Re: Lenovo ideapad 710S-13IKB bios/boot issue

[Amichai Rotman]

>> ps. The camera still does not work, but it does not work in Linux
either. So maybe it was already broken when I bought
>> the computer second-hand. Now I'll need to find and buy a small camera
that can be attached to it.

Before you go too far, take another look at the BIOS setting. A common tip,
back in the day, was to disable the camera from the BIOS. It should be
somewhere under the "Integrated Devices" menu...

Amichai Rotman


On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 at 19:07, Gabor Szabo  wrote:

> In the end I created a USB with Ubuntu 20.04 and installed it in the empty
> partition that was already set aside for Linux.
> This configured grub so it now has a menu in which I can select either
> Windows or Linux.
> It also changed the BIOS so now I have a bootable entry for Windows as
> well as for ubuntu.
> The former gets me in Windows directly, the latter show the grub menu.
>
> All that after changing the disk from RAID to AHCI in the BIOS.
>
> Thank you all for your help!
>
> Gabor
> ps. The camera still does not work, but it does not work in Linux either.
> So maybe it was already broken when I bought
> the computer second-hand. Now I'll need to find and buy a small camera
> that can be attached to it.
>
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Re: Hebrew file names in Libreoffice

[Amichai Rotman]

It might be a permissions problem on the "kde-link" file.

I haven't used KDE for years now, so I don't know where to look. In unity,
all launchers are in the ~/.config directory.

Amichai

‫בתאריך יום ה׳, 16 באוג׳ 2018 ב-13:41 מאת ‪Shachar Shemesh‬‏ <‪
shac...@shemesh.biz‬‏>:‬

> On 16/08/2018 12:30, Shlomo Solomon wrote:
>
> After more research, I'm pretty sure this is a KDE-Libreoffice
> interaction problem, but don't know how to solve it. Here's a summary of
> what I know and tried - #6 is really interesting/strange.
>
> 1 - click on a Hebrew file name - libreoffice says file does not exist.
> 2 - click on Libreoffice icon + try to open a Hebrew name - same result
> 3 - run libreoffice from command line - works OK
> 4 - sudo libreoffice also works OK but that's a BAD solution
> 5 - created a KDE "link to application" and chose "run in terminal" -
> libreoffice says file does not exist
> 6 - created a KDE "link to application" and chose "run in terminal"  +
> "run as a different user" - KDE asks for a password and libreoffice
> works OK.NOTE: As the "other" user I chose my regular username!!!
> 7 - I read that the libreoffice-kde can cause problems so I
> un-installed it, but that didn't help (and it made a mess of the file
> open/save dialogue).
>
>
>
> As I already wrote, locale is set to en_US.UTF-8
> solomon@shlomo1:~$ localectl
>System Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8
>VC Keymap: n/a
>   X11 Layout: us
>X11 Model: pc105
> solomon@shlomo1:~$ locale
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
> LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
>
>
>
> At this point, if you run libreoffice from the command line, does it then 
> work?
>
>
>
>
>
> BTW - is there any significance to the fact that some of the above
> lines say  "en_US.UTF-8"  and others en_US.UTF-8?
>
> Any help would be appreciated
>
>
>
> Those with the quotes are inferred.
>
> For me, the problem was that some of those lines said "en_IL.UTF-8", which
> is a locale that does not exist.
>
> Shachar
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Using Scribus DTP with Hebrew

[Amichai Rotman]

Hi All,

I'd like to try translating a Linux related magazine that uses Scribus  [1]
as their DTP ( I get the original Scribus file in English).

I know this issue was addressed a few years back and I wanted to know where
things are right now with Scribus Hebrew Support...

Thanks,

Amichai Rotman

[1] https://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus
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Local FreeCAD LoCo?

[Amichai Rotman]

Hi Guys and Gals,

A friend of mine switched to Linux recently and he wants to use FreeCAD.

He is in his 70s and he is looking for anyone in Israel for help using
FreeCAD.

He prefers the frontal approach, rather than exchanging e-mails.

Any of you uses / knows  FreeCAD or know of someone who does?

Thanks,

Amichai.
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linux.org.il

[Amichai Rotman]

Hey all,

I'd like to do something with the linux.org.il domain.

How can I get access to it?

Amicai Rotman
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Linux Resources in Hebrew?

[Amichai Rotman]

Hey,

Maybe I am not looking hard enough, but, with the exception of Whatsup, I
cannot find any Linux resources for the Hebrew speaking Linux novice user -
or Linux user to be

Am I wrong?

Amichai
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[OT] [Job Offer] IT Service for a Small Office

[Amichai Rotman]

Hi all,

This is kinda Off Topic because the client is using M$ Windows, and not
Linux :-(

I turn to you for advice because I am looking for an IT guy (or Girl) to
provide technical support for a small office in Kfar Saba.

This is a very low maintenance office...

If you're interested, contact me off-list for more details.

Amichai
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Hebrew Translation of Computer Terminology

[Amichai Rotman]

Hi all,

Is there an up-to date list of the Hebrew translation for computer related
terms?

I am referring to a standard list of terms for computer components in
Hebrew, i.e. CPU, RAM, Hard Drive etc.

If such a list exists, where do I find it?

Thank you,

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Our Very Own OpenDNS

[Amichai Rotman]

Hi All,

I was thinking it would be nice to have our very own Israel specific
OpenDNS-like service.

The existing service will not filter (AFAIK) non-english sites.

Thoughts?

Amichai Rotman
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Golan Telecom POS Computers

[Amichai Rotman]

Hi all,


Can any of you tell me which company services Golan Telecom's Point of Sale
computers?

It seems they run Linux Mint 17.3

Thanks,

Amichai Rotman
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Re: Open Source Physical Access Control Solutions in Israel?

[Amichai Rotman]

​Specifically,

I am loking for an Open Source solution with a local re-seller for
controlling entry to the youth club using physical swipe cards (magnetic or
RFID).

Cost is an issue since the club is short on funding...

It would be nice if I can make it a project for the kids to work on

Hope I made myself clearer!

Amichai Rotman ​

2017-10-03 12:44 GMT+03:00 Michael Shiloh <michaelshiloh1...@gmail.com>:

> What do you mean exactly by physical access control system? Are you
> referring to making access to the building easier for those with
> physical limitations? If so,Tikun Olam Makers might be a good starting
> point
>
> If you refer to physical computing, Arduino is readily available at
> various locations in Israel. (Disclosure: I work very occasionally for
> them)
>
> Or do you mean something else?
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Amichai Rotman <amic...@iglu.org.il>
> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I volunteer at a youth center and they are looking for a physical access
> > control system for the youth center.
> >
> > Any of you know of an Open Source system that has a reseller in Israel?
> >
> > I would like to make it a project for the kids to build using a
> Raspberry PI
> > or something like that...
> >
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Amichai Rotman
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Open Source Physical Access Control Solutions in Israel?

[Amichai Rotman]

Hi,

I volunteer at a youth center and they are looking for a physical access
control system for the youth center.

Any of you know of an Open Source system that has a reseller in Israel?

I would like to make it a project for the kids to build using a Raspberry
PI or something like that...


Thanks!

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iglu.org.il alias bounces repetedly

[Amichai Rotman]

Hi all,

I am writing to the list because I don't know who takes care of it today:

My main e-mail address is amic...@iglu.org.il

I am getting error messages from various mailing list and my work e-mail
server stating the messages are bouncing...

How do I fix this?

Thanks!

P.S.: if you get an error, you can mail me directly to my Gmail address
(where the alias is pointing): poder.pingu...@gmail.com

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Re: OT: Israeli domain names

[Amichai Rotman]

I am happy with DomainTheNet.

I have one .co.il domain. I pay 80 NIS /Year and manage everything via
their Web Site. No papers and no phone calls

Amichai Rotman

2017-07-31 10:34 GMT+03:00 Efraim Flashner <efr...@flashner.co.il>:

> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 09:42:52AM +0300, Gabor Szabo wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am a bit late bird, but as my domains start to expire I have to move
> > them away from ISOC. I thought to give a try to BezeqInt (VirtualNest)
> > as I don't know any of the others either.
> >
> > Apparently I cannot do the transfer online. I need to fill out some
> > paper(!) forms.
> > I talked to a representative. She told me I will also need to call
> > them for renewals as that cannot be done via the website either.
> >
> > Finally she told me the cost is 100 NIS for the transfer and 250 NIS /
> > 2 years for the domain name. I have not seen any of these prices on
> > their site (I saw there 69 NIS / year) so I was rather shocked.
> >
> > What is your recommended registrar for Israeli domain names?
> >
> > regards
> >Gabor
> >
>
> I've been using peligon and hosting my site and DNS at digital ocean, I
> haven't tried migrating my domain. I've been able to renew my domain
> several times online without a problem.
>
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Re: Internet recommendations

[Amichai Rotman]

I am very happy with Triple C's Triple @ 40Mb.

Their Internet is fast and stable and their service is quick and
professional.

I bought my own VDSL2 MODEM/Router (A TP-Link 9970WD I think).

Amichai.

2017-07-20 0:48 GMT+03:00 Rabin Yasharzadehe :

> I can't recommend XPhone, I tried them just after the "רפורמה הסיטונאית"
> started, and my VPN connections  were dropping constantly, I retuned to BBL
> after 2 days, and I'm with them ever since. over the past 5 years i think i
> had one issue with them, it was seems they were hijacking DNS traffic, my
> router is configured to use Google Public DNS servers (8.8.8.8) and so all
> my machines in the LAN, but some direct query's were failing (or not
> returning a consistent result), so eventually after having a long
> conversation with the LEVEL1 and then LEVEL2 support I find out that they
> enabled some "CyberWall" service on my account, so I requested to removed
> it, and I have no problems ever since.
>
> my 2c.
>
> --
> Rabin
>
> On 19 July 2017 at 11:18, sara fink  wrote:
>
>> Geoff,
>>
>> I am connected to xphone and bought myself a modem-router with vectoring
>> support for faster speeds. I bought from yad2 tp-link
>> TD-W9970
>> 
>>
>> xphone are ok. I pay 69nis/month
>>
>> just pay attention  to whom you pay the money, because there is a
>> difference between the payment even for the same deal. If you pay to bezeq
>> it's more expensive. If you pay to xphone it's 69.  Now I think they have a
>> deal of 89 nis with free installation.
>> If the installation in the apartment is done and you don't need a visit
>> from the bezeq technician then start directly with xphone. If you need the
>> installation the visit of bezeq technician will cost you something (or just
>> even opening something in the box outside the house). So in this case if
>> you want to free technician/installation you should first start paying to
>> bezeq for a month or 2 (depends on the deal) and then switch paying to
>> xphone or other ISP that you prefer. Nasty game unfortunately.
>> .
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 5:00 PM, Geoff Shang 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Thanks everyone for your recommendations, both on list and off.  I
>>> really appreciate them all.
>>>
>>> Firstly, it seems Unlimited is not available in our area, so that's no
>>> longer a consideration.
>>>
>>> We contacted Bezeq today about their offerings, and they mentioned a new
>>> business-class service called Secure Internet (in Hebrew).  It's 50/5 mbps
>>> as opposed to the regular 100/3 mbps, and is a good deal more expensive,
>>> but comes with certain service guarantees (this is a business service).
>>>
>>> You can use it with any ISP, but they recommend Bezeqint, Tripple C or
>>> Xphone.
>>>
>>> I recall hearing good things about Tripple C, possibly from here, and I
>>> also got a recommendation about them just now from a lister.
>>>
>>> We are tempted to go with this Secure Internet and Tripple C.  I haven't
>>> been able to find anything about this secure thing online, and would be
>>> interested to know if anyone here knows anything about the service,
>>> particularly its technical aspects (you can't ask sales reps this sort of
>>> thing).
>>>
>>> Apparently this service uses different equipment (they said something
>>> about Checkpoint).
>>>
>>> Also thanks for the info re third-party modems/routers.  I wasn't aware
>>> this was an option (I've had no luck finding VDSL modems in the past), so
>>> will definitely look at this.
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>>
>>> Geoff.
>>>
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Re: [LibreOffice 5.3/Ubuntu 17.04] Culmus Fonts not detected

[Amichai Rotman]

Can any of you do the magic so this package becomes available for
installation from the Ubuntu Repos?

Thanks!

Amichai

2017-06-27 20:14 GMT+03:00 Boruch Baum :

> If Dov is correct and your results are superior, let me know when you
> upload yours for public distribution and I'll immediately delete my
> repository with a link to yours.
>
> On 2017-06-27 19:28, E.S. Rosenberg wrote:
> > I converted to OpenType using Adobe FDK and the fonts work in
> LibreOffice.
> >
> > 2017-06-27 15:12 GMT+03:00 Dov Grobgeld :
> > > Though I haven't followed the story closely, you should note that this
> > > conversion is problematic. Converting to OpenType while retaining the
> Type1
> > > outlines would have been a better idea, if OpenOffice supports it.
> > >
> > > Here's a relevant link that describes the problem in Type1→TTF
> conversion:
> > > https://blog.idrsolutions.com/2014/06/3-reasons-font-
> converter-type-1-truetype/
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אוגוסט פינגווין

[Amichai Rotman]

נסגרה רשימת המרצים?

