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Re: I don't have a mobile device.

I prepare taxes for myself and five or six other people every year (I was an accountant in a former life). I use StudioTax in a Windows VM to do it. I wish there was a better solution, but that's mostly on the CRA requiring their verification of software first.

As a sidenote, my work computer where I do both developer-related things and finance-related things is a Linux host with a Windows VM, and I find it works very well.

On Sun, Nov 6, 2022, at 07:03, Rick Leir wrote:
> RGB, team:
>
> While on the topic of uncommon equipment choices, ...
>
> I do have a mobile device. But I don't have a working machine with 
> Microsoft's OS on it.
>
> What do you run your tax preparation app on? Ufile and such only work on 
> Microsoft's OS. Run it in a VM?
>
> Run Ufile / TurboTax in Wine?
>
> Do it on a paper form?
>
> Or the worst choice: at a web site?
>
> cheers -- Rick
>
> On 2022-11-02 08:31, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
>> On 2022-11-02 06:35, Tug Williams wrote:
>>> On 01/11/2022 22:06, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
>>>> On 2022-11-01 16:29, Tug Williams wrote:
>>>>> No-one has arranged a physical meeting, so the meeting will be on jitsi
>>>>> only.
>>>> Ok, I'll propose to meet at the Royal Oak.  I'll suggest the
>>>> Wellington/Hinton location because there seem to be more people in the
>>>> west end.  (I can see a Royal Oak from my home office here, but I'm east
>>>> of parliament...)
>>>>
>>>>> That said, if anyone wishes to arrange a physical get together with others,
>>>>> then they can do that, and join the rest of us on the jitsi meeting.
>>>> I won't have any mobile device with me.
>>> RGB: Just to be unambiguous here. Are you saying
>>> a) you're leaving your phone at home? or
>> I don't have a mobile device.
>>
>>> b) that when you booked the venue, you were unable to ascertain whether
>>> there was a usable internet connection for connecting to a jitsi meeting? or
>> No idea.
>>
>>> c) you won't be joining the jitsi meeting? or
>> *I* can't join any online meeting because I don't have a mobile device.
>>
>>> d) something else I have not been able to imagine?
>> I am hoping others are also craving some in-person interaction and will
>> join me at this venue.  I'll aim for 18:30.  If they happen to have a
>> mobile device and can join the jitsi meeting, then we will join the rest
>> online.
>>
>>> Bottom line, should our assumption be that we cannot rely on your
>>> contributing to a jitsi discussion about CentOS?
>> I will if someone else with a mobile device shows up and chooses to join
>> the jitsi discussion.
>>
>> This follows the previous discussion ideas about alternating online and
>> in-person meetings.  I can't imagine that I'm the only one in this
>> position.  The dynamics are different in person, and I am seeking that
>> type of interaction because we haven't had that for 2.5 years.
>>
>>> Katie: Will you be joining the jitsi meeting to contribute your piece? This
>>> is so I know how much needs doing to prepare back up topics, JIC.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Tug
>>>
>>>>> The link will follow, before Thursday's meeting.
>>>>>
>>>>> Tug
>>>>>
>>>>> On 01/11/2022 16:26, Dmitriy Korovkin wrote:
>>>>>> I would prefer virtual meeting. Much more convenient.
>>>>>> /Dmitriy
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, 1 Nov, 2022 at 4:03 PM, Ian E. Gorman <iegorman [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Will the Thursday??meeting be entirely on Jitsi?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 12:39 PM Katherine Mcmillan <kmcmi046 [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     Hi Richard,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     I would love to hear about your thoughts/experiences on this!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     Sincerely,
>>>>>>>     Katie
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>     *From:* Richard Guy Briggs <rgb [ at ] tricolour [ dot ] ca>
>>>>>>>     *Sent:* Tuesday, November 1, 2022 12:35:26 PM
>>>>>>>     *To:* Tug Williams <tug [ dot ] williams [ at ] gmail [ dot ] com>
