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Today's Topics:

1. LUG Meeting this Saturday! 28/06/14 (Sebastian)
2. Re: My now (non) dual booting laptop (Andrew)
3. Linux Support Consultant, Monmouth + optional working from
home (Keith Edmunds)
4. Re: LUG Meeting this Saturday! 28/06/14 (Ignacio Jordi Atienza)
5. Re: Is it harder on computer to stay powered up, or hibernate
often? (Marc Gray)


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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 13:12:54 +0100
From: Sebastian <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>,
Sebastian <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com>
Subject: [bristol] LUG Meeting this Saturday! 28/06/14
Message-ID: <53A819C6.5080400@gmx.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

Hi

It's another one of our informal pub meetings at the Knight's Templar
this Saturday:
http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-knights-templar Between I
would say 1pm and about 4/5pm, with people turning up and leaving when
they decide to. If you are new I suggest not turning up until 1:30pm by
the earliest when at least someone else is likely to be there. We will
sit in our usual place in the left hand side corner of the lower level
at the back of the pub when entering it, by the plugs, unless other
people are already there, and then we will be near there instead.

Come along for a chat, or even with a lap top for some help if someone
already knows your going to do that. You can also take this oppertunity
if you would like to, to show us some Linux/tech related things that we
may be interested in.

Who is intending on coming this Saturday and when? I will try to be
there for about 1:30pm this time, but I may not be until a bit later on
instead. I also hope to meet quite a few of you there this Saturday :).

Regards

Sebastian



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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 14:06:20 +0100
From: Andrew <andrewsoltau@gmail.com>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] My now (non) dual booting laptop
Message-ID: <53A8264C.7070703@1dtv.com>
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On 05/06/14 20:23, d.hockin wrote:
> I hope to be at KT on the 28th with my laptop - that DID until
> recently, dualboot Suse and XP, until a local firm put in a new hard
> drive, and failed twice over to reinstall Suse, as each time they
> "tried" they wiped out Win!, so leaving me with a new install of Xp, a
> lot of hard work to put things in straight that they'd altered or left
> out(!) - and no linux:(
>
> I hope some member(s) of the group might be able to offer assistance
> to retrieve the situation..
>
> Dave (Posset)

Given the conversation so far, I have two lazyguy suggestions.

1 a second laptop - I bought a lovely 17 inch screen dual core laptop
for less than 100 two years ago. Locally. If you hunt about there is
some good older stuff available.

But if you only want to carry around one pc and still have both systems:

2 what about booting suse from a usb stick? Very useful size ones are
now under 20

Either way you dispense with the complexity of dual boot which I gave up
on exactly because of the kind of problems you describe. It is
complicated, and the moment something goes wrong, you have to deal with
reinstalling two whole systems.

hth

Andrew
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 14:12:52 +0100
From: Keith Edmunds <kae@midnighthax.com>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: [bristol] Linux Support Consultant, Monmouth + optional
working from home
Message-ID: <20140623141252.58ac79ac@kae.tiger-computing.wbp>
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Hi all

We're recruiting for a Linux Support Consultant.

This role can either be office-based (we're just north of Monmouth) or
home based with office visits.

Full details of role and how to apply:
http://www.tiger-computing.co.uk/linux-support-consultant/

Feel free to mail jobs@tiger-computing.co.uk if you have any
questions.

Keith

--
"You can't live a perfect day without doing something for someone
who will never be able to repay you."



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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 14:28:28 +0100
From: Ignacio Jordi Atienza <ijordiatienza@yahoo.es>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] LUG Meeting this Saturday! 28/06/14
Message-ID:
<1403530108.21088.YahooMailNeo@web171902.mail.ir2.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Hey guys, I'm Nacho, a Spanish guy recently 'bristolized', and above all a Puppy Linux fanboy.?
I've been following this mailing list for a while and I'll try to go to the LUG this weekend. It will be nice to discuss why Linux is far better without people callling you things, for a change... :) See you there,

Nacho Jordi



El Lunes 23 de junio de 2014 13:16, Sebastian <sebsebseb_mageia@gmx.com> escribi?:



Hi

It's another one of our informal pub meetings at the Knight's Templar
this Saturday:
http://www.jdwetherspoon.co.uk/home/pubs/the-knights-templar Between I
would say 1pm and? about 4/5pm, with people turning up and leaving when
they decide to. If you are new I suggest not turning up until 1:30pm by
the earliest when at least someone else is likely to be there.? We will
sit in our usual place in the left hand side corner of? the lower level
at the back of the pub when entering it, by the plugs,? unless other
people are already there, and then we will be near there instead.

Come along for a chat, or even with a lap top for some help if someone
already knows your going to do that. You can also take this oppertunity
if you would like to, to show us some Linux/tech related things that we
may be interested in.

Who is intending on coming this Saturday and when?? I will try to be
there for about 1:30pm this time, but I may not be until a bit later on
instead.? I also hope to meet quite a few of you there this Saturday :).

Regards

Sebastian

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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 20:41:41 +0100
From: Marc Gray <marc.gray@gmail.com>
To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Is it harder on computer to stay powered up, or
hibernate often?
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On 23 June 2014 10:19, Alex Butcher <lug@assursys.co.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Jun 2014, Winnie Lacesso wrote:
>
> Is it harder on one's home computer to stay powered up, or to
>> hibernate often, like hibernate it before goto work & resume when
>> get home, & also hibernate it before one retires for night & resume
>> computer in morning?
>>
>> I tend to think it's harder on the hardware to hibernate
>> frequently. What is others' experience?
>>
>
> Depends.
>
> Hibernating or shutting down a desktop is probably a bit tougher on the
> hardware of _desktop_ computers due to temperature cycling.
>
> But if you're talking about netbooks/laptops, then heat build-up, not to
> mention constate charging of the battery if mains powered, may well be
> tougher than shutting down or hibernating.
>
> But to be honest, these days, the hardware will probably be obsolete before
> it breaks...
>
> Best Regards,
> Alex
>
> ?
I tend to run the cheapest possible components (AMD FX-8120, stock cooler,
second hand GeForce 210, ??10 case, ?10 PSU and some hard drives I have
laying around). For over 2 years now, I've slept (not hibernated) my PC
every time I walk away from it for more than half an hour. I restart it
roughly every 3 months and give it a hard time while it's on. I do reduce
mechanical wear by cleaning my fans out twice a year and running with 16gb
of RAM and swap disabled.

My PC is still running admirably and showing no signs of wear.

YMMV etc.
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