August 2021 Meeting

BELUG: Supporting Linux and open source for 17 years.

Do you have a special project that you could share with us? We are always looking for presentations about any Linux related topic. Possibilities: 

home automation 
digital photography 
music creation 
virtualization 
games 
software development 
AI 
automotive head units

Thank you to the members that volunteered to make presentations in the future. We are always looking for more. Please contact me if you have a presentation you would like to make to our group.

Here are notes from our August meeting:

I mentioned Manjaro on a Pine64 board, Distrotube, on YouTube discussing Arch Linux, and another interesting training distribution:

  • https://pineguild.com/manjaro-arm-21-04-released-for-pine64-devices/
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQgyW10xD8s
  • https://arcolinux.com/

Larry was using Zoom in a browser:

  • https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362593-Launching-Zoom-from-a-web-browser

Bill was running Manjaro on a raspberry pi with zoom:

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv4vfRLbYmU

Jerry mentioned setting up Wi-Fi for his Debian system and the 64 bit version of Raspberry Pi OS:

  • https://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse
  • https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=275370

Bob mentioned using OBS at a church, Xfinity Wi-Fi issues, and new Zoom features for gallery view:

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXQQoVNwoKY
  • https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/xfinity-wifi-hotspots
  • https://www.uctoday.com/collaboration/video-conferencing/zoom-introduces-smart-gallery-view/

Randy always has lots of Linux information at his fingertips. He mentioned a new CBL release, steam deck, nmap, and traceroute:

  • https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=CBL-Mariner-August-2021
  • https://www.pcgamer.com/this-is-why-valve-is-switching-from-debian-to-arch-for-steam-decks-linux-os/
  • https://nmap.org/
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traceroute

John has done some more work on an updated concept BELUG web site and suggestions were made for Google Calendar and WordPress:

  • https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/41207?hl=en
  • https://wordpress.com/