[sf-lug] SF-LUG meets on Sunday August 7, 2016

[Bobbie Sellers]

On 08/05/2016 01:05 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:

      Added WiFiSlax 4.12 to the distros and will have copy at meeting.
It is basically of interest because like Knoppix it has a dual-32 or
64 bit kernel so older machines can run it.  This is based on the
latest Slackware 14.2 release.  In addition to the dual kernel support
you can chose to run with xfce 4.12 or KDE 4.14.3.
Linux kernel 4.4.16 which was the highest number with LTS.

      Bobbie Sellers

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> On 08/05/2016 08:44 AM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>> Hi LUGers,
>>
>>     Just a note that Ubuntu has released version 14.04.05.
>
>             Should have been Ubuntu 14.04.5.
> <http://distrowatch.com/ubuntu>
>     You can check it at <http://distrowatch.com/> and there are
> several variants
> of Ubuntu there in the same announcement.
>
>             bliss
>>
>>     The Linux Mint crew has been busy too and added Linux Mint 18
>> xfce this
>> week.
>>     I have both versions of Linux Mint 18 both Mate and XFCE in 32 and
>> 64 bit versions.  If anyone wants a copy please let me know or if anyone
>> is wild for Ubuntu 14.04.05. let me know and don't forget to specify
>> 32 or 64 bit versions.
>>
>>     Thanks to John S. for letting us know he will be at the meeting
>> on Sunday.
>>
>>     Bobbie Sellers
>>
>> On 08/01/2016 11:12 AM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>> HI  LUGers,
>>>
>>>   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.
>>>     One member who has a Dell E6420 is having some problems
>>> and may show up with his multi-booting machine.
>>>
>>>     While there are lots of alpha and beta releases of more notable
>>> distributions out I have not bothered to download any of those.
>>> I have installed the latest RC of Open Mandriva which comes with the
>>> incomplete KDE's Plasma 5.7 and the preview version of PCLinuxOS
>>> 2016.07 which is similarly afflicted.  These are on the hard drive
>>> of the Dell E6420 waiting to be demonstrated.
>>>     The Open Mandriva crew now has an automated compiling server for
>>> faster release of tools.  The results would be more impressive without
>>> KDE's Plasma 5.
>>>     It may be of some interest that the PCLOS has stuck with SystemV
>>> init and that the other 2,  Open Mandriva and Mageia 6 have moved
>>> to systemd.  Thus the new slogan of PCLOS for the next release,
>>> "Radically Simple" which I can only applaud, not because it rejects
>>> systemd but because the folder tree is a lot less complicated without
>>> it.
>>>
>>>     Today, July 29, I snagged a copy of Linux Pro magazine for
>>> August 2016.
>>> The DVD of the month has Clonezilla 64 bit and Linux Mint 17.3 32 bit
>>> We have Linux Mint in our distribution library as well as the latest
>>> versions
>>> of Clonezilla which can be a very handy backup tool.
>>>     As well there is a long lead article on the file systems, the
>>> capabilities and
>>> histories of each. an article describing a Debian 8 system called
>>> Maru on a
>>> Nexus 5 tablet and
>>> a lot of other information, some slightly out of date news and the
>>> like.
>>>     This issue features lots of reviews of new or previously
>>> unnoticed applications
>>> and utilities, Remote desktop apps & applications,  The use of
>>> Snapper with
>>> BTFS to recover files, recovery with Relax and Recover, Klaus Knopper
>>> explaining some fine points of the use of his product, System
>>> adminstration,
>>> interfacing your home with Home Automation, Sand boxing with Firejail,
>>> Book keeping with YABS, and a review of Krita 3.0.
>>>     In this weeks Distrowatch weekly another Linux phablet is reviewed
>>> that is, Ubuntu Phone - The Meizu Pro 5. The URL below should take you
>>> to the review.
>>>  <http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20160801#ubuntuphone>
>>>
>>>     So I hope to see a few people at the next meeting, despite my
>>> self-sufficient attitude it is nice to have other Linux users at hand.
>>>
>>>      Bobbie Sellers
>>>
>>>
>>>
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