| 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 > >> > > _______________________________________________ > >> > > plug-announce mailing list > >> > > plug-announce@lists.phillylinux.org > >> > > http://lists.netisland.net/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > >> > > > >> ___________________________________________________________________________ > >> > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > >> > > http://www.phillylinux.org > >> > > Announcements - > >> > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > >> > > General Discussion -- > >> > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> > > > >> > >> > > >> ___________________________________________________________________________ > >> > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > >> http://www.phillylinux.org > >> > Announcements - > >> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > >> > General Discussion -- > >> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> > >> > >> ___________________________________________________________________________ > >> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > >> http://www.phillylinux.org > >> Announcements - > >> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > >> General Discussion -- > >> http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- > > http://www.phillylinux.org > > Announcements - > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > > General Discussion -- > > http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug