Re: [OT] Any experience with Cisco Meraki switches?

2025-01-14 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Eeeew! Yeah, it seems that some of the big players have hopped on the remote ransomware bandwagon when it comes to networking equipment. I have a Netgate firebox here that required such when running their OS. I replaced with PFSense and now have a firewall worthy of the name: practically unhac

Re: Do I Need to Use a Network Switch / How to Configure

2024-11-21 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
I found a few good 8 port links’s commercial grade switches at a local goodwill (in original packaging complete with power supply. Could be had for about $7. Similar items can be had at Walmart or Best Buy for about $60. Since inventory at any of the local goodwill stores changes rapidly, YMMV o

Re: what command should I issue?

2024-08-11 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Hey guys, I always have this in mind when dealing with CLI based apps: Command When it comes to file type operations, the above formula works rather nicely and keeps me from committing major mistakes. Sometimes, the destination argument is not needed and the optional pipes argument allows

Re: sudo in general, and not requiring password in particular (was Re: trouble adding my user to sudoers list)

2024-07-09 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Well, if you want it short, sweet and easy to remember, use “root” or if you want it to be harder for someone else to guess but easy enough to remember, use “r007” as the command and then use this in the script to report sudo has been disabled: “SUDO has been disabled by system administrator. Pl

Re: sudo in general, and not requiring password in particular (was Re: trouble adding my user to sudoers list)

2024-06-29 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
NO WORRIES FROM THIS END RUSTY. As a general rule, I use sudo only for very specific tasks (usually updating my development package tree on OS X) and no where else will I run anything as root. I have seen what happens to linux machines that run infected binaries as root and it can get ugly pret

Re: kaspersky

2024-06-25 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Nope! I saw that situation coming about 10 years ago. Also, wouldn’t trust AVAST or other similar eastern EU products for much the same reason. -Eric From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Software Insecurity Dept. > On Jun 22, 2024, at 8:02 PM, wheelie207 via PLUG-discuss > wrote

Re: trouble adding my user to sudoers list

2024-06-25 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Yeah, right! Sorry, but AI in any form just won’t replace a human with any real experience. -Eric From the Central Offices of the Technomage Gild, Human Relations Dept. > On Jun 25, 2024, at 6:01 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > then I remember that a PLUG member mentioned ChatGPT

Re: OT Humidity, was time off

2024-06-21 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Hey guys, Actually, our current lack of water (and the current drought were in), as part of a 550 year-long cycle. This particular cycle started somewhere between 1982 and 1986 with one of the driest years we had, sometime in the last 10 years. And yes, this heat wave that we’re suffering throu

Re: Ignore him, correct him offlist, or killfile him and move on

2024-06-20 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
. >>> Thank you for allowing us to lurk on your list and ask silly >>> questions. >>> Keith >>> On 2024-06-20 06:14, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: >>>> And thank you Keith for your words! I wish I could remember >>> meeting >>>> y

Re: Ignore him, correct him offlist, or killfile him and move on

2024-06-18 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Guys, I am totally blind, and that’s partly due to traumatic brain injury back in 1989. I’ve also had my moments where I am exceedingly curse when it comes to some subjects. I also tend to be a little bit obsessive, compulsive, and that happens to be the autistic side of my nature which I’ve ha

Re: VMware Workstation Pro: Now Available Free for Personal Use

2024-06-18 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
I’m going to have to check with a few people I know on a couple of other mailing list such as Blind – apples and [MacVisionaries]. Those guys have missed around with VMware on Apple equipment (which I happen to be running currently) and they’ve been able to use Lennox with a screen reader from i

Re: Modular laptop concept

2024-06-18 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
I would like to try one of these, but I’m not sure how much they cost. Also, are these windows or Lennox and if Lennox, will they run the screen reader orca? If Windows, will they accept NVDA? If other, what accessibility options are available. I’d like to get one of these just as a test case to

Re: is there any way to fix this drive?

