[PLUG] linux appliance setup how-to

2023-06-21 Thread VY
Dear All I noticed quite a few appliance arrangements on Raspberry Pi where the entire product is shipped with an OS (Raspbian) modified with zeroconf. Upon bootup, the UI is the application's UI. The entire box is already on the network and accessible via .local (which I believe is achieved via

Re: [PLUG] VPN software on chromebook

2023-04-30 Thread VY
ir > Android app as the VPN provider. Alternatively, Chrome OS supports > OpenVPN natively. > > [1] https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/ > > On Sat, Apr 29, 2023 at 8:35 PM VY wrote: > > > > Dear all > > > > I have to test a piece of software by simulat

[PLUG] VPN software on chromebook

2023-04-29 Thread VY
Dear all I have to test a piece of software by simulating from different geo regions. Does anyone have good VPN software recommendations on Chromebook? (with a good set of geo servers I can switch around) thanks -vincent

Re: [PLUG] Linux laptop recommendations?

2022-12-18 Thread VY
I bought a used Dell laptop on Dell.Com. They have a section on their website that sell recent models that were returned. I wiped the Windows installation and got Ubuntu running just fine. Price and support was good too On Sun, Dec 18, 2022, 5:16 PM David Fleck wrote: > My ThinkPad E531

Re: [PLUG] Chromebook question

2022-12-11 Thread VY
ile-chromebook-install-docker-sh > [2] > > https://gist.github.com/rwcitek/824d4752b417b6d2cd5c931af3db61a6#file-chromebook-linux-environment-sh > > Regards, > - Robert > > > > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 3:52 PM VY wrote: > > > Thank you Vince Winter and Rob

Re: [PLUG] Chromebook question

2022-12-11 Thread VY
d into > > personally). Linux terminal can be installed on some Chromebooks as well. > > It is more less a mini Linux environment. > > > > Chromebooks are more or less Gentoo Linux under the hood running in a lot > > of minijails to keep programs isolated from each

[PLUG] Chromebook question

2022-12-11 Thread VY
Dear all: I have a Chromebook question. a) I read that most Chromebooks can run Android apps. b) I also read that most Chromebooks can run Linux apps If both a + b are true, does it mean most Chromebooks can run both Android and Linux apps simultaneously? Want to check if anyone has such

Re: [PLUG] Small script to run tftp

2022-10-15 Thread VY
I have a somewhat different need but also using FTP to interact between my Linux laptop and my Kindle Fire to manage PDFs I need to read. The following are some samples, I hope they will help you: 1) curl ftp://192.168.0.165:3721/Documents/ --ftp-create-dirs curl has various options you

Re: [PLUG] HDMI output

2022-02-18 Thread VY
PM Bill Barry wrote: > On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 4:58 PM VY wrote: > > > > Hi All > > > > I am testing my Dell laptop with a Linux Mint bootable USB drive. > > Things are all working except HDMI. > > I tried connecting 2 different monitors (using 2 d

[PLUG] HDMI output

2022-02-17 Thread VY
Hi All I am testing my Dell laptop with a Linux Mint bootable USB drive. Things are all working except HDMI. I tried connecting 2 different monitors (using 2 different HDMI cables) but it just won't detect the external monitor. The Window 11 OS is able to see the external monitor so it is not

Re: [PLUG] installing NVidia driver

2022-02-17 Thread VY
Noted. I want to stay conservative too On Thu, Feb 17, 2022, 1:40 PM Bill Barry wrote: > On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 2:58 PM VY wrote: > > > > Hello all, need some advice on installing Nvidia driver. > > > > I just got a Dell laptop and plan to use Linux Mint on it

[PLUG] installing NVidia driver

2022-02-17 Thread VY
Hello all, need some advice on installing Nvidia driver. I just got a Dell laptop and plan to use Linux Mint on it. I saw under "Software Manager" of latest Linux Mint, it has an Nvidia driver of version x.x.047. Nvidia website has version x.x.51. I downloaded the latest from Nvidia. When

