[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Kia ora, hi all, the last of our monthly notices, February 2.

Very sad to announce our monthly meetings will not recommence in 2022. 
Re-purposing of the public venue being the main reason. Covid 
conditions, very long duration (17 years at the place) and low turnout 
contributed too. Thanks everyone for your support of Freenix workshops!


GNU/Linux Users' workshop was: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the South Learning 
Centre (SLC) at South Christchurch Library in Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.


LiveCD/DVD installs of freenix* operating system distributions were used 
to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, in the SLC computer 
lab. N.B. USB memory stick thumbdrive boot access was no longer 
available.


You can join us online tonight via https://meet.jit.si/freechan with a 
backup of https://bbb.nzoss.nz/b/rik-huz-nrm-vmu courtesy of NZOSS - 
many thanks.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 17-September-2022
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, December 1.

Tonight is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the South 
Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch Library 
at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec. N.B. Covid-19 tracing is required, see 
rules**


LiveCD/DVD installs of freenix* operating system distributions are used 
to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, in the SLC computer 
lab. N.B. USB memory stick thumbdrive boot access is no longer 
available.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 20.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (like October's release 21.10 most recently out) tend to run 
fastest with very latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both 
are up-to-date, secure, and will run well on a lot of ageing equipment 
to extend its life. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from. 
Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector and 
large wall screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


You can join this meeting online via 
https://bbb.nzoss.nz/b/rik-huz-nrm-vmu courtesy of NZOSS - many thanks. 
Also at https://meet.jit.si/freechan


Drop by for the last time under Level 2. Help decide whether we should 
continue under the vaccine passport, traffic light Orange system after 
tonight in place for council premises.


Looking forward to seeing you there. Thank you for the support of these 
workshops.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 17-September-2022
* Freenix: Unix-derived Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) esp. Linux 
& BSD


** Covid-19 Delta level 2 rules of operation
· Computer Lab: Maximum of 7 persons
· It is the responsibility of groups or individuals hiring library rooms 
to ensure that they meet the Government’s Alert Level 2 requirements and 
guidelines
· Mandatory contact tracing – Please scan in via a COVID-19 QR code, or 
manually sign in via a contact tracing register
· Physical distancing must be in place at all times during an event. 
Everyone must maintain a two-metre distance

· Everyone must wear a mask
· Good hygiene practices must be followed at all times. Please use hand 
sanitiser and cleaning products as appropriate

· No food or drink is to be consumed in the rooms
· Windows are to be left open (afterhours users to close upon leaving)
· Only one person in the toilets at any time (please knock before 
entering)

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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, November 3.

Tonight is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the South 
Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch Library 
at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec. N.B. Covid-19 tracing is required, see 
rules**


LiveCD/DVD installs of freenix* operating system distributions are used 
to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, in the SLC computer 
lab. N.B. USB memory stick thumbdrive boot access is no longer 
available.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 20.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (like October's release 21.10 most recently out) tend to run 
fastest with very latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both 
are up-to-date, secure, and will run well on a lot of ageing equipment 
to extend its life. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from. 
Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector and 
large wall screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


You can join this meeting online via 
https://bbb.nzoss.nz/b/rik-huz-nrm-vmu courtesy of NZOSS - many thanks.


Looking forward to seeing you there. Thank you for the support of these 
workshops.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 17-September-2022
* Freenix: Unix-derived Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) esp. Linux 
& BSD


** Covid-19 Delta level 2 rules of operation
· Computer Lab: Maximum of 7 persons
· It is the responsibility of groups or individuals hiring library rooms 
to ensure that they meet the Government’s Alert Level 2 requirements and 
guidelines
· Mandatory contact tracing – Please scan in via a COVID-19 QR code, or 
manually sign in via a contact tracing register
· Physical distancing must be in place at all times during an event. 
Everyone must maintain a two-metre distance

· Everyone must wear a mask
· Good hygiene practices must be followed at all times. Please use hand 
sanitiser and cleaning products as appropriate

· No food or drink is to be consumed in the rooms
· Windows are to be left open (afterhours users to close upon leaving)
· Only one person in the toilets at any time (please knock before 
entering)

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Re: [Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi, we have jitsi time out issues ruining use of the library tonight, 
CCC network has changed config to a downgrade.


So we are instead on https://bbb.nzoss.nz/b/rik-huz-nrm-vmu/

Thanks NZOSS.

Cheers, Rik


Hi all, monthly notice, October 6.



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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, October 6.

Tonight is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the South 
Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch Library 
at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec. N.B. Covid-19 tracing app QR-code is 
at all council public facilities, see rules**


LiveCD/DVD installs of freenix* operating system distributions are used 
to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, in the SLC computer 
lab. N.B. USB memory stick thumbdrive boot access is no longer 
available.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 20.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (like April's release 21.04 most recently out) tend to run 
fastest with very latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both 
are up-to-date, secure, and will run well on a lot of ageing equipment 
to extend its life. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from. 
Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector and 
large wall screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


You can join this meeting online via https://jitsi.org/freechan 
connection.


Looking forward to seeing you there. Thank you for the support of these 
workshops.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 17-September-2022
* Freenix: Unix-derived Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) esp. Linux 
& BSD


** Covid-19 Delta level 2 rules of operation
· Computer Lab: Maximum of 7 persons
· It is the responsibility of groups or individuals hiring library rooms 
to ensure that they meet the Government’s Alert Level 2 requirements and 
guidelines
· Mandatory contact tracing – Please scan in via a COVID-19 QR code, or 
manually sign in via a contact tracing register
· Physical distancing must be in place at all times during an event. 
Everyone must maintain a two-metre distance

· Everyone must wear a mask
· Good hygiene practices must be followed at all times. Please use hand 
sanitiser and cleaning products as appropriate

· No food or drink is to be consumed in the rooms
· Windows are to be left open (afterhours users to close upon leaving)
· Only one person in the toilets at any time (please knock before 
entering)

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Re: [Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

N.B. to join in that's at https://meet.jit.si/GNUz-Otautahi

Cheers, Rik

On 2021-09-01 08:51, Rik Tindall wrote:

Hi all, monthly notice, Sept 1.

