Purpose of primary and secondary user groups

2018-12-29 Thread Ipsen S Ripsbusker
Aside from compatibility, what is the purpose of primary groups, compared to secondary groups? Said otherwise, why do we have both primary and secondary groups rather than only secondary groups? Yet another phrasing: Why do I need to set a primary group?

Re: Advice on Security Cameras

2019-01-01 Thread Ipsen S Ripsbusker
On Tue, Jan 1, 2019, at 17:46, Elias M. Mariani wrote: > I know that is a little off-topic but maybe someone knows about a good > brand of cameras. See uvideo(4). Linux has more options, including cameras of better video quality. I run GNU/Linux on one computer in order to use a Logitech BRIO. O

Re: Advice on Security Cameras

2019-01-01 Thread Ipsen S Ripsbusker
On Wed, Jan 2, 2019, at 04:22, Nick Holland wrote: > Yes, I'd suggest an OpenBSD gateway to a commercial DVR security system > rather than rolling your own, if it is really to be a security system > (as opposed to maybe a, "who's at my front door?" or "what are the local > wildlife doing when I'm a

Running stuff when a network becomes available

2019-03-11 Thread Ipsen S Ripsbusker
I want a few things to happen as soon as I get an internet connection after not having had one. For example, if I am offline during a long bus trip with a 40-minute transfer but I manage to find a coffee shop with internet access during the transfer, I want to run the things the moment I get access

hw.ncpu=1, hw.ncpuonline=1, hw.ncpufound=4

2019-04-07 Thread Ipsen S Ripsbusker
My hw.ncpu and hw.ncpuonline are less than my hw.ncpufound. I tried setting hw.smt, but that alone was apparently not enough. What should I do if I want to use all 4 CPUs? Also, now that I have realized this, I have a theory about a related issue, and I would like to know how I can debug it. I am

Re: hw.ncpu=1, hw.ncpuonline=1, hw.ncpufound=4

2019-05-27 Thread Ipsen S Ripsbusker
7, 2019 at 01:54:35PM +0000, Ipsen S Ripsbusker wrote: > > ... > > Also, now that I have realized this, I have a theory about a related > > issue, and I would like to know how I can debug it. I am using softraid > > CRYPTO, and I have found that accessing the disk with one p

Re: hw.ncpu=1, hw.ncpuonline=1, hw.ncpufound=4

2019-05-28 Thread Ipsen S Ripsbusker
Thank you I was not aware of the security issues of hw.smt. Fortunately, things are fast enough without it, and I'm setting up a true multicore AMD system soon. On my hypothesis about CPU usage competition, I was using "interrupt" in the sense that doesn't involve computers. For example, suppose

Re: Evernote Alternative?

2019-06-28 Thread Ipsen S Ripsbusker
What specifically do you like about Evernote, and why?

Re: Evernote Alternative?

2019-06-28 Thread Ipsen S Ripsbusker
On Fri, Jun 28, 2019, at 17:09, Chris Humphries wrote: > Sure, a native client (like nixnote2) aren't available on OpenBSD is > my primary motivator. > > ... These are the things you dislike about Evernote. What do you like about Evernote?

Re: Evernote Alternative?

2019-06-28 Thread Ipsen S Ripsbusker
I realized that you did mention what you liked in your first mail. > I keep a lot of my brain in Evernote, and having a replacement is a > big productivity boost for me. I mainly want a way to categorize notes > into categories/labels/notebooks, be able to view all notes in that > category/label/n