Re: Cheap new Linux laptop advice?

2018-06-20 Thread Victor Odhner
Thanks again for the support. Tom has his computer. Got a Latitude i7 as described below, $169 + $25 (+tax) for another 4GB installed. This was from Feature Marketing, they were very pleasant to work with. When Tom went back to get it, they added a “father’s day” gift of a classy bag. They have

Re: PLUG's Security Meeting Thurs June 21th (Tomorrow)

2018-06-20 Thread Brian Cluff
I thought I would add that this presentation will NOT be recorded, so if you want to see it you'll have to be there. Brian Cluff On 06/20/2018 09:56 AM, PLUG Announcements wrote: *PLUG's *Security Meeting Meets on the*3rd Thursday of every month*, starting at 7pm. For more information

Lecture on used computers: was Cheap new Linux laptop advice?

2018-06-20 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 12:36:05 -0700 Victor Odhner wrote: > I think Somebody off-line mentioned Data Doctors so I dropped in > there. The main guy at that store gave me a friendly lecture on using > computers that someone else got rid of, like trade-in cars at a > dealership. Hi Victor, What

Re: Cheap new Linux laptop advice?

2018-06-20 Thread Victor Odhner
I want to thank everyone who has contributed to this thread! My friend Tom also appreciates the concern. I’ll feed back what I’ve collected from this so far, but first I should explain why $200s and 4GB memory is not as stupid as it might seem. Tom’s business is going out and tuning pianos, or

Re: Lecture on used computers: was Cheap new Linux laptop advice?

2018-06-20 Thread Victor Odhner
for worthy causes — I worked with a refugee years ago who was using an AZSTRUT machine. On 20180620, at 12:35, Steve Litt wrote: On Mon, 18 Jun 2018 12:36:05 -0700 Victor Odhner wrote: > I think Somebody off-line mentioned Data Doctors so I dropped in > there. The ma

Re: PLUG's Security Meeting Thurs June 21th (Tomorrow)

2018-06-20 Thread Eric Oyen
Ok, can I get a ride then? -Eric (623)399-5635 > On Jun 20, 2018, at 10:07 AM, Brian Cluff wrote: > > I thought I would add that this presentation will NOT be recorded, so if you > want to see it you'll have to be there. > > Brian Cluff > > On 06/20/2018 09:56 AM, PLUG Announcements wrote:

PLUG's Security Meeting Thurs June 21th (Tomorrow)

2018-06-20 Thread PLUG Announcements
*PLUG's *Security Meeting Meets on the*3rd Thursday of every month*, starting at 7pm. For more information see: https://phxlinux.org/index.php/meetings/20-plug-security.html For this month's security meeting we will

Re: Cheap new Linux laptop advice?

2018-06-20 Thread Stephen Partington
A chromebook could work, but he would have to move to the further end of the spectrum to get a workable device. And then he would have to consider alternatives to a locally run Libre Office. (Google sheets for example or one of the web based libre office options). On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 11:32 PM

Mint Cinnamon with a default login

2018-06-20 Thread Victor Odhner
A vendor loaded Tom's new PC with Mint Cinnamon. It powers up without authentication to a default user account. How do we disable that? The details: It was set up with one temporary admin user, named “user”, with password “password.” So we set up the “tom” account, with admin status, and then