Re: [PLUG] linux for a Ludite

Xubuntu with Cairo Dock is a nice, easy to use setup as well... On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 1:08 PM, Galen Seitz wrote: > On 11/11/17 12:38, Chuck Hast wrote: > > Well I put Lubuntu on it and so far it does pretty good. She wants to > learn > > how to use the computer, (I

Re: [PLUG] Please make it stop...

I notice you have gmail. If for some reason you aren't removed, click the More button above^, and select Filter Messages like these. On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 11:55 AM, steve collins wrote: > I want off this list. I was required to join almost 10 years ago for a > college

Re: [PLUG] Looking for an x86 Linux tablet

https://learn.adafruit.com/7-portable-raspberry-pi-multitouch-tablet/overview https://makezine.com/2014/01/07/how-i-built-a-raspberry-pi-tablet/ On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Nat Taylor <biob...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've got a Nokia N800 I'd sell, if I can find it. > Another

Re: [PLUG] What is /exports/users for?

Questions that might help diagnose your issue: What distro are you using? What Desktop Environment or Window Manager are you using? and are you using NFS, Samba, or any other file sharing protocols. (Apple, ?) On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 7:20 PM, David Barr wrote: > I ~was~ going to point to it in

Re: [PLUG] Some how my system boots into text mode

you could try uninstalling and purging GDM if that doesn't want to uninstall too many other important things, then reinstall. Or, leave GDM installed, install LightDM, and enable and default it if not On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 11:14 AM, carl day wrote: > Not running fedora26, mine is arch. > Is

Re: [PLUG] VLC 3.0

snap includes all the dependencies in the .snap, I believe. Like an app on osx On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 4:04 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sat, 10 Feb 2018 15:18:13 -0800 > Tim Garton dijo: > > >From what I've read online, I don't think the Linux

Re: [PLUG] reccomendations for domain providers

I agree w/ nearlyfreespeech, although I use them as a domain registrar. for a host I like greengeeks. On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 5:34 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 25 Jul 2018, Joe Shisei Niski wrote: > > I'm looking for a domain provider for a small, low-profile,low-traffic >> website. >> > >

Re: [PLUG] eCommerce Special Deals

Tell him to drop the damn price on the membership at noon? Can't he set an alarm and do it himself? And doesn't he have a Staging/Production setup, where he can set up the sale in Staging and push it to Production at Noon? I'm sure there's ways to automate this too, but the above method doesnt'

Re: [PLUG] Firefox is a pig

Do you have ublock origin and privacy badger installed? Those might limit firefox's memory use. On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 10:17 AM, Ali Corbin wrote: > On Sat, Sep 1, 2018 at 10:07 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > Firefox 61.0.1 on Xubuntu 16.04. > > > > I have tried Chrome, Midori, and lots

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu Mate Update Weirdness

sometimes a sudo apt-get -f install helps (not sure if you can just use apt, like: sudo apt -f install ) On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 11:43 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 28 Feb 2018, Rich Shepard wrote: > > Yes, it's not called google-earth pro. Also, google-earth

Re: [PLUG] Clinic on Sunday

On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 7:36 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > One problem with sshfs is that the instructions said to install this > and that and everything went well until apt-get gave me an 'unable to > locate package error.' I might have been able to overcome the error by >

Re: [PLUG] Wireless keyboards

a best buy laptop section with as many computers as keyboards, so you can try it all at once! On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 10:14 PM, Michael Barnes wrote: > Thanks, Russell. That's kind of what I was afraid of. Thought there might > be something easier that rote trial and

Re: [PLUG] Cannot access cell from USB

I use AndFTP or Airdroid On Fri, Mar 2, 2018 at 3:06 PM, Chuck Hast wrote: > Yes, I tried that one, the solution that I found did not work, I am still > working > on it though. The two installs of Ubuntu Mate 16.04 work just fine, but > this > machine which has the same

Re: [PLUG] IdeaPad 330 - I'm having a difficult tome installing Ubuntu

More details would help solve the problem. are you having problems with network connectivity? at what point during the install process are you getting error messages? what are they? On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 5:05 PM mitch Stanley wrote: > Hi, Purchased a new laptop - Leveno Ideapad 330 & I'm