היה לי רעיון להרצאה...

עמיחי רוטמן
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Re: Building a Linux-based Game Machine

[Amichai Rotman]

Thank you, Geoffery,

Would it be better to make it a MAME Machine?

Amichai

2017-06-13 15:25 GMT+03:00 Geoffrey Mendelson <geoffreymendel...@gmail.com>:

> Get an actual graphics card. Nvidia are the best. Make sure your power
> supply can handle it.
>
> You probably will have to install Windows on it. There are not of games
> that actually run on Linux.
>
> Tip. Go to the Micrsoft Windows download page on your phone. It will give
> you a link to download an iso file. The link can be used anywhere and is
> good for 24 hours.
>
> When you install windows, you will be asked for an activation code. Hit
> enter with no code. You then have 30 days to delete windows or buy a code.
> Buy a real code from a reputable vendor, not an oem code from eBay or an
> online vendor.
>
> Geoff.
>
> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017, 14:44 Amichai Rotman <amic...@iglu.org.il> wrote:
>
>> Hey All,
>>
>> I'd like to build my own Linux-based Game Machine, for the kids.
>>
>> Their original request was a Console Machine (Sony PS4) but I thought I'd
>> educate them with the Libre Software values...
>>
>> I didn't realize how hard it will be!
>>
>> They saved up their allowance and bought the following:
>>
>> Asus H10 Mini ATX Motherboard/
>> Intel i5 CPU w/integrated GPU
>> 2X8 GB DDR4 RAM
>> 256GB SSD
>> 2X SteamControllers
>>
>> My original idea was to install SteamOS on it. It wouldn't install - got
>> a black screen after the first boot.
>>
>> I ended up installing regular Ubuntu 16.04 and Steam client.
>>
>> I am not a Gamer, so I find it hard to configure the Steam Controllers
>> and finding games - and make them work.
>>
>> My kids are 11 and 12 years old, and don't have the skills necessary -
>> yet...
>>
>> A friend from work told me to cut my losses and buy them the PS4 with a
>> couple of controllers and thus get rid of the head ache...
>>
>> I am kinda tired of this - the whole thing started last September. Almost
>> a year ago!
>>
>> I am writing to you with hope that one of you out there will be willing
>> to come over and help me out with making it work.
>>
>> I live in Haifa.
>>
>> Any thoughts / pointers / ideas / constructive criticism will be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Amichai Rotman.
>>
>>
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Building a Linux-based Game Machine

[Amichai Rotman]

Hey All,

I'd like to build my own Linux-based Game Machine, for the kids.

Their original request was a Console Machine (Sony PS4) but I thought I'd
educate them with the Libre Software values...

I didn't realize how hard it will be!

They saved up their allowance and bought the following:

Asus H10 Mini ATX Motherboard/
Intel i5 CPU w/integrated GPU
2X8 GB DDR4 RAM
256GB SSD
2X SteamControllers

My original idea was to install SteamOS on it. It wouldn't install - got a
black screen after the first boot.

I ended up installing regular Ubuntu 16.04 and Steam client.

I am not a Gamer, so I find it hard to configure the Steam Controllers and
finding games - and make them work.

My kids are 11 and 12 years old, and don't have the skills necessary -
yet...

A friend from work told me to cut my losses and buy them the PS4 with a
couple of controllers and thus get rid of the head ache...

I am kinda tired of this - the whole thing started last September. Almost a
year ago!

I am writing to you with hope that one of you out there will be willing to
come over and help me out with making it work.

I live in Haifa.

Any thoughts / pointers / ideas / constructive criticism will be
appreciated.

Amichai Rotman.
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Help configuring Multiboot from ISOs

[Amichai Rotman]

Hello all,

I am trying to set up a desktop kiosk-style computer at my local Library,
based on Ubuntu.

My idea is to have a regular desktop mainly  for browsing the Web, but I
would also like it to be able to reboot into an ISO by clicking an icon on
the Launcher.

I specifically would like to use the Linux Gamers.net [1] and another ISO
compressed as squashfs and using syslinux to boot.

I am having trouble configuring the GRUB2 menu
​ ​
entries to boot these as ISOs and I have no idea how to create a launcher
to boot the computer to the ISOs.

The computer isn't strong enough for a VM...

[1] http://live.linux-gamers.net

Thank you,

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This Programmer Hacked His Coffee Machine To Brew Coffee Using Command Line

[Amichai Rotman]

חשבתי שזה יכול לעניין אתכם

https://fossbytes.com/programmer-hacked-coffee-machine-brew-coffee-using-command-line/
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Re: iba.org.il programs

[Amichai Rotman]

I am using Ubuntu 16.04 with the latest Google Chrome and have no problem
watching at the following URL:

http://www.iba.org.il/vod/

Amichai


2016-06-06 12:18 GMT+03:00 Shlomi Fish :

> Hi all,
>
> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Noam Meltzer  wrote:
>
>> what browser / flash plugin are you using?
>> the default firefox/flash combination contains an antiquated flash plugin
>> as Adobe stopped developing the flash plugin for linux.
>> they do however develop the flash plugin for chrome(/chromium) so if you
>> use that browser, every version of it comes with the latest and greatest
>> flash plugin.
>> (obviously all the above refers to linux. :-) )
>>
>>
>>
> The newer version of the Flash Plugin for Google Chrome was also made
> available for Firefox and possibly other browsers - see
> http://www.webupd8.org/2014/05/fresh-player-plugin-pepper-flash.html .
> Note that using Adobe Flash, of any version, is not recommended due to its
> proprietary nature and its poor security record. See:
> http://www.shlomifish.org/open-source/anti/Adobe-Flash/ .
>
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Israeli FLOSSers Directory?

[Amichai Rotman]

Hi all,

Is there an searchable directory of all people working with FLOSS in Israel?

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to search this DB for, say, all PHP coders
in Haifa?

I am willing to help put it together.

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Re: Entering Shortcuts While in Hebrew Layout - LibreOffice on Ubuntu

[Amichai Rotman]

Didn't work for me. it isn't LibreOffice specific. It's related to the way
Unity deals with text entry...

Amichai

2016-04-18 11:22 GMT+03:00 E.S. Rosenberg :

> For libreoffice (other applications differently)
> Tools -> Options -> Language Settings -> Languages, check the Ignore
> system input language option
>
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/1246583/comments/63
>
> 2016-04-17 13:08 GMT+03:00 Shlomi Fish :
> > Hi all,
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 11:32 AM, Kobi Zamir 
> wrote:
> >>
> >> On fedora 23 with libre office 5.0.5.2 copy/paste on hebrew keyboard
> works
> >> without problems.
> >>
> >
> > Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V work without problems in libreoffice-5.1.2.2-3.mga6
> while
> > using the Lyx Hebrew keyboard on Mageia v6 x86-64 in Xfce.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > -- Shlomi
> >
> > --
> > --
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> >
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Re: Entering Shortcuts While in Hebrew Layout - LibreOffice on Ubuntu

[Amichai Rotman]

The problem is with Unity's text entry, not LibreOffice.

Can someone tell us how to change it effectively for Hebrew?

Amichai
On Apr 17, 2016 1:09 PM, "Shlomi Fish"  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 11:32 AM, Kobi Zamir  wrote:
>
>> On fedora 23 with libre office 5.0.5.2 copy/paste on hebrew keyboard
>> works without problems.
>>
>>
> Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V work without problems in libreoffice-5.1.2.2-3.mga6
> while using the Lyx Hebrew keyboard on Mageia v6 x86-64 in Xfce.
>
> Regards,
>
> -- Shlomi
>
> --
> --
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Re: ביצוע תיאום מס באתר המיסים

[Amichai Rotman]

Thank you all!

Accessing the sit using Firefox did the trick...

Amichai

בתאריך 22 בפברואר 2016 בשעה 13:56, מאת Rabin Yasharzadehe <ra...@rabin.io>:

> Open the `Developer Console` and goto the network tab,
> clean the log before pressing the "חשב" button, this should give a better
> overview what really is happening.
>
> - also try and change/fake the user-agent string and see if that help in
> any why.
> - my guess is that there is some JS not hooking.
>
>
--
Rabin

2016-02-21 20:46 GMT+02:00 Amichai Rotman <amic...@iglu.org.il>:

> שלום חברים,
>
> צר לי שאני כותב בעברית, אך אין לי מושג איך להתייחס לנושא באנגלית (וגם אין
> טעם):
>
> אמא שלי עברה ללינוקס. היא מנסה למלא את הטופס המקוון לביצוע תיאום מס[1].
> לאחר הזנת כל הנתונים, היא לוחצת על כפתור "חשב" ו כלום לא קורה. הדפדפן
> מנסה ליצור קשר עם השרת (Waiting for www.misim.gov.il...) לעד...
>
> היא עובדת עם דפדפן כרום בגרסה האחרונה (48.0.2564.109 (Official Build)
> (64-bit)) על אובונטו 14.04.4 64Bit.
>
> אני בטוח שדובר פה רבות על הנושא בעבר. אשמח לעדכון ופתרון, אם יש...
>
> כמובן שבתמיכה ​אמרו לה לנסות עם Exlorer..
>
> תודה,
>
> עממיחי רוטמן
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ביצוע תיאום מס באתר המיסים

[Amichai Rotman]

שלום חברים,

צר לי שאני כותב בעברית, אך אין לי מושג איך להתייחס לנושא באנגלית (וגם אין
טעם):

אמא שלי עברה ללינוקס. היא מנסה למלא את הטופס המקוון לביצוע תיאום מס[1].
לאחר הזנת כל הנתונים, היא לוחצת על כפתור "חשב" ו כלום לא קורה. הדפדפן
מנסה ליצור קשר עם השרת (Waiting for www.misim.gov.il...) לעד...

היא עובדת עם דפדפן כרום בגרסה האחרונה (48.0.2564.109 (Official Build)
(64-bit)) על אובונטו 14.04.4 64Bit.

אני בטוח שדובר פה רבות על הנושא בעבר. אשמח לעדכון ופתרון, אם יש...

כמובן שבתמיכה ​אמרו לה לנסות עם Exlorer..

תודה,

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Re: RavKav Online

[Amichai Rotman]

Great Job, Yaron!

Thanks!

2016-02-15 10:06 GMT+02:00 Yaron de Leeuw :

> Hi.
>
> I have managed to get it working on ArchLinux, and adapting the solution to
> other distributions should be trivial.
> https://github.com/jarondl/ravkav_linux
>
> I have also emailed their support to ask for official linux packages, and
> I encourage
> you all to do so as well.
>
> Thank you Dimid Duchovny for finding the Mac OS installation package and
> posting their url on the list.
>
> Yaron
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RFC: Creating an Israeli directory of Linux savvy Computer Professionals?

[Amichai Rotman]

Hi All,

I provide Computer Services to home and small businesses in Haifa.

I try to use FLOSS-based solutions as much as possible. Since the outbreak
of the "Windows 8.0" virus [1] I have managed to move about 20-30 computers
to the Ubuntu Linux distro - and they thank me almost every day since...

Funny enough, after they've been using Ubuntu for a few weeks, they tell me
they have re-discovered their computer and are able to do a lot more with
it than before!

The number one reason for them to finally give up on Windows and make the
switch is financial: most of them prefer to pay me 200 NIS for me to
install Ubuntu [2], instead of buying a brand new computer...

The most popular concern before making the switch is available support:
"what if you are no longer available for some reason? Who do I turn to for
help? Nobody knows this Linux thing..." - they say...

I try to explain it is not true. "First of all, I'm not going anywhere", I
say. "and there are millions of people in the world, thousands of them in
Israel, that are willing to help"...

They, naturally, ask for proof!

I thought we, Linuxers of Israel, could start a *Directory for Linux Savvy
Service Providers in Israel*. A much better version of the poorly
maintained version on the Hamakor Wiki.

This Directory should be very accessible for the average Joe, easy on the
eyes and searchable - by field of expertise, Location etc.

I am willing to help with populating the DB, but I'd need someone to start
the Site. It should have an easy to remember URL, so I can refer people to
it directly (they shouldn't have to dig a bunch of sub-menus to get there).
It should have it's own URL, (maybe under www.linux.org.il?) and, of
course, in Hebrew.

Your thoughts?

Thanks,

Amichai Rotman

[1] ;-)
[2]  I know it sound very low price, but it is hardly any work for me, and
I include Data Backup and a basic explanation on the system! I can finish
the whole thing in 3 hours!
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Re: RFC: Creating an Israeli directory of Linux savvy Computer Professionals?

[Amichai Rotman]

I mentioned this list as an example for how the list *shouldn't* look...

It is also well hidden. The average Joe will not be able to use it and will
never find it...

We (as a community) need to revamp the http://www.linux.org.il web site. In
it's current state, it looks like an outdated early 90s site...

