Re: [PLUG] Replace Quicken with GnuCash...

[Ronald Bynoe]

I've actually been looking into using GnuCash lately, so it's comforting to
hear everyone say it's pretty functional! Does anyone have experience
printing checks from it at home? I don't want to buy a giant box of checks
that I seldom use. It'd be handy if I could just tell GnuCash my checking
account number, routing number, and a font-face, and have it print up a
sheet of checks I can use on that check paper you can buy at office supply
stores.

On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 6:22 PM, Thomas Groman 
wrote:

> I use GnuCash exclusively for my finances. I also use the MySQL plugin
> so i can update it with all my transactions wherever. It has been
> completely adequate for all my needs. Any time it does not do what i
> need it to i just didn't look in the documentation for how to do it. I
> have not used the Windows version all that much but from when i did it
> works just the same. Probably buttons and icons don't mesh that well
> with rest of Windows themes but it's a finance tool not a media viewer.
>
>
> On 02/27/2017 03:32 PM, Michael Christopher Robinson wrote:
> > How effective a replacement for Quicken is GnuCash?
> >
> > Does GnuCash allow importing from Excel or LibreOffice Calc?
> >
> > My fiance is trying the Windows version, but there is a Linux and a Mac
> > version too.  Does the Windows version of GnuCash work as well as the
> > Linux version?
> >
> > I haven't convinced her yet that she doesn't need Quicken, but she has
> > GnuCash and is giving it a good try.  Quicken is ridiculously expensive
> > at upwards of $140 US.
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Re: [PLUG] Remote GUI access to an Ubuntu machine

[Ronald Bynoe]

X-Forwarding, it's built into SSH but has to be enabled with ssh -X or in
the config file. You'll also need some X packages installed on the server
you are connecting to. This will forward just the X application you want.
If you're looking to remotely connect to a window manager running on
another box,  you'll want VNC or the like.

On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 10:17 AM, Dick Steffens 
wrote:

> What's the word I need to search on for a tool to connect to a remote
> Ubuntu machine and have access to the GUI?
>
> I already SSH into the machine for one task I need to do. But sometimes
> I need to run a program on it that requires a GUI. I recall that there
> are such tools, but don't recall the names.
>
> The remote box runs MythTV. I'm no longer using it to drive a TV, but
> just for viewing the schedule. I can always get out a monitor and hook
> it up, but for the few times I need to run the front end program, it
> would be easier to do it from another machine.
>
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Re: [PLUG] Remote GUI access to an Ubuntu machine

[Ronald Bynoe]

Ah, I see I was late to reply. Yes, this is the correct answer. If you're
sshing into a system on your LAN, I find it to be quite speedy (I do this
with Eclipse every day, and it runs with the same performance as it does on
my own system) but if you're trying to do this over the Internet well, like
Mark said, YMMV.
(:

On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Mark Phillips 
wrote:

> Dick,
>
> Google "forwarding X over ssh".
>
> Basically, you have to enable X11Forwarding on the server in the .ssh file,
> then just 'ssh -X' from the client.
>
> May be slow...YMMV.
>
> Mark
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Dick Steffens 
> wrote:
>
> > What's the word I need to search on for a tool to connect to a remote
> > Ubuntu machine and have access to the GUI?
> >
> > I already SSH into the machine for one task I need to do. But sometimes
> > I need to run a program on it that requires a GUI. I recall that there
> > are such tools, but don't recall the names.
> >
> > The remote box runs MythTV. I'm no longer using it to drive a TV, but
> > just for viewing the schedule. I can always get out a monitor and hook
> > it up, but for the few times I need to run the front end program, it
> > would be easier to do it from another machine.
> >
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Re: [PLUG] how to exit full screen google maps

[Ronald Bynoe]

That's not full screen...clicking the "maximize" icon simply maximizes the
window. Most web browsers since the 90s, many games, and many other
applications, use F11 across platforms as the "fullscreen" option, it's
actually rather surprising you haven't seen that in use elsewhere. It
doesn't matter whether you're using Firefox or Chrome, Windows or Linux,
F11 is fullscreen, and the "traditional little box" is maximize, as is
dragging your window to the top of the screen. If you're interested, there
are many websites that list the available keyboard shortcuts (ctrl+shift+t
is one of my favorites, the "resurrect tab" shortcut for when I
accidentally close a tab in a browser and I didn't mean to), one fairly
comprehensive list is on Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_keyboard_shortcuts#Window_management

Pleasantly,
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On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 8:57 AM, Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtm...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I must be dense.  The keyboard shortcuts list is very useful, but the
> behavior I see is still a mystery.
>
> For one, I am using chrome, not firefox.
>
> If I press F11, I get a full screen lacking any icons of use--no
> hamburger.  If I click on the traditional little box (between the - and the
> X) to choose full screen, the menu bar remains.  If I drag the window to
> the top of the screen I get full screen with the menu bar still present, so
> I can exit full screen using the little box.  How I got to the situation
> which prompted this entire exchange is a mystery--I cannot imagine that I
> inadvertently hit F11.  After I send this email I will try to duplicate the
> mystery situation--maybe it only happens when only one tab is present. BTW,
> dragging the menu bar to the top of the screen to produce full screen is a
> feature of the system, not just the browser.  It happens with all windows I
> have tried.
>
> -Denis
>
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 10:27 PM, King Beowulf <kingbeow...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On 06/15/2016 04:34 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > > Thanks.  That does it.  Toggles between full screen and not.  Is that a
> > > "everybody knows" thing?  What else does everybody know?  I want to be
> in
> > > the know.
> > >
> > > -Denis
> > >
> >
> > No such thing as "everybody knows."  As in all things, a bit of research
> > is all it takes to gain knowledge.  Like we used to say in my academic
> > days: "If we knew the answer, we wouldn't call it 'research'."
> >
> > In Firefox, you can turn the "classic" menu on/off via instruction here:
> >
> >
> >
> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/what-happened-to-the-file-edit-and-view-menus
> >
> > A proper menu rocks.  That stupid 3-line icon is for tablets. bah.
> >
> > F11 has been around since before Firefox.  Seamonkey, Mozilla,
> > Netscape...etc...Heck, I think NCSA Mosaic and then Netscape invented
> > most of them.  Newer browsers just stole...er...reused the old code.
> >
> > F5  reload current tab
> > ctrl-/ctrl+ to decrease/increase font size
> > ctrl-tab to switch tabs
> >
> > There's more here:
> >
> >
> >
> http://www.howtogeek.com/114518/47-keyboard-shortcuts-that-work-in-all-web-browsers/
> >
> > (some of these may not work as intended since the article was written.
> > YMMV).
> >
> > Enjoy,
> > Ed
> >
> >
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Re: [PLUG] More on laptop search

[Ronald Bynoe]

My ThinkPad T540p is pretty nice with Linux. I stuck 2 SSDs in it (no
optical drive), loaded it with 16GB of RAM, and it has a nice high res LCD.

Although it has a full numberpad (a must for me) I do wish the LCD had an
ambient light sensor for auto dimming, and I wish the keyboard were
back-lit.

It has built-in Bluetooth too, which is nice because my mouse is BT. Oh,
and my model has the fingerprint reader option, and that too works in
Linux! Actually, everything I've tried has. I have 2 external monitors
attached, for a total of 5,760x3,480 of screen real estate.

