Favorite PDF reader comes to Mac/Linux!

This is my favorite PDF reader of all time. I am not 100% sure how FOSS freindly they are but this has the best feature set of any PDF viewer/reader I have used to date. https://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/pdf-reader/ -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from

Holy desktops!!! Bumblebee and Optimus are now working

I finally got Optimus and Bumblebee working with the multiple GPU's and whatnot going on in this dell Laptop I am running. Preface: Optimus - http://www.nvidia.com/object/optimus_technology.html BumbleBee - http://bumblebee-project.org/ I used the following resources to get things going.

Re: I got a friend down here with Windows 7 Home Premium.

mmended)" >> >> >> Well if you turn off the UPS won't that shut the computer off? >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Stephen Partington < >> cryptwo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have used this before. It works well. because once you ha

Re: I got a friend down here with Windows 7 Home Premium.

> > Well if you turn off the UPS won't that shut the computer off? > > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Stephen Partington <cryptwo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > I have used this before. It works well. because once you have the command > prompt (in this case it is automatically elev

Re: I got a friend down here with Windows 7 Home Premium.

I have used this before. It works well. because once you have the command prompt (in this case it is automatically elevated) you can use commands to reset passwords etc. http://null-byte.wonderhowto.com/how-to/hack-windows-7-become-admin-0160151/ This is the same workaround, but it includes

lvmcache slide deck via google slides From Thursday 7-14

This is the presentation link for the slide deck from my talk on lvmcache. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1O4GParMvzSODGh2e4yduAOmp7GMW-xSNuoatcvM5Df4/edit?usp=sharing -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after

Re: Cox Business Internet

Interesting point of note, With the popularity of htps now running a server from home is much easier on a personal line than it ever was. the only weirdness comes from IP address changes. On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Lyle Tuttle wrote: > I am in Park City, Utah and having

Re: O/T: No Dell Recovery Disk.....

eeding the dell USB drive. > > > On 2016-07-13 07:31, Stephen Partington wrote: > >> Well, you can try any windows 8.1/7 disk and perform the upgrade from >> that. It might allow you to do so. >> >> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 5:50 PM, Keith Smith >> <techli.

Re: O/T: No Dell Recovery Disk.....

Well, you can try any windows 8.1/7 disk and perform the upgrade from that. It might allow you to do so. On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 5:50 PM, Keith Smith wrote: > > > Hi, > > I bought a Dell i5 several years ago and put Linux Mint on it and parked > it. I do not have a

Re: nikon d3200

https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-do-HDR-photography-with-a-D3200 It is using a Sony sensor that hs a very wide dynamic range naturally. But this might help you out. On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 7:12 AM, Michael wrote: > I got a nikon d3200. Nikkon doesn't take brcketed photos for

Re: need talk for Thursday

I could talk about my recent experiences with LVM-Cache as root partition. It would not be overly long, but if there is interest i could. On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 9:02 AM, der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > > we've been working with a third party to get a talk on software defined

Re: LVM-Cache on fresh Ubuntu server install

from my reading the sequential r/w wont change much, but your random r/w will. On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Matt Graham <mhgra...@crow202.org> wrote: > On 2016-07-08 13:02, Stephen Partington wrote: > >> And success. Server is now up with LVMcache and boots nicely. &

Re: LVM-Cache on fresh Ubuntu server install

Partington <cryptwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > additional http://scyu.logdown.com/posts/519001-ubuntu-lvmcache-setup for > anyone else that is interested where this thread goes. > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Stephen Partington <cryptwo...@gmail.com> > wrote

Re: LVM-Cache on fresh Ubuntu server install

additional http://scyu.logdown.com/posts/519001-ubuntu-lvmcache-setup for anyone else that is interested where this thread goes. On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Stephen Partington <cryptwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > And i spoke too soon... > > > http://unix.stackexchange.co

