Re: 6 reasons you should use Ubuntu for your own NAS

TrueNAS is intended for a "set it and forget it" environment, and NOT for people that like to tweak. It requires a boot drive and *separate* storage drives (if you only have a single drive, you can't use TrueNAS). I use it for my new NAS (256gd NVMe boot drive, 6x 6TB drives in a RAIDZ2) and i

Re: 6 reasons you should use Ubuntu for your own NAS

mesh network), or you'll need to use something other than TrueNAS. -Matt On 9/7/24 09:53, Matthew Crews wrote: TrueNAS is intended for a "set it and forget it" environment, and NOT for people that like to tweak. It requires a boot drive and *separate* storage drives (if you only

Supply Chain Attack in WordPress

Remember the supply chain attack we saw in XZ-tools in the not-too-distant-past? WordPress is now experiencing the same thing for several popular plugins. https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/06/supply-chain-attack-on-wordpress-plugins-affects-as-many-as-36000-sites/ As I said earlier with the

Re: VERY OT, DO NOT READ THIS! (wind power, was Re: OT Humidity, was time off) Do not read, do not follow up! ;-)

Rusty Carruth via PLUG-discuss wrote: Matthew Crews had an interesting reference, which I skimmed. Apparently there is a 6% change in a non-trivial distance downwind from the wind farm.  If my skimming was accurate, that was measured difference, but the simul

Re: OT Humidity, was time off

On 6/20/24 6:16 AM, Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss wrote: And what are you guys going to do about the coming lack of water? It's all FUD. If anything, agricultural land uses more water than residential land, and agricultural land is what's getting converted to residential. So every acre convert

Re: Modular laptop concept

On 6/9/24 4:54 PM, Arun Khan wrote: A friend of mine has bought it and swears by the hardware flexibility (mix and match). I am contemplating it for my next laptop, although my 6-year-old Thinkpad is still going strong :) I got my Framework 16 a couple of months ago. Quite happy with it exc

Framework 16 First Impressions

Cheers y'all, Back in July, Framework announced they would be taking preorders for their 16-inch variant with the dedicated AMD GPU. I decided to take the plunge, and yesterday afternoon it arrived. Here are the system specs for my specific device, plus the prices paid: System: Ryzen™ 7 7840

Re: Where to get a legit copy of MS-Outlook for Win 11

On 4/14/24 13:13, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: I am looking to get a legit copy of MS-Outlook for Win 11 as cheep as possible for my wife's computer. There is no such thing as a cheap copy of MS Outlook. Not anymore. You will either need to pony up for a Microsoft 365 subscription (whic

Re: Motherboard vs. CPU RAM address ability

On Apr 10, 2024 at 11:35 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:I think they do this so one does not buy a cheaper computer and upgrade is as they go. I think they want one to buy a more expensive product if one needs more RAM, etc. One of the reasons I am extremely cautious about buying a P

Re: security: check xc-utils versions

On 2024-03-31 07:19, der.hans via PLUG-discuss wrote: > Am 30. Mar, 2024 schwätzte Matthew Crews via PLUG-discuss so: > > Among the many questions that need to be asked: > > > > 1. How can we trust source tarballs / archive files to be 100% correct versus > > so

Re: Modular laptop concept

On 2021-02-27 00:03, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: > This actually looks rather cool, thought I'd share with fellow geeks. > > https://frame.work/ > > Might look at one of these if/when they come about. > > -mb How time flies. Three years later and Framework Computer Inc still seems to

Re: security: check xc-utils versions

On 3/29/24 13:18, der.hans via PLUG-discuss wrote: moin moin, someone patched a potential remote exploit into xz-utils. It seems it can compromise sshd. The exploit was added in February affecting versions 5.6.0 and 5.6.1, but the exploiter has been around a while, so watch for updates. htt

Re: Wayland on Kubuntu 22.04

On 3/23/24 10:17, Jim via PLUG-discuss wrote: I have Kubuntu 22.04.4 installed.  I wanted to try Wayland so I looked up how to try it.  I ended going to several sites that had instructions, but none worked.  Is there any way to get  Wayland working on Kubuntu 22.04.4? Probably the best thing

