[sf-lug] The notes for the SF-LUG virtual meeting of 7 March 2021

[Ken Shaffer]

On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 1:12 PM Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com>
wrote:

> Hi LUGers,
>
>      Well sorry this is so late but I had an exhausting week and
> a busy week one right after the other.
>
> Attending initially were Michael Paoli, Aaron C, Ken S., John S. and
> Dale from the Santa Cruz area.
>
> Topic of discussion were the Mars Rover currently on that planet.
> It uses Linux and a Power PC based processor as well as a power
> supply converting the heat from a decaying chunk of Plutonium to
> electricity which is also used to charge a couple of Lithium batteries
> which are used when extra power is needed.  The Processor is based
> on the PPC but has been radiation hardened and has shielding as well.
> It is a nice item running about $250,000 a copy.  Some found this
> discussion boring.
>
> The I figured out that my microphone was muted by the system so I took a
> more active role in the discussion.
>
> I pointed out that I had not fixed my Dell Latitude E6540 as the
> attempt to gain access to my new smart phone and to get an appointment
> for a Covid 19 vaccination had occupied most of
> my free time last month.  On request of the interested parties i
> related my problems with getting a vaccination appointment which
> requires a cell phone number and with a Moto G8 Power smart phone,  it
> was supposed to be unlocked but due to circumstances beyond my control i
> had to leave it during configuration and when I finally got back to it
> it asked for a PIN.   I got valuable information from Ken S. about this
> matter and I did get my vaccination on Monday after I gave up on
> entering my data fast enough to please the Web site and called the
> provided phone number.
> Thanks again Ken.
>
> Later Tom showed up and he advised me to seek recompense from
> Ebay the seller as it was impossible for the phone to get Locked if it
> was unlocked from the start without my input in which case I would have
> known the PIN.  Thanks Tom.
>
> Aaron C. wants to alter the Finnix CD to include some extra directories
> and Michael and Tom I believe were advising him when I left about 12:59
> only raising my voice to say Bye.
>
> I hope people are keeping an eye on Distrowatch.com as they have
> news and articles in newsletter out each Sunday evening.  For example
> SystemRescue CD has reached release 8.0 but still maintains
> separate versions for amd64 and i686 but still fits on a CD.
>
> There is an article in the week before last's issue of the newsletter
> relating to the problems that the tester encountered trying to setup
> LibreElectric and Kodi.  You can find that issue at the following URL.
> <https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20210301>
>
>      Well I hope I am not typing into emptiness and I hope the attendees
> who had more interesting matters to deal with will get
> back to the SF-LUG mailing list to correct my omissions and forgetfulness.
>
>      I hope people who have had problems or solved problems that may be
> of wider interests will come to the meeting next month on
> April 4, 2021.
>
>      Don't forget to set your clocks forward one hour for the 14th of
> March.

That's PI day.



> Happy St.Patrick's Day on the 17th of March.
>      Celebrate the Vernal Equinox on Saturday the 20th of March and Holi
> on the 28th of March.
>
Don't forget Lady Day, March 25th
https://maidensandmanuscripts.com/2018/04/28/about-lady-day/
It used to be the start of the year! ;^)
Ken


>      Well that is all i can tell you about so far.
>      Have a good March.
>
>      Bobbie Sellers
>
>
>
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