Re: [OCLUG-Tech] banana pi

2015-01-17 Thread Mike
On Monday, January 12, 2015 19:03:52 James wrote: On 01/12/15 09:14, James, Trevor wrote: Depends on what type of server. I like the CubieTruck (has a SataPort) built in Wifi/Bluetooth. http://cubieboard.org/model/cb3/ Mail and web server. I went with the Raspberry Pi since I

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] GPX Files

2014-08-04 Thread Mike
On Friday, July 04, 2014 11:16:52 AM Mike wrote: On Thursday, July 03, 2014 05:21:47 PM Bruce wrote: Mike, I'm very familiar in fact I'm try to use gpsbabel to do what you suggested with the command: gpsbabel -i gpx -f myarea.gpx -i gpx -f findsdww.gpx -i gpx -f geoclo.gpx -i gpx

[OCLUG-Tech] VPS Service Providers

2014-04-14 Thread mike
Hello All: Sorry to practice necromancy, but I want to fill you in on my search for a new VPS service provider, which I described in a thread found in the archive here: http://oclug.on.ca/archives/linux/2011-January/002844.html I did promise to share my findings with the list, although I did

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] trying to install centos 6.5 on USB drive on UEFI-enabled laptop

2013-12-30 Thread Mike Rosberg
Hi Robert, I have no experience booting Linux under UEFI but am interested in your experience as I await the arrival of a new Zenbook which I plan to dual-boot Win8 and likely Fedora 20. One thought that occurs to me after reading through your install process is that the installed USB drive will

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] safety level of upgrading ubuntu 12.10 to 13.04?

2013-09-26 Thread Mike
On Thursday, September 19, 2013 08:48:50 AM Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Thu, 19 Sep 2013, Rick wrote: I always log in at run level 3, usually to start X. (startxfce4) On my home puter, I have to recompile an nvidea module every time I upgrade the kernel. It seems likely that an Ubuntu

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what's the state of the art for linux (openwrt?) based wireless routers?

2013-08-05 Thread Mike Hopper
I meant pfsense does more than the *-WRTs. All kinds of plugin modules like antivirus and such. Cool stuff. And ya...I felt kind of dirty suggesting a BSD based solution on here! -Mike On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Alex Pilon a...@alexpilon.ca wrote: On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 12:59 PM

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] NAS boxes

2013-01-08 Thread mike
Quoting Bill Strosberg oc...@strosberg.com: I bought a litte Zotac computer for around $225 for my 80 year old dad, and it does everything needed for the NAS application. It uses almost no power, has everything built in and doesn't confuse an 80 year old. I run Ubuntu on it for him and use

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OCLUG AGM - discussing change

2012-03-24 Thread Mike
On Thursday, March 22, 2012 10:32:08 AM Bill Strosberg wrote: Just a thought. Certainly would be far more eco-friendly than driving my fossil fuel dinosaur belching it's planet killing crap. Although I certainly would miss the Beer Sig! I'm sure we could find a designated drinker for those

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Changing ISPs

2012-01-15 Thread Mike
On Sunday, January 15, 2012 06:33:51 PM Brenda J. Butler wrote: Teksavvy and/or NCF. http://teksavvy.com/en/default.asp http://www.ncf.ca/ I can second NCF, I was with them for dial up before going to Bell and I'm back with them now. Static IP and a 300gb limit for a better price than

[OCLUG-Tech] Reminder: LITW

2011-07-11 Thread Mike Kenzie
Linux in the Wild will once again be at Strathcona Park July 17th 11:30 - 13:30 potluck drinks supplied ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what are the five myths about open source?

2011-06-28 Thread Mike Kenzie
On Tuesday 28 June 2011 08:25:06 Robert P. J. Day wrote: a colleague wants to write an article along the lines of the most pernicious myths about open source software. so, in your opinion, what would those be? let's stick to the top five, along with their brutal and savage debunking.

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Seeing ext2/ext3/ext4 partitions from 'doze ...

2011-05-18 Thread Mike Kenzie
On Wednesday 18 May 2011 12:18:23 pulmud muppe wrote: As with many, at work I have to use 'doze. (... though I do have a dual boot second machine (linux/xp) which I can often run with linux ...) I have occasionally tried to locate an add-on (or whatever one calls such in the m$ realm)

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Ubuntu Kosmic Kola vs. VMware Server 2

2011-04-15 Thread Mike
On Friday 15 April 2011 17:31:15 allan.fie...@gmail.com wrote: So, the other day: I was investigating Windows XP running from a raw disk partition under VMware on a Ubuntu Kosmic Linux Desktop. This is the dual desktop scenario on the same PC, where previously they are dual-booted Lin/Win OS

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Beware: Do not let the guys from tech support on your computer

2011-04-11 Thread Mike
On Monday 11 April 2011 10:16:30 Shawn H Corey wrote: On 11-04-11 10:11 AM, Bart Trojanowski wrote: Do you have caller display? No, but they probably disabled it anyway. I did try *57 either. When I was making such calls for Nortel only 1 person questioned me, most just gave me their IP

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OLPC XO-1 Svc

2010-12-17 Thread Mike
On Wednesday 15 December 2010 04:48:34 allan.fie...@gmail.com wrote: I have an OLPC XO-1 which requires service to upgrade it. I am too busy to perform the USB stick method myself and want to bring it to the shop for fresh install. I upgrades my XO to the latest stable release 852. No

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] PC-BSD in VBox?

2010-12-15 Thread Mike
On Thursday 09 December 2010 14:01:41 Eric Brackenbury wrote: Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:26:11 -0500 From: George Standish george.stand...@gmail.com Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] PC-BSD in VBox? I picked up one of Dru's PC-BSD DVDs from the meeting the other night and tried installing it in VBox.

[OCLUG-Tech] Looking for a real time Linux engineer

2010-11-20 Thread Mike Phelan
Dear Ottawa Canada Linux Users Group, My company is looking someone with experience with real time Linux for embedded applications. This isn't spam, I have been reading your website. If you guys know of anyone with some expertise in these matters and would consider a move to Winnipeg, the Paris

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Low UDP performance

2010-03-11 Thread Mike Rosberg
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Gregory Franks wrote: Since they're running on one physical machine, and since there is no flow control with UDP, unlike TCP, your transmitter is probably overrunning your receiver resulting in dropped packets. I was chatting about this issue with a

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Low UDP performance

2010-03-08 Thread Mike Rosberg
Hi there. That is an interesting problem you describe. No obvious explanation for it comes to my mind. Over Ethernet I'd typically expect to see higher goodput from UDP than TCP, especially where packet loss is involved. I would recommend collecting some traffic stats from either endpoint try and

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Presentation Offer

2009-10-06 Thread Mike
On October 6, 2009, Bart Trojanowski wrote: Hi Jeff, I am CC'ing the board mailing list since they will have the final say. Personally, I think it would be great for you to give a talk on your project at one of our monthly meetings. Me too, but given the nature of the subject matter I'd plan