[Rustington] Last and next Portsmouth LUG meetings

[Lisi Reisz]

Our last meeting was a great success, with a most interesting talk from Gary 
Burton, to whom we are very grateful.  For those of you who missed his talk, 
the slides are now available on line.
http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/talks/201601.html

There was also much Linux chat and some problems were solved and help given.

Our next meeting will be on Saturday February 20th from 13:00 to 18:00 at the 
Broadoaks Sports and Social Club, Hilsea
http://www.portsmouth.lug.org.uk/venue.html

Felicity Meadows will talk on "Git: the content version
manager".  More anon. 

And Master Taylor Collins will give the talk and demonstration that 
he had hoped to give in December. He built a robotic arm from a kit from 
Maplin which he then connected to a Raspberry Pi and controlled using python 
and a Nintendo Wii-mote.  I believe it can be used to move marbles from one 
pot to another.  (Among other things, of course.)  It is encouraging to note 
that the next generation (next but three?) is so engaged and interested.

There will also be all the usual Linux chat, help and support.

I look forward to seeing some of you there. It is a long way, but 
hopefully "il vaut le détour".  As always, if you have a specific 
problem that you would like help with, or if you would like help installing a 
specific Linux Distro, please give us advance notice so that we can try to 
ensure that the relevant equipment/disks/people are available.

Lisi