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Bi-Weekly Wanderings:

• Leo
  • Testing Linux Mint 19.1 Beta in a VM and on my main desktop

• Joe
  • Setting up a car server entertainment system for upcoming road trip
    • Plex
    • Easytether
    • Mopidy?
    • Which device to use
  • New keyboard
    • Odd shaped keys and extra keys
    • What to script to the extra keys
  • Lg hbs 810 headset soldering,  
    • Why i like it and the pitfalls.

• Tony Watts
  • Looking at DD-WRT and Open WRT install on TP Link AC1200 following DNS settings disappearing in proprietary firmware settings
  • SSD upgrades for podcasting machine and family computer

• Bo
  • Linux mint 19 kde plasma
  • https://itsfoss.com/apt-vs-apt-get-difference/

• Tony Hughes
  • Playing with Mint 19.1 beta, both in Virtualbox and on a Dell E6220 No major issues but no major improvements unless it’s background stuff.
  • Pricing up an Entroware Desktop system that I’m thinking of buying in the new year. I’ve not had a NEW, new system for over 15 years and just came into a little money and fancy something to last at least the next 5-10 years.
  • Buying used laptops at my local computer auction for a friend so her son can have a newer laptop for Christmas. This is where I get most of my PC’s and Laptops.
  • Also playing with MX 17.1 32 bit in VB and it will run with 256mb Ram, although as the test was on an i5 laptop not quite a true test so I may install the 18beta on a Lenovo X61s dual core to see how it plays with 10+ year old hardware.  
  • At the LUG Yesterday I helped a member install windows 10 onto a Dell optiplex 7010 so he can write a magazine article on using the Pi as a Steam link controller.

• Moss
  • Raspberry Pi 1 is a Gateway Drug.
  • Computer was not working right. Turned out, Mullvad did not automatically recognize my laptop on wifi, but works properly with Ethernet. This is a setup issue, not a Mullvad issue.
  • My Fire cover came in, it’s not that nice (poor fit, and plastic is not gel).
  • And the Uber app “required” me to upgrade my phone. I had trouble with a refurb X4, am waiting for the replacement.

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Bi-Weekly Wanderings:

• Leo
  • Played with OSMC at Tony Hughes’ recommendation.
  • Digging through Snap, Flatpak and AppImages
• Tony W
  • SSDs, Google home mini + chromecast, chromecast audio, stuff for the pi
  • Played with pi zero with limited success (more on that later)
  • Richard Thompson concert
• Joe
  • Started playing Skyrim again along with purchasing Fallout 4.
  • Tried to get them to play under Linux but severe audio and lockup issues. More tinkering required
  • Trying out Cairo toolbar in mint
• Tony H
  • For the first time I’ve been playing with OBS to record my screen so I can make video tutorials of how to use some of the software I use
  • I’ve also been continuing to play with the Raspberry Pi 3B and run Ubuntu Maté
  • I ordered and received a new mic boom and pop filter and set that up, to improve the quality we can achieve.
  • Installed Mint 19 on a spare Dell E6220 i5 with 4Gig Ram
• Moss
  • Added LMDE 3 to sda4 and LM 19 Cinnamon to sda6 + Peppermint Oil
  • Lots of little purchases to make the Pi work. Almost done
  • Still trying to get an orange cover for my Fire tablet
  • Working with Nova launcher

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