[nmglug] Time to resign,

[Ted Pomeroy]

NMGLUGers, Thank you, life goes on and change happens. I am not quitting
computing, not yet. I am just letting you know I am not necessarily going
to be at meetings or trying new things too often. The Chromebook adventure
has been interesting and fun. I now have a really portable, and rugged,
little machine. I am all for FOSS myself, but see that seniors are taking
other routes to the Internet - phones and tablets, eg. The personal
computer is interesting, but no longer the cultural item it was 20 years
ago. And I am no longer up to dis-assembly of a tower for fun and
education. I will still provide free replacement of software on laptops
seniors may have problems with. The stream of this is now a trickle.
You active members will have to take over the posting of comments, the
"Latest" tab on the website. And any other edits. I was never fully
competent with some parts of notices. In general my activity is less, which
is fine and natural. I'm just letting you know.
I may make one more post about the Chromebook conversion. That seems to be
a success. I cannot take a lot of credit, I made a good enough choice of
hardware and found the technique on the web. I am always glad to prevent
the waste of hardware and glad for the extended support of strangers from
the web.
Be well, thank you, Ted

On Tue, Oct 10, 2023 at 12:17 PM Jonathan Haack <jonathan at jonathanhaack.com>
wrote:

> No - that's heresy! I demand a recount ... I mean, I object! Will you
> reconsider sir?
>
> If not, I understand and thank you for your service, but come on mane ...
> more GNU/Linux to be had!
>
> JMH
> On 10/10/23 11:57 AM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
>
> NMGLUGers, I think it is time for me to resign my active membership in the
> GLUG. Although I keep computing, I am no longer breaking new ground and not
> interested in being the hobbyist I once was.
> Oddly though, I am still doing some things. I am writing this on Xubuntu,
> Gnu/Linux installed on a former student  11 inch Chromebook(tm). The
> conversion removed all of the former OS after borrowing a script to rewrite
> the boot system with SeaBios or one of the other Coreboot varieties.
> Instructions are found at MrChromebox dot tech or other pages on the 'net.
> No major glitches, no major issues. I am limited by the emmc chip on the
> board - 16 Gb, but it works.
> Nice to have a really functional terminal and man pages and such. As well
> as the freedom to choose my applications and modifications. Used student
> C-books are cheap because the support for each hardware is only 4 years. A
> real waste of resources and trash producer for the landfill.
> I may try to be present at this weeks meeting, I will have nothing to turn
> in and the recent discussions have gone beyond my level of activity, but it
> is fun to listen.
> Be well, Thank you, Ted P.
>
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