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

John Strazzarino jstrazza at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 30 18:29:00 PDT 2019


Correction ...

I am bringing two laptops, each with 4 gb of RAM and a 250 gb hard drive.  Preference given to those who may be short of funds.  

I have o e more, but won’t bring it because it needs a hard drive.

John


Sent from my iPad

> On Sep 30, 2019, at 12:30 PM, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     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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