[clug-talk] Interesting PBS show on Patents in the software industry ("When patents attack")

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/play_full.php?play=441 &podcast=1 It's about an hour. Enjoy! Greg ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listin

Re: [clug-talk] computer to TV

I have tried (unsuccessfully) to get my eeePC to talk to my TV using a VGA to video cable like this http://computerrack.ca/wecs.php?store=629043795&action=display&target=2509 . I'm not sure but I think the purpose of those cables may be to display TV signals on VGA monitors rather than the reve

Re: [clug-talk] computer to TV

wn shops. > > I have some extra desk top machines with lots of HDD too. > > Its just big heavy obsolete junk. Any takers? > > > On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 11:01:38AM -0600, Greg King wrote: > > I have tried (unsuccessfully) to get my eeePC to talk to my TV > using a V

Re: [clug-talk] computer to TV

es and I know this can be > converted. I hate to toss boxen like this! > > The towers have no value other than scrap that I know of. > > > On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 11:52:48AM -0600, Greg King wrote: > > I'm down to my last 19" CRT and don't want any more. I

Re: [clug-talk] computer to TV

t; > > On Sun, Sep 04, 2011 at 11:52:48AM -0600, Greg King wrote: > > I'm down to my last 19" CRT and don't want any more. I suggest > "donating" your junk to the recycle guys at the Curry > Barracks 4324 Quesnay-Wood Dr. S.W. or

Re: [clug-talk] Catch 22 for USB to install Ubuntu

I have Mint 9 xfce (Ubuntu LTS, Isadora I think) on a USB that you are welcome to borrow. I used it to get Mint 9 on my eeePC. I also have an external USB attached DVD drive if you prefer to use that. Let me know. Greg - Original Message - From: t...@terralogic.net Date: Sunday, Septe

Re: [clug-talk] n00b

Simple question to which I think there are no simple answers, but I'll take a stab at it. With Linux you will want to become somewhat familiar with the command line and a basic text editor like vi or vim (emacs if your so inclined, but the learning curve on it is rather large). This will save yo

Re: [clug-talk] Kubuntu: Where do I find bash?

Mine is in /bin/bash . It is also the default shell if you open a "terminal" I'm using Linux Mint, an Ubuntu derivative. It should be the same for Kubuntu, but I don't run it. Greg - Original Message - From: t...@terralogic.net Date: Sunday, October 30, 2011 3:04 pm Subject: [clug-talk]

Re: [clug-talk] Kubuntu: Where do I find bash?

The "K" in Kubuntu means you get the KDE gui. Regular Ubuntu ships with Gnome. You can install and configure Gnome on top of Kubuntu, or install Ubuntu.  - Original Message - From: t...@terralogic.net Date: Sunday, October 30, 2011 3:12 pm Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Kubuntu:  Where do I fin

Re: [clug-talk] Internet goes on strike

Apparently one of these bills has been killed. http://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2012/01/16/obama-says-so-long-sopa-killing-controversial-internet-piracy-legislation/ I'm a little surprised at the amount of popular uprising against this legislation, given that the passage of the National D

Re: [clug-talk] Internet goes on strike

I agree that this is not going away. There is an interesting TED talk on this issue which comes to the same conclusion. As long as politicians are bankrolled by media companies they will continue to push the big media agenda. See http://www.ted.com/talks/defend_our_freedom_to_share_or_why_sopa_i

[clug-talk] Mini SD card ?

Does anyone know where I might get a "Mini SD" card locally. It should have < 2GB storage. I've checked the usual places to no avail. It is the middle one in the attached picture. I have a device that will only work with this card... Greg<>___ clug-tal

[clug-talk] Drupal camp

Anybody going to Drupal camp at UofC this weekend? ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying

Re: [clug-talk] Distributed File System

No experience with any, but here's a starting point http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_systems#Distributed_parallel_fault-tolerant_file_systems Greg - Original Message - From: "Juan Alberto Cirez" To: "CLUG General" Sent: Monday, 26 November, 2012 5:16:33 AM Subject: [cl

Re: [clug-talk] CLUG list back up

Looks nice. Greg - Original Message - From: "Dafydd Crosby" To: "CLUG General" Sent: Thursday, 3 January, 2013 9:17:06 PM Subject: [clug-talk] CLUG list back up Sorry for the inconvenience - new site is up, though! -Dafydd ___ clug