Re: [PLUG] Can't get into BIOS, Dell Latitude 7275

2022-02-03 Thread VY
Can you share steps how you get into the BIOS to boot from a linux live USB? I have one coming soon. I am a bit concern that these newer laptops may have something incompatible so I also want to try with a live USB first. ( I am planning to use Linux Mint) thanks On Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 4:11 PM

Re: [PLUG] Chromebooks and Linux

2022-01-18 Thread VY
If you have not purchased anything yet, this may be another option for you (though a bit experimental): https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/pocket-3-a-modular-and-full-featured-handheld-pc?fbclid=IwAR2xopyryIdeOTqD6CFLFNoTb-dH0x58-Oxx19BLdyV8YhXP56ZvJu8e5f0#/

Re: [PLUG] Android question

2021-07-09 Thread VY
in their list, the wiki for that device should give you > > the details of how to replace the shipping ROM. > > > > On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 2:20 PM VY wrote: > > > > > Thanks for all the replies. > > > > > > As Jonathan pointed out, "e-was

Re: [PLUG] Android question

2021-07-08 Thread VY
check out Slackware. Thanks again for all the replies. -v On Thu, Jul 8, 2021 at 1:16 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 8 Jul 2021, VY wrote: > > > Separately, Is there Linux on ARM? > > Slackware. > > Rich >

[PLUG] Android question

2021-07-08 Thread VY
Hello all: Hopefully "Android" question is allowed for this list. I apologize if this is off-topic. I have an ARM based set-top box that was running an older version of Android when I purchased it from an OEM. I like to "flash" it with a slightly newer Android version. It is in otherwise very

Re: [PLUG] printing to scale part of a pdf document

2021-04-10 Thread VY
Adobe document cloud (https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/) allows you to create a free account and give you some amount of MB free storage. I think it let's you do cropping and manipulation of PDFs. In case if some of your drawings aren't in PDF, It has a mobile app to go with the cloud service:

Re: [PLUG] Anyone using Linux based speech recognition for text entry?

2020-11-08 Thread VY
This is sort of related to your question. I have needs to do speech recognition and I found this website using Chrome to do just that: www.dictation.io It works well on Linux. Hope this helps! -v On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 5:36 AM Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm a lousy typist. Trying to make

Re: [PLUG] Recording voice

2020-06-14 Thread VY
Sorry for the late reply, still catching up emails. This is not ffmpeg but may give you another option. A few years ago, I need to video my desktop while some software is running (to capture run-time steps). I found that VLC could do that. VLC can as a server and save desktop to a video: --

Re: [PLUG] Proposal: grocery delivery hub software project

2020-03-21 Thread VY
You might want to checkout this project: https://github.com/aiformankind They have a project on Covid-19. And I think they have a SLACK channel On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 1:59 PM Keith Lofstrom wrote: > This message is partly "plug-talk" but mostly "plug", because > the core of it is

Re: [PLUG] Mouse too sensitive -- Xfce under Linux Mint

2020-03-21 Thread VY
thanks. Increasing the sensitivity did help under the menu that you pointed out. On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 11:00 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sat, 21 Mar 2020, VY wrote: > > > I am using an external USB mouse and I also have a mouse pad built into > my > > laptop. I think it

[PLUG] Mouse too sensitive -- Xfce under Linux Mint

2020-03-21 Thread VY
Dear All I got an issue with my mouse. It seems to be too sensitive. I am using Linux Mint 19, Xfce window manager. I have used Xfce before and never had issue. I would be typing and mouse pointer could move slightly on its own (not too sure why). And then it would focus on a different part

Re: [PLUG] Read DVDs

2019-08-11 Thread VY
Thanks for your reply. Will give MakeMKV a try On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 9:19 PM John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 18:25:18 -0700 > VY dijo: > > >I have trouble reading DVDs on my laptop using Linux Mint. > > I haven't run into the Stingray problem as