Re: Looking for opinions on email providers

On 1/28/24 22:14, Steven via PLUG-discuss wrote: Apparently I am late to hearing this, but in the near future Cox will have Yahoo take over handling all "cox.net" email accounts. I've occasionally in the past looked at email providers but never felt much need to move. But as long as this is goi

Re: Tesla robot ATTACKS an engineer

For the record, I drive a gas guzzling 2020 Ford Ranger, but I would totally buy an electric pickup truck as my next vehicle if they were affordable enough and suited my needs. Also, none of this has to do with Tesla specifically, but rather the current state of vehicles as a whole. On 12/30

Re: Tesla robot ATTACKS an engineer

Add this to the growing list of reasons I won't buy a Tesla vehicle. Between their quality concerns, ability to find qualified mechanics, and how they treat their workers, now I can add their careless concern for employee safety. On 12/26/23 18:11, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Intere

Re: Cheap Laptop

On 10/11/23 08:47, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: https://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-15-6-Laptop-Intel-Processor-N200-Pentium-4GB-RAM-128GB-UFS-Natural-Silver-Windows-11-Home-in-S-Mode-15-fd0081wm/2950076964?athbdg=L1800 The N200 CPU has a decent benchmark with 4 cores and 4 treads... Seems l

Re: Phoenix is emerging as the city of the future

As a life long Arizonan, I can say that, without even reading the article, it's full of crap. If Phoenix wants to be considered a city of the future, it needs to embrace dense urban planning (and get rid of this ridiculous urban sprawl), have an actual functional mass transit system, have actu

Re: Arizona is giving residents a free 10-day semiconductor technician course in anticipation of new Intel factories

This is a necessary program to fill the gap in semiconductor tech hiring. There are plenty of engineers to be had, but there is a chronic labor shortage across the entire industry for fab techs that know how to turn a wrench and work a voltmeter. This labor shortage has p

Re: I read chip maker TSMC is a sweatshop

I work at Intel as a process engineer, and while we struggle with work-life balance, TSMC takes it to a whole new level. You couldn't pay me enough to work for them even if I lost my job today, that is if I wanted to retain my marriage and ever see my kids again. -Ma

Re: What do I need to know to run Linux as my desktop?

On 4/17/22 07:14, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: Had to move to Windows for business reasons about 5 or 6 years ago.  I see no reason that I cannot return to Linux on my desktop. I use Ubuntu for servers so I am thinking of moving to Ubuntu desktop which is Gnome.  Please no flame wars.

Re: GNOME or KDE?

On 3/22/22 15:23, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: In the past there has been some discussion about which is better GNOME or KDE?  I like Mint and I see it offers MATE (a fork of GNOME 2) or Cinnamon (a fork of GNOME 3).  It has been years and I think I selected Cinnamon for my desktop. Do

Re: ransomeware

On 3/7/22 18:59, Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss wrote: atforms. Typically though, Linux users are usually more technically inclined and therefore less likely to be had by clicking links and other poor online behavior. Less likely does not mean immune. Thanks, Alexander Do be extra care

Re: How to make a pdf read only?

On 8/10/21 1:01 PM, David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss wrote: > PDF files can only be edited with something like Acrobat or a tool that > lets you do that. There are plenty of Linux tools that let you edit PDF files. Here is a short list, but far from complete list: * Libreoffice Draw * Okular * Sc

Re: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/59-million-americans-prohibited-buying-high-end-dell-gaming-pcs

On 8/2/21 5:28 PM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > Now that is funny.  Global Warming is a Global thing right?  So isn't > Canada supposed to melt just like everything else. > > I thought the world was goin to burn up in 12 years.  Been hearing that > for decades. > The world *is* burni

Re: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/59-million-americans-prohibited-buying-high-end-dell-gaming-pcs

On 8/2/21 9:19 AM, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: > > I think we are missing the point. > > This is America!!  We have lost our way. Except... this is a global issue, and not just an American issue. Looking at it through the lens of America first, and blinding yourself to the global ramificat

Re: https://www.zerohedge.com/political/59-million-americans-prohibited-buying-high-end-dell-gaming-pcs

All this bickering is missing the overall point: The era of mainstream desktop PCs draining huge amounts of electricity is over. The expectation is that we now use power efficient PCs, whether we like it or not. If only the graphics card vendors would make usable high end graphics cards that don'

