[nmglug] Meeting place:

[Ted Pomeroy]

NMGLugers, The install was Debian Stretch 9.3, using the Xfce desktop,
which was either a default choice or the choice of the owner, I am not sure
which. There are several graphical desktops to choose from and you are not
limited to only one. We used the "Install" selection which is not the
graphical install, but is clear and looks a bit "legacy" in style with
selections highlighted in red on a gray a background which is easy to
follow. The initial issue was to enable legacy boot as our flash drive boot
loader needed this mode. The final product is a very usable graphical
environment ready for a newbie user or expert alike. Adding audio and video
support and other finishing touches depend on the the user. Only the wifi
card presented a hardware issue, which was solved via ethernet connection
and sorting out which of the several drivers was the right one. Debian
Stretch is Debian Stable so there is support for several years and
up-grading is smooth.
I have been a fan of Xfce over Ubuntu, called "Xubuntu" but the Debian
install was so smooth that I have added a Debian Stretch usb to my toolbox,
too. A subgroup of us have installed Debian Stretch on discarded iMacs and
they work pretty well. This is via the rEFInd boot manager and usb install.
The benefit is the rather nice screen and case, but limited by the older
Core2(tm) chips in these unsupported and obsolete machines.
Thank you, Ted P.

On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 5:05 PM, Satsangat Khalsa <satsangat at khalsa.com>
wrote:

> Hey Ted,   Missed the meeting, it was 5:30 when I cleared work.  With a 45
> min. drive, I determined I would be too late.  What OS did you install?
>
> Regards,
> satsangat
>
> On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 7:55 AM, Ted Pomeroy <ted.pome at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Good meeting last night. 5.30 -7.00 at New Baking Co. seems okay. We got
>> a start on an install, finishing up at Second St. Brewery. A newish
>> ThinkPad, we needed to enable legacy boot and get wfif driver. Maybe we can
>> review progress in two weeks. Thanks, Ted P.
>>
>> On Mar 1, 2018 4:14 PM, "Ted Pomeroy" <ted.pome at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Sam. Can you make the meeting? Anybody else planning to attend?
>>> Ted P.
>>>
>>> On Mar 1, 2018 12:40 PM, <s at mnoble.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 10:50:37AM -0700, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
>>>> > GLugers, Shall we meet at the New Baking Co. tonight at 6pm, or a
>>>> little
>>>> > earlier as they close at 7pm? I am thinking of getting there about
>>>> 5:30 to
>>>> > order and set up. We met there 2 weeks ago and that worked. If we
>>>> have a
>>>> > consensus or it works twice in a row we could change the website to
>>>> reflect
>>>> > this change. I would also encourage us to try to convene a beginners'
>>>> > meeting, same place, say at 5pm. Some of our beginners are retired or
>>>> work
>>>> > part time so that just might work. We can discuss this. Thank you,
>>>> Ted P.
>>>>
>>>> Updated nmglug.org/meetings for SFBC at 17:30 tonight. The recurring
>>>> event is still set to TBD at 18:30.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> sam
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