Tonight is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm usually in the
South Learning Centre at South Christchurch Library - held on the
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec. N.B. due to Covid-19 response,
lockdown level 3, we cannot meet in person.

We'll be available online at https://jitsi.org/GNUz-Otautahi subject
to demand, we may finish early.

Looking forward to seeing you there. Thank you for the support of
these workshops.

Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 18-September-2021
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, Sept 1.

Tonight is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm usually in the 
South Learning Centre at South Christchurch Library - held on the first 
Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec. N.B. due to Covid-19 response, lockdown 
level 3, we cannot meet in person.


We'll be available online at https://jitsi.org/GNUz-Otautahi subject to 
demand, we may finish early.


Looking forward to seeing you there. Thank you for the support of these 
workshops.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 18-September-2021
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, August 4.

Wednesday night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec. N.B. Covid-19 tracing app QR-code is 
at all council public facilities.


LiveCD/DVD installs of freenix* operating system distributions are used 
to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, in the SLC computer 
lab. N.B. USB memory stick thumbdrive boot access is no longer 
available.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 20.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (like April's release 21.04 most recently out) tend to run 
fastest with very latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both 
are up-to-date, secure, and will run well on a lot of ageing equipment 
to extend its life. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from. 
Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector and 
large wall screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


This meeting will be available online via the 
https://jitsi.org/GNUz-Otautahi connection.


Looking forward to seeing you there. Thank you for the support of these 
workshops.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 18-September-2021
* Freenix: Unix-derived Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) esp. Linux 
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, July 7.

Wednesday night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec. N.B. Covid-19 tracing app QR-code is 
at all council public facilities.


LiveCD/DVD installs of freenix* operating system distributions are used 
to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, in the SLC computer 
lab. N.B. USB memory stick thumbdrive boot access is no longer 
available.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 20.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (like April's release 21.04 most recently out) tend to run 
fastest with very latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both 
are up-to-date, secure, and will run well on a lot of ageing equipment 
to extend its life. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from. 
Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector and 
large wall screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thanks to NZOSS support, we offer a Big Blue Button online connection to 
our meeting: https://bbb.nzoss.nz/b/rik-huz-nrm-vmu

We'll also be available online at https://jitsi.org/GNUz-Otautahi

Looking forward to seeing you there. Thank you for the support of these 
workshops.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 18-September-2021
* Freenix: Unix-derived Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) esp. Linux 
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, June 2.

Wednesday night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec. N.B. Covid-19 tracing app QR-code is 
at all council public facilities.


LiveCD/DVD installs of freenix* operating system distributions are used 
to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, in the SLC computer 
lab. N.B. USB memory stick thumbdrive boot access is no longer 
available.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 20.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (like April's release 21.04 most recently out) tend to run 
fastest with very latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both 
are up-to-date, secure, and will run well on a lot of ageing equipment 
to extend its life. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from. 
Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector and 
large wall screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thanks to NZOSS support, we offer a Big Blue Button online connection to 
our meeting: https://bbb.nzoss.nz/b/rik-huz-nrm-vmu

We'll also be available online at https://jitsi.org/GNUz-Otautahi

Looking forward to seeing you there. Thank you for the support of these 
workshops.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 18-September-2021
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, May 5.

Tonight is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the South 
Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch Library 
at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec. N.B. Covid-19 tracing app QR-code is 
at all council public facilities.


LiveCD/DVD installs of freenix* operating system distributions are used 
to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, in the SLC computer 
lab. N.B. USB thumdrive boot access is no longer available.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 20.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (like April's release 21.04 recently out) tend to run fastest 
with very latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are 
up-to-date, secure, and will run well on a lot of ageing equipment to 
extend its life. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from. 
Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector and 
large screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thanks to NZOSS support, we offer a Big Blue Button online connection to 
our meeting: https://bbb.nzoss.nz/b/rik-huz-nrm-vmu

We'll also be available online at https://jitsi.org/GNUz-Otautahi

Looking forward to seeing you there. Thank you for the support of these 
workshops.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 18-September-2021
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, April 7.

Tonight is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the South 
Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch Library 
at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec. N.B. Covid-19 tracing app QR-code is 
at all council public facilities.


LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system 
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, 
in the SLC computer lab.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 20.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (like 20.10, October release or 21.04, due out in two weeks) 
tend to run fastest with very latest kernel drivers and software 
incorporated. Both are up-to-date, secure, and will run well on a lot of 
ageing equipment to extend its life. See http://debian.org background 
and http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from. 
Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector and 
large screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thanks to NZOSS support, we offer a Big Blue Button online connection to 
our meeting: https://bbb.nzoss.nz/b/rik-huz-nrm-vmu

We'll also be available online at https://jitsi.org/GNUz-Otautahi

Looking forward to seeing you there. Thank you for the support of these 
workshops.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 18-September-2021
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Re: [Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hello, a heads up via NomadBSD (a worthy persistent-USB distro) test.

N.B. The new library i5-6core Dells are not quite set up yet for our 
live-DVD/USB use. So BYO portable platform to stay in *nix-space work 
tonight please.


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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, March 3.

Wednesday night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec. N.B. Covid-19 tracing app QR-code is 
at all council public facilities.


CCC notice: Alert Level 2
*
More information on 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/news/coronavirus-information/

· If you feel unwell, please stay at home.
· Contact tracing is mandatory.  You will need to sign in when you visit 
the library using the COVID Tracer app or filling in the contact form in 
the room.  If you choose not to sign in, you will not be permitted to 
enter the library.  You do not need to sign out when you leave.
· You'll need to maintain a one-metre physical distance with our staff 
and customers as you enjoy the library. Due to the Government's Covid 
regulations, social distancing is a must. If you cannot ensure that your 
group will have at least a metre distance between each person 
(preferably 2), then you might need to postpone your meeting until the 
restrictions get lifted.
· Our frontline staff may be wearing masks. We may also have screens in 
place to support physical distancing at some of our counters.