Re: Housing

On 7/18/21 10:15 PM, Steven via PLUG-discuss wrote: > Perharps he was talking about turning an old laptop into a NAS? I've > occasionally thought about pulling out one of my old laptops and turning > it into a somewhat low power server with a built in battery backup good > enough for the OS to go,

Re: Housing

On 7/18/21 5:54 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: > My dad was just telling me I could get old laptop flash and make a > drive with it. My little brain can't wrap itself around that. Anyone > know what he is talking about? > Laptop hard drives are the same as desktop hard drives. You open the

Re: LFS

On 7/18/21 4:58 PM, Harold Hartley via PLUG-discuss wrote: > Because it's more bloated as I see it. > > On Sun, Jul 18, 2021, at 16:33, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> You know I'm doing Linux From Scratch and I'm looking into Beyond >> Linux from Scratch. Well I look at KDE and I look at Gnome

Re: Steam Deck

On 7/16/21 12:41 AM, der.hans via PLUG-discuss wrote: > moin moin, > > Ted posted on Mastodon about an upcoming handheld from Valve that will > ostensibly be available in December, but reservations start now. > > It's Linux-based and they claims to support installing 3rd party software > and even

Re: Godaddy is moving

On 7/7/21 10:47 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: > Godaddy is moving  :  > https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/tech/2021/07/07/godaddy-moves-headquarters-scottsdale-tempe/5352167001/ > > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discus

Re: Linux Friendly Color Printer

On 6/30/21 5:56 PM, Phil Waclawski via PLUG-discuss wrote: > HP does really seem to work well with Linux. However in our super dry > climate I'd almost recommend a laser printer instead of an inkjet. They > are more expensive but the toner seems to last a long time when it's > really dry. The same

Re: zfs encryption + boot + world + dog

On 6/24/21 7:29 AM, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote: > I would +1 the zfs arrangement on this configuration as well. I am still > rather new to zfs filesystems, but my VM host is really happy with zfs. > My configuration using zraid and a pair of SSD's for storage tiering has > been very

Re: zfs encryption + boot + world + dog

On 6/23/21 5:18 PM, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: > Saw this today, talking about encryption under zfs under linux.  Anyone > using it here that can comment on experience using it yet for personal > or at scale? > > https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/06/a-quick-start-guide-to-openzfs-na

Re: IRC network takeover

On 5/19/21 12:57 PM, der.hans via PLUG-discuss wrote: > Do we want to move to Matrix or other FLOSS chat? I for one think this is a good time to move to Matrix. Its a FLOSS solution, supports a lot of modern features that people expect (like historical chat logging, E2EE, rich text support, chat

Re: Password managers

On 3/8/21 9:49 AM, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: > I'm still down with keepassxc, but I miss mobile sync for passwords.  I > should probably try Bitwarden, but I expect some other sack o' crap will > just acquire them eventually if they grow. > One major difference between Bitwarden and

Re: Modular laptop concept

On 2/26/21 7:16 PM, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: > I mostly think of thinkpads as chinese crap-gadgets anymore since ibm > discarded the brand name to lenovo.  I have one from my current > customer, a T14, I7 proc, dock, etc, and not a bad box - other than it > runs windoze that I can't s

Re: Goodbye Fry's

As an aside, I always found the Thunderbird Rd location to be their best location. Well laid out for the most part, and the Aztec temple theme was pretty fun. I was never a fan of the Tempe location with its golf course theme. For some reason the Thunderbird location always felt more alive, and mo

Re: Goodbye Fry's

On 2/24/21 2:08 PM, Aaron Jones via PLUG-discuss wrote: > Finally. Good riddance. Their customer service was the worst.  > >> On Feb 24, 2021, at 1:05 PM, Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss >> wrote: >> >> Yeah, nice of them to tell us, the general public, that they were >> closing their doors. I went u

Re: Looks like i finally have the impetus to part ways with Lastpass

On 2/16/21 8:43 AM, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote: > It looks like I have that final impetus to depart from LastPass. What > have people been using? And if you say KeePass without specifying which > one ill cry. > > From my notification email sent by lastpass > > We're making some cha

