[sf-lug] SF-LUG meeting of Sunday 6 December 2015

[John]

Wow, sounds like I missed a good meeting

John

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> On Dec 6, 2015, at 4:04 PM, Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com> wrote:
> 
>    I caught a fast bus and arrived at Cafe Enchante at about 10:35
> Lucky enough to find two adjacent tables and started using them,
> 
>    Michael P.  quickly followed and showed us how he could run
> the SF-LUG web site on either the notebook he brought with
> him or on the blade server he has at home.
> 
>    Ken Schaffer showed up next with a box of goodies* to
> distribute, before he and his wife left just before 1 PM he
> had given most of the goods he brought with him away.
> He also demonstrated the Netrunner 17 release that I
> had copied to the Penquin 4 GiB drive.
> 
>    Joseph P.  came in a few minutes later and I set him up with
> nearly every thing I thought he might want to use on the
> Dell tower computer.  About 20 minutes into the meeting he
> announced his interest in Fedora and I wrote the Fedora
> Workstation iso file to a disk.
> 
>    Eric A. who lives only a few blocks away in the neighborhood
> came in next.  He and Michael P. seemed to be having a constructive
> discussion at some length.
> 
>    Michael B.  Showed up to discuss a few matters with me.  It seemed
> to be history of our political movements in the 1960s and 1970s
> 
>    Jim Stockford showed up about 1220 and was somewhat confused
> by some references.  Finally I demoed the Quirky (Puppy) version
> 6.7 aka Werewolf and showed off the Rox file manager which is
> attached to the window of any icon you open and showed off
> the shell which is bash under the surface.
>    Jim was also baffled by the Penguin flash drive I gave him.
> Finally he let me open the package and install the key chain with
> the Emtec retainer for the penguin's lower portion.
>    Something like the Rox file manager may be the future especially
> for younger people coming to the Linux scene, but I have to say
> that I prefer the Dolphin file manager though if it evolves too
> far I might have to change my mind.
> 
>     About 1 PM was all packed up.  Michael P. and  Joseph P.
> waited with me as Jim Stockford brought his car around.
>    Michael P. got a ride to Franklin and Geary.  When Jim
> dropped me at home I ran inside and brought the Dell tower
> out to Joseph P. who took it home.  This is the tower I intended
> last year to use as a Video recorder but I had trouble finding
> the proper tuner. This was a gift from John Strazziano.
> 
> *Goodies included but not limited to Lindt chocolate bars,
> Micro SD card readers, a 16 GiB flash drive and a couple
> of Penguin Flash drives by Emtec.  If I included everything
> would have to mention the several disks given away.
> 
>    Well if anyone can point out what I might have missed
>    please do so ASAP.
> 
>        I have the Linux Mint 17.3 Mate' in 64 and 32 bit versions
>    so let me know if you want a copy of either or both before
>    15 December.
> 
>    The next meeting and the last meeting of 2015 will
>    be on Monday 21 December from 6-8 PM.
> 
>        Thanks for your attention.
> 
>        Bobbie Sellers
> 
> 
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