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Cal Esneault, Former President and leader of many Open Source Workshops & SIGs, Cajun Clickers Computer Club Linux Mint is a distribution based on Ubuntu LTS versions. The latest series is the Mint 19.x family (based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS). There are three desktop choices: Cinnamon, Mate, and XFCE. Recently, Mint 19.3 was released. Below...Continue reading→

Coronavirus Discussion & Comments   Looking for toilet paper? So are the rest of us! But you’ve come to the right place to talk about it and anything else COVID-19 related.   John has been doing a very good job of scaring us with his modelling of the likely number of infections based on various...Continue reading→

Hugh Macdonald In this unfortunate time of COVID-19, all SIG meetings, as well as other activities of the club, have ceased in the best interest of members health. This may leave you wondering how you can explore your love of technology in this time of social distancing. Fortunately, there is a large community of club...Continue reading→

Roger Brown DOTW (whatever that stands for) our weekly Yammer poll and light-hearted review of the sillier events of the week, continues – social isolation rules notwithstanding. Thanks to those who vote and also to the odd member who might “feature” – all in fun of course. Last month’s “winners” were: The unthinking mob who...Continue reading→

Tim McQueen Nuking the moon Vince Houghton Profile Books 296 pages   This is probably not the usual type of book you’d expect to see referenced in PC Update. It’s subtitled: “and other intelligence schemes and military plots best left on the drawing board”. Vince Houghton is Director of the International Spy Museum, perfectly placed...Continue reading→

  Mark A Gregory, RMIT University Telecommunication providers are taking positive steps to meet consumers’ demands in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the National Broadband Network (NBN Co) is being urged to reduce its wholesale broadband charges for these providers. Companies such as Telstra and Optus offer broadband plans over the...Continue reading→

Neil Muller The March meeting opened with Dave Botherway conducting our usual Q&A segment   Q: What was the problem experienced with the recent Windows 10 update issued last week? (Early March) A: I’m unaware what the problem was as the update that installed on all my computers worked fine. Less than 1% of early...Continue reading→

Hugh Macdonald Hello and welcome to the April 2020 edition of PC Update. The whole world has changed since I last wrote an editorial in this magazine. Although there are enough mentions of coronavirus (COVID-19) in this issue, my aim when putting it together was to give you enough tips, tricks and reviews to keep...Continue reading→

The Monthly Meeting will be held Wednesday, April 1 at 7 pm via streaming. Guest Speakers: Dr Anton Hassell Topic: The arcane art of making science-based bells This month’s guest speaker is Dr Anton Hasell. Anton is a sculptor living in Central Victoria exploring the use of both traditional and digital tools in the design...Continue reading→