The next TBCS Linux-SIG meeting is May 20, 2013 at 7 pm:

I had a request to do a session on Grub2. Well I got into a nasty bind with grub that refused to boot my nettop in either Linux or Windows. I read plenty of articles with lots of suggestions and finally settled on Rescatux. It did half the job (it fixed Windows mbr) for which I am thankful. This was the best suggestion and compared to other ideas it worked easily. I'll tell you about my issues.

Grub2 has lots of documentation for developers, not frustrated users. I did locate Grub Customizer that makes GUI changes (here is another article on Grub Customizer). I also found Burg which I'll demo and Super-Boot-Manager that lets you change things in Grub via GUI screens.

Lubuntu 13.04 was released last week and its now installed on the nettop computer. I'll demo this since its the latest and greatest Ubuntu for legacy computers. I'm going to forget VNC in May but it may possibly happen in June. At Linux SIG meetings there is always time for questions. If you plan to bring in a computer, please let me know ahead of time.

Bring questions or issues to the SIG and we'll attempt to help you resolve them.

Chuck Vroman asked me to present at the May General Meeting on May 21st at 6:45 pm at the TBCS Resource Center. My topic is "Linux It's everywhere!"

I'll be presenting on a legacy four year old nettop now running Lubuntu 13.04 with LibreOffice 4.0.2 Impress. The write up and presentation graphics are available online here.

The next FOSS SIG Meeting is May 30th at 1pm.

Steve Costello, president of the Florida User Groups plans to attend our May FOSS-SIG meeting on Thursday May 30th at 1:00pm. I've asked Steve to tell us about their annual cruise and his involvement in the Boca Raton User Group. We all enjoyed Steve's last visit.