Re: OT: Excess files

2013-12-09 Thread Stephen Partington
Actually yes it can, There is an IIS install that works for XP just fine. I suspect all of that directory was installed by IBM as part of a Maintenance suite. or similar helpful software. On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 1:02 AM, ChasM chasm...@hotmail.com wrote: Win-XP shouldn't have IIS cabinet files.

Ubuntu Touch emulator

2013-12-11 Thread Stephen Partington
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Emulator this was a bit of interesting technology that popped up this morning. I thought i would share it with you guys. -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

Re: how to start a sh script from launcher?

2013-12-16 Thread Stephen Partington
http://askubuntu.com/questions/141229/how-to-add-a-shell-script-to-launcher-as-shortcut First hit via google. But the os and window manager you are using would be helpful. On Monday, December 16, 2013, wrote: Can In see the script? I execute shell scripts from GUIs all day long... ET

Re:

2013-12-16 Thread Stephen Partington
For Linux based Desktop Virtualization i have had the most success with VirtualBox. You can even pass some 3d rendering on to the GPU and enable an overlay mode that makes windows blend into the Host OS more so it feels like Linux with bits of windows coming in. You can also look up some of the

Re: Steam OS was released for all you gamers out there

2013-12-16 Thread Stephen Partington
Well here are the installation options from Steam itself. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=204085700 Enjoy! I plan on checking it out at home. Just need to figure out a way to shove another drive into my system. On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Michael Butash

Re: Steam OS was released for all you gamers out there

2013-12-16 Thread Stephen Partington
Whups. wrong link: http://store.steampowered.com/steamos/buildyourown On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Stephen Partington cryptwo...@gmail.comwrote: Well here are the installation options from Steam itself. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=204085700 Enjoy! I plan

Re: Steam OS was released for all you gamers out there

2013-12-17 Thread Stephen Partington
I generally do that anyhow... On Tuesday, December 17, 2013, Dazed_75 wrote: Aye, but the worse thing is I am seeing a few that are OEM installed to use FAKE Raid0. That is so bad that they may as well say Wipe this machine when you get it On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 11:18 PM, Robert Holtzman

Re: Linux command line utility to send to email list?

2013-12-17 Thread Stephen Partington
The idea of a mailing list might be a better idea. you can power one yourself with a listserv or use Google groups. On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 2:18 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: What would be the best *simple* command line utility to send an email message to a small (100) list of email

Re: [AZC] Linux-Based Web Kiosk

2013-12-18 Thread Stephen Partington
I personally am curious. I am not sure how automated i would make it off the cuff. Unfortunately my ideas would have a sharp learning curve because i would make webmin an alternate switchable admin interface. moving to something like puppet or chef i think would be a better long run solution for

Spiffy new Darkroom workflow for linux

2014-01-02 Thread Stephen Partington
Native RAW support, and it works very well in my experiments so far. So if you wanted something for managing digital raw workflow and wanted opensource... http://www.leettips.org/2014/01/darktable-virtual-lighttable-and.html -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you

Re: Damn ubuntu.

2014-01-05 Thread Stephen Partington
If i want an advanced disk arrangement or an alternate desktop environment i use the server install media. Frequently if my hardware is at all iffy or i have bleeding edge graphics ill use it then as well. On Sunday, January 5, 2014, Michael Butash wrote: On 01/05/2014 12:14 PM, Brian Cluff

Re: OT motorola google phone

2014-01-24 Thread Stephen Partington
So far my only hesitation is the screen resolution. Having used a 1080 screen for over a year now it is really hard for me to drop back down. On Jan 24, 2014 12:25 PM, webcanine webcan...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone have a Moto X and any comments on it? I'm looking to replace my current smartphone

Re: monitor

2014-01-25 Thread Stephen Partington
well this is a little more interesting. If you have on-board graphics and a Yellow (composite) video out you should be able to hook up a TV and treat it like a low resolution monitor. This would depend entirely on the graphics card and driver you have. On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Michael

Re: monitor

2014-01-25 Thread Stephen Partington
Not that I have heard of. On Jan 25, 2014 2:59 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: thanks for your help. are you saying there is no way to redirect video output to say the mic or headphones jack? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Stephen Partington cryptwo...@gmail.com

