[sf-lug] Notes for SF-LUG meeting of September 17, 2018

[Bobbie Sellers]

Hi LUGers,

     Well this was a very small meeting.

Joseph P. came in about 6:40 PM and I showed
him the new ELive on USB which can be used
as a persistent system.  I think it looks very nice
and it has lots of tools available through Synaptic,
its Package Manager.  In some areas it lags more
than a bit.  Too few workers on the staff.  Publisher
is responsive to simple problems as he got the
checksums out after I told him about the
need.

     Jim S came in about 7 PM and read a good deal
of the latest Linux Pro magazine. as well as observing
the end of the Elilve demonstration.  Jim has a new
laptop from Zareason.

     I could not give away any of the fresh disks and I had
several including the DVD version of Elive 3.0,
Parrot 4.2.2 in the home version for 32 and 64 bit and
the full security release for AMD64, the new SystemRescueCD
version 5.3.0, 4MLinux 26, and Linux Mint Debian Edition 3
in 32 and 64 bit versions.

     At 7:50 PM I began to pack up the equipment.
     Jim gave me a ride home and took Joseph on his home.

     A bit of news: Linus Torvalds is taking a holiday to work
on his communications skills.
     Ryuzen processors are showing up in lots of laptops.
and you can check out the Dell Inspiron 7000 specs
at the URL below.
<https://www.tomshardware.com/news/dell-inspiron-17-5000-amd-ryzen-vega,36612.
  html>

     The description of the current Linux Pro Magazine
follows below.
     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.

Last Monday I managed to pick up Linux Pro at the Fog City News on
Market East of First South side of Market.  Finally this Monday, a week
later, I found the time and energy to mention it.

Linux Pro Magazine September 2018 Issue 214
DVDs for this month Linux Mint 19 64-bit and Open SUSE Leap 15 64-bit.
Systemd dominates the cover.  Fair amount of editorial space devoted
to it.  Getting more from the elusive new Linux init system
Timers: Will Systemd replace Cron?
Systemd Stories: Tricks with the new Linux Init System.

10 Top PDF readers
Arduino Programming for Open Hardware Projects.
Homegrown Facial Recognition: Build Facial Recognition into your
own Python scripts.

Maker Tricks:Monitor a beehive with a Raspberry Pi.
Cover your Ass(ets): Back up your system with CVA
MiyoLinux: A lean Linux that still loves SysV init.
Massimo Banzi: Arduino cofounder explains how it all
got started.

LinuxVoice: maddog :Adopting FOSS firmware can keep
your hardware out of the landfill.
Ncdu: Trace down big files clogging your disk drive.
FOSSPicks: Cutter Disassembler
     Ctrlr MIDI Editor
Tutorials: Doing science with BOINC
DocFetcher: Easy and powerful local search tool

And even more: www.LinuxProMagazine.com

     Bobbie Sellers