SF-LUG -Meeting notes for Meeting of Sunday November 2, 2014

[John Strazzarino]

Thanks for the copy of pclinuxOS 2014.  However, as you mentioned, it takes a long time to install and it seems to run slower than 2013 version.

Anyway, thanks for the copy

John


Sent from my iPad

> On Nov 2, 2014, at 3:41 PM, Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi LUGgers,
> 
> `    I arrived about 10:45 AM and found John S. and his wife here first.
>    Cafe Enchante was very crowded.  Initially I set up my notebook on one on the smaller round tables with John across from me using his
> iPad.  Lat4r on I moved across the isle to another table and we we able
> to pull up a square table which accommodate 3 people and someone, (John then Tom) across from me.
>    Ken and his wife showed up by 11:00
> Then Joseph P. came in subdued in mood.  He seemed to enjoy close
> perusal of the two Linux Pro magazines I brought in.
>  John S. left briefly to transfer some of his inexpensive Dell tower computers to Greg,
> Jacky B came in with a problem and to try out the Compaq notebook
> that Ken is  giving up.  She came in with walking pneumonia (a practice no nurse could recommend) and came just because she said she would.
> I can respect that very much.
> 
>  Later I made a copy of PC Linux 2014.08 for John S, to install on his new batch of machines.
> 
>  Jim Stockford showed up before 11:45,
> 
>  Eric showed up right at Noon.
> 
>  Ken and his wife left about 12:09
> 
>  John S. and wife left about 12:25
> 
>  Tom T. showed up after 12:30 and was given a couple of copies
> of disks that I could vouch for.  He had a little trouble getting
> online with the Lubuntu(may be incorrect) that is his main
> distribution.  I could not find the utility for getting that distribution   online so he switched to Kubuntu and I was able to advise him,
> 
>  Jim and some others as well as myself discussed the problem
> of getting the mailing list running again.  It seems Rick Moen
> computer on which he was running several lists failed about
> the time he was gone from his home.  It is low on his priorities
> at the present time.
> 
>  I suggested supplying him with a replacement machine from
> John's stock of salvaged towers but no one seemed very
> interested.  Jim pointed out that getting the mailing list(s) up and
> running again would involve lots of effort to salvage the old
> address lists and so forth.  It would mean additional bandwidth
> and electrical costs as well.
> 
>  This was a pretty good meeting.
> 
>  Thanks to everyone who showed up.
> 
>  Jim gave myself, Eric and Joseph P. a ride first to the
>  Frankenart  shop/gallery on Balboa where they had free
>  frankfurters today.  Jim and Eric enjoyed these treats.
>  Jim then dropped me at home before 1:45 PM.
> 
>  The next meeting will be on November 17 in the evening.
>  The regular notice will be posted about the 10th of the month.
> 
>    Please if the participants could advise me and the rest
> of the list of any errors on my part or or emendations, do via
> the reply to all option in your mailer.  That means that every
> member receiving mail will have the correction faster than
> I could re-mail it.
> 
>    Bobbie Sellers .
>