Re: compromised passwords

On 2/4/21 2:59 PM, Snyder, Alexander J via PLUG-discuss wrote: > Do you have time to talk about our lord and savior LastPass? > > Also, please don't store passwords in your browser. I'm more of a BitWarden person myself, but any password manager is better than storing it in your browser. -Matt --

Re: My desktop work environment and workflow

On 11/12/20 8:35 AM, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: > Hi all, > > Given the discussion of KDE, Gnome, Openbox, LXDE, etc, I should > probably describe how I compute. ** Snip ** Hey Steve, thanks for sharing this! This was a great read. The way you use Openbox is remarkably similar to how I'

Re: install BABL

On 11/12/20 8:29 PM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: > This is bizarre. I installed gimp with apt (I had it installed with > flAtpak) and it wouldn't start after the install. so I opened up a > terminal to capture any error. This is what I got: > > BABL version too old! > > GIMP requires BABL ver

Re: Why Gnome?

On 11/10/20 2:40 PM, Eric Oyen via PLUG-discuss wrote: > One of the points mentioned here was for the visually impaired. I happen to > be the only totally blind active member here and I found that gnome (among > some of the other GTK based DM’s) to be highly accessible. Indeed, I was thinking of

Re: Why Gnome?

On 11/10/20 9:41 AM, Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss wrote: > What do you use for your tray icons?  > Its called (drumroll) Tray Icons https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1503/tray-icons/ There's other tray icon extensions. This one gets the job done as far as I'm concerned. OpenPGP_0x

Re: Why Gnome?

On 11/9/20 5:58 AM, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: > Hi all, > > A recent thread got me thinking: What does Gnome offer that any old > environment with a panel (the thing they used to call a "taskbar" in > win98)? What can you do with Gnome that you can't do with LXDE or xfce? > > I'm unable

Old Computer

Howdy, I am retiring my old tower, which served me well over a decade as both a gaming tower and as a NAS. I no longer have a use for it, nor the space for it. I would rather see it go to a new home than to the junkyard. If anyone is interested, please ping me off-list and we'll see what we can do

Re: After Linux Mint update, Chrome browser fails ...

On 8/31/20 3:56 PM, joe--- via PLUG-discuss wrote: > After doing the latest update on my Linux Mint > system, the Chrome browser fails, will not load. > > cat /etc/lsb-release > DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint > DISTRIB_RELEASE=17.2 > DISTRIB_CODENAME=rafaela > DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela" >

Re: USB - Linux kill Cable.

On 1/5/20 8:38 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-usb-cable-kills-your-linux-laptop-if-stolen-in-a-public-place/ >   > > Not a super difficult thing to create I am sure, but kind of a slick idea.  Brilliant hack, I say. -Matt signature.asc Description: OpenPGP

Re: Automatic Backup Solution

On 10/24/19 10:37 AM, Seabass wrote: > > I have a Nextcloud server I want to backup, and the drives it would > backup to I plug in through USB. > We also want to encrypt the drives and we do that with Veracrypt, > because the others know how to use it and it works on windows, as well. > > I know

Re: computer reboots on its own

On 10/24/19 5:56 PM, Michael wrote: > any idea where unattended upgrades is on a Mint system? Some guy had a > similar problem "This led me to checking > etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades I had set > Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "true"; I changed it back to the > default setting of f

Re: Ubutu cox and Thunderbird?

On 10/14/19 12:38 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > Also, using an ISP mail account as your main mail account is fraught > with peril.  What happens when you move to another place that has a > different ISP?  I run my own mail sewer, but I know not everyone can do > that.  Google are evil, but gmail is rel

Re: Ubutu cox and Thunderbird?

On 10/14/19 10:55 AM, mike enriquez wrote: > I have a fresh install of Ubuntu and Thunderbird email client.  The SMTP > server keeps timing out. Cox cannot help me because I have a Linux > computer. I changed the Port numbers and still I cannot send email out. > > I am sending this via Web-mail. >

Re: computer reboots on its own

On 9/28/19 4:31 PM, Michael wrote: > Thank you so much for the help I really truly appreciate it. No problem, its what we are here for. > Does it reboot while you are using it? Are you using very intensive > applications on it, or very not-intensive applications?  > > > So far it has on

Re: computer reboots on its own

On 9/28/19 5:30 AM, Michael wrote: > my computer is just rebooting on its own. I'm thinking the problem is > the power supply. does that sound correct? It could be hardware failure, but some investigation is needed. The power supply is one component, but any other component in your computer could