2024-06-11 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
u. looks interesting. So they say there is a linux version but when > I go to download it only the apple version shows. What's the deal? > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 6:53 PM Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss > mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> > wrote: > You could

Re: is there any way to fix this drive?

2024-06-11 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
So they say there is a linux version but when > I go to download it only the apple version shows. What's the deal? > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 6:53 PM Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss > mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> > wrote: > You could always use disk drill.

Re: is there any way to fix this drive?

2024-06-11 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
You could always use disk drill. I use that for any supported filesystem I have here (including NTFS, EXFat, HPFS (many of thee BSD’s use this), OS X journaled FS and many more. It can recover, under limited circumstances even a partition table. -Eric From the Central Offices of the Technomage

Re: HAM help in West Valley sought

2024-06-01 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
rth. You're > likely not going to get "full replacement cost" from the other person's > insurance, you're going to get the current value of the equipment when it was > destroyed, as if you were to have sold it on eBay for instance. > > I would still talk to a l

Re: HAM help in West Valley sought

2024-06-01 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
And exactly on what money am I supposed to do this? Just about everyone on this list knows my circumstances and just how very unlikely it is going to be for someone on a disability income (in my case, less than $1k a month) to be able to afford even a cheap attorney Between the medical debt I h

Re: will windows fit?

2024-05-30 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Heh, windows (AKA Win Blows) has always been bloatware without any real dedicated app organization. At least with apple, the bloatware factor as some sense to it (every app contains a copy of it’s own libs and other data files). Windows doesn’t even do this right. Linux managed to have most of

Re: HAM help in West Valley sought

2024-05-30 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
I wish I had a ham station to maintain myself. unfortunately, most of my ham gear was destroyed June 27th, 2023 in a house fire that spread from a neighbors back yard (where he was improperly charging 2 e-bike lithium batteries in direct sunlight). The insurance for the house has specifically ex

Re: wsl

2024-05-23 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
. > On May 21, 2024, at 8:02 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > wsl won't work. I need to have access to an optical drive. So I need to wait > until I can get a dedicATED LINUX BOX. > > On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 10:22 PM Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss > mailto:pl

Re: wsl

2024-05-21 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Um, Given you are on a windows box, wouldn’t it be easier to run VMWare or some other virtual machine platform? I do that here on my OS X system when I need linux (and ORCA screen reader). Sure, macports (the unix and linux like ports software library) can be useful without having to deal with

Re: WordPress moving away from PHP to JavaScript

2024-04-20 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Yeah, Java scripts a bit of a PITA, especially when it comes to accessibility technology. Also, depending on the machine, it can use up resources, fast, cause memory leaks, and a lot of other issues. Also, unless WordPress decides to add additional code for accessibility (which there are class o

ISO rack to hold a few 1U devices

2024-02-17 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Hey guys, I am hoping to find a single rack mount frame to hold a 1U firebox firewall and a few switches. Anyone got one laying around? -Eric --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change yo

Re: Rules of the road for HTML for the visually impaired

2023-09-01 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Well, Screen readers still operate primarily in a serial fashion, although with many changes since 8 years ago. The VoiceOver screen reader can read in either serial or Dom mode. Also, one can look for landmarks, windows spots, static text, characters, words, paragraphs, images and the like. Voi

Re: Slow Windows Box

2023-07-16 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote:sorry to hear about your room.On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 12:01 AM Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:Keith, Sorry for the late response, but have been in between living arrangements since a fire took out my room at home (y

Re: Slow Windows Box

2023-07-15 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Keith, Sorry for the late response, but have been in between living arrangements since a fire took out my room at home (you may have seen it on the news on 27 June). There should be some system maintenance tools that will allow you to clear out old cruft files in the system folders, temporary i

Re: To Firewall or Not To Firewall

2023-05-10 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
whenever I use an unknown net work (be at public, hotel, coffee, shop, McDonald’s, etc.), I always use a firewall on the laptop without exception. I also use a VPN. No sense giving anybody any ammunition to use against you later. There’s a reason why you should not trust public networks. You don

