On 10-05-02 10:19 PM, TekBudda wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> Haven't seen a post lately so I figured I would query a see if anyone
> had some suggestions.
>
> A supervisor at work asked me if I knew of any diagnostic suites
> (preferably) that could be used on Windows & Mac computers. I am
> probably lo
On 10-05-03 11:51 AM, si...@mungewell.org wrote:
>
>> ISP Service: Need network connectivity at home, broadband is a must.
>
> Shaw have pretty good/fast cable service, Telus do DSL. Some of the CLUG
> use Rogers Wireless internet and seem happy with that.
>
No one can beat Shaw for performance
Gustin Johnson wrote:
Rogers SIM) for 10 years. I am not happy with any data plans. I have a
few clients on Bell and they seem to suck the least. I have high hopes
As a past Bell customer, I abandoned them after they dropped my calls
numerous times, and then when I called to inquire about i
Shawn said the following on 5/4/2010 6:55 AM:
> For Internet, I've been using SHAW's SOHO package for many years and
> have only seen a couple of outages (someone hit a telephone pole in one
> case, another was a problem in Lethbridge that took out Shaw's southern
> Alberta's internet access). Bot
No, i usually run an experimental web server on my box, no problems. but they
do have a commercial package for $10 extra and fixed ip addresses :-)
Cheers
Szemir
On May 4, 2010 07:20:07 Lance A. Brown wrote:
> Shawn said the following on 5/4/2010 6:55 AM:
> > For Internet, I've been using SHAW's
Another ISP provider is www.lightspeed.ca. They provide naked ADSL.
Half decent rates. Decent speeds. You can get a static IP relatively
cheap. If no active phone line, you pay an extra $10 a month as a
tariff to pay for the infrastructure from your place to the switching
location. They are a small
Date: May 5th, 2010
Topic: Micro-presentations
Time: Doors open at 6:45 PM, meeting: 7:00 PM - 9:45 PM
Location:
DeVry Institute of Technology (Room 201)
2700 - 3 Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta
(403) 235-3450
Working with the new CLUG Mission Statement, we are going to try
'micro-presentations' for
The boss wasn't specific about the feature sets they were loooking for
& Norton Utilities was the closest thing I can thing of. I think what
they are maybe are looking for is something that does the following:
* Disk Cleaner
* Registry Defragmenter/Cleaner
* System Optimizer
* Performance Test
Wh
No offense (and I should probably refrain from this post) but there is no
such thing as "preventative maintenance" on a Windows box. The Macs I have
around here run about as good as my Linux desktops/servers so it's a moot
point.
As far as Windows is concerned, my experience with the likes of Nort
I had had experience with pretty much all of the providers suggested &
for the most part they all suck to some degree. Shaw for me has had
the least amount of suckage with Telus being the worst, Rogers second
worst & Bell second best. As far as DSL goes in ALberta if you are
using any DSL service
No it is a great post. A reminder of what we are fighting for. I was
taling with someon yesterday taht said Linux would be a great
operating system if it could "commericalize" itself more like Mac or
WIndows. whihc he stated both suck. So I asked him, "you mean that
Linux would be "better" if it
und a bit, but haven't quite found what I am
> > >> looking for. Although to be fair, my searches & investigation to this
> > >> point have been very peripheral. If anyone has any ideas please let
> > >> me know.
> > >>
> > > I have n
I have called all over Lethbridge looking for Micr toner but no one has or
is willing to sell any of it. The people I work with are in Calgary a lot so
if anyone on CLUG could give me a contact for business that actually has and
is willing to sell me some that would help me out a lot.
