[GNUz] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Steve Brodie]

Hi Rik,

I'm hoping to head along to the meet tonight as a first timer.

Was wondering if I brought my Raspberry Pi and an iso of VOID would there
be chance of trying to install it?  I don't have a screen to bring with me.

Kind regards,
Steve

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Rik Tindall <ask at infohelp.co.nz> wrote:

> 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
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=66+Colombo+Street&entry=gmail&source=g>,
> 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
>
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Steve Brodie
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