00:13:49 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Welcome to all members and guests! Guests, if you want to join, see https://opcug.ca/join-or-renew/ Want to present at Q&A? Give us your material and we can create slides, or we have a PowerPoint template you can download and use: https://opcug.ca/downloads/Q&A-Template.potx Send in questions, shares, etc SuggestionBox@opcug.ca 00:16:29 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Tax software TurboTax https://turbotax.intuit.ca/tax/software UFile https://www.ufile.ca StudioTax https://www.studiotax.com/downloadwindows.html CRA SimpleFile https://www.canada.ca/en/services/taxes/income- tax/personal-income-tax/how-file/simplefile.html Wealthsimple https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/tax Taxman https://taxman.coolpage.biz 00:17:52 Tom Trottier: I used studiotax for a few years. I recommend it. 00:18:13 Tom Trottier: It does not run in the cloud 00:18:25 Jeff Dubois: I just got a message from the folks at StudioTax two days ago. The certified version (which allows autofill and netfile) should be available on Monday next week. 00:18:34 Bea: I use genu on windows 10 but I have not downloaded it yet this year. 00:19:18 Serge-Érik: SimpleFile A free service offered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to eligible individuals with a lower income and a simple tax situation to file personal income tax and benefit return. 00:22:29 Tom Trottier: I believe Studiotax is free for low income and only $15 for twenty persons' returns. 00:23:01 Tom Trottier: Low income? You need to file a return for Ontario tax credits and more 00:23:37 Bea: genu says it supports windows 7,8.1 10 and 11 00:24:24 Stew Bruce: If it is not available for Quebec residents, I don't see why they would ask if there is income from the Quebec Pension plan. 00:24:29 Tom Trottier: StudioTax is in Ottawa 00:25:07 Tristan: Wealthsimple Tax works well and the free tier is all most need, unless have a business. https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/tax 00:25:51 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Text-Behind-Image https://textbehindimage.com/ 00:26:38 Tom Trottier: thirty years ago I created a MS Multiplan tax calculator on the Apple ][. Memory was so small it had to chain to a second spreadsheet 00:27:45 Natalie: Replying to "Text-Behind-Image ht..." If no ads, no account required, how do they support the app? 00:28:30 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "Text-Behind-Image ht..." Maybe ads on the site? I am just guessing... 00:29:41 Tom Trottier: shell:appsfolder is even more impressive on a 4K screen... I have hundreds... 00:30:06 Stew Bruce: https://androidpctv.com/ 00:30:19 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Some of those displayed were Stores apps - like Calendar and Calculator. Shell:appsfolder should show everything 00:30:43 motorola moto g 5G (2022): Thoughts on 'chris titus tech' windows 11 utility? 00:30:44 Tristan: Basically they are laptop parts in a small desktop format. 00:30:54 Harvey Hope: Beelink is a good brand ... have installed 3 00:31:13 Tom Trottier: https://www.servethehome.com/?s=minimicro 00:31:17 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Linux Trading Up To Linux – Part 1 https://opcug.ca/Articles/2410NEWS.pdf through Trading Up To Linux – Part 10 https://opcug.ca/Articles/2509NEWS.pdf Distros https://distrowatch.com/ Linux Mint https://www.linuxmint.com 00:32:33 Tom Trottier: I'm using a minimicro as a firewall using Opnsense. It hangs off the back of my monitor 00:33:05 motorola moto g 5G (2022): How to dual boot Linux and Windows 11 safely? 1 SSD or 2 SSDs? 00:33:45 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "How to dual boot Lin..." You don't really need 2 separate physical drives 00:34:28 Tristan: Apparently there is a new Linux application called WinBoat, that can run windows based applications. https://www.winboat.app/ 00:34:46 Ahmed: Reacted to "Apparently there is ..." with 👍 00:35:08 motorola moto g 5G (2022): Replying to "How to dual boot Lin..." my laptop's internal ssd is only 512 GB. 00:35:24 motorola moto g 5G (2022): Replying to "How to dual boot Lin..." thks 00:36:21 motorola moto g 5G (2022): Replying to "How to dual boot Lin..." Or reuse an old laptop? 00:36:25 Tom Trottier: Replying to "How to dual boot Lin..." @motorola moto g 5G (2022) You can upgrade 00:36:58 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Distro Watch https://distrowatch.com/ 00:38:33 Ken Dugdale: Replying to "How to dual boot Lin..." One SSD will contain the boot sector, and offer a choice when you power on. Most desktop versions of Linux will isntall easily onto a spare partition on the drive of your choice, doesn't need to be the boot partition and that's a UNIX design. When you boot the Linux partition, Windows won't know you did. 00:39:15 Stew Bruce: Linux Distros are like AI Agents. A different one for every use case . . . . 