Re: vpn with server in Phoenix

On 9/3/19 10:56 PM, Jim wrote: > I'm looking for a VPN service that has a server in Phoenix.  I tried CBS > all access, but I'd like to have KPHO as my local station, but they use > my IP address to determine what my local station is.  Can anyone > recommend  a VPN service that has a server in Phoe

Re: Debian 10 for Thursday

On 7/7/19 9:26 PM, Harold Hartley wrote: > I read a while back that they were going to have a secure install like > the other distributions. Has anyone install it yet to find out if it > does have secure install. What do you mean by secure install? If you mean Secure Boot, then yes Debian support

Re: PSA: Ubuntu 19.10 to end x86 32-bit support

June 20, 2019 10:51:29 PM CEST Stephen Partington wrote: I suspect it is lazy development teams using legacy/32 bit code to save time/money. IE ain't broke, dont need to change, Leave it. When I was doing system integration in 2006/2008 there were still people using TSX32 and looking for compat

PSA: Ubuntu 19.10 to end x86 32-bit support

For those that haven't seen it, Ubuntu 19.10 and derivatives are going to end official x86 32-bit support. This is not just the end of 32-bit ISOs though; they are also removing ALL 32-bit packages from their repos. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2019-June/000245.html This will

Re: Phoenix Linux

On 3/1/19 6:18 PM, der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > > I have seen references to this, but for the first time went and looked. > > Phoenix Linux - based on lubuntu 16.04.3 LTS > > https://phoenixlinux.weebly.com/ > > Has anyone tried it? > > ciao, > > der.hans I haven't tried it, but it looks l

Re: How to migrate Ubuntu to new computer?

On 2/27/19 4:03 PM, Harold Hartley wrote: > I found out that problem myself. Ubuntu uses a different disc formatting > than the other distro’s uses. In what way? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscrib

Re: How to migrate Ubuntu to new computer?

On Sun, 2019-02-24 at 17:28 +, Stephen Elliott wrote: > How do I migrate the full Ubuntu 18.04 os, setup, and data to a new > computer? > > A little context is needed. What are you migrating from? If you are migrating from another Linux-based system, make sure you perform a backup of your /

Re: learning to write code

On 2/8/19 12:05 PM, Harold Hartley wrote: > I’m interested in open source projects. I would like to help those with > disabilities to use a computer for anything. But the software isn’t out > there to help those with disabilities. I know because I’m disabled and deaf. Very noble! I'm not disabled

Re: learning to write code

On 2/8/19 10:33 AM, Harold Hartley wrote: > I am interested in learning to write code and not sure where to start. > I'm looking for anyone that can steer me in the right direction for books or > web site that can help me get started. > > I currently run Fedora 29, with 1 TB drive, i3-7100 proces

Re: learning to write code

On 2/8/19 10:33 AM, Harold Hartley wrote: > I am interested in learning to write code and not sure where to start. > I'm looking for anyone that can steer me in the right direction for books or > web site that can help me get started. > > I currently run Fedora 29, with 1 TB drive, i3-7100 proces

Re: windows advice

On 10/1/18 8:46 PM, Jim wrote: > Does this apply to android phones that people root? > Yes, as much as the phone manufacturers don't want to admit it. Though they aren't required to support the non-standard OS you place on it, they cannot void the hardware warranty on the phone.

Re: windows advice

‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Monday, October 1, 2018 12:34 PM, Michael wrote: > I don't want to void the wrranty Per the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, wiping the hard drive of your computer and installing the operating system of your choice does not void your system warranty. To void the

Re: zfs on linux

‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Sunday, September 23, 2018 12:20 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > My experience with zfs has been for large file servers. Never in a > workstation environment. Really nice once you got used to its nuances. As it > was for filer use I did not care about the ra

Re: zfs on linux

‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On Saturday, September 22, 2018 9:38 PM, Ed wrote: > Michael - ZFS will run on Linux, but is most at home on FreeBSD - and the > only way to boot from an encrypted partition that I have heard of. Might be > worth a look. ZFS currently does not have native encry

Re: zfs on linux

On 9/22/18 7:22 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > Anyone actually using zfs on linux out there?  Ala something like this > > ideally? > > When last I installed arch, there was a limit in the kernel that > couldn't boot z

