Re: Printer Time

[Nathan]

I was looking at the ET 3700 as it really fit the bill, but I found a
lot of reviews about the Epson ET series as a whole about people
complaining the "ink pad" fills quickly and the printer has to be sent
back for service... 

What's your thought on that? How long have you used your printer? 

On 2019-08-27 18:06, Daniel Stasinski wrote:

> On Linux I've had the best success with Epson ET series printers.   For 
> cost/benefit, on any brand of printer, I would look at any of the "large 
> tank" printers.  An example would be https://amzn.to/2ZxJGJw  
> 
> You pay more cash for the printer itself, but it pays for itself several 
> times over before you even get to the first ink refill.  My last refill was 
> $28 total for 4 ozs each of all 4 colors. 
> 
> DANIEL P. STASINSKI
> dan...@genericinbox.com I ✞ 
> 
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 5:23 PM Nathan  wrote: 
> 
>> Hey All,
>> 
>> I'm in the market for a new printer. I tend to only print b/w and about 
>> 200 - 250 pages a month. I would really prefer something with an 
>> ethernet cable over wifi, but as long as it has network connectivity 
>> it's good.
>> 
>> Any suggestions?
>> 
>> P.S. I apologize if anyone got this twice, I forgot to switch "from" 
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Re: Printer Time

[Daniel Stasinski]

On Linux I've had the best success with Epson ET series printers.   For
cost/benefit, on any brand of printer, I would look at any of the "large
tank" printers.  An example would be https://amzn.to/2ZxJGJw

You pay more cash for the printer itself, but it pays for itself several
times over before you even get to the first ink refill.  My last refill was
$28 total for 4 ozs each of all 4 colors.

*Daniel P. Stasinski*
dan...@genericinbox.com
I ✞


On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 5:23 PM Nathan  wrote:

>
> Hey All,
>
> I'm in the market for a new printer. I tend to only print b/w and about
> 200 - 250 pages a month. I would really prefer something with an
> ethernet cable over wifi, but as long as it has network connectivity
> it's good.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
> P.S. I apologize if anyone got this twice, I forgot to switch "from"
> accounts.
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Printer Time

[Nathan]

Hey All,

I'm in the market for a new printer. I tend to only print b/w and about 
200 - 250 pages a month. I would really prefer something with an 
ethernet cable over wifi, but as long as it has network connectivity 
it's good.


Any suggestions?


P.S. I apologize if anyone got this twice, I forgot to switch "from" 
accounts.

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Re: ransomware?

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On 2019-08-27 06:18, Aaron Jones wrote:


This is a super subjective issue.

So Linux is a great OS but if you are here you probably know that. Here 
are my recommendations.


1. If you need to use Windows, then install https://www.sandboxie.com/ 
and learn how to use it. Sandbox your email client, your web browser, 
and anything that can move files from the internet to your computer.


2. If you are using Linux, then install and use Firejail and apparmor 
if possible. Learn how that works and deploy it. Manjaro users will 
require a custom kernel but if you are an Ubuntu user you can use 
AppArmor out the box.


3. What delivery method are you afraid of? Javascript exploits? PDF 
files? Putting weird devices into your ports?


You cannot mitigate the danger of ransomware until you understand your 
security footprint and where you are most likely to be vulnerable. You 
may be a business owner who deals with pdf invoices all day. That is a 
major vulnerability and you may want to run `firejail mupdf` to deal 
with those files.


Also some malware is designed to check if it is in a VM and not run in 
the hopes you will move it out of the VM. Using a VM is a tool but not 
a catch all resolution to the problem of running bad code.


What are you doing that could introduce bad code into your system? 
Browsing websites? Sharing files over email? Using the computer for 
business where you might be forced to plug a thumb drive in? Each of 
these issues require specific steps to inoculate against danger.


Why not work towards eliminating the biggest virus of them all and get 
rid of your reliance on Windows?



I thought I might respond to your get rid of windows.  Tried that and 
had to go back to Windows.  I have two issues with Linux as a 
workstation O/S.  One dealing with scanners and printers.  Not as easy 
as I would like. Windows is plug and play when it comes to printers and 
scanners.  The other issue I ran into that was a deal breaker was 
needing to use screen share software like go to meetings.  3 or 4 years 
ago the Linux support was not there, and I did not get to choose the 
screen share software.  I work remote and need to do lots of screen 
sharing with others who are remote.


I ran Linux on my desktop twice and would like to return.  In 2000 I ran 
Linux on my desktop for 8 months and then returned to Windows.  Again 
around 2010 I ran Linux on my Desktop for 4 or 5 years.  I returned to 
Windows only because of my team's requirement to do screen sharing.


At this point I am running some software that is not available on Linux.

As a PHP programmer I would rather run Linux exclusively because it 
would make my life much easier







Thanks,
Aaron

On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 5:59 AM David Schwartz 
 wrote:


Also curious about something in this respect:

What if you took a standard Windows 10 desktop from Dell or HP or 
wherever, sucked the Windows out of it and put it into a VM (eg., 
VirtualBox), then replaced the base install with a stripped-down Linux 
core with enough there to run VirtualBox.


How secure would that be against ransomeware?

I'm thinking that if something infected the Windows VM, you could 
simply delete it and restore from a recent backup.


