Re: A lot for CentOS 7, but for 8?

On Tue Mar 03 20, Seabass wrote: So, I’ve noticed a few places have made documentation for centOS 7, but not 8. Since 8 never had docs made for it, I’m wondering if there would be consequences to using 7, since 8 exists. For one of the things I’ve tried (phusion passenger and nginx install),

Re: impress?

On Fri Sep 27 19, Brian Cluff wrote: I'll second a vote for Inkscape, it can certainly do it.  If you want to stay within the LibreOffice environment you should use LibreOffice Draw.  It will work like you want. If you want to get into a more professional layout program, check out Scribus.

Re: system stress test

On Tue Apr 02 19, Todd Cole wrote: I use stress to check cpu/MB Temps under load to determine cpu coolers and case fan performance. apt-get install lm-sensors sensors-detect press enter at all promptsservice kmod start watch -n 1 sensors apt-get install stress apt-get install stress-ng

Re: video conferencing software for Linux

On Thu Mar 28 19, James Dugger wrote: Plus one for Zoom. Go Daddy uses Zoom. At least they did about 2 years ago when I worked there. It was picked specifically because it was cross platform and it scaled. We could do company wide conferences streaming to more then 14 offices and

Re: PLUG-discuss Digest, Vol 165, Issue 3

On Mon Mar 04 19, Harold Hartley wrote: I thought arch was just binary. Never knew they started having both. If arch is offering a binary system, isn’t that a closed system and doesn’t that violate open source license. That is my question. I think the major difference about arch is that they

Re: irc channel

On Mon Jan 21 19, der.hans wrote: Am 21. Jan, 2019 schwätzte Jerry Snitselaar so: moin moin Jerry, Is #plugaz no longer around? We still don't get much traffic, but I'm in it all the time. ciao, der.hans I figured it out. Needed to connect using ssl

irc channel

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Re: Building an RPM ...

On Mon Dec 17 18, Snyder, Alexander J wrote: Hello! I'm trying to build an RPM package, from source. I'm following the suggestions of several tutorials online, but I keep getting errors when checking the build. I'm still generally confused about the install section. If I'm building it from

Re: Building a Linux Computer?

On Wed May 23 18, Jerry Snitselaar wrote: On Wed May 23 18, Stephen Partington wrote: The Evo 960 is an NVMe drive. Yes, and that is what I said below "moved to an m.2 nvme drive". I was just agreeing with you that you can see a real boost when doing something with heavy disk IO.

Re: Building a Linux Computer?

around M.2 is that it will support 3 different connections. PCIe x2 PCIe x4 and Sata. and you have to look at the "key" locations to verify what is what. Puget systems has a nice KB on de-obfuscating this https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Overview-of-M-2-SSDs-586/ On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 10:00

Re: Building a Linux Computer?

On Mon May 21 18, Stephen Partington wrote: I have found that intel/AMD hybrid laptop combinations are a real pita to work with and get all of your hardware running. I have found very little in the way of server hardware that will run from Dell. I used to have issues with HP but I am a fair

Re: Building a Linux Computer?

On Wed May 23 18, Stephen Partington wrote: In My experience you spend more time waiting on bios than on the OS to load. the real boost is when you have heavy disk IO and DB workloads are crazy fast. Most of my time is spent working with git and dealing with various branches of the kernel,

Re: Major Intel Memory Vulnerability

On Thu Jan 04 18, der.hans wrote: Am 03. Jan, 2018 schwätzte Matthew Crews so: moin moin, good writeup on memory management and how this is an issue from before the bug details were released and a follow up article from the same guy about the bugs.

Re: KeePass2 versus KeePassX

On Tue Jan 02 18, Carruth, Rusty wrote: My only interaction with the KeePas* suite resulted in not being able to read the database after an upgrade/update/something. I don’t remember which it was (2, x, whatever). The machine is at home. I’ll have to look, but I’m hoping we’ll get some

Re: Re: Cox Gigablast

Sincerely, AloneAndHopless ... ;-) Thanks, Alex. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S8+ On Nov 17, 2017 12:13, "Jerry Snitselaar" <d...@snitselaar.org> wrote: Anyone using this service? It looks like it finally arrived in our neighborhood. I'd prefer to try Google Fiber

Cox Gigablast

Anyone using this service? It looks like it finally arrived in our neighborhood. I'd prefer to try Google Fiber, but that seems to be dead in the valley since their competitors complained about the deals they were able to make with the cities. So tempted to upgrade to this.