Re: formatted USB to ext4

2023-01-20 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
t seems that when I formatted my devices to ext4 it made them read only. > How did you format them? I think that because after I set partition type to > msdos and format to ntfs the device acted as normal. > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2023 at 7:21 AM Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss > mailto:plug

Re: formatted USB to ext4

2023-01-19 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
GPT is definitely preferred for anything over 32GB as that will allow for greater filesystem size. I routinely set that flag on any device I have that requires access above the 32GB 32 bit limitation. Since that covered virtually all devices in my inventory now, it’s just prudent to set it this

Re: usb marked as read-only

2023-01-16 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
;mailto:bmi...@gmail.com>> wrote: > lovely, my 32gb ultra is toast. I started gparted to see if I could format it > and the square showing the partitions and usage is gray (as well as the file > system icon). > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 7:16 PM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss

Re: usb marked as read-only

2023-01-16 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
I had one of those a few years back. I had many of the same issues and it turned out that it had failed because there were no left over sectors that could be written after marking bad and choosing spare. Also, the flashing light after eject is an indication that the firmware has suffered a fatal

Re: Skills for the future

2022-11-30 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
H, Well, considering that the fed has many of the same types of people in charge as they did in the 1970’a and the 1930’s, the result is going to be the same. They may call it something different, but at the end of the day, it’s still government control of a fiscal system that should have ve

Re: software to edit dvds

2022-11-03 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Um, that’s actually a copyright issue, not one involving alterations. Frankly, if you own the physical media, you can do anything with it so long as you don’t share it with others. That means up to, and including, making a physical backup or Digital copy for your machine. I believe this might fa

Re: secondary hard drive

2022-10-04 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Well, it’s a bit complicated. Yes, an external drive can be used in this fashion. However, if there is a problem (like say the drive not being connected), it could cause the boot process to fail or hang. Also, at what point are the mount points initiated? If after the driver module load, then n

Re: Opportunity

2022-08-17 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
I am not going to argue politics, especially on this list. However, I do ask that you dismiss all the pundits on both sides, go out and do your own research. Just an honest opinion on my part, I don’t think you are going to like what you see. -Eric From the Central Offices of the Technomage Gui

Re: Domain Registering and Hosting/Website Funny Business

2022-07-24 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
ckly for your sad song. > > -mb > > > On Sun, Jul 24, 2022 at 10:03 AM Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss > mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> > wrote: > Since it appears that GD isn’t being helpful, get a copyright lawyer (you > might even be able to find one on

Re: Domain Registering and Hosting/Website Funny Business

2022-07-24 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Since it appears that GD isn’t being helpful, get a copyright lawyer (you might even be able to find one on legalshield.com for cheap) and go after both the new host owner and GD for a DMCA violation. My experience has been if such is done and it looks like it might be a good case, the hosting p

Re: Need help speeding up a backup

2022-07-16 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Mark, This sounds a lot like you are on a USB 2.0 enabled port. It’s that or there is something a bit off about your external drive that you are backing up to. I have had recent experience with so-called cheap external backup devices, including a 1 TB external SSD and several external 1 and 2 TB

Re: FREE HARD DRIVE DRIVES (HDDs)

2022-06-08 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
since > they already asked about it, but I'll give them to anyone who shows up first. > > Thanks, > Alexander > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S22+ > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2022, 16:33 Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss > mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> >

Re: FREE HARD DRIVE DRIVES (HDDs)

2022-06-07 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
What part of the valley? I might be able to get a ride if I just know where. -Eric From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Parts acquisition dept. > On Jun 7, 2022, at 1:10 PM, Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > 12 DELL Enterprise SAS 2TB. > > Bought them "refurbish

Re: flv to mp4

2022-04-17 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
> I have been using ffmpeg. How do I set it up for 480 and also 720? > > On Sun, Apr 17, 2022 at 1:44 AM Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss > mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> > wrote: > Well, there are some command line tools you can use like ffmpeg. Also, there > is a

Re: flv to mp4

2022-04-16 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Well, there are some command line tools you can use like ffmpeg. Also, there is a linux version of Handbrake that can convert just about any video/audio streaming format to mp4. You can then set it up for either 480p or 720p depending on your machines display requirements. -Eric From the Centra

Re: cyber war / moving back to Linux

2022-04-16 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Anyone remember the old Cold War mentality: defense in depth? That’s how I treat security here. The router has a firewall, the managed switch after it has dedicated subnets on each port with their own firewall rules. Each machine has it’s own firewall in place. I use all three major platforms he

Re: ransomeware

2022-03-07 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
I use OS X here for most of my ops. I have linux for some things and windows for those things that can’t be run on either OS X or Linux. Most definitely don’t browse the web on windows unless I have no other choice. Right now, have a current backup of all of my OS platforms, so if the unthinkabl

Re: Items for sale

2022-01-02 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
uss > wrote: > > Depending on where you are in town I may be able to get it closer to where > you are if that helps. > I will be in the 19thave and Thomas area on Thursday afternoon. > Let me know > > On Sun, Jan 2, 2022 at 12:58 AM Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss > mailto:p

Re: Items for sale

2022-01-01 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
I am interested in the machine (listing 2). I would have to talk to the room mate and see what I can get in the way of a ride. It certainly would be nice to move a lot of my external storage over to a server box. -Eric From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Technology Acquisitions gro

Re: ntp

2021-12-26 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
I had problems with those silly watch type batteries. So, my solution, which I have done to every machine of the desktop variety I have ever owned, was to take out said battery, wire in a AA holder and insert some rechargeable. Since it isn’t that hard, it turns out to be a low cost over time so

Re: Handbrake, Flatpak and Pop OS

2021-09-05 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
It should so long as you have the proper driver support for BluRay. Believe me, I have an entire library of DVD’s that I have collected over the years and I simply wished to have them electronically available for the room mates here. It was easy enough to rip them and place them on a 10TB HDD. L

Re: Handbrake, Flatpak and Pop OS

2021-09-01 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Um, why don’t you install VLC instead, then use it to rip the DVD’s into large raw files. At that point, you can then use handbrake to properly compress them to suitable size. There is an export function under the file menu for VLC that gives a lot of options for type and coding. -Eric From th

Re: Servers need a home

2021-08-31 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
You come get them and > they're yours. > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 03:26 Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss > mailto:plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org>> > wrote: > Wish I had the money. I could use something like that for cluster management > or SAMBA storage. > > -

Re: Servers need a home

2021-08-31 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Wish I had the money. I could use something like that for cluster management or SAMBA storage. -Eric From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Equipment procurement Dept. > On Aug 20, 2021, at 7:57 AM, Shaun Anderson via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > > > > I work for an IBM Buiness Pa

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

2021-08-06 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Hopefully, you get that package working correctly. And yes, PLUG is involved in politics at a grass roots level. There is no way that anyone can completely outlaw Linux anywhere on the planet. Far too many of us would end up going underground. Sure, we would use windows on our public facing int

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

2021-08-06 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
yeah. Btw, if anyone ever realized what went into so-called “green technologies”, they would be sick and then start screaming about how they were lied to. To begin with, anything that uses metals of any kind in it’s technological base is not green. Anything that uses long chain hydrocarbon compo

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

2021-08-01 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
G-discuss > wrote: > > Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss said on Tue, 27 Jul 2021 22:53:09 -0700 > >> So, guys, nice little debate we all got snagged into here because of >> some state regulations that would prevent nearly 60 million people >> from owning technologies that

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

2021-07-28 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
lopment is by direct global action in the form of > military might. > > Meanwhile, I'd be interested in hearing your age. I'm 71, so I don't > have a dog in this fight: I'll be safely in my grave before this thing > is more than an expense (hurricane insurance