Re: Linux friendly NICs

‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On 5 September 2018 6:50 PM, Jim wrote: > Who can tell me if there are any nics that don't work well with linux?  > I'm looking for a nic and with my luck if I don't ask, I'll end up > buying one that does not get along with linux at all. I have yet to encounter

Re: Debian 9 vs Ubuntu 18

On 9/4/18 7:12 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: > On 09/04/2018 06:27 PM, Matthew Crews wrote: >> as long as you stick with AMD or Intel graphics >> drivers (Nvidia graphics don't play nice with it, or else I would be >> using it too). > > I've had exactly the o

Re: Debian 9 vs Ubuntu 18

On 9/3/18 10:50 PM, Jim wrote: > I've been using Kubuntu for 5 years now since I freed my computer from > windows and started running linux.  For most of that time I used Kubuntu > 14.  I tried 16, but soon gave up on it because there were too many > bugs.  In July I put Kubuntu 18 on this machi

Re: rackspace.com hosted email

On 8/26/18 10:04 PM, Duncan Multi-Media wrote: > They just want regular hosted email accounts attached to their domain. > I'm not interested is hosting email accounts and suggested Google Apps, > but they are asking about rackspace ($2 vs $5). I'm just interested in > answering their question.  I t

Re: rmdir

On 8/20/18 1:02 PM, Brien Dieterle wrote: > That's still too dangerous.  What I do is first chown the folder to > nobody user.  Then sudo to nobody. > Then I type out the full path to the folder, and use the arrow keys to > move to the beginning of the line.  Then I finally type rm - rf and hit > e

Re: rmdir

On 8/20/18 8:26 AM, Carruth, Rusty wrote: > Or, simply, rm -rf DIR, assuming you want to remove ‘DIR as well as > anything in it (as I thought he said). I always make it a point to include ./ so that I don't accidentally delete something on root (even though rm -rf is supposed to prevent that. $

Re: happy 25th bday debian

On 8/16/18 12:21 AM, der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > > Happy 25th Birthday to Debian! > > Ian Murdock announced Debian on 1993Aug16 with the first release the > following month. > > Thanks to all the #Debian volunteers that have worked to make a fantastic > Free Software distribution, project and

Re: New Video: Aaron Jones - Social Media Security, from the May 17th Security Meeting

‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On August 7, 2018 11:00 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: > Presented by Aaron Jones at the Phoenix Linux Users Group's security > session on May 17th 2018 > > https://youtu.be/Y0RjXMTL38o > > Social Media Safety is a 30 minute class on managing your digital foot > print to

Re: Ubuntu 18.04

On Tuesday, June 12, 2018 7:56:32 AM MST you wrote: > I would like to get a CD to install Ubuntu 18.04. One site offers 12 > CDs of repository files. I know many of you may make your own install > CDs. I don't have the time so where is the best place to purchase these > CDs. Are that many CDs of

Re: #eFail is #reFail

Never been a fan of HTML emails anyway. Its too bad that most websites that have email communications insist on emailing you with HTML. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail

Re: ChromeBook Growing up

2018 truly IS the Year of the Linux Desktop! Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com), Swiss-based encrypted email. Original Message On May 9, 2018, 11:02, Stephen Partington wrote: > So it appears that google is building up their ChromeOS again and adding > apt-get/apt

Re: Change Twitter password

Clearly a case of ID10T. Some PEBKAC is gonna get a stern talking-to. On a side note, today is Password Day. ...come to think of it, how do we know this isn't just a marketing ploy for Password Day by Twitter? As well, better safe than sorry. Original Message On May 3, 2018, 1

Re: How to disable UEFI ??

On May 3, 2018 3:35 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: > Bios is older than me. Is there a specific reason you want to disable UEFI?  Quite a few reasons to want to disable UEFI. I personally have a UEFI-enabled motherboard on my desktop that can fall back to BIOS. The UEFI implementation is so bro

Re: How to disable UEFI ??

