[sf-lug] SF-LUG meeting notes for Sunday June 3, 2018

[Ken Shaffer]

Hi Bobbie,
That was Joseph with the Dell -- I failed to recognize him too with
his new beard.
The Intel Compute Stick can boot off USB, even through a hub (just use
function key F10 to select the boot device).  That makes testing new
distros easier.  I boot mine off a 16G USB just to have a larger root
partition which I copied from the 5G internal storage.
Ken



On 6/4/18, Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com> wrote:
> Hi LUGers,
>      The meeting was small but very busy at least from my POV.
>
>      Michael had arrived before me, and I first saw him as I went up
> to the counter to cadge a band-aid from the Cafe.  I had merely pinched
> my littlest right finger in my extensible handle on my computer bag but
> it bled quite a bit.
>
>      So Michael has a problem in that he needs to copy text from a
> .pdf file.  Looks like he will have to make a copy of the file then
> load it into a .pdf editor and attempt to copy the pages he needs
> to a text editor.
>
>      Next in was Maestro.
>
>      Bill, if I do not have name wrong was in with a salvaged but
> apparently
> non-functional Dell Inspiron  which had been badly mistreated.  He had
> picked it up out of box left on the street.  Despite help from many other
> attendees he was unable to get it running.
>
>      Ken was in next with his wife and was kept busy looking at
> various problems and doing his best to help.  Many thanks Ken.
>
>      Tom was in to get help and did mostly from Ken.He remained to
> make use of the WiFi and seemed to be happier as we left than when
>   he arrived.
>
>      John S. showed up but only i only had one new bootable system
> for him to try out.  He left about 12:30 PM
>
>      Jim S. came in last but his presence enlived the discussion.
>
>      Now for me I had attempted to install OpenSuse 15 on my Dell and
> actually did so but somehow I messed up the passwords and could not
> get to the Desktop.  Very irritating and if anyone had been paying
> attention to this I would have been embarrassed..
>
>      I booted up and into the Windriver Pulsar Linux desktop designed
> for the Intel Compute Stick.  I was gifted with this small but powerful
> machine by Ken S. some time back.  He supplied it with Ubuntu 14:04
> installed but sadly on my TV the left side task bar is highly difficult
> to read.It is squashed up to about 40% of it normal width with the other
> 60% invisible and no way to access any of the tools that might make a
> change.  I tried changing aspect ratios on the TV and it only got worse
> then I changed the output resolution which was sort of interesting but
> still did not give me a usable GUI.  So I started looking of other Linux
> distributions that might be used and Pulsar was my choice.  I managed
> to boot it up to an interface on the Dell at the meeting where it found
> not only all the partitions in the Flash Drive but all the partitions
> on the Dell.   I doubt I will be much happier with this but at least
> the icons ended up visible and the task bar visible.  So if I am
> successful I will get some screen shots and bring them to the next
> meeting. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Compute_Stick>
> I am sure mine is the original specifications.
>
>      Now I do not know how the time was used up but rebooting and
> trying to get into openSuse took a good deal of time.  By the
> way a full review of this distribution is in the current
> Distrowatch newsletter which can be found at:
>   <https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20180604#opensuse>
>
>      So a bit before 1 PM I started packing up my bag and Jim
> kindly gave me a ride home.  Nearly everyone but Tom was
> gone as we cleared the entrance.
>
>      The next meeting at the Cafe Enchante of course will on
> Monday, 18 June 2018 from 6pm to 8pm.
>      Next Monday the 11th I should have a
> note up the mailing list to advise this with possible
> a demo of Q40S 2.5 running on the Dell.
>      Q4OS is a Windows friendly Linux.  It seems like it might
>   be of interest to people trying to transition from Windows.
>   <https://q4os.org/>  The extent of its friendliness
> to Windows can be read about at:
> <https://q4os.org/blog.html#news180603>
> Happily I do not have a working Windows Instillation to
> test all its features.
>
>      Don't forget to celebrate Flag Day on June 14th or
> to celebrate JuneTeenth with the Afro-American community
> on the preceding weekend.
>
>      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.
>
>      Thanks for any attention you give these notes.
>
>      Bobbie Sellers
>
>