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Attendees Dave D. Bob Leroy Brad B. Theodore K. (host) Discussion Topics SSD Questions Leroy inquired about SSDs. It appears some people recommended: To leave 20% of a SSD void of formatting for performance reasons. It appears this was a legacy recommendation which may not apply with modern day SSD driuves. Meeting Notes Brad B. […] →Read more
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Linux User Group Meeting Notes Topics Discussed: 1. Dual Boot Systems Discussed considerations for setting up dual boot configurations 2. SSD Drives Talked about historical recommendations for leaving extra space at the end of SSDs Unclear if this practice is still necessary with modern SSDs 3. Open Source Software in Government Brief discussion on the […] →Read more
Date: Past meeting notes 09/09/24 Attendees: TC, LeeRoy, Dave, Bob Topics Discussed Correction from Previous Meeting Bob acknowledged he misspoke previously Confirmed Minh was correct about oxidizing issues Hardware Issue: Copper Conductor Oxidation Affecting Raptor Lake Intel processors Possible manufacturing or quality control problem Impact on many PC machines Boot Partition Issue Bob mentioned a […] →Read more
Attendees Leroy Dave Brad (2 Brad attendees) Bob Minh Ted TC Agenda and Discussions Presentation of DistroSea by Bob Bob demonstrated DistroSea, an application that allows users to test drive various Linux distributions online. This tool is useful for exploring different distros without the need to install them locally[1]. DistroSea Discussion on Microsoft’s Project Natick […] →Read more