[GTALUG] Fedora Flock 2017

2016-08-10 Thread Charles Profitt via talk
Hello all: I have been around Linux for a while, but a recent convert to Fedora. I read alot about Flock [1] and understand that it will be returning to North America. As a long time Ubuntu Contributor who attended UDS several times I am excited about the prospect of an in-person event. My city h

Re: [GTALUG] Fedora Flock 2017

2016-08-11 Thread Charles Profitt via talk
Flock. Charles On Thu, 11 Aug 2016 05:54:54 -0700 Stewart C. Russell via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote On 2016-08-09 02:45 PM, Charles Profitt via talk wrote: > > When I was discussing Flock 2017 with some Fedora friends I thought of > GTALUG as a potential host group t

Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu

2016-11-22 Thread Charles Profitt via talk
Irwin: See my responses in-line. On Tue, 2016-11-22 at 15:53 -0500, Irwin Barrer via talk wrote: > Dear Talk List Members > > I am brand new to Linux, open source, etc. I am a user, not a > developer. Glad you are giving Linux a try. It is an excellent OS and platform for computing. > I am int

Re: [GTALUG] Linux box to run Ubuntu Server

2016-11-29 Thread Charles Profitt via talk
I would look at System 76 https://system76.com/desktops On Tue, 29 Nov 2016 07:27:10 -0800 Paul Allen via talk wrote Hi I'm looking to buy a Linux tower with Ubuntu Server preinstalled - anyone interested in selling to me - or any recommendations? I'm in Toronto.

[GTALUG] Flock bids are now open

2017-01-12 Thread Charles Profitt via talk
Hello GTALUG: A while back I sent an email to the list asking if anyone was potentially interested in having Flock in the Kitchener / Waterlook area. Today the Flock bid process officially opened. https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/flock-2017-bids-due-28-feb-2017/ Charles --- Talk Maili

Re: [GTALUG] Flock bids are now open

2017-01-14 Thread Charles Profitt via talk
bad cut-n-paste. Charles On Thu, 2017-01-12 at 06:17 -0800, Charles Profitt via talk wrote: > > Hello GTALUG: > > A while back I sent an email to the list asking if anyone was > potentially interested in having Flock in the Kitchener / Waterlook > area. > > Today the Floc

Re: [GTALUG] Flock bids are now open

2017-01-18 Thread Charles Profitt via talk
Chris: See my thought in-line. On Wed, 2017-01-18 at 15:08 -0500, Chris Tyler via talk wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm personally very interested in bringing Flock to Toronto; I led > the effort to bring FUDcon (the predecessor event) to Toronto in > December 2009 and the success of that event, the fir

Re: [GTALUG] Flock bids are now open

2017-02-01 Thread Charles Profitt via talk
I wanted to raise this thread again given some of the trouble that people may have with travel to the US. I think having a Canadian proposal -- either in Toronto or another Canadian city would be a good thing for Fedora given some of the recent travel bans in the US. Let me know if you are

[GTALUG] FLOCK - Canada - Toronto 2017

2017-02-03 Thread charles profitt via talk
Scott, Chris, Matthew, Brian and others: I wanted to put everyone in contact with each other that was discussing the possibility of Flock in Canada (Toronto). I think there are two potential hurdles: 1) Finding enough man power in the Toronto area to make organizing the event possible, 2) Fin

Re: [GTALUG] Keeping it alive: Nexus 7 (2012) running lineageOS 14.1

2017-04-16 Thread Charles Profitt via talk
On Fri, 2017-04-14 at 22:45 -0400, Scott Sullivan via talk wrote: > I know there are a number of folks with Nexus 7 (2013) in your  > community, but any earlier adopters of the 2012 might appreciate > this. > > -- > Scott Sullivan Scott: Thanks I have been struggling with my Nexus 7 2012 for a

Re: [GTALUG] Fedora 26 Wonky Screen

2017-09-02 Thread Charles Profitt via talk
Howard: I have five systems running Fedora 26 and one running Fedora 25, but I have not had that happen. What video chipset? Charles On Sat, 2017-09-02 at 11:44 -0400, Howard Gibson via talk wrote: >I have just installed Fedora 26 on my desktop. I logged into > Gnome_3. I opened a couple

Re: [GTALUG] VM decisions for school laptop..

2018-04-11 Thread Charles Profitt via talk
On Wed, 2018-04-11 at 20:05 -0400, Michael Galea via talk wrote: > Hi All, > > My son is off to university for CS this fall, and will need a > laptop. > I'm looking at purchasing one for him, so he can run Windows and > Linux. > I'm figuring on going the VM route. My kids run Linux at home an