[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:
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> 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.
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>> 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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