Re: [PLUG] Jerky Mouse

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynergyHowto https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Synergy etc... its in all the repos I think... On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 7:53 PM Nat Taylor wrote: > One solution might be to install synergy, and use one mouse for both. You > can set it up so if yo

Re: [PLUG] Jerky Mouse

One solution might be to install synergy, and use one mouse for both. You can set it up so if you drag the mouse off the right of the laptop screen, and have it go onto the desktop screen. https://symless.com/synergy On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 12:21 PM Ben Koenig wrote: > If anyone really wants

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu Mate 18.04 Root full...

if you type du / | sort -n it will tell you the size of all the files and folders underneath / (Everything!), and pipe it to the sort program, which will sort by size when you give it the -n flag you will need to wait a while for the operation to complete, and it won't look into protected

Re: [PLUG] Wanted: handheld data collection device with Linux OS

It's Debian! https://liliputing.com/2018/01/hands-gemini-pda-handheld-pc-android-linux-6-inch-display.html On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 5:29 PM Nat Taylor wrote: > Here's a dual boot linux/android pda in production. > You might be able to get it without android, or delete android yo

Re: [PLUG] Wanted: handheld data collection device with Linux OS

11/11/2018 10:43 PM, Nat Taylor wrote: > > How about the Nokia N900 or the Neo900? https://neo900.org/ > > Quotes from URL:> This is a crowdfunded project and the device is > currently in development. > & > > You can now place down payments to partially fund Neo900 dev

Re: [PLUG] Wanted: handheld data collection device with Linux OS

How about the Nokia N900 or the Neo900? https://neo900.org/ I guess they have cellular modems. The Nokia N770 N800 and N810 all have no cellular modem. You could put a raspberry pi (zero or no) in your own custom case with touchscreen...

Re: [PLUG] An apology needed? - was [Re: Wanted: handheld data collection device with Linux OS]

I may have to check out the Noodle pi too! On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 8:35 AM Richard Owlett wrote: > On 11/15/2018 09:29 AM, Nat Taylor wrote: > > The Dual Boot Gemini is in production, and is available in wifi-only. > > You can buy it here: > > > https://store.planetcom.

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu Mate 18.04 Root full...

cd / du . | sort -n On Sun, Nov 4, 2018 at 5:42 PM Bill Barry wrote: > On Mon, Nov 5, 2018 at 1:34 AM Chuck Hast wrote: > > > Folks. > > I went to do an update when it tried to upgrade things the whole thing > > abended > > with a batch of lines indicating that "root was almost full". I went

Re: [PLUG] Vetting security apps?

Rocket Chat is another solution. You can set up your own server fairly easily with docker if you want. I haven't seen a recent security audit for it. On Tue, Jan 8, 2019 at 10:59 PM Russell Senior wrote: > I like the key validation part of keybase, which somewhat takes the place > of crypto

Re: [PLUG] Vetting security apps (Rocket Chat)

That seems to be if you use their hosted service? I don't believe that is applicable to the open source code they have posted on github: https://github.com/RocketChat (interestingly, it looks like they use Meteor!) (they also have snaps, as well as images in docker hub. snaps look even faster to

Re: [PLUG] ssh -X "Could not parse arguments: Cannot open display:"

In my experience, I need to be logged into X on the machine I'm ssh -Xing into, and then you need to (you could also add this to your .bashrc file) export DISPLAY=:0.0 On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 10:22 AM Dick Steffens wrote: > On 1/2/19 10:31 PM, Larry Brigman wrote: > > Maybe I'm stating the

Re: [PLUG] ssh -X "Could not parse arguments: Cannot open display:"

Ok I just tested this (something different) from an Ubuntu VM on my laptop to my Arch server in the other room I started by trying: ssh -Y 192.168.0.2 it gave me a message: X11 forwarding request failed on channel 0 , and logged me into the machine without x so I Edited /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Re: [PLUG] What should prompt look like?

