Hi all, I would welcome keeping the list open. I rarely use Linux now (Mac instead) but i hope to start again, if only in a VM. (Whether to not I succeed only time will tell)
I had already assumed that if I got stuck and could not find the answer elsewhere, that the PLUG would be there to help. However do not keep it open for this reason - I may never get round to it! 😃 HOWEVER …. What VM player would you suggest on a Mac, and where would I find ready made ISO’s to run it it? 😀 I wold be looking to running a Linux version. Edward Kerr ----------------- > On 15 Mar 2018, at 20:53, B D via Peterboro <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > I do concur with both George and Mark, > > since we don't have a chance to get together to discuss what is our hobby, we > have very little chance to actually make a solid community. I, like majority > here, became a desktop user who does experience very little issues from now > very reliable and well documented OS like Ubuntu/Mint. It makes almost no > sense to ask technical questions on PLUG list due to the fact that so much > tech advice is available to hand on many forums. > > I don't have time to actively take part in PLUG as daily commute, family life > and recently MCSA preparation take up most of my "free" time. I would opt for > this list to stay open and maybe think of a way to popularize/advertise it > existence to other possible users. > > With many people experiencing lots of issues from Win10 (updates, system > crashes, etc.) there is still area where linux could prove useful and > attractive. > > It's hard not to agree that desktops and possibly even laptops fall from > grace in recent years. More people moved to so much easier touch screen > devices (SMARTphones, tablets) as they don't require/allow for any system > interference/malfunction. Everyone is happy if they can install an app from > an app store, who this days thinks about OS updates!? > > Keep the mailing list open... in 10 years time, when my kids as youth will > not won't to talk to me; when my wife will meet with her friends on regular > bases I'll take over and the Linux community in Peterborough will thrive > again. That's all providing that I'll get a different job and IT will be my > hobby once again. > > Also did you noticed that a computer fair has popped up in Peterborough? > Earlier in Feb and last weekend there was a relatively big IT fair in Queen > Katharine Academy, maybe that is an reoccurring event? Old event poster: > http://www.qka.education/calendar/?calid=1&pid=3&viewid=1&event=29 > <http://www.qka.education/calendar/?calid=1&pid=3&viewid=1&event=29> > > @Mark > To answer your question from ALUG regarding the boot to a single application, > you can try something called DietPi. OS that has an in built boot selection > from friendly looking blue/white command line prompts. If that's not what you > are after you can use LXDE and something like that: > https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=90754 > <https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=90754> > obviously this will be less complicated as you want to start a browser rather > than presentation(+ ppt conversion). > > > cheers, > Bart > > > 2018-03-13 22:41 GMT+00:00 Chris Sandles via Peterboro > <peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk>>: > Hi Mark > > I'm still happy to receive posts from Peterborough LUG, although I seldom > need to write them any more. I think this is probably more to do with the > maturity of Linux-based systems these days, where all the headaches and > compatibility problems of the past are largely forgotten. Nowadays, > everything pretty much works and very rarely do I have an issue that creates > a real problem. That said, I speak purely as a desktop user. I started > using Linux around 2006 when I tried Fedora Core 6 from a Linux magazine > coverdisk. I was so impressed with this "new frontier" of computing, I > pretty much ditched Windows XP within a few years of multibooting, and since > 2008 have used various distros exclusively. My early days were plagued with > the type of problems average Windows users would never have come across > (missing or non-existent hardware drivers, software incompatibilities when it > came to file formats, missing features or software to do certain jobs). On > the other hand, blue screens of death became a thing of the past and feeling > part of a community that knew it was on to something quite special. > > That rose-tinted glow has admittedly faded a little in recent years as I have > simply become accustomed to using Linux day-in, day-out. For the most part > everything works, and I don't chop and change distros like I used to. I > probably use the same software and rarely experiment unless looking for a > solution to a problem (ie. whilst learning accountancy using a study book > based on MS Excel, trying to find certain equivalent features in LibreOffice > and Gnumeric is occasionally a challenge!). > I think it used to be something of a challenge to try and encourage Windows > users to try Linux, especially with said issues mentioned above, but these > days, the necessity to promote Free Software has been eroded by the advance > of smartphones and tablets. Ironically, many Android users are also Linux > users without even knowing it. There's still a place for Linux on the > desktop (and certainly in server rooms) but maybe it's not a battle worth > starting, let alone trying to win now. > I would like this LUG to continue though, and I hope that there are others > locally who might find it useful just to know there are other Linux users out > there, even if we don't meet up or socialise any more. > > Chris Sandles > > > On 12/03/18 22:36, George Edward Fuller via Peterboro wrote: >> On 12/03/18 21:03, Mark Rogers via Peterboro wrote: >>> Is this LUG dead? Pushing up the daisies? >>> >>> It's not a good sign when it's the person who manages the list asking the >>> question! >>> >>> Is there any demand for a meet? I know we don't have a venue (and I'm not >>> offering one) but is there any demand that justifies trying to find one? >>> >>> Are we all happy with using the list, and it's just we have nothing to say? >>> >>> Just curious. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >> >> Hi Mark, >> I personally don't think the LUG is on a level with the Norwegian Blue. But >> with no social side, even an informal pub get together, it's difficult to >> encourage that sense of belonging, that keeps a group bonded. The answer to >> your question regretfully is that the Peterborough Lug is on life support, >> ‘condition critical’. >> Questions posted on the monthly board are unfortunately almost always beyond >> my technical competence, though I have been a user, off and on, since the >> release of Fedora Core 4. Not before that because I had an Apple tower at >> the time, sporting a PowerPC chip. These days I prefer ‘deb’ based distro’s >> over ‘rpm’ ones for simplicity of use, and currently run Linux Mint. >> I generally just use my system until something goes wrong and then search >> the web for a solution. My piffling little problems, usually caused by my >> own ignorance or stupidity, never seem serious enough to bother the >> professional system people who discuss issues way above my level on this >> list. >> Now retired I seldom do anything more on my machine, than keep my own >> personal records up to date, and of course, roam the web. >> I would like the LUG to have miraculous recovery and resurgence, and would >> like to support it, I’m just not sure how. Sorry I can’t be more upbeat >> about the prospects. >> >> Best Wishes, George E Fuller. >> >> > > > -- > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk> > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro > <https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro> > > -- > Peterboro mailing list > Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
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