Pleasantly,
Ronald Bynoe
On May 10, 2016 07:28, "Paul Heinlein" <heinl...@madboa.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 9 May 2016, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
>
> > Lenovo (ans. to chat question) says all their laptops have flat-top
> > keys--none sculpted.  Time to look at the used market or maybe Dell?
> > Rats.  Why do they do this?
>
> I'm a convert. I loved my full-throw ThinkPad keyboards, but I've
> grown accustomed to chiclet-style keys. I appreciate the more compact
> motion they allow. When I type on my old ThinkPad X200 these days, my
> hands get tired.
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Re: [PLUG] What do you call a portable computer that ...

[Ronald Bynoe]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Dick Steffens 
wrote:

> On 12/22/2015 11:21 AM, Michael Rasmussen wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 10:28:05AM -0800, Dick Steffens wrote:
> >> My objective is to have a device that uses a decent sized hard drive so
> >> I can put my entire music collection on it and be able to leave it
> >> running in the car, connected to my car's stereo Aux port, but not
> >> requiring that it be kept open like a laptop.
> >
> > Consider upgrading your car radio to one that supports  Bluetooth.
>
> It already does, but that's tied up with the phone. But there's a stereo
> mini jack on it, right up front, that I can use with a cable between it
> and the headphone jack on the computer.
>
> > Then get a tablet with an SD card slot and you'll be home free in less
> > space
>
> Last time I checked, which was before just now, SD cards only went to 32
> GB, and I known I want more than that without having to swap them out.
> But now I see that there are ones that can go to 2 TB. Of course, that
> would mean finding a tablet that supports the recent SDXC standard.
>

All current and previous generation Android devices support SDXC, and yeah,
you can get 64 GB cheap, and each year the next size gets cheaper. For
Black Friday this year, 128 GB MicroSD cards were only $45, next year 256
GB ones will be priced under $50, and likely soon multi-terrabyte ones will
be in the reasonable price range as well, probably at a pace which
outstrips your LP ripping process.

>
> > with longer battery life.
>
> I'm prepared to us a car charger if necessary.
>
Okay, but a car charger won't charge a laptop, it'll run it, but the
battery won't increase in charge very quickly, that giant display, the
spinning rust, and the super-fast GPU and CPU all eat a lot of power. Your
average laptop battery will go 4-8 hours between charges, a cell phone in
airplane mode will last weeks. A laptop when your car is on will charge
very slowly, if at all, at which point you may have a dead laptop battery
for your drive home, and any small bump to your inverter will make you wait
for Linux to reboot, potentially interactively. With a cell phone, you just
need a USB port (so it won't even consume your entire accessory port most
likely, most accessory USB plugs have multiple ports), it'll charge over
the course of your drive, and sit there idling for you while sipping power.
Also, an Android phone with minimal apps installed will boot up many times
faster than a laptop will.

And, there's the issue of parking your car at the grocery store or theater.
A phone could be tossed into your glove box if you're concerned about it
being stolen. A laptop is much harder to hide. A laptop is also a more
expensive device, and more likely to present a target to a would-be-thief.
The phone can attach to your aux audio input, or to your car's bluetooth,
and it can do so way better than Windows or Linux will (I can skip songs
from my steering wheel on my phone via bluetooth, while reading the artist
name and song title, I have a feeling Amarok might not be quite as
functional for car bluetooth players).


>
> Thanks for the ideas.
>

Oh, and of course with a phone, it has GPS, and wifi, and could be used to
attach to your home wifi when you come home, with a gpx file ftp'd over to
your desktop of your speed and location during your drive, or since it has
Maps anyway (or you can download Waze), you can use it for navigation
without tying up your phone for that too! And of course, cell phone mounts
for cars are a dime a dozen, a laptop mount would be much more involved
considering their size and weight, and much more likely to interfere with
the proper functioning of your air bags.

Okay, I promise, I'm done now. (:

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Re: [PLUG] What do you call a portable computer that ...

[Ronald Bynoe]

They're called 2-in-1s, however, you don't need one for that. Why not use
an old Android Phone or even a tablet, that has a MicroSD card slot? An old
phone can be free if you already have it, or nearly free if you're getting
one used from FreeGeek or the Salvation Army. As long as the screen works
and it has a microSD card slot.

Your benefit is that it's designed to power on quickly, and can be
configured to launch an app on boot (I recommend PowerAmp and Tasker for
that purpose), and a 64 GB MicroSD card is only $26 and is way more than
enough to hold your current mp3 collection, and it's growth for the next
few years as you copy your LPs to it, it's solid state so you won't lose
your music due to car vibrations or the hard-power-down that it'll
experience when the car is turned off, and it's much smaller with a way
better interface to your music collection than a PC would have.

But I agree with Michael, just get a new stereo that supports bluetooth,
it's not much more expensive than the phone, still way cheaper than the
laptop, and -far- more useful.

Pleasantly,
Ronald Bynoe

On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Dick Steffens <d...@dicksteffens.com>
wrote:

> What do you call the kind of portable computer where the screen can be
> swiveled around and folded so that you're holding it the way you'd hold
> a tablet? I thought I'd seen the designation netbook applied to them,
> but the ones I've looked up don't offer the feature that makes it kind
> of like a tablet.
>
> My objective is to have a device that uses a decent sized hard drive so
> I can put my entire music collection on it and be able to leave it
> running in the car, connected to my car's stereo Aux port, but not
> requiring that it be kept open like a laptop.
>
> The tablets I've seen don't have the local storage capacity I want. I
> currently have about 28 GB of MP3 files. But I have about six feet of
> LPs that, one of these days, I'll get around to copying to MP3s. So, a
> 250 GB drive or better would be good.
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Re: [PLUG] OpenSuse confusion

[Ronald Bynoe]

Yeah, it's SuSE's new approach to developing their distribution. Peak is to
SuSE Linux Enterprise as CentOS is to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. And Fedora
is equivalent to OpenSuSE.

So Peak and CentOS will be the more forward-looking versions of their
enterprise counterparts. Peak has a slight difference in that it will also
incorporate packages that are slated for future releases, kinda like a
hybrid between Fedora and RHEL.

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 11:27 AM, benjamin barber 
wrote:

> seminds me of sunos / solaris, version numbers are are social constructs
> ;-)
>
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 11:20 AM, John Jason Jordan 
> wrote:
> > I am trying to figure out what is the latest release of OpenSuse.
> > Apparently there was a 13.2, and maybe a 13.3, but now suddenly there
> > is Leap, which is version 42.1. WTH?
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Re: [PLUG] OpenSuse confusion

[Ronald Bynoe]

Or rather, pay more attention to your typing Ronald, sed 's/peak/leap/'

You can read more about it at https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Leap but no, I
don't know why exactly they chose the numbers they did for the versioning!

Pleasantly,
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On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 11:29 AM, Ronald Bynoe <ron...@bynoe.us> wrote:

> Yeah, it's SuSE's new approach to developing their distribution. Peak is
> to SuSE Linux Enterprise as CentOS is to Red Hat Enterprise Linux. And
> Fedora is equivalent to OpenSuSE.
>
> So Peak and CentOS will be the more forward-looking versions of their
> enterprise counterparts. Peak has a slight difference in that it will also
> incorporate packages that are slated for future releases, kinda like a
> hybrid between Fedora and RHEL.
>
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 11:27 AM, benjamin barber <starwor...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> seminds me of sunos / solaris, version numbers are are social constructs
>> ;-)
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 11:20 AM, John Jason Jordan <joh...@comcast.net>
>> wrote:
>> > I am trying to figure out what is the latest release of OpenSuse.
>> > Apparently there was a 13.2, and maybe a 13.3, but now suddenly there
>> > is Leap, which is version 42.1. WTH?
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Re: [PLUG] Intel Now Largest Linux Corporate Supporter

[Ronald Bynoe]

So I got an okay to shill a little:

shilling

I work in Linux validation on a team at one of those companies at the top
of the list. If anyone has really decent Linux skills and an aptitude for
learning, my team is currently hiring folks for contract work (6-18
months). If you have datacenter or software validation (bug reporting)
experience that's a bonus. It's pretty cool (IMHO) and can provide exposure
to some technologies you don't normally get to gain experience with (this
is a testing lab, not a production environment).

