Re: [PLUG] Alternative Meeting Locations

2023-01-25 Thread Mark Allyn
I thought we meet at PSU. On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 10:22 AM Michael Dexter wrote: > All, > > On 1/25/23 6:57 AM, Kevin Williams wrote: > > Alternative meeting locations would be fine. Are we thinking this for > the March meeting and after? Are we still good for a 6:30 start time at the >

Re: [PLUG] OBS studio: using scenes

2021-03-03 Thread Mark Allyn
If I am not mistaken, there have been some weird bugs with OBS on Ubuntu that can result in blank screens. My own problems were with capture of the X terminal windows. I read somewhere that it may have to do with the GPU drivers. I can suggest that if you are using Nvidia, to please use the Nvidia

Re: [PLUG] Testing Zoom-linux

2021-01-28 Thread Mark Allyn
Also, what about this thing called OBS Ninja? On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 9:13 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jan 2021, Ben Koenig wrote: > > > Some of the comments made by their marketing idiots about linux market > > share was beyond stupid. > > Ben, > > Theoretically how would one measure

Re: [PLUG] Recommend a cheap-when-stopped VM provider?

2021-01-09 Thread Mark Allyn
it. > > Another alternative is to use powerful vm instance when needed, change it > to the cheapest one when not in use. > > Tomas > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2021, 19:58 Mark Allyn wrote: > > > How do you define 'not running'? With linode, if you power down the node

Re: [PLUG] Recommend a cheap-when-stopped VM provider?

2021-01-08 Thread Mark Allyn
How do you define 'not running'? With linode, if you power down the node but not delete it, it is still be charged. On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 1:54 PM Bill Barry wrote: > On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 2:22 PM Eric House wrote: > > > > I've been using Linode for a few years (since SpiritOne got hijacked)

Re: [PLUG] Recommend a cheap-when-stopped VM provider?

2021-01-08 Thread Mark Allyn
I am also on Linode. But I have friends on AWS. Sure, the AWS mainline dashboard is confusing, however everyone I know use the Lightsail series of VPS nodes. They apparently are far easier to provision and understand. On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 12:36 PM wes wrote: > what has your experience with

Re: [PLUG] Free Geek Remote Volunteer & Internship

2020-12-06 Thread Mark Allyn
Vince: I would be interested only in the volunteer position. However I do need to point out that I only speak English and all I have are computers running ubuntu linux and Windows. I do not have a phoen or tablet as I have no coverage. The only phone I have is a landline and I have Google Voice.

Re: [PLUG] Free Geek Remote Volunteer & Internship

2020-12-04 Thread Mark Allyn
Vince: Is this something that can be done remotely all the time? I am in Bellingham, Washington. I used to volunteer there in person when I lived in SE PDX. Richard Seymour was there at that time. On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 3:49 PM Vince Winter wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I am posting to see if

Re: [PLUG] PC Engines group order

2020-11-05 Thread Mark Allyn
I am curious, what is the advantage of this over Raspberry PI 4, which seems to be the SBC of choice these days? Mark Allyn On Thu, Nov 5, 2020 at 2:00 PM Paul Heinlein wrote: > On Thu, 5 Nov 2020, Russell Senior wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > Over at Personal Telco Pr

Re: [PLUG] Whether to host one's own email these days?

2020-09-21 Thread Mark Allyn
it's doing. So, I decided that the effort is not enough. I shut down email and then signed up with Google's gmail. So far, since this is just me for my personal email, Google does fill the bill. This has been my experience. Thank you Mark Allyn Bellingham, Washington - Original Message

Re: [PLUG] Serious linux malware

2020-08-18 Thread Mark Allyn
, don't download random > executable files, etc. > > -Ed > > ___ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___

[PLUG] Help with Jack, Alsa, and Pulse sound issue

2020-08-12 Thread Mark Allyn
If not, and I am totally barking up the wrong tree, then I can tell my customer that this is a no go and that we would have to do something else. Thank you all for your help! Mark Allyn Bellingham, Washington IT & Sound for Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship -- Mark Allyn Bellingham,

Re: [PLUG] Is There Anyone Here Who Is Familiar with Jack and Alsa and Pulse Audio?

2020-08-11 Thread Mark Allyn
Thank you, Tom. Now I need to try to do as detailed write up on the problem as possible. This one is a real nitch of a problem. Mark - Original Message - From: "Tom" To: plug@pdxlinux.org Cc: "Mark Allyn" Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2020 8:54:11 PM Subject: Re: [P

[PLUG] Is There Anyone Here Who Is Familiar with Jack and Alsa and Pulse Audio?

2020-08-11 Thread Mark Allyn
Folks: I am getting stuck on an issue involving Pulseaudio, Jackd, and Also on a Ubuntu environment, but before I go into the details, I want to know if there is anyone here who is familiar with all three of these? Thanks Mark Allyn -- Mark Allyn Bellingham, Washington www.allyn.com

Re: [PLUG] Video Editing Software

2020-07-04 Thread Mark Allyn
Simple - OpenShot Incredibly complex but very powerful - Blender Mark Allyn - Original Message - From: "Michael Barnes" To: "Portland Linux/Unix Group" Sent: Saturday, July 4, 2020 1:10:25 PM Subject: [PLUG] Video Editing Software Looking for suggestions on vi

Re: [PLUG] Security headaches

2020-05-03 Thread Mark Allyn
up a request for a phone number they can text a code to, but I don't have a phone that can take text messages. And why would I want to give them my phone number, anyway? ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listin

Re: [PLUG] Recommendations monitor repair?

2020-04-08 Thread Mark Allyn
FreeGeek? (I remember doing this kind of stuff when I was a volunteer before blowing to coop to Bellingham Mark Allyn Bellingham, Washington - Original Message - From: "Russell Senior" To: "Portland Linux/Unix Group" Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 1:44:24 P

Re: [PLUG] Online reading ... Re: Ripping audio cds

2020-04-06 Thread Mark Allyn
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Re: [PLUG] Question on Zoombombin

2020-04-06 Thread Mark Allyn
tps://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362003 You've got some excellent questions, and they do appear to have a support team ready to receive them. As a support tech at a data security company, I'm curious to know how willing they are to resolve these types of problems. -Ben On Sun, Apr 5, 202

Re: [PLUG] Question on Zoombombin

2020-04-05 Thread Mark Allyn
g question for Zoom's customer service team, since allowing other users to see your IP opens up some severe privacy concerns. Personally I'd be interested just to know how they respond to such a question. -Ben On Sun, Apr 5, 2020 at 6:09 PM Mark Allyn wrote: > Folks: > > I don't know i

[PLUG] Question on Zoombombin

2020-04-05 Thread Mark Allyn
? Thank you Mark -- Mark Allyn Bellingham, Washington www.allyn.com ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug