BerkeleyLUG meetup this Sunday 2026-02-22

[Aaron]

Hey all,
A 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 PST this Sunday, February 22nd and go to 2:00pm 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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Am myself planning to attend the in-person physical meetup at SoDoI, and am planning to bring along 1) a grounded power extension cord, 2) a multi-outlet surge strip, 3) at least one USB pendrive for installing Debian GNU/Linux (e.g., from install image repositories within [1]) onto any remaining ExChromebooks people bring along that haven't already had Linux installed during the previous day's Sat 2026-02-21 Installfest in Hayward -- which Michael P announced in his previous posting, and 4) a couple of clean-wiped and tested, previously-used 32GB microSD cards with their std-format adapters[2] to ideally more effectively install Debian GNU/Linux onto the ExChromebooks (e.g., using the installation partitioning scheme(s) mentioned in references [3] thru [5]).

Cannot attend this Saturday Feb 21st's Linux ExChromebook Installfest in Hayward, but anticipate receiving good reports on its accomplishments during the BerkeleyLUG meetup :-)

Cheers!
-A

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References:
[1]https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/debian-cd/current/amd64/
[2]https://pics.drugstore.com/prodimg/568399/900.jpg
[3]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2026q1/016219.html
[4]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2026q1/016220.html
[5]http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2026q1/016222.html

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