Re: [PLUG] Hardware recommendations: KVM switch
On Tue, 5 Jul 2022, Tomas Kuchta wrote: NFS or SMB/CIFS have nothing to do with KVM sharing. Perhaps, Rich thought that VNC is misspelled NFS, no idea. No, NFS mounts all partitions on the remote host on the local host. I used it a long time ago when I last had two desktops up and running. Whether my needs would be best served by NFS or Barrier (software KVM) is yet to be determined. Regards, Rich
Re: [PLUG] Brave web browser: sidebar
On Tue, 5 Jul 2022, Ali Corbin wrote: On mine, 1.40.113, it's on the Appearance page, but closer to the top. Ali, Thanks. I'll get the source for the newer version and build/upgrade here. Frankly, I can never find my way around the brave settings. Whenever I want to change a setting, I simply use the magnifying glass in the upper right corner of the settings page and search for it. Yes, it's quite different. I've used firefox for about 25 years so getting used to a new default browser will take me some time. Regards, Rich
Re: [PLUG] Brave web browser: sidebar
On 7/5/22 15:08, Rich Shepard wrote: Installed is brave-1.23.71. I want to use the sidebar which should be available from Settings -> Appearance. But it's not there. A web page example shows it between Show Bookmarks and Use wide address bar. Here it's not found anywhere. Is this a version issue or something else? On Xubuntu 20.04, my Brave version is Version 1.40.107 Chromium: 103.0.5060.53 (Official Build) (64-bit) The Appearance page looks like this: Brave colors Theme Classic Sow home button New Tab Page (x) New Tab Page ( ) Enter custom web address Show Sidebar Disabled ... To the right of Show Sidebar is a drop down box with Never Always Mouseover -- Regards, Dick Steffens
Re: [PLUG] Brave web browser: sidebar
On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 3:08 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > Installed is brave-1.23.71. > > I want to use the sidebar which should be available from Settings -> > Appearance. But it's not there. A web page example shows it between Show > Bookmarks and Use wide address bar. Here it's not found anywhere. > > Is this a version issue or something else? > > Rich > On mine, 1.40.113, it's on the Appearance page, but closer to the top. Frankly, I can never find my way around the brave settings. Whenever I want to change a setting, I simply use the magnifying glass in the upper right corner of the settings page and search for it.
Re: [PLUG] Hardware recommendations: KVM switch
On Tue, Jul 5, 2022, 17:56 Joseph Carter wrote: > > > I'll re-learn how to set up network file system (NFS) and use that to > mount > > the secondary desktop on the primary desktop. > > > > Thanks for sharing! > > These days it seems like SMB is the most standard solution for that. I > know people want nothing to do with SMB because "it's a Microsoft thing" … > but no, at this point it's kind of not. Both Apple and the Samba team have > extended SMB quite a bit for specifically working with UNIX systems. Not > just UNIX permissions either—ACLs and extended attributes too. These things > typically are not supported by the aging NFS systems out there. If NFS > gives you any headaches, I recommend giving samba a shot. > NFS or SMB/CIFS have nothing to do with KVM sharing. Perhaps, Rich thought that VNC is misspelled NFS, no idea. That said, please re-discover modern NFS before making these sweeping/generalized statements. The major point of NFS is meant for multi-user system like *nix. It can be mounted by the system without sharing user credentials. It is more performant, distributed, ... In short, NFS is different kind of animal than CIFS. Both NFS and CIFS serve different purpose and come from different starting points. Just my 2¢, -T >
Re: [PLUG] Hardware recommendations: KVM switch
On Tue, 5 Jul 2022, Joseph Carter wrote: These days it seems like SMB is the most standard solution for that. I know people want nothing to do with SMB because "it's a Microsoft thing" … but no, at this point it's kind of not. Both Apple and the Samba team have extended SMB quite a bit for specifically working with UNIX systems. Not just UNIX permissions either—ACLs and extended attributes too. These things typically are not supported by the aging NFS systems out there. If NFS gives you any headaches, I recommend giving samba a shot. Joseph, I found a software KVM: barrier. As the Slackbuilds.org package description says, "Barrier is KVM software forked from Symless's synergy 1.9 codebase. Synergy was a commercialized reimplementation of the original CosmoSynergy written by Chris Schoeneman. Whereas synergy has moved beyond its goals from the 1.x era, Barrier aims to maintain that simplicity. Barrier will let you use your keyboard and mouse from machine A to control machine B (or more). It's that simple." I finish assembling the other desktop Real Soon Now and will learn how barrier works. Regards, Rich
[PLUG] Brave web browser: sidebar
Installed is brave-1.23.71. I want to use the sidebar which should be available from Settings -> Appearance. But it's not there. A web page example shows it between Show Bookmarks and Use wide address bar. Here it's not found anywhere. Is this a version issue or something else? Rich
Re: [PLUG] Hardware recommendations: KVM switch
On Thu, Jun 30, 2022, at 14:41, Rich Shepard wrote: >> 1. It's astonishing that a brand new USB-C KVM switch knows what a windows >> key is, since they all seem to be built with otherwise 101 key PC-AT/PS2 >> keyboards and never tested (and definitely never working with) absolutely >> anything else. > > Joseph, > > I use small keyboards (mini-keyboards) that are the same size and > configuration as those on laptops. I never had a use for separate number > pads or the other windoze-specific stuff they put on them. My keyboard is an 87 key, a "tenkeyless" model. It has the option (the option, mind you) of NKRO. That means it has a full USB HID device mode, as opposed to "USB boot protocol" (read AT keyboard emulation for BIOS), but that's turned off. No, it doesn't support things like … with a function key, I can control volume. It doesn't support the difference between left and right alt keys, the latter being typically used on International keyboards to type things like é and ü. As well as “ and ” and modern conveniences like 浪 which is how I feel when trying to find a KVM that actually supports a modern keyboard. The keyboard I'm typing on now literally disconnects/reconnects over and over again from the last keyboard I tried. But a couple of others don't work with it either. They work with my older KVM, but this one doesn't. Possibly because this one has a built-in USB hub for a mouse? *shrug* >> 2. Randomly disconnecting video and input devices from X.org seems to send >> it into a permanent DPMS power saving mode from which it refuses to wake >> up. > > So Tomas wrote, too. This is the big one. All the rest I could find a solution for. I like my QMK-powered keyboard that doesn't support the last KVM I tried at all, but … I could get another. I like having volume control at my keyboard, but I could program something more mundane to control that. The screen randomly shutting off and refusing to ever turn back on and having no way to force it back on is a deal-breaker. >> 3. They just seem to suddenly stop working, randomly. > > That's not nice. > > I'll re-learn how to set up network file system (NFS) and use that to mount > the secondary desktop on the primary desktop. > > Thanks for sharing! These days it seems like SMB is the most standard solution for that. I know people want nothing to do with SMB because "it's a Microsoft thing" … but no, at this point it's kind of not. Both Apple and the Samba team have extended SMB quite a bit for specifically working with UNIX systems. Not just UNIX permissions either—ACLs and extended attributes too. These things typically are not supported by the aging NFS systems out there. If NFS gives you any headaches, I recommend giving samba a shot.
