Re: [OCLUG-Tech] is "xargs" really still useful just for limiting command line size?

running it but, > these days, that limit is clearly much larger. Still not large enough. > i'm fairly sure i can conclude that a command can be at least 3882671 > characters long, can i not? Let's distinguish between commands and external processes. The former one is something to look

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] is "xargs" really still useful just for limiting command line size?

On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 09:27:21AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > course i taught recently had a section on "xargs", emphasizing its > value(?) in being able to run a command in bite-size pieces but, these > days, is that really that much of an issue? If it was a year ago when I tried to glob

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Anyone use thinstation and/or xrandr

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 03:33:53PM +, Trevor James wrote: > It is using xrandr to set up the X-Windows (or I assume since it is > all the graphics setup) You mean to tell X11 how to configure the screens only, right? xrandr doesn't do any more than that. No input device configuration, no

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] fastest way to do full home dir backup to fresh HD?

in.url and user.xdg.referrer.url xattrs. It's an implementation detail whether it uses these or loads it from its sqlite database though. I also thought some MACs used xattrs for security markings. and -H, I thought you used git? Wouldn't that blow the space of his backup, slow it down? He is a Linux, yocto, e

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] fastest way to do full home dir backup to fresh HD?

On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 08:19:04AM -0500, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > I'd be using rsync -vaP so that subsequent updates are faster, but tar zcvf Also add -H, -A, and -X. These aren't just edge cases! > might be faster due to compression... How would compression help when it's on the same host?

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Certified RHEL7 laptop?

it boots and displays at all? Which Ubuntu? Version aside, same kernel, unless the distro added patches not in upstream. Ditto for the little critical userspace (e.g., X11 video drivers, fingerprintd, etc.). Shouldn't make too much of a difference. Regards, A

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] looking for decent sites for C++11 references/tutorials

On Wed, Nov 22, 2017 at 06:14:08AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > i'm teaching 5 days worth of C++11 in january, already been handed > the courseware, and i'd like to put together a page of quality links > to C++11/14/17 tutorials and/or references for the class. While nowhere near the

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] WPA2 vulnerability

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 02:28:01PM -0400, J C Nash wrote: > You are right that the audience needs to be identified. > > My view is that a lightning talk could present an overview of the exploit and > the measures that have been taken to address it. Then we'll have to presume only knowledge of

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] WPA2 vulnerability

On Wed, Oct 18, 2017 at 04:30:43PM +, John Nash wrote: > Via ACM, I came across That's an odd place to get such notices. Unfortunately, due to embargoes, you're unlikely to get advance notice of all issues to your liking. You can try and parse the flood of CVEs every day, or subscribe to your

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 08:19:15AM -0400, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > These wired network cameras default to DHCP and failing that fall back > to either 192.168.122.1 (or something like that IIRC...) or use an > IPv4 link local address (169.?) which pretends to be random > with OUI or something

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

If you want to remonstrate me personally, please take this off-list, and certainly not Cc the OP who doesn't give a hoot. > I replied to Rob's message before I saw your reply. Fine. My *apologies*. I was quite hasty to reply about a pet peeve. > Given that those two were the only two that

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 03:34:16PM -0400, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > using standard open source tools (such as VLC? or maybe mplayer?) These are exactly the things I just recommended to *not* recommend. On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 01:37:32PM -0400, Alex Pilon wrote: > [1]: To anybody else,

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can i set up a d-link DCS-936L network camera to view via linux?

On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 01:19:09PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > friend just handed me a d-link DCS-936L network camera, and it would > seem that the normal use of these is via a tablet or smartphone, but i > would like to be able to use my fedora linux laptop and pop up a browser > window

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] is there a way to identify superfluous .gitignore lines?