Re: any ideas how to opt out of all this c$%^P google is tossing

2014-02-10 Thread Stephen Partington
Yes, a bit buried but there are some opt-outs if you look. On Feb 9, 2014 10:16 PM, Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com wrote: at us with no explanation? I am about ready to destroy evey oomputer I have ever owned, -- Dazed_75 a.k.a. Larry Please protect my address like I protect yours. When

Re: any ideas how to opt out of all this c$%^P google is tossing

2014-02-10 Thread Stephen Partington
google+... Google+ - skip inbox - delete -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 5:44 AM, Stephen Partington cryptwo...@gmail.comwrote: Yes, a bit buried but there are some opt-outs if you look. On Feb 9, 2014 10:16 PM, Dazed_75 lthiels

Re: OT: Managing a Contact List

2014-02-12 Thread Stephen Partington
well depending on what you are doing with that information a CRM may be needed. On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 11:38 AM, keith smith klsmith2...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, I'm collecting a large number of contacts from within the community. Short of a spreadsheet, is there any other options I may have?

Re: best mail client for kubuntu

2014-03-13 Thread Stephen Partington
Geary is interesting as well. On Thursday, March 13, 2014, keith smith klsmith2...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks!! Keith Smith On Thursday, March 13, 2014 6:05 PM, Nathan England plug-disc...@nmecs.comjavascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','plug-disc...@nmecs.com'); wrote:

Re: best mail client for kubuntu

2014-03-14 Thread Stephen Partington
You can also take a look at seamonkey its an odd project that is showing promise as Mozilla is trying to merge web email and calendar back together again. On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Brian Cluff br...@snaptek.com wrote: If you install the package xul-ext-lightning, it will give you a

Re: bitcoin mining

2014-03-20 Thread Stephen Partington
well if you Google beowulf cluster you will find the first one i had learned about. but there are a number of options out there. the main thing is once you have it set up you need to figure out what you will do with it. and that is where it gets interesting because you then usually have to build

Re: Speaking of quad cores . . .

2014-03-22 Thread Stephen Partington
I would put it to use. On Mar 22, 2014 2:08 PM, George Toft geo...@georgetoft.com wrote: I have an AMD quad core box for free - it was my VMware server. 4GB RAM, AMD Phenom X4 @1.8GHz, no hard drive, tower case, Gateway brand. -- Regards, George Toft

Re: What are the $% boxes waiting for? :(

2014-03-24 Thread Stephen Partington
the second coming? On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:10 AM, kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: Hello collective wisdom... I have several Linux boxes (different distros, no common denominator) that for no apparent reason have the processor(s) go into a 'waiting' state rather way too often. And then

Re: Backup VPS before cancelling account

2014-03-25 Thread Stephen Partington
i think if you wanted to be really slick you could tar/gzip via scp in a single command. or you could tar/gz and then use SCP to retrive the file. A rough example. tar -zc path/to/source | ssh user@remote tar -zxC path/to/destination On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 10:51 AM, keith smith

Re: bootable USB

2014-03-31 Thread Stephen Partington
I will need to do this sometime. because that is pretty spiffy. On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 7:00 AM, kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: I am dumb, so I do dumb things: 1.- Boot with the install CD of your preference (Debian in my book), 2.- plug the USB, 3.- find the /dev/sd? of the USB (cat

Re: I'm building linux from scratch in a virtual machine

2014-04-02 Thread Stephen Partington
IP addr but also if config usually needs to be run as root. So a normal user won't have the command. On Wednesday, April 2, 2014, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: I need to find the ip of the virtual debian machine. I tried ipconfig. Command not found. I tried ifconfig. Command not

Re: I'm building linux from scratch in a virtual machine

2014-04-03 Thread Stephen Partington
If the permissions are set the command is not even visible. With certain commands that is ideal because it is harder to manipulate a file you cannot even see. On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 10:20 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: the problem was that I wasn't running it as root. I come to

Re: Off Topic Server recommendations

2014-04-08 Thread Stephen Partington
This is a somewhat risky combination to put on the same server. The reason being you now have your entire company exposed to the outside world. An option would be to use a VM solution on the bare metal and then you could separate your Services and even use different OS's for each based on needs.

