of delicious Spring rolls) at the Berkeley Wat Mongkolratanaram Thai Temple’s Sunday brunch (see [5][6]) and then bring these inside for the meetup :-)
The weather is forecasted to be decent for this Sunday [7], and there is usually ample space at the Wat Mongkolratanaram Thai Temple outdoor seating areas for those who wish to have their fuller brunch meals just outside of the THP South library branch.
Am considering for the in-person physical meetup, playing around with the somewhat higher-barrier libvirt virtualization API (see at least [8]) on a low-end
Chromebook with a more minimal install of Debian-based Beardog-Trixie-26.08.03 [9].
FWIW, somehow haven't had much success with consistently having libvirt w/ KVM+QEMU guests up and running as compared to on VirtualBox :-\, so we'll see what happens Sunday.
Hopefully, will see some of you at Sunday's meetup!
Cheers!
-Aaron
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References
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[1]https://berkeleylug.com/meetings
[2]https://www.yelp.com/biz/sodoi-coffee-tasting-house-berkeley-2#location-and-hours
[3]https://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/locations/tarea-hall-pittman-south-branch
[4]https://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/about/berkeley-public-library-policies#rules-of-use-policy
[5]https://www.berkeleyside.org/2025/06/24/berkeley-thai-temple-sunday-brunch-volunteers
[6]https://www.yelp.com/biz/wat-mongkolratanaram-berkeley
[7]https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Berkeley&state=CA&site=MTR&lat=37.8658&lon=-122.275
[8]https://libvirt.org/
[9]https://sourceforge.net/projects/lilidog/files/Releases/
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