Hello Jimmy, thank you very much for your report. I found many things in common with our Linux User Group in Hannover. It's really helpful exchanging experiences and to learn from each other. It was fun to read your experiences. :-)
I am just curious, because of the PC from 2008: Could it be possible to install Tumbleweed 32 bit with LXQT or XFCE on such a PC and to turn the Repos afterwards into Leap-Repos? But I really don't know if this work out on such an old PC. The effort could be too big and a different Linux-Distri like Debian could be easier to install. Thank you very much for sharing your experiences. Have fun, Christian 2018-04-12 11:22 GMT+02:00 ddemaio <ddem...@suse.de>: > Thank you Jimmy. An excellent report. Interesting that not many people were > interested in the Raspberry Pi. Maybe you'll start to see more interest when > people learn what they can do with them. > > v/r > > Doug > > > > On 04/10/2018 09:06 AM, Jimmy PIERRE wrote: >> >> Report on SFD 25th November, 16th December 2017, 27th January, 24th >> February and 24th March 2018. >> >> We have been over busy and being the only English speaking person, I >> will make quite salient and interesting encounters. >> >> We always started the day eating lunch together and brief on the >> activities and designate who does what. >> >> The visitors count is constant ~35 people, steady audience. >> >> We have the usual visitors and “chance” visitors. >> >> Over these five months, we made new contacts: >> >> 1. A guy popped in and wanted a webmaster, could not help because >> he had all his requirements in his mind and could not clearly explain >> what he wanted. I sent him back to the black/white board. >> >> 2. A blind person accompanied by a usual visitor wanted to ‘try’ >> openSUSE. I did not approve a change as his brail system was already >> using Ubuntu. We do not fix a working computer. He said that he had a >> spare PC, so I proposed to install openSUSE on the spare PC, next >> time. >> >> 3. A few visitors discovered our “party” they were from >> Marseille, we spent time talking about food et al. They had no >> computers, they were just visiting. They saw what we do and how >> openSUSE worked though. >> >> 4. The person who came in October finally bought the HP that we >> recommended. We started installation but when it came to transfer the >> old files, we had to visit her the next day Sunday to finish the job. >> >> 5. JC came with his wife, he had bought a new motorbike and >> wanted some changes to his profile pictures on FB and also other >> Social sites. >> >> 6. I noticed that Raspberry was not something that got the >> visitors excited. >> >> 7. However, WSL seem for them a Try before ditching Windows. I >> did explain that we did not recommend that they made the big step >> without a net. We always go through dual boot step first (just in >> case). >> >> 8. Our Calc student is getting better and better. >> >> 9. The teacher took a few DVDs for his esteemed students. >> >> 10. There were *two* LUGs in Rouen. The other one seem dormant and >> his attendees bring their sick computers running UBUNTU for repairs. >> Change management is of essence. We therefore give an openSUSE DVD to >> those who can install by themselves and for others, we have to either >> repair/reinstall UBUNTU or install openSUSE if they readily say *YES*. >> >> 11. From the dissidents of the other LUG, we have strange demands: >> email not working, hard disk replacement, in a particular lady who >> wanted to run Linux on a PC of 2008; repeat 2008. We could not because >> openSUSE Leap is 64 bit. >> >> 12. Another visitor left her PC and I personally took 6 days on and >> off to repair the beast…. >> >> 13. New people wanted information, some came for goodies (could not >> handle that one), DVD, Linux Magazine, asking for a donation (yes >> average of 2 people per session) >> >> 14. VLC is still an issue; It seems to me that the right repository >> (Packman) should be the one readily added so that it is installed >> smoothly. >> >> 15. We had people attempting to migrate 32 bit 13.1 openSUSE to >> Tumbleweed 32 bit. >> >> 16. An interesting issue, new faces and old faces not coming back. I >> met with a lady while doing food shopping last week and in the >> conversation, I asked her why don’t you come back and see us? Her >> answer puzzled me: All is working, so no need to visit you. Is it so? >> Well, we need to celebrate :D >> >> 17. Coming back to Tumbleweed, one of our visitors migrated a 64 bit >> openSUSE Leap 42.3 to Tumbleweed and had quite a new “distribution” on >> box. Reinstallation was required and I told him to stop reading >> articles on the Internet unless he knows what he is doing. >> >> 18. Other clubs came round as usual, but I do not expect them to >> move to openSUSE, they do have issues, but we are not volunteering to >> move them around. One of them will come in April with his laptop; he >> has lost the wireless module….. >> >> 19. There is a project manager who came on two different dates, he >> sort of mingled but he is not technical. >> >> 20. Our Greek lady is back, latest episode, she has viruses on 7 USB >> keys. I have taken them home for cleaning. >> >> 21. We also noticed a new comer who says he comes from Mascarenes >> area in the Indian Ocean, we started to discuss on fauna and recipes >> before getting into the nitty gritty. He had a quite old computer aged >> 11 years and never used Linux before. >> >> 22. The new challenge is to get openSUSE and SUSE working on WSL >> *with* a DE, XFCE will be nice. I successfully installed XFCE on Kali, >> UBUNTU and Debian. I personally demonstrated WSL and meanwhile at home >> succeeded in installing xfce on SUSE and openSUSE LEAP. >> >> 23. Linux Presentation Day is back 28th April ( >> https://nui.fr/blog/linux-presentation-day-2018-a-rouen-normandie/ ), >> if there are some spare Linux Magazines and some bits and pieces, I >> would be so ever grateful. >> >> Four more events left before Summer holidays. >> >> We will have more fun :D >> >> Best, >> Jimmy > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscr...@opensuse.org > To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+ow...@opensuse.org > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscr...@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+ow...@opensuse.org
