[sf-lug] SF Lug meeting Sunday June 1st, 2014

[John Strazzarino]

Missed by a month!  Meeting is June 1st.  And I will be there with 6 surplus desktop Dell Optiplex 620 for Noisebridge, transported by Jim S.

Maybe a bit more coffee is needed?

John


Sent from my iPad

> On May 28, 2014, at 10:21 PM, Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com> wrote:
> 
>    SF-LUG meets every first Sunday of the month from
> 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. at the Cafe Enchante, 26th and Geary Boulevard.
> 
>    These meetings are usually lightly attended with a high for the
> year so far of 12 members.   If you have a problem come along
> and maybe we can help but if not we can usually find someone
> who can.
>    Last week I got the latest issue of Linux Pro magazine which I will
> bring along. This arrived on the news stand only about 3 weeks
> late.
>    It contains a double-sided DVD with open Suze 13.1 and
> Mageia 4 which both are x86_64 versions.  Both are suitable for
> installation on later model x86_64 machines.
>     Many interesting articles.
> 
>    Well have you heard of TAILS aka the amnesic incognito live system,
> I downloaded an iso and made a bootable disk.   This operates online
> only through TOR for maximum security.
>     If you need more information check the URL below.
>    <https://tails.boum.org/about/index.en.html#index1h1>
> 
>    And then there is the Boot Repair Disk for fixing problems with
> EFI/UEFI setups on more recent machines.
> 
>    Now I belong to a general discussion list "Team *Amiga* and some
> how the talk turned to the modern GUI which some referred to as
> a "ribbon" interface and complained about how it takes away scant
> usable space especially on the wide 1368 x768 display of consumer
> model notebook devices.
>     So using KDE I rearranged the interface to a columnar mode which
> I am using now and hope to be able to show off at the next meeting. 
> The actual use may show problems but I am gradually refining the
> disposition of icons and pagers on dual task bars set to either side of
> the display area.   KDE was not really designed for this but it seems to
> work and gives me a bit more vertical space to show programs. A few
> more lines of textual display.
>    I presume as well that this computer bought on the 14th of May will
> still be up and running.  It was an emergency buy since the SATA interface
> on my old Compaq notebook failed.  I was not able to afford a lot of the
> features I wanted in my next 'book but I have a .hdmi output, and 2 of
> 3 USB ports are USB 3 and it has an AMD A10 4 core cpu.  Seems to run
> a lot cooler than the Compaq and it is a full pound lighter.
> 
>       Meeting times are strictly nominal which means that I try
> to show up on time or actually ahead of time, in case I have
> to trouble shoot my set-up.  We leave if no other  interested
> parties show up up by 7:30 Monday nights or 12:30  PM on
> Sundays.  On the other hand if you bring an interesting problem
> or discussion we may hang out until long after the nominal time
> to end the meeting.
> 
>    Thanks for your attention!
> 
>    Bobbie Sellers
> 
> 
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