Re: seeking 4k curved monitor recommendation

than having multiple 1080p monitors. On Nov 14, 2017 5:53 PM, "Jerry Snitselaar" <d...@snitselaar.org> wrote: On Tue Nov 14 17, der.hans wrote: Am 14. Nov, 2017 schwätzte Jerry Snitselaar so: moin moin, true, at least a couple of the curved monitors I looked at weren't

Re: seeking 4k curved monitor recommendation

On Tue Nov 14 17, der.hans wrote: Am 14. Nov, 2017 schwätzte Jerry Snitselaar so: moin moin, true, at least a couple of the curved monitors I looked at weren't 4k, but they had a similar resolution. I presumed being wide and short DQd from selling as 4k. I still need to verify that they have 4

Re: seeking 4k curved monitor recommendation

On Tue Nov 14 17, der.hans wrote: moin moin, I'm considering a wide, curved 4k monitor. I'll be connecting to an HDMI port. I'm currently using a 4k TV with text display issues. It was the best option at the time, but my eyes really, really want a better text display. I'm also finding that a

Re: computer slow

*sc*i* alias: pci:v1022d1303sv*sd*bc*sc*i* alias: pci:v1022d1203sv*sd*bc*sc*i* depends: intree: Y vermagic: 4.4.0-53-generic SMP mod_unload modversions parm: force:force loading on processors with erratum 319 (bool) On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 4:

Re: computer slow

On Tue Oct 31 17, Michael wrote: Sorry to say but yes it is. $ lscpu Architecture: x86_64 CPU op-mode(s):32-bit, 64-bit Byte Order:Little Endian CPU(s):4 On-line CPU(s) list: 0-3 Thread(s) per core:1 Core(s) per socket:4 Socket(s):

Linux Kernel Podcast

For anyone interested in keeping informed on what is happening with development of the Linux kernel, my co-worker Jon Masters has started up his linux kernel podcast again: http://www.kernelpodcast.org/ It is kind of similar to a podcast version of the Kernel Traffic newsletter that Zack Brown

Re: Wifi adapter

the following line? alias: usb:v0BDAp8179d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*in* On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 9:38 AM, Jerry Snitselaar <d...@snitselaar.org> wrote: Stephen M @ 2017-04-18 00:46 GMT: > Thanks Jerry that finally worked. Now I should work on 16.04 or 17 but > going to keep 14.04 ar

Re: Wifi adapter

using is wlan0): cat /sys/class/net/wlan0/device/modalias With that should be able to tell if the r8188eu that Ubuntu includes will notice the device. > On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 11:22 PM, Jerry Snitselaar <d...@snitselaar.org> > wrote: > >> >> Stephen M @ 2017-04-17 01

Re: Wifi adapter

tra it copied the module to a file with that name. I'm used to that directory being there since I use RHEL and Fedora all the time. So delete that file and then: sudo mkdir -p /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra sudo cp 8188eu.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/extra/ sudo depmod -a sudo modprobe 8188eu > On

Re: Wifi adapter

Michael Butash @ 2017-04-14 03:20 GMT: > Seeing the passthrough comment reminded me I have a weird issue with my usb > wlan nic doing something odd, might affect you doing much the same. I > forget the flavor of nic, but once I plug it into linux, the drivers would > kick in and start locking

Re: Wifi adapter

Stephen M @ 2017-04-13 04:45 GMT: I went and picked one of these up at Fry's since they were $10. Using usb passthrough from my fedora host to the ubuntu vm, I can get the device to come up with either the r8188eu driver that comes with Ubuntu, or the 8188eu driver that tp-link provides. One

Re: Wifi adapter

After you copied the module to /lib/modules/ did you run 'sudo depmod -a' ? It doesn't look like the dependency info is there. I grabbed the files from the tp-link site, and loaded it into a ubuntu vm running 14.04.3. When I look at the module I see the following dependency:

Re: Wifi adapter

Jerry Snitselaar @ 2017-04-12 21:11 GMT: > Stephen M @ 2017-04-09 00:35 GMT: > >> When I go into the zip file itself, the driver is 8188eu and that's what I >> copied over to /lib/modules but still getting the same message. I can do a >> lsmod and it can see the mo

Re: Wifi adapter

g: uname -r find /lib/modules -type f -name 8188eu.ko grep 8188eu.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/modules.dep lsmod | grep 8188eu > On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 12:18 PM, Jerry Snitselaar <d...@snitselaar.org> > wrote: > >> >> Stephen M @ 2017-04-08 18:58 GMT: >> >> &

Re: Wifi adapter

t; > Now I'm assuming I need to move the driver but do a move the entire folder > or just the script itself to the usr/lib folder? > > On Sat, Apr 8, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Jerry Snitselaar <d...@snitselaar.org> > wrote: > When using modprobe drop the .ko off the name. Is

