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

Sat Jul 2 14:21:19 PDT 2016

Don't forget to bring the Debian that you said cannot be copied!

On Sat, 2016-07-02 at 11:37 -0700, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> 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
> >
> 
> 
> 
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