On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 06:52:28PM +, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > is there some variation of, say, "git check-ignore" that will scan the > hierarchy of .gitignore files once that build is done and display the > .gitignore entries for which there are no matches? Funny, man git-check-ignore. I

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] How to convert a character MAC address into individual hex bytes for writing?

quot;, > and I need to, one nibble at a time, get the value 0x0A, 0x0, 0x0B, 0x01 > and so on. So would you like the bytes 0x0A, 0x00, etc., or the string "0x0A 0x00…"? Cheers, Alex Pilon ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] is there any way to see the staged/unstaged changes in a stash?

and the unstaged part, can you elaborate? Impossible. It doesn't take a refspec, *just* a *pathspec*. Regards, Alex Pilon ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] how can I control network bandwidth usage?

wrote: > They said the bell modem is a "commercial grade" one > apparently intended for small businesses but I don't bet anything on > that it's done anything to it besides having a higher price. Too bad it's not called “robbers”... > On 03/05/17 04:24 PM, Alex Pilon wrote:

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] how can I control network bandwidth usage?

destination (i.e., TCP/UDP source/destination port), etc. And those are just the ones that *most* people know about. If I use a u32 classifier under Linux, I can put things in buckets based on arbitrary bits (and way more, see tc-u32(8), tc-connmark(8), etc.), and have as many buckets as pe

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] how can I control network bandwidth usage?

On Wed, May 03, 2017 at 02:56:30PM -0400, Don Hey wrote: > If you want a software based solution, I've played with Wonder Shaper and > it may be worth a look: > > http://lartc.org/wondershaper/ That's deprecated. https://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/bloat/wiki/Wondershaper_Must_Die/

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] looking for a new host for my web site for april 1

On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 06:44:25AM -0500, Rick Leir wrote: > Your other option is that many list members have a server in their basement, > some with impressive uptimes. Which also means that they're likely running under-patched kernels, libraries, daemons, etc… doesn't it? Regards, Alex

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] static ip setup for Linux Mint 18 and similar

y more error-prone). Never use static IP again. Regards, Alex Pilon ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Job posting - Junior backend developer

> On 2016-12-13 11:41 AM, Alex Pilon wrote: > > My company's looking for a junior backend developer. May I post the job > > description to this list? On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 11:45:16AM -0500, J C Nash wrote: > Absolutely. And we used to be able to post on the website too.

[OCLUG-Tech] Job posting - Junior backend developer

Hello, I'm usually at the OCLUG meetings, but missed the last few due to work. My company's looking for a junior backend developer. May I post the job description to this list? Regards, Alex Pilon ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] is there a revision symbol for the root commit?

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 04:52:59AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > embarrassed to admit i don't know this, but is there a revision > symbol for a repo's root commit? i don't think i've ever seen that > mentioned anywhere. gitrevisions(7) has nothing, but doesn't git support many roots? How

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what does git not do *easily* you shouldn't be doing anyway?

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 04:48:15AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > perfect example: "how do i find the Nth last version of a file?" > now, you can certainly do this in git, using "git log", then extract > the commit ID from the appropriate line and so on. but (AFAIK), there > is no single

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what does git not do *easily* you shouldn't be doing anyway?

> > prepping for delivering upcoming git courses, and i'm adding a short > > page for questions i get on a regular basis along the lines of "how do > > you do X in git?" when, for the most part, i typically answer, "why > > would you want to do that in the first place?" > > Like maybe locking a

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] is there a recipe to display the git object store hierarchically?

> On 9/23/2016 4:38 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i'm aware of things like "git cat-file -p" and so on, but is there > > some magic incantation to display the git object store > > graphically/hierarchically? > > > > […] > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 09:45:56AM -0400, Michael Soulier wrote: >

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] does a DVCS *necessarily* mirror the entire repo history?

On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 07:43:34AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > (side note: currently updating all my git wiki pages and tutorials, > so i'll be asking a number of questions about git, including > apparently trivial ones that might not be so trivial.) Sweet. > pro git book makes the

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Help with Linux

nd if this is not something you can help me with, I > apologize for wasting your time Come to the meeting? Cheers, Alex Pilon ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] a couple (simple?) systemd questions

adding a "reboot" command at the bottom of the > script, is there a systemd directive that specifies the same thing? rebot ≡ systemctl reboot reboot is part of systemd-sysvcompat, which just uses /dev/initctl, which systemd has a legacy interface for. Cheers, Alex Pilon

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Ternary computing?