Amichai Rotman

2016-02-13 21:10 GMT+02:00 Lior Kaplan <kaplanl...@gmail.com>:

>
> http://wiki.hamakor.org.il/index.php/%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA
>

On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Amichai Rotman <amic...@iglu.org.il> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I provide Computer Services to home and small businesses in Haifa.
>
> I try to use FLOSS-based solutions as much as possible. Since the outbreak
> of the "Windows 8.0" virus [1] I have managed to move about 20-30 computers
> to the Ubuntu Linux distro - and they thank me almost every day since...
>
> Funny enough, after they've been using Ubuntu for a few weeks, they tell
> me they have re-discovered their computer and are able to do a lot more
> with it than before!
>
> The number one reason for them to finally give up on Windows and make the
> switch is financial: most of them prefer to pay me 200 NIS for me to
> install Ubuntu [2], instead of buying a brand new computer...
>
> The most popular concern before making the switch is available support:
> "what if you are no longer available for some reason? Who do I turn to for
> help? Nobody knows this Linux thing..." - they say...
>
> I try to explain it is not true. "First of all, I'm not going anywhere", I
> say. "and there are millions of people in the world, thousands of them in
> Israel, that are willing to help"...
>
> They, naturally, ask for proof!
>
> I thought we, Linuxers of Israel, could start a *Directory for Linux
> Savvy Service Providers in Israel*. A much better version of the poorly
> maintained version on the Hamakor Wiki.
>
> This Directory should be very accessible for the average Joe, easy on the
> eyes and searchable - by field of expertise, Location etc.
>
> I am willing to help with populating the DB, but I'd need someone to start
> the Site. It should have an easy to remember URL, so I can refer people to
> it directly (they shouldn't have to dig a bunch of sub-menus to get there).
> It should have it's own URL, (maybe under www.linux.org.il?) and, of
> course, in Hebrew.
>
> Your thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Amichai Rotman
>
> [1] ;-)
> [2]  I know it sound very low price, but it is hardly any work for me, and
> I include Data Backup and a basic explanation on the system! I can finish
> the whole thing in 3 hours!
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Re: RavKav Online

[Amichai Rotman]

So, how do we go from here?

How do I get a .deb fie to download and install?

How do we make them to make it available on the official site?

Amichai

2016-01-24 9:57 GMT+02:00 Dimid Duchovny <dim...@gmail.com>:

> (cc-ing everyone)
> Their solution is java based, so it should be relatively easy to release a
> linux version. I've found an osx version on their site
> <https://ravkavonline.co.il/releases/>, and inside there's a jar with the
> following packages (see attached file) which I generated by running:
> `jar tvf com/pcentra/ravkavsdk/desktop/osx/RavKavOnline.jar | egrep -v
> '(class)|(txt)|(xml)|(png)' | sort -u`
>

2016-01-24 8:33 GMT+02:00 Amichai Rotman <amic...@iglu.org.il>:

> It won't  work with wine. I didn't even try...
>
> Someone should write a native Linux client for it. I would, but I am not a
> coder
>
> Amichai
> On Jan 23, 2016 10:18 PM, "Dimid Duchovny" <dim...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> FWIW, I tried using wine, and got the following error:
>> fixme:ntdll:NtLockFile I/O completion on lock not implemented yet
>> fixme:shell:SHGetKnownFolderPath flags 0x4400 not supported
>>
>> 2016-01-22 15:00 GMT+02:00 Amichai Rotman <amic...@iglu.org.il>:
>>
>>> Hey All,
>>>
>>> I wonder any way to use RavKav Online on Linux?
>>>
>>> Their app is for Windows only (big surprise!)...
>>>
>>> Is there a way to make a Linux version available?
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> Amichai
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RavKav Online

[Amichai Rotman]

Hey All,

I wonder any way to use RavKav Online on Linux?

Their app is for Windows only (big surprise!)...

Is there a way to make a Linux version available?

Thanks!

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Re: Entering Shortcuts While in Hebrew Layout - LibreOffice on Ubuntu

[Amichai Rotman]

Sadly, no.

Still the same. I have the DE integration installed/ it is Ubuntu 14.04.3
with Unity DE. it gets installed by default...

Amichai.

2015-12-28 15:03 GMT+02:00 Rami Addady <r...@active.co.il>:

> Amichai,
>
> I'm having the same problem. Did you found solution?
>
> Rami
>
>
>
>
> On 12/12/2015 01:39 PM, Amichai Rotman wrote:
>
> Sorry,
>
> Tried your solution:
>
> Check the "Ignore System Language Input" in the Language settings.
>
> No cigar...
>
> I also noticed people report the bug still exists.
>
> I am using Ubuntu 14.04 with Unity DE. I think it is related to the
> Keyboard Input Method System in the Language Settings. It is currently set
> to 'none'. Setting it to 'IBus' didn't change anything. I read somewhere I
> sould change it to 'xkbd' - but i am not sure and I don't  know how to do
> it...
>
> Amichai.
>
> 2015-12-12 13:04 GMT+02:00 Lior Kaplan <kaplanl...@gmail.com>:
>
>> LibreOffice used to have a problem with this, but it got fixed a few
>> releases ago: https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41169
>>
>> I don't any any issues with LibrePffice 5.0.x on Debian testing (tried
>> CTRL+B, CTRL+C and CTRL+V while in Hebrew layout).
>>
>> Kaplan
>>
>>
> On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Amichai Rotman < <amic...@iglu.org.il>
> amic...@iglu.org.il> wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Can someone explain to me, once and for all, what's the issue with
>> entering keyboard shortcuts (i.e.: CTRL-C) while in Hebrew Layout in
>> LibreOffice on Ubuntu?
>>
>> I call it an issue, because I understand it isn't a bug. It has something
>> to do with the text entry in Ubuntu, and if I change the text entry mode -
>> problem solved!
>>
>> I really hate having to switch to English every time I need to copy or
>> pate text...
>>
>> I promise I'll write up a Hebrew HOWTO guide for the community, as soon
>> as i successfully fix this annoyance.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Amichai Rotman
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Fwd: By 12/15: Send us comments to rally the Dept. of Ed. toward free licensing

[Amichai Rotman]

I guess some of you will find this interesting...

Amichai.


-- Forwarded message --
From: Free Software Foundation <i...@fsf.org>
Date: 2015-12-08 20:14 GMT+02:00
Subject: By 12/15: Send us comments to rally the Dept. of Ed. toward free
licensing
To: Amichai Rotman ‫‎<amic...@iglu.org.il>‎‬

[image: Free Software Foundation]

The U.S. Department of Education has issued a notice of proposed rule
making (NPRM) with a request for comments from the public regarding new
regulations relating to the licensing of grant-funded works -- both
software and courseware.

These proposed regulations
<http://tech.ed.gov/files/2014/06/OET-Open-License-NPRM-FINAL-Web-Posting.pdf>
are meant to facilitate public reuse of works funded by Department of
Education grants. Currently, as explained in the NPRM, grantees are allowed
to make their federally-funded works proprietary. The Department of
Education receives a special license to share the works with the public,
but in practice it rarely does so. Worse, teachers and students absolutely
cannot use them in freedom (except for those few that happen to be made
free).

Since the course materials are works of practical use, they should carry
the four freedoms of free software, just as programs and manuals should
<https://gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html>.

The proposal would require grantees to publish the works under an "open"
license. In the case of software, they may be thinking of "open source",
which is not quite as strong as free; in the case of courseware, many
"open" courses are *not* free. The flaw in the proposed specific rules is
that they don't require that the license permit redistribution of modified
versions. Without that freedom, the works will be nonfree.

With a small change, this proposal will more clearly do what is needed. The
small change is to add "redistribution of modified versions" to the list of
uses these works must permit users to do.

If you are a US citizen or you are living in the US, then you can help make
that change happen by submitting a comment advocating it.

If you are not a US citizen, then we hope you will use this as an
opportunity to reach out to the department of education or the appropriate
government rule makers in your own country and encourage them to adopt
similar rules -- ones that require grant funded works of a functional
nature be distributed under free licenses. If you do contact your own
government with such a request, please, email licens...@fsf.org and let us
know!

Unfortunately, submitting a comment digitally <http://www.regulations.gov>
requires the user to run nonfree JavaScript (JS) code
<https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html>. We are taking a
stand against that by submitting the FSF's comment another way. We are
going to submit it by post so that it gets to the DOE by Friday, December
18th (the date comments are due).

To help you submit a comment without running the US government's nonfree
JS, we offer to print and send your comment along with ours. To do that, we
need to receive your comment by email sent to licens...@fsf.org with the
subject "DOE comment" by 12:00PM EST on December 15th. We can print PDF
files, ODF files and plain text. You need to follow the rules for
submissions 100%, because we don't have staff to correct even minor errors.
The eRulemaking Initiative has some guidance on how to write a good comment
<http://www.regulations.gov/docs/Tips_For_Submitting_Effective_Comments.pdf>.
But in the very least: your comment should clearly cite the above
referenced NPRM, it should express your support for these proposed
regulations, and it should cite the exact section (§3474.20 (a)) that you
believe should be updated and why you think it should, including any
relevant personal or professional experience or knowledge.

We may skip comments that are too long or that are inconsistent with the
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While we would like to deliver a large packet of comments to the Department
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Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Room 6W252, Washington,
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In addition, if you are interested in becoming a cosigner to the comment
the FSF is going to write and submit, then please email us at
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Lastly, there should be no doubt in your mind that the FSF's work in free
licensing, licensing education, and advocacy has played a meaningful part
in the circumstances that have lead to the US Department of Education
reforming its policy from promoting proprietary works to one that requires
the developm

Entering Shortcuts While in Hebrew Layout - LibreOffice on Ubuntu

[Amichai Rotman]

Hi All,

Can someone explain to me, once and for all, what's the issue with entering
keyboard shortcuts (i.e.: CTRL-C) while in Hebrew Layout in LibreOffice on
Ubuntu?

I call it an issue, because I understand it isn't a bug. It has something
to do with the text entry in Ubuntu, and if I change the text entry mode -
problem solved!

I really hate having to switch to English every time I need to copy or pate
text...

I promise I'll write up a Hebrew HOWTO guide for the community, as soon as
i successfully fix this annoyance.

Thanks!

Amichai Rotman
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Code Monkey by Matach - Outrageous!

[Amichai Rotman]

Hi All,

My kids got an offer to participate in the Code Monkey competition. I was
directed to enter the Matach Web site to start training the monkey (sounds
s bad!)

I was disgusted by the landing page - you take a look and guess why:

http://ebag.cet.ac.il/

My question is: Why does the official Education in Israel promote a private
company with obvious interest in making money, and so strongly objects
FLOSS solutions?!

As far as I know, it is common practice in Europe and the United States...

How can we change this?

How can I check if there's even one line of free software code behind the
Code Monkey business?!

I'll appreciate any information / opinion on FLOSS solutions in the
official Israeli edukation... (typo deliberate).

Amichai Rotman
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קול קורא - מפגש אמנים / קוד פתוח בחיפה

[Amichai Rotman]

שלום לכולם,

חבר שלי סיים לימודי עיצוב גרפי במכללת תלתן בחיפה. כמובן שבמכללה לימדו אותם
לעבוד עם מוצרי Adobe בלבד...

לפני כמה ימים הוא הציב לי אתגר:

נמאס לו ממערכת ההפעלה של מיקרוסופט והוא ביקש ממני למצוא דרך להעביר אותו
ללינוקס אבל לוודא שהוא יכול להמשיך להשתמש במוצרי Adobe ולשחק במשחקים שלו
במחשב.

כיום יש לו מחשב נייד של Asus עם מעבד אינטל i7 ו-8 גיגה זיכרון - עם Windows
8.1.

חשבתי להפוך להתקין לו לינוקס לשימושים היום יומיים ואת ה-Windows כמכונה
וירטואלית עבור המשחקים וה-Adobe.

בנוסף חשבתי אולי לקיים מפגש של אמנים שמשתמשים בהצלחה (או שלא) בתוכנות קוד
פתוח עבור עיצוב גרפי וכד' (GIMP, Blender, InkSkape וכו') - כדי לקיים דיון
פתוח על היתרונות והחסרונות בשימוש בקוד פתוח, דרכים להתקנה ושימוש בתוכנות
קנייניות בלינוקס (VM, WINE).

דעתכם?

עמיחי רוטמן
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Re: קול קורא - מפגש אמנים / קוד פתוח בחיפה

[Amichai Rotman]

Will you consider participating in such a meet, as I suggested?

