FWIW, I discovered that having an old Win7 "product key" (the bunch of 5 character codes) allows a
"legal" (I won't pretend that is not a Microsoft promoted idea) Win10 iso to be installed. I do it
as a VM to have Windows-only tools e.g., downloading books from public library since Adobe stopped
development of Adobe Digital Editions for Linux at V1.72, and libraries require more recent versions.
There is a way to get e-books converted to a Linux-readable format, but it is messy.
JN
On 2022-11-06 07:33, Nicholas Savage wrote:
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
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*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
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