CLUG Meeting 2024-11-26

Location: Warrior Healing Center, 1838 Paseo San Luis, Sierra Vista

Date: Tuesday, 26 November 2024

Meeting Minutes:

Attendees:

  • There were 8 attendees.

Upcoming CLUG Events:

  • 12 December, Ubuntu Hour, 1800-1900, Schlotzsky’s, 3900 E. Fry Blvd.
  • 17 December, CLUG Meeting, 1700-1830, Warrior Healing Center, 1838 Paseo San Luis

Useful CLUG links:

  • CLUG website: https://cochiselinuxusergroup.org/
  • CLUG FaceBook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1059259857477393/
  • CLUG Mailing List Archives: https://www.freelists.org/archive/cochiselinux

Announcements:

  • To date we have donated 147 computers to individuals and groups and conducted 249 installs on desktops and laptops.
  • We have 32 people on our mailing list and 46 people on our Facebook page.
  • We have 2 desktop computers and 3 laptop computers ready for donation.

Future Presentations:

  • Back-up Solutions by Doug Barth on 17 December 2024
  • Repairing GRUB for the grub> prompt by Rex Bouwense on 28 January

Presentation:

  • “How to fix initramfs error” by Rex Bouwense.
  • Slides are available on our website https://cochiselinuxusergroup.org/Resources/

Discussion:

  • A member brought in two laptops and asked to have Ubuntu 24.04.1 installed on them. The installation will take place tomorrow at the Warrior Healing Center at 0900.
  • A member asked if he could clone a hard drive and then put it in another computer. Yes for Linux operating systems but not without an Apple account for Apple computers.
  • A member asked if Redshift will work in Ubuntu. Short answer is no. There are alternatives to Redshift. They are; f.lux, Redshift GUI, Gammy, Iris Mini, and Qredshift.

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