November 2021 - Roundtable

How does on get the date function to work in Libre Office spreadsheet?
by eh＠eduardhiebert.com 07 May '23

07 May '23

Hi, I've formatted the cells as date mm/dd/yy and entered the values as is. Also tried by preceeding with equal sign in case deemed to be a formula but neither works. I assume a difference between two days yields the difference in days, correct? Or are the formula different than plain math? Eduard the Osborne guy at last meeting

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Quick tip for tonight's meeting: make sure your browser is set for hardware acceleration of video!
by Alberto Abrao 09 Nov '21

09 Nov '21

Hello everyone, during our last meeting, I mentioned that I would try to put together a quick how-to to optimize the performance for our participants that are using Firefox on Linux. This may also be useful for some folks on Windows, especially these with older cards such as Radeon HD 5xxx series, which are (or maybe used to be?) blocklisted even on Windows. Now, a big change that happened between our last meeting and this one is that, with the release of Firefox 94, hardware acceleration is (finally!) enabled by default on Linux. Yay! However, there are a few tweaks still, so let's get on to them. Open the browser, then type about:config at the address bar. There, search for: gfx.webrender then double-click on gfx.webrender.all to set it to true. (this should NOT be needed with FF 94, but it does not hurt anything either). you can also try to force-enable the compositor (gfx.webrender.compositor.force-enabled set to true), but that glitches often enough, so be prepare to undo it. Then, search for: media.ff set to true: media.ffmpeg.vaapi.enabled, media.navigator.mediadatadecoder_vpx_enable If using X, set gfx.x11-egl.force-enabled to true. This should be enough to get most people going when using the out-of-the-box FOSS drivers. For Nvidia proprietary driver users, a low-hanging fruit that's often missing is libva-vdpau-driver. Should any questions are, please do not hesitate to reply to the list and ask. Kind regards, Alberto Abrao

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Reminder: MUUG Online Meeting, Tuesday, Nov 9, 7:30pm -- Jitsi vs Big Blue Button
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 09 Nov '21

09 Nov '21

A reminder that the MUUG online meeting will be on BBB this evening... The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting online, on Tuesday, November 9th, at 7:30pm: Jitsi vs Big Blue Button: Jitsi setup on AWS - Wyatt BBB setup on OVH - Adam This month, Wyatt Zacharias and Adam Thompson will be demonstrating setting up two different videoconferencing solutions on two different hosting platforms. MUUG has been using Jitsi for its own meetings over the last year, and tried out Big Blue Button for last month's meeting. AGM Plus, this month's meeting will be the MUUG annual general meeting, which included the election of the MUUG board of directors for the 2021-2022 year (by acclamation, again this year). This will once again be an online meeting. Stay tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which will be made available about a half hour before the meeting starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there are issues with connecting.) The group holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/

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MUUG Online Meeting, Tuesday, Nov 9, 7:30pm -- Jitsi vs Big Blue Button
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 02 Nov '21

02 Nov '21

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting online, on Tuesday, November 9th, at 7:30pm: Jitsi vs Big Blue Button: Jitsi setup on AWS - Wyatt BBB setup on OVH - Adam This month, Wyatt Zacharias and Adam Thompson will be demonstrating setting up two different videoconferencing solutions on two different hosting platforms. MUUG has been using Jitsi for its own meetings over the last year, and tried out Big Blue Button for last month's meeting. AGM Plus, this month's meeting will be the MUUG annual general meeting, which included the election of the MUUG board of directors for the 2021-2022 year (by acclamation, again this year). This will once again be an online meeting. Stay tuned to our muug.ca home page for the official URL, which will be made available about a half hour before the meeting starts. (Reload the page if you don't see the link, or if there are issues with connecting.) The group holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://muug.ca/

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