[GNUz] GNU/Linux support Weds 7.30pm

[Rik Tindall]

Hi all, monthly notice, May 5.

Tonight 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. Covid-19 tracing app QR-code is 
at all council public facilities.

LiveCD/DVD installs of freenix* operating system distributions are used 
to demonstrate alternative desktop environments, in the SLC computer 
lab. N.B. USB thumdrive boot access is no longer available.

Ubuntu-MATE is the Debian GNU/Linux variant we most display and Long 
Term Support releases like 20.04 are recommended, though rolling 
upgrades (like April's release 21.04 recently out) 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 and 
large screen - let us know if you have a presentation to offer.

Thanks to NZOSS support, we offer a Big Blue Button online connection to 
our meeting: https://bbb.nzoss.nz/b/rik-huz-nrm-vmu
We'll also be available online at https://jitsi.org/GNUz-Otautahi

Looking forward to seeing you there. 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, 18-September-2021
* Freenix: Unix-derived Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) esp. Linux 
& BSD