April 2021 - nmglug - lists.coactcloud.com

recommendations for $400 laptops to run GNU/Linux?
by Mark Galassi 27 Apr '21

27 Apr '21

Dear nmglug-ers, I'm about to have 11 students in the upcoming Institute for Computing in Research internship program (https://computinginresearch.org/) purchase laptops to run a GNU/Linux distribution. We subsidize them for up to $400 on these laptops. In the first two years things went OK but with some problems: most of the laptops ended up being $400 plus something, straining our budget, and some of them had annoyances with microphone and wifi drivers. Does anyone keep up to date on best laptops for the linux kernel in various price ranges? Any advice? And there is also always a question running in the back of my head: would anyone know how to find a local (or global) business that might subsidize the laptops for our students? I keep thinking that there must be some way to get Lenovo or some other company to either give away some laptops, or to sell us a $560 laptop for $400 -- we are a very deserving non-profit, after all. Unfortunately so far my attempts at following the chain of companies to their educational outreach people have turned out to be time-consuming dead ends.

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Pandoc Markdown
by Art Barnes 15 Apr '21

15 Apr '21

Hi all, Apologies for running late again. For folks who are interested, here’s the link for Pandoc: https://pandoc.org/ And here’s the link for Pandoc-flavored Markdown: https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#pandocs-markdown One thing I’d left out today about Pandoc is that if you need to create a bibliography, it can include a Latex Bibtex file with the –bibliography command-line option. Cheers, -Art

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[ABQLUG] In person meetup scheduled tomorrow
by ABQLUG 05 Apr '21

05 Apr '21

The Albuquerque Linux Users Group will be meeting in person tomorrow, April 6 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm. The location for the venue is going to be at Candelaria and 4th St. Spots are limited, so email community(a)abqlug.com ASAP to reserve your spot. Hope to see you there! ~ Jared

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Meeting tonight 5:30 to 7pm MDT
by Ted Pomeroy 02 Apr '21

02 Apr '21

NMGLUgers, tonight we switch to this alternate Thursday. The Virtual meeting is on, Virtual <https://meet.jit.si/nmglug>; this does not prevent any sub-groups from gathering as they may prefer. Our topic is "Replace Excel with RStudio" presented by Art B. So join us and here why this might work and feel free to opine on useful spreadsheet applications, but with a broader view after we hear from Art. See you later. Thank you, Ted P.

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