Re: LVM-Cache on fresh Ubuntu server install

And i spoke too soon... http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/173704/booting-from-an-lvm-cached-volume so now to get to a point where i can rebuild this or just reinstall from scratch... i think the latter might be easier. On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 11:41 AM, Stephen Partington <cryp

Re: LVM-Cache on fresh Ubuntu server install

System System Cwi-aoC--- 922.20g [cache] [System_corig] 0.00 0.70 0.00 On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Stephen Partington <cryptwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > ​The biggest issue i have is that i am working with a mac mini. the 1T > drive is a 5400 rpm drive. this has been my ho

Re: LVM-Cache on fresh Ubuntu server install

:02 AM, Matt Graham <mhgra...@crow202.org> wrote: > On 2016-07-08 10:00, Stephen Partington wrote: > >> 1T spinning disk and 128G SSD installed. [...] going with LVM-Cache >> Sadly the Ubuntu server installation does not have the option of >> setting up LVM for anythi

LVM-Cache on fresh Ubuntu server install

I have set myself a project and am building a server. It has a 1T spinning disk and 128G SSD installed. I wanted to explore the various options for SSD caching and its a toos up betweeen LVM-Cache and bcache. I am working on going with LVM-Cache but i am not seeing many options on building such a

Re: Failed to start session

Have you tried that user on another system? Or a temp rename of home to see if there is some config file that is barfing x. On Jul 7, 2016 4:04 PM, "Nathan-plug" wrote: > Hi all, > > I am having a problem that is running me around in circles. > > I have an open

Re: Which is better.... safer?

Dropbox is popular, but i like google drive a bit more. My issue is some of DropBox's policies in the past were a massive turnoff. For a portfolio i would look into portfolio sites for showing off your work, and then Drive for sharing groups of images with customers. On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 7:16

Re: luminance hdr and hugin

I would verify the requirements and make sure there is not one that is conflicting. On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 7:54 AM, Michael wrote: > It is strange luminance and hugin are both installed. Now luminance was > not working so I reinstalled it with apt and then apt informed me

Re: Opensource SIS

rietary > solution. > > I believe that the state's system may be open and documented if someone > wanted to create an open source implementation of it... > > Brian Cluff > > > On 06/23/2016 10:29 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > > I know a number of you ladies and

Opensource SIS

I know a number of you ladies and gents have worked with schools at various levels. Have any of you had any experience with opensource SIS? I would like to try and gather a top 5 list of them and do some deeper digging on them. Thanks a ton for any of your input. -- A mouse trap, placed on top

Re: Ubuntu (kde/4k)

This year will be very interesting as they are announcing that they are opensourcing their graphics stack and investing heavily in software development. We may see some significant changes in AMD graphics. On Jun 22, 2016 11:47 PM, "Michael Butash" wrote: Ah, I meant more gpu

Re: SSD & Linux

He is likely referring to the SSD magician software that they make. On Jun 22, 2016 5:20 PM, "Steve Litt" wrote: > On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:08:07 -0700 > Lyle Tuttle wrote: > > > Got a new SSD to update my laptop.Samsung 850 EVO -- looks like > >

Re: SSD & Linux

The software is mostly windows tweaks and alterations. I think firmware updates and the like will need either their bootable ISO or a windows partition someplace. On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Lyle Tuttle wrote: > Got a new SSD to update my laptop.Samsung 850 EVO --

Re: update error

Looks like a repo you were using for google earth has gone byby. or at least their hash has (to verify they are who they say they are) On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 6:59 AM, Michael wrote: > when I run 'apt-get update' I get the following errors: > > W: Failed to fetch >

Re: Libre Calc

well I would consider a find replace operation on the doc and see how well it does having all the spaces converted to a delimiter. then you can import as a text delimited document. Make the change on a copy not the origonal doc. On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 6:41 AM, Michael wrote:

