[GNUz] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, December 5.

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.

LiveCD/DVD/thumbdrive installs of freenix* operating system 
distributions are used to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, 
in the SLC computer lab of i5, all-in-one, touchscreen PCs.

Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 18.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (18.10 is October release) tend to run fastest with very latest 
kernel drivers and software incorporated. Both are up-to-date, secure, 
and will run well on a lot of aged 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 other variants 
to choose from. Portable devices welcome, esp. laptops.

BYO distributions and any new tech you like; overhead projector - let 
us know if you have a presentation to offer.

N.B. https://linux.conf.au - "The Linux of Things" conference, 21-25 
Jan'19, University of Canterbury, Chch NZ - registrations are open.

Noting also our local workshop now runs twice monthly, same venue and 
time, with the third Tuesday night monthly focused on Android Linux 
Phone Support (next is 18 Dec), subject to demand.

Thank you for the support of these workshops 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, 21-September-2019
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* Freenix: Unix-derived Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) esp. Linux 
& BSD