[WLUG] Fw: Washtenaw Linux Users Group Meetings

[jlk at osml.eu]

Hi Mike,

Yes. I good for Oct meeting.

On 2015-06-06 20:35, Mike Bernson wrote:
> 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" <jlk at osml.eu>
>> >  TO: Jim Beckstrom <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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