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Linux Lads - Season 1 - Episode 1
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Discussion
18.04.1 and things based off it (or are going to be), Linux Mint 19, Elementary OS, KDE Neon, Zorin OS
Gnome 3 and Ubuntu switching to it, stock gnome 3 vs “Ubuntufied Gnome 3 shell”
KDE 5 and KDE Neon, design and system resources, LXQT as a “lightweight” desktop environment
I (Conor) briefly talk about Nvidia and AMD cards and drivers and what to buy and what’s most compatible
Microsoft’s Windows as a service https://www.computerworld.com/article/3293429/microsoft-windows/with-daas-windows-coming-say-goodbye-to-your-pc-as-you-know-it.amp.html , buying a computer without windows. Rejecting the windows license, custom built PCs, System 76 and Entroware
Should we always attempt to own/jailbreak/reinstall everything? I’ve recently got a Kindle and while I was considering jailbreaking it, the risk of bricking is high for this particular model/firmware. In the end I settled for asking Amazon to remove the irrelevant ads from the device, which they did. Since jailbreaking would not added much more functionality (a better pdf reader, ability to change screensavers and to run a terminal), is there any point?
Halt and Catch Fire IMDb link
Mozilla’s new designs (my linguistic rant aside) - Waste of time or a good thing to show that an open source project can be a “designer item” and a “brand” https://blog.mozilla.org/opendesign/evolving-the-firefox-brand/
Kai OS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KaiOS
Briefly our “discovery story” and what makes us passionate about Linux, what motivates us to organise the DLUG, attend conferences etc
For now you can find us at:
info@dublinlinux.org
dublinlinux.org/telegram
PSAs
Oggcamp ’18 https://oggcamp.org/ SAT AUG 18th - SUN AUG 19th 2018 in Sheffield
Our Monthly meetup (https://www.meetup.com/Dublin-Linux-User-Group/), our website, telegram
Akademy https://akademy.kde.org/ in Vienna, Austria, from Saturday 11th to Friday 17th August.
