{"id":1113,"date":"2024-12-02T21:13:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T02:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2024-12-02T21:53:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T02:53:32","slug":"next-meeting-november-4-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/?p=1113","title":{"rendered":"Hybrid Meeting Notes: Dec 2, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Linux User Group Meeting Notes<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> December 2, 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Barnes &#038; Noble Bookstore Starbucks<\/p>\n<h3>Attendees:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>In-person:<\/strong> Jimmy, Bob, Dave D, Dave C, Ben, Ted<\/li>\n<li><strong>Remote (from Wisconsin):<\/strong> Brad, Tim, Dave<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Welcome and Introductions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Jimmy introduced as a new member from Columbia LUG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Discussion Topics<\/h3>\n<h4>Programming Languages<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Ben and Bob discussed Fortran.<\/li>\n<li>Jimmy shared his experience starting with Linux in 2000 (Red Hat 5):\n<ul>\n<li>Previously used Sun Systems at College Park for homework.<\/li>\n<li>Linux felt like winning the lottery, providing a &#8220;million-dollar tool&#8221; for free.<\/li>\n<li>Enabled him to compile and experiment with code from home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Historical Computing Experiences<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Bob mentioned using Fortran with punch cards.<\/li>\n<li>Side discussion on old VAX systems and early centralized computing infrastructure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Linux Distributions<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Jimmy: Long-term Gentoo user (since ~2005).<\/li>\n<li>Bob: Prefers Linux Mint.<\/li>\n<li>Ben: Favors Mandrake.<\/li>\n<li>Ted: Arch Linux enthusiast.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Networking and Internet Providers<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Brief discussion on current options and experiences.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Action Items<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Follow up with Jimmy for potential presentation on Gentoo at next meeting.<\/li>\n<li>Research historical computing methods for future discussion topic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Next meeting: Monday January 6, 2024 online. <\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linux User Group Meeting Notes Date: December 2, 2024 Location: Barnes &#038; Noble Bookstore Starbucks Attendees: In-person: Jimmy, Bob, Dave D, Dave C, Ben, Ted Remote (from Wisconsin): Brad, Tim, Dave Welcome and Introductions Jimmy introduced as a new member from Columbia LUG Discussion Topics Programming Languages Ben and Bob discussed Fortran. Jimmy shared his [&hellip;] <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/?p=1113\" title=\"Permanent Link to: Hybrid Meeting Notes: Dec 2, 2024\">&rarr;Read&nbsp;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-1113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-past-meetings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113","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=1113"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1134,"href":"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113\/revisions\/1134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annapolislinux.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}