00:39:56 Ken Dugdale: The Linux kernel is like the NT kernel that's been used by Windows since XP. The GUI is the distribution and is designed to satisfy the use case needed. 00:40:10 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "Linux Distros are li..." Which is certain to confuse those new to Linux! 00:40:51 Ken Dugdale: https://distrochooser.de/ 00:41:56 Ken Dugdale: Linux can read all Microsoft's filessystems as well. 00:42:17 Tom Trottier: You can make your own distro for YOUR purposes 00:42:53 Ken Dugdale: But many are already built for the sake of Windows users migration. 00:43:09 Tom Trottier: Indeed, most modems/routers use a customized linux 00:43:14 Coreen: Alan do you contribute to one or more distros? 00:43:49 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "Alan do you contribu..." I am pretty sure he has provided feedback when he ran into problems 00:44:14 Coreen: Chris have you used LINUX? 00:44:48 Tom Trottier: Linux Mint supports playing media with DRM - Digital Rights Management 00:45:08 Harvey Hope: Does Apache Server run on a particular distro? 00:45:21 Tom Trottier: Replying to "Does Apache Server r..." all.... 00:45:30 Ken Dugdale: And Ubuntu gives the user the choice of playing DRM and other 3rd party proprietary, or not. 00:46:15 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "Chris have you used ..." Yup. Not for much though. I find Windows is still required for me, so adding Linux only complicates things for me. 00:46:40 Serge-Érik: Article published a couple days ago about ZorinOS: Linux Mint isn't the best Windows replacement anymore https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-mint-isnt-the-best-windows-replacement-anymore/?utm_source=HTG-NL&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=HTG-202602170645&user=c2FiYWkyQG91dGxvb2suY29t&lctg=4a70ac6abc63d5c174392c62c987b9d7a0b024d3a0c8184d72cb45cd1809ee71 00:46:49 Tristan: If a beginner, it is often best to start simpler with Linux Mint for desktop. For a home server, my personal favorite is the rock solid Debian. 00:46:50 Kal_Somo DPCUC: deepin is from China, Knoppix is from Germany, etc, etc, etc. 00:46:53 Tom Trottier: Some distros run on Z80s 00:47:53 Ken Dugdale: Linux runs every smart device on the market, the fortune 500 cmpanies, every cloud, because it's entirely portable. 00:48:31 Kal_Somo DPCUC: many media players use Linux as the root O/S. 00:48:39 Tristan: Alpine is typically used for creating Docker containers. Used it for that today at work. 00:49:27 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Linux Mint https://www.linuxmint.com 00:49:31 Ken Dugdale: Microsoft actually recommends Linux for many use cases. 00:50:02 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Linux North (Alan's blog) Running Linux Mint from a Live-USB https://linuxnorth.wordpress.com/running-linux-mint-from-a-live-usb Installing Linux Mint as a Dual-Boot System https://linuxnorth.wordpress.com/installing-linux-mint-as-a-dual-boot-system 00:50:11 motorola moto g 5G (2022): Who used mint? thks 00:50:12 Tom Trottier: https://www.minix3.org/ for ancient computers... 00:50:25 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "Who used mint? thks" Me 00:50:37 Harvey Hope: Replying to "Who used mint? thks" Me 00:50:44 Tristan: This may make you fall off your chair, but Microsoft even has a Linux distro. It is called "Azure Linux". 00:50:59 Ken Dugdale: Reacted to "This may make you fa..." with 😀 00:51:07 motorola moto g 5G (2022): Replying to "Who used mint? thks" thank you! 00:51:09 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Dual booting Windows and Linux Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzdRZ5cYoSo 00:51:39 Tom Trottier: As well as dual booting, you can set up Virtual Machines with Windows and linux 00:51:44 Jeff Dubois: Another great option for testing several versions of Linux is to run something like VMWare or VirtualBox under Windows and then install the various distros in the virtual machine whenever you like. 00:51:52 Ken Dugdale: Thank you Alan, That was excellent. 00:52:16 Tom Trottier: WINE adapts Linux to Windows 00:53:02 Kal_Somo DPCUC: Ventoy is also a great option to try out various flavours of Linux . 00:53:16 Tristan: If don't want to bother with dual booting, try Linux in a virtual machine in VirtualBox or Hyper-V (available in Window Pro versions). 00:53:44 Jeff Dubois: Apache runs well on a Raspberry Pi and Linux. 00:54:17 Ken Dugdale: WINE = Wine Is Not an Emulator. So covers some apps for Windows, but don't get hung up on the application because there are other apps that do the same thing and support the same filetypes as Windows -- thanks to EU lawsuit forcing microsoft to convert to XML files. As we see in .docx 00:54:49 E O'Driscoll: Great keyboard shortcut. I didn't know that. 00:54:56 Tom Trottier: Use ctl-a, then delete for even more... 00:55:03 Coreen: Thanks Chris 00:55:04 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Attachment manager for Gmail https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/attachment_manager_for_gmail/1057782280387 00:55:06 Tom Trottier: Ctl-z to undo 00:55:17 Tom Trottier: can do multiple undos... 