[PLUG] Read DVDs

2019-08-10 Thread VY
Hello All I have trouble reading DVDs on my laptop using Linux Mint. I typically borrowed DVDs from library and never had issues with playing them on my laptop. I don't need to buy a DVD or BluRay player by doing that. Today, I got a DVD and I can read its content/files. But VLC or all other

Re: [PLUG] file system question

2019-05-05 Thread VY
Thanks I tried exFat this afternoon and so far it works well. I also need to use the same drive on a Rasp. Pi which I haven't tested it yet. I assume since my Ubuntu works, it should also be ok on a Pi. -v On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 2:36 PM King Beowulf wrote: > On 5/5/19 1:57 PM, VY wr

[PLUG] file system question

2019-05-05 Thread VY
Dear All I have a USB external drive that I will need to have it work with Linux and MacOS frequently. I am trying to decide what format I should use to format it. msdos is the easy option, both OS can support it just fine. However, I may have files with size that could be larger than 4GB. I

Re: [PLUG] help with /proc/cpuinfo

2019-04-29 Thread VY
l just give everyone a > > user account and let them fight over a shared pool of RAM. > > > > > > Just curious to know if the path forward in a situation like this is > > to blame the configuration or the technology itself. Would this be any > > diff

Re: [PLUG] help with /proc/cpuinfo

2019-04-25 Thread VY
thanks again! -v On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 1:05 PM Aaron Burt wrote: > On 2019-04-25 10:54, VY wrote: > > Yes, I love to learn as well. > > > > This is the output to lscpu: > > Architecture: x86_64 > [...] > > Hypervisor vendor: Xen > > Virtu

Re: [PLUG] help with /proc/cpuinfo

2019-04-25 Thread VY
on etc..), this apicid is the only difference I can find when I compare with the other machines we have in our data center. --v On Thu, Apr 25, 2019 at 10:37 AM Aaron Burt wrote: > On 2019-04-24 17:40, VY wrote: > > We have several machines and they are all supposedly identical

Re: [PLUG] help with /proc/cpuinfo

2019-04-25 Thread VY
mitigation has been applied. Need to look those up. thanks On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 7:36 PM Ben Koenig wrote: > On 4/24/19 5:40 PM, VY wrote: > > Dear All > > > > I need some help with reading the output of /proc/cpuinfo. > > > > We have several machines and they

[PLUG] help with /proc/cpuinfo

2019-04-24 Thread VY
Dear All I need some help with reading the output of /proc/cpuinfo. We have several machines and they are all supposedly identical Intel Xeon machines. 4 CPUs each and identical Linux version. One of the machines are reporting VERY high load consistently. They are all running identical

[PLUG] how to distribute binary

2018-11-22 Thread VY
Dear All I am facing an issue and want to get some ideas how to move forward. I have developed a Python script, and there are some PyQt within as I built a very simple UI. I used Cython to convert it to C and compile it to binary (dynamic linking). It works if and only if the right version of

Re: [PLUG] Searching for work in Portland remotely...

2018-10-29 Thread VY
Have you tried these sites? http://www.weworkremotely.com https://www.upwork.com On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 8:14 AM wrote: > October 29, 2018 9:30 AM, "Jason Bergstrom" wrote: > > > The Mayo Clinic in Rochester has several jobs listed: > > > > >

[PLUG] nfsiostat -- how do I read the output

2018-02-20 Thread VY
Dear All We have a Linux host with a MYSQL instance that runs on an NFS mounted disk drive. I want to understand/tune the NFS mount such that I can get it to as performant as possible. Below is the output of "nfsiostat". My questions 1). "retrans" for both read and write is a not a small

[PLUG] Porting an C/C++ from . Linux to Mac OS

2018-01-02 Thread VY
Dear All I hope you won't find this off-topic but since this is somewhat Linux related, I thought I tried posting it. I am tasked to port a C/C++ application from Linux to Mac OS. The app is using user level libraries, nothing kernel level. I just did a straight "make" and surprised to see