Re: Wifi adapter

> On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 10:32 PM, Jerry Snitselaar <d...@snitselaar.org> > wrote: > >> >> Stephen M @ 2017-04-08 00:55 GMT: >> >> > Hi everyone, >> > >> > This seems really dumb but I have a wifi adapter from TP-Link on a Ubuntu >&

Re: Wifi adapter

Stephen M @ 2017-04-08 00:55 GMT: > Hi everyone, > > This seems really dumb but I have a wifi adapter from TP-Link on a Ubuntu > 14.04 machine that disconnects after reboot or a system update. I keep > typing insmod to get it to turn back on. I know I need to do modprobe but > it can't find

Re: Wow... Unity, Mir, Ubuntu phone/tablet all going bye bye

rent update >> schema so you have fewer needs to restart. >> >> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 1:32 PM, Matthew Crews <mattcr...@mattcrews.com> >> wrote: >> >> Remind us what Snappy is. I think I know, but I'm not sure. >> >> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017, 13:22 Jerry

Re: update systemd

On Sat Oct 01 16, Tom Roche wrote: Anon Anon[1] What flavor of Linux currently doesn't use systemd? Wikipedia has a good table about 'systemd adoption of major Linux distributions'[2] which provides such information "at a glance." It also allows one to see what strikes me as a compelling

Re: How to get around a maximum email size limit.

On Mon Sep 12 16, Michael wrote: So the only way I'm going to get the file to them is to physically mail it to them? I don't want to be responsible for hosting them. On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 9:33 PM, Anon Anon wrote: Email is not the correct format for files that size.

Re: 4 cores and 8 threads

On Tue Sep 06 16, Keith Smith wrote: Hi, If an Intel CPU has 4 cores and 8 threads will it look like 8 cores to VirtualBox when assigning resources to a guest? If so is there a way to determine which is a tread and which is actually a core? Thanks!! Keith

Re: Meeting: Systemd, Atom and Electron tonight!

On Thu Apr 14 16, PLUG Announcements wrote: Don't put your taxes off till the last second because we've got at 2 great presentations for this months meeting; but even if you did, did you know that you have till the 18th this year to get them in? With the upcoming release of Ubuntu 16.04LTS on

Re: Dell RAM limit

On Fri Mar 04 16, Keith Smith wrote: It is ridiculous. In opening the box I find only one PCI slot. The addition of a second hard drive made the box sound like it was a drum set. I think the cable was pressed against the side of the case and every time the drive head moved it caused the

Ian Murdock

Sad news about the passing of Ian Murdock (founder of Debian). Starting with his disturbing tweets on Monday and now the news of his death. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your

Re: Meeting: PLUG Holiday Pot Luck Party Thurs Dec 10th

On Sun Dec 06 15, PLUG Announcements wrote: It's the time of the year when we have so our PLUG Holiday party. The party is a Pot Luck, so bring whatever you can. If you can't bring anything, please come anyway. If you know what you would like to bring, please give a shout-out on the list

alt-tab in i3

In answer to Paul's question about alt-tab behavior in i3 I found the following on faq.i3wm.org: https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1773/how-can-i-configure-i3wm-to-make-alttab-action-just-like-in-windows/ Someone has put a python script in there that supposedly works, and there is another entry on

Re: When Linux provides so many high-quality operating systems of many varieties free of...? - Quora

On Sun Oct 25 15, Michael Havens wrote: why in the world would anyone buy new equipment if they use Linux? (not counting laptops used laptops suck! Though I did put Linux on an xp laptop for a lady I knew when i lived in Cottonwood) Because it works even better on new hardware, and

Re: What am I doing wrong?

On Sat Oct 24 15, Michael Havens wrote: tar -vjx binutils-2.25.1.tar.bz2 try: tar -vjxf binutils-2.25.1.tar.bz2 doesn't do anything. I tried changing the order of the options but it didn't help any. -- :-)~MIKE~(-: ---

Re: systemd [NOT?] (was Re: Void Linux tips)

On Fri Oct 23 15, Stephen Partington wrote: Any plans on taking over mac hardware? I doubt it. OS X has launchd. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:

Re: systemd [NOT?] (was Re: Void Linux tips)

On Fri Oct 23 15, Keith Smith wrote: On 2015-10-23 08:56, Matt Graham wrote: On 10/22/2015 10:42 AM, kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: Why are all the distros systemd(ing) disregarding the opposition? What am I missing... :( Redhat wants systemd, and many smaller distros follow Redhat's lead.

Re: RHEL 8

On Tue Oct 13 15, Bob Elzer wrote: Which gnome don't you like? I really hate gnome 3 and the stupid gnome shell. To me I imagined someone decided to copy Microsoft's windows idea of making all desktops work like tablets. I could not put programs on the taskbar or the desktop. Maybe MS

free book about git online

I forgot to mention this last night at the metting, but the Apress book Pro Git is available online for free in a number of formats (pdf, mobi, epub). https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2 --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To

Re: Possible Python Class in October,

On Fri Sep 04 15, Shawn Badger wrote: I would be interested as well, but as with Brian I couldn't do it on Thursdays MIT's Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python just started a new class on edx.org in the past week.