Amichai
On Nov 5, 2015 6:13 PM, "Ori Idan" <o...@helicontech.co.il> wrote:

>
> 2015-11-05 14:50 GMT+02:00 Amichai Rotman <amic...@iglu.org.il>:
>
>> שלום לכולם,
>>
>> חבר שלי סיים לימודי עיצוב גרפי במכללת תלתן בחיפה. כמובן שבמכללה לימדו
>> אותם לעבוד עם מוצרי Adobe בלבד...
>>
>> לפני כמה ימים הוא הציב לי אתגר:
>>
>> נמאס לו ממערכת ההפעלה של מיקרוסופט והוא ביקש ממני למצוא דרך להעביר אותו
>> ללינוקס אבל לוודא שהוא יכול להמשיך להשתמש במוצרי Adobe ולשחק במשחקים שלו
>> במחשב.
>>
>> כיום יש לו מחשב נייד של Asus עם מעבד אינטל i7 ו-8 גיגה זיכרון - עם
>> Windows 8.1.
>>
>> חשבתי להפוך להתקין לו לינוקס לשימושים היום יומיים ואת ה-Windows כמכונה
>> וירטואלית עבור המשחקים וה-Adobe.
>>
>> בנוסף חשבתי אולי לקיים מפגש של אמנים שמשתמשים בהצלחה (או שלא) בתוכנות קוד
>> פתוח עבור עיצוב גרפי וכד' (GIMP, Blender, InkSkape וכו') - כדי לקיים דיון
>> פתוח על היתרונות והחסרונות בשימוש בקוד פתוח, דרכים להתקנה ושימוש בתוכנות
>> קנייניות בלינוקס (VM, WINE).
>>
>> דעתכם?
>>
>> עמיחי רוטמן
>>
>
> I will answer in English as there where many debates on language used in
> linux-il mailing list...
>
> I think this is a great idea, add to it SCRIBUS, desktop publishing that
> can act as a replacement to inDesign (although currently does not read
> inDesign files).
>
>
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[OT] Moving to Jerusalem - Looking for a Job

[Amichai Rotman]

Hi All,

This is slightly off-topic:

Do to personal reasons, I have to move back to Jerusalem.

In order to do that, I need a job...


   - I have a lot of experience with troubleshooting and fixing computer
   problems (software and hardware).
   - I am using Linux since 1999: Installation, configuration,
   troubleshooting - both Desktops and Servers.
   - I am looking for a position in the IT department. I have great people
   skills, have been providing in-house technical support for years.


I have a CV in Hebrew and currently being translated to English too. I
would really appreciate any help with finding a job with one of the
companies that work out of Jerusalem.

i'd be glad to answer any questions and send my CV - if you contact me
off-list.

Thank you very much and Chag Sameah!

Amichai Rotman
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Softare Freedom Day 2015

[Amichai Rotman]

How come nothing happens in Israel?


http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/map/index.php?year=2015

Amichai
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FSF30 Years Party Network

[Amichai Rotman]

שלום חברים,

מישהו בארץ מתכנן לציין את האירוע [1]?

חשבתי להרים ארוע מקומי. מה דעתכם?

ראיתי שאין ישראל ברשימה... [2]

עמיחי רוטמן






[1] https://www.fsf.org/fsf30/party-network
[2] https://libreplanet.org/wiki/FSF30_Party_Network
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Re: [OT] Deleting Thousends of Messages in Gmail

[Amichai Rotman]

Thank you all,

Roman's solution did the trick!

I was able to reduce my storage from 91% to 87%!.

Amichai.

2015-08-24 4:48 GMT+03:00 Amos Shapira amos.shap...@gmail.com:

 What would be the advantage of Claws e-mail over the previously provided
 GMail web interface search?
 I got the impression the web interface can achieve this on the server
 side, which will save network bandwidth and time.

 On 24 August 2015 at 11:28, Steve Litt sl...@troubleshooters.com wrote:

 On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 23:07:02 +0300
 Amichai Rotman amic...@iglu.org.il wrote:

  I know it's kinda off-topic, but I am really at a loss...
 
  I m trying to free spcace on my Google free storage, so i am sifting
  through very old messages to delete in my Gmail box (as far as 2005
  and beyond!)
 
  I have this one label containing 12,000(!) messages. I'd like to
  delete all messages dated  before the current year.

 One easy way, if you can let things run overnight, is to install
 Claws-Mail, which is pretty darn fast. Point it at your Gmail IMAP,
 filter out everything before 1/1/2015 (the advanced search thing for
 selecting just the older messages is ag followed by a number of days
 (the number of days since 12/31/2014. Then highlight them all and run
 delete. Be sure you set Claws to delete immediately and not leave a
 ghost copy (I don't know how to explain it any better).

 Don't try this with Thunderbird. 12K messages with Thunderbird could
 take several days just to load up.

 SteveT

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[OT] Deleting Thousends of Messages in Gmail

[Amichai Rotman]

I know it's kinda off-topic, but I am really at a loss...

I m trying to free spcace on my Google free storage, so i am sifting
through very old messages to delete in my Gmail box (as far as 2005 and
beyond!)

I have this one label containing 12,000(!) messages. I'd like to delete all
messages dated  before the current year.

I can't find any way to tell it to filter all messages with a certain label
where the date **does not** equal current year.

I hope I explained myself clearly enough.

Thanks!

Amichai.
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LibreOffice Shortcuts Bug

[Amichai Rotman]

Hello all,

Can someone please explain why is it so difficult to fix the bug in Libre
Office that prevents us from using the keyboard shortcuts (like CTRL+C,
CTRL+V) while writing a non-english language?

Say I am writing a Hebrew document in Writer and I want to copy something,
I have to switch to English and then highlight whatever, and only then
CTRL+C will work

This bug exist since version 3.3.6, and I am using version 4.3.7-rc2 today!

also, I don't remember the bug #, I'll appreciate if someone sends me the
link to the bug report, so I can follow

Thanks!

Amichai.
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LPI Certification

[Amichai Rotman]

Hi all,

I am thinking of getting an LPI certification [1].

Wanted your 2 cents about it:

Is it worth it?

Which is the best to start with?

and so on...

Thanks,

Amichai

[1] https://www.lpi.org/
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Re: LPI Certification

[Amichai Rotman]

Have you revisited the certifications recently?

I'll look into RHCE and RHCA too.

I'd like to get certified for something valid in Europe and the US as well
as in Israel to do freelance jobs.

Thanks!

2015-06-10 16:37 GMT+03:00 Dan Yasny dya...@gmail.com:

 I took LPI 1 and 2, and CompTIA L+ back in 2007-2008, it wasn't really
 worth much and the level was basic. If you want a meaningful certification,
 aim for RHCE and the courses that compose the RHCA


On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Amichai Rotman amic...@iglu.org.il wrote:

 Hi all,

 I am thinking of getting an LPI certification [1].

 Wanted your 2 cents about it:

 Is it worth it?

 Which is the best to start with?

 and so on...

 Thanks,

 Amichai

 [1] https://www.lpi.org/

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Re: LPI Certification

[Amichai Rotman]

Thank you.

I am not looking for work right now, but I hear what you're saying...

Maybe I'll do them all ;-)

Amichai.

2015-06-10 18:23 GMT+03:00 Dan Yasny dya...@gmail.com:

 The problem with trivia based certification is that it's so easy to get
 without actually knowing anything. Download braindumps, go over them a few
 dozen times, and you can pass any exam that is based on standard questions.
 In Europe and the US, high-end IT shops know this full well, and they would
 only look at certifications that are more implementational than trivial, or
 at actual experience, especially because there's a huge, dirt-cheap
 workforce out there with MCSEs and CCNAs, and no real world experience.
 None of those guys would pass an RHCE exam, because there, you'd have to
 actually sit down in front of a machine and do real actions, instead of
 memorizing braindumps and redumping them.

 So if the goal is to find a job in high-end IT companies, banks and so on,
 you have to keep in mind that a trivia based cert with no experience to
 back it up will take you nowhere.


On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 10:44 AM, Geoffrey Mendelson 
geoffreymendel...@gmail.com wrote:

 I think you should consider your audience more than yourself.
 If you are an employee ask your boss to pay for it. If they refuse ask
 them what they will pay for.
 If they won't pay for anything, ask them what certifications would make
 you  more valuable to them if you got them at your own expense.

 If you are a contractor/consultant, ask your clients. If you work through
 an agency or marketing person, ask them what would get you better jobs.

 My guess is that Microsoft and Cisco certifications will be worth more as
 it shows that you know how to play well with others and (almost) no one
 has a 100% linux shop.

 Geoff.

 On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 4:53 PM Dan Yasny dya...@gmail.com wrote:

 It's more a matter of prestige than anything else. LPI is about knowing
 trivia, RH** is about knowing how to do real work.
 On Jun 10, 2015 9:49 AM, Amichai Rotman amic...@iglu.org.il wrote:

 Have you revisited the certifications recently?

 I'll look into RHCE and RHCA too.

 I'd like to get certified for something valid in Europe and the US as
 well as in Israel to do freelance jobs.

 Thanks!

 2015-06-10 16:37 GMT+03:00 Dan Yasny dya...@gmail.com:

 I took LPI 1 and 2, and CompTIA L+ back in 2007-2008, it wasn't really
 worth much and the level was basic. If you want a meaningful certification,
 aim for RHCE and the courses that compose the RHCA


 On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Amichai Rotman amic...@iglu.org.il
 wrote:

 Hi all,

 I am thinking of getting an LPI certification [1].

 Wanted your 2 cents about it:

 Is it worth it?

 Which is the best to start with?

 and so on...

 Thanks,

 Amichai

 [1] https://www.lpi.org/

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Accessing / Controling ProvisionISR DVR from Linux

[Amichai Rotman]

Hi all,

A friend's coffee shop with a ProvisionISR DVR system. His main machine is
a laptop running Ubuntu 14.04.

He wants to access the DVR management through the browser, but when trying
it claims it needs to install an ActiveX (yuk!) to run, and it has no
support for Firefox / Google Chrome etc. (even under Windows)...

Any of you has any experience / ideas ?

Thanks!

Amichai
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Re: Bezeq Ruter

[Amichai Rotman]

Thank you all.

I guess that is what I'll do. I'll configure my existing router as a bridge
and buy this one for the rest:

http://goo.gl/ZPjdKZ

Amichai.

2015-04-13 10:05 GMT+03:00 mata...@foss.co.il:

 Use this list for modems  and routers available in the free market:
 http://www.netcheif.com/Articles/VDSL_Router/VDSL_Router.htm

 In addition, I would like to second what E.S. Rosenberg said, I think you
 can still get this one:
 http://www.bezeq.co.il/media/Products/Wireless_Support/pdf/vdsl_1.pdf

 They even have a guide in their site how to configure it as bridge:
 http://www.bezeq.co.il/media/Products/Wireless_Support/pdf/vdsl_bridge.pdf

 after you get this in place, a good, open wrt supported router is just
 easy as pie and very powerful.

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  Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 22:17:12 +0300
  From: Amichai Rotman amic...@iglu.org.il
  To: Linux-IL linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il
  Subject: Bezeq Ruter
  Message-ID:
  CAD_ZK64VdT7d_G_L2XRHipJbA2gHSt==hyhgsehf+k8uehy...@mail.gmail.com
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  Hello all,
 
  I have a Netgear 2200v2_64 router I got from Bezeq about two years ago.
 
  I finished paying for it and I don't like the idea it uns Bezeq's
 firmware.
 
  I want to flash an open source firmware on it, but I can't figure out
 where
  to get it. it seems this specific model is manufactured especially for
  Bezeq, since it isn't on the list of models on Netgear's site.
 
  Can anyone point me to a guide to downloading and flashing an open source
  firmware suitable for this model or, on the other hand, recommend an
  inexpensive replacement that runs open source firmware?
 
  Thanks,
 
  Amichai
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  Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 22:55:44 +0300
  From: E.S. Rosenberg esr+linux...@g.jct.ac.il
  To: Amichai Rotman amic...@iglu.org.il
  Cc: Linux-IL linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il
  Subject: Re: Bezeq Ruter
  Message-ID:
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  Have you tried here:
  http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netgear/dgn2200
 
  2015-04-12 22:17 GMT+03:00 Amichai Rotman amic...@iglu.org.il:
 
  Hello all,
 
  I have a Netgear 2200v2_64 router I got from Bezeq about two years ago.
 
  I finished paying for it and I don't like the idea it uns Bezeq's
 firmware.
 
  I want to flash an open source firmware on it, but I can't figure out
 where
  to get it. it seems this specific model is manufactured especially for
  Bezeq, since it isn't on the list of models on Netgear's site.
 
  Can anyone point me to a guide to downloading and flashing an open
 source
  firmware suitable for this model or, on the other hand, recommend an
  inexpensive replacement that runs open source firmware?
 
  Thanks,
 
  Amichai
 
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  Date: Sun, 12 Apr 2015 23:10:41 +0300
  From: E.S. Rosenberg esr+linux...@g.jct.ac.il
  To: Amichai Rotman amic...@iglu.org.il
  Cc: Linux-IL linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il
  Subject: Re: Bezeq Ruter
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  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
 
  v2 may not be supported...
 
  Personally I always insist on Bezeq giving me their simple modem and
  use a decent router of my choosing (obviously vetted for OpenWRT
  support and specs) for WiFi etc (the modem ends up being a bridge
  device about whose fw etc I don't care as much).
 
