Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

2022-09-14 Thread Michael Galea via talk
On 2022-09-01 21:00, Michael Galea via talk wrote: On 2022-08-26 18:40, Michael Galea via talk wrote: I am hoping to tap the wisdom of the list.  I'm going traveling and I don't want to lug around my 5.2 pound T420. Not on this trip. If I buy a cheap refurb Chromebook from Best Buy or Canada

Re: [GTALUG] Data archaeology: archive KDE distortion from 2004ish

2022-09-14 Thread Jamon Camisso via talk
On 2022-09-14 6:39 p.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: | From: Stewart Russell via talk | Any suggestions for which ancient distro and where it might still live gratefully received. Knoppix? Perhaps 3.5, which had a DVD version? There must be copies around. See this for a list of

[GTALUG] Tonight's meeting announcement?

2022-09-14 Thread Stewart Russell via talk
Did it go out? As far as I understand, Colin McGregor will be introducing Linux on Boats. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] Data archaeology: archive KDE distortion from 2004ish

2022-09-14 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
| From: Stewart Russell via talk | Any suggestions for which ancient distro and where it might still live gratefully received. Knoppix? Perhaps 3.5, which had a DVD version? There must be copies around. See this for a list of versions: Not sure

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

2022-09-14 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 11:00 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > A dirt cheap Windows netbook. Not very good (screen is TN 1366 x 768). > Should easily run Linux. > > https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/p/laptops/lenovo/windows-edu-laptops/lenovo-100e-2nd-gen-(amd)/len101l0021 > Managed to get

[GTALUG] Data archaeology: archive KDE distortion from 2004ish

2022-09-14 Thread Stewart Russell via talk
A friend has a data problem. Her father used to use Linux, and left copious art notes in pictures stored in DigiKam, KDE’s photo management tool. This was in 2004 or so. Now my friend is trying to recover the notes. Current DigiKam won’t read the database. Given her very-tech background, we

[GTALUG] A motivate tutorial on the Domain Name System

2022-09-14 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
Context: Evan and Colin could not see our website in the last few days. They also may have had trouble with email from or to our lists. I don't know if this has started working again. I think that the problem is rooted in the Domain Name System. How the Domain Name System works: DNS is a