This should be of help: http://bashrcgenerator.com/ I believe you need to set your PS1 in .bashrc Here is a tutorial on doing it manually: https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-linux-unix-bash-shell-setup-prompt.html On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 8:23 AM Dick Steffens wrote: > On my "new" Slackware

Re: [PLUG] What should prompt look like?

not sure why ssh generates the PS1 but your normal terminal doesn't. I'd poke around for SSH in your .bashrc On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 8:32 AM Nat Taylor wrote: > This should be of help: > http://bashrcgenerator.com/ > I believe you need to set your PS1 in .bashrc > Here is a tutor

Re: [PLUG] What should prompt look like?

Putting the PS1 line in a blank .bashrc file should do the trick Here's mine: # # ~/.bashrc # # If not running interactively, don't do anything [[ $- != *i* ]] && return alias ls='ls --color=auto' PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ ' and here is my .bash_profile # # ~/.bash_profile # [[ -f

Re: [PLUG] Has google outsmarted the linux text browsers?

Opinions on Searx, &/or Searx.me ? On Sun, Mar 31, 2019 at 6:13 PM Tom wrote: > On Sun, 24 Mar 2019 15:19:51 -0700 > Tomas Kuchta wrote: > > > If you check the page source, it explains it all. The link doesn't > > point to the original page, it points to Google, with a reference for > > the

Re: [PLUG] Convert .wav to .mp3 in Slackware 14.2

This is good for FLAC: https://github.com/Bklyn/etree-scripts/ On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 8:41 PM King Beowulf wrote: > On 2/25/19 11:40 AM, Dick Steffens wrote: > > I am ripping some CDs and converting the .wav files to .mp3. I can do > > this with the following in Ubuntu 18.04: > > > > for file

Re: [PLUG] Locked up!

So, when you put the SD card in the reader, did Virtualbox see it, and were you able to try to tell Virtualbox to send it to the VM? On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 5:11 PM John Jason Jordan wrote: > Xubuntu 16.04 with a Windows 10 guest running in VirtualBox. I need to > access an SD card with the

Re: [PLUG] Locked up!

Maybe set it up via Samba, and map a network drive? Make sure you're using NAT for networking, and that you can ping eachother. On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 3:45 PM John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Tue, 12 Mar 2019 13:53:01 -0700 > Tomas Kuchta dijo: > > >You have at least these options (from easiest

Re: [PLUG] OSCON 2019 registration is now open

Is there a PLUG code? On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 12:36 PM Ronald Bynoe wrote: > Awesome! So cool, glad it's back in PDX to stay (hopefully)! > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2019, 12:28 John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > OSCON 2019 (back in Portland) registration is now open: > > > > ( > > >

Re: [PLUG] TONIGHT! PLUG Meeting: PGP Key Storage with a Yubikey 4

It shouldn't be too hard to grab the stream via automated means and upload it somewhere in the future. VLC would definitely do the job. But you'd think someone has it. Looking at ways to distribute it, I see Mediagoblin, Plumi, MediaDrop, and Drupal could also be used to implement a self hosted

Re: [PLUG] OSCON

It would be a lot cooler if there was... On Fri, Apr 12, 2019 at 7:58 AM Bill Morita wrote: > Is there a PLUG code ? > > -- Bill Morita > 512-569-6387 (Cell) > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org >

Re: [PLUG] HP G62 Laptop...

Looking at supported OS's, try Suse... Perhaps the Tumbleweed rolling release version? Or maybe the Leap regular release if hte package is designed for older libraries? I dunno i'd try tumbleweed first? This says openSuse 11.4 or later: it'll have newer drivers than centOS

Re: [PLUG] Error under Wine

sudo apt purge wine sudo apt autoremove should get rid of all the bits before you install the ppa. On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 9:21 PM Chuck Hast wrote: > Thank you both, I was looking, if you tick on the [OK] button on the > initial error it tries to run but after a bit it > tosses a fatal error,

Re: [PLUG] Minimal Distribution for Atom 550 Processor

https://www.archlinux.org/ https://www.ubuntu.com/core http://www.tinycorelinux.net/ Really, I'd go for arch. The install isn't that big of a deal really. And you get exactly what you want. If you do ubuntu core you can use snaps to install what you need... On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 11:53 AM

