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

2022-11-17 Thread Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss
Another nice screen shot utility under linux I was using for a bit is flameshot. It's rather nice, feels a bit heavier than I need so I tend to just use spectacle mostly. -mb On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 1:20 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > Cool,

Re: Google Fi ?? Thanks for the helpful responses ...

2022-11-17 Thread joe--- via PLUG-discuss
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Re: Anyone use Google Fi ??

2022-11-17 Thread AZ Pete via PLUG-discuss
My Family and I have been using Fi for several years. It's reliable, quite reasonably priced and when I have had issues the customer service is very helpful (and polite). I especially like that any unused data at the end of the money is rebated to you ($10/Gb/Mo) I should note that we have

Re: Consumer Cloud Storage for InterOp

2022-11-17 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
Got it. they have those options. On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 5:28 PM trent shipley wrote: > No Stephen, > > I'm saying I don't like administering this kind of thing. I'm willing to > pay a service like $125.00 per year for a terabyte of storage, like I for > for Google Drive, but if I do I want

Re: Consumer Cloud Storage for InterOp

2022-11-17 Thread trent shipley via PLUG-discuss
No Stephen, I'm saying I don't like administering this kind of thing. I'm willing to pay a service like $125.00 per year for a terabyte of storage, like I for for Google Drive, but if I do I want the risk management of my data--including business risk of bankruptcy, protection against data

Re: Consumer Cloud Storage for InterOp

2022-11-17 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
nextcloud has a desktop client for most OS's Win, OX, and Linux of multiple varieties. but it otherwise runs as a website application. If you do not want to run a Linus box it runs well in docker or a vm, and they have ready-to-run images for you. I run it nicely as part of my unlimited hosting,

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

2022-11-17 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Cool, Thanks!! On 2022-11-17 12:57, Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss wrote: 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

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: Dot Local Domains

2022-11-17 Thread George Toft via PLUG-discuss
Yeah - been a while - got distracted by non-tech. Regards, George Toft On 11/17/2022 9:11 AM, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: George Toft, have not seem you in a while.  Thanks for all this feedback. Eventually I will configure DNS on my private net. Love your parental controls!! I hope

Re: Anyone use Google Fi ??

2022-11-17 Thread Steve B via PLUG-discuss
I've been using it for a few years now and have been very happy with it. Spam filtering on phone calls and text messages is superior to the VZW / iPhone I carry for work. Monthly plan is similar to any other provider, maybe even a bit less. Steve On Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 12:21 joe--- via

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

2022-11-17 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
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 Linux, but on W you can't do capture region). On 11/17/22 09:15, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Thanks Michael!! On 2022-11-10

Re: Proxmox

2022-11-17 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Nice, Thank you Stephen!! On 2022-11-17 12:33, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote: I have been loving proxmox for years. Ran it my lab at work with semi production workloads and at home. The big suggestion I have is read up on lxc. Proxmox uses kvm/qemu and you can do a great deal

Re: Consumer Cloud Storage for InterOp

2022-11-17 Thread trent shipley via PLUG-discuss
I enjoy programming a lot and dislike sysadmin (one reason I don't use a Linux desktop more. It's like owning a classic car. You're always tinkering with it. The other is "why won't Word ### run on this!") With that in mind are there any large, stable, reputable companies running nextcloud

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

2022-11-17 Thread Rusty Carruth via PLUG-discuss
If you don't mind a heavy application, I use GIMP for this (on WIndblows and Linux, but on W you can't do capture region). On 11/17/22 09:15, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Thanks Michael!! On 2022-11-10 20:11, Michael Butash wrote: In Spectacle, set the Capture Mode Area to

Re: Proxmox

2022-11-17 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
I have been loving proxmox for years. Ran it my lab at work with semi production workloads and at home. The big suggestion I have is read up on lxc. Proxmox uses kvm/qemu and you can do a great deal with this even if you don't uses containers. The biggest value I can add is use 2 drives if you

Re: Anyone use Google Fi ??

2022-11-17 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
I have friends that use it and the 3 of them I know use it say it is great. On Thu, Nov 17, 2022, 2:21 PM joe--- via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Does anyone here use Google Fi ?? > > How good or how bad is it? > > --- >

Anyone use Google Fi ??

2022-11-17 Thread joe--- via PLUG-discuss
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Re: Consumer Cloud Storage for InterOp

2022-11-17 Thread Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss
+1 for nextcloud. I run a nextcloud instance at work and it is immensely powerful and remarkably straightforward to run. Nginx for me has been easier that apache (nextcloud has pushed me to learn and implement Nginx because of this) but it runs very well this way. If you decide to go this route

Re: Consumer Cloud Storage for InterOp

2022-11-17 Thread Nathan O'Brennan via PLUG-discuss
I have been running a hosted instance (digital ocean) with Nextcloud for years and it works perfectly for this almost exact scenario. It has problems with some hidden files such as .htaccess at times, but otherwise works fantastic. I have abandoned all other cloud platforms for it. Email,