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

2021-07-28 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
takeovers or industrial espionage)? Um, China. Btw, these are all proven and verifiable facts. -Eric From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, data acquisition and verification Dept. > On Jul 28, 2021, at 1:13 AM, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Eric Oyen via PLUG-

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

2021-07-27 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
27, 2021, at 9:52 PM, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss said on Tue, 27 Jul 2021 21:22:33 -0700 > >> It is also interesting that those very same states that push EV’s also >> have not upgraded their power systems in quite some time. Californ

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

2021-07-27 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
It is also interesting that those very same states that push EV’s also have not upgraded their power systems in quite some time. California is the leader on this list of shame with rolling blackouts and brownouts each summer. They also want to put up more windmills, off shore! Talk about throwin

Re: The Framework Laptop is now shipping!

2021-07-23 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Got an idea of how much they cost? I have an old Dell here with a semi-broken keyboard and windows 7. I need something newer. If I can find a replacement internal keyboard for the dell, I will slap linux on it and call it good. Otherwise, I will need a newer machine for some things that I do. -

Re: Electrical costs to run a home web server

2021-07-23 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
l182 0.0782 0.0076 0.00059432 > 0.01426368 2.59598976 > > > > > > Grand Total 6.3321984 > > > Brian Cluff > > On 7/21/21 3:50 PM, Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> Back when I ran a home server on my Athlon X2 with 1500

Re: Electrical costs to run a home web server

2021-07-21 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
er cool, cool your house > reasonably in the summer and more so during the monsoons? > > > On 2021-07-21 15:50, Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> Back when I ran a home server on my Athlon X2 with 1500 W supply, the >> machine never drew that much. Even with several disks spinn

Re: using a thumb drive as a partition.

2021-07-21 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
I use many of mine here as a write once and read many. Basically, my entire multimedia library (all legally acquired of course) sits on 5 256 GB drives. They are all USB thumb drives and the only time they are accessed is when I want to play a movie or music locally. They are almost as fast as a

Re: Electrical costs to run a home web server

2021-07-21 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Back when I ran a home server on my Athlon X2 with 1500 W supply, the machine never drew that much. Even with several disks spinning, 8 VMWare instances going and a few other goodies, that machine never drew more than 600w at maximum. I kept it live 24/7 for a few years and it added less than $1

Re: LFS

2021-07-19 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
orldwide. So how can it > be proprietary. > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2021, at 09:48, Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> Because of some secondary dependencies that are probably needed. And >> yes, someone has already made the comment about it being bloated. >> However, I disagree

Re: LFS

2021-07-19 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Because of some secondary dependencies that are probably needed. And yes, someone has already made the comment about it being bloated. However, I disagree as Gnome is fully accessible to the blind and is compatible with the dozen or so known screen readers for the blind. KDE, However, is not. It

Re: Running/managing my own server

2021-07-11 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
You can also use virtual environments like VMWARE. I did this for a long time here at home and had success with it. I had one bare metal machine with 32 GB of ram, 2 core CPU and half a terabyte of storage spread across 10 drives. That machine ran easily 8 VMWare instances with linux ubuntu bein

Re: boy am I glad I have a basic understanding of linux thanks to you guys.

2021-07-04 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
day of the week). -Eric From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Historical records Dept. > On Jul 4, 2021, at 7:49 AM, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss said on Sat, 3 Jul 2021 15:00:25 -0700 > >> Yep, >> Some of us even

Re: boy am I glad I have a basic understanding of linux thanks to you guys.

