{"id":1066,"date":"2024-09-09T19:37:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T00:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/?p=1066"},"modified":"2024-11-27T07:58:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T12:58:38","slug":"future-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/?p=1066","title":{"rendered":"Past Meeting: October 7, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n Linux User Group Meeting Notes<\/p>\n

Topics Discussed:<\/p>\n

1. Dual Boot Systems<\/p>\n

Discussed considerations for setting up dual boot configurations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
2. SSD Drives<\/p>\n
- Talked about historical recommendations for leaving extra space at the end of SSDs<\/li>\n
- Unclear if this practice is still necessary with modern SSDs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
  3. Open Source Software in Government<\/p>\n
  - Brief discussion on the adoption of open source solutions by government entities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    4. Linux Sound Issues<\/p>\n
    - Bob reported experiencing sound problems<\/li>\n
    - Possible driver issues suggested<\/li>\n
    - Mentioned Rescuezilla as a potential tool for troubleshooting<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
      5. Desktop Environments<\/p>\n
      - Bob inquired about Wayland coming to XFCE in the near future<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
        6. Programming Languages<\/p>\n
        \n
        Dave presented on Rust as an alternative to C and C++<\/li>\n
        Highlighted Rust’s benefits for system-level programming<\/li>\n
        Introduced Zig as a potential C replacement (Rust being more of a C++ replacement)<\/li>\n
        Shared links: Zig<\/a> and Rust<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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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<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-past-meetings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1066"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1112,"href":"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066\/revisions\/1112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}