[clug-talk] BTRFS experience

At the last CLUG meeting there was some discussion around btrfs (binary tree file system), a copy on write file system that is friendlier towards SSDs and enables some great features like snapshots and raid. I decided to take it for a spin on my old eeePC 4G. It is one of the original eeePC with

Re: [clug-talk] BTRFS experience

tiny SSD. Anyone remember Stacker? Unlike that system, BTRFS compresses files individually, and does not use a compressed volume. Anand. On 2013-02-18 10:46 AM, "Greg King" < wgk...@shaw.ca > wrote: At the last CLUG meeting there was some discussion around btrfs (binary tree

Re: [clug-talk] BTRFS experience

A core2duo or above should suffice. On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 1:26 AM, Greg King < wgk...@shaw.ca > wrote: I see the Mint 14 uses the 3.5 kernel, so I loaded it on the eeePC with btrfs and did the same sequence. It went a lot faster ~3 hours, but it's not an apples to apples compa

Re: [clug-talk] March 6th Meeting

I plan to attend. I've been playing around with the latest Mint distro (Nadia) on my eeePC and btrfs. I could bring it along if anyone is interested. Greg - Original Message - From: "Mel Walters" To: "CLUG General" Sent: Tuesday, 5 March, 2013 8:23:53 PM Subject: [clug-talk] March 6th

Re: [clug-talk] March 6th Meeting

Sent: Wednesday, 6 March, 2013 8:31:07 PM Subject: Re: [clug-talk] March 6th Meeting Hey Greg! Just wondering if that is the original 4GB EeePC? I have been looking for a good distro to run on it. Cameron On 13-03-06 10:44 AM, Greg King wrote: > I plan to attend. I've been play

Re: [clug-talk] March 6th Meeting

it on teh 4 gb drive? I have also thought of putting android on it as well. On 13-03-06 10:26 PM, Greg King wrote: > Yes, it's an original with 512mb ram and 4g internal ssd. I'm running Linux > Mint xfce on ext2 on an 8G SDHC card. Not terribly fast but things seem to >

Re: [clug-talk] mounting external drive or flash drive

If you have a live distro kicking around on a bootable CD/DVD, you should be able to boot from it and then do the recovery in the GUI of the live distro. Ubuntu and it's clones should auto mount flash or external HDDs when they are plugged in. Greg - Original Message - From: "Ralph Bo

Re: [clug-talk] Websites blocked?

I get exactly the same result with slightly different timing... - Original Message - From: "Hendrik Schaink" To: "CLUG General" Sent: Tuesday, 12 March, 2013 11:17:58 AM Subject: [clug-talk] Websites blocked? Hello all, In the past I used to be able to visit website www.psbspeakers.com

[clug-talk] Fwd: Get the new Outlook.com Android app

How times have changed... Did you ever think you would see Microsoft developing Android apps? Office on Linux next? - Original Message - From: "Outlook.com Team" To: wgk...@shaw.ca Sent: Friday, 19 April, 2013 2:56:22 PM Subject: Get the new Outlook.com Android app

[clug-talk] Free star trek movie anyone?

The message says to pass this on to peers, so consider yourself invited to a Star trek preview. Surf to: http://info.nimblestorage.com/index.php/email/emailWebview?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonuK3Lde%2FhmjTEU5z17%2BsoXq63lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4AScFhN6%2BNFAAgAZVnyRQFFOmYfoxF6eFSGUC1XQ%3D%3D Good luck

[clug-talk] Free star trek movie anyone?

The message says to pass this on to peers, so consider yourself invited to a Star trek preview. Surf to: http://info.nimblestorage.com/index.php/email/emailWebview?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRonuK3Lde%2FhmjTEU5z17%2BsoXq63lMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4AScFhN6%2BNFAAgAZVnyRQFFOmYfoxF6eFSGUC1XQ%3D%3D Good luck

Re: [clug-talk] Invoicing

I have used Freshbooks ( http://www.freshbooks.com/ ) for simple invoicing. I believe you can have up to 3 customers for free. It is cloud based so works for any OS. Greg - Original Message - From: "TekBudda" To: "CLUG General" Sent: Wednesday, 8 May, 2013 12:32:25 AM Subject: [clug-

Re: [clug-talk] Meeting

Golf season has started so I'll be unable to attend :) - Original Message - From: "Mel Walters" To: "CLUG General" Sent: Tuesday, 4 June, 2013 12:22:53 AM Subject: [clug-talk] Meeting Sorry, been too busy. Regular meeting time is first Wednesday of the month. That makes it very soon (Ju

