Category: Linux

Posted on July 4, 2019February 18, 2020

Saturday, Aug 3, 2019 Linux Sig

9:30 AM to 12:00 AM

Quality Foods, Upstairs Large Boardroom
Eagle Creek (near Victoria General Hospital)

27 Helmcken Rd · Victoria, BC

Posted on May 22, 2019July 25, 2019

Sat 6 July 2019 – Linux Sig

9:30 AM to 12:00 AM

Quality Foods, Upstairs Large Boardroom
Eagle Creek (near Victoria General Hospital)

27 Helmcken Rd · Victoria, BC

Posted on February 2, 2019February 24, 2019

March 2, 2019 – Linux Sig

9:30 AM to 12:00 PM

Quality Foods, Upstairs Large Boardroom
27 Helmcken Rd · Victoria, BC
Eagle Creek (near Victoria General Hospital)

Get together, enjoy coffee, and talk Linux. Everyone is welcome

Linux Sig

Saturday, February 6, 2021
We'll be meeting virtually this month.

https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/vlug

Normally For 2021: First Saturday of the month
9:30 am - 12:00 pm

Net Sig

Thur, 28 Jan 2021
- virtual learning -
NetSIG: SSHFS, File Sharing made easy
6:30pm - 8:00 pm
https://meet.vinnythegeek.ca/netsig

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In Tech Republic, April 17, 2020... "From ending battles over the only PC in the house to supporting 3D printing and ventilator projects, the tiny single-board computer is suddenly in great demand."

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/raspberry-pi-why-sales-have-rocketed-in-the-middle-of-the-coronavirus-outbreak/

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Raspberry Pi 400 for working and learning at home January 11, 2021
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