Re: How do I take a partial screenshot in KDE?

2022-11-17 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
scrot -s You then just highlight what you want a pic of. > On Nov 17, 2022, at 12:50, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Thank You Rusty!! > >> On 2022-11-17 12:46, Rusty Carruth via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> If you don't mind a heavy application, I use GIMP for this (on WIndblows and >

Re: AZ Loco still gathering for Installfests?

2022-11-09 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
I can get you guys room at UAT if you want to bring back installfest. You going to run it Seabass? > On Nov 9, 2022, at 15:32, T Zack Crawford via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >  I would maybe volunteer for that sometimes but Sat is not the best day for > me. > > Nov 9, 2022 15:29:39 Seabass via

Re: video editors

2022-09-03 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
KDenlive crashed on me over and over. It made it impossible for me to edit anything over 5 minutes. I bought a license for black magic design and that has solved all my issues. I love it. It’s worth the $180 or whatever. > On Sep 3, 2022, at 6:46 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >

Re: Right now my computer is in the shop.

2022-08-26 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Manjaro is good. > On Aug 26, 2022, at 5:50 PM, T. Zack Crawford via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > I would recommend not Manjaro because it's just a less-good arch linux. > I use Arch Linux. Depends what you're looking for, though. > > > Zack > >> On 22/08/26 05:45PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss

Re: sysctl items not persisting after reboot on Ubuntu 20.04

2022-08-19 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
gt; On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 10:03 AM Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss >> wrote: >> What is the name of the sysctl files? You may want to try renaming them >> something like zzz-mysysctlstuff.conf to make sure they aren’t being over >> written to start? Or are they already n

Re: sysctl items not persisting after reboot on Ubuntu 20.04

2022-08-19 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
What is the name of the sysctl files? You may want to try renaming them something like zzz-mysysctlstuff.conf to make sure they aren’t being over written to start? Or are they already named high enough in the order so it’s a moot point? > On Aug 19, 2022, at 9:52 AM, Shawn Badger via PLUG-discu

Re: Lists for pihole

2021-11-23 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Where do you see the ads? Some, like YouTube, cannot be blocked with pihole at all. > On Nov 22, 2021, at 10:45 PM, Jim via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Recently I bought a raspberry pi. One thing I wanted to do with it was to > run pihole for my local network. I got it installed and workin

Re: Server racks needed

2021-10-24 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
> servers to be emptied out, but free for whoever can come and haul it away. > >> On Sun, Oct 24, 2021 at 9:57 AM Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss >> wrote: >> Basha High School needs a couple server racks. If anyone wants to make a >> donation, let me know, and I’ll

Server racks needed

2021-10-24 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Basha High School needs a couple server racks. If anyone wants to make a donation, let me know, and I’ll put you forward to the person in charge over there. Thanks, Aaron --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe

Re: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/59-million-americans-prohibited-buying-high-end-dell-gaming-pcs

2021-07-27 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Those are some dangerous statements. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/05/06/chinas-greenhouse-gas-emissions-exceed-us-developed-world-report.html If you think little Johnny playing fort nite is going to be the deciding factor versus China producing more pollution than all other developed nations c

Re: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/59-million-americans-prohibited-buying-high-end-dell-gaming-pcs

2021-07-27 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Imagine having to stand on the corner looking for law enforcement as you rush to someone’s car window, hand them a GPU, and they slip you some cash. You pat the door of their car and say “be careful bro” before looking up and seeing a cop car round the corner. Snatching up your back pack you jum

Re: Pi-hole, Linux hosts file and local DNS

2021-07-25 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
You can assign domain names to local services internally using pihole. Yes. I do. > On Jul 25, 2021, at 10:07 AM, Amit Nepal via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >  > If I am understanding your question correctly, you can use pihole to resolve > ips to your local domain names like you can with linux

Re: Electrical costs to run a home web server

2021-07-23 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Please use literally anyone but Dreamhost. > On Jul 23, 2021, at 8:13 AM, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >  > I hit send too soon, All of this hosting aside. I have 3 dedicated servers, > one is a dual Xeon server with 80-some GB ram, it runs as a VM host for all > sorts of

Re: Electrical costs to run a home web server

2021-07-21 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Blake, what device do you use to measure the plug? > On Jul 21, 2021, at 8:19 AM, blake gonterman via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >  > I have a system running 24/7 pulling about 19kWh according to the plug I have > it on. The PSU is about 1650watts in total with about 950w used. > > > > >> On

Re: Steam Deck

2021-07-16 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Well, I tried to login at 10 on the dot and repeatedly hit errors until the site fell down. Hope someone else has better luck! I guess I’ll be waiting for the second wave. > On Jul 16, 2021, at 9:10 AM, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >  > Whatever their faults, Valve/Steam

Re: Steam Deck

2021-07-16 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Preorders open this morning at 10AM AZ time, will cost $5 I think, and you must have previously made a purchase on Steam before June 2021 to qualify. They are trying to keep people from buying all of them up. I am preordering at 10AM if it all works out. There are 3 versions with varying stor

Re: OT: How launch Linux (WSL) in Win10 ?

2021-06-24 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10#install-windows-terminal-optional Don’t use wsl 1 but use 2 if you can help it. > On Jun 24, 2021, at 8:40 PM, Victor Odhner via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > I got a Windows 10 laptop to mesh with some (ech!) Microsoft in a project. >

Re: PLUG chat future options

2021-05-27 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Register with libera chat like you did with freenode. > On May 27, 2021, at 5:55 PM, Kelley Law via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Hi, > > Anyone willing to help me figure out Libera Chat on wee chat? I get this > message when I try to joint #PLUGaz “#PLUGaz: Cannot join channel (+r) - > you

Re: 4U Server Case

2021-05-20 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
I bought mine from Newegg. > On May 20, 2021, at 11:49 AM, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >  > I bought one via amazon recently. I am pleased with the result. > https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0091IZ1ZG/ originally 250. I don't see > it listed anymore. I did spend estra

Re: IRC network takeover

2021-05-19 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
I’ll swing by. I like IRC. I hope we stay with IRC. > On May 19, 2021, at 12:57 PM, der.hans via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > moin moin, > > it seems there's been a takeover of the IRC network we've been using for > years. > > https://lwn.net/Articles/856543/ > > Several of the volunteer staf

Re: looking for file system changes on a shared hosting account?

