[GNUz] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi Steve

Welcome.

Bring an HDMI cable, then we can plug into the screens there.

Also a microSD card reader/writer capable device.

Our Raspberry Pi expert may well be in attendance.

Kind regards,

Rik

On 2018-03-07 10:01, Steve Brodie wrote:
> 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, 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.
>>
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