[GNUz] 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
* Freenix: Unix-derived Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) esp. Linux 
& BSD