· Most bookings expecting more than 30 people will be postponed.
· Physical distancing: We will be monitoring our library spaces to 
ensure that safe physical distancing can be maintained. This will look 
different for all libraries. This also applies to bookings. If physical 
distancing cannot be supported, we may need to cancel your booking due 
to Health and Safety reasons.


GNUz notice re Weds workshop

LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system 
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, 
in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 20.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (like 20.10, October release) tend to run fastest with very 
latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are up-to-date, 
secure, and will run well on a lot of ageing equipment to extend its 
life. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from. 
Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector and 
large screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thanks to NZOSS support, we offer a Big Blue Button online connection to 
our meeting: https://bbb.nzoss.nz/b/rik-huz-nrm-vmu
This session we'll make comparison across the field: https://jitsi.org & 
https://meet.jit.si etc.


We hope to see you there. Thank you for the support of these workshops.

Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

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Re: [Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hey Andrew

Thanks for this. You'll probably know Bryce from CLUG-of-old who 
attended with the same kind of interest in Dec.


Many of us are of the generation who had live stage activity in our 
youth, in the 1980s, that got sidelined by one thing or another. Then 
the 1990s hit and the digital revolution transformed very much, like the 
music trade and stage performance lighting... So, we're in catch-up mode 
now, if we can find the time again.


This thread topic is a back-burner kind of curiosity, to recommence a 
learning curve where many analogue devices of the past are tending 
towards redundant. Hopefully we entertainment field users are not! lol


So, we find, USB-DMX devices are almost as diverse as the kinds of 
digital-LED lighting units on the market today. At the cheaper, direct 
import end of the USB-DMX device scale, there's less onboard smarts so 
much more difficulty setting up, it appears. As usual, 'you get what you 
pay for'. So invest in a ~$70+ piece of proprietary? kit to make life 
easier, perhaps.


The manual for https://ftdichip.com/drivers/ shows that GNU/Linux does 
get good consideration by some manufacturers, which is so good to see. 
But at the ~$20 USB-DMX device level, the control software support is 
opaque or complex or absent, whatever platform, at first blush. 
Disabling the kernel driver then enabling a replacement module works 
fine, but then what? ... How to utilise the enabled ftdichip device? ...


There's no hurry though as the inexpensive DMX lights are easily 
programmed and networked in themselves, these days, making for a quite 
usable display.


Note, this is DMX-3(pin) gear rather than the true (more expensive) 
DMX-5 protocol that is being implemented / worked around. YMMV.


Will persevere, post updates, with next meeting Weds 3 March 7.30pm (as 
library is upgrading lab next month).


Stay cool everyone!

Regards

Rik

On 2021-01-27 11:10, Andrew Sands wrote:

Hey Rik,

Sorry I couldn't get to this as work

As a back-stage theatre nerd of old, I'd be interested in how you got
on with this.
I've only had a 'little' play with QLC+.

Andrew

On Wed, Dec 2, 2020, at 10:19, Rik Tindall wrote:

Hi CLUG & GNUz,

A heads up on a project we will be looking at tonight.

DMX stage lighting, computer-driven as alternative to a dedicated
lighting mixer desk.

Using https://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/D2XX.htm for our imported 
USB-DMX
device (ArtNet type), testing on Ubuntu platform, how easily can we 
set

up https://www.qlcplus.org to run LED lights?

If you have knowledge to share or an interest in this topic, please do
call by. Or join us virtually, courtesy of NZOSS:
https://bbb.nzoss.nz/b/rik-huz-nrm-vmu

If we don't see you, have a very Merry Christmas!

Kia ora

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Re: [Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Andrew Sands]

Hey Rik,

Sorry I couldn't get to this as work

As a back-stage theatre nerd of old, I'd be interested in how you got on with 
this.
I've only had a 'little' play with QLC+.

Andrew

On Wed, Dec 2, 2020, at 10:19, Rik Tindall wrote:
> Hi CLUG & GNUz,
> 
> A heads up on a project we will be looking at tonight.
> 
> DMX stage lighting, computer-driven as alternative to a dedicated 
> lighting mixer desk.
> 
> Using https://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/D2XX.htm for our imported USB-DMX 
> device (ArtNet type), testing on Ubuntu platform, how easily can we set 
> up https://www.qlcplus.org to run LED lights?
> 
> If you have knowledge to share or an interest in this topic, please do 
> call by. Or join us virtually, courtesy of NZOSS: 
> https://bbb.nzoss.nz/b/rik-huz-nrm-vmu
> 
> If we don't see you, have a very Merry Christmas!
> 
> Kia ora
> 
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Re: [Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi CLUG & GNUz,

A heads up on a project we will be looking at tonight.

DMX stage lighting, computer-driven as alternative to a dedicated 
lighting mixer desk.


Using https://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/D2XX.htm for our imported USB-DMX 
device (ArtNet type), testing on Ubuntu platform, how easily can we set 
up https://www.qlcplus.org to run LED lights?


If you have knowledge to share or an interest in this topic, please do 
call by. Or join us virtually, courtesy of NZOSS: 
https://bbb.nzoss.nz/b/rik-huz-nrm-vmu


If we don't see you, have a very Merry Christmas!

Kia ora

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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, Dec 2.

Wednesday night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec. N.B. Covid-19 tracing app QR-code is 
at all council public facilities.


LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system 
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, 
in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 20.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (like 20.10, October release) tend to run fastest with very 
latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are up-to-date, 
secure, and will run well on a lot of ageing equipment to extend its 
life. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from. 
Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector / large 
screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thanks to NZOSS support through ChristchurchTech meetup group, we offer 
a Big Blue Button online connection to our meeting: 
https://bbb.nzoss.nz/b/rik-huz-nrm-vmu


We hope to see you there. Thank you for the support of these workshops.

Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

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Hi all, monthly notice, Nov 3.

Wednesday night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec. N.B. Covid-19 tracing app Q-code is at 
all council public facilities.


LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system 
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, 
in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 20.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (20.10 is next, October release) tend to run fastest with very 
latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are up-to-date, 
secure, and will run well on a lot of ageing equipment to extend its 
life. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from. 
Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector / large 
screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thanks to NZOSS support through ChristchurchTech group, we offer a Big 
Blue Button online connection to the meeting.
The BBB link can be found at https://www.meetup.com/Chchtech/events/ or 
write for it by reply email please.


Thank you for the support of these workshops.

Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
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[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, Oct 7.

Tonight is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the South 
Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch Library 
at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec. N.B. Covid-19 tracing app Q-code is at 
all council public facilities.


LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system 
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, 
in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 20.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (20.10 is next, October release) tend to run fastest with very 
latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are up-to-date, 
secure, and will run well on a lot of ageing equipment to extend its 
life. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from. 
Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector / large 
screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thanks to NZOSS support through ChristchurchTech group, we offer a Big 
Blue Button online connection to the meeting.
The BBB link can be found at 
https://www.meetup.com/Chchtech/events/273623883/


Thank you for the support of these workshops.

Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
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[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, Sept 2.

Wednesday night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.


N.B. Facemasks must be worn at all council public facilities.

LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system 
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, 
in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 20.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (20.10 is next, October release) tend to run fastest with very 
latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are up-to-date, 
secure, and will run well on a lot of ageing equipment to extend its 
life. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from. 
Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector / large 
screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thank you for the support of these workshops.

Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, August 5.

Tonight is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the South 
Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch Library 
at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.


LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system 
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, 
in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 20.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (20.10 is next, October release) tend to run fastest with very 
latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are up-to-date, 
secure, and will run well on a lot of ageing equipment to extend its 
life. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from. 
Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector / large 
screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thank you for the support of these workshops.

Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, July 1.

Well done everyone for helping contain CoViD-19. With precautionary 
procedures in place we can resume our public lives.


Tonight is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the South 
Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch Library 
at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.


LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system 
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, 
in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 20.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (20.10 is next, October release) tend to run fastest with very 
latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are up-to-date, 
secure, and will run well on a lot of ageing equipment to extend its 
life. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from. 
Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector / large 
screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thank you for the support of these workshops.

Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, March 4.

Tonight is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the South 
Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch Library 
at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.


LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system 
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, 
in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 18.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (19.10 is latest, October release) tend to run fastest with 
very latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are 
up-to-date, secure, and will run well on a lot of aging equipment to 
extend its life. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from. 
Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector / large 
screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thank you for the support of these workshops.

Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, Feb 5.

Happy New Year. Tomorrow night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 
7.30pm-9.30pm in the South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of 
South Christchurch Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.


LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system 
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, 
in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 18.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (19.10 is latest, October release) tend to run fastest with 
very latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are 
up-to-date, secure, and will run well on a lot of aged equipment to 
extend its life. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from. 
Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector / large 
screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thank you for the support of these workshops.

Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

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Re: [Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi Davin 

Sure, I'll come see what's up around 3pm today.

Rik 

On 2020-01-19 23:51, Davin Pearson wrote:

> Could you please come around to see me 
> and to help me to debug the issues I have 
> with my laptop. 
> 
> I reinstalled Ubuntu GNU/Linux in an attempt 
> to get su ... exit online, but I found out 
> that sudo apt install  works 
> just fine. 
> 
> My issues are as follows: 
> (1) Scrolling the screen has slowed down dramatically. 
> (2) My USB stick drives are not working anymore. 
> (3) The mouse doesn't work. 
> 
> Because my USB stick doesn't work I 
> am reluctant to re-install Linux by reformatting 
> my hard drive as I am unable to save my 
> work. 
> 
> On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 at 12:33, Rik Tindall  wrote: 
> 
>> Hi all, monthly notice, June 5.
>> 
>> Wednesday night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
>> South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
>> Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
>> https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
>> first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.
>> 
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> 
>> Rik Tindall
>> 
>> pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
>> http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
>> Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 21-September-2019
>> http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD
> -- 
> 
> Sincerely and kindest regards, Davin.
> Davin Pearsonhttp://davin.50webs.com 
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Re: [Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Davin Pearson]

Could you please come around to see me
and to help me to debug the issues I have
with my laptop.

I reinstalled Ubuntu GNU/Linux in an attempt
to get su ... exit online, but I found out
that sudo apt install  works
just fine.

My issues are as follows:
(1) Scrolling the screen has slowed down dramatically.
(2) My USB stick drives are not working anymore.
(3) The mouse doesn't work.

Because my USB stick doesn't work I
am reluctant to re-install Linux by reformatting
my hard drive as I am unable to save my
work.



On Tue, 4 Jun 2019 at 12:33, Rik Tindall  wrote:

> Hi all, monthly notice, June 5.
>
> Wednesday night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the
> South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch
> Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere -
> https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the
> first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.
>
> LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system
> distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments,
> in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.
>
> Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long
> Term Support releases like 18.04 are recommended, though rolling
> upgrades (19.04 is latest, April release) tend to run fastest with very
> latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are up-to-date,
> secure, and will run well on a lot of aged equipment to extend its life.
> See http://debian.org background and http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/
> for these distros and http://distrowatch.com for a great many other
> variants to choose from. Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android
> phones etc.
>
> BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector - let
> us know if you have a presentation to offer.
>
> Thank you for the support of these workshops and the Software Freedom
> Day annual installfest event.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Rik Tindall
>
> pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
> http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
> Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 21-September-2019
> http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD
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> & BSD
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Re: [Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Davin Pearson]

Rik did you get my money transfer of $50 so I know it went through
to you and not some random individual?