00:55:55 Tom Trottier: Or create another gmail address 00:56:25 mike v: Reacted to "Use ctl-a, then del..." with 😂 00:56:31 KWG: Will it leave a note on the gmail email that an attachment was removed? 00:59:04 Timothy: I upgraded my phone last Sept. It was done at the Bell store. It moved just about everything from the old phone. 00:59:15 Tom Trottier: When I change android phones, I backup to Google, then tell the new phone to reload 00:59:25 Ken Dugdale: Each phone manufacturer may provide it's own proprietary transfer process. Always take a backup first. 01:00:10 Coreen: we share the same birthday Alan 01:00:15 Tom Trottier: Move any microSD you use before starting new phone 01:00:18 Ken Dugdale: Well, as long as it matches your previous answer. lol 01:00:19 Harvey Hope: I sold my old phone to goRESELL https://gorecell.ca/ 01:00:39 Tom Trottier: I use four android phones currently.... 01:01:07 Ken Dugdale: BTW, my backup phone is a BlackBerry Keyone because it works. :-) 01:01:15 Tom Trottier: A Galaxy Samsung for my health info from my Samsung watch 01:01:31 Kal_Somo DPCUC: I purchased a used smart phone and saved $600 Cdn. 6.8" AMOLED screen. 01:01:32 Tom Trottier: my pixel 6 as smartphone 01:01:52 Tom Trottier: two Pixel XLs to save pix/videos for freee.... 01:01:57 Timothy: I can use my old phone as a tablet. 01:02:20 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: QuickInstaller https://www.quickinstaller.net 01:02:30 Tom Trottier: https://postmarketos.org/ 01:03:26 Tom Trottier: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/winget/ 01:03:46 Tom Trottier: https://patchmypc.com/product/home-updater/ 01:04:56 Tom Trottier: Reacted to "I can use my old pho..." with 👍🏼 01:06:06 Ken Dugdale: I migt recomend the Thunderbird app instead of Outlook. 01:07:20 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Accessing PST Files https://askleo.com/how-to-transfer-your-email-from-a-pst-to-thunderbird-for-free/ 01:07:33 Harvey Hope: Kernel Outlook PST Viewer 01:07:35 Gail Eagen (OPCUG Secretary): I am using Outlook Classic Mary windows 11. 01:07:47 Gail Eagen (OPCUG Secretary): Under Windows 11 01:08:08 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: cDox https://www.cdox.ca/ 01:09:04 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: You Won’t Believe What an 8GB PC Can Still Do in 2026 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4ISgCOkpRo 01:09:19 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Windows 11 Forced Changes: The Real Reason Behind the Privacy Shift https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr-G5V4GeAs 01:09:21 Tom Trottier: https://cdox.ca/ 01:10:41 Ken Dugdale: No hat necessary. They announced lat Sept that they've hit the wall and don't understand their own OS anymore. So are using AI to create updates. 01:10:48 Tom Trottier: https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10 kills MS telemetry spying on you 01:11:40 Kal_Somo DPCUC: Need to manually update from the Microsoft site. 01:12:44 Ken Dugdale: Since they need AI to create updates now, they've dropped v10 completely and need everyone to migrate. 01:13:19 Tom Trottier: ESU=ExtraStupidUpdates 01:13:33 Serge-Érik: MailStore Home can read .pst files and is free: https://www.mailstore.com/en/products/mailstore-home/ 01:13:47 Ken Dugdale: Reacted to "ESU=ExtraStupidUpdat..." with 😁 01:14:16 KWG: Can Tom talk more next week about his posting related to ‘Shut up 10’ 01:14:44 Tom Trottier: Replying to "Can Tom talk more ne..." maybe.... 01:15:03 Natalie: Is the Mar 23rd AI presentation (useful tips) different from the Mar 30th AI one (free AI...)? 01:15:04 motorola moto g 5G (2022): Replying to "https://www.oo-softw..." chris titus tech windows utility? 01:15:23 Tom Trottier: Replying to "Can Tom talk more ne..." Similar to https://www.safer-networking.org/products/spybot-anti-beacon/ but free 01:16:40 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "Is the Mar 23rd AI p..." Every time I give it, it might have different material! 01:17:13 Natalie: Replying to "Is the Mar 23rd AI p..." They had different titles, so I wasn't sure 01:17:23 motorola moto g 5G (2022): How to access the forum? 01:18:00 Serge-Érik: Replying to "MailStore Home can..." Sorry, not shouting here, I couldn't get the bold off in the chat ... 01:18:00 motorola moto g 5G (2022): I'll email. Thks 01:19:03 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Replying to "Is the Mar 23rd AI p..." Each library branch is responsible for posting so they sometimes play with wording 01:19:14 Gail Eagen (OPCUG Secretary): Thank you!!! 01:19:23 Coreen: Thank you Alan and Chris. 01:19:26 Allison: Thank you! 01:19:36 Natalie: Replying to "Is the Mar 23rd AI p..." Thanks 01:19:36 Bill: Thanks everyone 01:19:42 Deborah: Thank you! 01:19:46 Timothy: Thanks Alan. 01:20:06 E O'Driscoll: Thank you. 01:20:10 Serge-Érik: Thanks everyone for another very informative meeting.