Re: scp connection refused

2014-04-09 Thread Stephen Partington
Can you ssh into the VM? romt he looks of it your not even being allowed to connect. you may need to turn on openssl. On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: I attempted to transfer a file from a virtual machine to the host with less than stellar results:

Re: scp connection refused

2014-04-09 Thread Stephen Partington
should be /etc/init.d/sshd start or something similar and then depending on dist you simply ad that start script to the system startup chkconfig or something similar. you can also list what is in your init.d and see what is there. On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 1:57 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com

Re: scp connection refused

2014-04-09 Thread Stephen Partington
, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.comwrote: did it! apt-get install ssh did it :-)~MIKE~(-: On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Stephen Partington cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: should be /etc/init.d/sshd start or something similar and then depending on dist you simply ad that start script

Re: Is my hard drive hosed?

2014-04-12 Thread Stephen Partington
spin right is awesome, but i would clone the drive asap an run some hardware diagnostics. On Apr 12, 2014 7:27 PM, Sean Brown seanfbr...@cox.net wrote: I would check out a product called Spin Right by Steve Gibson. Thanks, Sean Brown On Apr 12, 2014, at 7:14 PM, Mark Phillips

Re: Looking for Advice on a New Server

2014-04-14 Thread Stephen Partington
An Optiplex is not a server. it does not have any of the Build quality i would want in a server. You can get away with a non server case but you want the server Powersupply and motherboard. Here a few quick links to Newegg, I personally have had wonderful success with Linux on SuperMicro

Re: Looking for Advice on a New Server

2014-04-14 Thread Stephen Partington
Well netgear makes some nice Nas devices that are very reasonable On Apr 14, 2014 4:35 PM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote: KevinO, Yes I agreeI really should replace 2 machines with 2 machines..one for web and one for files. Back to the search. Mark On Mon, Apr

Re: Computer Down Need Help!!

2014-04-22 Thread Stephen Partington
I have had very poor experience with the technical knowledge at fry's electronics. Data doctors is good but pricy. Some things you can try is pull all components except CPU and the rest the bios. If you get beeps your board is not 100% gone. The add one stick ram and video. If you still get beeps

Re: Computer Down Need Help!!

2014-04-22 Thread Stephen Partington
If it is not posting he will need to disconnect the disk drive to test, wich is part of the suggestion to remove all peripherals first to see if he can post. On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 6:44 AM, Bob Elzer bob.el...@gmail.com wrote: Are you sure it's not the disk drive? Try booting from a live CD

Re: burning iso

2014-04-24 Thread Stephen Partington
you could try this as a plan B: http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/13/burn-an-iso-image-from-the-command-line/ On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: I'm trying to burn an iso and brasero disk burner is not working. It says: Please wait until the estimation of

Re: Linux on USB

2014-04-24 Thread Stephen Partington
There are a few ways to do this, from installing to the USB as if it were a hard drive. or setting up a livecd with persistence (this would pair well with a load to ram option for the livcd) just depends on how big a Thumb drive you have, and how much persistence you want. On Thu, Apr 24, 2014

Re: Linux on USB

2014-04-25 Thread Stephen Partington
Most systems now identify by uuid. As an idea if you have an internal USB header and related io plate you coul use that and tie it up internally so it does not get pulled by mistake. And Ubuntu 14.04 sees USB drives as valid install destinations without any need to change. On Thursday, April

Re: Thumb drive longevity (was RE: Linux on USB)

2014-04-25 Thread Stephen Partington
I shut of swap/virt mem on SSD's anyhow. then again i also put a large ish amount of memory in those machines for that purpose. Good read however. It explains some issues with gaming from an SSD and the issues inherent with it. and why it works better as an OS drive than game install drive. On

Re: OT android question

2014-04-26 Thread Stephen Partington
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sylkat.AParted Is the first thing I have found. Looks interesting. On Apr 25, 2014 10:48 PM, Derek Trotter expat.arizo...@gmail.com wrote: I have an android tablet and have link2sd installed on it so there's room to install what I want on it.

