System76 only supports Ubuntu. Zareason https://zareason.com supports
several distros. Think Penguin https://www.thinkpenguin.com is extremely
flexible about what distros they support.
On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 10:15 PM, Galen Seitz gal...@seitzassoc.com wrote:
On 08/07/13 15:26, John Jason
Very good to hear. I'll also pass this on to Free Geek Seattle :)
Elcaset
On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Paul Munday pa...@freegeek.org wrote:
On Sat, 2013-08-03 at 11:21 -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
Hey Thanks! I passed this on to folks in Free Geek.
Paul M
--
Agreed. We just switched to Frontier Fios here near Seattle. They're not
perfect, but they are a lot smaller than comcast.
On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.comwrote:
On Tue, 30 Jul 2013, Michael Rasmussen wrote:
In a dramatic about-face on a key internet
Is it common to find rackmount computer racks that don't have threaded
holes? This makes no sense to me.
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 10:32 PM, Wil Cooley wcoo...@nakedape.cc wrote:
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Louis Kowolowski
lou...@cryptomonkeys.org wrote:
Does the 4post cabinet have
Good to know. The rackmount standard is no longer quite so standard. I'll
be more careful when discussing, recommending rackmount with folks.
On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Russell Johnson r...@dimstar.net wrote:
On Jul 19, 2013, at 2:09 PM, Rick rdoyle16+p...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm not
These STS (short term service) releases tend to have more bugs than LTS
releases.
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 7:34 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.netwrote:
On Fri, 31 May 2013 16:48:27 -0700
Benjamin Kerensa bkere...@ubuntu.com dijo:
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 7:36 PM, John Jason Jordan
that's libre software
friendly. Also, they're flexible about what distro they provide, unlike
System 76.
Cheers,
Elcaset
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 4:22 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.netwrote:
On Fri, 10 May 2013 10:15:04 -0700
C W elcas...@gmail.com dijo:
I don't know if they sell laptop
I don't know if they sell laptop stands or docks, but Think Penguin (in
addition to Zareason) is a good place to buy computers from.
good Luck,
Elcaset
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 2:48 AM, jim karlock jjkarl...@gmail.com wrote:
I think somewhere on this thread someone asked if ethernet can work
I've been using an Alfa long range wifi unit on Mint KDE for a few years ,
it works very well. My Alfa is model # AWUS036H. It has the Realtek
8187 chipset. I don't use Ubuntu, so I don't know how well it will work
with that distro. A lot of my friends have used Ubuntu with their Alfas of
Direct downloads can get corrupted. Torrents are designed to prevent the
download getting corrupted, so torrents are your best option.
cheers,
Elcaset
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 4:57 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.netwrote:
On Thu, 3 Jan 2013 16:20:16 -0800
Mike Cherba mche...@gmail.com
I just watched the trailer for Baikonur, it looks like a good movie.
Thanks,
Elcaset
On Sat, Dec 8, 2012 at 7:34 PM, C W elcas...@gmail.com wrote:
As long as you use a distro like Mint that comes with libdvdcss2 included,
all you have to do is use vlc, you can play PAL DVDs of any region
Is it wise to add other DEs once Ubuntu 12.04 is installed?
Hey Everybody,
I have a friend who installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on his work desktop PC.
He's spent the last month or more getting his PC set up the way he likes
it. The problem is, he's having problems with Firefox that I'm not having
on
Thanks for the replies, everybody. Does restoring from a backup work
reliably?
On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Word Wizard word.wiz...@comcast.netwrote:
On 11/24/2012 02:06 PM, Dale Snell wrote:
On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:39:27 -0800
C W elcas...@gmail.com wrote:
Is it wise to add other
A MS Windows PC became zombified, or a GNU/Linux PC became zombified?
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 12:14 AM, Russell Senior
russ...@personaltelco.netwrote:
We have a node with a desktop machine they had set up as a web-surfing
kiosk, which got zombified (udp port 16471, iirc, some kind of
Hi Victor,
Give the live DVD, (or live USB, or SD card) of Linux Mint 13 KDE a try.
It is LTS (Long Term support) with 5 years of support. Linux Mint 13 KDE
is what several of my friends myself, use and love.
GNOME fallback mode has just been eliminated from any future versions of
GNOME. A lot
I forgot to post this link in the previous post Linux Mint 13 KDE:
http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2090;
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 5:06 PM, C W elcas...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Victor,
Give the live DVD, (or live USB, or SD card) of Linux Mint 13 KDE a try.
It is LTS (Long Term support) with 5
Richard,
While I don't have a solution to your immediate problem, I can tell you,
I've had much better luck with the sound quality of FLAC files, as opposed
to the lossy lower quality file formats like mp3, aac, even ogg vorbis.
