[sf-lug] SF-LUG meeting notes

[maestro]

thank you to ken!!!...
in addition to his general giving nature he brought tools and other 'toys'
in his e.d.c. bag...
a kewl usb powered vaccuum...
and his knowledge and wisdom packaged in patience...
a true to the entire concept Linux.User.Group. member...


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On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 3:00 PM, Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com
> wrote:

>
> Hi LUGers,
>         Arrived at the Cafe Enchante by about 10:35 AM and setup the
>  Dell E6420 without problems then rebooted into Helium which is
> a rather minimal interface aand which is very liight on memory
> use.<https://www.bunsenlabs.org/installation.html#live-cddvdusb-key-method
> >
> is a good start for people interested in this.  Previous releases were
> Hydrogen and Deuterium.
>        Mike showed up first and I was glad to see someone else.
> He spent his time reading and exchanging repartee with others in
> attendance.  He left shortly after 12 Noon.
>         Ken and his wife, Maestro, John S showed up in rapid succession.
>         John S. tried several of my late distributions but it was not able
> to boot
> from disk or Flash Drive.
>         Ken was working on a member's laptop but was unable to get results
> and it was passed on to Aaron. Then after that he sat down next to Jackie
> B. and attempted to help her with the Ubuntu on her Toshiba.
>
>     Jackie B. showed with problems playing some DVDs and a problem
> with a new external disk drive. I hope she will look for help with
> the Video in the Ubuntu forums but my PCLinuxos64 could not play
> the same disk.  She got some advice and help from Ken I believe.
> The problem with the hard disk is that she was given the wrong
> cable with the smallest connector(USB C-Type) which only provided,
>  power to the device, which needed a USB 3.0 Type B jack
> <https://www.cablestogo.com/learning/connector-guides/usb>
>
>     Aaron came in very late but was there to get back the modem
> he had loaned me and to pick up the Bunsen Labs 32 bit version
> of their late release of Helium based in Debian.
>     After 1200 Noon Jim S. showed up talking mostly to Jackie and to Ken.
>
>     1245 the meeting started to breakup and after I got my stuff packed
> away I got a nice Linksys router from John S.  who was parked on 25th
> Street.  Due to a slight injury to my leg I was slow getting back to the
> Cafe.  Jim went after his car and gave myself and Aaron a ride back to
> Hyde and Post where Aaron wanted to check out the Goodwill.  We
> left one member still working at his laptop.
>
>     Anyone attending the meeting is free to correct my omissions or
> incomprehension of the activities and asked to do so asap so that the
> membership not in attendance will not be mis-informed any longer
> than necessary.
>
>     The next meeting will be on Monday 21 May in the evening
> at the Cafe Enchante.   I intend to pur up my usual notice
> on May 14th.  Ubuntu Kylin and Deepin will be available
> I hope for comparison purposes.    These are both Asian
> distributions one specifically for/by Chinese literate persons.
>
>      Happy Mothers' Day to all the Mothers and their families.
>
>     I don't know if Ramadan is significant to  any users but
> I also don't know how to express goodwill about this
> sort of event.  Perhaps a successful Ramadan?
>
> Celebrate Armed Forces Day if you care to so so.
>
>     Ah well may the wind ever be at your back and the
> road never rise up so fast it hits you in the face.
>
>     Bobbie Sellers
>
>
>
>
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