Re: [linux] How are the oc-linux meetings announced, or is there a master schedule?

2019-10-31 Thread Aaron Wilcox
We were using it at one point, but I think we stopped once our free trial
membership ran out. Should be documented in the BoD minutes, back from when
I was on the board.

Aaron Wilcox

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019, 11:15 AM Richard Guy Briggs  wrote:

> On 2019-10-31 09:59, Rick Leir wrote:
> > Scott
> > Would you mind reminding me when the upcoming meeting is? From memory,
> > it is the first Thursday of each month, so it would be... But the
> > neurons are over committed.
> >
> > If we were a meetup group, then there would be a nice ical file
> > attached to the announcement email. And we would have new people
> > attending. I am not pushing for that, but the ical attachment would be
> > nice.
>
> Meetup has changed enough with parent company WeWork under financial
> pressure that Meetup has become more and more difficult to justify
> financially.  I don't know where they are headed, but I know of a number
> of groups that have stopped using the platform and others that are
> actively campaigning to find community-friendly alternatives.
>
> > Rick
>
> slainte mhath, RGB
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Re: [linux] laser printer recommendations

2018-07-03 Thread Aaron Wilcox
I believe that HP releases their own Linux drivers. My HP Officejet 6500
worked out of the box with Mint 17, which is more than I can say about
Win10.

Aaron Wilcox

On Tue, Jul 3, 2018, 10:47 AM J C Nash  wrote:

> A friend is looking for a not-too-pricey laser printer. Monochrome,
> preferably duplex.
>
> She's running Linux Mint 18.3.
>
> I've had good success with Brother, but they recently changed all the model
> numbers, and it seems from forums that drivers may be imperfect. I could
> likely manage workarounds, but she needs a vanilla install.
>
> If anyone has recently acquired one, opinions welcome.
>
> JN
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