Hey Gang,
We've got a virtual meeting tomorrow here: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA
Starting at 7pm until you know whenever.. I fully expect like our
last meetings, it'll go off the rails and we'll end up talking about Linux
and filesystems, and 3d printers and sci-fi and in general just a bunch of
nerds reveling in our nerdom.
See you tomorrow!
Later,
Tim.
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I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
Hello everyone.
Thank again for all the recent advice. I have one question. I installed Ubuntu (from a 20.04 flash drive I did a while back) and checked the option to download additional software. It was then up and running. I then had updates available. They were installing, and then the computer said a restart was needed. I clicked restart and rather than restart as expected it went to what I think was a grub menu. Ubuntu was highlighted, I hit the enter key. It said "unpacking failed" (forget if before or after) and started up. Everything seems to be fine, but I am sending this email in case if anyone knows if I will have problems.
I tried googling "Ubuntu unpacking failed" and se references to initramfs, but can't say if my message said this. It flashed quickly. I'm confused on what I read there anyway.
FYI on the bios to make things work I changed:
PTT to off
Secure Boot Enable to off
Changed RAID to AHCHI
The machine seems blazing fast compared to the previous one.
Materials much more cheaply made, though.
Surprised me that there was no Windows CD or label with license number.
cheers
Ron
First off, thanks to everyone for the great advice. It's rather a long story for another day, but I wound up picking up this model:
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There are way bigger and badder machines out there, this one should still has way more to offer that what is replacing.
I have experience distro hopping and before had no worries about installing a linux distro on a pc, but they have always been older machines. I presume that the one will have uefi which is something I have never worked with. I am a bit apprehensive and hope I can figure it all out without major problems. I hope to get this all up and running tonight or over the weekend.
Ron
I want to consider getting a new desktop computer. Can anyone advise me as to a specific model and place to purchase from? It's been a long time since I've bought new.
I would be using it mostly for emails, a few general apts (like music streams and libre office), and a bit of amateur coding. I am not a gamer.
If it is a windows machine, I'd like to load on a linux based os
Suggestions?
Ron
Hey Everybody,
The mailing list is working again, thanks Chuck!
Last night's meeting was great! It was fun to nerd out with everybody.
Unless things drastically change, I suspect we'll be virtual for October as
well.
Later,
Tim.
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I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their
constituents as "consumers".
This is a test of the WLUG email list. This is only a test. If this
had been an actual post, the subject line you just read would have
been followed by official news, information, or random Linux blather.
This concludes this test of the WLUG list.
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