  2015-04-12 22:55 GMT+03:00 E.S. Rosenberg esr+linux...@g.jct.ac.il:
 
  Have you tried here:
  http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netgear/dgn2200
 
  2015-04-12 22:17 GMT+03:00 Amichai Rotman amic...@iglu.org.il:
  Hello all,
 
  I have a Netgear 2200v2_64 router I got from Bezeq about two years ago.
 
  I

Bezeq Ruter

[Amichai Rotman]

Hello all,

I have a Netgear 2200v2_64 router I got from Bezeq about two years ago.

I finished paying for it and I don't like the idea it uns Bezeq's firmware.

I want to flash an open source firmware on it, but I can't figure out where
to get it. it seems this specific model is manufactured especially for
Bezeq, since it isn't on the list of models on Netgear's site.

Can anyone point me to a guide to downloading and flashing an open source
firmware suitable for this model or, on the other hand, recommend an
inexpensive  replacement that runs open source firmware?

Thanks,

Amichai
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Re: Audio streaming

[Amichai Rotman]

Is this what you  are looking for?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=es.mediaserver

Amichai.

2015-01-09 17:24 GMT+02:00 David Harel harel...@gmail.com:

 Greetings,

 I am trying to setup an audio server using a scrap android Teac Accord
 714b tablet running android 4.1.1
 I am looking for recommendation on server side app that can receive audio
 streams on local WiFi home network from android phones used by our family.

 Thanks

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Re: Linux install party @ HUJI

[Amichai Rotman]

I'd be glad to help too.





2014-11-25 22:10 GMT+02:00 Ari Becker wickedpheo...@gmail.com:

 Yeah, I'm also a weekends-only kinda guy, but if it fit with my schedule
 then I could help.


 On Tue, Nov 25, 2014, 16:29 Rabin Yasharzadehe ra...@rabin.io wrote:

 I'm limited to only Sundays  Thursdays

 but +1 for helping,


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 On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 9:57 PM, E.S. Rosenberg esr+linux...@g.jct.ac.il
  wrote:

 There is currently some low key talk of arranging a linux install party
 for new students (and others interested) at Givat Ram.

 Nothing specific as yet, the TA still needs to get back to us whether or
 not there is enough interest.

 But I want to ask already if there is is enough interest are there
 people on the list interested in helping out?

 Thanks,
 Eliyahu - אליהו

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Recommended Router w/ADSL Modem

[Amichai Rotman]

Can any of you recommend an off-the-shelf ADSL modem/router I can install
OpenWRT on?

My current router is a Netgear DGN2200 by Bezezeq.

Thanks!

Amichai

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Backdoor?

[Amichai Rotman]

Hi All,

I am trying to troubleshoot a bottleneck in my internet connection.

I came across a few lines like these ones when I run 'netstat -ptW':

tcp0  0 10.0.0.3:42239
82-166-201-152.barak-online.net:http
ESTABLISHED 5881/chrome
tcp0  0 10.0.0.3:55224
 bzq-179-180-121.static.bezeqint.net:https ESTABLISHED 5881/chrome

I was once connected to these ISPs, but not for some time

I have Netgear DGN2200 v2 provided by Bezeq, running firmware
 V1.0.8.31_1.8.31.

Does Bezeq and the ISPs open a backdoor in my router somehow?

How can I find out exactly where I am connected and why?

Thanks!

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LibraOffice and Language Switching

[Amichai Rotman]

Hi all,

Since upgrading to LibraOffice 4.2 on my Ubuntu 14.04, I can´t use the
CTRL-C and such if I am writing a document in Hebrew.

On previous versions I could copy text using the keyboard regardless of the
language I was using at the time.

Any ideas how to get that back?

Thanks!

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Re: Boot sequence on Ubuntu 14.04

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Just a shot in the dark:

I think that some time after 10.04, the fstab entries refer to the devices
by their UUID, instead of  /dev/sdX.

Amichai.




2014-10-07 23:30 GMT+03:00 E.S. Rosenberg esr+linux...@g.jct.ac.il:

 DId you verify that everything had finished installing w/o error?
 For interrupted installs:
 dpkg --configure -a

 and then:
 apt-get update  apt-get autoclean  apt-get dist-upgrade  apt-get
 autoremove

 Would make sure that everything was installed properly, what you decribe
 to me sounds like a system that didn't actually finish it's upgrade/install
 process and was rebooted.

 HTH, chag sameach,
 Eliyahu - אליהו

 2014-10-05 21:14 GMT+03:00 David Harel harel...@gmail.com:

 Greetings,

 I hastily tried to upgrade from 10.04 to 14.04 using do-relase-upgrade
 It turned out to be a bad idea.
 Now after boot I get something like can not mount / and then it
 suggests that I will type (among other things) M for maintenance (start a
 shell)
 First flaw I noticed is missing init functions typically in
 /lib/lsb/init_functions.d
 I also noticed that init_functions file is not up to date so I copied
 them from a stable14.04 installation. This operation enabled running them
 scripts in /etc/init.d and also the service command.
 Also I had to create a directory /run/network so ifup -a will start.
 Still I couldn't figure out what step in the boot process I am missing
 that fails to mount /
 Currently I setup the services on this server manually including:
 mount -rw,remount /
 mountall
 networking
 ifup -a // Had to do it separately.
 smbd
 nmbd
 ssh
 postgresql-8.4
 apache2

 the server is running in full but I guess it has some security issues.
 I can not use the init command (i.e. init 2) to initiate the machine. It
 reboots and I have to start all over again.

 I intend to install a new server instead but for curiosity sake I want to
 keep the bad server in order to learn more about upstart.

 I did not find any articles about boot sequence with upstart other than
 how to build rc files and a few about the conf files in /etc/init

 Will appreciate some good reading on the subject.

 Thanks.

 David Harel
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Re: Feedback about HOT as an isp

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On the same subject:

I am using Bezeq as infrastructure @ 15Mb and 014 as the provider at the
same speed. Somehow I get a high latency when accessing sites, both in
Israel and abroad.

How can I check for the exact cause?

Both Bezeq and 014 say all is OK, but still...

I have a Dropbox client always open, but closing it only freed a bit of
download speed, and did not affect the latency - at 39-57 according to
SpeedTest and 014 SpeedTest sites.

Thanks!

Amichai


2014-04-07 17:45 GMT+03:00 Michael Ben-Nes m...@epoch.co.il:

 The upload was great. True 3M in most reasonable Israeli servers. It was
 slower to abroad but it its expected.

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 esr+linux...@g.jct.ac.ilwrote:




 2014-04-03 15:55 GMT+03:00 Michael Ben-Nes m...@epoch.co.il:

 Well,
 The upload of 3mbit (of bezeq was great for backup and other uploads).
 Now I have 750k or so :(

 Was/is the upload truly 3M, as far as I know they promise best effort but
 rarely reach promised speeds especially in upstream speeds since most
 customers barely care about it, it more overbooked and lower priority.
 That said I also like having 1M or more upload when and where possible.

  The high DL is a big plus when I need to DL updates and big images

 And also important, the ping is reduced

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 On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 8:50 PM, E.S. Rosenberg esr+linux...@g.jct.ac.il
  wrote:




 2014-03-08 12:20 GMT+02:00 Michael Ben-Nes m...@epoch.co.il:

 Oops, seems I missed the replies a bit.

 Any way. I used to have 50mb but after the storm something got wrong
 and now Bezeq can supply only 15mb.
 I checked with peers and it seems the HOT infrastracure in Rosh Pina
 is excellent. 15mb is by far not enough to any one who work on the net.

 You are making me really curious what I have been doing wrong for all
 these years that speeds above 5mb have been fine for me...

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 On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 6:11 PM, geoffrey mendelson 
 geoffreymendel...@gmail.com wrote:

 On 1/5/2014 6:01 PM, Michael Ben-Nes wrote:

 Hi,

 Seems like I need to replace my unstable ADSL line :(

 Can any one tip me how good is the Hot cables 100mb service?
 stability\speed


 If it's 15 megabit or below, you've probably been upgraded to NGN.
 NGN uses vDSL equipment which can run (poorly) in aDSL-2 emulation mode.
 Instead of informing people of the problem, they just wait for them to 
 call
 and sell them a faster line in vDSL mode with a vDSL modem.

 Geoff.

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Re: ITA approved accounting software that runs on linux

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Hi Eliyahu,

I wonder: Will Hashavshevet run on FreeDOS?

Theoretically, you could buy a new machine, install FreeDOS as the OS and
copy the Hashavshevet DOS files to it...

Could you give it a try and let us all know?

Amichai.


2014-02-10 11:42 GMT+02:00 vordoo vor...@yahoo.com:

  Hi,

 Hopefully you will get or find a striate answer but as I follow this
 question for a long time with no actionable resoles I would:

 1. Rephrase the question to: Is anyone hear using or knows someone who
 uses a linux desktop application (not a web based site) for an IL business
 accounting?

 2. Consider using the old windows program in a virtual machine, it maybe
 even better then the present setup, as you can access it from other PCs in
 the network.
  *** you may need to make sure more then one concoction is not aloud,
 depending on the original software design ***.

 HTH,
 :-)

  On 2014-02-10 00:16, E.S. Rosenberg wrote:

   Hi all,
  I know this subject has been dealt with in the past but since the field
 is fluid I'm bringing it up again.
  A friend of mine manages the books for several zedaka funds, currently he
 still does this on an old DOS machine running chashavshevet, but the
 machine is starting to display some potential signs of problems so he is
 starting to look at other solutions.

  Sadly (but understandably) gnucash is not Israel Tax Authority approved
 so it's not an option, are there any Linux friendly options or will they
 have to have a windows machine in the house again (I switched them to all
 linux + 1 dos about 1-1.5 years ago).

  Thanks,
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Re: Does anyone use MATE (Gnome 2 fork)?

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I am using Unity 5.14 on Ubuntu 12.04.3 and I am *very* pleased.

Very rare crashes, easily solve with 'unity -- replace'. Most of them
happen when I switch between displays (Monitor via DVI and TV via HDMI).

It took me about a week to get used to it, but now I feel it will be hard
for me to switch to another Desktop Manager...

Amichai.


2013/11/15 Rami Rosen rosenr...@gmail.com

 Hi,
 I was also disappointed with Gnome 3 on recent Fedora releases. I tried
 using Gnome classic mode but still there were issues. Most disturbing was
 with the JEdit editor. I also tried using MATE, but I still had issues with
 the JEdit editor. So after years of using Gnome on various Fedora
 releases, I switched several months ago to KDE, after years of using Gnome
 3.  The issues with JEdit are solved with KDE.

 Note:
 1) it seems to me that launching an application in KDE (from the
 application menu or from a desktop shortcut) is really slower than with
 Gnome. However I did not tried to delved into it - maybe there are some KDE
 plugins which can be disabled, or other tweaks.

 2) The issues I had with JEdit might be due to that I am not using the
 latest release of JEdit (from my own/legacy reasons). I do not want to
 upgrade from my own reasons, which I can describe if anyone is interested
 to hear.

 Rami Rosen
 http://ramirose.wix.com/ramirosen



 On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Omer Zak w...@zak.co.il wrote:

 After reading Ilan Shavit's blog article about his disappointment from
 Gnome 3 (http://ilsh.info/archives/3084), I found about the Gnome 2 fork
 MATE (http://mate-desktop.org/).

 Before installing MATE on my Debian Wheezy system, I would like to know
 other people's experience with it.

 Thanks,
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Re: Linux with Android MTP

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May be a stupid question - have you checked if all these are also installed:

mtpfs
mtp-tools

I am running Ubuntu 12.04.3 and own a Samsung Galaxy III (GT-I9300). I gave
up on trying to make it work. it is recognized, but keep stating it is
unable to mount the device.

I use File Expert [1] to move files over WiFi. There is also Air Droid and,
if you really must - Kies Air...

I discovered there is no much use for connecting the phone via USB. It
doesn't even work as it should on Windows...

Is there a specific reason you need to connect via USB?

[1]  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xcxin.filexpert

Good Luck!

Amichai.


2013/10/6 ik ido...@gmail.com

 The dmesg errors:
 
 [90892.247976] usb 4-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 61 using
 ehci-pci
 [90892.336150] usbip-host 4-1.2:1.0: 4-1.2 is not in match_busid table...
 skip!
 [90892.336484] usbip-host 4-1.2:1.1: 4-1.2 is not in match_busid table...
 skip!
 [90892.336511] cdc_acm 4-1.2:1.1: This device cannot do calls on its own.
 It is not a modem.
 [90892.336589] cdc_acm 4-1.2:1.1: ttyACM3: USB ACM device
 [90892.337460] usbip-host 4-1.2:1.3: 4-1.2 is not in match_busid table...
 skip!
 [90892.410843] usb 4-1.2: usbfs: process 30325 (go-mtpfs) did not claim
 interface 0 before use
 [90892.438597] usb 4-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 61
 [90892.628063] usb 4-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 62 using
 ehci-pci
 [90892.715178] usbip-host 4-1.2:1.0: 4-1.2 is not in match_busid table...
 skip!
 [90892.715538] usbip-host 4-1.2:1.1: 4-1.2 is not in match_busid table...
 skip!
 [90892.715552] cdc_acm 4-1.2:1.1: This device cannot do calls on its own.
 It is not a modem.
 [90892.715619] cdc_acm 4-1.2:1.1: ttyACM3: USB ACM device
 [90892.716359] usbip-host 4-1.2:1.3: 4-1.2 is not in match_busid table...
 skip!
 [90892.781898] usb 4-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 62
 ...