Re: OT android question

2014-04-26 Thread Stephen Partington
isn't. I get an error message whenever I try to download it. On 04/26/2014 07:35 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sylkat.AParted Is the first thing I have found. Looks interesting. On Apr 25, 2014 10:48 PM, Derek Trotter expat.arizo

Re: question - Thunderbird

2014-04-28 Thread Stephen Partington
Go to Online Accounts click on the account you want to remove, in the lower right there is a Remove Account Button. I just typed Accounts into the main search area. (this was in 14.04) On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 9:46 PM, Lyle Tuttle l.tut...@cox.net wrote: Yes, I saw that - problem is, those

Re: question - Thunderbird

2014-04-28 Thread Stephen Partington
HAH, i should read the subject first. In Thunderbird: Go to Edit - Properties Click on your Account (top on your email address) at the bottom use account actions and then remove account This is the ubuntu 14.04 default thunderbird install. On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 7:35 AM, Stephen Partington

Re: question - Thunderbird

2014-04-28 Thread Stephen Partington
Sorry, too many email clients at once today. At the top: Edit - Account Settings, the rest should be the same. On 04/28/2014 08:00 AM, Lyle Tuttle wrote: At 07:38 AM 4/28/2014, Stephen Partington wrote: HAH, i should read the subject first. In Thunderbird: Go to Edit - Properties

Re: question - Thunderbird

2014-04-28 Thread Stephen Partington
menu? On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Stephen Partington cryptwo...@gmail.comwrote: Sorry, too many email clients at once today. At the top: Edit - Account Settings, the rest should be the same. On 04/28/2014 08:00 AM, Lyle Tuttle wrote: At 07:38 AM 4/28/2014, Stephen Partington wrote

Re: Computer Down Need Help!!

2014-05-04 Thread Stephen Partington
Intel support is freaking amazing from my experiences with them, so is EVGA and Thermaltake. but i haven't talked to thermaltake in some time. On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 4:54 PM, AZ Pete p...@cactusfamily.com wrote: Hi All, I thought I'd report back with the resolution to this mess. First of

Re: hyperthreading....

2014-05-05 Thread Stephen Partington
First Gen Hyperthreading was interesting but the processors and corresponding front side bus's did not have enough bandwidth to utilize the technology correctly. the current rendition has far more bandwidth available and it is far more useful. In working with linux it is much better at using

Re: test

2014-05-07 Thread Stephen Partington
Well, Google thinks there is something wrong with your email headers and is classifying you as spam. this might be why you are getting de-listed? *Be careful with this message.* Our systems couldn't verify that this message was really sent by yahoo.com. You might want to avoid clicking links or

Re: test

2014-05-07 Thread Stephen Partington
. I've been on the list for maybe 12 years with this email account without any issues until now. Thank you for your insight!! Keith On Wednesday, May 7, 2014 7:03 AM, Stephen Partington cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: Well, Google thinks there is something wrong with your email headers

Re: I keep getting dropped

2014-05-09 Thread Stephen Partington
It made it to the list, but again Gmail flagged it as spam. On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 9:05 PM, keith smith klsmith2...@yahoo.com wrote: I was dropped from the list for the 3rd time because of excessive bounces. I tried to subscribe using my gmail account and that does not seem to be working

Re: Cox Data Usage Notification

2014-05-13 Thread Stephen Partington
I was getting these monthly while on premier. But i have about 6 people at any given time pulling data, Gaming, Streaming video, ect. so i would pop my cap pretty readily, pushing upwards of 450GB/month. If your router/firewall supports it turn on metering and watch where you pull data and how.

Re: mX14

2014-05-13 Thread Stephen Partington
this? http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=08356 On Mon, May 12, 2014 at 10:56 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: for those with older hardware Mx14 is just for you. :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list -

Re: Cox Data Usage Notification

2014-05-13 Thread Stephen Partington
A vpn will make the usage anonymous, but not give you more or less. And Google fiber is why my move is specifically staying in Tempe :-) On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 8:22 AM, AZ Pete p...@cactusfamily.com wrote: I use Strong VPN and have been very happy with it. http://www.strongvpn.com/ This

Re: Cox

2014-05-13 Thread Stephen Partington
https://fiber.google.com/about/ On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Carruth, Rusty rusty.carr...@smarth.comwrote: Well, http://fiber.google.com/ worked for me :-) -Original Message- From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.phxlinux.org on behalf of Phil Waclawski Sent: Tue 5/13/2014 2:52

Re: Is anybody there ?

