Indian Linux Users Group, Chennai [ ILUGC ] has been spreading awareness on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in Chennai since January 1998.
We will meet online once every two months.
Date: August 22, 2026
Time: 15:00 (3.00 PM) IST
Jitsi Link: https://meet.jit.si/ilugc-2026
Talk 0
Topic: GnuCash
Description: Using GnuCash to manage your personal finance
Duration: 30 minutes
Full Name: Arunkumar Dhananjayan
About Speaker: Linux user since 1997. Retired Software Engineer.
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) with Gnome
Talk 1
Topic: ntfy. Send push notifications to your phone or desktop using PUT/POST
Description: how ntfy can be combined with tailscale to enable iot or any
alerting quickly and easily. how ntfy is a better alternative to
slack/telegram as a gateway for Hermes agent (enabling auto supervision)
Duration: 20 mins
Full Name: Anish Dhamodaran
About Speaker: I installed Ubuntu by requesting a CD copy from Canonical
Operating System: Fedora
Talk 2
Topic: Nix: The universal build system for reproducibility
Description:
In this talk, I’ll explain the need for reproducibility and how it changes
the landscape for the software industry for every layer from just
environment to OS to deployment standards etc.
Duration: 30 mins approx and more if possible for more demos and doubts
clarifications
Full Name: Vivekanandan KS
About Speaker: Freelance Consultant - Nix and DevOps engineer
Operating System: Linux, NixOS
The talks will be followed by Q&A and discussions.