Re: [PLUG] Linux Laptop Recommendation

2016-11-14 Thread Russell Senior
> "Michael" == Michael Barnes writes: Michael> Yes, but can a chromebook be wiped and reinstalled with Linux? In many cases, yes. Look up "GalliumOS". Before that, there was crouton, which is basically running a "real" linux in a VM, though I found that rather unsatisfying. There are many

Re: [PLUG] Linux job hunting...

2016-11-14 Thread John Sechrest
Just a quick note from Seattle There are lots and lots of job opportunities for tech talent in Seattle. But as people have been saying... The best way to get hired is to clearly show a passion for doing coding and to have a good github repository and evidence of programming as a passion.

Re: [PLUG] Linux job hunting...

2016-11-14 Thread Cryptomonkeys.org
> On Nov 14, 2016, at 8:10 AM, Michael C. Robinson > wrote: > > I have a major problem, I'm a college grad in computer science with 0 > years of experience. That PSU allows this when granting a degree is > sad, but that's another issue for another time. Everything I can find > is for senior l

Re: [PLUG] Linux Laptop Recommendation

2016-11-14 Thread Tom
Done that (googled the thing many times). I was hoping for hands on experience and opinion from someone who has replaced Crome with Linux and is experienced Linux user to notice the lack of Fxx keys. So far I've seen only ChromeBooks running linux from an SD card by various people I know in some d

Re: [PLUG] Linux Laptop Recommendation

2016-11-14 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 14 Nov 2016, Tom wrote: > As I mentioned before, I got HP Stream 11, but I am thinking about getting > one cheap laptop to prevent over-subscriptions teen fights. Tom, Consider buying a couple of small Dells. I bought a Dell Latitude 2100 on eBay for $50 and it works with linux (as do

Re: [PLUG] Linux job hunting...

2016-11-14 Thread Pete Lancashire
Here's a few of my thoughts First an experience for a PSU CS graduate. He could not and still can not write in a language of his choice a program that outputs the string "Hello World" I hope this does not reflect the typical graduate and also hope the a potential hiring company knows. What are y

Re: [PLUG] Linux Laptop Recommendation

2016-11-14 Thread Tom
As I mentioned before, I got HP Stream 11, but I am thinking about getting one cheap laptop to prevent over-subscriptions teen fights. I understand that my life will become more interesting looking for two laptops, instead of one, hidden somewhere "by accident". While another "blue" laptop is proba

Re: [PLUG] Linux Laptop Recommendation

2016-11-14 Thread Chuck Hast
Google is your friend: install linux on chromebook will return you a long list of hot to and what to do entries On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Michael Barnes wrote: > Yes, but can a chromebook be wiped and reinstalled with Linux? > > > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 3:40 AM, Russell Senior > > wro

Re: [PLUG] Linux job hunting...

2016-11-14 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 06:10:45AM -0800, Michael C. Robinson wrote: > I have a major problem, I'm a college grad in > computer science with 0 years of experience.   Portland (and software hubs in general) may be the wrong place to look, since so many young people come here looking for software an

Re: [PLUG] Linux Laptop Recommendation

2016-11-14 Thread Michael Barnes
Yes, but can a chromebook be wiped and reinstalled with Linux? On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 3:40 AM, Russell Senior wrote: > > "Josiah" == Josiah Luscher writes: > > Josiah> Just my 2¢. Shop first for speed, it's both the thing that > Josiah> costs and the thing that will make your computer l

Re: [PLUG] Mint 18.0 Cinnamon 64-bit: Message 'Boot is Full'

2016-11-14 Thread Tony Schlemmer
Have you search google.com? They show how to use the Synacptic Package Manager to remove old kernels that are not being used: http://askubuntu.com/questions/2793/how-do-i-remove-old-kernel-versions -to-clean-up-the-boot-menu Tony On Sun, 2016-11-13 at 16:39 -0800, Vedanta Teacher wrote: > Everyo

Re: [PLUG] Mint 18.0 Cinnamon 64-bit: Message 'Boot is Full'

2016-11-14 Thread Bruce Kilpatrick
On 11/14/2016 04:47 AM, Vedanta Teacher wrote: > I have to work the day of the clinic but I will bring it in > after work. In thinking about it the system probably > has several kernel images due to upgrades. > Modifying a kernel or boot is above my skills but I'll > see what I can do. > > Blessin

Re: [PLUG] Mint 18.0 Cinnamon 64-bit: Message 'Boot is Full'

2016-11-14 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 04:39:22PM -0800, Vedanta Teacher wrote: > Everyone, > >I'm running a relatively new HP Pavilion desktop with: > Mint 18.0 Cinnamon 64-bit > Version 3.0.7 > Linux Kernel 4.4.0-47-generic > RAM 14.6 > HD 945.9GB > > Yesterday it threw a message at my of: Boot is Full >

Re: [PLUG] Linux job hunting...

2016-11-14 Thread chris (fool) mccraw
Hi Michael, Advice I give to anyone who wants to work in tech is to work in tech! Contribute to open source, work on a project for your portfolio, expand your horizons - I realize this was kind of what school was supposed to do for you, but if you find yourself without the skills for the jobs you

[PLUG] Linux job hunting...

2016-11-14 Thread Michael C. Robinson
I have a major problem, I'm a college grad in computer science with 0 years of experience.  That PSU allows this when granting a degree is sad, but that's another issue for another time.  Everything I can find is for senior level people and a lot of the programming jobs require .NET or some other M

Re: [PLUG] Mint 18.0 Cinnamon 64-bit: Message 'Boot is Full'

2016-11-14 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 13 Nov 2016, Vedanta Teacher wrote: > Yesterday it threw a message at my of: Boot is Full > I must be having a senior moment... Is there a quick easy way to remove > the unneeded items or, just make the Boot partition larger? I'm no super > user but I can run some simple command lines.

Re: [PLUG] Mint 18.0 Cinnamon 64-bit: Message 'Boot is Full'

2016-11-14 Thread Vedanta Teacher
I have to work the day of the clinic but I will bring it in after work. In thinking about it the system probably has several kernel images due to upgrades. Modifying a kernel or boot is above my skills but I'll see what I can do. Blessings, Paul W. On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 6:27 PM, Jim Karlock w

Re: [PLUG] Mint 18.0 Cinnamon 64-bit: Message 'Boot is Full'

2016-11-14 Thread Jim Karlock
At 04:39 PM 11/13/2016, Vedanta Teacher wrote: >Everyone, > >I'm running a relatively new HP Pavilion desktop with: >Mint 18.0 Cinnamon 64-bit >Version 3.0.7 >Linux Kernel 4.4.0-47-generic >AMD A8 CPU >RAM 14.6 >HD 945.9GB > >Yesterday it threw a message at my of: Boot is Full > >I've used the

Re: [PLUG] Linux Laptop Recommendation

2016-11-14 Thread Russell Senior
> "Josiah" == Josiah Luscher writes: Josiah> Just my 2¢. Shop first for speed, it's both the thing that Josiah> costs and the thing that will make your computer last IMHO. I Josiah> paid the Windows tax and the spinning ferrous disk tax and got Josiah> an ASUS X540L for ~$350. If I did it