stuff our members are exploring:
EGroupware Community Edition contains the largest variety of the groupware applications, functions and features available – free of charge. Calendar, Addressbook, E-mail, InfoLog – Task Management and File Manager.
Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design application that helps you draw the plan of your house, arrange furniture on it and visit the results in 3D.
Android/iOS: Fing – Network Tools. The top ranking, completely free and super-fast network scanner, that’s used by millions of homes and professionals around the world. Discover which devices are connected to any Wi-Fi network, map devices, detect intruders, assess network security risks, troubleshoot network problems and achieve best network performance, with the world’s most popular network toolkit. With more than a dozen free network tools including; Wi-Fi scanner, port scanner, DNS lookup, ping and service monitoring – Fing is a must-have network utility.
Haskell: An advanced, purely functional programming language. Declarative, statically typed code.
primes = filterPrime [2..]
where filterPrime (p:xs) =
p : filterPrime [x | x <- xs, x `mod` p /= 0]
Autodesk Fusion 360–3D CAD reinvented. Fusion 360 is the first 3D CAD, CAM, and CAE tool of its kind. It connects your entire product development process in a single cloud-based platform that works on both Mac and PC. Free for students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and startups–Full use of Fusion 360 for as long as you need it.
Adafruit Feather HUZZAH ESP8266 – our take on an ‘all-in-one’ ESP8266 WiFi development board with built in USB and battery charging. Its an ESP8266 WiFi module with all the extras you need, ready to rock! Price: $15.95
The LulzBot TAZ is a robust desktop 3D printer for industrial users engineered with industry-leading specifications and capabilities, including tool head upgrades and a large print area.
Next meetings on October 19th at Sharis restaurant on Sullivan.
OTRS: “one of the most flexible web-based ticketing systems used for Customer Service, Help Desk, IT Service Management.” I recently installed this app via Turnkey Linux by downloading a VM-ready image for VirtualBox. This is a quick way to test out server apps you might be interested in deploying. While a ticket response system may be overkill for a small business with just a couple employees, I found it to be well designed, flexible, and thought of many other areas where it could be useful as a sophisticated to-do list, reminder system, or problem solver. Ticket response is basically the art of gathering many incoming requests from customers and distributing them to the correct people and departments to handle them. Tickets can be monitored on their progress, prioritized, and can trigger timed events.
interesting member projects this month
Random projects dept. Vagrant: Create and configure lightweight, reproducible, and portable development environments. 
What is Tor? Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against traffic analysis, a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security. Fun project to test out; our members caution that it can be very slow however, so it is not for high-bandwidth applications. 
If you need to annotate a pdf file give Xournal a try. Xournal is an application for note taking, sketching, or keeping a journal using a stylus. It is free software (GNU GPL) and runs on Linux (recent distributions) and other GTK+/Gnome platforms. It is similar to Microsoft Windows Journal or to other alternatives such as Jarnal, Gournal, and NoteLab. I recently tested it for adding some quick notes to a pdf file and found it easy to use.
The Spokane Linux User’s Group has been meeting for over 15 years, discussing technology, Linux troubles, and advice. All are welcome to join us for festive Linux discussion over food and beer at Shari’s Restaurant, from the grizzled Unix long-beard to the timid newbie. There are no dues or registration—just drop by!