Re: [linux] displaying action of subversion that has been called from a script

2018-05-31 Thread tug williams
1) would 'svn info' give you sufficient information? Path: . Working Copy Root Path: /home/BLAH/BLAH URL: svn://SERVER/BLAH Relative URL: ^/ Repository Root: svn://SERVER/BLAH Repository UUID: BLAHBLAHBLAHBLAHBLAH Revision: 1489 Node Kind: directory Schedule: normal Last Changed Author: BLAH Last

Re: [linux] Camerata: better than meetups, and FLOSS

2018-07-03 Thread Tug Williams
Rob, (take 2 after problems with the list) I realised that the link was about Opera (the performance art) and not Opera (the browser). If by "over use of polyphony" I should understand that software is generally unintelligible, as it's hacked at by multiple people without a clear or consistent

Re: [linux] Update: One speaker unavailable tonight

2019-02-08 Thread tug williams
So, my short talk turned into a long talk. An enjoyable evening with a great group of people. Thank you to all for the constructive and helpful feedback. Tug On 07/02/2019 10:21, Scott Murphy wrote: > Our main talk speaker is in Toronto and will not be able to speak tonight. We > will

Re: [linux] Thinking of giving away some Git courses/seminars to promote my classes

2019-10-29 Thread Tug Williams
I had understood that next week's discussion would be more aimed at top down pragmatic use of git in the real world - hopefully based on the "tools should make life easier, not inflict pain" principal. We had a bottom up talk a while back. I think Ian gave it? Tug On 2019-10-29 11:49, J C

Re: [linux] AGM -- NOW!

2020-04-09 Thread Tug Williams
Alas we were unable to get a quorum tonight. Please keep an eye out for future announcements, for we will need to have an AGM at some point. Thank you to those who turned out. Regards Tug (and the rest of the board) On 2020-04-09 19:13, J C Nash wrote: Right now the Linux-Ottawa AGM is in

Re: [linux] anywhere in town to get solar chargers with USB ports

2020-11-14 Thread Tug Williams
Canadian tire usually has all the stuff you can get away with... "small devices" I charge through the cigarette lighter in the car. I've only ever needed a full blown development laptop. My off-grid development environment is now Pi4 + solar panels + 12V Deep cycle battery + 12V to USB

Re: [linux] possible race condition in makefile with multiple dependencies?

2021-06-03 Thread Tug Williams
On 03/06/2021 10:38, Michael P. Soulier wrote: On 2021-06-03 10:22 a.m., Dianne Skoll wrote: Shouldn't be.  My understanding (which may be wrong) is that make calculates the dependency graph first, not in parallel.  Then it executes as many parallel tasks as the -j option asks for, or that

Re: [linux] CentOS alternatives: Devuan

2021-07-14 Thread Tug Williams
As does Gentoo. It provides profiles with and without systemd. Your choice. On 14/07/2021 11:21, J C Nash wrote: FWIW, I MX/Antix also avoid systemd. MX Linux ships with systemd present but disabled by default. The MX Linux team strongly urges users to remain with this configuration which

Re: [linux] Systemd vs Devuan

2021-07-19 Thread Tug Williams
On 19/07/2021 18:02, fz wrote: What do I *actually* need systemd for??? There are plenty of flavours of linux which don't use systemd, so you don't *need* it. Some applications are written that assume systemd is on your system. So to use these, you need to implement parts of the systemd

Re: [linux] Meeting tonight

2022-11-01 Thread Tug Williams
Katie, I'd be interested to know what you're referring to, as I'm not a CentOS person... I could google, but I'd also be happy to hear on Thursday :) I also have a few discussion topics related to Dr Chen's talk. I have written a few notes, but nothing as concrete as "a talk". My 3

Re: [linux] Meeting Thursday night (edited to be factually correct)

2022-11-02 Thread Tug Williams
On 01/11/2022 22:06, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: On 2022-11-01 16:29, Tug Williams wrote: No-one has arranged a physical meeting, so the meeting will be on jitsi only. Ok, I'll propose to meet at the Royal Oak. I'll suggest the Wellington/Hinton location because there seem to be more people

