DCGLUG virtual meeting (jitsi) Day / Date: Saturday 20/3/2021 Time: From 12:00 Location: Online – Meeting jit.si link
See meetings page for more info or ask on IRC / Mailing list.
Author Archives: Paul Sutton
LibrePlanet 2021
LibrePlanet 2021
Empowering users
March 20-21, 2021
Virtual Conference
IRC LINK : #libreplanet
Server : chat.freenode.net
Webchat : webchat.freenode.net
Registration (benefits, the Participant tier is gratis)
February Meeting
DCGLUG virtual meeting (jitsi) Day / Date: Saturday 20/2/2021 Time: From 12:00 Location: Online – Meeting jit.si link
Mastodon Account
The group now have an account on Mastodon. This can be found here. If you search for @dcglug@qoto.org you should be able to find us.
Debian Firmware
As Debian is a fully free Operating System. This means that if your hardware has any non free firmware, the drivers may not be available during the install. There are several ways round this.
- Use the non-free ISO
- Create a media that has the drivers available so that the installer can scan and install the appropriate firmware drivers during install. The instructions for this are available here.
Another option is to use hardware that does not contain proprietary firmware. Some links below may be helpful.
- USB Wifi Dongle USB 2.0 Wireless 802.11n USB Wifi Adapter
- FSF Certified Wifi hardware (article)
- List of computer hardware that works with free software
Right to repair
The free software foundation have released their latest animated video on the fight to maintain and get back our right to repair.
More information on the FSF website.
Annotating pdf files
PDF files are really useful for moving documents around when you ‘need’ the recipient to be able to open in a pdf reader and see what you intended.
Unless you have access to expensive software you are usually not able to edit these files easily. While LibreOffice draw can perhaps do this, it may not be ideal for the job.
Xournal [1] is a Debian application, that while mostly aimed at touch screens, is able to annotate pdf files as the video below demonstrates.
As mentioned in the video notes, Xournal will export as a **.pdf.pdf file**, so you may want to rename it when saving. This is not even an issue for me.
Happy to discuss further on Mastodon [2] or on IRC. Please see contact page for details.
**References**
1 Xournal
2 Mastodon
3 Alternatives
Originally published 10/1/2020 on Author’s personal blog. Reproduced here by original author.
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Open Street Map
Open Street Map
OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.
Open Street Map is a great project that anyone can get involved with, using open data so mapping data can be used freely in accordance with the terms on the website.
Embedded maps are also interactive
Links
#openstreetmap,#data,#mapping,#open,#project
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Peertube
What is Peertube
So following my post on the [3rd January](https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/cuttlefish-peertube-client) on Cuttlefish. The video below provides a good explanation of what Peertube is.
* Joinpeertube
* Sepia Search Search Peertube for content.
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South Devon Tech Jam Meeting
South Devon Tech Jam – Virtual Meeting
We are back, Just virtually using Big Blue Button – video conferencing
Details from our Meetup page.
contact e-mail for more details : info AT sdtj DOT org DOT uk