2014-05-18 Thread Stephen Partington
there have been email messages all week last week. On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 9:46 AM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Is anybody still there? Haven't seen any PLUG messages since I posted this a week ago ??? Original Message Subject: Libre Office fonts ?? From:

Re: Still trying to trace PLUG emails

2014-05-19 Thread Stephen Partington
I saw it. On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 7:58 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Thanks to Brian I think we are making progress trying to solve this problem, so this email message is another test to see if it will succeed ... --- Kevin O responded to me privately to let me know that

OT - Adobe Photography bundle

2014-05-21 Thread Stephen Partington
I was talking to a gentleman last night at the sammitch and cannot recall his name. and we got to talking about the creative commons version for photography. http://www.adobe.com/products/creativecloud/photography.html Its down to 9.99 a month again. -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your

Re: fragmentation on a USB drive

2014-05-25 Thread Stephen Partington
On a direct access drive such as compact flash or SSD fragmentation is not relevant as there is no real seek time like there is on a conventional spinning platter drive. and in the case of flahs and SSD media can dramatically reduce the life of the drive. Some addditional reading:

Re: email list

2014-05-28 Thread Stephen Partington
Google groups. I find them very handy. Or dreamhost. But that is part of paid hosting. On May 27, 2014 11:07 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: well if anyone out there has been following my threads it seems as if I am going to be starting an email list. Any tips on how I can do

Re: OT: Google voice spam problem ...

2014-06-02 Thread Stephen Partington
Nope. On Jun 2, 2014 5:00 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Over the past month, I have discovered that Google Voice has begun putting almost all of my phone calls into a spam folder, including calls from poeple and numbers that I have always received calls with no problem. I have made no

Re: How to find or set printer IP address for wireless?

2014-06-11 Thread Stephen Partington
got a Brother HL2270-DW laser printer and I cannot figure out how to get it installed as a wireless printer on my network. Stephen Partington replied: I would cheat and use my AP and find out what IP address was leased out to the printer's name.. Thanks Stephen, but I don't know what my AP

Tesla Opensources their patents... insert whoah here.

2014-06-12 Thread Stephen Partington
http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list -

Re: Ransom Virus

2014-06-19 Thread Stephen Partington
Best bet is to restore or reinstall the encrypted files. Then when it is in good order make a disk backup with clonezilla or granted. On Jun 19, 2014 8:29 PM, Ralph Prowell rprow...@gmail.com wrote: I agree, I'm a Mac user with my IMac, IPad, and IPhone. I use a windows laptop for teaching

Re: Help with finding Linux apps for editing HTML/Movies/Images

2014-06-23 Thread Stephen Partington
I can speak very well of Darktable for a lightroom style Photo post-processing tool. It is very capable. On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 2:15 PM, Matt Graham mhgra...@crow202.org wrote: On 2014-06-23 13:25, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: 1) Graphics editor gimp is the most capable image editor

Re: Help with finding Linux apps for editing HTML/Movies/Images

2014-06-23 Thread Stephen Partington
Fun Fact, Aftershot Pro by corel has a linux version, not free however. They would get some activity if they did a linux version of Paint Shop Pro i think. On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 3:03 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Keith wrote: About 6 months ago I switch to Kubuntu and am trying to stay

Re: sftp in caja

2014-06-24 Thread Stephen Partington
Sftp does not usually run on port 21 On Jun 24, 2014 4:54 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: I realize there is filezilla but I can't get it to connect. It tells me: Status: Connecting to 192.168.0.2:21... Status: Connection attempt failed with ECONNREFUSED - Connection refused by

Re: sftp in caja

2014-06-24 Thread Stephen Partington
Whatever port it is configured to use.. On Jun 24, 2014 4:57 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: it's cool I tried port 22 and it opened right up. What other ports does it run on? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: I realize

Re: sftp in caja

2014-06-24 Thread Stephen Partington
Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: then I guess I got lucky when I guessed 22. HOw do I figure out which port it is configured to use? :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Stephen Partington cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: Whatever port it is configured to use.. On Jun 24, 2014 4:57 PM

Re: Google Domains

2014-06-25 Thread Stephen Partington
But note, they are one of the biggest proponents of Net Neutrality. while it is in their best interest they do a number of things that are generally good for everyone at the same time. On Wed, Jun 25, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Derek Trotter expat.arizo...@gmail.com wrote: You might be right, but Google

Re: slow linux

2014-07-01 Thread Stephen Partington
Kind of sounds like disk responsiveness. What does your overall system load look like? Are you swapping frequently? On Tuesday, July 1, 2014, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: what a drag! Things are slowing to a crawl! For instance, it takes 5 seconds for Caja to open. Then it takes 3

Re: How to identify unknown devices on network?