> > > On 16-05-31 04:31 PM, Alex Pilon wrote: > > > > Both rpm, dpkg, and apt are showing their age. > > > > On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 04:41:57PM -0400, ProfJCNash wrote: > > > When binary is just not enough. > > > On 16/05/31, Alex Pilon wrote: &g

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] git question: how can i drop the n'th last commit?

On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 06:57:51AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > i'm assuming that i can use a combination of cherry picking and > rebasing to "extract" any linear sequence of commits from a branch if > i decide they properly belonged elsewhere. > > is it just me, or do other people think this

[OCLUG-Tech] Pure NFS 4 mounts

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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Arch Linux space problem?

tation seems intended > to annoy. I'm sorry, but that's a bit of an extreme statement. The only thing that has ever annoyed me was the hardware and firmware I was installing on, or the original software itself. Could you provide details please? I'm curious now. Regards, Alex Pilon ___

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Rsnapshot Issues

issues you may have. Have you checked the SSH daemon logs? You have a good chance of finding your answer there. `ssh -vvv` is usually more for SSH *protocol* debugging. Regards, Alex Pilon ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] tar or rsync for backup greater than 50Gb

tl;dr, use rsync -aHAX. On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 04:04:09PM -0500, Bruce wrote: > Is a 50Gb or greater reasonable for a tar.gz backup? Not unless you're backing up **to** a filesystem that doesn't support all the file attributes you need (e.g., dreaded HFS+, NTFS, and FAT). Especially not for… >

[OCLUG-Tech] .desktop file reading wrapper around dmenu_run

menus , such as "mpv Media Player" rather than the name of the binary (“mpv”), or whatever your distro packages it as For you francophones, it transparently supports your locale… if the desktop entries have a translation. Anyone interested? Regards,

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OpenStack use case in NCR

some Amazon and Google solutions may also be what you're looking for. Regards, Alex Pilon ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

[OCLUG-Tech] Proprietary nvidia driver under EFI on Macbook pro

Before I try this, may I ask if anybody *on this list* has gotten the following working? http://askubuntu.com/questions/264247/proprietary-nvidia-drivers-with-efi-on-mac-to-prevent-overheating/613573#613573 I've got a 6,2, not a 7,1. Yes, yes, “Don't use a Mac” or “Don't use the

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Algonquin Wi-Fi

> > Quoting Scott McClare : > > > Hi all. Will there be any current Algonquin students attending tonight's > > > meeting? I'm a new student and I have a laptop I'd like to dual boot > > > (Windows/Kubuntu), but while Windows 10 connects to the campus Wi-Fi > > > effortlessly, I

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Algonquin Wi-Fi

On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 12:08:50AM +, j...@messier.ca wrote: > Actually, I now remember that although you can get to the AP without > password, it is sometime impossible to get an IP address is everyone is > connected in the local DHCP scope. IOW: if every IP address from the DHCP > is

[OCLUG-Tech] 4.5 kernel changes

otocol. […] So you know when mutt is in that uninterruptible state because your Wi-Fi chip is a piece of junk and just ed out? Now you can fix it! I'll let you look at the rest of the commit online. More interesting details. UML's still alive too apparently. Cheers, Alex

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] why can't linux use a DOS-formatted root filesystem?

