<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Ted,<br></div> 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. <br></div> Anyhow, I love the idea of using old Mac hardware. It's, usually, pretty good stuff.<br><br></div>Regards,<br></div>satsangat<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 8:52 AM, Ted Pomeroy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ted.pome@gmail.com" target="_blank">ted.pome@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">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. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">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. <br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large">Thank you, Ted P.<br></div></div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 5:05 PM, Satsangat Khalsa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:satsangat@khalsa.com" target="_blank">satsangat@khalsa.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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?<div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>satsangat</div></div><div class="m_2817074873912472118HOEnZb"><div class="m_2817074873912472118h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 7:55 AM, Ted Pomeroy <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ted.pome@gmail.com" target="_blank">ted.pome@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">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.</div><div class="m_2817074873912472118m_1227144519391232638HOEnZb"><div class="m_2817074873912472118m_1227144519391232638h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 1, 2018 4:14 PM, "Ted Pomeroy" <<a href="mailto:ted.pome@gmail.com" target="_blank">ted.pome@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Thanks Sam. Can you make the meeting? Anybody else planning to attend? Ted P.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 1, 2018 12:40 PM, <<a href="mailto:s@mnoble.net" target="_blank">s@mnoble.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Thu, Mar 01, 2018 at 10:50:37AM -0700, Ted Pomeroy wrote:<br>
> GLugers, Shall we meet at the New Baking Co. tonight at 6pm, or a little<br>
> earlier as they close at 7pm? I am thinking of getting there about 5:30 to<br>
> order and set up. We met there 2 weeks ago and that worked. If we have a<br>
> consensus or it works twice in a row we could change the website to reflect<br>
> this change. I would also encourage us to try to convene a beginners'<br>
> meeting, same place, say at 5pm. Some of our beginners are retired or work<br>
> part time so that just might work. We can discuss this. Thank you, Ted P.<br>
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Updated <a href="http://nmglug.org/meetings" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">nmglug.org/meetings</a> for SFBC@17:30 tonight. The recurring<br>
event is still set to TBD@18:30.<br>
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sam<br>
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