BerkeleyLUG meetup this Sunday 2026-03-22

[Aaron]

Hey all,
Timely reminder here of the second Berkeley Linux User Group meetup of the month and very first one of the Spring season.  Both the virtual and the in-person physical meetups start at 11:00am PDT this Sunday, March 22nd 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

FYI, according to the hopefully-accurate National Weather Service's Sunday weather conditions at the Berkeley Lab LBNL1 location[1] , the physical meetup temps are currently forecasted to be _significantly_ lower than the peak temps of this week's heatwave.  Am assuming that LBNL1's Lat: 37.8771°N  Lon: 122.2486°W  Elev: 888.0 ft. is within or adjoining SoDoI's 94704-zipcode.

Will be bringing along several more Linux-revitalized Chromebooks to giveaway that were originally provided courtesy at least of Fixit Clinic's Peter M, of the folks of StrayCap Makerspace in Hayward [2][3], and of SudoRoom's Thomas L.
Ran out of 32GB microSD cards to use with some of these Chromebooks, but still have a few of their adapters to bring along just in case someone might need one of the latter. 
Maybe one or more persons who have an extra 32GB microSD card available would like to use it for one of the Linux-pre-installed Chromebooks am bringing along that lack a microSD card already inserted??  

Cheers!
-A

Referenced links
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[1]https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Berkeley&state=CA&site=MTR&lat=37.8672&lon=-122.257
[2]https://www.straycap.org/
[3]https://blog.zgp.org/chromebook-conversions/