If anyone is interested, reply to me off list with your resume. The link to
Kelly Services' posting is:

http://kellyservices.jobs.net/job/Validation-Tech-Technician/J3H3QR5ZZ9H26LQZNZ9/

But if you are interested, email me because Kelly likes to lose resumes.

 /shilling

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On Feb 18, 2015 10:00 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote:

Here's the Oregonian/OregonLive article:

 
 http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2015/02/intel_now_no_1_sponsor_of_linu.html#incart_river
 

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Re: [PLUG] Re-arranging Firefox Display

[Ronald Bynoe]

Totally off topic, but was the projector company Runco? I knew a guy who
worked there, talk about high end expensive projectors! They're local, and
owned (I think) by Planar now (also local).
On Nov 7, 2014 6:04 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote:

 On Thu, 6 Nov 2014, King Beowulf wrote:

  same here. I almost missed it myself when I was poking around.  Seems
  these young snots keep messing with the UI design and forget about anyone
  over 40...or 50...

Unfortunately, the adherence to the church of coolness is endemic and is
 found across the range of displays, particularly on computers.

About 20 years ago I attended a workshop in Portland on the use of color
 and other factors on computer visuals for presentations. It was offered by
 that local famous maker of LCD projectors (_very_ expensive at the time)
 whose name I have forgotten.

Anyway, there were two key points on the use of color: 1) keep contrast
 high: light foreground text on dark background text and vice-versa; 2) the
 main color theme affects the audience's emotions and impression of the
 presenter.

Not only should contrast be high, but the colors should be selected for
 the size and lighting of the presentation venue. In a large room, bright
 white or yellow text on a black background is not easily seen from a
 distance, while black text on an off-white background is much more easily
 seen at any distance. Too many Web site designers violate this concept when
 they think that grey text (in a small size) on a black background
 represents
 the bleeding edge of technology. The message it actually sends is that they
 don't care about readability only their idea of what is kewel.

Want to excite your audience? Use a lot of bright yellows and reds. It
 has
 the visual equivalence of the aural values of a hard rock concert.
 Unfortunately, it also sends the subtle message of the presenters lack of
 professionalism and the presentation's seriousness. Use grays and blues and
 the audience perceives you as stable, serious, professional, and telling
 them something important.

Of course, these are only two factors affecting reception of the message
 and perception of the presenter. Unfortunately, I've yet to see a
 PowerPoint
 presentation that does not violate all (or almost) all of those factors. On
 the other hand (besides 5 fingers), all LaTeX beamer-class presentations
 using one of the standard templates adheres to these color and contrast
 principles.

Oh! Let's not forget business cards. Many years ago I redesigned my
 cards
 using larger fonts. The first time I used them at an industry convention
 every senior executive to whom I handed a card commented, Wow! I can read
 this without my glasses! It's only as one senesces that one appreciates
 such little considerations and their effect on the card recipient's
 perception of the offerer. :-)

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Re: [PLUG] keyboard mapping change

[Ronald Bynoe]

What make/model keyboard is it? I'd be interested to see an image of it
Online.
On Oct 27, 2014 1:08 PM, Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtm...@gmail.com
wrote:

 On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Dale Snell ddsn...@frontier.com wrote:
  On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 10:31:48 -0700
  Denis Heidtmann denis.heidtm...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  showkey -a
  for the left key of interest:
 60 0074 0x3c
  for  the right key of interest:
  \   92 0134 0x5c
 
  This is showing the ASCII values for the characters in decimal,
  octal, and hexadecimal.   is 60 (dec), \074 (oct), and 0x3c
  (hex); \ is 92 (dec), \134 (oct), and 0x5c (hex).  Note that
  this information doesn't do you much good if you're going to
  modify your console keymap.  You'll need to uses the -k or -s
  options to showkey.
 
 
  There is also xev:
 
  For the left key:
  KeyPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x4c1,
  root 0x261, subw 0x0, time 2468220, (18,-5), root:(1517,42),
  state 0x10, keycode 94 (keysym 0x3c, less), same_screen YES,
  XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (3c) 
  XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (3c) 
  XFilterEvent returns: False
 
  KeyRelease event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x4c1,
  root 0x261, subw 0x0, time 2468668, (18,-5), root:(1517,42),
  state 0x10, keycode 94 (keysym 0x3c, less), same_screen YES,
  XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (3c) 
  XFilterEvent returns: False
 
  For the right key:
  KeyPress event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x4c1,
  root 0x261, subw 0x0, time 2474140, (18,-5), root:(1517,42),
  state 0x10, keycode 51 (keysym 0x5c, backslash), same_screen YES,
  XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (5c) \
  XmbLookupString gives 1 bytes: (5c) \
  XFilterEvent returns: False
 
  KeyRelease event, serial 36, synthetic NO, window 0x4c1,
  root 0x261, subw 0x0, time 2474396, (18,-5), root:(1517,42),
  state 0x10, keycode 51 (keysym 0x5c, backslash), same_screen YES,
  XLookupString gives 1 bytes: (5c) \
  XFilterEvent returns: False
 
  These results do not seem to say the same thing.  Confusion.
 
  The xev results are not guaranteed to match the showkey results.
  In this particular case, they do.  Note the numeric values for
  XLookupString and XmbLookupString: 3c and 5c.  These are, again,
  the ASCII values for the given characters,  and \
  respectively.
 
  That said, I have to ask if you're sure you want to change these.
  Putting  and \ next to the shift keys is not normal US
  keyboard layout.  Normally  is above the comma, and \ is
  below the |, next to the backspace key.  (The \/| key can be
  elsewhere; perhaps above the return key.  It depends on what kind
  of return key you have.  Mine is the large L-shaped variety.)
 
  Do you have  and \ elsewhere on your keyboard?  If not, you
  do NOT want to change these values.
 
  --Dale

 This kb has a slightly different layout than what I am used to.  There
 is an extra key (#94) crammed into next to the left shift key.  It is
 labeled pipe and backslash.  It produces greater than and less than.
 Those symbols are also generated by shift coma and shift period.  And
 my shift finger keeps hitting that crammed-in #94 key.  (I see now
 that I do not want to change #51, as that is the only key producing
 pipe.  So only # 94 needs changing.)

 I still need a place to put the instruction to  change #94.

 My other solution to this problem is to return to Free Geek and do a
 more thorough inspection while selecting a keyboard.

 -Denis
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Re: [PLUG] TUESDAY: October PLUG Advanced Topics: Living Desktop Environment-Free

[Ronald Bynoe]

Swipe right
On Oct 22, 2014 6:21 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote:

 On Tue, 21 Oct 2014, Leander S. Harding wrote:

  I've just posted the slides for tonight's talk on my website at
  http://lsh.io/plugtalk for those who can't make it or want to follow
  along on their own machines.

 Leander,

Nice first slide; no links to view any others (on firefox).

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Re: [PLUG] TUESDAY: October PLUG Advanced Topics: Living Desktop Environment-Free

[Ronald Bynoe]

Hrm, I actually haven't tried the slides on a desktop. I imagine click and
drag like you would when panning a large image?
On Oct 22, 2014 6:31 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote:

 On Wed, 22 Oct 2014, Ronald Bynoe wrote:

  Swipe right

Oh? How does one do that with a trackball? My LCD monitor is not a touch
 screen.

