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Hi LUGers,<br>
<br>
SF-LUG meets every first Sunday from 11 A.M. to 1 P.M. <br>
and every third Monday from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M. <br>
at the Cafe Enchante, 26th and Geary Boulevard. <br>
<br>
These meetings are usually lightly attended with a high for the
<br>
year so far of 7 members. If you have a problem come along <br>
and maybe we can help but if not we can usually find someone <br>
who can. <br>
<br>
<br>
Thursday, April 18, 2019<b> Ubuntu 19.04 is released.</b><br>
I have downloaded Ubuntu Studio and Ubuntu Mate, <br>
check-summed both and written to Flash Drives and<br>
both boot nicely.<br>
ubuntu-mate-19.04-desktop-amd64.iso<br>
ubuntustudio-19.04-dvd-amd64.iso<br>
<br>
If you want to have a specific version <br>
of Ubuntu 19.04 let me know and you<br>
will be able to get a copy at the meeting.<br>
<br>
Earlier in the week we got Mageia 7 beta 3 <br>
now check-summed and written to a FD but <br>
it was Install only.<br>
Mageia-7-beta3-Live-Plasma-x86_64.iso<br>
replaced the previous install only version<br>
on the Mageia Flash Drive.<br>
These are only advanced Betas and I hope<br>
the final versions are out soon.<br>
The Mageia continues the Mandrake, Mandriva<br>
line but sadly adds systemd. Which is why<br>
I use PCLinuxOS 64 Plasma 5.<br>
<br>
Got netrunner-rolling-2019.04-64bit.iso<br>
There are 3 versions, one based on Debian,<br>
an Arch based version with some Manjaro<br>
tossed in which is what I got and a slightly<br>
smaller version called "core".<br>
<br>
And before the last meeting I got<br>
NixOS 19.03. Graphical now check-summed<br>
and written to a FD but it is install only...<br>
nixos-graphical-19.03.172138.5c52b25283a-x86_64-linux.iso<br>
The closest to a Live distro of NixOS seems to be<br>
a page describing how a Live version might be<br>
made by remastering an installed version.<br>
NixOS bummed me out...<br>
<br>
<b>But how about a Unix on a Stick.</b><br>
Actually on a Flash Drive, portable with a MacOS like GUI<br>
Nomad BSD is it and it is so easy to set up I managed it.<br>
And you need a large Flash Drive USB 3.0. I put this <br>
on a 8 GB USB 2.0 drive and the system unpacks to <br>
over 7 GB and so we have 43 MB for /home. <br>
Their are no games but some good tools and useful <br>
things, At the meeting you can see my 8 GB drive installation <br>
running but don't try to download to it. Encryption is available <br>
but you will have to learn about Geli first.<br>
Tools (and I point out I selected some) PCFM file manager <br>
nearly as good as Dolphin, Sakura virtual terminal but I <br>
selected BASH, Firefox, Thunderbird, LibreOffice, Galculator,<br>
LeafPad, Geany, Gimp and the package manager with a very<br>
simple Gui to use, OctoPkg.<br>
Checked on OctoPkg and Solitaire is represented in two<br>
packages so games can be added. Might check on<br>
other packages as LeafPad is inferior to Kate and<br>
to KWrite.<br>
<br>
<u><b>Late additions</b></u><br>
<br>
Parrot-kde-home-4.6_amd64.iso<br>
Parrot-kde-security-4.6_amd64.iso<br>
Parrot-home-4.6_virtual.ova<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://parrotsec.org/">https://parrotsec.org/</a><br>
<br>
Clonezilla Live-25.6.1 in 686, 686pae and amd64<br>
Clonezilla amd64 is now UEFI compatible.<br>
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<br>
A <b>promotional</b> item for meeting attendees <br>
are a few Knoppix copies on black Flash Drives.<br>
These have a persistent partition and the<br>
desktop manager can be chosen by<br>
the user from the 3 on the disk:LXDE,<br>
KDE Plasma 5, and Gnome.<br>
<b>You c</b>an set the root password on these<br>
drives. I did not create encrypted partitions<br>
for these but if you are interested in<br>
that I can loan out a Flash Drive and<br>
you can create a Flash Drive with an<br>
encrypted partition on your own <br>
media.<br>
Jim S may be testing the prototype I<br>
gave him at the last meeting.<br>
<br>
I still do not have access to Knoppix 8.5 <br>
but as soon as I do I will be happy to update<br>
these or any other Knoppix drives or provide <br>
copies of the .iso file on suitable media.<br>
<br>
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Celebrate on the<br>
Fourth of May in the Mission district San Francisco.<br>
<br>
Come to the meeting the next day and celebrate<br>
FOSS.<br>
<br>
Bobbie Sellers<br>
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