On Tue, 3 Dec 2019 at 17:20, Rik Tindall  wrote:

> Hi all, monthly notice, Dec 4.
>
> Tomorrow night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the
> South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch
> Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere -
> https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the
> first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.
>
> LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system
> distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments,
> in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.
>
> Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long
> Term Support releases like 18.04 are recommended, though rolling
> upgrades (19.10 is latest, October release) tend to run fastest with
> very latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are
> up-to-date, secure, and will run well on a lot of aged equipment to
> extend its life. See http://debian.org background and
> http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and
> http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from.
> Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.
>
> BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector / large
> screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.
>
> Thank you for the support of these workshops and the Software Freedom
> Day annual installfest event.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Rik Tindall
>
> pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
> http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
> Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 21-September-2019
> http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD
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> & BSD
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, Dec 4.

Tomorrow night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.


LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system 
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, 
in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 18.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (19.10 is latest, October release) tend to run fastest with 
very latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are 
up-to-date, secure, and will run well on a lot of aged equipment to 
extend its life. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from. 
Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector / large 
screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thank you for the support of these workshops and the Software Freedom 
Day annual installfest event.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
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Re: [Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Davin Pearson]

Here is a doozy of a problem for you:

Why is my Windows drive read only?  It wasn't this way when
I was playing with it last night.

Here is the clipped output the command df:

Filesystem  1K-blocks   Used  Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda2   249529340 -202714420  452243760- /media/www/Windows

Why does it report a negative size for the amount used?

Is this related to the problem about my Windows Hard Drive being in
read only mode?

I tried to run fsck but it gives the following output:

root@davinpearson:/home/www# fsck /dev/sda2
fsck from util-linux 2.31.1
On Tue, 5 Nov 2019 at 11:11, Rik Tindall  wrote:

> Hi all, monthly notice, Nov 5.
>
> Tomorrow night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the
> South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch
> Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere -
> https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the
> first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.
>
> LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system
> distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments,
> in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.
>
> Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long
> Term Support releases like 18.04 are recommended, though rolling
> upgrades (19.10 is latest, October release) tend to run fastest with
> very latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are
> up-to-date, secure, and will run well on a lot of aged equipment to
> extend its life. See http://debian.org background and
> http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and
> http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from.
> Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.
>
> BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector / large
> screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.
>
> Thank you for the support of these workshops and the Software Freedom
> Day annual installfest event.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Rik Tindall
>
> pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
> http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
> Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 21-September-2019
> http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD
> * Freenix: Unix-derived Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) esp. Linux
> & BSD
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[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, Nov 5.

Tomorrow night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.


LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system 
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, 
in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 18.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (19.10 is latest, October release) tend to run fastest with 
very latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are 
up-to-date, secure, and will run well on a lot of aged equipment to 
extend its life. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants to choose from. 
Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector / large 
screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thank you for the support of these workshops and the Software Freedom 
Day annual installfest event.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 21-September-2019
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, August 7.

Tonight is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the South 
Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch Library 
at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.


LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system 
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, 
in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 18.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (19.04 is latest, April release) tend to run fastest with very 
latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are up-to-date, 
secure, and will run well on a lot of aged equipment to extend its life. 
See http://debian.org background and http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ 
for these distros and http://distrowatch.com for a great many other 
variants to choose from. Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android 
phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector - let 
us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thank you for the support of these workshops and the Software Freedom 
Day annual installfest event.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 21-September-2019
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, June 5.

Wednesday night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.


LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system 
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, 
in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 18.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (19.04 is latest, April release) tend to run fastest with very 
latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are up-to-date, 
secure, and will run well on a lot of aged equipment to extend its life. 
See http://debian.org background and http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ 
for these distros and http://distrowatch.com for a great many other 
variants to choose from. Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops, Android 
phones etc.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector - let 
us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thank you for the support of these workshops and the Software Freedom 
Day annual installfest event.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 21-September-2019
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Re: [Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi Robert, Roger and All,

Thank you, the invite for presentations is a standing one. We've had 
just a few, on Linux.conf then arduino a few years back. But the turnout 
is small (range 1-8), helps newbies fix stuff and mostly is informal 
discussion of open source industry news, distros etc.


So those attending this evening will choose a way forward and let you 
know plan.


Cheers, Rik

On 2019-05-01 10:12, Roger Searle wrote:

Some interesting project topics there Robert, I'd be interested in
coming a few times a year (but doubt I could manage monthly)

 Cheers,
 Roger

On 1/05/19 7:26 AM, Robert Fisher wrote:


Hi Rik (and all),

I have never been to one of your sessions, mainly because I play 
basketball on Wednesday nights.


Reading your reminder emails I get the impression (maybe wrong) that 
you discuss Distros and Linux "Desktops". When we used to have CLUG 
meetings we often had "agendas" which included preplanned 
presentations which often enlightened me (I am not a geek, guru or 
programmer).


If you still do run such presentations then ignore this email but if 
you don't perhaps you and others could discuss the possibility and ask 
for presenters.


I would be happy to share my Linux journey and what I have achieved 
(with help from CLUG and Google).


I now have headless servers running MythTV, Emby, Transmission, Home 
Assistant, Virtual machines, ZoneMinder, NextCloud and WordPress and I 
am sure others could add to this list to offer other presentations.


Robert Fisher

On Tue, 30 Apr 2019, 10:07 PM Rik Tindall,  
wrote:



Hi all, monthly notice, May 1.

Wednesday night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in 
the
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South 
Christchurch

Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere -
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ [1] - 
held on the

first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.

LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop 
environments,

in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.

Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and 
Long

Term Support releases like 18.04 are recommended, though rolling
upgrades (19.04 is latest, April release) tend to run fastest with 
very
latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are 
up-to-date,
secure, and will run well on a lot of aged equipment to extend its 
life.
See http://debian.org [2] background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ [3]
for these distros and http://distrowatch.com [4] for a great many 
other

variants to choose from. Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops.

BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector - 
let

us know if you have a presentation to offer.

Thank you for the support of these workshops and the Software 
Freedom

Day annual installfest event.

Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz [5]
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 21-September-2019
http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD [6]
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Re: [Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Roger Searle]

Some interesting project topics there Robert, I'd be interested in 
coming a few times a year (but doubt I could manage monthly)


Cheers,
Roger


On 1/05/19 7:26 AM, Robert Fisher wrote:

Hi Rik (and all),

I have never been to one of your sessions, mainly because I play 
basketball on Wednesday nights.


