[Bradford] Bradford Digest, Vol 553, Issue 1

Mon Jun 7 12:27:56 UTC 2021

Re: suse DE. Can I add that the plasma desktop used by KDE is very user
friendly too and easy to customise.

Mike

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>    4. Re: Tuesday (Bernard Czenkusz)
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: John Robert Hudson <j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com>
> To: BradfordLinuxUserGroup <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2021 18:01:51 +0100
> Subject: [Bradford] Tuesday
> Dear all
>
> I have been finding out how to set up a fresh installation of MariaDB and
> some
> related changes which I can share on Tuesday.
>
> Are there any other offers?
>
> We meet on https://meet.jit.si/GreenMushroomsPaintNicely at 7.
>
> John
>
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>
>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Spencer <baildon.research at googlemail.com>
> To: John Robert Hudson <j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com>
> Cc: BradfordLinuxUserGroup <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Bcc:
> Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2021 20:05:02 +0100
> Subject: Re: [Bradford] Tuesday
>
>
> I have been finding out how to set up a fresh installation of MariaDB and
>> some
>> related changes which I can share on Tuesday.
>>
>> Are there any other offers?
>>
>> We meet on https://meet.jit.si/GreenMushroomsPaintNicely at 7.
>>
>> John
>>
>
> Something else you can help with, John W has been contemplating his recent
> Xubuntu upgrade shitshow, and has let it be known he never really took to
> xfce anyway. So if you could help us with the desktop choices available in
> Opensuse -- preferably desktops that are almost, but not quite, completely
> unlike xfce, so I guess primarily gnome like what he's used to, that would
> be nice, tia :)
>
> In other news I've finished the heater and thermostat for my resin
> printer.
>
> Hedgehogs are always appreciated :)
>
> Laters
> -D.
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: John Robert Hudson <j.r.hudson at virginmedia.com>
> To: David Spencer <baildon.research at googlemail.com>
> Cc: BradfordLinuxUserGroup <bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Bcc:
> Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2021 10:57:00 +0100
> Subject: Re: [Bradford] Tuesday
> On Sunday, 6 June 2021 20:05:02 BST David Spencer wrote:
> > I have been finding out how to set up a fresh installation of MariaDB and
> >
> > > some
> > > related changes which I can share on Tuesday.
> > >
> > > Are there any other offers?
> > >
> > > We meet on https://meet.jit.si/GreenMushroomsPaintNicely at 7.
> > >
> > > John
> >
> > Something else you can help with, John W has been contemplating his
> recent
> > Xubuntu upgrade shitshow, and has let it be known he never really took to
> > xfce anyway. So if you could help us with the desktop choices available
> in
> > Opensuse -- preferably desktops that are almost, but not quite,
> completely
> > unlike xfce, so I guess primarily gnome like what he's used to, that
> would
> > be nice, tia :)
> >
> Hi David
>
> openSUSE offers Cinnamon, Mate, xfce and lxde as companions to Gnome.
> However,
> while it is very good at a completely new install, it is less good at
> working
> out what to do with an existing install, particularly if /home is not
> already
> on a separate partition.
>
> I have found that the easiest way to do this with openSUSE is to create
> the
> partitions in advance of the installation and then tell openSUSE to use
> the
> partitions that are already there.
>
> 15.3 has just been released and so that would be the obvious starting
> point.
>
> John
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Bernard Czenkusz <bernie.skipole at gmail.com>
> To: bradford at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Cc:
> Bcc:
> Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2021 12:19:09 +0100
> Subject: Re: [Bradford] Tuesday
> I've got a short illustration of the w3.css utility, and also a single
> hedghog vid that's particularly good!
>
> I also use the Cinnamon desktop, (with Mint) so if you want to cast your
> eye over it's appearance I can do that, however I don't do anything
> fancy with it - just defaults straight as it comes.
>
> Cheers
>
>    Bernie
>
> On 07/06/2021 10:57, John Robert Hudson via Bradford wrote:
> > On Sunday, 6 June 2021 20:05:02 BST David Spencer wrote:
> >> I have been finding out how to set up a fresh installation of MariaDB
> and
> >>
> >>> some
> >>> related changes which I can share on Tuesday.
> >>>
> >>> Are there any other offers?
> >>>
> >>> We meet on https://meet.jit.si/GreenMushroomsPaintNicely at 7.
> >>>
> >>> John
> >> Something else you can help with, John W has been contemplating his
> recent
> >> Xubuntu upgrade shitshow, and has let it be known he never really took
> to
> >> xfce anyway. So if you could help us with the desktop choices available
> in
> >> Opensuse -- preferably desktops that are almost, but not quite,
> completely
> >> unlike xfce, so I guess primarily gnome like what he's used to, that
> would
> >> be nice, tia :)
> >>
> > Hi David
> >
> > openSUSE offers Cinnamon, Mate, xfce and lxde as companions to Gnome.
> However,
> > while it is very good at a completely new install, it is less good at
> working
> > out what to do with an existing install, particularly if /home is not
> already
> > on a separate partition.
> >
> > I have found that the easiest way to do this with openSUSE is to create
> the
> > partitions in advance of the installation and then tell openSUSE to use
> the
> > partitions that are already there.
> >
> > 15.3 has just been released and so that would be the obvious starting
> point.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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