[GNUz] 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 
& BSD