[PLUG] Linux Journal is back with subscriptions and new magazine next month

2018-02-09 Thread Tomas Kuchta
Couple of people expressed sorrow about Linux Journal demise last month. Well, if someone likes the idea of reading monthly old fashioned magazine about Linux in pdf. They are back thanks to UK based sponsor - Now accepting subscriptions for brand new issue next month. At: http://linuxjournal.co

[PLUG] CentOS 6 to 7 migration

2018-02-09 Thread Galen Seitz
Hi, My task for this weekend is to install CentOS 7 on my primary machine. It's currently running CentOS 6, so after tonight's backup I will perform the 7 install. I've done other installs of 7, but this will be the first of a machine that is running important stuff. Here are some of the service

Re: [PLUG] CentOS 6 to 7 migration

2018-02-09 Thread Larry Brigman
The biggest learning curve is systemd. If you have service scripts for things, you will need to convert them. Also file system defaults to xfs. NFS also goes to the next version. On Feb 9, 2018 3:53 PM, "Galen Seitz" wrote: > Hi, > > My task for this weekend is to install CentOS 7 on my primary

[PLUG] VLC 3.0

2018-02-09 Thread John Jason Jordan
VLC 3.0 has recently been released, but at this time Ubuntians can only install it via Snap. I installed Snap (sudo apt-get install snapd), and then VLC, but I got extremely strange results. Prior to this the version of VLC on my computer was 2.2.6 (Umbrella). Afterward I had both installed. Appare

Re: [PLUG] CentOS 6 to 7 migration

2018-02-09 Thread Tomas Kuchta
While you are at it - automate the setup/config - it will be great asset to you when you need to repeat or extend it. I second - systemd was the biggest change when I moved on a few years ago. While I do not necessarily like its monolith architecture - I find it pretty easy to work with. Systend i

Re: [PLUG] VLC 3.0

2018-02-09 Thread Tomas Kuchta
With snap you can have more than one version to coexist unlike with apt. If you are bothered about the message. Try removing the snap version too. Apt update and install the snap again. I would trust what VLC says internally though. On Feb 9, 2018 8:49 PM, "John Jason Jordan" wrote: VLC 3.0