[Wolves] Talk: John Alexander - Making Hardware Work, 10th February

[Adam Sweet]

Reminder, this is tomorrow. Please put yourselves on the list and share
on your Facebook/Twitter/other.

There's a Meetup event here with 14 attendees from North Virginia and
various UK LUGs if that's useful for pointing people at:

https://www.meetup.com/novalug/events/276191485/

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On 05/02/2021 11:28, Adam Sweet wrote:
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> On 04/02/2021 15:32, Adam Sweet wrote:
>> As we're opening this talk out to a wider audience than just ourselves
>> we've decided to host this with Zoom rather than Jitsi, just in case it
>> turns out to be more popular than Jitsi can handle.
>>
>> Updated details below.
>>
>> As mentioned previously, 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 a brief overview of Linux features we can use to get
>> awkward, custom or unusual hardware working without destroying your
>> system or descending into madness.
>>
>> Please show your support for John and help us bootstrap an audience for
>> future events and speakers.
>>
>> Date:
>>
>> Meeting starts at 19:30, Weds 10th February.
>>
>> The talk will start around 20:30.
>>
>> Location:
>>
>> Join Zoom Meeting
>> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89432551454
>>
>> Meeting ID: 894 3255 1454
>>
>> No password for this one, but you will need to wait in the virtual lobby
>> before being allowed in.
>>
>> Instructions:
>>
>> You will need to install the Zoom client:
>>
>> https://zoom.us/download
>>
>> Once installed just click the meeting link above to join the conference.
>>
>> If that doesn't work for you, you can start the Zoom client and paste in
>> the meeting ID. You don't need a Zoom account to participate.
>>
>> If you end up stuck waiting in the lobby for more than a minute or two
>> then maybe post here as the moderator may not have noticed you waiting.
>>
>> Please put your names below.
>>
>> Goes:
>> 1. Ad
>> 2. John Alexander(I best be coming) ;-)
>>
>> Late/Maybe:
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>> No Goes:
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