2021-07-03 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Yep, Some of us even have experiences going back to kernel .099. :) wow, it’s been almost 30 years. -Eric From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Time management Dept. > On Jul 3, 2021, at 2:28 PM, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Not wasted. Especially so if you le

Re: PLUG chat future options

2021-05-28 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
I am known as @N7zzzt via mastodon.social. I can probably follow from there. -Eric From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Dept of chat services. > On May 28, 2021, at 12:34 AM, der.hans via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Am 21. May, 2021 schwätzte der.hans via PLUG-discuss so: > > moin

Re: IRC network takeover

2021-05-20 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Hmmm, someone find out what hardware is needed to host it, and help me to get it and I can host from my business class circuit here. Hell, with a bit of help, I can probably even run it as a VMware instance on a machine I have sitting here doing nothing. -Eric From the central offices of the Te

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

2021-05-11 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
How about this: Run an md5sum on all files as part of a script. Have the file date and time as part of the filename. Then have the md5sum file sent to you and run diff across it. You can schedule this via a crontab and have it run every hour. Now, what I might include in the script is an ls tha

Re: ISPConfig

2021-05-10 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Hmmm. It seems to me like ISPConfig might be a bit more than needed for running a home server or two. Now, as for my situation, I also am on a cox business class circuit (recently upgraded to 100 Gbits/sec downstream and 20 Gbits/sec upstream. The Nighthawk brand router I have in place for my f

Re: terminal accessibility

2021-04-29 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Ok, Terminal is a bit hit or miss when it comes to ORCA reading it. BrlTTY is far better for terminal operations outside of a GUI. As for Emacsspeak, it can run as a shell, but I am not sure how complete it would be. Fenrir might be better at this sort of thing. I haven’t had much of a chance to

Re: Thanks for your help when I ran out of room

2021-04-21 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
h. Well, the Seagate 10 TB drive I have is 3 years old and still chugging. However, windows won’t see it and only OS X and Linux will even do anything with it. However, given recent experiences with other “brand name” drives, I am starting to think that perhaps having a number of USB flash d

Re: FLOSS Stammtisch tonight @ 19:00

2021-03-16 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
In there right now just waiting. I know its a couple of hours yet, but if anyone wants in early, I can be around for conversations. -Eric From the central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Social media dept. > On Mar 16, 2021, at 3:16 PM, der.hans via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > moin moin, > >

Re: Password managers

2021-03-09 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Too bad there isn’t an equivalent to apples keychain access. Through the cloud account, I can synch passwords among all my apple devices (can’t do so with either linux or windows. Then again, I use that utility as a backup for my brain. So far, I have 307 memorized passwords in my head. :) Btw,

Re: New to the List and Linux

2021-03-04 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Does your chrome book units have external USB ability? If so, then installing an extra OS that can be run from a USB drive should work. -Eric From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, New hardware acquisitions dept. > On Mar 4, 2021, at 9:05 PM, JD Austin via PLUG-discuss > wrote: >

Re: accessibiliy questionaire

2021-03-04 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Well, guess what? I attempted to fill in the questionnaire only to have the edit boxes not respond in any of the browsers I use on OS X. That’s an accessibility fail right there. Btw, only 2 browsers on OS X are certified to work with VoiceOver: Chrome and Safari. Now, I haven’t tried this in w

Re: Goodbye Fry's

2021-02-24 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
; >> 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 >> hardware. The shelves w

Re: Goodbye Fry's

2021-02-24 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
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 hardware. The shelves were almost bare, but prices were still at pre-covid levels. About the only indication that things were happening was the stor

Re: local tech support job at Hyperion Works

2021-02-22 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Hey! I’ve done all that just maintaining a home based LAN with several machines, 2 all-in-one printer/scanner/fax machines, a couple of RaspberryPi modules and yes, even windows, OS X and some true UNIX. The last one has to be done by ssh as there is no real accessibility for the blind in most o

Re: compromised passwords

2021-02-04 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Then I must be an unusual case. I have 307 distinct passwords in my head and because of some of the characters used, they don’t translate to Braille at all. However, what makes my scheme so friendly for me, yet extremely difficult to guess is how I create them. Also, in the last 10 years, I have