Re: [clug-talk] June Meeting

Same situation for me - weekly Wednesday evening commitment unless it rains. Greg - Original Message - From: "Ralph Boland" To: clug-talk@clug.ca Sent: Wednesday, 5 June, 2013 10:46:36 AM Subject: [clug-talk] June Meeting I have softball games to umpire for both Wednesdays and

Re: [clug-talk] Monthly CLUG Meeting Oct 2 Wed

I plan to attend - see you there. Greg - Original Message - From: "Mel Walters" To: "CLUG General" Sent: Tuesday, 1 October, 2013 8:44:47 PM Subject: [clug-talk] Monthly CLUG Meeting Oct 2 Wed Monthly CLUG Meeting (Oct 2 Wed) Meeting Time: doors open at 6:00 PM, meeting: 6:05 PM – 8:0

[clug-talk] Big Brother is listening (and more)

If you think you have any online privacy or otherwise, have a listen to this interview with an NSA insider. It is posted as "NSA Whistleblower" on http://www.cbc.ca/thesundayedition/listen/# The Canadian government is complicit as well, as recent events have shown. Maybe the terrorists have w

[clug-talk] Obituary for software patents

Saw this in the Economist. Finally some common sense about patents. Greg Dec 12th 2013 [inline|iid=51158] See the full article http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/12/difference-engine-0 Visit http://www.economist.com for more global news, views, and analysis from The Economist. This

[clug-talk] Protecting ourselves from the NSA

Bruce Schneier, Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, spoke at LISA '13 in November on "Surveillance, the NSA, and Everything". His talk can be viewed here: https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/surveillance-nsa-and-everything Looks like the blowback from the NSA programs may even

[clug-talk] Email security / data mining

This is an interesting article on the depths the government has gone to intercept email and the potential future of email data mining. The fact that one provider chose to shut down his operation rather than comply makes you wonder about the rest. Article is available online at ITinCanadaOnlin

[clug-talk] Chaos communications conference

The depth of NSA intrusion into IT systems is looking way more invasive than anyone imagined. This talk given recently at a conference in Germany delves into some of the tactics. While depressing it is also a learning opportunity in what you are up against if you want any personal privacy. Surf

[clug-talk] Blast from the past

If you lived through the microcomputer revolution you probably read Byte magazine and watched the Computer Chronicles on PBS. I just stumbled on this archive of Computer Chronicles shows. Brings back lots of memories of Osborne 1, Amiga, and Atari from the dawn of personal computing. Surf to h

Re: [clug-talk] Meeting Feb 5

I am looking forward to it - see you tonight. - Original Message - From: "Mel Walters" To: clug-talk@clug.ca Sent: Wednesday, 5 February, 2014 11:49:51 AM Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Meeting Feb 5 Kin tells me the meeting is on tonight. Mel On Tue, 2014-02-04 at 21:24 -0700, Thomas Berna

Re: [clug-talk] CLUG Meeting this afternoon (today)

Hi folks, I have a conflict so will be unable to attend today. I think CLUG is an useful forum at times but we seem to be drifting aimlessly these days. Maybe it is time to try something different. Some ideas: -quarterly meetings with topics announced well in advance (6-12 months). Maybe have a

[clug-talk] Linux malware

Looks like Linux malware is becoming mainstream. Surf to http://www.darkreading.com/applications/linux-takeover-artists-fling-35m-spam-me/240166712?cid=email ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug

Re: [clug-talk] System upgrades amd the like

Although this is aimed at UNIX, a lot of it applies to Linux: Surf to: http://web.mit.edu/~simsong/www/ugh.pdf 20 years old and still enjoyable read, especially if you have a little *nix experience to relate to. . Enjoy! Greg - Original Message - From: "Gustin Johnson" To: "CLUG

[clug-talk] Everything is broken

There was an op-ed piece in the Calgary Herald recently about how most stuff on the internet is held together by gum and bailing twine. The op-ed writer was basing his comments on an article by journalist/ blogger Quinn Norton so I went and read the original article on a website for writers call

Re: [clug-talk] Everything is broken

e like him are doing something about it. Is that not what our community is supposed to be all about? Making things better, not just complaining? Vive le Libressl http://www.libressl.org/ Mel On Wed, 2014-05-28 at 13:17 -0600, Greg King wrote: > There was an op-ed piece in the Calgary Herald