 Eliyaho: On a Windows machine, with usb2 it does work.



 On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 4:50 PM, ik ido...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello,

 I'm using Arch Linux, and have Samsung Galaxy S4.
 It uses MTP in order to allow me to access files.

 I'ved read several wiki's (Including Arch wiki) and forums about it, and
 came out for the following settings (/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules),
 after install go-mtpfs:

 #   Galaxy S4 GT-I9500
 ATTR{idVendor}==04e8, ATTR{idProduct}==685d, SYMLINK+=android_adb,
 MODE=0666
 ATTR{idVendor}==04e8, ATTR{idProduct}==6860, SYMLINK+=android_adb,
 MODE=0666
 ATTR{idVendor}==04e8, ATTR{idProduct}==6860, SYMLINK+=android_adb,
 MODE=0666, ACTION==add, RUN+=/usr/bin/sudo -b -u ik /usr/bin/go-mtpfs
 -allow-other=true -android=true /mnt/ando
 ATTR{idVendor}==04e8, ATTR{idProduct}==6860, SYMLINK+=android_adb,
 MODE=0666, ACTION==remove, RUN+=/bin/umount /mnt/ando


 It does mount properly the content, however, when I try to access the
 content, it keep on looping an remounting everything until I take off the
 USB cable.
 I then need to wait several minutes to try again, or the loop just
 continue ...

 I can see the remounting also in /var/log/messages and dmesg.

 What am I missing or doing wrong here ?

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Re: Winter clock issues in linux

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On Sep 9, 2013 11:58 PM, Antony Gelberg antony.gelb...@gmail.com wrote:

 I put a compiled file at http://db.tt/wVCB6HJd.  I copied it to
/usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Jerusalem, and on my Debian system I did
dpkg-reconfigure tzdata which as far as I can tell copies the file to
/etc/localtime.  You may wish to use cp instead. ;)

 Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for anything the file may do to your
systems, etc, yadda.

 Antony


 On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Rabin Yasharzadehe ra...@rabin.io
wrote:

 Download the current tzdate file from iana and compile the file yourself

 e.g -
http://www.borngeek.com/2009/03/16/updating-time-zone-information-in-linux/



 On Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 11:56 AM, geoffrey mendelson 
geoffreymendel...@gmail.com wrote:

 On 9/8/2013 12:21 AM, E.S. Rosenberg wrote:

 What puzzles me in this whole thing is that it seems to me tzdata
 updates should be available to all versions regardless of their
 production state, but it seems a lot of distros are locked to
 specific versions

 Can anyone point me to a correct Asia/Jerusalem file without having to
install a package? I have two old systems I want to fix, without any other
mods?

 TIA.
 Geoff

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12.04.3 box?

$ dpkg -l | grep tzdata?

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קול קורא למתנדבים בכנס פינגווין 2013 - הזדמנות אחרונה לאיוש תפקידים!

[Amichai Rotman]

שלום חברים,

כמו שכבר כולכם יודעים - מחר הכנס!

ישנם תפקידי מתנדבים שעדיין לא מאויישים.

זיכרו - ככל שיהיו יותר מתנדבים לכל תפקיד, תהיה יותר גמישות ויותר סיכוי שהכל
יעבוד חלק ובקלות לכל העוסקים במלאכה.

להלן התפקידים שעדיין לא מאויישים:


   1. תליית שלטי הכוונה בבוקר - מתנדב 1
   2. צילום ההרצאות בוידאו - כרגע יש 2 מתנדבים ויש ציוד. *חסרים 2 מתנדבים -
   אם לא נאייש תפקיד זה, לא יצולמו כמחצית ההרצאות, וחבל!*
   3. הנעת המבקרים לאולם לפני כל הרצאה, ריכוז המבקרים לתמונה הקבוצתית -
   דרושים לפחות 2, רצוי 3 - כרגע יש *0*.
   4. שמירה על זמנים בהרצאות (תזכורת למרצה שמסתיים הזמן) - דרושים 4 מתנדבים
   - קיימים *0*.
   5. איסוף שלטי ההכוונה בסיום הכנס - צריך מתנדב אחד - כרגע יש *0*.

יש לציין שמי שממלא תפקיד בתור מתנדב - מקבל את הערכתנו ועל מנת להביע את
ההערכה הזו *אנו מעניקים למתנדבים פטור מתשלום דמי כניסה *(הטבה בשווי 50 שח).

מי שמעוניין להרשם לאחד התפקידים, מוזמן לשלוח אלי או לועד מייל ואנו נעדכן
זאת בדף הויקי.

תודה על שיתוף הפעולה!

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Re: [Haifux] Fwd: Schedule of the lectures at august Penguin

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הלוז המעודכן כבר קיים באתר עצמו.

אין צורך להפנות ישירות ל-PDF. הוא היה מיועד רק לתיאומים המוקדמים בין אדיר
(ששיבץ את ההרצאות) לבין המרצים.

יש להפנות לאתר הכנס ישירות עבור עדכונים שוטפים. האתר מתעדכן תדיר.

תודה ובהצלחה לכולם!

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 The link of the scheduled  lectures at the august penguin conference can
 be found at:

 http://august.penguin.org.il/AP2013_Schedule.pdf


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Re: Mobile phone question

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Why complicate things?

You can get a dirt cheep smartphone here in Israel and then go to any of
the netwrks and buy the SIM with the plan that suits you...

I wouldn't go into buying refurbished phone at all - to many things can go
wrong : a friend of mine bought a Samsung Galaxy S II at one of these
dealers here in Israel and the screen went dead after two months. Of
course, the dealer denied any warranty or liability and it turns out it was
a fake from Japan...

I'd buy a new phone, right from the official dealer.

I just bought my Samsung Galaxy S III (GT-I9300) for 2400 NIS.

Amichai.


On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson 
geoffreymendel...@gmail.com wrote:

 On 7/28/2013 12:29 AM, E.S. Rosenberg wrote:

  So I looked it up, jailbreaking is legal but if you hand the phone in
 in it's jailborken state they will claim your warranty is void, if you
 restore the phone to factory before handing it in you should be fine
 (at least according to the people on the oh-so-trustable internets)


 Jailbreaking is a minor issue. First of all, only a small portion of
 iPhone owners do it, most have no need nor clue as to why one would do it
 in the first place.


 Jailbreaking can be removed by resetting the phone back to the state you
 bought it, which can easily be done using iTunes and anyone who has enough
 tech savvy to jailbreak it in the first place knows how to do it.

 To keep this the least bit on topic, Android also has a padded cell
 which prevents you from installing software except from the Google store,
 but it can be turned off via a user settable option.


 The problem is removing SP (usually mislabeled SIM) locks. If a locked
 iPhone does not have its SP lock removed by Apple, it has been tampered
 with and will not be repaired.

 Service Providers that sell SP locked iPhones, unlock them through Apple.

 I have never seen an SP locked Android phone, although I am sure they
 exist, so I have no information about how one unlocks them.



  Ehm... the iDen network is still up and still heavily used.


 Ok, thanks, I thought it was dead.


  But yeah I also heard rumors that they'd like to close it and move
 everyone to 3G, I guess if they provide stable PTT services on those
 networks and devices that are rugged like most iDen devices most
 people won't mind.


 There are several private (as in non government) trunked radio systems in
 Israel, eventually everyone using MIRS will either go to cell phones, or
 buy time on one of them. Keeping the MIRS network going for the few users
 they have today will become less and less worth the cost.

 Note that MIRS is the name of the system and service, iDen is a US
 vendor's name for their service to separate it from Motorola's MIRS service
 and other trunked services.




  Pelephone didn't start with no customers, when the market was just
 released I actually spoke to them to see if I wanted to move to them
 but at the time their 3G network wasn't operational yet and I would
 have had to buy a new (old) phone just to connect to them.


 Pelephone has been mistreating customers since the first cellular service
 in Israel. They started out with AMPS, then NAMPS (which failed miserably
 in the rest of the world due to poor service in hilly/built up areas. They
 they moved to 800mHz CDMA, which was even worse in terms of crowded or
 hilly areas.




  As far as I can find online Pelephone is still operating it's old
 network (EV-DO/CDMA2000) but aren't accepting new customers with that
 technology...


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קול קורא למתנדבים - כנס אוגוסט פינגווין 2013

[Amichai Rotman]

שלום לכל חברי קהילת הקוד הפתוח!

אנו זקוקים למתנדבים אחראים לאיוש תפקידים שונים לאורך הכנס ביום שישי הקרוב.

את כל הפרטים על הכנס - למי שעוד לא שמע - ניתן לקבל באתר הכנס [1]. אנא בקרו
שם מידי יום - האתר מתעדכן!

תחת הכותרת נשמח לסיוע ניתן להגיע לעמוד המתנדבים בוויקי של המקור - שם
מופיעים התפקידים הזקוקים לאיוש ואלה שכבר אוישו.

נשמח לשתבואו בהמוניכם!

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לינה בחיפה למשך סוף השבוע של כנס אוגוסט פינגווין 2013

[Amichai Rotman]

שלום חברים,

לאלה מכם שמתכוונים להגיע לכנס אוגוסט פינגווין 2013 [1] בסוף השבוע הקרוב
מרחבי הארץ ומעוניינים להשאר ללון בחיפה - אנא שילחו לי מייל עם המילים לינה
בחיפה בשורת הנושא.

לפי כמות הדרישה, אנסה לארגן מקומות לינה עבורכם, כך שיש להודיע לי בהקדם
האפשרי.

אני לא מבטיח שאצליח בהתראה קצרה כזו - אבל אנסה.

[1] http://august.penguin.org.il/
נתראה בקרוב,

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Re: While we are on the subject of mobiles

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Try this:

http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/how-to-dual-boot-android-x86-and-ubuntu.html\

Amichai


On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 11:54 PM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson 
geoffreymendel...@gmail.com wrote:

 On 7/27/2013 11:26 PM, Mord Behar wrote:

  There was an Android build that will run on an x86 processor
 somewhere... the development kit comes with a simulator. Whether you can
 actually simulate your specific phone's environment... I'm doubtful. In
 order to contact the cellular network your phone must identify itself to
 the nearest tower, and it does that vie the information burned in to the
 SIM card by the service provider. I don't think that you will be able to
 get very far without one.
 However, Gmail allows you to send SMS messages to phones using a couple
 of providers, I forget which. I think maybe Cellcom and Pelephone.



 The cheapest way to send 1 SMS to a cell phone from a computer is SKYPE.
 $0.10 (about 50ag). Nothing needed but free software and almost any
 internet connection.

 If you want to send many, it becomes expensive quickly.

 The cheapest way to send a reasonable amount is to install either a
 Nokia phone which supports the feature connected via either BlueTooth or
 USB OR a Hauwei USB dongle to your asterisk system.

 A properly unlocked Hauwei dongle can be used to send and receive SMS's
 and make and receive phone calls.

 Depending upon your cellular plan it may be a good investment or a waste
 of money.

 About a year ago I bought a Hauwei dongle from a store in Haifa (it was
 listed in ZAP) for under 300 NIS delivered, and another (used) one for
 $50 delivered from a eBay vendor.

 The eBay one had an antenna jack, which is good because within USB cable
 range of my asterisk system there is no reliable cell phone coverage. I
 bought a $15 antenna from China which is now out the window and on a
 railing, and it works perfectly.


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Re: accounting software

[Amichai Rotman]

Sara,

You might also consider GeeeX CRM [1]. It's based on vTiger CRM but the
Hebrew translation was redone and an Invoice module was written in,
authorized by the Israeli Revenue Service.

[1] http://free.geeex.net

Amichai.


On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Ori Idan o...@helicontech.co.il wrote:

 ifreelance can export most of it's reports as CSV so I guess it may be
 enough to connect to other software.


 On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 3:54 PM, sara fink sara.f...@gmail.com wrote:

 Thanks. Now the question is,  if freelance can connect to other software


 On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Ori Idan o...@helicontech.co.il wrote:

 There are several software packages I wrote that are all accepted.
 The best one I can recommend is:
 http://www.ifreelance.co.il
 Free of charge for most cases. Also has an API for use from ecommerece
 websites.
 Can send invoices by mail (not free, requires purchase of digital
 signature for 100 ILS a year)

 Linet is a fork of my Drorit software and unfortunately copied all the
 bugs I had and add more of their own. Although it is accepted by the Tax
 authorities it has few bugs that render it useless such as creating
 transactions for non tax invoice (Heshbonit Iska) I wonder How they got
 their tax certificate with this bug since it is illegal.
 However I heard that in recent version they fixed it.