>>>>>>>     *Cc:* Katherine Mcmillan <kmcmi046 [ at ] uottawa [ dot ] ca>;
>>>>>>>     linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org>; Jean-Francois
>>>>>>>     Messier <jf [ at ] messier [ dot ] ca>
>>>>>>>     *Subject:* Re: [linux] Meeting tonight
>>>>>>>     Attention : courriel externe | external email
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     On 2022-11-01 12:12, Tug Williams wrote:
>>>>>>>     > Katie,
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     > I'd be interested to know what you're referring to, as I'm not
>>>>>>>     a CentOS
>>>>>>>     > person... I could google, but I'd also be happy to hear on
>>>>>>>     Thursday :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     As an employee of the organization responsible for that disto, I may
>>>>>>>     have some opinions about the subject...?? ;-) It was a bit messy...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     > I also have a few discussion topics related to Dr Chen's talk.
>>>>>>>     I have
>>>>>>>     > written a few notes, but nothing as concrete as "a talk".
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     > My 3 sub-topics (follow up questions from his the talk) relate to
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     > - open data formats (I have opinions)
>>>>>>>     > - data security (I have questions)
>>>>>>>     > - who pays the ferryman? (I have opinions and questions)
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     > Unrelatedley - I also did some initial investigation into
>>>>>>>     Mastodon as an
>>>>>>>     > open source replacement for Twitter, which could lead to an
>>>>>>>     interesting
>>>>>>>     > discussion. Maybe others have more experience. Alas I didn't
>>>>>>>     get as far as
>>>>>>>     > successfully installing a server.
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     > So if there is interest, I think we have enough material for a
>>>>>>>     few jitsi
>>>>>>>     > based discussions on Thursday.
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     > Tug
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     > On 01/11/2022 11:50, Katherine Mcmillan wrote:
>>>>>>>     > >Hi Jean-Francois,
>>>>>>>     > >
>>>>>>>     > >I am happy to attend a meeting on Thursday.?? I regret missing
>>>>>>>     last
>>>>>>>     > >month's meeting as Home Assistant and home automation are really
>>>>>>>     > >interesting to me, however, I was unexpectedly detained.
>>>>>>>     > >
>>>>>>>     > >I would love to know about everyone's experiences around the
>>>>>>>     changes to
>>>>>>>     > >CentOS 7/8.?? Personally, those affected my thesis work - I'd
>>>>>>>     like to know
>>>>>>>     > >how/if they affected others and what others did.?? I'd be
>>>>>>>     happy to explain
>>>>>>>     > >the changes I'm talking about, if needed.
>>>>>>>     > >
>>>>>>>     > >Sincerely,
>>>>>>>     > >Katie
>>>>>>>     >
>>>>>>>     >------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>     > >*From:* Jean-Francois Messier <jf [ at ] messier [ dot ] ca>
>>>>>>>     > >*Sent:* 01 November 2022 11:45
>>>>>>>     > >*To:* linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org>
>>>>>>>     > >*Subject:* Re: [linux] Meeting tonight
>>>>>>>     > >*Attention : courriel externe | external email*
>>>>>>>     > >Yeah, actually, this is not tonight, but Thursday night. I stand
>>>>>>>     > >corrected.........................
>>>>>>>     > >
>>>>>>>     > >
>>>>>>>     > >On 2022-11-01T11:36:26.000-04:00, Jean-Francois Messier
>>>>>>>     <jf [ at ] messier [ dot ] ca>
>>>>>>>     > >wrote:
>>>>>>>     > >
>>>>>>>     > >?????? Do we have any topic, location, hours for tonight meeting ?
>>>>>>>     > >
>>>>>>>     > >?????? Thanks :-)
>>>>>>>     > >
>>>>>>>     > >?????? JF Messier (jf [ at ] messier [ dot ] ca <mailto:jf [ at ] messier [ dot ] ca
>>>>>>>     <mailto:jf [ at ] messier [ dot ] ca>>)
>>>>>>>     > >
>>>>>>>     > >
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     ?? slainte mhath, RGB
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ian Earl Gorman | //www.gorman.ca/ <http://www.gorman.ca/> |
>>>>    slainte mhath, RGB
>>    slainte mhath, RGB
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