[sf-lug] SF-LUG meets Monday March 21, 2016

[Bobbie Sellers]

         Hi LUGers,

             Well I did get the Linux Pro magazine for March 2016
  and it has several fascinating articles.  I haven't had time to
read about systemd
or the Raspberry Pi (lap)-Top, but I did get some of the out of date
  news and the Klaus Knopper article on File Recovery using a
hex editor like I used on the Amiga,  PI-Top is a kit.
     The DVDs on this are Mint linux 17.3 which has been in my
  library for some time and openSuse Leap 42.1 but no time to
  try that out yet.

     Meantime Ta Da!  PC Linux OS is back with UEFI compatible
versions and with a few problems I managed to get it installed
and booting on my Pavilion.  Mate looked really good but
Full Monty would not start up properly so that I could not
install that version and it will be until after the meeting
that I can try it our on a machine where the earlier version
works very well.

     bliss

On 03/14/2016 12:19 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> Hi LUGers,
>
>   SF-LUG meets every  every third Monday from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M.
> and first Sunday 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 7 members.   If you have a problem come along
> and maybe we can help but if not we can usually find someone
> who can.
>
>   If the Linux Pro magazine shows up before the meeting I intend
> to have it there.   It is supposed to have a new release of Knoppix
> for the CEBIT show as the iso of the month.  If it shows up late
> I may not have time to make more than a few copies before the
> meeting.
>
>     I have a distro called Chakra which did not do well on my
> notebook but which may be of some interest.
>
>     I am presently downloading the lastest PC Linux OS 2016.03
> KDE.  I hope this has more than a late kernel and a good version
> of KDE's Plasma.   But I have to wait for the download to finish
> before I can check the iso for contents.
>
>     Possibly of interest is that my dual-boot has failed on the
> weak side.  To me this means that the (U)EFI system is weaker
> than I imagined.  (Weak means the MS program loader side,
> obviously.)
>
>     Reading today at Distrowatch I found the note about the
> PCLOS 2016.03.  Somewhere else I found notes about Windows 10
> machines which do not so easily permit the use of Legacy mode
> and which require more complicated manipulation of the
> (U)EFI firmware to get Linux installed.
>
>     I am attempting to get more information about this and unless
> some more knowledgeable person reports it first I will put it
> in a note to the mailing list.  In the meantime you might want
> to check the firmware on any new computer you are interested
> in buying or else go to a vendor of Linux machines like Dell
> or locally Zareason.
>
>     Hope to see you at the meeting.
>
>     Bobbie Sellers
>
>
>
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