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 http://www.ucan2.co.il/ works with Linux.

  On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 4:45 PM, sara fink sara.f...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hello Everyone

 I would like to know which accounting software (besides linet) is
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קידום הקוד הפתוח ותוכנה חופשית לנוער

[Amichai Rotman]

שלום חברים,

יש לי חבר בעל מעבדת מחשבים המספק שירותי מחשוב ללקוחות עסקיים ופרטיים באיזור
חיפה והקריות. פנו אליו כמה נערים מבית הספר בסמת והביעו עניין ללמוד איך
לתקן מחשבים. הוא פנה אלי בנושא בניית תוכנית לימודים להעברת קורס לתלמידים.
אני הצעתי לו לבנות תוכנית שמשלבת חומרה ותוכנה שכמובן תכלול לינוקס, קוד פתוח
ותוכנה חופשית.
אני מתכנן להפגש עם הרכזת / מנהלת בבית הספר ולבנות תוכנית שתתאים לכולנו.
את השיעורים יעביר החבר שלי ואולי עוד חבר שעוסק בהדרכות בתחום המחשבים.
החלק שלי הוא לספק את החלק של FLOSS.

את הקריירה המקצועית שלי התחלתי באופן דומה, עוד בימי הקומודור 64 בשנת 1985,
על-כן אשמח להיות שותף לבניית הדור הבא ולנצל את ההזדמנות לקרב את הנוער
לערכים של ה-FLOSS, שלא היה קיים בזמני...

אני זקוק לעזרה מהקהילה לבניית תוכנית לימודים מותאמת לקהל היעד: חומר כתוב
(רצוי בעברית אך לא חובה), רעיונות, הערות והארות. אם מישהו מכם כבר עשה משהו
דומה בעבר ויכול לתרום מניסיונו וכד'.

תודה!

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שיפור אתר העמותה: מולטימדיה

[Amichai Rotman]

שלום חברים,

כחלק משיפור תדמית העמותה, ברצוני לעדכן את האתר שלנו. אשמח לרעיונות / הצעות
/ הערות והארות.

כמו-כן, אם יש באוסף הפרטי שלכם תמונות, וידאו, מאמרים - או כל דבר שיכול
ליהיות רלוונטי לפרסום באתר העמותה ומייצג את הקוד הפתוח והתוכנה החופשית
בישראל - אנא שילחו אלי. בעתיד גם נפתח כתובות דואל רלוונטיות.

תודה!

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Re: power failure - no keyboard in grub menu

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Another trick:


   1. Turn off the computer.
   2. Disconnect the power cable.
   3. Press the power button a few times to discharge any built up
   electricity.
   4. Disconnect the keyboard.
   5. Connect the power cable.
   6. Turn on the PC and wait until it passes the BIOS screens and into
   GRUB.
   7. Hold the power button until the computer shuts down (only if it's
   stuck!)
   8. Reconnect the keyboard and try to boot normally.

All this assuming you have a PS/2 keyboard. If it's a USB keyboard, make
sure the BIOS is set to allow USB keyboards.

Amichai.


On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:13 AM, shimi linux...@shimi.net wrote:

 On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Gabor Szabo szab...@gmail.com wrote:

 hi

 after a power failure when I try to boot my Ubuntu 12.04 machine it
 displays the Grub menu but it
 does not react to any keyboard combination I tried.


 If I press Del earlier, it does get in the BIOS and there I can use
 the keyboard, so it does not seem to be a hardware issue, but in the
 GRUB menu no reaction.
 So this things seems to be stuck.

 Any idea what could I do?



 Check your BIOS for an option that blocks keyboard until the OS is up.
 This bit may have been flagged in the BIOS memory by the power glitch. If
 you can't find it, you can simply try to restore your BIOS to
 factory/fail-safe conditions, or disconnect it from mains, pull out the
 CMOS battery for a minute or so, and then return it..

 HTH,

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Re: Making alt-tab shift applications

[Amichai Rotman]

Take a look at this file for clues:

/etc/default/keyboard

When you install the server and get to the keyboard part, don't use the
defaults, choose Asia/Israel and go through the Keyboard Layout wizard. It
will ask you for the key combination to change layout at the end.

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On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Meir Kriheli mkrih...@gmail.com wrote:

 ubuntu-desktop is not GNOME, it's actually Unity.

 See for a possible answer here:
 http://askubuntu.com/a/68171

 Cheers


 On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Steve G. word...@gmail.com wrote:

 I had a computer that I considered for use as a server, and thus
 installed ubuntu server edition on it. I proceeded to install gnome desktop
 with - if I remember correctly - the command: sudo apt-get install
 ubuntu-desktop

 It gave me a perfectly satisfactory desktop, except for one thing - I
 can't switch between applications using the alt-tab shortcut, which always
 worked for me.

 I tried installing the compizconfig-settings-manager, but it does not
 have this option (to switch windows). System Settings - hardware - keyboard
 does not seem to do it either. I can add a custom shortcut, but it does not
 work

 Any advice? I'd best like to know which line to add to a configuration
 file, instead of messing with GUIs that are supposed to work but don't.

 THX,

 Z.

 uname -a :

 3.5.0-26-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 8 23:18:20 UTC 2013 x86_64
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Re: Making alt-tab shift applications

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Add this line as the last line of the settings block:

XKBOPTIONS=grp:alt_shift_toggle,grp_led:scroll

I know you are quite technical, and you asked for a file to add the config
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On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Steve G. word...@gmail.com wrote:

 You can select to not use unity, and instead use classic, which is what I
 am doing, as I abhor Unity.

 I ran as guest and the alt-tab worked. I will sooner or later try with
 unity on my own login, but even if it works, I won't use unity.

 /etc/default/keyboard gives me the layout. I switch between languages
 using setxkbmap us/il but I do not believe it helps in either language.

 Z.


 On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Amichai Rotman amic...@iglu.org.ilwrote:

 Take a look at this file for clues:

 /etc/default/keyboard

 When you install the server and get to the keyboard part, don't use the
 defaults, choose Asia/Israel and go through the Keyboard Layout wizard. It
 will ask you for the key combination to change layout at the end.

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 On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Meir Kriheli mkrih...@gmail.com wrote:

 ubuntu-desktop is not GNOME, it's actually Unity.

 See for a possible answer here:
 http://askubuntu.com/a/68171

 Cheers


 On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Steve G. word...@gmail.com wrote:

 I had a computer that I considered for use as a server, and thus
 installed ubuntu server edition on it. I proceeded to install gnome desktop
 with - if I remember correctly - the command: sudo apt-get install
 ubuntu-desktop

 It gave me a perfectly satisfactory desktop, except for one thing - I
 can't switch between applications using the alt-tab shortcut, which always
 worked for me.

 I tried installing the compizconfig-settings-manager, but it does not
 have this option (to switch windows). System Settings - hardware - keyboard
 does not seem to do it either. I can add a custom shortcut, but it does not
 work

 Any advice? I'd best like to know which line to add to a configuration
 file, instead of messing with GUIs that are supposed to work but don't.

 THX,

 Z.

 uname -a :

 3.5.0-26-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 8 23:18:20 UTC 2013 x86_64
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Replacing Firmware on the Siemens Orange Netbox

[Amichai Rotman]

Hi all,

I was one of the unfortunate ones that got connected to Orange's home VOB
line with the Seimens Gigaset 604, based on the Infineon Danube platform.

Once I have left them, they opened the router, giving me admin on it
and disabling the SIP capability.

I heard there is a way to replace Orange's firmware with another,
completely functional (?) but I don't know where to look...

Can any of you point me in the right direction?

You can contact me off-list too...

Thanks!

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Hardware Database

[Amichai Rotman]

Hello,

It would've been nice to start a website where people could refer to to
find out all the practical issues of installing / using FLOSS in Israel:

* A hardware DB where they can look up a device by category (i.e.
Motherboard) and check the compatibility sorted by distro etc.

* A list of Israeli Linux friendly vendors (including vendors outside
Israel that are willing to ship their products to Israel hustle free).

* Distro specific Installation Guides, pointing out any common pitfalls.

Such sites might exist out there in the Net, but none of them are Israeli
 specific or in Hebrew and don't hold all the a fore mentioned features in
one place...
Another plus is the fact that the content will be socially contributed - by
the users themselves.

What do you think?

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Re: Motherboards for new Ubuntu install

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Dotan,

Download the Windows drivers from the MpBo site, extract the files, look up
the relevant strings in the .inf files and Google it for Kubuntu
compatibility

How about starting a Linux-IL maintained HW DB - every member runs lshw on
their machine and uploads it to a site with the Distro their running...

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On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Baruch Siach bar...@tkos.co.il wrote:

 Hi Dotan,

 On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 12:29:31PM +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
  On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Baruch Siach bar...@tkos.co.il
 wrote:
   You'll need to access a running
   machine to extract the PCI ID information, though, since Gigabyte's
 manual is
   not very helpful.
 
  Is that the chicken, or the egg?
 
  In other words, if I did have access to a running system, I would
  already know if it works or not!

 This board surely runs Windows. You can extract the PCI ID from its Device
 Manager, or whatever it's called there.

 Also, some BIOSes list PCI devices with IDs in the initial screen.

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Video Interviews with Israeli Open Source / Free Software People

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Hi,

I'd like to conduct video interviews with Israeli people involved with Open
Source and Free Software.

I intend to upload these videos to a YouTube channel and use it to promote
FOSS.

It is a personal interest of mine. I'd like to know:

How they started their involvement with FOSS?
Their favorite project?
What are they doing now?
Etc.

Any of you interested in being interviewed?

I am open for suggestions for any questions you'd like to be answered...

Thanks!

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Haifa University Video on Linux?

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Hi,

I am using Google Chrome version 23.0.1271.64-r165188 on Ubuntu 12.04.

I am trying to watch the following video:

http://actv.haifa.ac.il/programs/Item.aspx?it=1004

Any of you able to watch it, or do you get the No supported plugin error
I am getting?

I have the ugly extras installed...

Thanks!
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Re: Haifa University Video on Linux?

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Can anyone tell mi what codec is in use?

It is probably a missing package...



On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Steve G. word...@gmail.com wrote:

 I am able to see it with chrome, not sure what version but I update to the
 latest one when Ubuntu asks me to.

 On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 7:56 AM, Amichai Rotman amic...@iglu.org.ilwrote:

 Hi,

 I am using Google Chrome version 23.0.1271.64-r165188 on Ubuntu 12.04.

 I am trying to watch the following video:

 http://actv.haifa.ac.il/programs/Item.aspx?it=1004

 Any of you able to watch it, or do you get the No supported plugin
 error I am getting?

 I have the ugly extras installed...

 Thanks!
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Re: Haifa University Video on Linux?

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I guess it was VLC. It wasn't installed and when installing, it installed a
bunch of dependencies with codecs...



On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Mord Behar mord...@gmail.com wrote:

 mms://vod4.haifa.ac.il/p/ac/2987.wmv

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Re: Haifa University Video on Linux?

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I also tried it and got the same error Steve got. I opened a new tab and
entered 'about:plugins' in the URL line. I saw Chrome's internal Flash
Player plugin was disabled. I enabled it and refreshed the IBA site - voila!


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On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 7:53 PM, Steve G. word...@gmail.com wrote:

 I am getting an explicit error message - Express Install is not supported
 on this operating system. To upgrade, please visit: Flash Player Download
 Center. which links to Adobe flashplayer page.

 There I get the following message: Your Google Chrome browser already
 includes Adobe® Flash® Player built-in. Google Chrome will automatically
 update when new versions of Flash Player are available.

 So there you are. Maybe VLC would load it as a site? No it does not.

 On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Guy Gold guy1g...@gmail.com wrote:


 On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Amichai Rotman amic...@iglu.org.ilwrote:

 I guess it was VLC. It wasn't installed and when installing, it
 installed a bunch of dependencies with codecs...


 Amichai, I'm glad you were able to find a solution, I'll use your post to
 publish my problem,
 The IBA's (Rashut Hashidur) Kol Hamusika , can be listened to , online,
 here:
 http://kolhamusica.iba.org.il/
 However, I'm not able to get that page to work (Debian / Iceweasel or
 Epiphany) ,
 I am able to listen to the station using mediating websites (which also
 degrade the bit-rate) , Can anyone make it work on their system ? or is
 the IBA using MS silverlight ?

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Re: Haifa University Video on Linux?

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How about this?

http://tunein.com/radio/Kol-Ha-Musica-985-s100350/


On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Guy Gold guy1g...@gmail.com wrote:


 On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Amichai Rotman 
 ami...@iglu.org.ilamic...@iglu.org.il
  wrote:

 I also tried it and got the same error Steve got. I opened a new tab and
 entered 'about:plugins' in the URL line. I saw Chrome's internal Flash
 Player plugin was disabled. I enabled it and refreshed the IBA site - voila!


 Very cool,
 now, that means I'll need to install chrome :(  , or try to see if the
 same applies to ice-weasel .

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Re: Haifa University Video on Linux?

