------------------------------- Wed Mar 16 06:28:34 PM EDT 2022 ------------------------------- Transcript of Chat box from BLU meeting, Wed, Mar 16, 2022 Meeting held online via Jitsi Meet In attendance (14 total): Speaker(s): * Dick Miller BLU officers: * John Abreau * Jerry Feldman * Bill Ricker Attendees (named): * Arnold Peerson * Bill Bogstad * Brendan Kidwell * Ed Piecewicz * Paul Jameson * Robert Luoma Attendees (anonymous): * Fellow Jitser * FrankSD * Michal I * Tai ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ed Piecewicz says:No audio yet Ed Piecewicz says:I can hear you, my mic isn't working. 18:28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:I can hear you dick Jerry Feldman says:We can hear paul 18:31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Abreau says:Is anyone familiar with the new Steam handheld Linux PC, called "Steam Deck"? I think it would make an interesting topic for a future meeting. 18:42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tai says:The Steam Deck's been making the rounds on Linux channels on YouTube. 18:43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Bogstad says:A number of Youtube windows people seem to think highly of it's hardware. Windows game compaibility isn't as good as they would like, but probably that doesn't matter to you. 18:43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Abreau says:I'm not overly concerned with Windows compatibility. There are a few older Windows games I like, but those games already run fine in Steam on Linux. 18:44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tai says:iFixit thought the Steam Deck was pretty good for being repairable. Otherwise, I haven't watched an actual Steam Deck review. 18:44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Abreau says:My understanding is that it's not officially released yet, and they just started shipping to early adopters who had already prepaid for the device. 18:45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tai says:Makes sense, explains why there aren't "everyday people" reviews yet. 18:49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ed Piecewicz says:Microphone stopped working. Ed Piecewicz says:My mic stopped working Ed Piecewicz says:Space bar is not unmuting it. 18:49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tai says:I see Miller's AV works fine, but no screen sharing yet. 18:50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Bogstad says:I still wear a watch and hve to update it myself 18:54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tai says:* Is Fotoxx on the AUR for Arch Linux? * Is it in the Debian repos? 18:55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:All I can say is Fotoxx IS on the Fedora repositories 18:56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Abreau says:Arch User Repository 18:56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tai says:Arch User Repository, a way to install packages that aren't in the official Arch repos 18:56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ed Piecewicz says:Fotoxx is in the Debian repo. 18:56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Bogstad says:I think all the cool apps are using flaktpak and snap now... 18:58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:Bill, one big problem is that Jill's thunderbird under snap was not able to access her home. 18:59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ed Piecewicz says:Fotoxx is in the Mageia repo. 19:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Bogstad says:I was wondiering if fottox is available as a snap/flatpak 19:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ed Piecewicz says:Fotoxx not in Snap or Flatpak. 19:04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:I think he uses appimage 19:04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Abreau says:It's been 11 years, not 4 years. 19:05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:Dick last spoke in 2018. Jerry Feldman says:Wednesday, July 18, 2018 from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm 19:08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Abreau says:and tonight is Dick's 6th BLU presentation. 19:08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:😦 19:12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill says:The dot on the ocean is 0⁰ N, 0⁰ W. 19:21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:Dick, why does the cochituate rail trail have a rotary circle at the Wonderbread spur 19:49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ed Piecewicz says:Split screen here 20:37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:same here and on you tube 20:38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill says:You need to reconnect 20:38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:Good now 20:39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ed Piecewicz says:A rotary in a walking path. Ed Piecewicz says: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._M._Fields 20:47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jerry Feldman says:JM Fields was NEVER headquartered in Salem. Its HQ was 1050 Commonwealth Ave, Boston Jerry Feldman says:Maybe after we so;d it to Food Fair in 1960 20:50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ed Piecewicz says:They had a building at Shetland Park on Congress Street, it was more of an outlet store. I believe the building is still standing. Ed Piecewicz says:It also had offices. 20:50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- meeting ended at 8:55 pm