Linux SIG – September 16, 2013
We had a lively August meeting and debugged Carl’s hardware to finally get it booting to a live DVD. At the August FOSS-SIG meeting we installed Peppermint Linux4 and all the latest updates. Carl seemed pleased with the results.
Demoed CrunchBang and Elementary OS Luna at this meeting.
CrunchBang boots very fast and uses the lightweight OpenBox drivers. Averill may like Elementary OS since it attempts to duplicate some OS10 screens. Both systems should work well with legacy hardware.
September Linux / FOSS links we discussed:
- CrunchBang – Beautiful Minimalism
- Elementary OS Review
We’re looking at both systems tonight but its nice to see what others think about them. - How to Install Microsoft Office on Linux Even though it’s obvious…
- Open-Source LibreOffice Gets Commercial Support
- Itsy-bitsy $45 computer sports Android and Linux | The tiny, adorable CuBox-i computer is cheap, fairly capable, and comes at a price anyone can afford.
- Linux ‘Hand of Thief ‘ bank Trojan is not viable malware, says RSA Linux ‘Hand of Thief ‘ bank Trojan is not viable malware, says RSA ( Security ) The ‘Hand of Thief’ (HoT) Linux banking Trojan that was offered for sale on the criminal underground this summer is primitive …
- XBMC 13 Alpha 7 released with major new features | Although the latest XBMC 13 release is an alpha version, it has a couple of important features such as 3D support
- Awesome Screenshot – Capture, Annotate and Share
- Linux Freedom – Complete Computer Freedom Linux news, reviews and downloads.
- Apple announces new iPhones
- New iPhones put more polish on Apple’s restrictions email from the Free Software Foundation.
- Replicant project
- F-Droid