[linux] Meeting Thursday 5th January 2023, 7pm

2023-01-01 Thread Tug Williams
*Date/Time: *Thursday January 5th 2023 at 7pm *Format:* 1. Online over Jitsi https://meet.jit.si/oclug-2023-01-05-opensource 2. Check mailing list for in-person clusters being hosted by members. *Program:*John Nash, discusses experience of using Open Source, followed by a general discussion

[linux] Linux-Ottawa - December 1st Meeting

2022-11-27 Thread Tug Williams
*Date/Time: *Thursday December 1st 2022 at 7pm *Format:* 1. Online over Jitsi https://meet.jit.si/oclug-2022-12-01-gentoo 2. Check mailing list for in-person clusters being hosted by members. *Program:*Tug Williams - The Joy of Gentoo. Introduction into why to like Gentoo Linux, followed

Re: [linux] SPF hard pass for Ian

2023-01-24 Thread Tug Williams
Ian, The secretary account gets forwarded to both John and me, but it also sits in the secretary account on the server. I have noticed that a few messages that arrive in the secretary account don't make it on to my gmail account. The vast majority do arrive. That said, I process them from

Re: [linux] Housekeeping (privacy policy)

2023-01-24 Thread Tug Williams
As this was also cced to the public list, I will address it publicly. On 23/01/2023 19:33, Ian wrote: P.S.  I too could not find the privacy policy or the (reasonable) requirement to provide legal names for the purpose of being added to the voting list in the online bylaws.  And I have seen

[linux] OCLUG meeting this week - Thursday Feb 2nd 2023

2023-01-30 Thread Tug Williams
Good morning everyone, When: 7pm Thursday Feb 2nd 2023 Where: https://meet.jit.si/oclug_2023-02-02_Wiz2MQTT_and_other_topics This month we have an introduction to Dmitriy's new open source project Wiz2MQTT, which he offered to talk about at very short notice, so thank you! I keep meaning to

Re: [linux] Follow up on last night's Twitter / Mastodon talk

2022-11-04 Thread Tug Williams
On 04/11/2022 15:24, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: Bitcoin or dollars are only valuable because enough people think they are. Gold does have other uses. Bitcoin are valuable only because enough people think they are. Dollars have value because millions of legal contracts require people to pay

Re: Fwd: Fwd: [linux] I don't have a mobile device. / querying email working

2022-11-06 Thread Tug Williams
le / TurboTax in Wine? Do it on a paper form? Or the worst choice: at a web site? cheers -- Rick On 2022-11-02 08:31, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: On 2022-11-02 06:35, Tug Williams wrote: On 01/11/2022 22:06, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: On 2022-11-01 16:29, Tug Williams wrote: No-one has arr

Re: [linux] Follow up on last night's Twitter / Mastodon talk

2022-11-04 Thread Tug Williams
does anyone here have a Twitter and can send Elon a message)? Cheers, Katie -------- *From:* Tug Williams *Sent:* 04 November 2022 10:05 *To:* linux@linux-ottawa.org *Subject:* [linux] Follow up on last night's Twitter / Mastodon

[linux] Big thanks to Scott for fixing the mailing list!

2022-11-04 Thread Tug Williams
One thing that I realised with this week's flurry of emails, is that my emails are getting through to the mailing list again. I wanted to thank Scott (Murphy) for spending time to resolve whatever the problem was with the SPF records. It seems to have resolved the issue for me, at least. If

[linux] Follow up on last night's Twitter / Mastodon talk

2022-11-04 Thread Tug Williams
I heard an interesting item on the radio this morning, relating to the pending firing of lots of Twitter staff. There was an interview with a journalist (with a Twitter blue tick), who said she'd not be paying for the blue tick, because if it can be purchased, then it loses it's meaning of

[linux] Meeting 7pm Thursday 3rd November

2022-11-03 Thread Tug Williams
I've updated the wiki with tonight's meeting agenda     https://wiki.linux-ottawa.org/doku.php And if clicking on the link it too much for you, the link to the jitsi meeting is https://meet.jit.si/oclug-2022-11-03-random-assortment See you tonight Tug To unsubscribe send a blank message to