Re: [clug-talk] GPT+UEFI + Windows 7 & Mint 17 dual boot driving me nuts

I have not tried to setup dual boot on a UEFI system. Lately I'm more inclined to install 1 bootable OS and run the rest as VMs. VMWare player works quite well for this on both Windows and Linux. If you must have dual boot, I've heard that various Linix distros have a UEFI certified boot proce

[clug-talk] Linux rules! and continues eliminate the competition

"Linux dominates supercomputers as never before" See article: http://www.zdnet.com/linux-dominates-supercomputers-as-never-before-730890/?s_cid=e539&ttag=e539&ftag=TRE17cfd61 Too bad it can't do the same on the desktop. For example, I just bought a new system with a Gigabyte motherboard and

Re: [clug-talk] Linux rules! and continues eliminate the competition

but they can sure put the sticker on the hardware to designate it as works with Linux 3.0+ for example :-) Cheers Sam On June 29, 2014 Sunday 10:27:17 Greg King wrote: > "Linux dominates supercomputers as never before" See article: > http://www.zdnet.com/linux-dominates-supercompu

Re: [clug-talk] Linux rules! and continues eliminate the competition

ey did, but they can sure put the sticker on the hardware to designate it as works with Linux 3.0+ for example :-) Cheers Sam On June 29, 2014 Sunday 10:27:17 Greg King wrote: > "Linux dominates supercomputers as never before" See article: > http://www.zdnet.com/linux-dominat

Re: [clug-talk] Linux rules! and continues eliminate the competition

st? A live boot would tell you in short order if it would work with your hardware. Why not try it? So far sound has just worked with anything I have tried it with Solyd Linux. Isn't that strange? On Mon, 2014-06-30 at 10:24 -0600, Greg King wrote: > I note from the product sheets tha

Re: [clug-talk] using modern kernels ? 3.X for btrfs or other reasons

I am running 64 bit kernel: Linux HAL 3.13.0-24-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2 23:30:00 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux which comes in the most recent Mint long term support which I like because I don't want to upgrade every 6 months. I also run btrfs on a SSD on this system and have n

Re: [clug-talk] using modern kernels ? 3.X for btrfs or other reasons

21, 2014 8:31:08 PM Subject: Re: [clug-talk] using modern kernels ? 3.X for btrfs or other reasons On Wed, 2014-08-20 at 16:49 -0600, Greg King wrote: > I am running 64 bit kernel: > Linux HAL 3.13.0-24-generic #47-Ubuntu SMP Fri May 2 23:30:00 UTC 2014 x86_64 > x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux &

Re: [clug-talk] Calgary area high-speed ISPs / running your own mail server

I attended a recent talk by Mark Rasch, Legal, Regulatory and Privacy Specialist with Critical Defence, Washington DC, who claimed hosting data in the USA is actually safer than in Canada because of rules the NSA and others must follow to access private data in the USA, but once data is hosted a

[clug-talk] Microsoft and Linux

Microsoft has gone from calling Linux "evil" in the Balmer era to "loving Linux" in the current era (Nadella). See http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/20/microsoft_cloud_event/ . All this week Microsoft has been running seminars on Azure, its cloud offering like Amazon Web services. Today it

[clug-talk] Honeypot anyone?

I got a call today from someone who claimed to be with the "Canada Public Safety Agency" saying my "cyber id" had been traced to spam emails and he needed access to my PC to check it. He gave me a name (probably bogus) and a phone number of an actual federal government agency http://www.public

Re: [clug-talk] tomorrows clug meeting?

I'd love to but I have a conflict - attending preview of Jupiter Ascending movie... Greg - Original Message - From: "Mel Walters" To: "CLUG General" Sent: Tuesday, 3 February, 2015 4:14:55 PM Subject: [clug-talk] tomorrows clug meeting? It's That time of the month again. Who's joining

[clug-talk] Vendor security blues

The link below contains a link to a news story about a stupid and depressing move my Lenovo. I guess this type of thing has been ongoing for a while now. Furthermore, it may not be enough to overwrite the vendor supplied OS on computers but you may have to re-install firmware for all the intern

Re: [clug-talk] graphics card refuses to accept 2 screens but used to do so

Boot up a live distro and see what happens. For me with Mint 17.1 it found both my monitors and automatically configured them. If it works correctly for you then it is a Debian configuration issue, and you can start from there. Greg - Original Message - From: "Ralph Boland" To: clug-t

