October: Asahi and keymaps

https://www.plug.org.nz/2025/10/october-asahi-and-keymaps/

# October: Asahi and keymaps

## Date

7pm, Wednesday, 8 October 2025

## Topic 1/2: Drunk on Asahi

Speaker: Jared Feekery

Apple Silicon Macs are great machines, But what happens when Apple eventually drops support? That’s where the open source community come in, to breathe new life into these machines in ways that Apple never intended.

## Topic 2/2: QWERTY, Dvorak, and other abominations

Speaker: Joseph Calkin

Joseph will go over what is required to re-map keys on your keyboard in Ubuntu or Mint.

## Venue

Milson Community Centre

## Cost

$2 gold coin donation
Coffee and biscuits will be provided, but please feel free to bring along your own snacks and drinks.

## Agenda

• 7:00pm: Welcome (Nick Skarott)
• 7:10pm: Topic 1/2: Drunk on Asahi (Jared Feekery)
• 7:55pm: Tea and coffee break
• 8:05pm: General business (Nick Skarott)
• 8:10pm: Topic 2/2: QWERTY, Dvorak, and other abominations (Joseph Calkin)
• 9:00pm: Doors close