Whenever I can choose FLAC, I do so, whether it's recording,
No, I just mean, in the future, whenever possible, you're better off using
FLAC than the other audio formats.
Cheers,
Elcaset
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 4:20 PM, Richard C. Steffens rst...@comcast.netwrote:
On 11/15/2012 04:01 PM, C W wrote:
Richard,
While I don't have a solution to your
No problem, glad you were able to get it to work.
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Richard C. Steffens rst...@comcast.netwrote:
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:03:31 -0800
Richard C. Steffens rst...@comcast.net wrote:
Anyway, does anyone have any ideas about why the sound on my Linux
machines
ZaReason is really nice because they have several distro choices like
Kubuntu, Mint, etc. Not just Ubuntu.
Cheers,
Elcaset
On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:08 PM, Benjamin Kerensa bkere...@ubuntu.comwrote:
On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 1:44 PM, Tim Wescott t...@wescottdesign.com
wrote:
My Google-Fu
Mint does need to make some changes on its security approach, in my
opinion, but Ubuntu is not free from controversy, either. Read this
article:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2207679/mark-shuttleworth-defends-ubuntu-1210-amazon-integration
.
Cheers,
Elcaset
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at
:47 PM, C W elcas...@gmail.com wrote:
Mint does need to make some changes on its security approach, in my
opinion, but Ubuntu is not free from controversy, either. Read this
article:
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2207679/mark-shuttleworth-defends-ubuntu-1210-amazon
Randy,
Your best bet for help with linux Mint is irc. #linuxmint-help on
irc.spotchat.org. I use the KDE version of Linux Mint, so the key commands
are different than Gnome. Mint 7 is no longer supported, so people will
probably nag you to use a supported version, but if you keep asking,
Also, Bodhi linux sounds right up your alley. It's Ubunbtu based, but very
minimal, fast. http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=bodhi
Cheers,
Elcaset
On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 2:13 PM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.comwrote:
On Fri, 13 Jul 2012, Richard Owlett wrote:
The
Yep, the FREEORG one also works. Thanks very much! Now I'm going to OSCON
again.
Cheers,
Elcaset
On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 2:05 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.netwrote:
On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:38:39 -0700
Scott Garman sgar...@zenlinux.com dijo:
FREEPROJ
Thanks. That worked. I am
I think The Vivaldi Linux tablet would handle all that.
http://makeplaylive.com/ Plus, it's a worthwhile cause.
Cheers,
Elcaset
On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Chaz Sliger c...@bctonline.com wrote:
I'm going to need a new computer pretty soon and was wondering if a tablet
might work for my
Also good to know. I have been searching for subs for the Canadian telly
series Intelligence, still no joy. I will try my regular old search
engine now (startpage.com).
Cheers,
Elcaset
On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 7:35 AM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.netwrote:
On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 21:40:49
Also, you have to rename the subtitle file so that it's exactly the
same title as the movie file. Of course the one name difference will
be the extension. Watching subtitles in Linux is no different than
other OSes that I've tried.
Cheers,
Elcaset
On 6/1/12, John Jason Jordan
Good suggestion. I will try it out.
Elcaset
On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Jason Barnett jason.barnet...@gmail.comwrote:
You can also try SubDownloader http://www.subdownloader.net/ which will
automatically download subtitles for your movies.
Jason
On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Ali
Well, then I'll be skipping the expo hall, maybe going to OSCON altogether.
But thanks for the info.
Cheers,
Elcaset
On 5/14/12, Michael Dexter dex...@ambidexter.com wrote:
On 5/11/12 5:01 PM, C W wrote:
I just wanted to make sure I haven't missed any deadline for getting
a free registration
I just wanted to make sure I haven't missed any deadline for getting
a free registration for OSCON 2012.
Thanks,
Elcaset
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K Desktop Environment-
Sounds like a plan, Rich.
Cheers,
Elcaset
On 3/16/12, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote:
On Thu, 15 Mar 2012, C W wrote:
This is a brand new laptop? If so, the hardware way be too new for
the right drivers to be included in any distro yet. If it is new, you
should try a bleeding
Actually, that's a good suggestion, John.
On 3/15/12, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net wrote:
On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:26:52 -0700 (PDT)
Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com dijo:
Anyone have thoughts to share? If so, please do so.
I would try a few live CDs to see if any of them get
I recommend the KDE version of Linux Mint.
On 3/15/12, C W elcas...@gmail.com wrote:
Actually, that's a good suggestion, John.
On 3/15/12, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net wrote:
On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:26:52 -0700 (PDT)
Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com dijo:
Anyone have thoughts
Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote:
On Thu, 15 Mar 2012, C W wrote:
Actually, that's a good suggestion, John.
Yes, it is. I booted the xubuntu-11.10 dvd and it kept disconnecting me
from the wired network, just like it did on the wireless attempts. Trying
'dmesg | grep eth' yields nothing
I have been using the KDE version of Mint 9 since it came out over a year
ago, I haven't had any of these problems with it. Maybe the GNOME
version of Mint 9 has more bugs?
Also, I'm very careful when I burn optical disks to burn that at a slow
speed (4x), always have the burning software
line?
Cheers,
Elcaset
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Scott Garmansgar...@zenlinux.com
wrote:
On 10/28/2011 07:12 PM, C W wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooma
Anybody here familiar with Ooma?
I switched from Vonage to Ooma this year. Never had any issues with
Vonage
:21 PM, C W elcas...@gmail.com wrote:
How expensive and difficult is it to add several phones in the same house
to
one Ooma line?
Same as any other VOIP line.
Use the existing house wiring AFTER disconnecting from the external
telephone network at the NID:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
, Aaron Burt aa...@bavariati.org wrote:
(netiquette note: when starting a new discussion, start a new thread kthx)
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 08:40:30PM -0700, C W wrote:
I was given 2 Cisco Analog Telephone Adapters. There are both model
186/188. I'm wondering what I can use them
,
Elcaset
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Scott Garman sgar...@zenlinux.com wrote:
On 10/28/2011 07:12 PM, C W wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooma
Anybody here familiar with Ooma?
I switched from Vonage to Ooma this year. Never had any issues with
Vonage, but with Ooma I have occasionally
I'm not familiar with callcentric. I'll have to check it out. Although,
it's hard to compete with Ooma's monthly rate.
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Larry Brigman larry.brig...@gmail.comwrote:
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:21 PM, C W elcas...@gmail.com wrote:
Scott,
Thanks
:21 PM, C W wrote:
Scott,
Thanks for the feedback. Ooma's service sounds like it's better quality
than mobile phone service, so I can live with that. Especially since
Ooma's
monthly charge is extremely low.
Yep, which is why I really would prefer to stick with them if I can. My
cost
oops, I meant to type linking, not lining in the previous post.
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:13 PM, C W elcas...@gmail.com wrote:
===If you have a cordless phone setup with several handsets, you can plug
your base station into the Ooma and have as many handsets as you want.
That would
Yes, that's the same situation I'm in. Except that I'm in Kirkland, near
Seattle. That's how we get screwed when Comcast bundles things. However,
once I get a voip setup to my family's liking, I'm getting rid of Comcast
altogether. We are looking for an ISP, telly service provider, as well.
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:27 PM, Ali Corbin ali.cor...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 9:40 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net
wrote:
I have used Gnome all my Linux life, originally on Ubuntu and now on
Fedora. I have KDE installed, but every time I try it I find it not
Richard,
Unfortunately, the Slax distro is no longer maintained.
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=slax
But, the good news is that Porteus GNU/Linux takes over where Slax left
off. I have used the 32-bit version of Porteus. It's small, extremely
fast, works quite well, is much
I was given 2 Cisco Analog Telephone Adapters. There are both model
186/188. I'm wondering what I can use them for, if they use SIP?
I'll either be using them in a simple setup here at home, or I'll donate
them to Free Geek Seattle for their phone system. I am one of the main
people starting
Yes, but Porteus is still maintained, it is IMHO, a great distro.
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Richard Owlett rowl...@pcnetinc.comwrote:
Richard Owlett wrote:
Rich Shepard wrote:
On Tue, 25 Oct 2011, Richard Owlett wrote:
On a language related forum I asked for recommendation of a
Speaking of Unity/GNOME 3, don't forget that KDE 4 is much faster than
GNOME 3 (with or without Unity). From what I've seen, most people (myself
included) find KDE 4 to be more intuitive user friendly than Unity.
Will there be any Kubuntu representation at the Ubuntu release party? I
live
it was new in the box. This should clear up all of your
issues.
Elcaset
On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 8:45 AM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.netwrote:
On Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:13:28 -0700
C W elcas...@gmail.com dijo:
Wouldn't your setup work a lot better if you use one router, instead
of two? Use your
Wouldn't your setup work a lot better if you use one router, instead of two?
Use your wired router, then configure your WRT54G to act as an access
point, instead of a router. Also, You can unplug the power from the acess
point when your not using it, if you want. This is what I do at home it
On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 6:13 AM, C W elcas...@gmail.com wrote:
Wouldn't your setup work a lot better if you use one router, instead of
two? Use your wired router, then configure your WRT54G to act as an access
point, instead of a router. Also, You can unplug the power from the acess
point
JJJ,
Unless you have spent a lot of time customizing the settings on your router,
i would recommend resetting your router to factory default. Then you can
enter a new longer password for your router. To reset your WRT54G, press a
pencil or whatever will fit into the reset button behind the
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 1:32 AM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.netwrote:
On Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:49:17 -0400
C W elcas...@gmail.com dijo:
yep, it's workin.
Allow me to apologize for the test messages. I have been having a devil
of a time getting my Android phone to send a message
yep, it's workin.
On Fri, Sep 23, 2011 at 10:19 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.netwrote:
Test
Sent from my android device.
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On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 10:45 PM, Michael C. Robinson
plu...@robinson-west.com wrote:
On Fri, 2011-09-02 at 17:14 -0700, C W wrote:
maybe k9copy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K9copy
Thank you, this looks like it will work
maybe k9copy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K9copy
On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Michael C. Robinson
plu...@robinson-west.com wrote:
Slysoft puts out AnyDVD and AnyDVD HD. This package will only work for
21 days and it requires Windows XP or newer. Yikes! What's worse, the
purchase
While I don't have an answer to the technical part of your question, I
applaud your viewpoint on DRM. DRM is a scourge on this planet
needs to be fought. Apple is one of the worst offenders when it comes
to Digital Resrictions Management, with many other companies close
behind.
Protect your
Good idea, Denis. I will call them.
Cheers,
Elcaset
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Denis Heidtmann
denis.heidtm...@gmail.comwrote:
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 3:51 PM, C W elcas...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks Denis,
I'll check out the park-and-ride at the Sunset Transit Center. My only
Jason Jordan wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jul 2011 19:04:39 -0700
C W elcas...@gmail.com dijo:
I'm wondering what the parking situation is like at near the
convention center for OSCON. I assume during the day, there is no
free parking on the nearby streets. Maybe there's some parking within
to some extent.
Cheers,
Elcaset
On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Denis Heidtmann
denis.heidtm...@gmail.comwrote:
On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 11:22 PM, C W elcas...@gmail.com wrote:
Lloyd Center MAX looks worth a try. If I can find out when the Lloyd
Center parking lot is closed at night
I'm wondering what the parking situation is like at near the convention
center for OSCON. I assume during the day, there is no free parking on the
nearby streets. Maybe there's some parking within a mile or so?
Thanks,
Elcaset
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Free Geek Seattle- Helping The Needy Get Nerdy
-0700, C W wrote:
I'm wondering what the parking situation is like at near the convention
center for OSCON. I assume during the day, there is no free parking on
the
nearby streets. Maybe there's some parking within a mile or so?
If I go for a short time, I may park on Grand, where it's $1/hr
Um, OSCON starts in a week. Can anybody help with this thread? Thanks very
much.
Cheers,
Elcaset
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 9:55 AM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.netwrote:
On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 04:27:10 -0700
C W elcas...@gmail.com dijo:
Thanks, Michael for the discount code EXPOPASS
.
Hopefully, I'll meet some of you there. I am one of the people starting
Free Geek Seattle.
Cheers,
Elcaset
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Aaron Burt aa...@bavariati.org wrote:
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 04:27:10AM -0700, C W wrote:
Thanks, Michael for the discount code EXPOPASS. Can we use
Thanks, Michael for the discount code EXPOPASS. Can we use it at the door
when getting in to these various functions, or must we use it now, somewhere
on the web to sign up? I already signed up, weeks ago, for free access to
the Expo Hall only. This what they sent me.
I've had had much better results with Firefox. Firefiox wins for
reliability anonymity. Maybe someday Chromium, or Chrome will catch up.
Cheers,
Elcaset
On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Bruce Kilpatrick kd7...@gmail.com wrote:
On 06/12/2011 08:03 PM, Daniel Herrington wrote:
All,
Don't
OK. Thanx.
Cheers,
Elcaset
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.netwrote:
C == C W elcas...@gmail.com writes:
C When you say sign up for the exhibit hall, are you only referring
C to folks who are setting up a table there, or just admittance?
Just
Hi Mike,
I don't know. Peter Mui is the guy to contact about USENIX. His
email is: p...@usenix.org.
Cheers,
Chad
On 6/5/11, MJang m...@linuxexam.com wrote:
On Sat, 2011-06-04 at 16:00 -0700, C W wrote:
Howdy everybody,
My friend Peter Mui is promoting the Usenix Convention happening
Howdy everybody,
My friend Peter Mui is promoting the Usenix Convention happening in PDX
soon, I wanted to get the word out to PLUG anybody else interested in
attending Usenix. Let me know if I should post this to other lists, as
well.
Thanks very much,
elcaset
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