[GNUz] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, Sept 2.

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.

N.B. Facemasks must be worn at all council public facilities.

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 20.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (20.10 is next, 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 ageing 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
Software Freedom Day, Team Christchurch South, 19-September-2020
* Freenix: Unix-derived Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) esp. Linux 
& BSD