Re: [clug-talk] DVD Ripper

I think you will find that on Linux all gui based rippers end up running CLI command mencoder to do the actual work. There are lots of examples of how to use mencoder / mplayer if you google around a bit. It has an insane amount of options and reading the man pages is mind numbing, so find some

Re: [clug-talk] error message: failed to wake up the mac chip

If your system has a spare USB port you could just try a USB wireless adapter like: http://www.amazon.ca/Wireless-Adapter-Dongle-Network-Raspberry/dp/B00LTSH12W/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1455220308&sr=8-6&keywords=wireless+usb+dongle I have debugged wireless stuff but don't remember all the steps,

Re: [clug-talk] ubuntu install fail squashfs

I don't know a shop that has a good rep for understanding Linux. You could try the following: 1. verify the .iso that you created the boot media from is not corrupted by running md5sum against the .iso file and comparing the result to the published md5sum from the download site. >md5sum ubun

Re: [clug-talk] Suggestions

I bought a used i7 for ~$400 from these guys and am quite happy with it: http://computerrack.ca/wecs.php?store=comprack&action=category_view&target=557 Mine was a leaseback from SAIT, custom made no name which I like for support reasons. You could add 2x 2TB drives for <$200: http://computerra

[clug-talk] Systems we love

UNIX geeks will probably get a kick out of some talks at a conference in San Francisco recently. It is one long youtube video ~9 hours, but someone who was there index them nicely: Suref to https://blog.bradfieldcs.com/all-the-talks-from-systems-we-love-debcd9cffca#.xdwtttvqn Enjoy. Greg

Re: [clug-talk] problems connecting my computer to a router

If you have a spare USB port you could try something like this: https://www.amazon.ca/TP-Link-TL-WN725N-Wireless-Adapter-Miniature/dp/B008IFXQFU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1482823929&sr=8-3&keywords=usb+network or this if you are a little further away from the router: https://www.amazon.ca/300Mbps-W

[clug-talk] Fwd: In One Week: Calgary, AB

Looks like there is still openings at this event for those interested in SUSE From: "SUSE" To: "Greg King" Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2017 12:38:35 PM Subject: In One Week: Calgary, AB In One Week: Southfield, MI

Re: [clug-talk] fstab: mounting mp3 player

I have no permission problems when I let Linux (Mint/Ubuntu derivative) auto mount my mp3 players. It mounts it into a /media/ directory with all permissions correct: /dev/sdd1 on /media/wgking/ZENSTONE type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush

Re: [clug-talk] fstab: mounting mp3 player

t makes it easier to work with. I am having trouble figuring out what options to use for fstab. Joe On Sun, 6 Aug 2017 23:13:24 -0600 (MDT) Greg King wrote: > I have no permission problems when I let Linux (Mint/Ubuntu > derivative) auto mount my mp3 players. It mounts it into >

Re: [clug-talk] fstab: mounting mp3 player

tab: mounting mp3 player I am using Bunsenlabs On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 21:07:45 -0600 (MDT) Greg King wrote: > It looks like the Linux behaviour is distro dependent. For Linux > Mint, and I assume Ubuntu upstream, directories created in > the /media/ are owned by the . What distro are

Re: [clug-talk] fstab: mounting mp3 player

d=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush,uhelper=udisks2 0 0 I couldn't find an explanation of some of the options on the NET: shortname=mixed, showexec, flush, uhelper=udisks2 Do you have a link to a explanation of these options? On Wed, 16 Aug 2017 23:16:58 -0600 (MDT)

Re: [clug-talk] where to buy second hand computer parts in Calgary?

There used to be a place up by the air museum, can't remember the name, but I think it is now gone. You could try Kijiji or any of the used goods stores like Goodwill or Value Village. They usually have some old electronics, but it will be a treasure hunt to find what you need. Computerrack -

Re: [clug-talk] Need driver for Sound

I had sound problems with Linux on a relatively new MOBO a while back and solved it with an external USB sound adapter like the Vantec USB External 7.1 Audio Adapter https://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX31016 . Worked like a charm. Eventually the sound support showed up in a newer Kernel, b

Re: [clug-talk] Need driver for Sound

How much power does this have; enough to drive a set off stereo headphones? Joe On Tue, 7 Nov 2017 14:58:24 -0700 (MST) Greg King wrote: > I had sound problems with Linux on a relatively new MOBO a while back > and solved it with an external USB sound adapter like the Vantec USB >

