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<b>Hola</b> LUGers,<br>
<br>
Well this was a well-attended and productive meeting. Made for a
happy <b>Cinco de Mayo</b><br>
for this <b>amiga</b>.<br>
I got to the Cafe Enchante just as the occupants of the large
table were leaving and setup<br>
without problems.<br>
<br>
Joseph P. showed up first before 11 AM. He was followed shortly
by <br>
John S. who brought along his NUC (Intel's <span
class="module__title__link">Next Unit of Computing which is a very
compact <br>
form factor device featuring various processors and models) and a
monitor to use with it as well<br>
as external CD/DVD R/W drive.<br>
<br>
Maestro followed shortly.</span><br>
<span class="module__title__link"><span class="module__title__link">
</span> Ken and Sunni came in with his tools. I did not get
much chance to talk to him.<br>
He was busy assisting other members before his departure.<br>
<br>
Around Noon Jim Stockford came in with two boxes of books
previously mentioned in<br>
the mailing list. Several attendees picked up various items. </span><span
class="module__title__link"> I grabbed a volume on Scribus...<br>
</span><span class="module__title__link"> Jim seemed to be intently
reading the Linux Pro magazines including the new special issue, <br>
Linux Shell Handbook which he remarked is very good. This was
obtained from the<br>
Fog City News on Market Street below First Street, about the
second door from the <br>
intersection on the South side of the Street. <br>
<br>
Someone brought in a User named Cody who accepted a bookmark
with the relevant<br>
information to contact and subscribe to the Mailing List. He
could not stick around.<br>
<br>
12:30 Aaron showed up and started to set up.<br>
<br>
Now I was very busy at the beginning of the meeting making
Flash Drives.<br>
I did the Fedora 30 Live version of Workstation and of the KDE
spin, FatDog 64 801,<br>
KaOS 19.04 and eventually a MX 18.02. I already had the Ubuntu
Mate 19.04 and<br>
the Ubuntu Studio 19.04 on Flash Drives. These were all made
using ddCopy on<br>
PCLinuxOS64. All of the drives worked with John S.'s NUC.<br>
<br>
Now Joseph P. had a look at the Linux Pro magazines and then
kibitzed and made<br>
suggestion as John S. tried out the stuff I had on Flash Drives
including PCLinuxOS64.<br>
All of the FDs worked but Fat Dog is still using a WiFi
configuration tool that is best<br>
suited to more experienced users than myself or John. At least
this version detected<br>
the WiFi card and was able to spot Cafe Enchante in a scan. </span><span
class="module__title__link">Perhaps with some time<br>
I might be able to get the configuration tool to work.</span><span
class="module__title__link"> <br>
By the way Cafe Enchante has <b>changed the WiFi password</b> to
notredame.<br>
<br>
<br>
John S. finally decided to install PCLinux on the NUC and did
so with a very little<br>
help from me. I used <b>Partition Magic</b> to reduce the size
of the Windows partition <br>
and away we went. </span><span class="module__title__link">showed
him how to use Synaptic for updates and by that time<br>
he was ready to pack up and leave. </span><span
class="module__title__link">Apparently Windows was bothered by the<br>
changes to its extent and promised John an hour or more of work to
keep the<br>
install functional.<br>
<br>
Aaron brought along a lot of Flash Drives and donated 3 USB
2.0 FDs to the LUG via<br>
me to make fresh installs of NomadBSD and Knoppix. He is going to
try to set up a <br>
32 bit Nomad BSD on his older machine.<br>
<br>
Other members have donated about $50.00 which keeps up the
number of USB drives<br>
for future work.<br>
Right now we have 8 high quality 16 GB 3.0 USB drives for
setting up with portable<br>
distros like Knoppix, Parrot and Nomad. Other systems can be
setup as well but I copied <br>
the directions for Parrot. If you do not have USB 3.0 ports on
your computer a 2.0 FD<br>
will do as well for installations. <br>
I also have plenty of DVDs and CDs on hand for those who
prefer the optical media.<br>
Optical media should be requested at least 48 hours before the
meeting </span><span class="module__title__link">due to the time
<br>
involved</span><span class="module__title__link"> in writing them.
<br>
<br>
One member in particular is very happy with MX Linux & you
can get the manual<br>
at <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://mxlinux.org/manuals/"><https://mxlinux.org/manuals/></a> and it is a nice
distribution with XFCE version 4.+.+<br>
This is based on work done previously on Mepis and AntiX. It is
mid-weight as opposed<br>
to a light-weight like Puppy or its derivatives, or a heavy-weight
like Mageia or Ubuntu<br>
Studio, Knoppix, or Fedora Astronomy. This can be setup as a USB
for either 32 or 64 bit<br>
kernels or both with a persistent partition for changes.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="https://mxlinux.org/wiki/system/create-a-live-usb-w-persist-from-a-windows-desktop/"><https://mxlinux.org/wiki/system/create-a-live-usb-w-persist-from-a-windows-desktop/></a><br>
Even though it says "windows desktop" it appear that the procedure
can be easily adapted<br>
to Linux </span><span class="module__title__link"></span><span
class="module__title__link">and I will be trying to produce a
prototype on one of the donated FDs.<br>
<br>
</span> Anyone attending the meeting is free to correct my
omissions or <br>
incomprehension of the activities and asked to do so asap so that
the <br>
membership not in attendance will not be mis-informed any longer <br>
than necessary. <br>
<br>
About 12:55 pm I started packing up and by 1:10 left with
another Member <br>
and got a ride back to my neighborhood with Jim Stockford.<br>
<br>
Next meeting will be on Monday May 20th, at the Cafe Enchante
from 6-8 PM.<br>
Hopefully I will have a notice of that meeting out by May 13. <br>
<br>
Bobbie Sellers<br>
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