*CLUG **0**2**-**2**7**Meeting **Minutes*
1. Administrative & Housekeeping announcements: There were six attendees.
a. Upcoming events:
(1). 09 March CLUG meeting, 1700-1800 hours, University of Arizona
South, classroom B159. May be cancelled. More information to follow.
(2). 24 March Ubuntu Hour 1800-1900 hours Schlotzsky's Cafe (hosted by Rex)
(3). 26 March CLUG meeting 1400-1545, Sierra Vista public library,
conference room
b. Those present were asked to come up with a list of presentation
subjects that they would like to hear.
c. To date there are no presentations scheduled for the month of March.
d. Down the road – AZLOCO & PLUG co-sponsor an install-fest on the first
& third Saturdays of each month. We are welcome to attend. Louie and I
attended one and I would like to get together another group to car pool
up to Tempe
e. Any thoughts on the proposed community projects. Perhaps we need to
re-think community projects because there appears to be little interest.
(1). Re-furbishing computers with Linux OS and donating them. (Leo)
(2). A presentation for high/middle school computer clubs. (Janet).
Since the school year has progressed this might well be looked at for
the next term.
(3). Attendance at local events in the way of a booth. (West End Fair
and Festival of the Southwest)
(4). David thought that perhaps if we could get a larger room for a
longer time period and we could convince the folks in Phoenix to provide
assistance we could run our own install-fest.
f. There is a Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) release party scheduled
for 14 May from 1500 until ? in Chandler. The release date is 21 April.
I plan on driving up there so we can probably get together a car pool
list for that. It is more of a social event and the intent is to meet
and greet although wifi will be available to install the new release
should anyone want to do that.
g. I have talked to a financial planner who is willing to give us a
short FREE talk on financial planning. While it does some of us old guys
a little good, it could really benefit you younger folks. As a minimum
it could provide you with information that will enable you to make
decisions more intelligently. I will schedule her for 26 March.
2. Recent Linux/FOSS News Items Discussion:
a. Mint 17.3 Cinnamon (both 32 and 64 bit) hacked on 20 Feb 16. If you
downloaded the ISO on that date and didn't use a torrent, it is bogus.
Check the MD5Sum and you will see that the hashes do not match. The
mirror was taken down. http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2994. See also
https://lwn.net/Articles/676664 and
www.pcworld.com/article/3035682/security/hackers-planted-a-backdoor-inside-compromised-version-of-linux-mint.html.
3. We adjourned the meeting to the Pizza Hut where we enjoyed some food
and some excellent conversation.
Rex Bouwense
