Re: DD ( distros and desktops )

2014-08-05 Thread James Dugger
I have a question for the group regarding server distributions. For sometime in forums, in blogs, comments, emails, and even at work I constantly here sys admins/ engineers say that they would never use Ubuntu's server edition, especially in mission critical situations. When asked why, the only

Re: DD ( distros and desktops )

2014-08-05 Thread James Mcphee
As a specific example of something that I'm sure is fixed by now, when I attempted to implement a simple openldap server, the user was created with the default security in place, which left the user shell unusable for the rest of the install script, and it promptly bugged out. This was a very

Re: OT: Wanted: Android App Developer $??? Reward

2014-08-05 Thread Mike Bushroe
-- Forwarded message -- From: techli...@phpcoderusa.com To: Main PLUG discussion list plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org Cc: Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:16:26 -0700 Subject: Re: OT: Wanted: Android App Developer $??? Reward ... Your CIO example was not lost on me. I get it. I'm

see newly attached devices

2014-08-05 Thread Michael Havens
Well the IBM netvista I was given but the dust. There is something on th hard drive I need though. I have an IDE to USB adapter. I connect everything together and open my file managerbut the new device isn't listed in the device menu. Could someone help me get into the device? :-)~MIKE~(-:

Re: see newly attached devices

2014-08-05 Thread Matt Graham
On 2014-08-05 12:30, Michael Havens wrote: something on th hard drive I need though. I have an IDE to USB adapter. I connect everything together and open my file manager but the new device isn't listed in the device menu. Could someone help me get into the device? If you plug a USB device in

Re: see newly attached devices

2014-08-05 Thread JD Austin
Try lsusb -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Matt Graham mhgra...@crow202.org wrote: On 2014-08-05 12:30, Michael Havens wrote: something on th hard drive I need though. I have an IDE to USB adapter. I connect everything

Re: see newly attached devices

2014-08-05 Thread Michael Havens
I just noticed something the usb connectivity light on the hub is not lighting up. bummer. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Matt Graham mhgra...@crow202.org wrote: On 2014-08-05 12:30, Michael Havens wrote: something on th hard drive I need though. I have an IDE to USB

advice

2014-08-05 Thread Michael Havens
I'm thinking of buying this: http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box/pp_67822.html You guys and gals know better than I so I must as what you think. :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe,

Re: Revisionist history?

2014-08-05 Thread George Toft
Nowhere in the article does it say Microsoft wrote/created MS-DOS. The only error I can see in there is that MS-DOS did not ship on IBM PC's in 1981. It was just called DOS - MS-DOS came out with version 2 when Microsoft changed the OS to a license model and then deployed their own for the

Re: advice

2014-08-05 Thread Mark Phillips
The review from Camy72 would keep me from buying it. However, I don't know what you are trying to accomplish, so it may be great for your application. Personally, I use an old pc with a big hard drive for personal video streaming to my TV over my network, and a ROKU box for Netflix, Amazon, Hulu,

Re: advice

2014-08-05 Thread Wayne Davis
I use a Amazon Fire box. About the same price and works great. Voice search is spot-on. My only real complaint: Voice searching works for AMAZON stuff, not netflix, hulu, etc. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To

Re: advice

2014-08-05 Thread Michael Havens
Yeah? The box it is replacing is an old IBM NetVISTA which worked great as my TV server until it had a cascade of failures. Right now I'm using my father's NUC as the tv server but he is going to want it back at some point. I can buy an old computer for about the same price as that little Box so I