<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Probably for those of us that don't use a deb or redhat variant. I am a slackware user and depending or rom files don't work in our world.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000" dir="auto"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Annapolis Linux Users Group <lugstuff@annapolislinux.org> </div><div>Date: 4/30/20 1:43 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: lugstuff@annapolislinux.org </div><div>Subject: Re: [Lugstuff] Virtual meeting reminder May, 4 2020 </div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Inside the tar file is just a single binary file. Extract this, double click on it, and it should run. I am not sure why they packaged it inside a tar file.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Apr 30, 2020 at 1:12 PM Annapolis Linux Users Group <<a href="mailto:lugstuff@annapolislinux.org">lugstuff@annapolislinux.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:courier new,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr"> I started experimenting with Linux in 2001, but I've never successfully installed a prog or app from tar (source, etc.). Sometimes the prog just does not work, but other attempts have required a reinstall.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"> More complete instructions would help, because everyone does not know the omitted steps. Ordinary mortals wish the RFC required the inclusion of distro name, version, and a date on all documentation.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">(David descends from soap box)</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div><br></div>
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<div><div id="gmail-m_143844600940376918ydp8eca7882yiv1308703580"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I downloaded and extracted the tar file from their web site. Runs on Manjaro. Worth giving a try. Having said that, Google Meet is now free and runs through the browser.<br clear="none"></div></div><br clear="none"><div><div id="gmail-m_143844600940376918ydp8eca7882yiv1308703580yqt68060"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Apr 29, 2020 at 4:50 PM Annapolis Linux Users Group <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:lugstuff@annapolislinux.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lugstuff@annapolislinux.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:courier new,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div></div>
<div dir="ltr"> I'm running Mint 18.3, and its Software Manager does not offer a <span><span style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Free Conference Call client (at least not by that name). - David</span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><span style="font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br clear="none"></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div>
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<div><div dir="ltr">Greetings...<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">The next Monday LUG meeting will be virtual.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"> <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">We will be using FreeConferenceCall.com to host the meeeting. Please download the client and be online at 7PM Monday. The meeting info will be posted to the list around 5PM on Monday. 'Free Conference Call' has Linux clients that can be run as a non-root user.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"> Stay Healthy.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"> ************************<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">END of LUG Announcement: 2020-04-29<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">sent from Python: 2020-04-29<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">************************ <br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Lugstuff mailing list<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Lugstuff@annapolislinux.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lugstuff@annapolislinux.org</a><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a shape="rect" href="http://annapolislinux.org/mailman/listinfo/lugstuff" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://annapolislinux.org/mailman/listinfo/lugstuff</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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