00:10:24 Tom Trottier: My mike is not working 00:11:25 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Welcome to all members and guests! Guests, if you want to join, see https://opcug.ca/join-or-renew/ Everyone will be muted during the presentation. Feel free to use the Chat window to comment and ask questions. After the presentation, people will be able to unmute themselves. Please feel free to do so if you want to ask a question or make a comment 00:12:58 Jeff Dubois: If I raise my hand and my video is off, how do you know my hand is raised? :-) :-) :-) 00:13:25 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "If I raise my hand and my video is off, how do you know my hand is raised? :-) :-) :-)" Raise your Zoom hand :-) 00:13:33 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): Replying to "If I raise my hand a..." @Jeff It's the e-hand we want to see! 00:14:24 Jeff Dubois: Replying to "If I raise my hand and my video is off, how do you know my hand is raised? :-) :-) :-)" Yes, I was being facetious... No mic attached either. :-) 00:14:26 Tom Trottier: Chris, audio? 00:19:17 Denis Therrien: Who's that handsome guy on Alan's slide? 00:19:51 Timothy: His younger twin. 00:19:59 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "Who's that handsome guy on Alan's slide?" Proably pre-dates his use of PCs 😄 00:20:29 KWG: Computers and how they are used has changed quite a bit in the last 60 years. What do you foresee coming in years to come? 00:21:32 Denis Therrien: Chris won only a "couple" of awards... must be new math ... 00:23:16 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "Chris won only a "couple" of awards... must be new math ..." One of the Merriam-Webster def of "couple" - "few, indefinite, small amount" :-) 00:24:13 Tom Trottier: "chipping in" 00:24:49 Tom Trottier: No, no, that's AWK 00:24:49 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: APL - a "write-only language" 00:24:58 Tom Trottier: "write once" 00:25:00 Denis Therrien: Yay! APL brother - the actuary's preferred language ! 00:25:08 Timothy: I think I still have an APL manual. 00:25:19 Denis Therrien: Oh, I have lots... 00:26:00 Natalie: Still using WIN 10 (with ESU): WIN 10 Home on PC, WIN 10 Pro on laptop. When I upgrade to WIN 11, is there a difference upgrading from the Home or Pro version? Is there anything I need to be aware of before I upgrade for either? 00:26:27 Denis Therrien: WIN 10 ESU rocks ;> 00:30:29 Tom Trottier: https://youtu.be/dc7CIkZcWYE atlasOS 00:34:18 David Swain: It's a desktop. 00:35:15 Timothy: Don't forget about leaving in or pulling the laptop core after use. 00:35:36 Timothy: not core but cord. 00:36:42 Tom Trottier: Don't hibernate if you have an SSD. Hibernation writes out several GB to the SSD, using up the writes that work. 00:38:15 Harvey Hope: Replying to "Don't hibernate if you have an SSD. Hibernation writes out several GB to the SSD, using up the writes that work." The Hyberfil.sys can be adjusted 00:39:17 Tom Trottier: Replying to "Don't hibernate if you have an SSD. Hibernation writes out several GB to the SSD, using up the writes that work." SSDs have a limit of writes. It's not the use of space, but the act of writing 00:39:24 Timothy: Doesn't the hard drive stop running after a time of non use? 00:40:14 Natalie: My PC has both SSD & HDD, so what does that mean for hibernate vs other modes as best? 00:40:19 Denis Therrien: Watching you on my Windows 10 ESU desktop wth 2 13-yr old 4Tbs RAID HDs and a 13-yr old ½-Tb SSD 00:42:36 Brenda C: What steps should you take if your handheld is lost or stolen. What should you do to prepare in advance for this event. 00:43:39 hi: I tried the dash trick suggested last week with youtube to get rid of the ads and it did not work for me 00:44:22 Timothy: I have the same problem in Chrome. 00:44:35 Denis Therrien: Some cookies taste better than others 00:44:54 Kal_Somo DPCUC: “Trim” is a utility which levels the “ wear “ on Solid State Drives. As discussed here : https://kb.plugable.com/data-storage/trim-an-ssd-in-linux 00:44:57 Timothy: The disappearing passwords. 00:46:07 Carol: Denis, (chuckles) It's challenging to have a serious discussion about cookies. . . . who comes up with such names anyway? :) 00:55:32 Glen: Do AI enabled smartphones or laptops (ie devices equipped with onboard AI chips) provide useful, worthwhile features for the average user yet? 00:57:46 Jeff Dubois: Replying to "If I raise my hand and my video is off, how do you know my hand is raised? :-) :-) :-)" The cloud's shortcoming (particularly with apps, files and operating systems) is that it is internet dependent. I'd argue that if your compting is entirely internet dependent, there will be times that you simply cannot access it. 00:57:51 Natalie: I heard that Meta is facing a class action lawsuit after reports revealed employees viewed private footage recorded by Ray-Ban smart glasses users. 01:01:04 Serge-Érik: Question: I am still looking for an easy way to group the elements that get added to the various contextual menus (i.e., the right-click menus) when you install software. For instance, I would like to group the security entries "Scan with Glarysoft Malware Hunter" and "Scan with Bitdefender" (right now, those two entries are separated by a series of other randomly located entries). Would anybody know how to do that? 01:01:25 Etienne: Question: I'm considering moving some of my PCs to Linux in October when ESU runs out as they do not qualify for Win11 upgrades. What full-disk backup software would you recommend that is similar to Acronis or EastUS Todo Backup? Thanks. 