Re: Best linux laptop for a gift?

2019-01-07 Thread Stephen Partington
Pretty slick deal for a Linux laptop. https://computers.woot.com/offers/dell-latitude-e7450-14-intel-i5-ssd-ultrabook Dell Latitude E7450 14" Ultrabook, Intel Core i5-5300U 2.3GHz, 240GB Solid State Drive, 8GB DDR3, 802.11ac, Bluetooth, Win10Pro $369.99 Refurbished On Sun, Jan 6, 2019, 5:22 PM

welcome to 2019

2019-01-07 Thread der.hans
moin moin, we made it :) There's a meeting this Thursday. Anyone have a topic they want to present? I will be presenting "Software Management for Debian and Ubuntu" Stammtisch is a week from Tuesday and we will meet an hour early for a resume review night. The security meeting is a week from

Re: Old Hardware

2019-01-07 Thread Thomas Scott
http://www.deviceside.com/fc5025.html - found this as a possible solution, if you're unable to find a USB drive or an old machine that's bootable On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 12:12 PM Michael Butash wrote: > I had an old thinkpad usb 3.5 floppy disk drive accessory I kept around to > boot cranky

Re: Old Hardware

2019-01-07 Thread Michael Butash
I had an old thinkpad usb 3.5 floppy disk drive accessory I kept around to boot cranky systems back in the day, as oddly when some wouldn't work with certain usb cd, that floppy always worked. I'd offer it up, but I haven't seen/used it in 10+ years, and don't even know where to start looking for

Re: When is the next Installfest?

2019-01-07 Thread Todd Cole
The next installfest is Jan 19 at UAT 48st and Southern room 206 2625 W Baseline Rd, Tempe, AZ 85283 UEFI in concept is simple. Each bios/version handles it a bit differently. We would happy to help with any install or UEFI setup and have done many of them. Todd On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 8:43 AM Joe

Re: Old Hardware

2019-01-07 Thread Matt Graham
On 1/6/19 9:33 AM, Matthew Gibson wrote: My parents have been cleaning out their home and came across some 3 1/2 inch floppy disks, they also found some 5 inch floppies. Does anyone have an appropriate drive for either of these media items? I think I have a 3.5" floppy drive in the junk

When is the next Installfest?

2019-01-07 Thread Joe Lowder
When is the next Installfest? And/or is there a computer service shop that could provide assistance to get past the UEFI nuisance? Trying to install Linux Mint on a Thinkpad 430u Please see this link: http://upquick.com/temp/430/ Hope somebody can help me with this.