[EdLUG] Public Engagement and Political Lobbying

[Edinburgh Linux Users Group]

Hello,

I'm wondering if there are any (what I'm calling) public engagement events - install days/talks etc - planned at the moment?

Also, is there any kind of lobbying at the local, regional or national (Scottish Parliament) level going on? If so, I'd be interested to know what is going on and how much progress is bring made.

What with the Snowden revelations and austerity etc - and with stories like Munich to turn to - the environment "should ", I would have thought, be ripe for interest at user and political levels?

I look forward to receiving any info folks might have.

Best, Mike

On 11 Mar 2015 15:34, Edinburgh Linux Users Group <edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Hello Anon,
>
> Can you supplement us with additional info? Everyone's assuming your system specs from the ISO but it would be more useful to have what the system is actually claiming to be
>
> Open a Terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and type
>
>     uname -r
>     getconf LONG_BIT
>     cat /proc/cpuinfo
>
> Copy the resulting text on screen (select the text and right-click: copy)(ctrl + c will not work) and mail it. There should be no confidential info in this.
>
> Finally, in the same terminal window, type the previously recommended command to install Chromium (open source) instead of Chrome (not really open source), or open the Software Centre app and search for Chromium and install it that way.
>
> Hth
>
> --Tai
>
> // Sent from a mobile device; rogue typos may be lurking
>
> On 11 Mar 2015 09:52, "Edinburgh Linux Users Group" <edlug at lists.edlug.org.uk> wrote:
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>> On 11.03.2015 09:05, Edinburgh Linux Users Group wrote:
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>>> On 10.03.2015 22:51, Edinburgh Linux Users Group wrote:
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>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> Just a quick, little, self-correction here.
>>
>>>>
>>>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/510056/how-to-install-google-chrome-on-ubuntu-14-04
>>>> [1]
>>>
>>>
>>> $ sudo apt-get install chromium
>>
>>
>> The package is chromium-browser, so:
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>> $ sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
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>> It'll likely be missing a few minor Google doodads, but be 99% functionally the same.
>>
>> Working with something that's in the repositories is always going to make keeping current easier.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Brian McNeil
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