[kwlug-disc] Linux & Linux admin for newbies

[Paul Nijjar]

Just a note that Jim is scheduled to do his demo in March, not
February.

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- Paul

On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 03:57:54PM -0500, Ron Singh wrote:
> Yup, I will be at the Feb meet.
> 
> I think it might be wise to get the X220 to you before the meeting so that
> you can do a dry run of the install and make sure all is good before doing
> the live install at KWLUG's Feb meet? I am in Waterloo and can meet up
> wherever to hand off the laptop.
> 
> I wonder, since most folks really interact with a PC's desktop environment
> and browsers, would it be prudent to mebbe stuff a 500G HDD in the laptop
> so that you could have multiple installs of Linux, simply for a presenter
> to showcase the pros/cons of various desktop environments?
> 
> I cannot justify(afford) storage any greater than a 128G SSD or a 500G
> 7200RPM WD Black HDD, and I think a 128G SSD might be tight if one wanted
> around 4 installs to show off Xfce, Mate, Cinnamon, Gnome3, or LXDE etc.
> 
> Rambling on a bit further, I wonder if I should not just leave the X220
> without whoever will be doing any sort of presenting and who might be
> reluctant to mess with their own hardware, perhaps that person would
> benefit from a beater laptop?
>