[GNUz] GNU/Linux support Weds 8pm
Rik Tindall
ask at infohelp.co.nz
Tue Apr 3 00:47:41 BST 2018
Hi all, monthly notice, April 4.
Wednesday night is the GNU/Linux Users' workshop: 8pm-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. Note the later start time this month -
apology.
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 run quicker though, with latest kernel drivers and software
incorporated. 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, esp. laptops.
BYO distributions and new tech as 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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