 Rich
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Re: [PLUG] TUESDAY: October PLUG Advanced Topics: Living Desktop Environment-Free

[Ronald Bynoe]

Oh, I should have realized this. The talk was about simplification of your
computing workflow, right? So this isn't a mousing interface presentation.
Press the right and left arrow keys to navigate on a PC!

Also, I wasn't able to make it last night, but I wish I had, DE topics are
very interesting to me! Even though I live in KDE with a dozen tabs open in
both Firefox and Chrome, as well as another dozen in yakuake, and 4-4 IM
tabs in pidgin. I've always been at home in fluxbox as well.

Did the speaker touch on the Tiling Window Manager concept? One of my
co-workers uses it exclusively at work, and loves it, I think he's using
the Awesome wm.

And another note, has any one spent any time with QNX Neutrino? I spent a
couple years working in their wm (borderline DE) and found its
semi-minimalist approach very satisfying as well.
On Oct 22, 2014 6:53 AM, Dick Steffens d...@dicksteffens.com wrote:

 On 10/22/2014 06:31 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
  On Wed, 22 Oct 2014, Ronald Bynoe wrote:
 
  Swipe right
  Oh? How does one do that with a trackball? My LCD monitor is not a
 touch
  screen.

 Save the following in a .html file, open it in a browser, then click on
 a slide link. Each slide will open in a new tab.

 --
 Regards,

 Dick Steffens


 html
head
  titleLinks for Leander S. Harding's PLUG Talk Slide Deck/title
  base target=_blank
  /head
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  pa href=http://lsh.io/plugtalk/#1;Slide 1/a/p
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Re: [PLUG] Anyone have a spare Vax?

[Ronald Bynoe]

It's several days old now, but you were asking for Vaxen?

http://m.slashdot.org/story/208219
On Sep 29, 2014 9:59 AM, Michael Dexter dex...@ambidexter.com wrote:


 Yes, Vax.

 Thanks!

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Re: [PLUG] Data Centers in Portland

[Ronald Bynoe]

Your question is too vague. Are you looking for a hosting provider,
co-location, employment?
On Sep 26, 2014 2:01 PM, Robert Citek robert.ci...@gmail.com wrote:

 Greetings all,

 Does anyone have experience with or recommendations for data centers
 in the Portland area?

 A quick Google search shows there are a number of them in the area.

 Regards,
 - Robert
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Re: [PLUG] Using less on a growing file

[Ronald Bynoe]

Why not just tail -f myfile.txt?
On Sep 25, 2014 2:17 PM, Tim Wescott t...@wescottdesign.com wrote:

 Is there a way to use less, or a less-like viewer, to view a growing
 file such that as the file grows, paging down will get me more and more
 content?

 As far as I can tell, just running 'less myfile.txt', when myfile.txt is
 being written to by another app, seems to just take a snapshot of
 myfile.txt -- I want to be able to look at the full extent of the file
 AS IT GROWS, to monitor ongoing long computations to see how they're
 doing.

 If you're tempted to just answer with you don't want to do that -- no,
 I do indeed want to do that, and I have good reason.

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Re: [PLUG] mSATA USB enclosure

[Ronald Bynoe]

$16.98 from Amazon and it'd be here tomorrow with Prime shipping. That's
almost as fast as buying it locally!
On Sep 4, 2014 2:32 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net wrote:

 Does anyone know if you can get a USB enclosure for an mSATA drive
 locally? ENU does not have them. I need one ASAP.
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Re: [PLUG] AK-47?

[Ronald Bynoe]

Awesome! Where do I sign up for that one? I can imagine an epic paintball
fight to end all paintball fights!

Or are you implying that just because a technology or concept can be
abused, that it shouldn't be explored? Because the developers of TrueCrypt,
Bitcoin, and all modern chemistry may have a slightly different opinion.
On Aug 8, 2014 11:49 AM, benjamin barber starwor...@gmail.com wrote:

 Great, I propose that we borrow a few 3d printers, and start giving
 demonstrations regarding how to 3d-print guns. which we can then 3d print
 onto quadrocopters, which are running on raspberry pi's for targeting and
 acquisition of `targets`.


 On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 11:28 AM, elcaseti . elcas...@gmail.com wrote:

  Open hardware is important to running libre software.  In general,
 hardware
  is getting less open, as the masses buy less desktops  laptops,  more
  small, touchscreen devices.
 
 
  On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Bill Kielhorn 
 kielh...@amerimailbox.com
  wrote:
 
   In my opinion last night's talk about constructing AK-47s was outside
   the bounds of acceptable PLUG topics.  To my way of thinking, PLUG
   members gather for the purpose of hearing and discussing things related
   to LINUX, UNIX, computers, computing, and open source (which by the way
   is distinct form patent infringement).  No doubt some PLUG members are
   also interested in guns, politics, automobiles, or pedophilia, but
 those
   subjects are not our common interest and should not be the topic of
   scheduled PLUG talks.
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Re: [PLUG] AK-47?

[Ronald Bynoe]

Alright,
So I'd like to apologize to Michael, Patrick, and anyone else offended by
my off-hand comment. My intention wasn't to troll, but to offer a cheeky
rebuttal. Clearly the intent was lost on the wire. I hadn't anticipated
just how touchy the topic was with some.

Clearly this is not Linux related, and my comment strayed from the concept
of open hardware and a Neat Hack. I'll be more mindful to keep my
commentary on topic for the discussion at hand.

Pleasantly,
Ronald Bynoe
On Aug 8, 2014 1:06 PM, Fred James fredj...@fredjame.cnc.net wrote:

 Ignore trolls ... their attention span is abnormally short.

 Michael Dexter wrote:
  On 8/8/14 12:24 PM, Patrick J. Timlick wrote:
  The more there is about AK47s on this list, the more likely that I will
 no
  longer participate.
  Agreed completely. The paintball drone etc. topics that have spun off of
  this do not belong here.
 
  Michael Dexter
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Re: [PLUG] WE HAVE A WINNER: PLUG/OSCON Book Review Contest

[Ronald Bynoe]

How do I +1 this comment?

(:
On Jul 18, 2014 9:15 AM, Michael Dexter dex...@ambidexter.com wrote:


  Here's hoping that Bill (and Ted) have an excellent adventure at OSCON!

 Bah! I couldn't find the retweet button.

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Re: [PLUG] ssh public/private key login authentication?

[Ronald Bynoe]

And if you're Cisco, you also embed your private key in the firmware of
your VoIP product line so you don't lose it. Just in case you wanted a
really easy backdoor for the entire platform shipped with every piece of
hardware.  Security is important!

(;
On Jul 6, 2014 10:31 AM, Russell Johnson r...@dimstar.net wrote:


 On Jul 4, 2014, at 8:38 PM, Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net
 wrote:

  The main thing is that you are sure you have the right public key.
  So, you could pipe the public key through sha512sum or something and
  recite the hash over the phone to be sure it's the same at both ends.
  The public key doesn't need to be secret.


 Those are the important bits. One of the great things about public/private
 keys is it does not matter who has the public key. It only matters who has
 the private key. Many people have posted their public key on their web
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Re: [PLUG] Capture of CSV data

[Ronald Bynoe]

Netcat (nc) should be able to store the stream of data, we use it for snmp
and netconsole streams. Otherwise curl is a good basic solution as well.

Pleasantly,
Ronald Bynoe
On Jun 23, 2014 2:49 PM, Chuck Hast wch...@gmail.com wrote:

 To be a bit more clear, I am not sure how to get the data off of the
 communications medium and into a db, that is where I am at loss.
 I assume that I have to create a table in the db that is laid out like
 each row, and then have a tool that can pipe the data from the
 source into the db.