Re: Network question/problem

Can you ping 192.168.1.1? On Jun 13, 2016 6:20 PM, "Michael" wrote: > $ ifconfig > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 6c:f0:49:02:01:01 > inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::6ef0:49ff:fe02:101/64 Scope:Link >

Re: lightening

Just because you are paranoid does not mean it cannot happen. On Jun 13, 2016 4:30 PM, "Michael" wrote: > It just started to thunder so I unplugged the computer not on the ups. > Should I also disconnect the NIC. I woyuld think that with it unplugged > that would be kill all

Re: network card kills the hdmi card

This can mean the Nic is bad, but more than likely it may just be upset at the slot location. If you have alternate slots i would try using those. >From there I would also in bios turn of the onbaord nic as best you can and see if that helps as well when you put the nic in there. On Mon, Jun 13,

Re: Surge supressor

Read their fine print. it basically says we will protect you and insure you against X amount of damage via X amount of current. and if you read i think lightning strikes are not on that list. On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 2:48 PM, Michael wrote: > I hear that monster surge

Re: Meeting: PLUG Games Night! 6/9

ansfers are closely timed. Longer if I stay strictly to the bus > (no rail). > > -eric > > On Jun 5, 2016, at 8:23 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: > > what side of the valley are you in? > > On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 7:30 PM, Eric Oyen <eric.o...@icloud.com> wrote: > &g

Re: If we post things to this list, will people think we're an expert?

Kind of like peer reviewed code in the FOSS world someone will call you on your errors. :-) On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Margaret Alhuq wrote: > what if we just make up subjects and look like we've got something going > on? wouldn't that make people think we

Re: Multiple drives

Woo thanks for the tip. I will have to explore this. PS i have to say The Samsung Evo 850's have a 5 year warranty and seem to be working really well. I beat mine up and it is still trucking along. On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > I'd second if the

Re: Multiple drives

I do have to say the Apple Fusion Drive implementation is fascinating. The pairing of an SSD to a Spinning HDD in software and then moving unused data to the HDD and leaving the SSD as your primary device. Having used it i do have to say it makes for a very perky Experience for a 5400rpm 1T

Re: Multiple drives

This is subjective of what you want and what drives you have. But commonly home is one drive and everything else is another. Usually a smaller and faster drive. On Jun 5, 2016 11:34 PM, "Stephen M" wrote: > I'm trying to find documentation to tell me whats the best setup

Re: Meeting: PLUG Games Night! 6/9

what side of the valley are you in? On Sun, Jun 5, 2016 at 7:30 PM, Eric Oyen wrote: > ok, > I have asked before when one of these events comes up for a ride. I would > go over there on the bus, but it doesn't run late enough for me to get back > home (the routes I live on

Re: How to dispose of a dead printer?

http://phoenixelectronicsrecycling.com/ On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 8:15 AM, Keith Smith wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a dead HP printer that I need to dispose of. Is there a recycle > place? > > Thanks!! > > -- > Keith Smith >

Re: Recommendations for C++ IDE?

Well there is a C/C++ link for Eclipse... http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-cc-developers/lunar And i Have used Eclipse before. its pretty nice. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe,

Re: (OT) WordPress Hosting

I am not really a WordPress pro. But there are a number of potential gotchas that create security holes. A big one is plugins. The other is leaving certain settings at default values. Itheme security is a really nice security check for you. And it gives you some options to secure your site.

Re: OT: Web Application Hosting

For general hosting, mail, and domain hosting i use a fully managed hosting account at dreamhost. they run my mail and web services (doing a good job) and its 120/year. I also can build you a coupon to cut the first year in half. then they also have AWS and cloud compute services as well as

Re: Test 5-2-2016

Thanks! On May 2, 2016 5:26 PM, "sean" <sean.a.ritz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Got it > On May 2, 2016 5:25 PM, "Stephen Partington" <cryptwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Test message. Someone respond? >> >>

Test 5-2-2016

Test message. Someone respond? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Re: google-chrome-stable

