Ubuntu Hour 2024-09-12

Location: Schlotzsky’s Cafe, 3900 E. Fry Blvd. Sierra Vista AZ

Date: Thursday, 12 September 2024

Meeting Notes:

Attendees: 10 (3 new persons).

Upcoming Events:

  • 24 September, CLUG Meeting, 1700-1800, Warrior Healing Center, main conference room, 1838 Paseo San Luis, Sierra Vista.
  • 10 October, Sierra Vista Ubuntu Hour, 1800-1900, Schlotzsky’s Cafe, 3900 Fry Blvd, Sierra Vista.

Announcements:

  • To date we have donated 142 computers to individuals or groups

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(Cheryl L with her laptop)

and conducted 238 installs on laptops and desktops.

  • We have 30 people on our mailing list and 45 followers on our Facebook page.
  • We have 1 desktop computer and 1 laptop computer ready for distribution.

Discussion and Activities:

  • Discussed a problem that arose with Bit Locker that can occur with FOSS encryption programs. If you use them make sure that you save the unlock code in a cloud, on your machine , on a flash drive. If it is forgotten your data may be lost forever.
  • Discussed moving to Linux from Microsoft Windows.
  • Discussed using Docker.

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