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ONLINE MEETINGS ONLY until further notice.
ONLINE session will use remote video software.
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6:00pm Zoom mtng room opens. People can chat.
6:30pm Basic/tutorial
7:00pm announcements & Q&A for topics other than tonite's talks.
7:15pm Main talk

7:15pm
MAIN:
“PXE Boot = Remotely boot Linux from the local network”
using pfsense and FreeNAS/TrueNAS
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.

PRIOR TO THE ABOVE:

6:30pm
BASE:
Data Form in Calc
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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