From: bowman@montana.com
On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 10:07:25 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
> On 2026-01-31, rbowman wrote:
>> On Fri, 30 Jan 2026 20:58:58 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>>
>>> I've got Zorin on my Ventoy USB. I guess it looks more like Windows,
>>> but I'm not a fan of the Windows look. If you pay for the pro version
>>> you can get several more themes, but the four that come with it are
>>> kind of blah.
>>> It seems to work pretty well, but it's not Linux Mint.
>>
>> Another twist of fate for the library project -- he initially tried to
>> install Zorin but it failed because of Secure Boot. Next up was Mint.
>> He did eventually get Zorin running but preferred Mint.
>
> The library project sounds interesting. I guess I missed the information
> about it somehow.
It started last summer. The library has a Makerspace and the laptops they
use for Arduino programming and other projects were Win10 and couldn't be
updated to Win11.
The volunteer reached out on the local reddit and another Linux user
helped him get started. The seed was planted that if Linux could save the
library's laptops, starting a program to walk people through the install
might be a good idea. Linux Mint was selected as the most user friendly.
It's slowly gaining momentum. The first couple of meetings only had a
couple of people show up. Today there were about 8 people. Several have
used or are using Linux, a couple are interested.
We'd started a LUG on google groups in 2007 but it petered out with only
sporadic activity. Hopefully this attracts more fresh blood.
https://www.repaircafe.org/en/linux-repair-cafe/
We aren't connected to this one but the idea is similar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martine_Postma
Postma is fairly well known in the Netherlands and when she appeared on
their version of NPR it kicked the Linux Repair Cafe into high gear.
Unfortunately we don't have that sort of reach.
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