Reading your reminder emails I get the impression (maybe wrong) that 
you discuss Distros and Linux "Desktops". When we used to have CLUG 
meetings we often had "agendas" which included preplanned 
presentations which often enlightened me (I am not a geek, guru or 
programmer).


If you still do run such presentations then ignore this email but if 
you don't perhaps you and others could discuss the possibility and ask 
for presenters.


I would be happy to share my Linux journey and what I have achieved 
(with help from CLUG and Google).


I now have headless servers running MythTV, Emby, Transmission, Home 
Assistant, Virtual machines, ZoneMinder, NextCloud and WordPress and I 
am sure others could add to this list to offer other presentations.


Robert Fisher

On Tue, 30 Apr 2019, 10:07 PM Rik Tindall, > wrote:


Hi all, monthly notice, May 1.

Wednesday night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in
the
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere -
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held
on the
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.

LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop
environments,
in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.

Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long
Term Support releases like 18.04 are recommended, though rolling
upgrades (19.04 is latest, April release) tend to run fastest with
very
latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are up-to-date,
secure, and will run well on a lot of aged equipment to extend its
life.
See http://debian.org background and http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/
for these distros and http://distrowatch.com for a great many other
variants to choose from. Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops.

BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector - let
us know if you have a presentation to offer.

Thank you for the support of these workshops and the Software Freedom
Day annual installfest event.

Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 21-September-2019
http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, May 1.

Wednesday night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.


LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system 
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, 
in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 18.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (19.04 is latest, April release) tend to run fastest with very 
latest kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are up-to-date, 
secure, and will run well on a lot of aged equipment to extend its life. 
See http://debian.org background and http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ 
for these distros and http://distrowatch.com for a great many other 
variants to choose from. Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector - let 
us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thank you for the support of these workshops and the Software Freedom 
Day annual installfest event.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 21-September-2019
http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, April 3.

Wednesday night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.


LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system 
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, 
in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 18.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (18.10 is October release) tend to run fastest with very latest 
kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are up-to-date, secure, 
and will run well on a lot of aged equipment to extend its life. See 
http://debian.org background and http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for 
these distros and http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants 
to choose from. Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector - let 
us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thank you for the support of these workshops and the Software Freedom 
Day annual installfest event.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 21-September-2019
http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, February 13.

Happy new year to all.

Tonight is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the South 
Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch Library 
at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.


LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system 
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, 
in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 18.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (18.10 is October release) tend to run fastest with very latest 
kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are up-to-date, secure, 
and will run well on a lot of aged equipment to extend its life. See 
http://debian.org background and http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for 
these distros and http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants 
to choose from. Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector - let 
us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thank you for the support of these workshops and the Software Freedom 
Day annual installfest event.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 21-September-2019
http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, December 5.

Wednesday night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.


LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system 
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, 
in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 18.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (18.10 is October release) tend to run fastest with very latest 
kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are up-to-date, secure, 
and will run well on a lot of aged equipment to extend its life. See 
http://debian.org background and http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for 
these distros and http://distrowatch.com for a great many other variants 
to choose from. Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector - let 
us know if you have a presentation to offer.


N.B. https://linux.conf.au - "The Linux of Things" conference, 21-25 
Jan'19, University of Canterbury, Chch NZ - registrations are open.


Noting also our local workshop now runs twice monthly, same venue and 
time, with the third Tuesday night monthly focused on Android Linux 
Phone Support (next is 18 Dec), subject to demand.


Thank you for the support of these workshops and the Software Freedom 
Day annual installfest event.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 21-September-2019
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, November 7.

Wednesday night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.


LiveDVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system distributions 
are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, in the SLC 
computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 18.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (18.10 is out now) tend to run fastest with very latest kernel 
drivers and software incorporated. Both are up-to-date, secure, and will 
run well on a lot of aged equipment to extend its life. See 
http://debian.org background and http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for 
these distros and http://distrowatch.com for a great many others to 
choose from. Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops.


BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector - let 
us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Noting interest in https://linux.conf.au - "The Linux of Things" 
conference, 21-25 Jan'19, University of Canterbury, Chch NZ - 
registrations are open.


Noting also our local workshop now runs twice monthly, same venue and 
time, with the third Tuesday night monthly focused on Android Linux 
Phone Support (next is 20 Nov), subject to demand.


Thank you for the support of these workshops and the Software Freedom 
Day annual installfest event.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 21-September-2019
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, August 1.

Wednesday night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.


LiveDVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system distributions 
are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, in the SLC 
computer lab of i5 PCs


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 18.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (to 18.10 next) tend to run fastest with very latest kernel 
drivers and software incorporated. Both are up-to-date, secure, and will 
run well on a lot of old equipment to extend its life. See 
http://debian.org background and http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for 
these distros and http://distrowatch.com for a great many others to 
choose from. Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops.


BYO distributions and any new tech as you like; overhead projector - 
let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Noting interest in https://linux.conf.au - "The Linux of Things" 
conference, 21-25 Jan'19, University of Canterbury, Chch NZ - 
registrations open.


Noting also our local workshop now runs twice monthly, same venue and 
time, with the third Tuesday night monthly focused on Android Linux 
phone etc management (next is 21 Aug.)


Thank you for the support of this workshop and the Software Freedom Day 
annual installfest event.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 15-September-2018
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Re: [Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hello All,

Aftermatch report for ALPS (Android Linux Phone Support) group last 
night.


1. This effort doubled the size of the average GNU/Linux workshop, 
though admittedly one was asleep in a pram :)


2. We settled on the third Tuesday night monthly, 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre lab - next is on 21 August, now booked.


3. Modding Android phones will become the shared hobby of an ALPS core, 
and 100% synchronicity was revealed in that www.postmarketos.org from  
www.alpinelinux.org is the direction we are traveling for the software 
tools.