Re: OT: Off topic ... Hi from an old timer ... plus, a Question

2021-02-02 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Well, I unbundled from phone and cable tv as I don’t use them much. I use cox business internet here with guaranteed bandwidth (according to contract). At $86 monthly, it gives me access to anything else I might need (like streaming services, voice over IP, etc). For the cost of cable tv, I can

Re: Help with clam on access scanning

2020-12-17 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
You may have to check and see if the .txt extension is one of the ones that can be set for scan on access. Since I haven’t used the Clam in a very long time, I am not sure if any of the old advanced options are still in there. -Eric From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Infrastructur

Re: FREE ELECTRONICS

2020-11-22 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Just shot you a text. :) -Eric > On Nov 22, 2020, at 4:38 PM, Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Hello World! > > I just cleaned out the "Tech Dresser" in my home office, and I have 3 plastic > shopping bags with assorted cables. Most are in great condition, some are in > go

Re: unusual file copy problem

2020-11-22 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
A few questions here: 1. Are they “running instances” of an OS? 2. If so, can you use SSH/SCP between them 3. Any other networked application (console type) like RSync or similar that can be used? Otherwise, unless you have root access to the original image, I am not sure what else you can do.

Re: pulseaudio, analog sound output, and WHAT?

2020-11-20 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Oh joy! I really wish the developers had not taken this route with pulse audio. Because of this, I have had no end of issues when trying to output screen reader audio to my headphones using a standard stereo audio output. My machine has SpDIF and HDMI outputs as well as analog, yet I have not b

Re: Mac DDR4 Memory for free

2020-11-20 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Which type of Mac. The MacBook series, Mac mini, iMac, etc? Inquiring minds want to know! -Eric From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Acquisitions dept. > On Nov 18, 2020, at 4:19 PM, Daniel Stasinski via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > Hey all. I have a package containing an unused T

Re: Why Gnome?

2020-11-10 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
One of the points mentioned here was for the visually impaired. I happen to be the only totally blind active member here and I found that gnome (among some of the other GTK based DM’s) to be highly accessible. The fact that it can be navigated and interacted with strictly by keyboard makes it th

Re: Linux Memory (again)

2020-11-10 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Oh yeah, and win blows 10 is also an accessibility FUBAR, especially if the windows explorer program dies, then the stupid start bar won’t work. -Eric From the Central Offices of the Technomage Guild, Dangling Accessibility Dept. > On Nov 9, 2020, at 2:57 AM, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss > wro

Re: Linux Memory (again)

2020-11-08 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Yeah, It isn’t just on linux where some of these apps have issues. OS X also sees a lot of the same issues (I never maintain more than 4 open tabs of Chrome and I don’t bother with Firefox as it’s an accessibility nightmare under VoiceOver screen reader). About the only DM’s in linux where the O

Re: Raspberry Pi uses on a home network

2020-09-12 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
platforms. -Eric From the central offices of the Technomage Guild, Informatics Dept. > On Sep 11, 2020, at 4:05 PM, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Sep 2020 13:13:52 -0700 > Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss wrote: > >> There is another use for the RaspberryPi

Re: Raspberry Pi uses on a home network

2020-09-11 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
listed above. -Eric From the central offices of the Technomage Guild, RF Engineering Dept. > On Sep 11, 2020, at 4:05 PM, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss > wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Sep 2020 13:13:52 -0700 > Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss wrote: > >> There is another use for the Ra

Re: Raspberry Pi uses on a home network

2020-09-11 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
There is another use for the RaspberryPi that I have found. I use an SDR here (Software defined radio) and the Pi is perfect for running the control software for network connections to the device. The software (available on all platforms) is called AirSpy. The pi is perfect for projects like thi

Re: Which audio/video formats are best and why?

2020-05-12 Thread Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss
Try VLC media player. It will just about play anything and can even convert formats. Btw, the oldest is still the best. I convert everything I ever get to MP4 video with AAC 5.1 surround sound with stereo backward compatibility. This allows me to chrome cast it, or play on any device capable of