BerkeleyLUG meetup this Sunday 2026-04-26

[Aaron]

Hi all,
Earlier-than-usual reminder here of the second Berkeley Linux User Group meetup of the month.  Both the virtual and the in-person physical meetups start at 11:00am PDT this Sunday, April 26th and go to 2:00pm PDT or however late people want to participate.
Please see the currently available meetup schedule at https://berkeleylug.com/meetings graciously provided by Michael P for further BerkeleyLUG meetup details.

Info of virtual meetup thru Jit.si Meet https://meet.jit.si/BerkeleyLUG
Dial-in: +1.512.647.1431 PIN: 1036 1972 20#
To attend remotely, you'll need:
o  Computer w/ any reasonably-modern graphical Web browser.
   https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/docs/user-guide/supported-browsers
o  mic w/ speakers/headphones.  
Headphones/earbuds are recommended because they avert audio feedback loops.
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o ... ---> or for a device using a specialised Jitsi Meet client program:
(Recommendation for headphones/earbuds still applies for all of the below)
   o Jitsi Meet Client (28MB APK) for Android 5.0+, via F-Droid:
     https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jitsi.meet/
   o Jitsi Meet Client for Android, via Google Play Store
     https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jitsi.meet
   o Jitsi Meet Client for iOS, via Apple iTunes Store
     https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jitsi-meet/id1165103905
   o Jitsi Meet Electron desktop client (86MB binary: Linux x86_64, MacOS,
     MS-Windows), https://github.com/jitsi/jitsi-meet-electron/releases
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The in-person physical meetup will be at SoDoI Coffee Tasting House
2438 Durant Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704-1611
1-510-990-6487
+ SoDoI is located slightly West of Telegraph Ave in the parallel corridor of several stores between Durant and Channing, under parking structure
+ SoDoI Coffee Tasting House webpage is at https://sodoicoffee.com/company/tasting-house/ and Michael's location-directions and parking info are at the Meetings webpage https://berkeleylug.com/meetings .
+ An OpenStreetMap.org approximation for locating SoDoI Coffee Tasting House is at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/41746370 -- although likely best to instead refer to Michael's written directions at the Meetings webpage https://berkeleylug.com/meetings .
+ Yelp writeup is at https://www.yelp.com/biz/sodoi-coffee-tasting-house-berkeley-2

Will be bringing along a Linux-revitalized Chromebook to giveaway that was among those originally provided courtesy of at least Fixit Clinic's Peter M, of the folks of StrayCap Makerspace in Hayward [1][2], and of SudoRoom's Thomas L.
This particular giveaway Chromebook has a minimalistic installation of Debian Linux [3] with the LXQt desktop environment [4], which appears to make resource-constrained Chromebooks such as this run slightly faster than Ubuntu-based Linux distros such as Linux Mint[5], Zorin OS [6] and Lubuntu [7].  It has a total of 16 GB of internal storage, 4 GB of RAM, a pair of USB Type A (Female) ports, and a single microSD slot for expanded storage.  Comes with its AC power adapter, and when sufficiently charged, seems decent for doing light computing tasks (email, web-browsing, office productivity, ...) used when travelling and/or near WiFi hotspots. 

Just in case more than one person expresses interest in the Chromebook, have a second similarly-configured Chromebook with Debian Linux installed that could bring along as well, to giveaway.

Cheers!
-A


Referenced links
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[1]https://www.straycap.org/
[2]https://blog.zgp.org/chromebook-conversions/
[3]https://www.debian.org/
[4]https://lxqt-project.org/
[5]https://www.linuxmint.com/
[6]https://zorin.com/os/
[7]https://lubuntu.me/
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