Re: [clug-talk] USB On Xubuntu

I had this happen on a similar vintage PC, but it only affected GRUB (once booted, keyboard worked). It turned out to be USB Keyboard/Mouse support in the BIOS was off, but since yours has no PS/2 ports I doubt this the problem. Still I would check the BIOS setting for USB and see if there is a

[clug-talk] Why Linux sucks

I really enjoyed this Linux fest NW talk about the current status of Linux and open source. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVHcdgrqbHE Enjoy! Happy new year everyone! ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug

Re: [clug-talk] network delay loop ?

When I was working with Riverbed WAN accelerators I had a small 2 NIC device that did exactly that - insert configurable network delays to show how the Riverbed product could accelerate/mask network traffic latency. I believe it was call Network Nightmare. I don't know if it went up to 20 minute

[clug-talk] PDP 11/70

I never worked with the PDP hardware but apparently it was the system upon which Unix was originally developed. Now you can have your own PDP-11/70 at a very reasonable cost, the "PiDP-11". http://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-11 Enjoy! Greg ___

[clug-talk] linux.conf.au 2019

I recently watched a few of the sessions from this conference https://linux.conf.au/ held in January 2019 in New Zealand and they were excellent. Sessions have been stored on Youtube and audio/video quality seems excellent. https://www.youtube.com/user/linuxconfau2019/videos Enjoy! Greg

Re: [clug-talk] lenovo thinkpad

My Lenovo Thinkpad T430 (~7 years old) boots up fine in Mint 19.1 based on Ubuntu 18.04 with Linux kernel 4.15. Make sure secure boot is turned off (or legacy boot is on). Mine is set to boot "both" and I am able to interrupt default boot and select a USB with ISO image. I did have to start in

Re: [clug-talk] lenovo thinkpad

and not being able to return if I can't get Linux to work. I would like to stick with Busnsenlabs. I know it and don't have the time to learn something else. I think the hard drive is solid state, 500 G. I can't remember what else. I don't have my receipt handy, so will have

Re: [clug-talk] lenovo thinkpad

- Original Message - From: Patrick Davis To: clug-talk@clug.ca Sent: Thu, 16 May 2019 08:20:53 -0600 (MDT) Subject: Re: [clug-talk] lenovo thinkpad On 2019-05-16 7:34 a.m., Greg King wrote: You may have to tweak BIOS settings. If you have not done any of this before it might be

Re: [clug-talk] lenovo thinkpad

suspect many independent shops would have the same capabilities. The one I visited was https://gobitbybit.ca/ . From: "Greg King" To: "clug-talk@clug.ca clug-talk@clug.ca" Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 3:45:43 PM Subject: Re: [clug-talk] lenovo thinkpad Hmmm. This is a

Re: [clug-talk] Wireless Internet

If you have a cell phone with data, you could "tether" your laptop to it via wifi and use your cell data. Probably easy to blow through many GBs of data on a laptop tho, so beware of cell data overcharges. From: "Joe Shuttleworth" To: "clug-talk@clug.ca clug-talk@clug.ca" Sent: Tuesday, Ma

Re: [clug-talk] [CalgaryUNIX] update to current Mint LTS

I have done both upgrades, but not as "upgrades" per se. My experience is that it is least troublesome to backup your data (twice), backup /etc, note any customizations, wipe the HDD, and reinstall from scratch. Both Mint 18 and 19 run fine on my desktops afterwards. Unless you have TBs of data

[clug-talk] Fwd: My side project doing app analysis

is a chance to delve in, understand, an make your thoughts on the matter known. Greg From: "patrick f king" To: "Greg King" Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 10:48:36 AM Subject: My side project doing app analysis Hi Dad, My side project doing analysis on the government

Re: [clug-talk] Fwd: My side project doing app analysis

[clug-talk] Fwd: My side project doing app analysis While I applaud your sons initiative there is no way I could in good conscience support anything that attacks & compromises peoples rights or privacy. Especially for something like the current environment. On 5/13/2020 1:07 PM, Greg King wro

Re: [clug-talk] online meeting:

I gave up after trying with Firefox and Chrome on Linux Mint desktop. I also tried with a Windows VM but the camera was not connecting. I have done numerous video conferences with Skype and Zoom on my Linux desktop so I suspect the problem is with Jitsi web client. I have had better videoconfere

