U3A Communities<p><strong>Installing desktop GNU/Linux</strong></p>
<p>🗓️ Start: 17 June 2025 3:00 pm<br>⏳ End: 17 June 2025 5:00 pm</p><p><strong>17th June 2025 at 3pm UK</strong></p><p>This month we look at installing desktop GNU/Linux. The talk will be demo focused.</p><p>Plenty of time is reserved for discussions.</p><p>Joining details will be emailed to subscribers nearer the time. If you aren’t a member, it’s free to join here <a href="https://u3acommunities.org/subscribe-to-computing-forum/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://u3acommunities.org/subscribe-to-computing-forum/</a>.</p><p> </p>
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Peter Lord<p>Email reminder will go out for the next @u3acommunities.org <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/u3a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>u3a</span></a> meeting tomorrow morning - about running <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/generativeai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generativeai</span></a> locally.</p><p>See <a href="https://u3acommunities.org/interest-groups/computing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">u3acommunities.org/interest-gr</span><span class="invisible">oups/computing/</span></a> <a href="https://u3acommunities.org/event/local-generative-ai/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">u3acommunities.org/event/local</span><span class="invisible">-generative-ai/</span></a></p><p>Use <a href="https://u3acommunities.org/subscribe-to-computing-forum/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">u3acommunities.org/subscribe-t</span><span class="invisible">o-computing-forum/</span></a> to subscribe and get the joining details.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/u3a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>u3a</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/u3acommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>u3acommunities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retired</span></a></p>
Peter Lord<p>On Monday I gave the talk "how generative AI works" to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/u3a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>u3a</span></a> online learning events. Some great feedback showing there is interest for more technical talks to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/u3a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>u3a</span></a> </p><p>There were 164 attendees and 50 filled out the feedback from. </p><p>* 86% thought the event was interesting<br>* 92% thought they learnt something <br>* 90% thought it was at the right pace<br>* 88% thought it was of the right length </p><p>Not bad 🙂 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/u3acommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>u3acommunities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/generativeai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generativeai</span></a></p>
Peter Lord<p>Emails have just gone out for the next <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://u3acommunities.org/@u3acommunities.org" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>u3acommunities.org</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a> meeting about running <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/generativeai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generativeai</span></a> locally.</p><p>See <a href="https://u3acommunities.org/interest-groups/computing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">u3acommunities.org/interest-gr</span><span class="invisible">oups/computing/</span></a> <a href="https://u3acommunities.org/event/local-generative-ai/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">u3acommunities.org/event/local</span><span class="invisible">-generative-ai/</span></a></p><p>Use <a href="https://u3acommunities.org/subscribe-to-computing-forum/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">u3acommunities.org/subscribe-t</span><span class="invisible">o-computing-forum/</span></a> to subscribe and get the joining details.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/u3a" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>u3a</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/u3acommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>u3acommunities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retired</span></a></p>
U3A Communities<p><strong>IPv4 and IPv6 addresses</strong></p>
<p>🗓️ Start: 15 April 2025 3:00 pm<br>⏳ End: 15 April 2025 5:00 pm</p><p><strong>15th April 2025 at 3pm UK</strong></p><p>This month we look at IP (Internet Protocol) addresses, including both IPv4 and IPv6. The talk includes a brief description of IPv4 addresses, problems with IPv4, IPv6 addresses and current IPv6 status.</p><p>Joining details will be emailed to subscribers nearer the time. If you aren’t a member, it’s free to join here <a href="https://u3acommunities.org/subscribe-to-computing-forum/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://u3acommunities.org/subscribe-to-computing-forum/</a>.</p><p>Plenty of time is reserved for discussions.</p>
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Petes Home Page<p><strong>Is it time to move to the Fediverse ?</strong></p>
Regular social media has been a source of concern for many years, with specific concerns around data gathering, profiling and hidden algorithms used to sell more ads.
In 2016 the Fediverse was created as a new way to implement social media.
Recently, of course, we’ve seen Twitter/X being taken over by Elon Musk and content checking removed from Facebook.
Is it time to move from regular social media to the Fediverse ?
In today’s talk, we briefly cover social media history and some of […]
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