[WLUG] Fw: Washtenaw Linux Users Group Meetings

[Mike Bernson]

I will put you down for October.

Please let me known that you got this to confirm you are set for the october meeting ?

On 06/01/2015 04:59 PM, Jim Beckstrom wrote:
> To the person coordinating the monthly meetings nowadays, could this Chromebook/box "pro" do this presentation at the October meeting?
>
> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> *From:* "jlk at osml.eu" <jlk at osml.eu>
> *To:* Jim Beckstrom <jrbeckstrom at sbcglobal.net>
> *Sent:* Monday, June 1, 2015 2:35 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [WLUG] Washtenaw Linux Users Group Meetings
>
> Well, I've used a Chromebook as a daily driver since Dec 2012 and
> a Chromebox with and without Crouton for the past year. Upgraded
> the RAM and SSD and restored Chrome OS before installing Crouton.
> That was a small education in itself.  It should be simple, but
> there are some "NOT OBVIOUS" gotya's just like reading a man page.
> It's not as if it was my job, so my depth of knowledge may or may
> not be sufficient for the group.
>
> What is the usual format for a presentation?  I can do a talk, but
> doing a live install might be a challenge to get an overhead display
> working while booting, re-booting, in "scary mode" (a chromeism).
>
> My background: Unix user-Sysadmin by default as there wasn't anyone
> else since 1983.  Unix III and V7 and yes that was a while ago.
> Some form of Unix since then.  C, shell, AWK from 1983 and perl
> from about 1990.  Linux: RH, CentOS on the server and Fedora, SuSE,
> Ubuntu and now Mint on the desktop.
>
> Retired now.
>
> over to you...
>
> On 2015-06-01 13:27, Jim Beckstrom wrote:
> > not yet.
> >
> > -------------------------
> >  FROM: "jlk at osml.eu <mailto:jlk at osml.eu>" <jlk at osml.eu <mailto:jlk at osml.eu>>
> >  TO: Jim Beckstrom <jrbeckstrom at sbcglobal.net <mailto:jrbeckstrom at sbcglobal.net>>
> >  SENT: Friday, May 29, 2015 9:48 PM
> >  SUBJECT: Re: [WLUG] Washtenaw Linux Users Group Meetings
>
>
>
> >
> > On 2015-05-17 16:09, Jim Beckstrom wrote:
> >> Hoping someone could present in either October or November this fall
> >> on this:
> >>
> >> CROUTON:
> >>
> >> Hard-core Chromebook enthusiasts have long touted the ability to run
> >> Linux side by side with Chrome OS, giving them a full-fledged
> >> desktop
> >> OS on a cheaper machine.
> >> Now, thanks to a tool called Crouton, users no longer need to leave
> >> Chrome to access their favorite Linux software. With Crouton, you’re
> >> able to run a Linux build right on your Chromebook as another tab.
> >> Crouton is essentially a set of scripts that bundle up a Chromium
> >> chroot generator. It currently supports Ubuntu and Debian, though
> >> other variants don’t translate so well.
> >> You can grab the scripts directly from the Crouton GitHub site [1].
> >
> >> To use this you’ll want to have some working knowledge of Linux
> >> tools
> >> and the command line so that you can get yourself out in case you’re
> >> in a jam.
> >>
> > Did you get anyone for a talk about Crouton?
>
>
>
>
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