[sf-lug] SF-LUG meets Sunday 6 October 2019

Mon Sep 30 12:30:50 PDT 2019

     Also, this Sunday I believe John S. is
bringing a half a dozen laptops with some
kind of Linux installed, ready to use, for
$45 each.

On 9/30/19 11:00 AM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> Hi LUGers,
>
>   SF-LUG meets on first Sunday of every month from 11 A.M. to 1 P.M.
> at the Cafe Enchante, 26th and Geary Boulevard.
>
>    If you have a problem come along and maybe we can help but
> if not we can usually find someone who can.   If you cannot make
> it to the meeting send us an email about your problem and you
> will have some of the most knowledgeable people about Linux
> giving you answers.
>
> Linux Pro Magazine Issue 226 September 2019
> This is what I got from the front cover plus some notes.
>
> Distributions of the Month are both 64-bit.
> Manjaro Gnome Linux 18.0.4,  MX Linux 18.3
>
> IoT tricks - Indoor climate control with MQTT
>
> Spotlight on Small Distros - covers Porteus, Puppy Linux,
> Slax, SliTaz, Tiny Core and Tiny Core Plus- Chose the best
> small-footprint Linux for your environment
>
> Nftable -exploring the new Linux firewall tool
> Programming Snapshot - GO testing - with code listings.
>
> Secure your LibreOffice PDFs
> Wikit - Wikipedia from the command line
> Network Sleuth - searching for problems with ARP
>
> Timeshift - Create and manage system snapshots
> (I have recently begun to use this tool.)
>
> LINUX VOICE
> • Scribus:  Free desktop publishing
> • Puppy Linux: Bionic Pup
> • maddog on (the) FreedomBox - very small personal server using Debian 
> software
> on a variety of inexpensive SBCs.   Not to be confused with the TV 
> FreedomBox.
>
> FOSSPicks
> • Pick colors with Pick
> • Name Generator
> • Heaptrack - memory usage
>
> Tutorials
> • WordPress 5
> • 3D Print Tools  - Central is having a small sale on 3D printers by 
> the way.
>
>     And much more, including Maker Space, and Charly's Column on
> managing multiple systems at home.
>     Also slightly old news that is of some interest to me at least.
>
>
>     Nev versions of distributions added to the library:
> Kali, Manjaro, 4MLinux, Condres, LXDE, Linux Lite, OSGeo,
>
> *checksums done and passed.
> FD - written to Flash Drive.
>
>     If anyone wants a 32-bit distribution I will
> need advance warning though I have at least
> one on DVD
>
>     Linux Lite 4.6 linux-lite-4.6-64bit.iso* FD
> <http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/news.html>
>
>     4MLinux-30.0-32bit.iso*
>     4mServer-30.0-64bit.iso *
> Neither of these will fit on a CD any longer.
> There is also a tiny core for people who want to work
> with embedded systems.
> <http://4mlinux.com/index.php?page=home>
> <https://4mlinux-releases.blogspot.com/>
>
>     Kali 2019.3  has 32 bit versions as well
> kali-linux-2019.3-amd64.iso*
> kali-linux-light-2019.3-amd64.iso*
> kali-linux-large-2019.3-amd64.iso*
> <https://www.kali.org/releases/kali-linux-2019-3-release/>
> Kali Linux Default root Password is toor
> Default root Password
> During installation, Kali Linux allows users to configure a password 
> for the root user.
> However, should you decide to boot the live image instead, the i386, 
> amd64, VMWare
> and ARM images are configured with the default root password – “toor“, 
> without the quotes.
>
>     Condres 2019.09
> <https://condresos.codelinsoft.it/index.php/blog/release-condres-os-official-version-2019-09-available> 
>
>   9 versions!
> condres_os-19.09-kde.iso*
>
>
> lxle-18043-32.iso*
> lxle-18043-64.iso*  FD
>> LXDE Linux designed for older lower specification machines.
>> LXLE is the most systematically and carefully prepared distribution
>> I've ever used. Everything is optimal for 7-10 year old laptops and
>> works from the box.  Thank you very much! ~Ognjen
>
> Osgeolive 13 is full of map tools and coordinates
> osgeolive-13.0-amd64.iso*
>
> manjaro-kde-18.1.0-stable-x86_64.iso* FD
>
> CentOS  two basic versions released.
>     CentOS-7-x86_64-DVD-1908.iso*  large DVD sized iso file
>     CentOS-8-x86_64-1905-boot.iso*
>    CentOS-Stream-x86_64-boot.iso*
> You can read about the basic distinctions between these on
> www.distrowatch.com or follow the links to the full release
> notes.  Stream version is sort of a rolling release.
>     In addiction two iso files sized for Flash Drives only
> were released and I downloaded neither as the users who
> are involved with CentOS would be able to get these for
> their use.
>
> Parrot 4.7 has several variants including for use in Virtual
> machines and in 32 bit machines.  They have much smaller
> net install versions of all.  I got these two KDE versions
>     Parrot-kde-home-4.7_x64.iso*
>     Parrot-kde-security-4.7_x64.iso*
> home version is about 1.9 GB
> security is about 4.0 GB
>
> emmabuntus-de3-amd64-buster-1.00.iso*
> a distro for older machines but still over 3 GB
>
>     Linux From Scratch has new volumes out
> <http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/news.html>
> These are relatively small volumes and even people with a dial-up 
> connection should be able to get
> them downloaded but in case someone wants them I have gotten all of 
> them with systemd and
> without and Beyond Linux From Scratch.
>
>     I got a few more things and if time permits may have a few more at 
> the
> meeting.  If you are interested in any of these then let me know ASAP.
>
>     Lots of beta releases of Ubuntu and its related spins.
>
>     Hope to see you at the meeting.
>
>     Bobbie Sellers
>
>
>
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