2014-07-07 Thread Stephen Partington
nmap has a really solid ID system to identifying he mac address and using that to ID the hardware it is attached to. On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 11:37 AM, j...@actionline.com wrote: How can I identify the unknown devices (? below) on my local network? Thanks to all who replied. Much of it

Re: How to stop this annoying pop-up?

2014-07-07 Thread Stephen Partington
Looks like some sort of password management tool (best case scenario) or some sort of password farming attempt (worst case) Any new addons installed recently? On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 1:52 PM, j...@actionline.com wrote: Just recently, I have begun to see an annoying pop-up repeatedly appearing

OT - Finger reader that reads to the blind (in development)

2014-07-08 Thread Stephen Partington
Not sure how well this page will look for the intended audience, but the information here is too good to not pass along. http://phys.org/news/2014-07-mit-finger-device-real.html -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after

Re: how can i get dvd on latest amd 64 ubuntu disk - have slow connection

2014-07-08 Thread Stephen Partington
I can download and burn a disk for you, i am not likely to be at the meeting on the 10th, but we can certainly make arrangements to get it to you. On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 2:46 PM, David Lopez lopezdavid...@gmail.com wrote: does anyone have a fast connection to be able to get the the latest

Re: how can i get dvd on latest amd 64 ubuntu disk - have slow connection

2014-07-09 Thread Stephen Partington
! david ps i remember a time when the external web would just slow down to a few bytes a second during the noon hr. On Tue, Jul 8, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Stephen Partington cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: the other option is if you can leave your connection active use torrrent or django to grab your

Re: unlock profile

2014-07-15 Thread Stephen Partington
sudo -ps -A | grep chro it might be running under an elevated process by accident during install. worst case you can reboot the machine. On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: The thing about this is the error says the ps is 16915 but ps -e has no ps

Re: unlock profile

2014-07-15 Thread Stephen Partington
-browse :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Stephen Partington cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: sudo -ps -A | grep chro it might be running under an elevated process by accident during install. worst case you can reboot the machine. On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 2:29 PM, Michael Havens bmi

Re: linux from scratch

2014-07-22 Thread Stephen Partington
this is what it is after: GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library The GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library is a free library for arbitrary-precision arithmetic, operating on signed integers, rational numbers, and floating point numbers. http://petio.org/tools/gmp.html has some nice

Re: Dual Boot system

2014-07-26 Thread Stephen Partington
If cents won't resize the windows partition you can Google for a gparted lived and it will let you do that. Then centos will set up Grub or lilo. On Jul 25, 2014 11:33 PM, Harold iscream...@gmail.com wrote: It is my intent to purchase a Dell XPS 8700 It should be coming in with Win 7 When I

Re: Debian desktops (Re: SUSE Linux Days Road Tour)

2014-07-26 Thread Stephen Partington
I have found that with ubuntu if i do not want unity then I install the server media and add just gnome. Steam os might be an interesting thing to look at as it is Debian plus gnome with some additional drivers. On Jul 26, 2014 12:26 PM, Mike Bushroe mbush...@gmail.com wrote: I am still running

Re: Kubuntu or Ubuntu and RAID 1?

2014-07-28 Thread Stephen Partington
I will sedon brian on this. The Server install disks install lean so you only install the parts you want. and they have better disk installation options including various raid options. On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Brian Cluff br...@snaptek.com wrote: I just snag the server install disks by

Re: OT: Windows guru needed (personal)

2014-07-28 Thread Stephen Partington
Some tips and pointers. With windows never run as an admin except to install software.this is true of Linux as well but is handled more gracefully. Also a current antivirus with a known reputation. And use a secure browser with the ability to shut off 3rd party plugins except when needed. This is

Re: OT: Windows guru needed (personal)

2014-07-29 Thread Stephen Partington
again. Not running as admin is a good idea. I don't know if running as user (she doesn't install programs) would have prevented this, but I'll try to get her to change. Mark Stephen Partington wrote: Some tips and pointers. With windows never run as an admin except to install

Re: I successfully built the linux from scratch temp toolchain

2014-07-29 Thread Stephen Partington
BEst practices rely on the use of SU and Sudo/SUdoers to perform any of the elevated tasks. This prevents any unrecognized code from getting away from you. this includes root not being able to log in under most circumstances and especially via ssh. This is what i would stick with, there is likely

Re: I successfully built the linux from scratch temp toolchain

2014-07-29 Thread Stephen Partington
logged in as user root and no longer as user lfs. so I am thinking I should su to root but am unsure :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Stephen Partington cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: BEst practices rely on the use of SU and Sudo/SUdoers to perform any of the elevated tasks