 The format of the connection is
 http://URL/ipaddy:PortNum
 PortNum may be 9010, 9030 or 9050, the last one spits out the data
 in binary format, I will deal with that later, right now I just want to get
 my data in the CSV format stuffed into a db.


 On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Chuck Hast wch...@gmail.com wrote:

  Rich,
  Yes, I want to store each row in a db or a flat file, but I fear the
  FF may get messy, then once I have it somewhere for posterity,
  I will start to process it. Generally we look at it in the following
  form,
  Rejects by mould number
  Reject type by mould number
 
  Rejects last hour
  Rejects last X hours
  Rejects last shift
  Rejects last 24 hours
  Other time periods
  Also we look at a breakdown of reject types on those time
  periods.
 
  At this point I am just trying to get the data stream into a db or a
  file, once there I can start playing with how to graph it, I used to
  do RF coverage studies and we graphed all the different parameters
  on a RF system, signal level, BER, BERT, S/N, etc both historically
  and real time. It has been a while, but I have a lot of machines here
  that are trying to supply all manner of status info, and that format is
  more or less standardized among them all.
 
  At this point I am not worried about the graphing, I am trying to figure
  how to get live data into a file/db so I can graph it from there.
 
 
 
  On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com
  wrote:
 
  On Mon, 23 Jun 2014, Chuck Hast wrote:
 
   Hmmm I guess I did not get the data sample in it.
 
  Chuck,
 
 You did include the data sample, but not what questions you had about
  it.
 
   I know how to get csv files into spead sheets and i have sort of a
 idea
  of
   getting them into a db, but how do I handle a stream of data like that
   below. All of them are CSV formated, so once I can get one into
  something
   I can graph and twiddle, the rest should be easy.
 
 So, you want to store each row in a database table. Then you want to
  produce some sort of plot (histogram? scatter plot? box-and-whisker
 plot?)
  from selected rows or continuously? What sort of twiddling do you
  envision?
 
 I would approach a solution by using a Python script (the psycopg2
  module
  is appropriate for the interface between python and postgres, and
 wxPython
  is the GUI I use) to store the rows in a postgres database table as each
  row
  was sent from a machine, then use pandas to analyze those data and
 produce
  plots using matplotlib. There are probably a gazillion alternatives,
  including using R for the analyses, but I suspect that would be overkill
  for
  your needs.
 
  Rich
 
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Re: [PLUG] Capture of CSV data

[Ronald Bynoe]

So the syntax is probably wrong, but something like sudo nc -lkd -u $IP
9010 | tee netcat_log.csv
On Jun 23, 2014 2:49 PM, Chuck Hast wch...@gmail.com wrote:

 To be a bit more clear, I am not sure how to get the data off of the
 communications medium and into a db, that is where I am at loss.
 I assume that I have to create a table in the db that is laid out like
 each row, and then have a tool that can pipe the data from the
 source into the db.

 The format of the connection is
 http://URL/ipaddy:PortNum
 PortNum may be 9010, 9030 or 9050, the last one spits out the data
 in binary format, I will deal with that later, right now I just want to get
 my data in the CSV format stuffed into a db.


 On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 2:44 PM, Chuck Hast wch...@gmail.com wrote:

  Rich,
  Yes, I want to store each row in a db or a flat file, but I fear the
  FF may get messy, then once I have it somewhere for posterity,
  I will start to process it. Generally we look at it in the following
  form,
  Rejects by mould number
  Reject type by mould number
 
  Rejects last hour
  Rejects last X hours
  Rejects last shift
  Rejects last 24 hours
  Other time periods
  Also we look at a breakdown of reject types on those time
  periods.
 
  At this point I am just trying to get the data stream into a db or a
  file, once there I can start playing with how to graph it, I used to
  do RF coverage studies and we graphed all the different parameters
  on a RF system, signal level, BER, BERT, S/N, etc both historically
  and real time. It has been a while, but I have a lot of machines here
  that are trying to supply all manner of status info, and that format is
  more or less standardized among them all.
 
  At this point I am not worried about the graphing, I am trying to figure
  how to get live data into a file/db so I can graph it from there.
 
 
 
  On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com
  wrote:
 
  On Mon, 23 Jun 2014, Chuck Hast wrote:
 
   Hmmm I guess I did not get the data sample in it.
 
  Chuck,
 
 You did include the data sample, but not what questions you had about
  it.
 
   I know how to get csv files into spead sheets and i have sort of a
 idea
  of
   getting them into a db, but how do I handle a stream of data like that
   below. All of them are CSV formated, so once I can get one into
  something
   I can graph and twiddle, the rest should be easy.
 
 So, you want to store each row in a database table. Then you want to
  produce some sort of plot (histogram? scatter plot? box-and-whisker
 plot?)
  from selected rows or continuously? What sort of twiddling do you
  envision?
 
 I would approach a solution by using a Python script (the psycopg2
  module
  is appropriate for the interface between python and postgres, and
 wxPython
  is the GUI I use) to store the rows in a postgres database table as each
  row
  was sent from a machine, then use pandas to analyze those data and
 produce
  plots using matplotlib. There are probably a gazillion alternatives,
  including using R for the analyses, but I suspect that would be overkill
  for
  your needs.
 
  Rich
 
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Re: [PLUG] New Server Virtualization

[Ronald Bynoe]

Wow, great timing! I'll have to check it out. Now to decide between Ganeti
or investing a ton of time into OpenStack!
On May 8, 2014 11:33 PM, bro...@netgate.net wrote:


 Just announced!

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 Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 23:29:05
 From: 'Guido Trotter' via ganeti gan...@googlegroups.com
 To: Ganeti Users list gan...@googlegroups.com, Ganeti Development 
 ganeti-de...@googlegroups.com
 Subject: Announcing the Second Ganeti Developers and Users conference

 Hi,

 I'm pleased to announce that we'll hold the second Ganeti Developers
 and Users conference on September 2 - 4, 2014, at Portland State
 University (in Portland, OR). Please see all details at:

 http://www.ganeticon.org/

 There you can also register and submit topics for discussion.
 Thanks a lot, and hope to see you there,

 Guido

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 Ganeti Engineering
 Google Germany GmbH
 Dienerstr. 12, 80331, München

 Registergericht und -nummer: Hamburg, HRB 86891
 Sitz der Gesellschaft: Hamburg
 Geschäftsführer: Graham Law, Christine Elizabeth Flores
 Steuernummer: 48/725/00206
 Umsatzsteueridentifikationsnummer: DE813741370
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Re: [PLUG] New Server Virtualization

[Ronald Bynoe]

Well, I need replication of a few VMs (prefer dynamic load balancing but
I'm okay with manually moving VMs to achieve that).

It's partially a home lab, and in that sense I'd like to deploy OpenStack
for that purpose (not too hard) but I also run 12 service appliances from
those servers whose availability is important to me, so it also needs to
work (not quite as easy).

I'm concerned that the relative complexity involved in learning OpenStack
will delay getting the server in a production state (acceptable) and
potentially increase downtime as I am running it on somewhat limited
resources (not acceptable) or reduce performance.

From what I've read, to get good VM performance OpenStack needs at least 4
physical servers. I only have 2, and they're not exactly high end, but in
case the specs help:

* A 2U IBM with dual dual-core Xeons, 24 GB RAM, 140 GB for OS (RAID-1), 
880 GB for VMs (JBOD)
* A 4U AIC Chassis with dual quad-core Opterons, 40 GB RAM, 500 GB for OS
(RAID-1),  3TB for VMs (JBOD).

