[nmglug] Meeting place:

[Satsangat Khalsa]

Ted,
   Sounds like you've progressed, nicely, into the Debian world.  I found a
linux dist that has some common desktop features with Mac OSX, because they
both used a linux desktop environment that NeXT (and some others)
developed.
   Anyhow, I love the idea of using old Mac hardware.  It's, usually,
pretty good stuff.

Regards,
satsangat

On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 8:52 AM, Ted Pomeroy <ted.pome at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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