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From 2019 onwards, the monthly sessions will not have any pre-defined topic for consideration.
Instead, a topic will be determined by the discussions on the mailing list and other questions
brought up in the preceding month or so. However, after each session the intention is to provide
some notes providing the most useful hints and tips, or other information, that came out of the
meeting. For this reason, only the dates are provided in advance, and links to the notes added
after the meeting.
Diaries for previous years contain links to the notes from each month.
DIARY FOR 2020 |
23 Jan
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Discussion comments can be found
here (pdf).
Cleaning data off disks, security of phones, removing unwanted versions
of the Linux kernel, spell checking in LibreOffice Writer.
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27 Feb
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Discussion on some topic of interest at the time.
There were no notes this month.
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26 Mar
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Discussion comments can be found
here (pdf).
We experimented with a free video conferencing system call jitsi. The notes
constitute effectively a user guide to its use.
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23 Apr
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Discussion comments can be found
here (pdf).
Using gLabels to make labels from a list of addresses in a Calc
spreadsheet.
Using Draw to crop pictures, and produce a faded image for background.
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28 May
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Discussion comments can be found
here (pdf).
Generating charts to display data from LibreOffice spreadsheet
calculator, Calc.
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25 Jun
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Discussion on some topic of interest at the time.
There were no notes this month.
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23 Jul
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Discussion comments can be found
here (pdf).
Changing the appearance of the desktop, news from Mozilla,
Keybase for off-site storage, where Thunderbird stores the messages
for Local Folders, Upgrading Linux Mint to version 20.
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27 Aug
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Discussion comments can be found
here (pdf).
Remote desktops, temperature measurements, keyboard shortcuts.
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24 Sept
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Discussion comments can be found
here (pdf).
Password managers: Firefox and KeePass.
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22 Oct
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Discussion comments can be found
here (pdf).
File associations, toolbar docking, Linux kernels, file transfer,
scanner support, resizing images, video calls, partition space.
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26 Nov
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We discussed building a media server
using a Raspberry Pi, and some Cinnamon applets for Linux Mint.
There are no permanent notes for this meeting.
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24 Dec
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Christmas - no meeting
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