On 2024-08-13 15:50, Polarian via GLLUG wrote:
I have been looking through the archives and have seen that there has
been only a few posts to the list in the past year.
Most LUGs are dying, if not already dead. Why? Very simple: we won.
Linux went from a hobbyist OS used by geeks and weirdos
On 2023-07-14 18:42, Martin A. Brooks via GLLUG wrote:
On 2023-07-14 16:06, James Tobin via GLLUG wrote:
Hello,
Fuck off, James.
Just to add to this: I'm not a list admin anymore but, if I were, this
is now grounds for a permanent ban.
James has a very long history of ignoring the l
On 2023-07-14 16:06, James Tobin via GLLUG wrote:
Hello,
Fuck off, James.
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Even after 20-odd years as a contractor, you can still be surprised by
recruitment agencies. A contract recently blew up on me in a new and
exciting way, here's the story:
https://blog.hinterlands.org/2023/06/when-contract-hunting-goes-wrong-teksystems-allegis-group/
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On 2023-03-14 12:29, Andy Smith via GLLUG wrote:
Hello,
On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 09:49:11AM +, John Hearns via GLLUG wrote:
We had endless wrangling about this in the early days. As I remember
we had
one problem recruiter.
And do you remember who that was?
James Tobin.
I guess he change
On 2023-03-08 10:50, Rizwan Syed via GLLUG wrote:
guys who let recruiters use the group mailing address? this should not
be allowed
(Please don't top post)
The rule used to be that recruiters were allowed to infrequently post
here providing that they were clear about things like who the empl
On 2023-03-08 10:46, James Tobin via GLLUG wrote:
Hello, I'm working with an employer that is looking to hire someone in
(Edinburgh or London) that can administer on-prem and vmware
platforms. Consequently, I had hoped that some members of this group
may like to discuss further. I can be reache
On 2022-08-29 12:33, Andy Smith via GLLUG wrote:
I would expect most domestic broadband to come with non-static IPv6,
yes.
For no other reason than that a static v6 assignment is useful to a
minority, and therefore worth charging extra for.
Speaking for two ISPs I use, Zen and AA, both allocat
On 2022-04-16 12:55, Alain D D Williams via GLLUG wrote:
Does anyone have any experience with this ? What should I look for ?
What avoid ?
AFAIK you have precisely one vendor option that will fit your
requirements, a PinePhone.
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On 2021-10-06 11:35, John Hearns via GLLUG wrote:
Lee, I for one do not see a problem in a job ad.
Having worked for Framestore a good few years ago I can recommend
anyone to go work for an effects company.
It is hard work but you will work with some brilliant and creative
people.
As someone wh
On 2021-06-17 11:58, Alistair Mann via GLLUG wrote:
My solution was to write a FUSE filesystem
You were wrong the moment you decided that writing a filesystem was a
good idea.
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On 2021-06-16 13:13, John Edwards via GLLUG wrote:
The Ubiquiti look pretty, and can work well, but have a history of
poor compliance with the GPL as well as a very bad approach to
security:
I am a unifi fanboi, and run their kits for my (fairly complex) home
network. I recommend them to fri
On 2021-06-15 18:12, gvim via GLLUG wrote:
Didn't OpenWRT have some security holes a while back? I'm trying to
sell clients on a first line of defence against potential ransomware
attacks so I need something rock solid.
There are many vectors for ransomware that aren't the router/firewall.
If
On 2021-06-14 15:42, gvim via GLLUG wrote:
With ransomeware becoming a threat to both small and large businesses
I'm inclined to advise small businesses to change their router as a
first line of defence. What is currently the best NIX-based
router/software? pfSense?
If I was installing such a t
On 2021-05-29 16:19, stuart taylor via GLLUG wrote:
Can anyone point me towards a suitable 'power
supply over IP' solution? Are there any drawbacks to using these?
Anything by APC. It's perfectly normal and reasonable to have remote
control power.
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On 2021-03-11 15:14, Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote:
IPv6 is designed so that a single address can be allocated to multiple
interfaces, for example in a round-robin
That's not a "design" of IPv6 but rather a function of 802.3ad.
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On 2020-12-23 10:42, Andrew Black via GLLUG wrote:
I cant put my finger on where it came from (does it matter). Google is
taking me to all sorts of sites like "how to make teddies" and "why
teddies are called ted".
Rubber duck debugging.
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On 2020-10-23 21:06, MJ via GLLUG wrote:
This is a request from private, non commercial, non legal human being.
What's a "non legal human being"?
I'd appreciate if some one lands me a hand.
With?
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On 2020-07-28 17:40, John Winters via GLLUG wrote:
Importing into any Linux database from a CSV file is easy-peasy and can
be accomplished in 5-10 lines of code.
That is almost certainly guaranteed not to work for any relational
database as the relations will not be maintained.
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On 2020-07-28 17:01, Chris Bell via GLLUG wrote:
Hello,
I have been asked how best to transfer the data from a Paradox database
to
something suitable on Linux. Any information welcome. Thanks.
A little googling suggests there are tools for automatically converting
paradox database to Postgre
On 2020-07-12 10:14, Tim Woodall via GLLUG wrote:
E: Can not find version '4.6-1+deb10u2' of package 'squid'
E: Unable to find a source package for squid
...
I have this in my lists:
Package: squid
Binary: squid3, squid, squid-common, squidclient, squid-cgi,
squid-purge
Version: 4.6-1+deb
On 2020-06-09 21:51, Ken Smith via GLLUG wrote:
What to conclude? Is the hardware just not fast enough? Are newer
processors better at abstracting the VM guests with less performance
impact? What am I missing??
The more levels of indirection you have between any 2 components in a
system the sl
On 2020-05-22 16:37, Alain D D Williams via GLLUG wrote:
The message below was put to all login sessions this morning. I have
never seen
this before. There is nothing more in /var/log/messages.
You probably have faulty RAM. Run memtest.
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On 2020-02-04 11:09, Oliver Howe via GLLUG wrote:
It is a leased line into my office. I want to move to a new provider
(the current one is more of a reseller) and keep the same IP address
as a lot of my clients allow me access to their systems based on my IP
address.
According to whois the owner
On 2020-01-16 20:10, Alistair Mann via GLLUG wrote:
Bytemark still are imho
Many tech people I talk to say there has (had) been a noticeable and
noticed degradation in their service since the buyout. I personally
voted with my feet as soon as the buyout went ahead: I will not
knowingly give
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