November 2018 - nmglug - lists.coactcloud.com

any old laptops people might be discarding?
by Mark Galassi 21 Nov '18

21 Nov '18

Dear nmglugers, Does anyone have an old laptop they might be discarding? I have done a lot of recruiting recently and have found many more amazing young computer science students. I would love to be able to leave some of them with a laptop (as long as they continue studying with me) when their families cannot afford it. If you have an old laptop (let's say it should be 64bit and have 2gig of RAM, preferably 4gig), and you cannot use it, this might be a nice way for you to get rid of it.

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gnu/linux installfest this Saturday, 10am (for my course)
by Mark Galassi 21 Nov '18

21 Nov '18

Dera nmglugers, This weekend I'm teaching my Python programming course again. In the past I have had much help from nmgluger who are experienced gnu/linux installers: in the first 1/2 hour to hour we install a distro on their old laptops. Might anyone have 1/2 hour to hour available at 10am on Saturday? It's at the downtown library, upstairs in the media room.

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Satellite imagery
by Brian O'Keefe 11 Nov '18

11 Nov '18

Hi All, I'm trying to find a satellite or aerial image of Mandan North Dakota for the date of Nov. 15, 2016. This is the date that I was arrested for marching in a rally for Indigenous women. I need to find the locations of two BNSF trains on that date at about 9:00 AM. Of course GoogleEarth does not have that capability. I am hoping that one of us has that knowledge or access to the imagery. If I need to provide any more context I can. It may help me beat a felony conviction Many thanks Brian --

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next generation package repo management anyone? (nix, flatpak, snap)
by Mark Galassi 02 Nov '18

02 Nov '18

Has anyone here used nix or flatpak or snap either: a) to install packages on your own system, or b) to distribute your own packages I've used nix install emacs26, since it was not yet in standard repos, and now I'm experimenting with NextCloud (topic for another post) which installed right away. I've also tried an install with snap and flatpak. I don't yet have any conclusions.

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