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It's not Flash - its Windows Media Player. When you enable the internal
Flash plugin in Chrome it uses Media Player 10 Compatible Totem plugin...

Try installing the 'totem-plugins' and 'totem-plugins-extra' packages.

Sadly, IBA uses CastUp, which in turn uses Microsoft's crappy codecs...

BTW - Any of you has some pull to make them switch to OGG or FLAC?


On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Oleg Goldshmidt p...@goldshmidt.orgwrote:

 On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Amichai Rotman amic...@iglu.org.il
 wrote:
  How about this?
 
  http://tunein.com/radio/Kol-Ha-Musica-985-s100350/

 FWIW, clicked on the link in Firefox which prompted me to install a
 few gstreamer plugins (bad, ugly, etc.) and dependencies, reloaded
 the page - it plays (Fedora 17).

 The iba.org.il site does not work though, it does not even recognize
 that I do have libflashplayer.so...

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Re: tablets, readers and E ink - a question

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Hi,

I own an e-vrit e-ink reader and a Samsung 10.1 Galaxy Tablet.

I used the e-vrit for a while to read books from the e-vrit site and some
plain text classics. It does feel easier on the eyes, but it was very slow
to respond, so the experience is somewhat diminished... PDF files are
supported, but unusable - the screen is too small and the CPU is too slow
to render the image - about 2-3 seconds for each page flip.

Since then I switched to the Galaxy Tablet and I barely put it down: I use
it for reading mostly (80%), some puzzle games and some web browsing. Being
an Android device, it has integrated support for all Google services
(including Gmail, of course).

It is a bit less comfortable to read for a long time, but I don't have that
much free time anyway. I mostly read on the go or before sleep.

I'd strongly recommend a 10 Android-based tablet. I don't know the Kindle
Fire HD specs too well, but I guess you'd find some limitations with it.
The e-ink technology is not very useful yet, i'd wait for the next
generation.

In short:

If you are going to read a lot of content you buy from the provider
(e-vrit, Amazon) and have access to a light source - Go with the Kindle /
e-ink device. 10 is the optimal screen size for PDF files. Microsoft Doc
files are not very well supported with Kindle.

If you want some freedom to choose the e-texts source (PDF, epub, text,
etc.) and you are on the go most of the time - Go with the Android 10
Tablet.

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On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 12:20 PM, yochai yoc...@titat.info wrote:

 Hey,

 From my experience E-Ink are better for reading plain text.
 The E-Ink I had experience with was all black and white and wasn't so
 great for internet access or pictures. Reading on it was better then a
 paper book, felt the same for the eyes and pages didn't flip by them
 self, also a lot of books are much heavier.

 The main issues of LCD are the inability to read in direct light and
 lower batter life.
 Even after anti-glare cover that I've added, I still need to shade the
 screen.

 Experience:
 A few hours of toying with a E-Ink based reader and a lot more with the
 Nook Color I own.
 The biggest issue I found with the Nook Color for reading was that with
 some PDFs it was to slow to read (more then two second to load the
 content into the screen) but I think it won't be an issue with a newer
 tablet.

 If you go for E-Ink make sure that you have a light-source.

 Yochai

 On 10/08/12 11:06, Dan Shimshoni wrote:
  Hi all,
 
  Question:
  I think of buying some tablet device which its main purpose is reading
  (pdf, documents in word format, books, and for a real less degree xchm
 files).
  I intend to use if also for Internet browsing (also reading/writing
  emails via webmail).
 
  Options I think of are:
  Some 10'' Reader (like kindle) which has E-Ink support.
 
  Tablet (10'') like some android-based tablet or iPad.
 
  AFAIK, most tablets (if not all) do not come with E-Ink support.
 
  In all cases, what I need is wifi support (3G is not mandatory).
 
  My question is simple:
  Suppose I intend to have 80% of the usage time for reading docs (pdf,
 etc)
  and only 20% of the  usage time for Internet - which is better ?
 
  Or to put it more sharply - Is E Ink technology really substantial
  when reading docs ?
 
  I appreciate those who has real experience with these devices
  regarding reading pdf/books and accessing internet
  with this devices will comment from their experience.
 
  rgs,
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תרגום הפוך בעת צפייה בסרטים דרך WallaVOD עם לינוקס.

[Amichai Rotman]

שלום חברים,

באתר WallaVOD ניתן לצפות בסרטים חינם אך התרגום מופיע הפוך. יש פיתרון?

אני עובד עם אובונטו 12.04 ו-Flash Player 11.

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Re: תרגום הפוך בעת צפייה בסרטים דרך WallaVOD עם לינוקס.

[Amichai Rotman]

Sorry for the Hebrew...

And thanks for the link. It says I should ask the site to upgrade their
flash - is this relevant?
On Oct 8, 2012 4:44 PM, yochai yoc...@titat.info wrote:

 https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bugid=3008563

 On 10/08/12 16:01, Amichai Rotman wrote:
  שלום חברים,
 
  באתר WallaVOD ניתן לצפות בסרטים חינם אך התרגום מופיע הפוך. יש פיתרון?
 
  אני עובד עם אובונטו 12.04 ו-Flash Player 11.
 
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Up to date Ubuntu related guides in Hebrew available?

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Hi all,

Are there any up-to-date Hebrew videos, HOTOs, guides etc. ?

I'd like to hand out some material (or a link) to resources for Hebrew
speaking Ubuntu / Linux newbies

Thanks!
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Re: printer

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I know Brother support Linux. I recommend Laser printers, if you don't do
much printing. I now prefer Samsung printers. usually works out of the box
- no additional software needed (at least in Ubuntu).
I'd recommend visiting the stores near your house, check the service status
(how much it costs to fix and buy Toner etc.). Make note of some of the
models you find interesting and check them against this resource:

OpenPrinting Printer List http://openprinting.org/printers

My mom bought the following printer:

Samsung SCX4623F http://www.zap.co.il/model.aspx?modelid=745898 and she
is very pleased. Haven't tried it with Linux though... This specific model
isn't on the OpenPrint list, but model SCX-4828FN is listed as Perfectly.
This model is the same, just the Networked version.

Tip: Try installing the printer without any drivers first.

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On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Guy Gold guy1g...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Shlomo Solomon 
 shlomo.solo...@gmail.comwrote:

 On a related note, do you know if the scanning and faxing on this (or
 any other) printer works when there's no ink? My scanner died and I
 thought of buying a multi-function as a replacement, since all the
 scanners I found were expensive. But I do VERY little
 printing and don't want to be forced to buy ink just to use the
 scanner.


 I have a Brother MFC all-in-one (cannot recall the exact model) , The
 scanner works fine after there's not ink in some of the cartridges, and ,
 as far as I recall , fax is fine as well, however, you cannot print black
 and white , even if they are full, unless all cartridges (color) have some
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Re: Problems with yad2

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It has nothing to do with Linux.

It's a connection problem. Maybe your gateway is blocking connections to
Israel?

Amichai,


On Sun, Jul 29, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Steve G. word...@gmail.com wrote:

 Not sure it is a linux or unix problem, but I am experiencing it on a
 linux desktop.

 When I try to reach http://www.yad2.co.il/ (I am outside Israel), using
 either chrome or firefox on ubuntu 12.04, I get an error Error 101
 (net::ERR_CONNECTION_RESET): The connection was reset.

 The same problems happen also with safari on OSX.

 As I do not have a windows machine handy right now, I wonder if this is
 something that has to do with explorer/windows, or maybe it is location
 related.

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Connecting to an SBOX (CheckPoint) from Ubuntu

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Hi,

Anyone knows of a way to connect to an SBOX from Ubuntu's Network Manager?

Thanks!

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Israeli Linux Related Web Sites - Outdated and User UnFriendly!

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Hello Fellow Israeli Linuxers!

I was going over some Israeli Linux web sites (using http://www.linux.org.il
 and http://www.hamakor.org.il as starting points) and I've noticed a few
problems:

   1. most of the mention the same resources (obviously).
   2. Almost all of them are in English only.
   3. Some of the links on the Israeli Resources pages are dead - i.e.:
   http://www.zulo.org.il.
   4. All of them are outdated - both design (The IGLU site is the
   exception) and content-wise.

I have no idea in Web development and/or design, but what I *do* have is
lots of motivation, free time and some basic translation skills.

I am willing to learn, so if someone spends an hour explaining to me how to
improve the above points, and gives me the appropriate credentials, I will
be more the glad to help out in remedy the situation.

We have to make the Israeli Linux Portal more welcome for the Israelis,
starting with the most obvious task: Making Hebrew content available!

Thoughts?

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Ubuntu Documentation in Hebrew?

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Hi,

Any of you know of any Hebrew documentation for Ubuntu?

Does Ubuntu-IL still around?

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Android Specific Mailing List

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Hi,

Am I to understand an Israeli Android specific Mailing List was set up on
Google Groups?

Why am I getting mail messages - I don't remember subscribing...

I *do* want to be subscribed to such a list, but I would like to be the one
to do it

Thanks,

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Re: Getting rid of proprietary fonts

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Isn't the settings dialogue for font replacement is for? I am not in front
of it now, but I remember there is a font substitution setting somewhere...

Amichai.
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Hello,
I'd like to build a virtual server at home: One physical machine to run 3
desktop VMs (one for each family member)  and  shared storage for all VMs.
What would be the best to use: VirtualBox, VMWare Sex or KVM?

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Re: [OUT?] Help with Android?

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So, how do we start the list?

Can we host it on HUJI servers?

I am reluctant of using those public list servers (like Yahoo! Groups) - is
there a way to start an Israeli specific list on Google Groups?

Thanks

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 On Fri, Jan 13, 2012, Erez D wrote about Re: [OUT?] Help with Android?:
  I bet most of the people on this list have a fridge. I have a fridge
  question  (just kidding, couldn't help it).

 The difference being that there is (I believe) a large intersection
 between the people interested in Linux internals and in Android
 internals, while the intersection with people interested in Fridge
 internals is, I belive, lower.

  I am an android user/developer as part of my job. however, android is not
  linux. at least not gnu/linux, and should have it's own list.
 ...
  anyway, i would be happy to join an android related israeli mailing list.

 I agree that there should be an Android mailing list, and would also be
 happy
 to join it if someone creates one.

 I'm not sure, though, how in this decade we can justify why an *English*
 (not Hebrew) mailing list (not forum or some facebook crap) for *Israelis*
 (not for the whole world) is what we need, and who will it be for (Just
 developers and aspiring developer? Or everyone who yesterday got an Android
 phone as a default through some deal? I would rather it be defined as
 the former - a list of (at least) aspiring developers.)

  btw, if one is an app programmer, one does usually not touch anything
  related to linux, it's just java and special android api. (rarely use
 NDK).

 This is almost like saying that Emacs questions are not related to
 Linux, because it's just Lisp and special Emacs APIs... While Android is
 very different from GNU/Linux, it is Linux with a diffferent set of
 applications, and much of the philosophy of its developers (although
 unfortunately not all of it) is similar to that of Linux developers.

  i guess there should be more than one. IAAD - israeli android app devel,
  and IAD - israeli android devel (create your own android distro).

 Why this separation into various kinds of developers? It's almost like
 separating linux-il into separate mailing lists for Linux application
 developers and Linux kernel developers, and perhaps further into Fedora
 users, Ubuntu users, game players, and other subpopulations. I don't
 think there's enough members or list traffic to justify such a division,
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Re: [OUT?] Help with Android?

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Well, why don't we start one of our own. I bet most of you developers on
this list are also Android users / developers
I am no developer, but I am tinker and I like to help, so I can try to help
as I can.

In the mean time,  can I ask. Android related questions here?

Amichai.
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[OUT?] Help with Android?

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Hi all,
I own an Android device and I am looking for an Israel oriented, Android
related mailing list...
I know this is not exactly Linux related,  but I just don't know where else
to look.
The iAndroid forums aren't very helpful...

Thanks!
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Re: looking for a wireless pci card

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Can you elaborate a bit more?

I understand you have a desktop machine - don't you have a router? A wired
connection is better. Wireless is always slower...

Please provide a bit more about your setup.

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 Hi,
 Small advice - Don't go there. I have an Edimax PCI card (the one that
 comes with no less then 3 antennas).

 The PCI version doesn't give you any advantage in terms of speed,
 reliability etc, unless you want to save a USB port.

 You'll find many more Wireless USB devices, and they're more cheap.

 Good Luck,
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 2011/12/19 Nitzan Brumer nitz...@gmail.com

 After I've fought with bezeq and netvision for not getting the connection
 speed that I'm paying for I've found out that my cart uses the RT250 cheap
 and that this cheap is a known trouble in linux.

 So I'm looking for a new card recommendation, one that works good under
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Israeli Linux Friendly Compatibility List?

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Hello All,

Is there a resource I could check for Israeli friendly Linux apps / sites?

For instance: I'd like to use a personal finance program like KMoney, but
customized to Israel (Hebrew interface, default settings for ILS, Israeli
banks pre-installed and so on

Thanks,

Amichai.
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