[GNUz] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, Feb 5.

Happy New Year. Tomorrow 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 (19.10 is latest, 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, Android phones etc.

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

Thank you for the support of these workshops.

Kind regards,

Rik Tindall

pp Sydenham GNU/Linux Users
http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/gnuz
* Freenix: Unix-derived Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) esp. Linux 
& BSD