On May 2, 2018 9:19 PM, wrote: > How can I disable UEFI on my Thinkpad T430 > so I can install Linux Mint 18? > > I've search the net and tried numerous "solutions" > but can't get any of them to work. My gut tells me that you can't on your specific machine. Most motherboard vendors have depr

Re: children of spectre

Strange enough, Wall Street doesn't seem terribly concerned about Meltdown or Spectre. Still, a CPU that is designed to eliminate these known problems can't come soon enough. Can't depend on firmware or microcode patches at all. At least OS devs are doing their part to mitigate these problems a

Re: AZwalkout options

‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On April 25, 2018 8:14 AM, der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > I know several of us that have kids work from home and have at least the > option of keeping kids at home with us on Thursday and Friday during the > teacher walkout. > For those who still need options, lo

Re: repartition drive

‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On April 12, 2018 7:29 PM, Michael wrote: > never mind. I just reinstalled with everything on /. > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 8:49 PM, Michael wrote: > >> HOLY MOLY. I partitioned the drive with 10GB and with all the extra stuff >> that is not enough. What do you

Re: New Data Center in Mesa in Elliot Road Tech Corridor

That's pretty far east, just north of the airport. First I've ever heard of the "Elliot Road Tech Corridor", what other businesses are out there? Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com), Swiss-based encrypted email. Original Message On February 15, 2018 10:19 AM, wrote:

Re: apacheoffice

I did just remember this quick article by The Register. Only a couple months old. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/11/07/apache_openoffice/--- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your

Re: apacheoffice

Aside that it is still called Open Office for short? Not really, other than you can still download it if you desire. https://www.openoffice.org The vast majority of people, contributors, and Linux distros switched to its fork, LibreOffice, years ago. You can't even install it on Arch, Debian or

Installing and Updating Programs from Source

Hey all, this is a relatively newbish question. I'm comfortable with downloading and installing the source code to a program that I want to use, compile it, and use "make install" to install. That is the easy part. Here's the hard part for me. What are the best practices for doing so? -Is there

Re: Meltdown and Spectre - What to do about it

Original Message On January 11, 2018 12:44 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: >The Intel microcode that you need to update to go along with the > previous patches just hit. >https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3531-1/ It appears that Intel is saying do not install the microcode updates at this

Re: test

Original Message On January 23, 2018 7:14 PM, mike enriquez wrote: >This is a test please pay no attention to this. Welcome to the list! --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or

Re: Post : INTEL’S SECURITY FLAW IS NO FLAW

> Original Message >Subject: Re: Post : INTEL’S SECURITY FLAW IS NO FLAW >Local Time: January 11, 2018 10:36 AM >UTC Time: January 11, 2018 5:36 PM >From: techli...@phpcoderusa.com >To: Main PLUG discussion list > >This is basic stuff.  Kernel memory must be segregated and each ap

Re: Post : INTEL’S SECURITY FLAW IS NO FLAW

> Original Message >Subject: Re: Post : INTEL’S SECURITY FLAW IS NO FLAW >Local Time: January 10, 2018 10:33 AM >UTC Time: January 10, 2018 5:33 PM >From: retro64...@gmail.com >To: Main PLUG discussion list > > >I thought we all knew that intel has hardware level access points bak

Re: OT: Meltdown and Spectre - worse than Y2K?

> Original Message >Subject: Re: OT: Major Intel Memory Vulnerability - worse than Y2K? >Local Time: January 5, 2018 12:35 PM >UTC Time: January 5, 2018 7:35 PM >From: eric.o...@icloud.com >To: Main PLUG discussion list > >well, that was a known factor well ahead of time. This sit

Re: Major Intel Memory Vulnerability

>From: techli...@phpcoderusa.com >I think they have a moral obligation to destroy all effected chips that are in >the pipeline.  Dell and others need to stop sales and not continue selling >until the CPU is fixed. Not happening. Nor is Intel issuing a recall. https://www.cnet.com/news/meltdown-s

Re: Major Intel Memory Vulnerability

patched first? OR, does the OS >>> ecology have to do so first? Lastly, how much of a performance hit will >>> this represent? >>> >>> -eric >>> from the central offices of the Technomage Guild, the "oh look! yet another >>> bug!

Re: OT: New Email Home?

I third with Protonmail, with some caveats. I used paid Google for awhile, but my general distrust for Google these days made me want to move. Right now Protonmail does not have IMAP support on Linux (they use bridge software which currently is only available on Windows/Mac), so if you want to

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