Re: Consumer Cloud Storage for InterOp

2022-11-17 Thread Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss
If you're willing to pay for it, Insync works well on Linux and syncs Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive to your machine, with selective sync and multiple accounts. https://www.insynchq.com/ On Thu, Nov 17, 2022, at 9:56 AM, trent shipley via PLUG-discuss wrote: > In this order I use Windows,

Consumer Cloud Storage for InterOp

2022-11-17 Thread trent shipley via PLUG-discuss
In this order I use Windows, Apple Mac, and Linux Mint. Sometimes I'm working in LibreOffice, or Java, or Python, etc. and I get stuck rotating between all three OSes. I mostly store my stuff or Google Drive, but some on OneDrive. I can access both fine on Windows. Accessing OneDrive from my

Re: Proxmox

2022-11-17 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Thanks!! On 2022-11-17 06:40, Thomas Scott via PLUG-discuss wrote: Proxmox is an ESXi replacement If I recall correctly? So it's a little bit more than Virtualbox. It's installed on baremetal as the HV, vs being installed as an HV on top of the OS. It's incredibly powerful though! Best of

Re: VirtualBox Update 11/15/22

2022-11-17 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Thanks Steve!! On 2022-11-16 12:26, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: techli...@phpcoderusa.com said on Wed, 16 Nov 2022 07:23:45 -0700 any suggestions on a distro to try for my desktop for testing VirtualBox only? Try Void Linux. It's very different from all the Debian-derived distros

Re: VirtualBox Update 11/15/22

2022-11-17 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Thanks Nathan, I was unable to ping Google.com. Did not try it by IP. Keith On 2022-11-16 10:58, Nathan O'Brennan via PLUG-discuss wrote: On Wednesday, November 16, 2022 9:48:27 AM CST Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: On 2022-11-16 07:50, Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss wrote: > Run the

Re: Proxmox

2022-11-17 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Thanks Todd, What is the O/S on the host machines that run VB? Thanks!! Keith On 2022-11-16 10:18, Todd Cole via PLUG-discuss wrote: The virtualbox in the repo is 1 version older than from the website I.E 6-7 I am using vb 7 in 5-6 laptops with guest additions and bridged network on some

Re: Proxmox

2022-11-17 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Thank you for sticking with me and all the help JD!! For some reason VB will not work on Kubuntu 22.04. Or at least I am having a really bad go of it. I tried installing via .deb and via the repository. No Luck. AND this morning I tried to create a VM using Ubuntu 22.04 and it would not

Re: Oracle's VirtualBox RANT

2022-11-17 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
I appreciate all your feedback Steve. VirtualBox was supposed to be an interim step until I could afford a Proxmox machine. I think I will put Proxmox on the computer that was running Windows and died. I need to test the hardware... I think Windows got corrupted and the hardware is fine. I

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

2022-11-17 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Thanks Michael!! On 2022-11-10 20:11, Michael Butash wrote: In Spectacle, set the Capture Mode Area to rectangular region, then you can play with delay if you need to click on something then shoot it in a few seconds. Works like a champ usually, I use it mostly every day. -mb On Thu, Nov

Re: Installing and configuring VirtualBox on Kubuntu 22.04

2022-11-17 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Thanks Nathan!! On 2022-11-09 20:10, Nathan O'Brennan via PLUG-discuss wrote: Hi Keith, You will want to download the VirtualBox Extension Pack from their website, located here: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads It's about half way down the page and says "VirtualBox 7.0.2 Oracle VM

Re: Dot Local Domains

2022-11-17 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
George Toft, have not seem you in a while. Thanks for all this feedback. Eventually I will configure DNS on my private net. Love your parental controls!! I hope to configure a home server in the future. The first time it was so I could say I did it. The second time (future) I hope to

Re: Proxmox

2022-11-17 Thread Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss
Hi Sean, Thanks for the feedback. My needs are simple. I need to configure several LAMP and LEMP severs so I can complete a PHP software project. I need the VM to have an IP on my local network and to be accessible in the browser via it's IP address. Oh and it needs to be Internet aware

Fully automatic install (FAI) isn't automated enough

2022-11-17 Thread Seabass via PLUG-discuss
Hello everyone. I recently tried setting up an FAI server (fai-project.org) to PXE boot an automatic install of Linux to a machine. There is one major problem, in my opinion: It isn't automated enough To use the PXE functionality, one needs to either assign every MAC address in ISC-DHCP

Re: Proxmox

2022-11-17 Thread Sean Roe via PLUG-discuss
I have been using Proxmox for years. It is rock solid as a replacement for ESXi, I use about 20% of the features but it supports clustering and a bunch of other high end features. Install was pretty simple and the upgrades have been pretty simple. I run TruNas as a VM with hardware pass through

Re: Proxmox

2022-11-17 Thread Thomas Scott via PLUG-discuss
Proxmox is an ESXi replacement If I recall correctly? So it's a little bit more than Virtualbox. It's installed on baremetal as the HV, vs being installed as an HV on top of the OS. It's incredibly powerful though! Best of luck. Best Regards, -Thomas Scott On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 4:11 PM Keith