From acohen36 at linuxwaves.com Sun May 3 14:39:52 2015 From: acohen36 at linuxwaves.com (GoOSSBears) Date: Sun, 3 May 2015 14:39:52 -0700 Subject: Wheezy safety net, just in case... Message-ID: <20150503143952.C4920758@m0048136.ppops.net> Fallback to Wheezy. While it's certainly nice that the latest-and-greatest Debian Stable 8.0 "Jessie" is out[1], perhaps an admittedly few of you would like to know about what is happening with the old Debian Stable 7.x "Wheezy". I don't know, maybe because 1) you'd rather avoid "point-oh" version (e.g., 8.0.x) distro releases no matter how stable others keep adamantly claiming the "point-oh" really is? Or maybe 2) you just don't want / can't use what 8.0 Jessie has (e.g., the systemd init or another make-or-break?) Whatever the case, here is some useful info for those of you/us sticking with the old Debian Stable Wheezy 7.x for the time-being: A. There is the 'Debian “wheezy” Release Information' link[2], which shows that the old Debian Stable wheezy is currently at version 7.8. B. There is the 'Installing Debian 7.8' link[3] which at the present time adamantly insists: "Debian 7 has been superseded by Debian 8 ("jessie"). Some of these installation images may no longer be available, or may no longer work, and you are recommended to install jessie instead." C. There is the 'Debian Long Term Support (LTS)' link[4] which describes Debian versions' timecourse as follows: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ quoting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Debian Long Term Support (LTS) is a project to extend the lifetime of all Debian stable releases to (at least) 5 years. Debian LTS will not be handled by the Debian security team, but by a separate group of volunteers and companies interested in making it a success (with some overlap in people involved). Thus the Debian LTS team takes over security maintenance of the various releases once the Debian Security team stops its work. The team will thus handle: - Debian 6 “Squeeze” until February 2016 - Debian 7 “Wheezy” from February 2016 to May 2018 - Debian 8 “Jessie“ from May 2018 to April/May 2020 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >From this last link[4], those of you/us who wish to/need to stick with the old Debian Stable Wheezy 7.x can be a bit reassured that this will be maintained for ~ another 3 yrs :-) Hope that this help a few of you. Cheers! -- Go Open Source Software Bears! References: ============ [1] https://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150426 [2] https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/ [3] https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/debian-installer/ [4] https://wiki.debian.org/LTS ============ _____________________________________________________________ Get your FREE, LinuxWaves.com Email Now! --> http://www.LinuxWaves.com Join Linux Discussions! --> http://Community.LinuxWaves.com From itz at buug.org Sun May 3 16:32:17 2015 From: itz at buug.org (Ian Zimmerman) Date: Sun, 3 May 2015 16:32:17 -0700 Subject: Wheezy safety net, just in case... In-Reply-To: <20150503143952.C4920758@m0048136.ppops.net> References: <20150503143952.C4920758@m0048136.ppops.net> Message-ID: <20150503233217.GA22239@ahiker.mooo.com> On 2015-05-03 14:39 -0700, GoOSSBears wrote: GoOSSBears> From this last link[4], those of you/us who wish to/need to GoOSSBears> stick with the old Debian Stable Wheezy 7.x can be a bit GoOSSBears> reassured that this will be maintained for ~ another 3 yrs This reminds me of the argument that $horrible_but_slow_disease is not so horrible because one is likely to die of something else first. -- Please *no* private copies of mailing list or newsgroup messages. Rule 420: All persons more than eight miles high to leave the court. From lyz at princessleia.com Sun May 10 19:57:08 2015 From: lyz at princessleia.com (Elizabeth K. Joseph) Date: Sun, 10 May 2015 19:57:08 -0700 Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: BAD Meeting & Jessie Release Party 7:10pm 2015-05-13 @ Henry's Hunan 110 Natoma, SF In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Elizabeth K. Joseph wrote: > Hi everyone, > > As you may know, on April 25th Debian 8 (code name "Jessie") released: > https://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150426 > > I've picked up some Jessie (Toy Story character) themed party > supplies, and so during our next Debian Dinner we'll be also > celebrating the release of Debian 8! > > Sneak peek at the goodies here: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/pleia2/17293029342/ > > Michael Paoli will also be bringing along some Jessie ISOs, check out > his growing collection here: > http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc#recommended > > Details: > Who: All the BADies that want to and can. > What: Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting & Jessie Release Party > When: 2015-05-13 7:10pm - 'till closing (9PM) > Where: Henry's Hunan Restaurant, 110 Natoma St., San Francisco > Why: Because Jessie was just released! > > references/notes/etc/: > http://www.henryshunanrestaurant.com/ > 110 Natoma Street (between New Montgomery & 2nd, Mission & Howard) > San Francisco, CA 94105 > 1-415-546-4999 > > For those that may wonder what to do with their time before the BAD > meeting, there is also, preceding and quite nearby: > > Ubuntu Hour San Francisco > http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/3099-ubuntu-hour-san-francisco/ > > Some of us also may not make it to the BAD meeting until right around > 7:10 PM, as we may be coming from the Ubuntu Hour San Francisco meeting. Since I sent this out quite early, just a quick reminder that this is coming up this Wednesday. My Jessie party hats are ready, hope to see you there! -- Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2 From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Thu May 14 21:01:46 2015 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 21:01:46 -0700 Subject: Got release party photos/reports?: Re: (Jessie Release) Party in the USA! - we're first (listed)! :-) In-Reply-To: <20150428214229.674558byr9xbjew4@webmail.rawbw.com> References: <20150428214229.674558byr9xbjew4@webmail.rawbw.com> Message-ID: <20150514210146.15132ireedy2xke8@webmail.rawbw.com> And a fine time was had by all. :-) Got photos/reports? Don't forget to update the wiki! We're representing the whole USA now. ;-) references/excerpts: https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyJessie/UnitedStatesofAmerica/SanFrancisco https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyJessie#ReleasePartyJessie.2FUnitedStatesofAmerica.2FSanFrancisco.United_States_of_America:_San_Francisco > From: "Michael Paoli" > Subject: (Jessie Release) Party in the USA! - we're first (listed)! :-) > Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 21:42:29 -0700 > It's official, we're now listed: > https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyJessie/UnitedStatesofAmerica/SanFrancisco > and ... apparently *the first to be listed* Jessie release party in > the country! > >> From: "Elizabeth K. Joseph" >> Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: BAD Meeting & Jessie Release Party 7:10pm >> 2015-05-13 @ Henry's Hunan 110 Natoma, SF >> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 11:32:58 -0700 > >> Hi everyone, >> >> As you may know, on April 25th Debian 8 (code name "Jessie") released: >> https://www.debian.org/News/2015/20150426 >> >> I've picked up some Jessie (Toy Story character) themed party >> supplies, and so during our next Debian Dinner we'll be also >> celebrating the release of Debian 8! >> >> Sneak peek at the goodies here: >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/pleia2/17293029342/ >> >> Michael Paoli will also be bringing along some Jessie ISOs, check out >> his growing collection here: >> http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc#recommended >> >> Details: >> Who: All the BADies that want to and can. >> What: Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting & Jessie Release Party >> When: 2015-05-13 7:10pm - 'till closing (9PM) >> Where: Henry's Hunan Restaurant, 110 Natoma St., San Francisco >> Why: Because Jessie was just released! >> >> references/notes/etc/: >> http://www.henryshunanrestaurant.com/ >> 110 Natoma Street (between New Montgomery & 2nd, Mission & Howard) >> San Francisco, CA 94105 >> 1-415-546-4999 >> >> For those that may wonder what to do with their time before the BAD >> meeting, there is also, preceding and quite nearby: >> >> Ubuntu Hour San Francisco >> http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/3099-ubuntu-hour-san-francisco/ >> >> Some of us also may not make it to the BAD meeting until right around >> 7:10 PM, as we may be coming from the Ubuntu Hour San Francisco meeting. >> >> -- >> Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2 From lyz at princessleia.com Fri May 15 09:55:09 2015 From: lyz at princessleia.com (Elizabeth K. Joseph) Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 09:55:09 -0700 Subject: Got release party photos/reports?: Re: (Jessie Release) Party in the USA! - we're first (listed)! :-) In-Reply-To: <20150514210146.15132ireedy2xke8@webmail.rawbw.com> References: <20150428214229.674558byr9xbjew4@webmail.rawbw.com> <20150514210146.15132ireedy2xke8@webmail.rawbw.com> Message-ID: On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 9:01 PM, Michael Paoli wrote: > And a fine time was had by all. :-) > Got photos/reports? Don't forget to update the wiki! > We're representing the whole USA now. ;-) > > references/excerpts: > https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyJessie/UnitedStatesofAmerica/SanFrancisco > https://wiki.debian.org/ReleasePartyJessie#ReleasePartyJessie.2FUnitedStatesofAmerica.2FSanFrancisco.United_States_of_America:_San_Francisco Thanks again for your work making sure this page was updated and maintained for the event. I've added the album of photos I took. -- Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2 From Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu Mon May 18 07:03:22 2015 From: Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu (Michael Paoli) Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 07:03:22 -0700 Subject: TOMORROW BALUG: Tu 2015-05-19: Meeting!, & other BALUG News ... Message-ID: <20150518070322.740558108cs9cf8k@webmail.rawbw.com> TOMORROW BALUG: Tu 2015-05-19: Meeting!, & other BALUG News ... ------------------------------ items, details further below: BALUG meeting 2015-05-19 giveaways (Books/publications, CDs/DVDs, ...) help BALUG! :-) - venue, volunteering, ... Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org ------------------------------ For our 2015-05-19 BALUG meeting: At least presently we don't have a specific speaker/presentation lined up for this meeting, but that doesn't prevent us from having interesting and exciting meetings and discussions. Sometimes we also manage to secure/confirm a speaker too late for us to announce or fully publicize the speaker (that's happened at least twice in the past). Got questions, answers, and/or opinions? We typically have some expert(s) and/or relative expert(s) present to cover Linux and related topic areas. Want to hear some interesting discussions on LINUX and other topics? Show up at the meeting, and feel free to bring an agenda if you wish. Want to help ensure BALUG has speakers/presentations lined up for future meetings? Help refer speakers to us and/or volunteer to be one of the speaker coordinators. Great food and people, and interesting conversations to be had. So, if you'd like to join us please RSVP to: rsvp at balug.org **Why RSVP??** Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help BALUG and our venue plan for the meeting and accommodations, so please let us know. 6:30pm Tuesday, May 19th, 2015 2015-05-19 Henry's Hunan Restaurant 110 Natoma St. (between 2nd & New Montgomery) San Francisco, CA 94105-3704 1-415-546-4999 http://www.henryshunanrestaurant.com/ Easy Transit/Parking Access: short walk from BART, MUNI, parking Trip planning: http://www.511.org/ Delicious Hunan cuisine and reasonably priced. Meeting Details... Cost/Dining: The meetings are always free, but dinner is not (unless you are our guest speaker, in which case we also treat you to dinner). For Henry's Hunan Restaurant, if folks are agreeable, we'll share and dine "family" style, and split up the costs, and typical cost per person including tax and tip (but not including beverages beyond complementary tea) would be in the $13.00 to $17.50 range, and commonly around $15.00 to $16.50. Cash may be preferred to ease splitting up the check. One can also specifically order the dish(es) one needs/prefers (e.g. for dietary considerations) - and we also commonly order some dish(es) that may meet various dietary considerations) (e.g. vegetarian, non-pork, ...). Please arrive by 7:00 P.M., we expect to order entrees at that time, and may order appetizer(s) and/or soup(s) anytime after 6:30 P.M. ------------------------------ We typically have various giveaway items at BALUG meetings. We'll likely have at least the below plus additional items. Books! - have a look here: http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:books_and_publications if interested make specific mention on our BALUG-talk list: http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-talk-balug.org CDs/DVDs/ISOs, etc. - have a peek here: http://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=balug:cds_and_images_etc We may also be able to "burn" images per request or copy to USB flash, etc. Donations of blank or +-RW media, USB flash, or funding thereof, also appreciated. See the above URL for details (and the inventory (qty.) of what we specifically have "burned" and available on-hand does also frequently change). ------------------------------ help BALUG! :-) - volunteering, venue ... You can do useful and cool stuff volunteering to help BALUG, e.g. following up on many leads for possible venue, among many other possibilities. Quite a variety of opportunities to help BALUG. Come talk to us at a meeting and/or drop us a note at: balug-contact at balug.org These opportunities may include, among other possibilities: o venue arrangement (e.g. followup on potential leads on-site coordination/preparations), see also: http://lists.balug.org/pipermail/balug-admin-balug.org/2014-July/001504.html o chief/assistant cat herder o assist on speaker coordination/procurement, etc. o assist on publicity o Linux Systems Administration (e.g. do/assist/learn, with/under some quite experienced and skilled Linux systems administrators). o webmaster, assistant webmaster, designer, graphic artist o archivist/history/retrieval/etc. o and other various/miscellaneous tasks BALUG "ought" to be doing or would be good to do (feel free to suggest ideas!) ------------------------------ Twitter - you can also follow BALUG on Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/BALUG_org ------------------------------ Feedback on our publicity/announcements (e.g. contacts or lists where we should get our information out that we're not presently reaching, or things we should do differently): publicity-feedback at balug.org ------------------------------