Re: FCC considering proposal to lock down computing devices (routers, PCs, phones, SDRs) to prevent modification | Southgate Amateur Radio News

On Sun Aug 30 15, Eric Oyen wrote: I have been trying to hunt that down myself. I will let you know if I can find the link. I did try one of the other links in that story, but it led me to a site that didn't appear to have the story (at least it was not visible to my screen reader on this

Re: no wedding band??

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Re: HOWTO get a Cisco AnyConnect VPN working on Linux

On Sat, Aug 29, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Matt Graham mhgra...@crow202.org wrote: http://crow202.org/ciscovpn/ Wrote this guide to getting a Cisco AnyConnect VPN working in Linux up for people at work. Then I thought If I make this a bit more general, other people will be able to use it too. The

Red Hat is hiring

Well they are pretty much always hiring, but my soon to be former team is looking for someone to work on kernel issues. http://bit.ly/1J8u809 --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change

Re: resume night b4 Stammtisch

On Tue Aug 18 15, David Schwartz wrote: Resumes are a horrid way to communicate one’s skills. Unfortunately, they seem to be the best thing anybody has come up with. That is the problem. I'm not sure what the answer is. I had a screening interview with a recruiter yesterday. He spent

Re: resume night b4 Stammtisch

On Tue Aug 18 15, Bryan O'Neal wrote: Do people still use resumes? Seriously though LinkedIn and github professionals seem to be the modern trend. Even with those I think you still need a resume to pass along into their system once the process starts. At least that was the case for me

Re: O/T : Looking for an entry level LAMP developer for contract work.

On Wed Jul 29 15, Steve Litt wrote: On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 22:25:24 -0700 Jerry Snitselaar d...@snitselaar.org wrote: On Wed Jul 29 15, Steve Litt wrote: On Tue, 28 Jul 2015 20:30:31 -0700 Sesso se...@djsesso.com wrote: Companies should focus a little less on buzzwords, and a lot

Any interest in a talk on the i3 window manager?

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Re: performance tools

On Sun Aug 24 14, Stephen Partington wrote: Neat, I have been doing a fair amount of research on this very subject. Brendan has written a book on the subject titled Systems Performance. http://www.amazon.com/Systems-Performance-Enterprise-Brendan-Gregg/dp/0133390098 You can also find some

Re: Installfest matters

On Sat Aug 23 14, Kaoru Wilbur wrote: Nope. Meetings are not on the same day as PLUG (currently). However, this is not necessarily for PLUG members, anyway. We are further east in the Technology Corridor near the Polytechnic Campus, GT Advanced, and EVIT. And as Hans mentioned

Re: Installfest matters

On Thu Aug 21 14, Kaoru Wilbur wrote: [1]http://www.mpglug.org Meetings to be held in the Town of Queen Creek Annex. Is that a typo on the website, or are the meetings going to be on the same night as the PLUG east valley meetings? Regards, Jerry

Re: DD ( distros and desktops )

On Sat Jul 26 14, der.hans wrote: moin moin, The SuSE road tour is prompting conversation about distributions and the desktops for them. Let's discuss them here, but I have a few requests about posts. 1. no slamming stuff ( no distro trolling ) Put the emphasis on what you do like. If

Ottawa Linux Symposium 2015

Apparently OLS has been having funding issues the past couple of years so they have decided to try an indiegogo funding campaign for next year's event. In case anyone wants to contribute: http://goo.gl/15p4oQ Jerry --- PLUG-discuss mailing list -

Re: Cheap Dell Laptops

On Fri Jul 18 14, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: On 2014-07-18 14:19, Bob Holtzman wrote: On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 11:52:05AM -0700, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: From my experience Dell is Linux friendly. I'd double check if it will run Linux though. I think the new HP's will not.

ipython notebooks

To go along with Austin's talk last night, some good examples of notebook use can be found by searching for Peter Norvig and ipython. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail

learning about linux kernel development

I forgot to bring this up at the meeting tonight, but there is a project that started up recently that might be of interest to people. http://www.eudyptula-challenge.org/ Basically, you sign up and you get tasks sent to you that you complete and then send the results back. It starts with a

Re: learning about linux kernel development

On Fri Mar 14 14, Matt Graham wrote: On 2014-03-14 00:31, Jerry Snitselaar wrote: http://www.eudyptula-challenge.org/ Basically, you sign up and you get tasks sent to you that you complete and then send the results back. It starts with a creating a very simple kernel module