[sf-lug] SF-LUG meeting Sunday July 3, 2016

[Bobbie Sellers]

Hi LUGers,

     Just a little update!

     We have new releases of Linux Mint 18, Slackware 14.2,
betas of Open MandrivaLx3.0 & Mageia 6, and alphas of
Ubuntu 16.10.  This is following the release of Fedora 24
on June 21st.
     This is in addition to a equal number of less well-known
distributions.
      I have gotten several of these check-summed and thankfully
due to my anti-Canonical bias I will neglect the Ubuntu alphas.

   I am downloading and torrenting as fast as I can.

     Check out Distrowatch and tomorrow or Monday AM the
Distrowatch weekly newsletter will be out.  They recently
had a good article on the package managers and upgrade
of Version and packages.

     From the current wealth I will be bringing 386 and x86_64
versions of Linux Mint 18 in the Mate flavor along to the
meeting tomorrow.

     Bobbie


On 06/27/2016 10:29 AM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> Hi LUGers,
>     Pardon if any errors have crept in as I have reviewed
> this text multiple times
>
>   SF-LUG meets every first Sunday from 11 A.M. to 1 P.M.
> and every third Monday from 6 P.M. to 8 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.
>     Newcomers to the use of Linux are welcome.
>
>   Come early to the meeting and you will have a easier time raising
> your own agenda and getting attention for the issues you might
> want to raise.
>
> Disks added to the selection:
> (All were tested on the Dell E6420 in Live mode.)
>
> pclinuxos64-mate-2016.06.iso
> Linux kernel is 4.4.11
> File manager is Caja 1.14.1 and it is like, the FM in LXDE, about
> 50% as capable as Dolphin.
> Firefox  46.0.1 is the browser but you have other choices as well.
> Thunderbird 45.1.1 is the mailer/Usenet client.
>
> Fedora-LXDE-Live-i386-24-1.2 - usable i suppose but not much
> software and could not use CLI to determine kernel in use.  Said
> that "uname -a" was unknown.  Used Leafpad and tried to load
> Midori  but would not load.  It does not have a lot more software.
> Only an Image viewer in Graphics
>
> Fedora-KDE-Live-i386-24-1.2.iso was able to determine that kernel
> was 4.5.11 etc.  Used KWrite to load the LXDE notes.  Both KDE and
> LXDE versions of Fedora have the Calligra Office Suite.  KDE has
> better software but it is Plasma 5 again and while the starry sky
>  motif in the background is nice, Plasma 5 ain't up to my low 
> standards yet.
> Has more items in the menus.
>
> Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-24-1.2.iso has gedit  but it ate
> all the notes I wrote about the preceding Fedora distributions.
> I could not get a space character or find a way to adjust the
> keyboard controls.   Generally speaking this has been an
> experience frequently with  the Fedora  Workstation.
> I think the interface or Display Manager is Gnome but I
> don't really feel like diving back into that mess.   I might
> lose more notes.    LibreOffice5.1 is supplied.
>
> Fedora has various "Spins" which are basically just
> variants according to the Desktop Managers.
> Previews of the Spins are at the URL below:
> <https://spins.fedoraproject.org/>
>
> Fedora also has "Labs" which are about which
> tools are included on the iso file.  More discussion
> of which Labs are available are at:
> <https://labs.fedoraproject.org/>
> Anyone who spots a Spin or Lab that I have
> failed to download can ask about that and
> likely I will be willing to get it on disk for you,
>
>   Peppermint OS 7
>     A new version aimed at people who are happier with
> cloud computing, of Peppermint OS 7.  I will not download
> the iso file unless someone requests it, but check out the
>  Peppermint site at:
> <https://peppermintos.com/>
>     I have to say I like the site design but don't care at all for
> the idea of depending on cloud computing.
>
>     I hope to see some of you all on Sunday next.
>
>     Happy days!
>
>     Bobbie Sellers
>