[clug-talk] Stocking stuffer

I think the system described here has more power than some DATACENTREs I have worked in: [ https://www.admin-magazine.com/News/System-76-Unleashes-World-s-Smallest-Quad-GPU-Workstation?utm_source=ADMIN+Newsletter&utm_campaign=ADMIN_Update_235%3A_Shopping_for_Groupware+_2020-21-10&utm_medium=emai

[clug-talk] Microsoft & Unix

Hi folks, CUUG's next meeting should be an interesting one. Location: Calgary Public Library Central branch 616 Macleod Tr. S.E. Meeting Room "B" (basement) Time: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 5:30 p.m. (

[clug-talk] RE: clug-talk Digest, Vol 9, Issue 40

long time it is mostly still relevant. Regards, Greg King > Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 17:53:53 -0600 > From: Craig McLean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [clug-talk] LPI Training Material Question > To: CLUG General <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

[clug-talk] RE: [Clug-lpisig] LPI - Cramsession Meeting

. Regards, Greg King Home: 403 239-5685 Cell: 403 808-5685 AOL IM: greg2395685 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Cameron Nikitiuk > Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 2:11 PM > To: CLUG; [EMAIL PROTECTED

[clug-talk] Re: RE: [Clug-lpisig] LPI - Cramsession Meeting

ks to Katrina for offering her pad > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Greg King [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: August 17, 2004 7:34 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'CLUG LPISIG'; 'CLUG' > > Subject: RE: [Clug-lpisig] LPI - Cramsession Mee

[clug-talk] RE: [Clug-lpisig] Study Session This Weekend - UPDATE

3:15 or so at the latest and everyone has to leave when I leave. See you all on Saturday. Regards, Greg King Cell: 403 808-5685 > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Cameron Nikitiuk > Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 1

Re: [clug-talk] Log Activity

system - that really makes it hard for intruders to cover their tracks. Regards, Greg King Cell: 403 850-1440 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message: 9 > Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:04:41 -0600 > From: Andrew Graupe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Log Activity > To:

[clug-talk] Theo de Raadt presenting to CUUG

616 Macleod Tr. S.E. Meeting Room "A" (basement) Time: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 5:30 p.m. (snacks) 6:00 p.m. (meeting) Regards, Greg King Cell: 403 850-1440 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __

[clug-talk] RE:bandwidth measurement

MRTG is pretty good, and cacti is even better Regards, Greg King > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:41:19 -0600 > From: Dave Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [clug-talk] bandwidth measurement > To: CLUG General <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL

[clug-talk] Calgary Unix Users Group Open House - Feb 22

and non-profit and we've substantially reduced membership fees. We have monthly meetings to hear guest speakers from academia and industry. Details: www.cuug.ab.ca ---- Regards, Greg King ___ clug-talk

[clug-talk] SSH security ?

ile to try to report this activity to abuse@ whatever domain the IP is coming from? Regards, Greg King ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.p

[clug-talk] Linux hang - active process list - RFC

from the following info why this system was hung/running so slowly? I'm suspecting a memory shortage/leak somewhere. Is there a better diagnostic tool than "top" to run next time this happens? Any ideas welcome. Regards, Greg King

[clug-talk] Upcoming CUUG events

tions. Regards, Greg King ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying

Re: [clug-talk] Upcoming CUUG events

to promote the Stallman event. We hope to fill a large theater, and need to just to break even on this event.  Tell your friends, coworkers, and fellow enthusiasts. I hope to see you all there.   Regards, Greg King ___ clug-talk mailing list clug-t

Re: [clug-talk] Upcoming CUUG events

ux systems." However you word it, Linux users use a lot of GNU software and Stallman made that possible. Regards, Greg King > Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 10:04:11 -0600 > From: "Aaron J. Seigo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [clug-talk] Upcoming CUUG events > To:

[clug-talk] MSFT on Linux / OSS

Some of you might find the Apr 26 MSFT "technical Seminar" interesting. -- Expand Your Knowledge Tour Hear Barnaby speak on the evolution of operating platforms. Gain insights into how Linux and OSS have developed, how they are tested, distributed and more. Explore the Ecos

RE: [clug-talk] MS Presentation

Title: RE: [clug-talk] MS Presentation > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:29:40 -0600 > From: Dave Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [clug-talk] MS Presentation > To: 'CLUG General' > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi

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