[sf-lug] SF-LUG meeting notes for Monday 19 March 2018

[maestro]

[quoting bobbie s.]
>>The next meeting will be April 1 which sadly is also
>>Easter/Passover Sunday.  My usual notice of the meeting
>>will be out a week from today, i.e. March 26th,  if I think
>>I am well enough to be there.
    >>As always any of the people in attendance are free to
>>to advise me and the rest of the SF-LUG of problems with
>>my notes above.

    >>Enjoy the Vernal Equinox, and if you follow that faith
>>observe the rituals of Holy Week and Easter Sunday or
>>perhaps celebrate Passover or for those who might be
>>pagan is Eostre celebrating the return of the Spring.
>>For those of no faith at all we always have that meeting. ;^>

>><https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/apr/
03/easter-pagan-symbolism>
<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/apr/03/easter-pagan-symbolism>
    >>If I have given offense in the above paragraph I hope
>>that forgiveness can be found.


not offended here...
but you can avoid any by not posting religious or political things on the
Linux User Group mail list in general.
much easier approach and keeps things Linux...


be well...


message ends.
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On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 10:01 PM, Bobbie Sellers <
bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com> wrote:

> Hi LUGers,
>
>     Well it was a small meeting.
>
>     My wrist watch is broken so times are approximate.
>     05:30 PM arrived to find Maestro setup at the large table.
>
>     Said hello to Maestro and got the Dell E6420 set up with the
> 961(?) Gigabyte portable hard drive, and the 61 Gigabyte Flash
> Drive with Delta installed.
>     I had tested this combination earlier in the day and
> was able, using the portable HD to make a usable copy to DVD
> of Kali using Delta.   I think that somehow I have to find the
> time to get more familiar with Delta.   The drive has <2 GB
> of root directory and the rest is for keeping stuff you have
> downloaded or created.   I have to say that the CD/DVD
> tool is very limited compared to K3b and I could say the same
> of the file utility.  It was pretty easy to set up with Cafe Enchante's
> WiFi.  I used Firefox through most of the meeting and it worked
> very well.
>     I played with Delta for a bit then Jackie Barshak came in with
> a list of problems with Ubuntu 16.04.3 on her Toshiba.
>
>     I was able to solve some of them by looking on Ubuntu sites
> and others more important to her by following Ken's concise
> directions which he had emailed to her already.
>     Apparently she had not bothered to read the email and did
> not believe herself capable of following the instructions given.
> I don't know why she feels that way but I have seen this
> attitude many times.
>     I am not too bright on Ubuntu (or much else) these days
> but I could follow Ken's typed instructions.
>
>     One of the things I did for Jackie was to get her a copy of
> SkypeforLinux-64.deb and successfully installed it on Toshiba.
> I also gave her a copy of the latest Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS.
>
>     Ubunto 18.04 LTS should be out next month.  Some will
> be happy with the new Gnome interface but I will try to get
> people to use the Mate version.
>
>     7:45 PM I started packing up my equipment and left about
> 8 P.M. to catch a bus back to my neighborhood.
>
>     The next meeting will be April 1 which sadly is also
> Easter/Passover Sunday.  My usual notice of the meeting
> will be out a week from today, i.e. March 26th,  if I think
> I am well enough to be there.
>     As always any of the people in attendance are free to
> to advise me and the rest of the SF-LUG of problems with
> my notes above.
>
>     Enjoy the Vernal Equinox, and if you follow that faith
> observe the rituals of Holy Week and Easter Sunday or
> perhaps celebrate Passover or for those who might be
> pagan is Eostre celebrating the return of the Spring.
> For those of no faith at all we always have that meeting. ;^>
>
> <https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/apr/
> 03/easter-pagan-symbolism>
> <https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/apr/03/easter-pagan-symbolism>
>     If I have given offense in the above paragraph I hope
> that forgiveness can be found.
>
>     Best wishes to all.
>
>     Bobbie Sellers
>
>
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