That is actually what the installer is. Repo. Then you install like the rest of it. On Apr 28, 2016 6:11 PM, "Brian Cluff" wrote: > When you install Chrome it also adds a package repository so that when you > get updates it also updates Chrome automatically. > > Brian Cluff >

Re: To Tux or not to Tux (VM's)

you can try it and see. On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Keith Smith <techli...@phpcoderusa.com> wrote: > It is OEM. What is the solution for getting an image that I can run in > VirtualBox? > > On 2016-04-20 07:29, Stephen Partington wrote: > >> depends on the versi

Re: The Desktop is right again!

Facinating. Have to look at this. On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 9:48 AM, Nathan England wrote: > > I have been a KDE fan since the early days of 1.0. I have stuck with it > through the ups and downs and loved it when others hated it, and rallied > for it when people were jumping to

Re: Specifying mobos: was: To Tux or not to Tux

Apr 2016 13:22:17 -0700 > Stephen Partington <cryptwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The Dell uefi bios on their latitude series has not given me any > > issue at all with any os. Except OSX, and that is a special > > weirdness. Asus gaming oriented board tend to be (

Re: To Tux or not to Tux

Yes On Apr 19, 2016 8:26 PM, "Wayne D" wrote: > Ya know, I got to thinking. Couldn't I simply revert to NON-IMMUTABLE, > update, then IMMUTABLE again? It IS a flag is it not? > > chattr +i /path/to/filename > > > On 04/19/2016 06:24 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: > >>

Re: To Tux or not to Tux (VM's)

I have not been able to run a large enough workload to see the difference. On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > On 2016-04-19 12:12, Wayne D wrote: > >> 1 vote each for VirtualBox and QEMU >> Pros and Cons of each? >> > > QEMU emulates more architectures,

Re: Specifying mobos: was: To Tux or not to Tux

The Dell uefi bios on their latitude series has not given me any issue at all with any os. Except OSX, and that is a special weirdness. Asus gaming oriented board tend to be (for lack of a better word) persnickety. And mostly this was an issue with trying to wrangle a dual boot scenario with

Re: To Tux or not to Tux

only issue i have ever had was an argument between Ubuntu and windows about UEFI. one or the other works fine. On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 10:02 AM, Wayne D wrote: > > > On 04/19/2016 08:39 AM, Steve Litt wrote: > >> On Mon, 18 Apr 2016 23:18:49 -0700 >> Wayne D

Re: To Tux or not to Tux

Depending on his personal skill the VM is a good option. However he may or may not be willing to work with the learning curve. Note win 7 is not the option it used to be with it be EOL. So win 8 or 10 will be a requirement. On Apr 18, 2016 11:38 PM, "Wayne D" wrote:

Re: how do I do this windows procedure?

Head to history. Then to clear data. On Apr 9, 2016 9:09 AM, "Michael" <bmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > chrome: I click the lines to the right of the address bar then click > 'settings' then what? Is it 'Clear browsing data'? > > On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 11:13 AM,

Re: how do I do this windows procedure?

a recent version of Java. I click the link to get it and the screen that follows says: This site can’t be reached The connection was reset. ERR_CONNECTION_RESET I contacted USAA about it and those instructions are the ones they gave. On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 10:30 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptwo.

Re: how do I do this windows procedure?

What are you trying to do? On Apr 8, 2016 4:24 PM, "Michael" wrote: > >1. Hold down *Ctrl + Shift + Del* on your keyboard. >2. A new window will open. >3. If you are using Chrome, set your time range to "the beginning of >time" and click *Clear browsing data.* >

Re: Crap! HDMI... :( Help!

you might need to use the proprietary drivers in order for it to all communicate correctly. On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 12:48 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > a laptop (Asus ROG GL752VW) Stupid Windows 10 would not detect HDMI. Well, latest-and-greatest Linux Mint (KDE) doesn't

