Re: [OCLUG-Tech] the big move -- made it here in one piece

2011-04-15 Thread Stephen Gregory
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 07:43:42AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: slowly getting unpacked in my market area condo so it's time to figure out where the important stuff is in the area. as in, where's a good place to buy a honking big external drive to which i can start ripping all of my

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] the big move -- made it here in one piece

2011-04-15 Thread C.T. Paterson
I echo the endorsements for PC Cyber and RB...I'll throw some love in for Canada Computers on Merivale Road. CC prices are not cash-discounted either, in case you need to charge it. Cheers. On 15 April 2011 09:06, Andrew Plumb and...@plumb.org wrote: On 2011-04-15, at 8:50 AM, Stephen Gregory

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] the big move -- made it here in one piece

2011-04-15 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On 15/04/11 Stephen Gregory said: Pccyber and Canada Computers. One or both should have a shop within walking distance. I also like RB Computing, but they are out in Bells Corners in the west end. I like Trailing Edge computers too, for refurbs. They're in Bells Corners. Mike signature.asc

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] the big move -- made it here in one piece

2011-04-15 Thread Raj
On 11-04-15 09:07 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Fri, 15 Apr 2011, Stephen Gregory wrote: On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 07:43:42AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: slowly getting unpacked in my market area condo so it's time to figure out where the important stuff is in the area. as in,

[OCLUG-Tech] Waterloo ISP

2011-04-15 Thread Glenn Henshaw
This may be slightly off topic, but I think that there are some recent transplants on the list. I'm moving to Waterloo and am looking for a reliable ISP. I really don't want anything bundled because my plan is to go cellular only and my satellite TV is still on contract. Any

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Waterloo ISP

2011-04-15 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Fri, 15 Apr 2011, Glenn Henshaw wrote: This may be slightly off topic, but I think that there are some recent transplants on the list. I'm moving to Waterloo and am looking for a reliable ISP. I really don't want anything bundled because my plan is to go cellular only and my

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] the big move -- made it here in one piece

2011-04-15 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 09:59:19AM -0400, Michael P. Soulier wrote: On 15/04/11 Stephen Gregory said: Pccyber and Canada Computers. One or both should have a shop within walking distance. I also like RB Computing, but they are out in Bells Corners in the west end. I like Trailing Edge

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Waterloo ISP

2011-04-15 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 10:33:51AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: On Fri, 15 Apr 2011, Glenn Henshaw wrote: This may be slightly off topic, but I think that there are some recent transplants on the list. I'm moving to Waterloo and am looking for a reliable ISP. I really don't want

[OCLUG-Tech] Ticket System

2011-04-15 Thread bruce harding
I'm looking for a piece of software for the condo I live in it purpose is for the board to track all work orders/complaints relating to the condo corp.  An important component of this software is that the tickets/work orders/complaints should be visible to the owners and rents. The owners and

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Ticket System

2011-04-15 Thread Rick
That's the one. You can browse that page to see the actual features in operation, for the Trac project. On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Stephen Gregory oc...@kernelpanic.cawrote: On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 07:28:44AM -0700, bruce harding wrote: I'm looking for a piece of software for the

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Ticket System

2011-04-15 Thread Raj
I've seen RT (http://bestpractical.com/rt/) used in a lot of places - and for the non-tech user, it has a pretty simple interface - just email and it will create a new ticket for you (or update an existing one) --Raj. On 11-04-15 12:38 PM, Prof. John C Nash wrote: If you don't want to be

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

2011-04-15 Thread allan . fields
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 partiton off the same physical disk. I got it working except...

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

2011-04-15 Thread Aidan Van Dyk
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 5:31 PM, allan.fie...@gmail.com wrote: 2.  However, it still didn't allow the VM to be powered on.  So, I went searching and found the answer - disable/uninstall qemu_kvm kernel mods which are now default is Ubuntu.  Oh *of course*, no wonder the vm monitor returned

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] Ticket System

2011-04-15 Thread Glenn Henshaw
More importantly, you have to get the management company to buy into using a tool to track the problems. If one looks too carefully, losing a few emails saves them money by not doing the work. -- Glenn Henshaw Ottawa, Canada Email: thraxi...@mac.com On 2011-04-15, at 12:38 PM,

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Ticket System

2011-04-15 Thread Dave O'Neill
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 12:48:52PM -0400, Raj wrote: I've seen RT (http://bestpractical.com/rt/) used in a lot of places - and for the non-tech user, it has a pretty simple interface - just email and it will create a new ticket for you (or update an existing one) I've used RT before, and it

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Linux Digest, Vol 76, Issue 7

2011-04-15 Thread Charles Nadeau
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:15:56 -0400 From: Glenn Henshaw thraxi...@mac.com Subject: [OCLUG-Tech] Waterloo ISP To: Ottawa Linux Users Group linux@lists.oclug.on.ca Message-ID: 9779b202-5b68-4e4e-9a5d-fc59c3f23...@mac.com Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII This may be slightly off