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<font face="Bitstream Charter"> Hi LUGgers,<br>
Well it was an interesting meeting today.<br>
John Strazzarino was there before me at the Cafe Enchante.<br>
He was very interested in seeing Ken Schaefer's Chumby running<br>
and Ken with his wife was in shortly thereafter. Ken's<br>
gadget today was not only the demo of the operating Chumby<br>
but an Ocopoid like USB Hub.<br>
Then as I was booting to Knoppix 7.04 a nice fellow named<br>
Nelson showed up briefly and then saying he need cash and<br>
the in-cafe ATM was out of order left to find $$ and food.<br>
He never returned so I hope he had no other problems. He was<br>
looking for help with his Lenova Linux install as all his support<br>
had moved East after doing a big update for him. He is a writer<br>
and needs his computer to be working. <br>
Next in was Jim Stockford and he came to help and learn.<br>
<br>
Playing with Knoppix I had tried to log out but in doing so<br>
was offered the chance to use KDE in the desktop environment<br>
and did so. This is KDE 4.7.4 and it was interesting as the <br>
set-up from the 4.5.4 that I use daily was not terribly different<br>
but there was a problem with over-sized widget(s) icons on<br>
the vertical panel. <br>
<br>
By the way the Knoppix is running on Kernel 3.4.9 I believe<br>
and usually boots to LXDE which can put up as many panels<br>
as KDE but makes it substantially harder to populate them with<br>
icons and widgets.<br>
<br>
Then Morgan cam in with a problem getting an older editor<br>
to run. We were not able to help him much though I personally<br>
sympathise because I used to use Textra on the Amiga and try<br>
to duplicated the features of that fine old tool using both<br>
KWrite and Kate to do the chores I used to accomplish with<br>
Textra.<br>
<br>
Finally Eric came in to show off his Nexus 7. This inspired<br>
a search on the tablet and on its larger brother the Nexus 10<br>
both by Google but the 10 inch device is much more connectible<br>
and expensive. I looked up the specs for Jim and it is a very<br>
good fast multi-core with a separate core for Graphics and it <br>
shows about 2560 x 1600 in those 10 inches.<br>
<br>
Some one perhaps Ken raised the Raspberry Pi as a good<br>
usable computer which reminded me of the news from Team<br>
Amiga of </font>"the MK802 Allwinner A10 Mini PC,the Other $35 <br>
Do-It-All Computer. Running Android 4.0, this about the size <br>
of a flash drive and, also like your favorite USB storage device,<br>
enjoys being plugged into things. HDMI inputs to be precise. <br>
Unlike flash drives, however, the MK802 also enjoys having <br>
things plugged into it. A keyboard. A mouse. A micro SD card. <br>
The little brick with the Android brain is truly a wonder <br>
of versatility and skill. . . ."
<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.dudeiwantthat.com/gear/computers/android-mk802-mini-pc.asp"><http://www.dudeiwantthat.com/gear/computers/android-mk802-mini-pc.asp></a><br>
<br>
We discussed the use of touch screens as well on full-sized
desktop<br>
computers. I find them pointless for general computing but for<br>
kiosk and similar uses it was pointed out they have their places.<br>
<br>
1:05 PM we adjourned.<br>
<br>
Thanks for the ride, Jim.<br>
<br>
Bobbie Sellers<br>
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