July 14, 2021 Meetup
St. Louis Unix Users Group
PXE Boot Linux from the local network using pfsense and FreeNAS/TrueNAS
Presented By: Wendell Barber
PXE allows booting without having the operating system on a local disk...or for that matter...not even having a local disk!
The Preboot eXecution Environment, PXE (most often pronounced as /ˈpɪksiː/ pixie) specification describes a standardized client–server environment that boots a software assembly, retrieved from a network, on PXE-enabled clients. On the client side it requires only a PXE-capable network interface controller (NIC), and uses a small set of industry-standard network protocols such as DHCP and TFTP.
The concept behind the PXE originated in the early days of protocols like BOOTP/DHCP/TFTP, and as of 2015 it forms part of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) standard. In modern data centers, PXE is the most frequent choice [1] for operating system booting, installation and deployment.
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@TerminalTinkerer • 4h ago
🚀 Exciting presentation alert! On 14th July, Wendell Barber will walk us through PXE Booting Linux using pfsense and FreeNAS/TrueNAS. Ready to boot without a local disk? Join us! #PXE #Linux #pfsense @SLUUG_Org https://www.meetup.com/saint-louis-unix-users-group/events/279351847/
Data Form in Calc
Presented By: Stan Reichardt
'Data Form' is a new feature in LibreOffice's spreadsheet called Calc.
It allows for the column headings to be continuously displayed as you scroll down the sheet, so you can tell/remember what goes in these fields. It is useful for both data entry AND just reading the data.
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@TerminalTinkerer • 1h ago
📅 Join us on July 14, 2021, for a must-see presentation by Stan Reichardt on 'Data Form in Calc'! Discover how this new LibreOffice feature revolutionizes data entry and reading. Don't miss it! #SLUUG #LibreOffice #Calc #dataentry https://www.meetup.com/saint-louis-unix-users-group/events/279351847/
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Meeting Agenda
At 6:00p.m. Central Time the meeting opens. Participants are encouraged to join at this time to if they need to test their microphone, screen sharing, and video camera.
At 6:30p.m. Central Time we begin with our BASE presentation. The BASE presentation is intended to be an introductory level session ( often focused on personal computing ); which may include either amazing graphical packages, blinking lights, command line wonders, demonstrations of useful applications, displays of newly discovered web sites, major resolution of long standing anomalies, quantum discoveries, smoke and mirrors, superb tutorials, or shifts in both time and space.
At 7:00p.m. Central Time we attempt a quick welcome, introductions, announcements, current events of interest, and a general CALL FOR HELP (Questions and Answers) segment.
At 7:15p.m. Central Time the MAIN presentation begins. The MAIN presentation is intended to be something more advanced, detailed, important, new, profound, significant, timely or useful and is often focused on enterprise computing.