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 12:08:55PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > i know, it sounds like a moderately inane question, but it came up in the > context of a legacy, DOS-formatted system where the quest was to install > linux, *but* retain the option of backtracking to DOS in case things didn't >

[OCLUG-Tech] Odd behaviour in find

Is it just me or should this work? $ find -xdev -- foo find: unknown predicate `--' $ But not this? $ find -- foo -xdev -name 'sadasdasdasd' $ ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Odd behaviour in find

> This is all documented in the manual. I know; see other subthread. What's odd is that `find -xdev -- foo` doesn't work, yet `find -- foo` does. I expected -- to be properly interpreted as the end of options indicator, as per the manual. ___ Linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Odd behaviour in find

On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 01:39:56PM -0500, Alex Pilon wrote: > Is it just me or should this work? > > $ find -xdev -- foo > find: unknown predicate `--' > $ > > But not this? > > $ find -- foo -xdev -name 'sadasdasdasd' > $ Beg your pardon, So

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] simple question about deleting a branch in git

nch, even though > that certainly seems like overkill. It is. > ok, i'll accept that, unless someone has opinions to the contrary. Run any experiments to try and break that statement? Regards, Alex Pilon ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] what command will display the current unix domain sockets?

> On 15-09-04 10:48 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > i'm looking for any command that will display all of the currently > > open unix domain sockets on my system -- i thought i found one in > > "ss" (part of iproute suite), but that just seems to dump the regular > > network sockets. Seems to work

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] VirtualBox network connection

-06 03:28 PM, Alex Pilon wrote: Is it that you just don't understand the settings themselves, or that you don't understand the virtualization and networking concepts behind them? On Mon, Jul 06, 2015 at 03:36:20PM -0400, ProfJCNash wrote: I'm almost entirely a user. I know the generalities

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] VirtualBox network connection

Ethernet interface. Regards, Alex Pilon ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] VirtualBox network connection

On Mon, Jul 06, 2015 at 03:20:39PM -0400, ProfJCNash wrote: I have some experience playing with the network settings and have had to do so once or twice. But so far it has been trial and error until things work. Bad practise. I should try to learn what the settings mean. Is it that you just

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] anyone out there have serious experience with hardening linux systems?

On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 02:43:26PM -0400, Wang Hao wrote: ipchains at the moment You use Linux 2.2!? Regards, Alex Pilon ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] can git stash show distinguish between staged and unstaged changes?

On Thu, May 07, 2015 at 06:13:23AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: yet another question i should know the answer to but don't -- is there a way to distinguish between the staged and unstaged changes in a stash entry with git stash show? On Thu, 7 May 2015, Alex Pilon wrote

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Nullmailer on Ubuntu 12.04

of definitive resources on all you need to know about SMTP. Does anybody have any recommendations? You should also set up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC. Here are some testing tools. http://mxtoolbox.com/spf.aspx http://mxtoolbox.com/dkim.aspx http://mxtoolbox.com/dmarc.aspx Regards, Alex Pilon

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Nullmailer on Ubuntu 12.04

On Sat, May 02, 2015 at 11:27:19AM -0400, David Patte ₯ wrote: Actually, nullmailer is a message transfer agent, simply forwarding my mail to the smtp at my provider. And nullmailer is authenticating with my provider using a password. But it is not authenticating using STARTTLS. STARTTLS is

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] more git pedantry -- clarifications about .gitignore

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 08:33:51AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: and another thing ... why both of these lines? include/generated arch/*/include/generated isn't there a wildcard pattern that would subsume both of those entries? On Wed, 29 Apr 2015, Alex Pilon wrote

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] more git pedantry -- clarifications about .gitignore

On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 08:33:51AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: some (hopefully) trivial questions about .gitignore, since the actual documentation isn't as precise as it could be. Which? gitignore(5)? and another thing ... why both of these lines? include/generated

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] a (simple?) question about what git can reuse across repos

On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 09:17:21AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: i'm curious if git will recognize identical underlying content from two different repositories depending on how that content was added and committed. If it were done, it would have to be done on the same filesystem, and either

[OCLUG-Tech] Linux book giveaway

edition. John R. Levine and Margaret Levine Young. If anybody wants them, I'll bring them and *give them away*, not sell them, at the next OCLUG. Regards, Alex Pilon pgp5IMfhJap9a.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Linux mailing list Linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Linux book giveaway

