[Hidden-tech] Greenfield Linux Users Group to meet at the People's Pint, Wed 6/18, 5:30-7:30pm

[Bram Moreinis]

Hi, Hidden-Tech (with CC: to Vermont Area Group of Unix Enthusiasts).

If you plan to attend GLUG nite,  please RSVP to 
glugma at googlegroups.com.   For our first meeting, Dan suggested that 
everyone bring something to share )e.g. why you use Linux Desktop) or 
show (e.g. a laptop with a Linux distribution). 
(http://www.thepeoplespint.com <http://www.thepeoplespint.com>)

*NOTES FROM OUR HANGOUT*

Tonight's hangout devolved to Free Conference Call due to audio issues 
(probably arising from bad connectivity).  But everyone made the 
transition: Dan Paquin, Tim Boudreau, Robert Heller and I discussed 
distributions, issues for maintaining legacy machines, and the various 
projects we were involved in (running community libraries, public 
television stations, etc.).

What I learned (subject to revision) was that if the donated machines 
for http://techscoutsma.org don't have the memory for Linux Mint 
Cinnamon, a good fallback would be Xubuntu.  General rule of thumb:  1gb 
of RAM is fine for these.  If I want to get old memory, eBay is the best 
source.

If that is still too resource intensive, DSL is very lightweight (but 
very ugly).  Gentoo is very powerful because it is customized for the 
particular machine and takes advantage of CPU instructions, but must be 
compiled over many hours and is not for the faint of heart.

My task is to use Virtual Box to mount ISOs of the various 
distributions, both to test their resource use with Firefox or 
LibreOffice, and for supporting Tech Scouts.    One fun task we can 
expect have is replacing the CMOS batteries in the donated laptops.

-Bram

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