Re: SQL Server move to Linux a 'sad reflection of where Microsoft is', says MariaDB CEO

They are doing a number of things but they still are not the friend of linux they are advertising. But i think MSSQL on Linux is a good thing. i think more MS software available on Linux is a good thing. Just as long as they do not try to patent Linux software that is not theirs to patent. On

Re: problem

n Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 12:27 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptwo...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> Ok Uninstaller via apt. Clean up the repository and install the chrome 64 >> packages :-) >> On Mar 12, 2016 10:26 AM, "Michael" <bmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> &

Re: problem

Ok Uninstaller via apt. Clean up the repository and install the chrome 64 packages :-) On Mar 12, 2016 10:26 AM, "Michael" <bmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I want chrome64 bit though > > > On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptwo...@gmail.com &g

Re: problem

Use apt to remove chrome and then install chromium check your apt repository and comment out or remove chrome lines. On Mar 12, 2016 9:55 AM, "Michael" wrote: > Google recently removed support of 32 bit chrome. Now when I run apt-get > upgrade it tells me: > > Fetched 3,397 kB

Re: how to drop swap?

the simplest way is to work with your systems "swappiness" as mentioned in the previous discussions. this will leave it there but set the system up so that only when something goes sideways does it get used. On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Tom Roche wrote: > > Thanks all

Re: swapiness

My suggestion for any elevated file edits would be to use nano or vi/vim (i personally use nano mostly) On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 6:26 AM, Michael wrote: > I understand. The computer would not allow me to use sudo with redirection > . > > On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 1:09 AM, Michael

Re: Upgrade old laptop with SSD

looking at the Kingston because of price. One of the ratings said > Kingston was not as fast as others. You said "Samsung Evo 850(they are > also wicked fast)". > > The cost more too. > > > > On 2016-02-29 09:44, Stephen Partington wrote: > >> The lif

Re: Upgrade old laptop with SSD

Disclaimer 1 – I work for a company that makes SSDs. The above is NOT > professional advice. See a real SSD shrink for professional advice. > > > > Disclaimer 2 – Due to our IT department’s method of handling email, at > this time I can RECEIVE PLUG emails, but I cannot REPLY t

Re: Upgrade old laptop with SSD

The lifespan will depend entirely on the number of Writes the drive will incur. The first thing you want to do once the Os is installed is to reduce this. If you have enough ram and are comfortable with nos wap go for it. If you want the backup i would suggest pushing swappiness all the way over

Re: movie program

Brian is right in this, Doing home Telescene requires some specialized equipment and software (oddly there is a rumor that Picasa will do this). While you can invest and do it yourself It can come at a very high cost. http://www.lasergraphics.com/telecine-vs-scanning.html On Mon, Feb 22,

Re: Domain Name / Hosting

One of my biggest joys is that you can get LetsEncrypt Certs for free at Dreamhost. On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 10:06 PM, Ed wrote: > I have moved many domains over to Google: > https://domains.google.com/registrar > Nice to have free privacy and if you use any other google service >

Re: Domain Name / Hosting

I personally have been loving Dreamhost, And ill even give you a 50 bux of your first year coupon :-) https://www.dreamhost.com/r.cgi?1915483/promo/dreamsavings50 but seriously... Good stuff. On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 11:27 AM, Wayne D wrote: > About to set up a domain

Re: Sudoers REGEX

I would second ldap... On Feb 19, 2016 6:09 PM, "Phil Waclawski" wrote: > Well, you can use simplified regex. [A-z0-9]* and so on? (at least it > works for me) > > But if you need that much fine grained control over such a large > group...maybe time for ldap? > >

Re: router recommendation

Personal experience the ASUS rt66u is great as well as the netgear wndr 3700.i currently run the netgear c7000 wich i got for Cox ultimate and gigablast compatability. On Feb 17, 2016 6:30 PM, "Mark Jarvis" wrote: > > My home has Cox internet connected to a router that has