Re: [linux] Meeting Thursday night (edited to be factually correct)

2022-11-02 Thread Tug Williams
Yes there will, once it is clear what the topics will be... I have some (partially prepared) back up plans, to add to a CentOS discussion. Worst case, I can always share my Joy of Gentoo, which would fit into a "distro" theme... If anyone else has a topic they'd like to talk about, then let

[linux] OCLUG meeting Thursday March 2nd 2023

2023-02-25 Thread Tug Williams
When: 7pm Thursday March 2nd 2023 Where: https://meet.jit.si/oclug_2023-03-02_reMarkable Check the mailing list for individuals hosting in person clusters. This month Jean-Francois gives a presentation on reMarkable2 on linux, the (alleged) "next-generation paper tablet" The standard request

Re: [linux] Presentation file for tonight

2023-03-02 Thread Tug Williams
It has already been uploaded to the wiki. https://wiki.linux-ottawa.org/doku.php?id=meetingpresentations2023 On 02/03/2023 14:42, James wrote: Can you upload it somewhere else? I use mediafire. I can put it on mine if you want to email it to me. Mar. 2, 2023 10:57:21 Jean-Francois Messier :

[linux] OCLUG meeting Thursday May 4th 2023

2023-04-30 Thread Tug Williams
When: 7pm Thursday May 4th 2023 Where: https://meet.jit.si/oclug_2023-05-04 Check the mailing list for individuals hosting in-person clusters. Request for volunteers to give talks, short or long, for future meetings - If you have a Linux related presentation or demo you'd be comfortable

[linux] OCLUG meeting Thursday April 6th 2023

2023-03-31 Thread Tug Williams
When: 7pm Thursday April 6th 2023 Where: https://meet.jit.si/oclug_2023-04-06 Check the mailing list for individuals hosting in-person clusters. Request for volunteers to give talks, short or long, for future meetings - If you have a Linux related presentation or demo you'd be comfortable

Re: [linux] OCLUG meeting Thursday April 6th 2023

2023-04-03 Thread Tug Williams
-- *From:* Katherine Mcmillan *Sent:* 31 March 2023 15:18 *To:* Richard Guy Briggs *Cc:* Tug Williams ; Linux-Ottawa *Subject:* Re: [linux] OCLUG meeting Thursday April 6th 2023 "OCUNIX"! That's awesome Richard - it wasn't successful? When did it stop e

Re: Dissolving OCLUG was Re: [linux] OCLUG meeting Thursday April 6th 2023

2023-04-03 Thread Tug Williams
d to notify members - in that notice of meeting - that this resolution will be voted on at that meeting. On Fri, 31 Mar 2023, Tug Williams wrote: The motion is as follows: We, the members of the "Ottawa Carleton Linux Users Group" Ontario Corporation number 1476767 are in favour of d

[linux] Result of the OCLUG motion to dissolve

2023-04-09 Thread Tug Williams
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[linux] OCLUG meeting Thursday June 1st 2023

2023-05-29 Thread Tug Williams
sharing with the group, or a discussion topic you wish to introduce, then please let us know. Topics 1. Short presentation, and feedback request from Tug Williams "What can go wrong? Linux and the bs wifi driver" - Installing Linux on a 2013 HP Pavilion x2 and discovering unreliable

Re: [linux] OCLUG meeting Thursday June 1st 2023

2023-06-02 Thread Tug Williams
presentation and chat tips uploaded https://wiki.linux-ottawa.org/doku.php?id=meetingpresentations2023 On 29/05/2023 11:28, Tug Williams wrote: When: 7pm Thursday June 1st 2023 Where: https://meet.jit.si/oclug_2023-06-01 Check the mailing list for individuals hosting in-person clusters

Fwd: [linux] OCLUG meeting Thursday June 1st 2023

2023-05-31 Thread Tug Williams
-0400 From: Tug Williams To: linux@linux-ottawa.org When: 7pm Thursday June 1st 2023 Where: https://meet.jit.si/oclug_2023-06-01 Check the mailing list for individuals hosting in-person clusters. Request for volunteers to give talks, short or long, for future meetings: If you have a Linux