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

[aaronco36]

Quoting Bobbie S from [01]:
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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.
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FWIW, the intended purpose of altering "the Finnix CD to include some 
extra directories" was to install additional text-based apps that were 
neither included in the default Finnix package list[02] nor in 
Finnix/Debian's 'rover' utility[03].  E.g., additional apps such as 
emacs-nox[04] -- realizing of course about the continual vi/vim vs emacs 
debates for some of you vi/vim purists ;-) --, a text-based PDF reader, 
and one or two more text-based web-browsers in addition to both the 
default w3m[05] and whatever else is currently listed in 'rover'.
After going through Finnix Documentation webpages in [06], it didn't make 
further sense to proceed with mounting additional directories in the 
Finnix virtualbox .vdi I created for 1) perhaps running 'apt install' to 
temporarily install such apps as the above or 2) going overboard by 
creating an overlay or complete remastering of the Finnix CD.

Besides, quoting from the Finnix Hard drive installation webpage[07]:
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...fundamentally, Finnix is a utility CD. It works great for what it is 
designed to do, but in the end, it is just not meant to be run as a 
permanent installation.
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Therefore, I've found (at least for myself) that there is no current 
use-case scenario for running the Finnix CD as a virtualbox guest, this as 
opposed to using an actual CD or USB as a live-booting Finnix system or 
else just simply running any additionally-desired text-based apps 
_directly_ on a virtualbox host system :-|


Also quoting Bobbie S from [01]:
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Celebrate the Vernal Equinox on Saturday the 20th of March and Holi on the 
28th of March.
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According to the March Equinox 2021 Countdown webpage[08], the exact time 
of the Vernal Equinox is Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 2:37:31 am (San 
Francisco time).

According to Jewish webpage[09] -- but whose listing has been apparently 
discontinued in Rick M's Bay Area Linux Events page[10] -- that "Holi on 
the 28th of March" is Passover and it actually falls out at sundown on 
Saturday, the 27th of March.

-A


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REFERENCES
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[01]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2021q1/015190.html
[02]https://www.finnix.org/Finnix_122_packages
[03]https://packages.debian.org/buster/rover
[04]https://packages.debian.org/buster/emacs-nox
[05]https://packages.debian.org/buster/w3m
[06]https://www.finnix.org/Documentation
[07]https://www.finnix.org/Hard_drive_installation
[08]https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?p0=224&iso=20210320T023731&msg=March%20Equinox%202021%20Countdown
[09]https://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/pesach_cdo/aid/671901/jewish/When-Is-Passover-in-2021-2022-2023-2024-and-2025.htm
[10]http://linuxmafia.com/bale/
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aaronco36 at sdf.org