[Chester LUG] Chester Digest, Vol 406, Issue 2

Wed Feb 17 16:41:39 UTC 2021

NOT AGAIN!!
This is the third time I’ve received this message. Get a grip, please!

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>   1. Re: Online Talk (aleksandrs.apilats)
>   2. Re: Online Talk (Mike Crilly)
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> From: "aleksandrs.apilats" <aleksandrs.apilats at hotmail.co.uk>
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> Subject: Re: [Chester LUG] Online Talk
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> Thank you Les. I'll try to attend.AleksSent from my Samsung Galaxy S9 - Powered by Three
> -------- Original message --------From: Les Pritchard via Chester <chester at mailman.lug.org.uk> Date: 09/02/2021  14:28  (GMT+00:00) To: chester <chester at mailman.lug.org.uk> Cc: Les Pritchard <les.pritchard at gmail.com> Subject: [Chester LUG] Online Talk It has been a while since the Chester LUG mailing list has been used! I hope you are keeping well in these challenging times.A number of members have expressed an interest in resurrecting the LUG meets, online at first and then hopefully in person again once things return to normal. If you are interested in joining some online meets, please let us know.In the meantime, Wolves LUG have arranged an online talk and have opened it up to other LUGs. If you're looking to buy new hardware to run Linux, it should be a useful talk.Look after yourselvesLesDetails of this talk are below.----John Alexander will be giving a talk on the evening of 10th Feb entitled:Making it work - how to break incompatibility and dependency hell foryour hardware without mashing your desktop.This will be an overview of Linux features you can use to get awkward,custom or unusual hardware working without destroying your system ordescending into madness.John is a regular with the Wolves, Shropshire, Birmingham and NoVa LUGswith an interest in Linux, amateur radio, satellites, hardware hackingand *attending all the LUGs*.Please share it with any other relevant groups and on your <insertirritating flash in the pan social media here> to help us bootstrap anaudience for future events.We had planned to use Jitsi but since we're opening this out to a wideraudience we've fallen back on Zoom. Sorry if that cuts anyone out.Date:Meeting starts at 19:30 GMT, Weds 10th February.The talk will start around 20:30.Location:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89432551454Meeting ID: 894 3255 1454No password required for this but guests will need to wait in thevirtual lobby before being allowed in.There's a Meetup link here if people want to say they're coming:https://www.meetup.com/novalug/events/276191485/  
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> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 08:28:37 +1000
> From: Mike Crilly <mrcrilly at gmail.com>
> To: Roger Gibson <roger at rgibson.org.uk>, chester at mailman.lug.org.uk
> Cc: Roger Gibson <roger at rcgibson1.plus.com>
> Subject: Re: [Chester LUG] Online Talk
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> For the VPN I’d go with Nord, personally. They usually have offers on selling them very cheap for five year plans. 
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> - Michael C. 
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>> On 16 Feb 2021, at 03:19, Roger Gibson via Chester <chester at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
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>>  An excellent idea Les.  And great as it is to get out when we will be able, a half hour drive each way can be a bit off putting.
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>> And whilst I'm here, a couple of questions I would ask are -
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>> Is there a way of mimicking cp -p when using the mouse to copy things between windows without having to go to a terminal, i.e. preserve timestamps etc?
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>> Although I can zoom etc using my laptop, a camera/mike to use with my desktop would be very useful.  Has anyone any suggestions for a fairly decent Linux friendly one?
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>> And what about a decent cheap VPN?
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>> Many thanks for all/any suggestions.
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>> Roger.
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>> On 09/02/2021 20:25, Joe Foy via Chester wrote:
>>> I'm interested in meetings as well
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>>> On Tue, 9 Feb 2021 at 20:18, Mike Crilly via Chester <chester at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>>>> I’d be interested. I’d even make the time zones work :-) 
>>>> 
>>>> - Michael C. 
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>>>>> On 10 Feb 2021, at 00:28, Les Pritchard via Chester <chester at mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> It has been a while since the Chester LUG mailing list has been used! I hope you are keeping well in these challenging times.
>>>>> 
>>>>> A number of members have expressed an interest in resurrecting the LUG meets, online at first and then hopefully in person again once things return to normal. If you are interested in joining some online meets, please let us know.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In the meantime, Wolves LUG have arranged an online talk and have opened it up to other LUGs. If you're looking to buy new hardware to run Linux, it should be a useful talk.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Look after yourselves
>>>>> 
>>>>> Les
>>>>> 
>>>>> Details of this talk are below.
>>>>> 
>>>>> ----
>>>>> 
>>>>> John Alexander will be giving a talk on the evening of 10th Feb entitled:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Making it work - how to break incompatibility and dependency hell for
>>>>> your hardware without mashing your desktop.
>>>>> 
>>>>> This will be an overview of Linux features you can use to get awkward,
>>>>> custom or unusual hardware working without destroying your system or
>>>>> descending into madness.
>>>>> 
>>>>> John is a regular with the Wolves, Shropshire, Birmingham and NoVa LUGs
>>>>> with an interest in Linux, amateur radio, satellites, hardware hacking
>>>>> and *attending all the LUGs*.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Please share it with any other relevant groups and on your <insert
>>>>> irritating flash in the pan social media here> to help us bootstrap an
>>>>> audience for future events.
>>>>> 
>>>>> We had planned to use Jitsi but since we're opening this out to a wider
>>>>> audience we've fallen back on Zoom. Sorry if that cuts anyone out.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Date:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Meeting starts at 19:30 GMT, Weds 10th February.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The talk will start around 20:30.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Location:
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89432551454
>>>>> 
>>>>> Meeting ID: 894 3255 1454
>>>>> 
>>>>> No password required for this but guests will need to wait in the
>>>>> virtual lobby before being allowed in.
>>>>> 
>>>>> There's a Meetup link here if people want to say they're coming:
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://www.meetup.com/novalug/events/276191485/  
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