Re: Sudo ...

you can use the symlink, and maybe grant group access to the symlink that should give you access to the other location. but generally speaking normal users have read access to /var. so you should not need elevated credentials. On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 2:19 PM, Snyder, Alexander

Re: Window 10 vs. Linux

2016 at 1:14 PM, Stephen Partington <cryptwo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I have the same issue, Modern Linux and Windows 10 seem to have a >> deathmatch going on the UEFI boot process. >> >> I have not yet found a graceful resolution yet. >> >> On Mon, Fe

Re: Window 10 vs. Linux

I have the same issue, Modern Linux and Windows 10 seem to have a deathmatch going on the UEFI boot process. I have not yet found a graceful resolution yet. On Mon, Feb 1, 2016 at 11:13 AM, dad wrote: > Does anyone else have this problem? > > On my desktop computer I have

Re: photos

Technically correct. But make sure you have a slide setting. On Jan 31, 2016 3:10 PM, "Michael" wrote: > my father has a BUNCH of slides. I just told him I could modify them so he > could take the pictures to Walgreens/Walmart/CVS and print them. I think I > just need to scan

Re: multi cored computers

The main purpose to allow multiple processes to run at the same time. So more can be done in a given amount of time. On Jan 31, 2016 1:28 PM, "Michael" wrote: > I was wondering what the purpose of a multi cored computer is. The way I > understand it is that multi cores operate

Re: multi cored computers

Correct On Jan 31, 2016 1:36 PM, "Michael" <bmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was thinking about when I do linux from scratch you need to enter a > special flag to utilize both processors during a build. > > On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Stephen Partington &l

Re: Look at these photos I restored with darktable... cool!

DarkTable is some Top Shelf software. On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 10:13 AM, Michael wrote: > I think it is incredible how well darktable sharpens a blurry scan. > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Michael wrote: > >> >>

Re: printer opinions

The 1430 is a Pigment instead of Dye and as such they tend to be more expensive per page. On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Bob Holtzman <hol...@cox.net> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 01:15:56PM -0700, Stephen Partington wrote: > > The artisan 1430 is designed for art reprod

Re: youtube-dl downloads the first of the series

It would help to know which plugin you are using. On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 6:45 AM, Michael wrote: > I understand now. the address I fed into youtube-dl ( > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nBzAeM0tpI=3=PLmvlUro_Up1NBX7VK8UUuyWo1B468zEA0) > downloads all of the videos

Re: compile image viewer geeqie

t; > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 8:10 AM, Stephen Partington <cryptwo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Just to break down this error set your error all starts with an inability >> to create a directory. Lack of permission. >> On Jan 25, 2016 10:18 PM, "Michael" <bmi

Re: compile image viewer geeqie

he directory bu the directory was ~/Downloads . > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 11:57 AM, Michael <bmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> But how do you give him permission? unix only does file permissions. >> >> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Stephen Partington < >> cryptwo.

Re: printer opinions

wrote: > On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 05:30:12PM -0700, Stephen Partington wrote: > > Well for wide format/photos I would have to say the Epson Artisan 1430 is > > about the best you will get. However, it will kill with ink you if you > use > > it up doing text docs. > &

Re: OT: Who is my Google Calendar Administrator?

Google has kind of merged much of its backend data. So if any Google services have that information they all do. On Jan 26, 2016 1:26 PM, "Victor Odhner" wrote: > OK, so one of the windmills that I like to tilt is limiting how much > Google knows about me. *:)* > > I do use

Re: Best way to learn Magento

They seem to have a set of community forums and the like. You might try there. On Jan 25, 2016 7:48 PM, "Keith Smith" wrote: > > Hi, > > I need to become a Magento developer. I've installed it on Ubuntu 14.04 > and have read a lot of the user manual. I've read some

