Walt Mankowski via plug on 15 Mar 2026 12:48:03 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] [plug-announce] Tue Mar 10 - PLUG North - (7 pm at SkySwitch)


Sorry for the delay with this email. The attachments caused it to be
held and I just noticed that it was sitting in the queue.

Walt

On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 02:21:40PM -0400, Carlos M. Fernández via plug wrote:
> On a tangentially related note, if you lost your jacket last night, it's
> been found and placed in locker #19 in Franklin. I can arrange to have it
> returned, or we can hold it there for retrieval at the next meeting.
> 
> Best regards,
> //CMFM
> 
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2026, 00:49 Will via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks everyone that could come out. It was fun but not enough on topic or
> > to plan. I will reach out to Bill to see if I can work with him and Tom
> > (current bot owners and experts) on a better hands on experience with Open
> > Claw and better structured talk.
> >
> > I didn't even get home yet after the post talk optional meetup of his main
> > Open Claw instance is busy replicating himself. I look forward to
> > discussing this all again in the future. So even tonight we're actively
> > building and pushing Open Claw. I will see what we can do to maybe get an
> > instance on IRC.
> >
> > What is unique tonight was a crash course in local and frontier LLM use
> > with OpenCode and costs. I really appreciate the immediate feedback and am
> > open to more feedback for any future talks on this subject. If anyone is on
> > this list from CIALUG, we did dive a bit further but faster with self
> > hosting LLM's.
> >
> > Again, thank you everyone and I look forward to any discussions. If anyone
> > is sick of AI talk, I totally can empathize and feel free to reach out as
> > some these topics can be equally as frustrating as polarizing.
> >
> > -Will C
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 10, 2026, 09:08 Walt Mankowski via plug <
> > plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Will,
> >>
> >> Thanks for volunteering! Unfortunately I probably won't be able to
> >> make the meeting tonight, but I look forward to seeing you present it
> >> in the future.
> >>
> >> Walt
> >>
> >> On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 09:03:24AM -0400, Will via plug wrote:
> >> > I'm volunteering to hijack this "General Discussion" with a *concept of
> >> a
> >> > talk*.
> >> >
> >> > As I won't have a formal presentation, I will be leading a guided
> >> > discussion on Open Claw and what I have been exposed to. I come with:
> >> >
> >> >    - Hosting experience in 3 different ways.
> >> >       - Root on system
> >> >       - Docker
> >> >       - Surprise not docker solution and why it's better.
> >> >       - Sub Agents!
> >> >    - Costs
> >> >       - Anthropic and OpenAI observed costs.
> >> >       - Self hosting experience.
> >> >    - Configuration
> >> >       - How
> >> >       - Process
> >> >       - What is the "Soul"?
> >> >       - Plugins and extensions.
> >> >       - Which frontier models tested.
> >> >       - Self hosting options
> >> >          - Networking
> >> >          - Cross site VPN options tested and options.
> >> >       - Backups
> >> >       - How to back up and save your bots!
> >> >    - Fun related topics
> >> >       - Security!
> >> >       - Provenance: What is it, why you care, and how this probably
> >> impacts
> >> >       your life now as a developer, admin, or infrastructure person .
> >> May hold
> >> >       non-techies accountable for the words out of their mouths.
> >> >       - Context windows, what it is and strategies observed (this group
> >> >       might solve this in general discussion).
> >> >       - Live Demo? May take the group to make this unplanned demo.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > If this topic interests you and you cannot make it, don't worry. This is
> >> > more like getting some friendly people in a room to help me make an
> >> actual
> >> > formal talk for Open Claw and will likely give it formally soon at LUG
> >> near
> >> > you (Yes Andrew, CIALUG will likely get this one)!
> >> >
> >> > -Will C
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Mar 9, 2026 at 9:34 AM Walt Mankowski via plug-announce via
> >> plug <
> >> > plug@lists.phillylinux.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > PLUG North will be meeting on Tuesday, March 10 at SkySwitch's
> >> offices in
> >> > > Blue Bell. The meeting will start at 7 PM, and doors will open at
> >> 6:45.
> >> > > Directions to the meeting location can be found at the end of this
> >> email.
> >> > >
> >> > > We don't have a speaker this month, so the meeting will be a general
> >> > > discussion of Linux and open source topics. Bring your questions!
> >> > >
> >> > > SkySwitch (https://skyswitch.com/)
> >> > >   751 Arbor Way
> >> > >   Blue Bell, PA 19422
> >> > >
> >> > > Directions and other information are on our website:
> >> > >
> >> > >   http://www.phillylinux.org/locations/coredial.html
> >> > > _______________________________________________
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> >> > > plug-announce@lists.phillylinux.org
> >> > > http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce
> >> > >
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