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2021 Meeting Presentation Notes
January
John Nash led a discussion on Linux for novice users (New2Linux). It was suggested that a Github/Gitlab repo be created. This is at https://gitlab.com/nashjc/new2linux
Contributions and collaboration very welcome. Contact nashjc _at_ uottawa.ca
February
Scott Murphy presented a walkthrough on burning an image and performing the initial install.
Jean-François Messier led a discussion on lightweight distributions.
March
New2Linux: Decisions when setting up a new system by John Nash
“Choirs of Covid: What if your thing is live collaborative music?”, by Tug Williams
Demo of Pi-KVM by Scott Murphy
April
new2Linux -- Getting Software by John Nash
DIY KVM over IP by Scott Murphy
May
linuxottawa20210506new2linux.odp
linuxottawa-basic_restrospective210506.pdf
paranoia.zip Had to zip! Dokuwiki does not allow .bas files.
A Better Video Call Experiencel by Scott Murphy
June
New2Linux: John Nash will give short presentation on “New to the Command Line” linuxottawa20210603new2terminal-revised.pdf
July
New2Linux: John Nash will present WINE: the WINdows Emulator (or Wine Is Not and Emulator) linuxottawa20210708wine.pdf
August
New2Linux: Writing boot images and getting them started by John Nash
Digital Signage for the Home by Scott Murphy
September
What novices need to know about Linux text editors by John Nash
Video Call Results by Scott Murphy. This was the followup to the May presentation on “A Better Video Call Experience”
October
Video Calls: Solved by Scott Murphy.
November
Image Viewers – a confusing array by John Nash
What happened to PirateBox? by Scott Murphy.
December
John Nash will present some ideas on compressing PDF files. Backgrounder is CompressingPDF.pdf
Ian! Allen presented some ideas for writing robust scripts, along with a few examples: https://idallen.com/oclug/2021_shell/