4. www.android-x86 8.1 (Oreo) rc1 worked really well on the lab PC, 
with a great built-in terminal emulator, picking up ethernet but unable 
to dial out (though it really wanted to); lesson #1 is all of the gmail 
/ google registration / location etc that it is trying to extract, 
before you can get a clear 'desktop' for work: a really searchy engine!


5. A very odd 'missing txts' between a Spark Android and a Vodaphone 
Nokia user was tested then referred on to the individuals' service 
providers - any other suggestions here?


6. More synchronicity, as on the way home, Android just became huge in 
the news (holding 75% of the European phone market):
 
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018654276/google-fined-4-point-3b-by-eu


7. There is definite demand for deeper experience with (GNU and) Linux 
ICT operating systems, so the ALPS team will press on. New participants 
very welcome.


Reminder, next GNU/Linux workshop is Weds 1 August, 7.30pm-9.30pm in 
the SLC lab.


Thank you for all the support in coordinating these two user groups.

Rik
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Re: [Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Reminder for ALPS first meeting tonight.

This is reiteration of a previous attempt at Android Linux user 
support, at the library venue, that got moved and became generic 
cellphone user support / education, then petered out.


We will be temporarily turning an all-in-one PC into an overgrown 
Android tablet, using an android-x86 LiveCD, and exploring the Linux 
internals as best possible. We will look at GNU/Linuxy alternatives to 
Android, for hand-held ICT devices/phones, also.


Externally, we will run Ubuntu-MATE LiveDVDs on other PCs for 
comparison and definite internet, and provide the standard GNU/Linux 
Users' support too (as per the first Wednesday night monthly).


All welcome. See you soon.

On 2018-07-12 15:04, gnuz wrote:

Hi all, extra monthly notice, for July 18.


Android Linux Phone Support (ALPS) group

Next Wednesday night is a new extension of the GNU/Linux Users' 
workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in

the South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South
Christchurch Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere -
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on
the third Wednesday night monthly, while we test for interest in 
ALPS.


LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop
environments, in the SLC computer lab of i5 PCs. BYO Android device 
for Q advice.


Refs. "Is Android really just Linux? (Video)" -
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-linux-784964/
+ https://source.android.com +
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)

Alongside basic Android maintenance help, we track LineageOS
(Cyanogen) etc modification to fully free specific devices;
also www.android-x86.org & www.AnBox.io etc means of Android
implementation, with comparison of all software licensing models.


Thank you for the support of this workshop and the Software Freedom
Day annual installfest event.

Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users at ALPS
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 15-September-2018
http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD
* Freenix: Unix-derived Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) esp. 
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Re: [Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, extra monthly notice, for July 18.


Android Linux Phone Support (ALPS) group

Next Wednesday night is a new extension of the GNU/Linux Users' 
workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in

the South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South
Christchurch Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere -
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on
the third Wednesday night monthly, while we test for interest in 
ALPS.


LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop
environments, in the SLC computer lab of i5 PCs. BYO Android device 
for Q advice.


Refs. "Is Android really just Linux? (Video)" - 
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-linux-784964/
+ https://source.android.com + 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)


Alongside basic Android maintenance help, we track LineageOS (Cyanogen) 
etc modification to fully free specific devices;
also www.android-x86.org & www.AnBox.io etc means of Android 
implementation, with comparison of all software licensing models.



Thank you for the support of this workshop and the Software Freedom
Day annual installfest event.

Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users at ALPS
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 15-September-2018
http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD
* Freenix: Unix-derived Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) esp. 
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, March 7.

Wednesday night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.


LiveDVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system distributions 
are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, in the SLC 
computer lab of i5 all-in-one screen-PCs


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 16.04 are recommended; rolling upgrades to 
17.10 seem to run better though, with latest kernel drivers and software 
incorporated - if start-up speed concerns you. It's up-to-date, secure, 
and will run well on a lot of old equipment to extend its life. See 
http://debian.org background and http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for 
these distros and http://distrowatch.com for a great many others to 
choose from. Portable devices welcome, e.g. laptops, Raspberry Pi and 
CHIP.


BYO distributions and new tech if you like; overhead projector - let us 
know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thank you for the support of this workshop and the Software Freedom Day 
annual installfest event.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 15-September-2018
http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, Happy New Year. Monthly notice, February 7.

Wednesday night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.


LiveDVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system distributions 
are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, in the SLC 
computer lab of i5 all-in-one screen-PCs (overgrown landscape tablets! 
;)


Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 16.04 are recommended; rolling upgrades to 
17.10 seem to run better though, with latest kernel drivers and software 
incorporated - if start-up speed concerns you. It's up-to-date, secure, 
and will run well on a lot of old equipment to extend its life. See 
http://debian.org background and http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for 
these distros and http://distrowatch.com for a great many others to 
choose from. Portable devices welcome, e.g. laptops, Raspberry Pi and 
CHIP. (lol)


BYO distributions and new tech if you like; overhead projector - let us 
know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thank you for the support of this workshop and the Software Freedom Day 
annual installfest event. See you there if you can make it along.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 15-September-2018
http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD
* Freenix: Unix-derived Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) esp. Linux 
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, December 6.

Tomorrow night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.


LiveDVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* distributions are used to 
demonstrate alternative desktop environments in the SLC computer lab of 
i5 all-in-one PC screens. Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we 
most display and Long Term Support releases like 16.04 are recommended; 
rolling upgrades to 17.10 also run very well. See http://debian.org 
background and http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many others to choose from. Portable 
devices welcome, e.g. laptops, Raspberry Pi and CHIP.


BYO distributions and new tech; overhead projector - let us know if you 
have a presentation to offer.


Thank you for the support of this workshop and the Software Freedom Day 
annual installfest event.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 15-September-2018
http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD
* Freenix: Unix-derived Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) esp. Linux 
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, November 1.

Tomorrow night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere - 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/ - held on the 
first Wednesday monthly, Feb-Dec.


LiveDVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* distributions are used to 
demonstrate alternative desktop environments in the SLC computer lab of 
i5 all-in-one PC screens. Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we 
most display and Long Term Support releases like 16.04 are recommended; 
the 17.04 upgrade to 17.10 had a stalling glitch which is now corrected 
and both run very well. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for many others to choose from. Portable devices 
welcome, e.g. laptops, Raspberry Pi and CHIP :P


BYO distributions and new tech; overhead projector - let us know if you 
have a presentation to offer.


Thank you for the support of this workshop and the Software Freedom Day 
annual installfest event.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 15-September-2018
http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD
* Freenix: Unix-derived Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) esp. Linux 
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, October 4.

Tomorrow night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere: 
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/locations/SOUTH/


LiveDVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* distributions are used to 
demonstrate alternative desktop environments in the SLC computer lab of 
good i5 machines. Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most 
display and Long Term Support releases like 16.04 are recommended, 
although 17.04 runs very well and will upgrade to 17.10 in two weeks' 
time. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many more to choose from.


BYO distributions and new technologies welcome; overhead projector - 
let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


This week we organise the Software Freedom Day event, to be run at the 
lab on Saturday week.


Thank you for the support of this workshop and the Software Freedom Day 
annual installfest event.


Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 15-September-2018
http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD
* Freenix: Unix-derived Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) esp. Linux 
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, September 6.

Tomorrow night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere: 
http://www.library.christchurch.org.nz/South/


LiveDVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* distributions are used to 
demonstrate alternative desktop environments in the SLC computer lab of 
modern i5 machines. Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most 
display and Long Term Support releases like 16.04 are recommended, 
although 17.04 has shown rapid development and runs very well. See 
http://debian.org background and http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for 
these distros and http://distrowatch.com for a great many others to 
choose from.


BYO distributions and new technologies welcome; overhead projector - 
let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


This week we organise the Software Freedom Day event, to be run at the 
lab on Saturday week.


Thank you for the support of this workshop and SFD.

Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 16-September-2017
http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, August 2.

Tomorrow night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere: 
http://www.library.christchurch.org.nz/South/


LiveDVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* distributions are used to 
demonstrate alternative desktop environments in the SLC computer lab of 
fast i5 Skylake machines. Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we 
most display and Long Term Support releases like 16.04 are recommended. 
17.04 shows very rapid development. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many others to choose from.


BYO distributions and new technologies welcome; overhead projector - 
let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thank you for the support of this workshop.

Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 16-September-2017
http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, July 5.

Tomorrow night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre (SLC), through rear door of South Christchurch 
Library at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere: 
http://www.library.christchurch.org.nz/South/


LiveDVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* distributions are used to 
demonstrate alternative desktop environments in the SLC computer lab of 
fast i5 Skylake machines. Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we 
most display and Long Term Support releases like 16.04 are recommended. 
17.04 shows very rapid development. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros and 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many others to choose from.


BYO distributions and new technologies welcome; overhead projector - 
let us know if you have a presentation to offer.


Thank you for the support of this workshop.

Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 16-September-2017
http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, June 7.

Tomorrow night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the 
South Learning Centre, through rear door of South Christchurch Library 
at 66 Colombo Street, Cashmere: 
http://www.library.christchurch.org.nz/South/


LiveDVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* distributions are used to 
demonstrate alternative desktop environments in the SLC computer lab of 
fast i5 Skylake machines. Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant 
most usually displayed, and Long Term Support releases like 16.04 
recommended. 17.04 has some good speed improvements, except on closing; 
excellent. See http://debian.org background and 
http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ for these distros. See 
http://distrowatch.com for a great many more.


BYO distributions and new technologies welcome; overhead projector - 
let us know if have a presentation to offer.


Thank you for the support of this workshop.

Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 16-September-2017
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, April 5.

Tonight is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm in the South 
Learning Centre, through rear door of South Christchurch Library at 66 
Colombo Street, Cashmere: http://www.library.christchurch.org.nz/South/


LiveDVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* distributions are used to 
demonstrate alternative desktop environments in the SLC computer lab of 
fast i5 Skylakes. Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant most 
usually displayed, Long Term Support releases like 16.04. See 
http://debian.org background and http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/ about 
these.


BYO distributions and technologies welcome; overhead projector - let us 
know if have a presentation to offer.


N.B. This is likely to be the last meeting for at least two months, due 
to timetable competition.


Thank you for all the support shown to this workshop over the years.

Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 16-September-2017
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Re: [Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Bevan]

Hi Rik

I am out of action for GNU/linux club for 14 weeks, my lovely wife enrolled
me into a parenting course.

Regards

Bevan

Linux Aficionado and Arch Linux fanboy


In a world without fences and walls, who needs Gates and Windows?

On 28 February 2017 at 00:54, Rik Tindall  wrote:

> Hi all, monthly notice, March 1.
>
> Tomorrow night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm first
> Wednesday of each month February to December in the South Learning Centre,
> through rear door of South Christchurch Library at 66 Colombo Street,
> Cashmere: http://www.library.christchurch.org.nz/South/
>
> LiveDVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* distributions are used to
> demonstrate alternative desktop environments in the SLC computer lab of
> fast i5 Skylakes. Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we usually
> display, Long Term Support releases like 16.04. See http://debian.org
> background and http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/
>
> BYO distributions and technologies welcome; overhead projector - let us
> know if have a presentation to offer.
>
> All welcome. See you soon.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rik Tindall
>
> pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
> http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
> Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 16-September-2017
> http://www.facebook.com/TeamChristchurchSFD
> * Freenix: Unix-derived Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS)
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[Linux-users] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, March 1.

Tomorrow night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 7.30pm-9.30pm first 
Wednesday of each month February to December in the South Learning 
Centre, through rear door of South Christchurch Library at 66 Colombo 
Street, Cashmere: http://www.library.christchurch.org.nz/South/


LiveDVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* distributions are used to 
demonstrate alternative desktop environments in the SLC computer lab of 
fast i5 Skylakes. Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we usually 
display, Long Term Support releases like 16.04. See http://debian.org 
background and http://ubuntu-mate.org/download/


BYO distributions and technologies welcome; overhead projector - let us 
know if have a presentation to offer.


All welcome. See you soon.

Regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 16-September-2017
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