Twice in the last week we've had incidents where I needed to contact my
wife and couldn't. We have cheap crappy cellphones but they are so old
that they don't work well (e.g. won't hold a charge, terrible coverage,
etc) so we don't ever take them with us.
I'm afraid I'm going to have to get
On 06/14/2013 06:32 AM, David Rysdam wrote:
Twice in the last week we've had incidents where I needed to contact my
wife and couldn't. We have cheap crappy cellphones but they are so old
that they don't work well (e.g. won't hold a charge, terrible coverage,
etc) so we don't ever take them
The latest Androids seem to require MTP(?) to transfer files between it
and a remote system. Some do the connection only over bluetooth, some
over the USB cable.
Not all Linux systems support the MTP protocol version required by Android.
I do know that some of the older Linux MTP versions DO NOT
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 7:14 AM, Bruce Dawson j...@codemeta.com wrote:
The latest Androids seem to require MTP(?) to transfer files between it
and a remote system. Some do the connection only over bluetooth, some
over the USB cable.
Must be a new thing.
I got an Android last year, version
On 6/14/2013 6:32 AM, David Rysdam wrote:
Twice in the last week we've had incidents where I needed to contact my
wife and couldn't. We have cheap crappy cellphones but they are so old
that they don't work well (e.g. won't hold a charge, terrible coverage,
etc) so we don't ever take them with
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On 06/14/2013 06:32 AM, David Rysdam wrote:
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Here's my Linux-related question: What smartphones will I have the least
amount of trouble with if I need/want to connect them with my Linux
computer? Presumably Android, but maybe not. Or possibly
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/06/more_on_feudal.html
FWIW before Google when there were lots of search engines, one company
bragged that you could toggle to ignore robots.txt. It was considered
highly unethical and I think the company suffered.
robots.txt is just like the yellow
I have an android tablet. I've never used the USB for anything other than
charging. I do everything over WiFi
My videos are on a DLNA/UPnP server on my fileserver. Music I have a DAAP
server. Books I have on Calibre with the web server. I have
samba/nfs/sftp/http servers to access files on
What smartphones will I have the least amount of trouble
with if I need/want to connect them with my Linux computer?
If by connect you mean move photo/movie/sound/ringtone/etc
files between host and phone then I'll echo Curt's response.
My by-now-ancient DroidX2 behaves perfectly with USB
It is a new thing - I'm running a Nexus 4 with 4.2.2; kernel 3.4.0-...
When I plug in the USB, I'm given two Connect As choices:
1. Media Device (MTP)
2. Camera (PTP)
The PTP is supposedly for older systems.
Unfortunately, my Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) system needs non-default software
to use
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Michael ODonnell
michael.odonn...@comcast.net wrote:
OTOH, if by connect you mean use the phone as my computer's
Internet connection (AKA tethering) that's a much more
interesting - and usually expensive - matter. I've been
curious about Clearwire as a
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Tom Buskey t...@buskey.name wrote:
robots.txt is just like the yellow line on the highway. Having everyone
honor it is what keeps you from having a 50 mph head on collision but the
line won't do anything to prevent it.
Well put. It's an element of the
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Bruce Dawson j...@codemeta.com wrote:
It is a new thing - I'm running a Nexus 4 with 4.2.2; kernel 3.4.0-...
When I plug in the USB, I'm given two Connect As choices:
Media Device (MTP)
Camera (PTP)
This is because some new phones don't have a separate SD
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Bruce Dawson j...@codemeta.com wrote:
Rather frustrating - I'm pretty sure the average user would not be able to
figure this stuff out unless they were using a windows system or a Mac.
I have an iPhone through work.
When I plug that into my Linux box, it
When I plug that into my Linux box, it automounts, but there
is nothing there. Plugging into my work Win7, the iPhone also
automounts, but I get the directory with any photos taken by
the iPhone. [...] A conspiracy?
My phone presents multiple USB mass-storage devices so it's
possible yours
There is a lady on the BLU list who is converting a client from MS
Access to either LibreOffice base or OpenOffice base. Her issue is that
the online documentation is either too basic or overly technical. I'm
not 100% sure what level of help she needs in this case, but possibly
she may need to
On Fri Jun 14 9:37 , 'Michael ODonnell' michael.odonn...@comcast.net sent:
I've been curious about Clearwire as a possible solution to mobile
Internet - anybody have any experience with them?
I have a coworker who works remotely from a rent an office in Colorado. Swears
by the Clearwire
Michael ODonnell michael.odonn...@comcast.net writes:
What smartphones will I have the least amount of trouble
with if I need/want to connect them with my Linux computer?
If by connect you mean move photo/movie/sound/ringtone/etc
files between host and phone then I'll echo Curt's response.
On 06/14/2013 11:06 AM, Michael Nolin wrote:
On Fri Jun 14 9:37 , 'Michael ODonnell' michael.odonn...@comcast.net sent:
I've been curious about Clearwire as a possible solution to mobile
Internet - anybody have any experience with them?
I have a coworker who works remotely from a rent an
On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 6:44 AM, James A. Kuzdrall gnh...@intrel.com wrote:
Question: How did Google get the link? gnhlug is a public bulletin board,
but doesn't Google promise not to search email content?
http://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.user-groups.linux.gnhlug/
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Jerry Feldman g...@blu.org wrote:
There is a lady on the BLU list who is converting a client from MS
Access to either LibreOffice base or OpenOffice base. Her issue is that
the online documentation is either too basic or overly technical.
Just like Microsoft
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