On Tue, 28 Apr 2015, Alex Pilon wrote: I'm sorting through a collection of books in the basement. I'm wondering whether anybody would be interested in the following, whether for themselves or somebody else, or if I should just toss them. - UNIX in a nutshell, 4th edition. Arnold

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] want to clarify a fast-forward merge in git

On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 05:19:00AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: i'm well aware of the standard behaviour of a FF merge in git, but i'm looking at a git book Published… or are you under an NDA? which shows a figure purporting to show a FF merge and it confuses the heck out of me. It may

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] want to clarify a fast-forward merge in git

On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 01:14:30PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: i attacked a screengrab of just that part of the figure ... it should be enough to see what the figure is trying to say. if there's a way to interpret that in any meaningful way, i'm not aware of it. Well since the text is so

[OCLUG-Tech] make menuconfig deprecation (was: make environment variables and the kbuild system)

wondering where's X defined and you can't just F8, type part of the Kconfig variable name, and get all the info you wished for. Regards, Alex Pilon pgpULdqYsO2wb.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] make menuconfig deprecation

On 15/04/20, Alex Pilon wrote: Side note, menuconfig has been superseded for a little while now. [shows commit in Linux mainline git tree introducing nconfig] On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 10:05:54PM -0400, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: Thank you for remiinding me of this tool that you had

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] formail / fetchmail issue

On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 02:11:10PM -0400, Prof J C Nash (U30A) wrote: I've tried 777 perms for umail and umail/inbox file. Don't do that. Not only is it likely irrelevant, but it's a terrible idea, securitywise. The magic everybody has access perms is not something you should do blindly. Notice

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Leaving meetup.com

On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 02:25:03PM -0500, Murphy Scott wrote: […] the meetup group for OCLUG is being dropped in favour of 1980’s technology as Alex so succinctly put it at the meeting. You make it sound almost like I'm deriding it due to my youth! This 1980s technology *IS* better. Plain

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Opinions requested: LF Good low powered multi-port gateway/wireless router

On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 01:52:23PM -0500, Peter Meyer wrote: Opinions please. I am looking to build/buy something that replaces my existing router/gateway box. My thinking is taking me in two directions. One is to replace my existing WRT54GL running Tomato with another embedded system

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Opinions requested: LF Good low powered multi-port gateway/wireless router

On Sun, Jan 04, 2015 at 01:52:23PM -0500, Peter Meyer wrote: Opinions please. I am looking to build/buy something that replaces my existing router/gateway box. On Mon Jan 05 2015 at 12:01:11 Alex Pilon a...@alexpilon.ca wrote: Why not just stock Linux? On Mon, Jan 05, 2015 at 06:33

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Presentation pitch

open-source Any particular focus? More for users? Developers? Businesses or non-profits? […] Please let me know if this would interest you. I would be. Regards, Alex Pilon pgp_9GyAW2kah.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Linux mailing list Linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] fetchmail and offlineimap alternatives

On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 03:02:48PM -0500, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: So, you mentioned some issues with offlineimap the other night? Can you elaborate? I don't know if you had expressed an opinion about fetchmail. I don't know fetchmail. I've heard of it, and that it's only incoming. I've used

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] dd disk

another track? Yes. That and reading arbitrary sectors with hdparm --read-sector. No change. Already falling back to the data recovery service. I'll let this list know anything useful about their services. Regards, Alex Pilon pgpKmXzLyNqw9.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Topics and Location for October meeting

On 09/26/2014 10:45 AM, Alex Pilon wrote: Would it be worth adding a blurb on how you package your projects, not just how you program them? On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 02:39:52AM -0400, Peter Sjöberg wrote: Not sure what you mean, I wasn't going to get to deep in library programming

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Topics and Location for October meeting

On 09/25/2014 08:35 PM, Jean-Francois Messier wrote: Do we know where the meeting will be held and what the topics will be ? On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 09:49:10AM -0400, Peter Sjöberg wrote: Can't talk for location but for one of the topics I'm going to show a introduction on how to get started

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Choosing a 64-bit Linux distro for my laptop

? Regards, Alex Pilon pgpJJO4h4RJyz.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Choosing a 64-bit Linux distro for my laptop

On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 08:04:49AM -0400, Alex Pilon wrote: Let's get the PCI ID, then we can look at the kernel source, or some of the wireless.kernel.org pages for Broadcom drivers, http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Looking for DNS ...