My goal is to run a few VMs with HA between both servers, and the rest on
the AIC alone with nightly backups to a separate 6TB NAS.

Learning OpenStack as a job skill though is a priority. It may be living on
a set of devstack VMs under Ganeti, but I feel I'd learn more if my
infrastructure depended on it.

(:

Pleasantly,
Ronald Bynoe
On May 9, 2014 12:33 PM, Dwight Hubbard dwight.hubb...@efausol.com
wrote:

 I work on Openstack at work and I can tell you it is a very large and
 complex suite of software.  Which makes it very hard to set up and
 configure and makes it less than desirable for home use.  However you might
 want to use it at home if you want to get experience working with it, are
 interested in being able to build tooling to deploy vms using either EC2 or
 Openstack Nova apis that cloud providers use or you want to use some of the
 more advanced functionality such as virtualized networking, support for
 802.11q vlan tagged networks, integration with ceph/gluster distributed
 filesystems, object storage,, etc.  Generally I'd say it's overkill for
 most home use though.

 If you only want to run Linux and don't require the ability to run kernel
 modules you might want to look at container technologies like docker and
 coreos.  If you need VMs and want replication you could look at ganeti.


 On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 9:51 AM, bro...@netgate.net wrote:

 
  Take a look at Ganeti:
 
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0NpwjXEvyQ
 
  The talk provides an introduction to Ganeti.
 
  This and other presentations can be found here:
  http://code.google.com/p/ganeti/wiki/Publications
 
  Ganeti comes from Google, it's used internally to provide various
  infrastructure as a service services to Google itself. It's much simpler
  than OpenStack and IMO (for many reasons) provides a much better solution
  for small cloud deployments than OpenStack. This is a mature cloud stack,
  it's clean, simple, and it's easy to operate and maintain. You can get a
  fully redundant, including storage, cloud up with just 2 nodes.
 
  Kevin
 
  On Thu, 8 May 2014, Ronald Bynoe wrote:
 
   So I just got a new server, and the rest of the components to build it
  will
   be arriving this weekend. I'm going to assemble it this weekend and
 start
   work on the OS next weekend. I've used VirtualBox to run VMs in the
 past,
   and recently migrated all of my servers to KVM.
  
   This new server though will grow my home lab to 6U with a total of 16
  cores
   and 64 GB of RAM between two servers. I'm considering moving to
 OpenStack
   for my mini home cloud. It'll be live, so I'd prefer not to use
 devstack,
   but this is going to be a much bigger undertaking for me than my past
   server experiences!
  
   I've begun reading through the OpenStack documentation, but it is
   definitely geared toward much larger deployments than just 2 servers,
 but
   they're also targeting running more than my 8 VMs, I'm also not
 terribly
   concerned with High Availability, I'll just do backups and use RAID for
  now.
  
   That said, does anyone on the list have hands on experience with
   small-scale cloud deployment who might be willing to offer advice as I
  get
   started with this?
  
   Pleasantly,
   Ronald Bynoe
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Re: [PLUG] Firefox 24.x: Automatically Clear Download History

[Ronald Bynoe]

Perhaps I'm not understanding the motive behind the request, but from my
perspective it doesn't make sense. Here are the use cases I'm imagining:

1) You have a normal web browsing work flow but download a lot of files
during the day and don't want to have to click on the Clear Downloads
button to tidy up after the day. I guess I can understand that, but they
don't take up room, and if it's too cluttered then just click on the button
at the next file you download.
2) You are downloading files you don't want a record of having downloaded.
Why not just open a private browsing window in that case then, since that
will cause Firefox to have amnesia on the entire session?

Perhaps I'm missing something, but I don't see how your work flow would
have to change much while using an up-to-date unpatched Chrome or Firefox
session.
On May 2, 2014 8:46 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote:

 On Fri, 2 May 2014, Dick Steffens wrote:

  Isn't that the fat little downward green arrow near the upper right?

 Dick,

There is no fat green arrow (or man) anywhere in the firefox frame.

  If you click on that it opens a window showing the last three downloads
  and an offer to show all downloads. Click on show all and it opens a new
  window with the whole list, which offers the option to clear that list.

When I'm downloading files, there's a Download button visible. Yes, I
 can
 click on that and see the current download's progress as well as all
 previous downloads. A right-click on that display offers the option (at the
 bottom) of clearing the list. This is not the same as automatically
 clearing
 the list when the download is complete.

 Rich
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Re: [PLUG] Firefox 24.x: Automatically Clear Download History

[Ronald Bynoe]

Actually, I'm wrong anyway, I mostly use Chromium now, but I just checked
Firefox, is this what you're looking for:

Click on the menu, go to preferences|Privacy under the History section
change, Firefox will: Remember History to Use custom settings for
history and uncheck the remember browsing and download history box, or
even check the Clear history when Firefox closes box.

That sounds like the work flow you're familiar with at least.
On May 2, 2014 8:56 AM, Dick Steffens d...@dicksteffens.com wrote:

 On 05/02/2014 08:46 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:

  When I'm downloading files, there's a Download button visible. Yes,
 I can
  click on that and see the current download's progress as well as all
  previous downloads. A right-click on that display offers the option (at
 the
  bottom) of clearing the list. This is not the same as automatically
 clearing
  the list when the download is complete.

 Ah. I missed the automatic part of your issue.

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Re: [PLUG] Accounting Software -- anyone doing their books with Linux?

[Ronald Bynoe]

If you're interested in a self-hosted cloud system like Quickbooks Online,
I've been playing with OpenBravo ERP (
http://wiki.openbravo.com/wiki/Installation), it's very full featured and
pro-grade OSS-ish software. They have a community version to play with and
a supported version. It supports accounting, payroll, inventory, and even
POS if you need it. It doesn't come cheap if you need to use it as a full
ERP   POS, but it is far cheaper than Microsoft Dynamics, -far- cheaper.

Full-disclosure: I'm working at becoming an OpenBravo VAR. (:

Pleasantly,
Ronald Bynoe
On May 1, 2014 9:38 AM, Tim Wescott t...@wescottdesign.com wrote:

 To date, I've been doing my accounting in Peachtree, on Windows XP, in
 Virtual Box, under Linux.

 Windows XP is going out of maintenance, and I'm thinking this is a
 sterling opportunity to purge that windows-ism from my office.

 Does anyone use an accounting program under Linux, with or without Wine?
 My preference is for a program that comes set up for a small business;
 something that's native-Linux is better, but something that's worked
 well with Wine is acceptable.

 I am NOT looking for a suggestion on the lines of oh, use a spreadsheet
 (data base, paper ledger, whatever).  Accounting programs get sold for
 a reason.  If that's your input, thanks in advance and please hold it
 in.

 --

 Tim Wescott
 www.wescottdesign.com
 Control  Communications systems, circuit  software design.
 Phone: 503.631.7815
 Cell:  503.349.8432

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Re: [PLUG] KVM grief

[Ronald Bynoe]

We use Raritan at work, both networked and dumb. They aren't exactly
cheap, but they are reliable. Also, we use Synergy ( http://synergy-foss.org)
between Windows and Linux desktops, it takes a little configuration but is
quite slick (clipboard sync, full-screen support, etc). Otherwise maybe
just plain VNC/RDP? Not ideal, but easy.

tl;dr look for a used Raritan from a business waterfalling hardware, or
give a shot at setting up Synergy.
On Apr 7, 2014 11:53 AM, John Meissen j...@meissen.org wrote:


 Not a Linux issue per se, but looking for recommendations, anecdotes, etc.

 I have an older Cybex 8-port VGA KVM that I've used for a long time, and
 generally I like it a lot. The problem is that it doesn't support the
 monitor
 EDID function. I've worked around this until now by specifying modelines in
 Linux, manually configuring Windows drivers, and using 3rd-party tools with
 MacOSX. A PITA, but generally something only needed once per system.

 I have a new Mac Pro, and my 3rd-party tools approach doesn't work. Macs
 are
 not my forte, and I haven't been able to find any solutions online.

 So I'm looking for a hardware solution. Maybe it's time to upgrade to a
 modern
 KVM.

 I need an affordable rackmount 8-port KVM that supports EDID (DDC) (I've
 seen
 models for $999, that's NOT affordable). Alternatively, I've seen
 single-port
 EDID emulators that I could use to solve this specific issue. I'd prefer a
 more general solution, though, since this issue will come up again.

 Any recommendations for KVMs would be greatly appreciated.

 john-

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Re: [PLUG] QA with Linus Torvalds RSVP Link!

[Ronald Bynoe]

Would it help if someone brought a Hotspot?
On Mar 25, 2014 10:54 AM, Michael Dexter dex...@ambidexter.com wrote:

 On 3/25/14 10:45 AM, Smith, Cathy wrote:
  Is streaming going to work for remote viewers?  The should concerns me
 a bit.

 This is for a global audience and comes down to what mood the PSU
 network is in. I will record it to disk either way.

 Michael
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Re: [PLUG] Linux Distribution Timeline

[Ronald Bynoe]

How much would a printout be from you?
On Mar 24, 2014 3:12 PM, Jason Bergstrom ber...@bergie.net wrote:

 
   I was thinking it might make a cool graphic to hang on the wall at the
   PLUG Oscon booth, or even better, at the next general meeting.  I'll
 pay
   for the reproduction if someone knows the cheap places to take it.
 
  John,
 
 The Office Depot in Gresham has large format printers. A 3'x4' banner
  would make an eye-catching display in every venue.
 
  Rich

 The image would have to be folded to produce those proportions.

 It is a ~9' banner at the current dimensions (~24 wide) or ~13'
 at 3' wide.

 I can print one copy, if you want a banner at one of those lengths.

 Jason,
 ber...@bergie.net
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Re: [PLUG] Announcement: 20th Anniversary Meeting: QA with Linus Torvalds

[Ronald Bynoe]

Will this one be recorded as well? It'd be a shame to not have an archive
of the 20th,especially considering the speaker!

Pleasantly,
Ronald Bynoe
On Mar 20, 2014 12:00 AM, Michael Dexter dex...@ambidexter.com wrote:

 Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement

 Who: Linus Torvalds
 What: Questions and Answers
 Where: PSU, 1930 SW 4th Ave. Room FAB 86-01 (Lower Level)
 When: Thursday, April 3rd, 2014 at 7pm
 Why: The pursuit of technology freedom
 Stream: http://pdxlinux.org/live/
 IRC: #pdxlinux on irc.geekshed.net


 Date: March 24th, 1994
 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.help
 Subject: Linux Users Group!!!

 There is a Linux users group forming in Portland Oregon, if you are
 interested, email me at: ... our first meeting date has not been set,
 but will be in April sometime.
 Have Fun,
 Sean


 The Portland Linux/Unix Group is turning 20!

 We are celebrating with a QA session with the person who inspired this
 group of Linux and Unix users to come together and meet monthly for two
 decades: Linus Torvalds


 Many will head to the Lucky Lab NW at 1945 NW Quimby after the meeting.
 Rideshares available.

 Calagator Page: http://calagator.org/events/1250465879

 PLUG Page with information about all PLUG events: http://pdxlinux.org/
 Follow PLUG on Twitter: http://twitter.com/pdxlinux

 See you there!

 Michael Dexter
 PLUG Volunteer
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Re: [PLUG] Are you sitting down?

[Ronald Bynoe]

Not all of us though! I'm excited!!! Of course, I've told another Linux
geek here and his response was less enthusiastic, but oh well.
On Mar 20, 2014 9:43 AM, Michael Dexter dex...@ambidexter.com wrote:

 On 3/20/14 8:54 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
  Nope. I read the notice of the next PLUG meeting but did not connect it
 to
  the first message.

 Tough and/or jaded crowd. :)

 Wouldn't have it any other way!

 Michael
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Re: [PLUG] RSVP system to be announced. :)

[Ronald Bynoe]

Can we find a bigger venue between now and then?


On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 8:12 PM, Michael Dexter dex...@ambidexter.comwrote:


 Hello all,

 We don't have a room capacity yet and thus no way to take RSVP's for
 Linus. Have no fear, you'll be first to know!

 Michael
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Re: [PLUG] Announcement: 20th Anniversary Meeting: QA with Linus Torvalds

[Ronald Bynoe]

Wait, wait, I was first to reply, me four!
On Mar 20, 2014 8:48 PM, Daniel Johnson tekno...@gmail.com wrote:

  I, too am RSVP-ing.  Really looking forward to this.
 
  Me too.
 
 Me Three
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Re: [PLUG] Need some advice on how to mirror synchronize folders across multiple Linux, Windows machines

[Ronald Bynoe]

Have you taken a look at Bittorrent Sync? Although not entirely OSS, it is
entirely self-hosted, so no capacity limits or costs, also it has slick
Linux and Android clients!

I'd recommend at least evaluating it, I'm looking at using it to replace my
dependence on Dropbox. It has the versioning and efficient network
distribution that I need.
On Mar 19, 2014 12:13 PM, Robert Miesen robert.mie...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi.

 I have several machines---two Linux machines, one Windows 7 machine, and
 one Windows 7 Virtual Machine hosted on one of the two Linux machines in
 the setup. I am wanting to mirror a set of folders on all of these
 machines and have any changes I make to this set of folders synced with
 the other machines. It is highly unlikely that data will change on two
 machines at the same time, since I'm the only one using them and, when
 I'm using more than one, they are always connected to the same intranet.

 I was thinking of using some combination of rsync and NFS to get the job
 done, but I am curious if anyone here has any better ideas before I get
 too involved in setting this up.

 One thing that will only work as a last resort is Samba protocol
 (Windows network-sharing protocol). I say this because whenever I use
 this setup, Samba invariably fails and when Samba fails, it destabilizes
 any Linux machine attached to it to the point that I am forced to
 restart the Linux machine, and usually the Windows machine in question
 as well.

 Thanks in advance for your advice!
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Re: [PLUG] Resolved: Odd difference between Update Manager on two installations of Ubuntu 12.04

[Ronald Bynoe]

apt-get upgrade is just the command for upgrading your currently installed
packages. do-release-upgrade will attempt to upgrade you from one stable
release to the next, however it stays within the release category, so since
you're running 12.04 LTS, there are no newer releases yet (at least not
until 14.04 goes gold), so even that command should do nothing. Even if
there were a new release, it'd ask you several times before actually going
through with it.

Pleasantly,
Ronald Bynoe
On Mar 18, 2014 1:33 PM, Dick Steffens d...@dicksteffens.com wrote:

 On 03/18/2014 12:17 PM, Loren M. Lang wrote:
  What happens if you run an update from a terminal? These are the two
  relevant commands:
 
  sudo apt-get update
 $ sudo apt-get update
 [sudo] password for rsteff:
 E: The method driver /usr/lib/apt/methods/'http could not be found.

 That probably has something to do with it. :-)

 I Googled the error message and found:


 http://askubuntu.com/questions/165676/how-do-i-fix-a-e-the-method-driver-usr-lib-apt-methods-http-could-not-be-foun

 The second recommended fix was to check /etc/apt/sources.list and,

  Make sure there are no quotation marks ' ' or  :

 followed by an example. Sure enough, one of the ppas had single quotes
 around it. I took out those quotes and reran sudo apt-tet update. It was
 unable to get a lock. I ran Update Manager and it worked. Then I ran
 sudo apt-get update again and, while it didn't do anything other than
 check, it did that and completed.

  sudo apt-get upgrade

 IIRC this would try to take me from 12.04 to something newer, which I
 don't want to do.

 Thanks for the ideas.

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 Regards,

 Dick Steffens

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Re: [PLUG] set-top streaming media devices

[Ronald Bynoe]

Then write it yourself?
On Mar 9, 2014 12:19 PM, Rigel Hope g...@rigelhope.org wrote:

 paying additional monies just to access my own server?

 the hell you say.

 On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 7:11 PM, King Beowulf kingbeow...@gmail.com
 wrote:
  On 03/08/2014 03:03 PM, Rigel Hope wrote:
  I bought one of these Roku doohickeys recently, in spite of the
  potential security nightmares i suspect it will eventually cause,
  because others in the home wanted to be able to watch the various pay
  streaming video services on the main screen -- you know the ones, the
  ones with all the DRM nonsense.
 
  Anyway, I was unable to figure out how to stream audio or video from
  my linux box without installing some proprietary closed source
  nonsense (Plex Media Server -- the clients are GPL, but the server
  is not, yecch).
 
  There is an SDK that uses some Basic-derived interpreted language
  called BrightScript (conveniently abbreviated BS), but i suspect that
  coding an NFS client in BS is going to be beyond the limits of my
  available time, or ability.
 
  Has anyone run into this problem and found a solution? I was unable to
  find one using the googles.
 
  Thanks in advance.
 
  Since I cut the cord, I'm been toying with various mutimedia s/w
  (XBMC, MythTV, ...) and poking around the specs of the Chromcast - which
  led me to Roku's little copy-cat dongle announced recently.  Your post
  then brought me here:
 
  http://wilddtech.com/roksbox/home/
 
  Its a one-time pay channel you add to the Roku which will allow
  streaming from a local web server, NAS, USB drive (for Roku's with USB
  ports), or plain network file share.  No plex server BS needed.  In
  fact, it doesn't look like you need to do anything but configure a
  standard Linux box - no added software! (except maybe for
  transcoding..). It will even do music and photos.
 
  As a turn-key solution, it's worth checking out.
 
  -Ed
 
 
 
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Re: [PLUG] Finding RHCSA jobs

[Ronald Bynoe]

Have you tried Intel's OTC? They have quite a few positions for working
with Linux.
On Mar 5, 2014 10:55 AM, Tyrell Jentink tyr...@jentink.net wrote:

 On Friday, I took and passed my RHCSA exam; I intend to take RHCE as soon
 as a session becomes available... but I'm not sure when that's going to be.
 Still, I am on a quest for a job... I have over a decade of experience
 administering my own network, and I'm feeling antsy to start getting paid
 for it ;)

 Does anyone have any hints on where to look for Linux jobs in and around
 Portland? Are there any temp agencies that are known to have Linux
 positions, or any companies known to have openings?

 Anything helps at this point, so throw me any leads you might have!

 Thanks,
 Tyrell Jentink
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Re: [PLUG] What's with 'nppdf32Log' and acroread 9?

[Ronald Bynoe]

Longest thread ever...and on an esoteric bug in a proprietary Linux program
by Adobe, and started by Keith! Never would have thought I'd see the day!
On Mar 4, 2014 11:47 PM, wes p...@the-wes.com wrote:

 I don't have a list handy, all I have is experience. I realize that is
 anecdotal evidence and therefore worthless, though it's not like I'm hoping
 to effect some change here or convince anyone of anything. I welcome your
 disagreement (if you have any) and I appreciate that you have helped me to
 realize that I wrote somewhat boisterously. I will now shut my pie-hole
 until I can find some pie that conforms to standards to put in it.. :)

 -wes


 On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:54 PM, Rigel Hope g...@rigelhope.org wrote:

 
 http://www.iso.org/iso/home/news_index/news_archive/news.htm?refid=Ref1141
 
  can you please point out the ways in which Adboe's version differs
  from the ISO version?
 
  thanking in advance.
 
  On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:10 PM, wes p...@the-wes.com wrote:
   hmmm I'm pretty sure I meant facto.
  
   PDF is the de jure standard, Acrobat's special variety is the de
 facto
   standard.
  
   de jure means by the rules while de facto means in fact (implying
   despite the rules, this is the reality of the situation)
  
   thankfully, this is changing, albeit slowly.
  
   -wes
  
  
   On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:02 PM, Rigel Hope g...@rigelhope.org wrote:
  
   s/facto/jure/
  
   On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 6:48 PM, wes p...@the-wes.com wrote:
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Rigel Hope g...@rigelhope.org
 wrote:
   
...they are designed specifically to be displayed by other adobe
products...
   
There are so many PDF creators, some of which follow the ISO
specifications (
   
  
 
 http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=51502
and related), some of which dont very well, that i don't think that
this statement makes much sense.
   
   
creators as in software applications which can be used to create
 PDFs?
   sure.
   
creators as in people who create PDFs? most of them use adobe
  products to
create them. most of those who don't, use products tailored to
 create
   PDFs
for viewing by acrobat reader.
   
that said, even if it is still more than half, this number is
  dwindling
steadily as other large organizations take on adobe's de facto
  standard.
apple and google have written PDF viewers that are not entirely
 lame.
   
-wes
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Re: [PLUG] Using a SSD

[Ronald Bynoe]

I thought I'd toss this out there as I'm about to augment my desktop with
an SSD too. Rather than trying to predict which files will be accessed most
frequently or benefit most from an SSD, or risk running out of space
because I failed to predict usage on a specific partition, I've been
looking at unreasonably complicated solutions!

Firstly, a copy-on-write RAID1 between an SSD and hard drive partition of
equal size for / and the remainder on /home. Not foolproof but should net
some decent performance gains with minimal filesystem risk. I've also been
looking at doing this with a RAMdisk, but with much greater risk on power
loss.

Secondly, for the truly masochistic, flashcache! Basically using the SSD to
intelligently accelerate access to everything on the hard drive regardless
of partitioning, using sophisticated logic. You don't store anything
directly to the SSD, it's more like an Accelerator at that point. Getting a
system to boot from an entirely flashcache integrated system has been
fairly non-trivial in the past however. Facebook wrote fastcache for their
server farms, and subsequently open sourced it.

As I am always one for the most complicated and elegant solution possible,
clearly fastcache is the approach I plan on taking. (:

Pleasantly,
Ronald Bynoe
On Jan 10, 2014 8:34 AM, Paul Heinlein heinl...@madboa.com wrote:

 On Fri, 10 Jan 2014, Rich Shepard wrote:

  On Fri, 10 Jan 2014, Robert Munro wrote:

  You can avoid having a separate /opt partition by pointing it to
 /usr/local.


 Robert,

   Good point. The described uses of /usr/local and /opt seem to overlap
 extensively. I can understand the value of two separate partitions in an
 enterprise but it doesn't make much sense for a small business or
 individual.


 The stated difference between the two directory trees is simple:
 /usr/local is for locally built and installed software, /opt is for
 third-party software.

 If you typically use only system-provided packages and/or install only
 locally built software, there's not much reason to have /opt as a separate
 partition.

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 heinl...@madboa.com
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