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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: rsutter on October 13, 2025, 09:10:27 AM
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Hello All,
What follows is a re-poost of an announcement that I received today from APCUG
Ralph Sutter
APCUG
October 15, 2025
LINUX WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP
9 am PT, 10 am, MT, 11 am CT, 12 pm ET
Customizing Your New Linux Install, Part 1
Cal Esneault, Program Chair
Cajun Clickers Computer Club
Dual-Booting Windows and Linux, Pt. 1
Alan German, Meeting Coordinator
Ottawa PC Users? Group
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/uz1k1GauVRXJaoXH6
After you click Submit, you will receive a pop-up acknowledgment of your registration. You only need to register once. On October 14, 2025, after registration closes at 6 pm Pacific Time, you will receive the encrypted Zoom link.
PRESENTATION DESCRIPTIONS:
Customizing Your New Linux Install, Part 1. So, you now have (or shortly will have) a new Linux computer. Now what do you do with it? Users transitioning from Windows often don't realize the extent of customization available on Linux. Join Cal as he shares his recommendations for initial Linux customization with new and limited-experienced users, using a new install of Linux Mint. He will show you how to start the process using the "Welcome" guide app and then move on to some additional options using the "System Settings (Preferences)."
In this first of a two-part presentation, he will cover areas you can customize, including the Desktop, Date and Time, Screen Saver, Power Management, Software Management, Firewalls, and several other key system settings. Then join him next month as he moves on to some more intermediate customizing.
Dual-Booting Windows and Linux, Pt. 1. You've decided that you need to keep your Windows operating system running because of specific software, and don't want to use methods previously presented to run your Microsoft software within Linux. Or you're hesitant to use Windows online due to security concerns. You want to run both Linux and Windows. You need to use Dual-Boot, which involves installing Linux alongside Windows on the same computer.
In Part 1 of a two-part presentation, learn from Alan how to easily and safely install Linux and still have access to your Windows operating system to access those needed programs/apps, either online or offline. Then join John Kennedy next month for Part 2 on Dual-Booting, where you will learn about two other, more advanced options.