On Fri, May 02, 2014 at 10:24:01PM -0400, Brett Delmage wrote: If your ISP is teksavvy (and maybe others) you can get static IP DSL for a small fee per month. On Sat, 3 May 2014, Alex Pilon wrote: Which I did. Just be ready to ask Teksavvy if you can relay mail through

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Looking for DNS ...

range and not on some of the major blocklists. Regards, Alex Pilon pgps6PO0S9FbD.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] What is the lightest linux

thing on disk. Regards, Alex Pilon pgpGjt82m_5ww.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] encrypted filesystems -- LUKS versus eCryptfs?

On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Alex Pilon a...@alexpilon.ca wrote: LUKS will randomly generate (and salt if I recall correctly) a master secret, and provide ten “slots” for weaker secrets (e.g., passwords, passphrases, or binary data of your chosing), which it'll run through PBKDF2

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

On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 04:29:15AM +, Mike Rosberg wrote: I expect it should be possible to add an EFI System Partition to the installed USB drive to avoid the requirement for the UEFI-compatible, bootable USB drive. eg.

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

, the better. Ditto for other boot managers and bootloaders supporting Secure Boot. Also, don't buy an EFI computer with an NVIDIA card and expect the proprietary driver to work. Regards, Alex Pilon pgpCU6BlFKill.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] a compelling application for bind mounts?

On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 06:42:11AM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: does anyone here use bind mounts on a regular basis, and for what? ‘Path shortening’. Example: $ mount /dev/mapper/oldvg-homelv /mnt $ ls /mnt foo lost+found $ mount -o bind /mnt/foo /mnt $ ls /mnt

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] encrypted filesystems -- LUKS versus eCryptfs?

On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 03:47:05PM -0500, Robert P. J. Day wrote: it *seems* that eCryptfs is an improvement over LUKS. is that accurate? No. or are they equally viable technologies so that one could reasonably choose one or the other depending on the circumstances? Yes… and no. One does

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] UEFI on SDD

or two. Call? 13.10 works fine on this machine installed on a spinning disc Do you mean that CSM-booting the stock live Ubuntu DVD works? Regards, Alex Pilon pgpASVTxkX9CL.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] survey: how do you see the value of linux books these days?

the challenge was the language itself, not the purely functional programming. Regards, Alex Pilon pgpOaea61pPze.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Set up a SAMBA server

On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 3:19 PM, James, Trevor ja...@telfer.uottawa.ca wrote: Anyone have a simple TID/HowTo to set up a SAMBA a secure SAMBA service to be used by only one subnet on a network. For example only on 192.168.1,X (wired network) but not 192.168.10.X (WiFi) More of a

[OCLUG-Tech] Presentation follow-up notes

user and mailing list subscriber, not affiliated in any way with them. Regards, Alex Pilon pgpMqd0Iz4asG.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

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

some of the concepts, and don't want HTTP or other similar running on my router. Regards, Alex Pilon ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] help for new Linux users - before the club meeting

into, a roadmap to learn of sorts, or just offer to help them understand the various tech they use rather than learning by rote. Cheers, Alex Pilon ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] how to configure a kernel *minimally* based on running system?

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[OCLUG-Tech] Mailing list etiquette

Does the members of this list prefer that replies go to the list, as FYI for the other list users, or only to the original sender? Mailman isn't configured here to insert a `Reply-To' header as it does on other lists. Cheers, Alex Pilon ___ Linux

[OCLUG-Tech] Fellow suckless entheusiasts

Hello all, Are there any fellow suckless.org subscribers here? There's a few of us at Carleton University, though I doubt they're on any OCLUG mailing lists. Cheers, Alex Pilon ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman