BerkeleyLUG meetup this Sunday 2026-05-10

[Aaron]

Hi all,

Timely reminder here of the first Berkeley Linux User Group meetup of the month.  

Both the virtual and the in-person physical meetups start at 11:00am PDT this Sunday, May 10th 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

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Hope to hear on Sunday the success story/stories from this Saturday's ExChromebook Installfest at StrayCap Makerspace in Hayward [1][2] which Michael P recently posted to this mailing-list :-)

Still have available in case anyone else might be interested a pair of Linux-revitalized ExChromebooks to giveaway that were among those originally provided courtesy of at least Fixit Clinic's Peter M, of the folks of StrayCap, and of SudoRoom's Thomas L.  

Will hold off bringing to Sunday's meetup either of these Linux-revitalized ExChromebooks unless or until someone or two expresses clear interest in them.

The particular giveaway ExChromebooks have a minimalistic installation of Debian Linux [3] with the LXQt desktop environment [4], which appears to make resource-constrained ExChromebooks such as these run slightly faster than Ubuntu-based Linux distros such as Linux Mint[5], Zorin OS [6] and Lubuntu [7].  They have 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.  Both come with their AC power adapters, and when sufficiently charged, seems decent for doing light computing tasks (email, web-browsing, office productivity, ...) used when travelling and/or near WiFi hotspots.

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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