01:04:51 Tom Trottier: https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/easy_context_menu.html 01:07:54 Tom Trottier: LINUX backups 01:08:59 Tom Trottier: https://foxclone.org/ 01:09:11 Harvey Hope: Replying to "Question: I'm considering moving some of my PCs to Linux in October when ESU runs out as they do not qualify for Win11 upgrades. What full-disk backup software would you recommend that is similar to Acronis or EastUS Todo Backup? Thanks." Run PC Health Check and tell us what is not compatible. 01:11:49 Jeff Dubois: alan, can you not just run the backup in Linux on a scheduled basis using cron? 01:13:36 Kal_Somo DPCUC: Frame work Laptops are upgradable but $ $ $ 01:13:54 Tom Trottier: Beast computers are needed for AI, Games, Video editing, CAD and other processing intensive stuff 01:14:32 Kal_Somo DPCUC: https://frame.work/ca/en 01:17:08 Timothy: Are Mini PCs better than Desktops or laptops? 01:17:47 KWG: There is SOOO much activity in the computing world on so many topics. How do you stay up to date?.Who do you regularly follow and what do you regularly read/monitor? 01:18:33 Stew Bruce: Replying to "Are Mini PCs better than Desktops or laptops?" For the most part, mini PCs are a small desktop with a laptop processor. 01:18:55 Harvey Hope: Replying to "Are Mini PCs better than Desktops or laptops?" Depends on your needs, two of my clients have used Beelink successfully 01:21:07 Glen: Does the chromebook OS Flex have unlimited security updates? Are these updates available cost free? 01:22:33 Ma Vo: what advantages/disadvantages in using docking stations vs hubs? 01:23:53 Denis Therrien: OPCUG! 01:24:24 Kal_Somo DPCUC: I get Tech News items “ pushed “ to me via message on my cell ph. 01:26:08 Denis Therrien: You can get your online monthly fix of PC World (and many other similar magazines) for free on OPL (Ottawa Public Library) 01:27:26 Tom Trottier: Replying to "what advantages/disadvantages in using docking stations vs hubs?" A docking station is just a big hub. It all depends on what connections you want/need. 01:28:29 Tom Trottier: Replying to "There is SOOO much activity in the computing world on so many topics. How do you stay up to date?.Who do you regularly follow and what do you regularly read/monitor?" If you subscribe to Perplexity Pro, you can set up scheduled tasks to give you news you want. 01:29:32 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): Replying to "I get Tech News item..." Is Tech News a publication/online? 01:30:56 Ma Vo: Replying to "There is SOOO much a..." on YouTube, AskLeo and CyberCPU Tech 01:31:33 Tom Trottier: Replying to "what advantages/disadvantages in using docking stations vs hubs?" Can connect to ethernet/video/USBs/SDcards/... 01:33:32 Michelle Faber: Good night 01:35:27 Stew Bruce: Replying to "There is SOOO much activity in the computing world on so many topics. How do you stay up to date?.Who do you regularly follow and what do you regularly read/monitor?" For Canadian specific info with an emphasis on mobile, mobilesyrup.com and, iphoneincanada.ca A fun site that is all over the map is makeuseof.com and another is notebookcheck.net There are too many for my old fingers to list. 01:38:13 Kal_Somo DPCUC: Shop for a reasonable bundle from a Cdn retailer: https://www.canadacomputers.com/en/amd-desktop-processors/265336/amd-r7-9700x-cpu-asus-tuf-gaming-b650-e-wifi-motherboard-t-force-32gb-d5-6000mhz-cl30-ram-bundlespecial.html 01:40:05 Elizabeth: Why has the cost of memory increased so much? 01:40:23 Elizabeth: Is it the metals? 01:41:07 Alan German (OPCUG Meeting Coordinator): Replying to "Is it the metals?" Memory is being used heavily by AI server farms 01:41:42 Stew Bruce: AI has consumed a tremendous amount of hardware resourses and pays much better than we do for them. 01:41:51 Timothy: I have Office 2013, WP 2021 on my current and IBM Lotus Suite on an older computer. 01:43:35 Ma Vo: I find that I can't yet do as much in Libre Office Impress as I can do in MS PP, and some features does not seem to work in Impress and the backgrounds don't match (especially the colours) 01:47:35 Timothy: Don't forget that Microsoft has viewers to read some of their products output only. 01:47:38 Natalie: Free PDF Gear has been OK for basic text editing, but not sure if OK for more complicated items. 01:48:32 KWG: What are Chris’ favourite sites for free fonts? 01:49:01 Tom Trottier: PDFs are just text and instructinons. You can edit in a text editor.....;-) 01:50:50 Timothy: I've used this web site - https://www.1001freefonts.com/christmas-fonts-4.php 01:51:24 Harvey Hope: Replying to "PDFs are just text and instructinons. You can edit in a text editor.....;-)" I used TextPad and only see gibbly guck 01:52:36 Tom Trottier: Replying to "PDFs are just text and instructinons. You can edit in a text editor.....;-)" Yep. All mixed up. Like Wordperfect used to have. 01:52:57 Natalie: Thanks! 01:53:01 Elizabeth: Thanh’s gteat idea 01:53:02 Timothy: Thanks for tonight. 01:53:03 Gail Eagen OPCUG Secretary: Thank you!!! 01:53:03 Tom Trottier: Next time: What's Unicode and how to use it? 01:53:07 Etienne: thank you!!! 01:53:14 Allison: Thanks - great to listen to.