Re: OT: question about real-time location-sensitive message broadcasts

2014-07-30 Thread Stephen Partington
Well you will need to tag your content for preferences. On account creation you do a questionnaire. So that is now in a database. The you tie your app into the location services. That would ping back and everything in range would be tagged and made available in the apps offer screen. With a single

Re: OT: question about real-time location-sensitive message broadcasts

2014-07-30 Thread Stephen Partington
., that bandwidth is becoming so cheap and plentiful that it's just not much of a concern down the road.) -David On Jul 30, 2014, at 5:51 AM, Stephen Partington cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: Well you will need to tag your content for preferences. On account creation you do a questionnaire

Re: what happened to gmail.

2014-08-01 Thread Stephen Partington
did you use a pop email client? On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: I opened it this morning and my inbox was empty. 4 years worth of stuff was just gone! :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list -

Re: what happened to gmail.

2014-08-01 Thread Stephen Partington
no idea On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: no. I only used web mail. I never could get pop to work. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Stephen Partington cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: did you use a pop email client? On Fri, Aug 1, 2014

Re: what happened to gmail.

2014-08-02 Thread Stephen Partington
, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Stephen Partington cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: no idea On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: no. I only used web mail. I never could get pop to work. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:18 PM, Stephen Partington cryptwo

Re: what happened to gmail.

2014-08-02 Thread Stephen Partington
general and a few other settings but I can't find 'security'. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 12:30 AM, Stephen Partington cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: 2 factor authentication adds a whole second layer to your login. So you need a code plus password to authenticate from an untrusted

Re: ip address confusion

2014-08-03 Thread Stephen Partington
This a general announcement or did you have a question? On Aug 3, 2014 12:43 AM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your

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

2014-08-04 Thread Stephen Partington
You can also try on xda. Questions I have are what is the source format? And what is the end goal. There are a number of eBook readers that seem to me to have much of this functionality already On Aug 3, 2014 5:26 PM, Kaoru Wilbur m.kaoru.wil...@gmail.com wrote: Yes. Java, xml You can

Re: crypto lock

2014-08-07 Thread Stephen Partington
Please provide your email address [1] and an encrypted file [2] that has been encrypted by CryptoLocker. This portal will then email you a master decryption key along with a download link to our recovery program https://www.decryptcryptolocker.com/Decryptolocker.exe that can be used together with

Re: defrag

2014-08-16 Thread Stephen Partington
technicaly its half true. Modern Linux filesystem(s) keep fragmentation at a minimum by keeping all blocks in a file close together, even if they can't be stored in consecutive sectors. Some filesystems, like ext3, effectively allocate the free block that is nearest to other blocks in a file.

Re: Installing VirtualBox on Mint 17 KDE failed - got it installed

2014-08-16 Thread Stephen Partington
Try getting kernel headers and then try installing again. On Aug 16, 2014 9:35 PM, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: Followed this YouTube video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD4vCxtWRdk On 2014-08-16 22:43, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: Hi, I installed Mint 17 KDE on my desktop

Re: Installfest matters

2014-08-21 Thread Stephen Partington
they both ultimately go to the same place https://www.facebook.com/pages/Maricopa-Pinal-GNU-Linux-Users-Group/556228454505290?fref=nf On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 11:48 AM, techli...@phpcoderusa.com wrote: Are both of the pages the same group?

Re: Local Motors: Cars Should be Open Source Hardware

2014-08-24 Thread Stephen Partington
Interesting concept. Also interesting as Tesla agrees with them. On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 1:55 PM, der.hans pl...@lufthans.com wrote: moin moin, local CEO Jay Rogers gave the KeyNote at LinuxCon and CloudOpen last week. http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/200-libby-

Re: performance tools

2014-08-24 Thread Stephen Partington
Neat, I have been doing a fair amount of research on this very subject. On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 1:59 PM, der.hans pl...@lufthans.com wrote: moin moin, Kevin gave a great presentation on tools for packet forensics last week. tcpdump was one of the tools, but there were others for that same

Re: flat screens

2014-08-26 Thread Stephen Partington
what are you connecting them to? your system might not have the outputs enabled. On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 7:59 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know. The plug coming out of the monitors is VGA so I would think it would just be like a regular monitor. Oh maybe I should

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