They might siphon off some of your data, but you wouldn't be locked-out 
or lose it for lack of backups.


I don't know how long those viruses might sit around dormant, but it 
might help to install Malwarebytes or something to scan for them 
anyway.


I also don't know how "spidery" the ransomeware code is in so far as it 
could worm its way into your DB server or otherwise corrupt your data 
there.


Thoughts?

-David Schwartz

On Aug 27, 2019, at 4:46 AM, Aaron Jones  wrote:

Yes.

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1060828.html

There are plenty of ransomware products that target Linux but most 
users are less affected due to the higher likelihood of backups and 
version control and all the stuff that goes along with being a Linux 
user.


On Aug 26, 2019, at 10:57 PM, Joe Lowder  wrote:

Has there ever been a report of a Linux system
being the victim of ransomware? Just curious.


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Re: ransomware?

[Aaron Jones]

This is a super subjective issue.

So Linux is a great OS but if you are here you probably know that. Here are
my recommendations.

1. If you need to use Windows, then install https://www.sandboxie.com/ and
learn how to use it. Sandbox your email client, your web browser, and
anything that can move files from the internet to your computer.

2. If you are using Linux, then install and use Firejail and apparmor if
possible. Learn how that works and deploy it. Manjaro users will require a
custom kernel but if you are an Ubuntu user you can use AppArmor out the
box.

3. What delivery method are you afraid of? Javascript exploits? PDF files?
Putting weird devices into your ports?

You cannot mitigate the danger of ransomware until you understand your
security footprint and where you are most likely to be vulnerable. You may
be a business owner who deals with pdf invoices all day. That is a major
vulnerability and you may want to run `firejail mupdf` to deal with those
files.

Also some malware is designed to check if it is in a VM and not run in the
hopes you will move it out of the VM. Using a VM is a tool but not a catch
all resolution to the problem of running bad code.

What are you doing that could introduce bad code into your system? Browsing
websites? Sharing files over email? Using the computer for business where
you might be forced to plug a thumb drive in? Each of these issues require
specific steps to inoculate against danger.

Why not work towards eliminating the biggest virus of them all and get rid
of your reliance on Windows?

Thanks,
Aaron


On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 5:59 AM David Schwartz 
wrote:

> Also curious about something in this respect:
>
> What if you took a standard Windows 10 desktop from Dell or HP or
> wherever, sucked the Windows out of it and put it into a VM (eg.,
> VirtualBox), then replaced the base install with a stripped-down Linux core
> with enough there to run VirtualBox.
>
> How secure would that be against ransomeware?
>
> I’m thinking that if something infected the Windows VM, you could simply
> delete it and restore from a recent backup.
>
> They might siphon off some of your data, but you wouldn’t be locked-out or
> lose it for lack of backups.
>
> I don’t know how long those viruses might sit around dormant, but it might
> help to install Malwarebytes or something to scan for them anyway.
>
> I also don’t know how “spidery” the ransomeware code is in so far as it
> could worm its way into your DB server or otherwise corrupt your data there.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> -David Schwartz
>
>
>
> On Aug 27, 2019, at 4:46 AM, Aaron Jones  wrote:
>
> Yes.
>
> https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1060828.html
> 
>
> There are plenty of ransomware products that target Linux but most users
> are less affected due to the higher likelihood of backups and version
> control and all the stuff that goes along with being a Linux user.
>
> On Aug 26, 2019, at 10:57 PM, Joe Lowder  wrote:
>
> Has there ever been a report of a Linux system
> being the victim of ransomware? Just curious.
>
>
>
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Re: ransomware?

[David Schwartz]

Also curious about something in this respect:

What if you took a standard Windows 10 desktop from Dell or HP or wherever, 
sucked the Windows out of it and put it into a VM (eg., VirtualBox), then 
replaced the base install with a stripped-down Linux core with enough there to 
run VirtualBox.

How secure would that be against ransomeware?

I’m thinking that if something infected the Windows VM, you could simply delete 
it and restore from a recent backup. 

They might siphon off some of your data, but you wouldn’t be locked-out or lose 
it for lack of backups.

I don’t know how long those viruses might sit around dormant, but it might help 
to install Malwarebytes or something to scan for them anyway.

I also don’t know how “spidery” the ransomeware code is in so far as it could 
worm its way into your DB server or otherwise corrupt your data there.

Thoughts?

-David Schwartz



> On Aug 27, 2019, at 4:46 AM, Aaron Jones  wrote:
> 
> Yes. 
> 
> https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1060828.html 
> 
> 
> There are plenty of ransomware products that target Linux but most users are 
> less affected due to the higher likelihood of backups and version control and 
> all the stuff that goes along with being a Linux user.  
> 
> On Aug 26, 2019, at 10:57 PM, Joe Lowder  > wrote:
> 
>> Has there ever been a report of a Linux system
>> being the victim of ransomware? Just curious.
>> 
>> 

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Re: ransomware?

[Aaron Jones]

Yes. 

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-1060828.html

There are plenty of ransomware products that target Linux but most users are 
less affected due to the higher likelihood of backups and version control and 
all the stuff that goes along with being a Linux user.  

> On Aug 26, 2019, at 10:57 PM, Joe Lowder  wrote:
> 
> Has there ever been a report of a Linux system
> being the victim of ransomware? Just curious.
> 
> 
> 
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