2021-05-11 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Can you run a cronjob on your server? If not, just get the Wordpress waf plugin and hope for the best. > On May 11, 2021, at 3:25 PM, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > I have had a shared hosting WHM (“reseller”) type account for years, and I’m > constantly getting my Wordpress s

Re: Modular laptop concept

2021-02-26 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Thick thinkpad improvised weapon chads rise up. I can web dev or I can breach a door > On Feb 26, 2021, at 6:32 PM, Matt Graham via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > On 2021-02-26 17:56, Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss wrote: >>> Michael Butash wrote: >>> https://fra

Re: Modular laptop concept

2021-02-26 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
I backed one of these projects and the dude never shipped. His was a modular framework for upgrading a laptop and it ended up getting demolished by shoddy work in the shop they chose in China. I hope this one works out. > On Feb 26, 2021, at 5:04 PM, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss > wrote:

Re: Goodbye Fry's

2021-02-24 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
gt;>> Looks like Fry's Electronics finally bit the dust. :( >>>> On Feb 24, 2021, at 1:05 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: >>> Yeah, nice of them to tell us, the general public, that they >>> were closing their doors. Oh well, now I guess it’s down to >>> Neweg

Re: Goodbye Fry's

2021-02-24 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Finally. Good riddance. Their customer service was the worst. > On Feb 24, 2021, at 1:05 PM, Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Yeah, nice of them to tell us, the general public, that they were closing > their doors. I went up to the Frys electronics last week to shop for some > hardwa

Re: modern xbmc/kodi

2021-02-22 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Mpv. Also. Weird you bring up xbmc. Im rebuilding a generation one xbox right now with xbmc. Lol > On Feb 22, 2021, at 4:58 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > How can we watch tv/movies on the computer like we could with xbmc? > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -

Re: C on Linux or all of Java?

2021-01-10 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Look at Phalcon PHP. It is worth it if you plan to contribute to PHP or use Phalcon. > On Jan 10, 2021, at 3:58 PM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >  > > Hi, > > I'm a PHP dev. I am wondering about the value of learning C on Linux. > > This is probably too wide of a question, ho

Re: Nextcloud photos backups

2020-11-21 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
You can’t use the web interface to download the files / folder in bulk and then choose to delete after diffing those folders to a file to see what it does? I would probably do that. > On Nov 21, 2020, at 1:41 AM, der.hans via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > moin moin, > > I have an old experieme

Re: Usable screenshot tools

2020-11-02 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Scrot. scrot -s file.png > On Nov 1, 2020, at 11:12 PM, Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >  > On the developer side, it gets rid of a lot of the old cruft from the 20+ > years of development and compatibility that's required of such an old > project. From what I can tell, the concep

Re: OS/2 box and CDs need a new home

2020-10-27 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
If they don’t want it and you need a last resort, I’ll take it. I will put it on the shelf with my ps2 Linux and my suse box. > On Oct 27, 2020, at 8:27 AM, Joe Gibbs via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists

Re: messed up network manager.

2020-09-14 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
You can severely break your computer doing this. You might need to reinstall your OS. Seriously. I’m warning you. Have back ups. Make sure you are wired to the internet. Have back ups and be ready for that OS to be replaced. Don’t do it on WiFi. sudo apt-get remove --purge network-manager sudo

Re: KMS but AMDGPU And Black Screen

2020-08-18 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1594488 Set amdgpu.dc=0 in bios and it will work but without hdmi sound. > On Aug 18, 2020, at 4:09 PM, Nathan (PLUGAZ) via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >  > > > Did you get this resolved? > > > > I often use nomodeset when setting up my systems in

Re: partition size.

2020-07-10 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Probably larger than a megabyte but smaller than 15 petabytes. Maybe. > On Jul 10, 2020, at 11:06 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > How big does a file system partiion need to be? > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list

Re: non-admin GUI deb installs

2020-06-06 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Synaptic right? > On Jun 6, 2020, at 2:59 PM, der.hans via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > moin moin, > > Is there a way to allow users to install and uninstall packages from the > GUI? > > I do it by starting an xterm and having sudo rules for apt :). > > But, I would like to give someone clicky

Re: COVID-19 OSS help desk

2020-04-26 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
No idea. I demoed the site and told people they could sign up but no one said if they did > On Apr 26, 2020, at 3:12 AM, der.hans via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Am 31. Mar, 2020 schwätzte Aaron Jones so: > > moin moin Aaron, > >> Going to advertise this to my students. > > Do you know if a

Re: Computer camera Zoom?

2020-04-23 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Logitech hd1080p > On Apr 23, 2020, at 12:49 PM, mike enriquez via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > >  > I have Ubuntu and I would like to attach a camera so I can use "Zoom". Can > anyone in the group give me the name of a good camera? > > Thank You. > > Mike Enriquez > > -

Re: buckling spring keyboards

2020-04-17 Thread Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss
Get one from Germany. They call them Cherry. Google it. Best keyboard. > On Apr 17, 2020, at 9:53 PM, Jim via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > I've decided I want one of the buckling spring keyboards. Would I be better > off buying a new one from unicomp or one of the used IBM model M keyboards? >