DCGLUG virtual meeting (jitsi)
Day / Date: Saturday 19/6/2021 Time: From 12:00
Location: Online
Devon and Cornwall GNU / Linux user group meeting – May 2021
The next Linux user groupmeeting will take place, this Saturday at 12:00 on Meet.jit.si. Please see website, for more details and a link to the video chat.
South Devon Tech Jam
Saturday 10th April 2021
11:00 to 15:00 (approx)
South Devon Tech Jam BBB room
https://www.meetup.com/south-devon-tech-jam
As not everyone wants to use Meetup then please feel free to e-mail
paul.sutton@sdtj.org.uk for details
Debian 10.8 was released this week, this means that Debian 11 is not far away, there is still time toget involved and help test the next major release. Please see
For more information
@debian
framapiaf.org
Next Linux user group meeting
Saturday 20th Feb
12:00 on jitsi. video chat
Please see
http://www.dcglug.org.uk/
For further information.
LibreOffice 7.1
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2021/02/03/libreoffice-7-1-community/
LibreOffice 7.1
@Zoohouse Google had removed the element app from the play store. Just looked it up in order to reply here, and google has gone back on this and has now, quite rightly, been reinstated.
https://element.io/blog/element-on-google-play-store/
Could show the power of user pressure over big tech.
This years Safer Internet Day is on Tuesday 9th February 2021
https://www.saferinternetday.org/
#StaySafe #AnInternetWeTrust
Interesting article on Gordon Hendersons website, a look at Teletype machines
Basically I just followed the official manual to start my instance:
- https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/prerequisites/
- https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/install/
You can set up the server itself quite easily. Maybe a tricky part is to find a reliable SMTP server and set up an usable email address, which is required to verify your account etc.
As I have used a mail hosting by infomaniak.com fortunately, I created a mail address there this time too.
@suguru @ctonysem@mastodon.technology
If you have a post on this, how you did this, problems, etc and thoughts I am happy to share as it may help others.
Moved my account from @ctonysem. Now all of my accounts on #fediverse were moved to the server which I manage by myself.
Raspberry Pi Coolest Projects
Get creative with code and enter the Coolest Projects.
Online showcase! Registration opens on Monday 1 February.
Download our recent whitepaper for detailed insights and step by step instructions on how to integrate Ubuntu Desktop into Active Directory. http://bit.ly/2pQuzPx
https://twitter.com/ubuntu/status/1355861749443010562
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bot list: https://joejoe.github.io/mastodon
@waltercool @skyblond @zleap Minetest is a game engine rather than a single game. The default game is intentionally left simple so it can be used as a base for modding.
You can find games and mods on the official content store https://content.minetest.net
If anyone is not sure what Matrix is there is a explanation from a 2020 talk from the PLUG ( Perth Linux Users Group )
Devon and Cornwall GNU / Linux user group
A group interested in Free software and GNU / Linux.