FREE 2018 SPRING VIRTUAL TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE (VTC) SATURDAY, MAY 5 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET Attend APCUG’s May 5, 2018 Virtual Technology Conference (VTC) from your own home, invite some of your members to join you, or have a Technology Tailgate Party with your club members! You only need to … [Read more...]
August 2nd, 2016: Backup and Recovery – John F. Adams
John Adams made what can be a dull subject interesting at the August general meeting of DACS! Most of us know how important it is to backup the data on our computers, yet many of us fail to do this on a regular basis. Luckily for us, John agreed to come back and speak to us again on the important … [Read more...]
Linux SIG Bits – September Report
[Next Linux SIG meeting: Oct. 15th at 7:30 PM] Tonight's meeting session included three presentations: 1. Report on the FOSSCON Conference in Philadelphia in August, 2. Helping Solve a Molecular Biology DNA Problem-Discussion, and 3. Using a Raspberry Pi with a camera, a garage door sensor, and … [Read more...]
XP to Ubuntu Workshop Review
The XP to Ubuntu Workshop was held on Saturday, June 14th, in the DACS Resource Center. Bruce Preston led the workshop by starting with a presentation on why it is dangerous to operate an XP machine with internet access, and on the available upgrade options. He demonstrated how to disable internet … [Read more...]
XP to Ubuntu Workshop Outline
Date: Saturday, June 14th, 1:30 p.m. Location: DACS Resource Center To give participants time for installing Ubuntu on their machines, the first part of the workshop will be a slide show, including screen shots of the installation process which typically takes about 45 minutes … [Read more...]
President’s File, June 2014
Dr. John Patrick outdid himself with last month’s presentation on the Future of Healthcare and the Internet. The hype leading up to it was not exaggerated and he captivated everyone’s attention. Please read Steve Harkness’s excellent review of John’s presentation in the newsletter and check … [Read more...]
Ask DACS April 2014
Q – After receiving and installing a software program, I can no longer get on the Internet. My system is running Vista. Other computers in the house have Internet access. Can I download a new update to fix this? A – The first step is to determine what is broken. A member asked if the problem … [Read more...]
XP: The End Is Near. What are you doing about it?
By Bruce Preston As of April 8th, 2014, Microsoft will cease all support of the Windows XP operating system at the SP3 level, having discontinued support for SP2 some time ago. Microsoft is also discontinuing support for Office 2003. This means that there will no longer be 'Critical Updates" … [Read more...]