Re: compile image viewer geeqie

Just to break down this error set your error all starts with an inability to create a directory. Lack of permission. On Jan 25, 2016 10:18 PM, "Michael" wrote: > I'm trying to compile something and it is complaining about permisipns. > What should I do to fix it? > > test -z

Re: printer opinions

Laser printers the real cost is the toner, but we worked out a canon that was only about 100 and it was cheaper per page than all the ink jet solutions we had found. Not sure this is still the case. http://www.amazon.com/Canon-LBP6030W-Wireless-Monochrome-Printer/dp/B00K5UZO0Q/ Sure, but you

Re: printer opinions

Jan 24, 2016 at 10:16:33PM -0700, Stephen Partington wrote: > > What are you doing with it? > > .duh, print? > > Sarcasm aside, mostly text docs with some photographs. > > What I would really like to find is a wide format (13 in) with good > reviews. Found a couple of H

Re: jpg or tiff

tiff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_Image_File_Format jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG saves me some typing. On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 8:03 PM, Michael <bmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > what about to restore? > > On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 9:58 PM, Stephen Partington <cr

Re: jpg or tiff

Tiff for print, JPG for most else. On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 7:40 PM, Michael wrote: > which is better? I'm scanning some old photos and need to know which is > better to restore from. > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --- > PLUG-discuss

Re: printer opinions

What are you doing with it? On Jan 24, 2016 9:54 PM, "Bob Holtzman" wrote: > My old HP gave up the ghost so I'm in the market. Reading the reviews it > seems that HP quality has gone down the tubes lately, especially in the > low and mid levels. Epson had decent reviews but 6 ink

Re: Spiffy Ubuntu based Tablet

given the resources and hardware it should run like a champ. On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Brian Cluff <br...@snaptek.com> wrote: > Nice tablet. I wonder if it would run plasma-mobile. > > Brian Cluff > > > On 01/14/2016 09:49 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > >

Re: gimp plugin pandora

re settings. I'll have to lock the tripod > down for that though! > > On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 8:25 PM, Michael Havens <bmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> it only bracket +/- 1 . it is a point and shoot camera. >> >> On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Stephen Partington <

Re: gimp plugin pandora

.com/maps/@29.6459953,-82.2695704,3a,46.6y,347.38h,87.37t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sP1pKh6Rj2qMfnoMg4-SI8A!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 > > Brian Cluff > > On 01/14/2016 01:55 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: > >> What camera are you shooting with? >> > ---

Re: gimp plugin pandora

6:00 PM, Brian Cluff <br...@snaptek.com >>> <mailto:br...@snaptek.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Digikam will also act as a front end to hugin. Pretty much all >>> the software that I have come across that does panorama stuff >>> relies on

Re: gimp plugin pandora

y. It's >>> easy to use and that way you don't loose any of the versatility that you >>> get with the real deal. >>> >>> Brian Cluff >>> >>> >>> On 01/06/2016 03:18 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: >>> >>> I actually am not sure.

Re: superimpose image

Cameras are usually good for 5-30 actuations if not more (Ie mirrorless cameras) But the issue with using software to do the over/under expose of the image you loose the on site expanded dynamic range. Newer cameras can have some crazy dynamic range, but if you have an older camera or one

Re: superimpose image

Careful about using multiple F-Stops. it can alter your depth of field and give you really weird hazing. it is usually better to alter shutter speed if anything. so the depth of feild and ISO noise is the same. On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 11:14 AM, Brian Cluff wrote: > While you

Re: superimpose image

We are human, therefore :-D On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 11:18 AM, Brian Cluff <br...@snaptek.com> wrote: > Yeah, your right... that's what I meant, and what I do Brain fart! > > Brian Cluff > > > On 01/11/2016 11:15 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > > Carefu

Re: Monitor resoluton

this seems to me an issue from almost 10 years ago where X would just forget anything about the screen/monitor and you would have to manually specify that information. Is this really an issue where the rendering engine will just completely loose its screen geometry and never accept it back? On

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