If you want
ftp://ubuntu.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/ubuntu/releases/
Wow this thing is fast
--
$ wget
ftp://ubuntu.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/ubuntu/releases/lucid/ubuntu-10.04-server-i386.iso
--2010-05-04 17:08:53--
ftp://ubuntu.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/ubuntu/releases/lucid/ubuntu-10.04-server-i386.iso
=> `
> Wow this thing is fast
100%[==>] 700,413,952 1.65M/s in 7m 3s
And they have a deb repo too
ftp://ubuntu.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/ubuntu/ubuntu/pool/
Must remember to add that one to my /etc/apt/sources.list,
Simon
On 10-05-04 04:00 PM, Chris Thompson wrote:
> I was reading a bit on here and figured I would throw out the
> suggestions that I have for the windows side of things I do agree
> that there are no preventative measures for Windows. However I have a
> solution that kind-of helps with this.
>
Uh,
On 10-05-04 02:07 PM, TekBudda wrote:
> The boss wasn't specific about the feature sets they were loooking for
> & Norton Utilities was the closest thing I can thing of. I think what
> they are maybe are looking for is something that does the following:
> * Disk Cleaner
Do you mean wiping a drive
On 10-05-04 07:20 AM, Lance A. Brown wrote:
> Shawn said the following on 5/4/2010 6:55 AM:
>> For Internet, I've been using SHAW's SOHO package for many years and
>> have only seen a couple of outages (someone hit a telephone pole in one
>> case, another was a problem in Lethbridge that took out S
I'm starting a new thread because I didn't want to hijack TekBudda's
original thread re: Query: Mac & Windows Diagnostics Tools.
> Uh, there is a lot of preventative measures that one can take with Windows
True:
1. run the windoze machine stand alone ... do not connect it to the internet
or
2. i
Gustin Johnson said the following on 5/4/2010 7:39 PM:
> Officially you are not supposed to run servers on the residential
> packages, you are supposed to upgrade to a business package. Having
> said that, I have had an https, ssh, openvpn server running 24/7 for
> years without hassle. You only
On May 4, 2010 05:12:12 pm si...@mungewell.org wrote:
> ftp://ubuntu.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/ubuntu/releases/
>
> Wow this thing is fast
> --
> $ wget
> ftp://ubuntu.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/ubuntu/releases/lucid/ubuntu-10.04-server
> -i386.iso --2010-05-04 17:08:53--
> ftp://ubuntu.arcticnetwork.ca/
On 10-05-04 07:35 PM, Lance A. Brown wrote:
> Gustin Johnson said the following on 5/4/2010 7:39 PM:
>> Officially you are not supposed to run servers on the residential
>> packages, you are supposed to upgrade to a business package. Having
>> said that, I have had an https, ssh, openvpn server ru
On 10-05-04 10:25 PM, Alastair Preston wrote:
> On May 4, 2010 05:12:12 pm si...@mungewell.org wrote:
>> ftp://ubuntu.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/ubuntu/releases/
>>
>> Wow this thing is fast
>> --
>> $ wget
>> ftp://ubuntu.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/ubuntu/releases/lucid/ubuntu-10.04-server
>> -i386.iso --
On 10-05-04 06:39 PM, Greg Saunders wrote:
> I'm starting a new thread because I didn't want to hijack TekBudda's
> original thread re: Query: Mac & Windows Diagnostics Tools.
>
>> Uh, there is a lot of preventative measures that one can take with Windows
>
> True:
>
> 1. run the windoze machine
Wow. Feels just like home back in TriLUG. :-)
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On May 4, 2010 10:49:34 pm Gustin Johnson wrote:
> On 10-05-04 10:25 PM, Alastair Preston wrote:
> > On May 4, 2010 05:12:12 pm si...@mungewell.org wrote:
> >> ftp://ubuntu.arcticnetwork.ca/pub/ubuntu/releases/
>
> >> 9s --
> >
> > Wow, what sort of connection are you using? It usually takes about
>
> What service level are you at that you get 1.52 MB/s?? What I get on the
> DSL
> is 160k/sec, using Telus's standard DSL package. My S-I-L, who was on
> Shaw
> but switched to Telus DSL over support issues, hasn't noticed much
> difference
> in speed between the two.
I think the speed comes
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