Re: [PLUG] Minimal Distribution for Atom 550 Processor

Ubuntu server might work too, or I also agree that Debian would be a good fit. On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 12:59 PM Nat Taylor wrote: > https://www.archlinux.org/ > https://www.ubuntu.com/core > http://www.tinycorelinux.net/ > > Really, I'd go for arch. The install isn't that big o

Re: [PLUG] Obtaining/compiling/installing python3.7

You could use the pyenv version manager: https://realpython.com/intro-to-pyenv/ On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 4:18 PM wrote: > docker is container service - "like" running a lightweight virtual > machine, except it is called containers. > > Loosely - It is a method of process and its environment

Re: [PLUG] Distro suggestions

I would recommend Ubuntu over Mint due to ease of updating. Mint distro updates are more of a pain in the ass, in my opinion Ubuntu is easy and it works. It has the Gnome Desktop now, but it looks like Unity. I actually prefer Kubuntu personally. Debian KDE is another option. On Sat, Jun 29,

Re: [PLUG] [Retitled for clarity] File sharing over a two node LAN

so, you don't want to use the "ip" command to set your network addresses then use scp to copy files between the machines? On Sun, Aug 11, 2019 at 4:51 AM Richard Owlett wrote: > On 08/10/2019 02:01 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 10, 2019 at 8:55 AM Richard Owlett > wrote: > > > >> I

Re: [PLUG] IP tracking

Could you create a google account over Tor, and use the calendar there exclusively? On Sat, Jul 27, 2019 at 8:46 AM Ben Koenig wrote: > You can't stop the tracking these days, it's becomed too embedded in all > online activity. The only solution is to cut yourself off from the network. > > Even

Re: [PLUG] PLUG HAS A VENUE PROBLEM

How about https://pdxhackerspace.org/calendar.html as a venue. Have no idea what their availability is but the calendar says tuesdays are open. Never been there either. But it looks up the same alley. On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 2:07 PM Denis Heidtmann wrote: > FWIIW, PSU has done the same thing

Re: [PLUG] How we treat the homeless...

How about PDX Hackerspace as a venue? On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 9:41 PM Jim Karlock wrote: > At 08:55 PM 9/22/2019, Ben Koenig wrote: > >Maybe this is just me, but my inbox has a message where someone used this > >conversation to pivot into a pro-Trump, anti-Obama rant for no particular >

Re: [PLUG] Another update/upgrade, another problem

Have you tried, after booting into recovery mode, sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt dist-upgrade reboot, if that doesn't work, boot into recovery mode and reinstall grub? (grub-install /dev/sd*X )* On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 11:01 AM Dick Steffens wrote: > On 1/29/20 10:06 AM, Dick

Re: [PLUG] Another update/upgrade, another problem

by /dev/sdX I mean, /dev/sda or whatever device your main hard drive is, you could find out by typing df first, and see which drive your / is on. and use that for sdX On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 1:05 PM Dick Steffens wrote: > On 1/29/20 11:16 AM, Nat Taylor wrote: > > Have you tried, afte

Re: [PLUG] Another update/upgrade, another problem

/ On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 5:36 PM Dick Steffens wrote: > On 1/29/20 5:15 PM, Nat Taylor wrote: > > by /dev/sdX > > I mean, /dev/sda or whatever device your main hard drive is, you could > find > > out by typing > > df > > first, and see which drive your / is on

Re: [PLUG] Domain registration transfers to name.com - WTF?

I recommend https://nearlyfreespeech.net or https://gandi.net On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 5:12 PM Keith Lofstrom wrote: > A few weeks ago, I started getting emails from Name.com > telling me my domain registration service was moved from > Dyn.com. No email directly from Dyn ... which used to > be

Re: [PLUG] Laptop wireless problem - resolved

I think it could be a DHCP issue. Like the router didn’t keep the connection alive but wouldn’t give out a new one because it wasn’t all the way dead. You might try kicking the laptop off thru the routers webadmin, then trying to reconnect next time. I’m sure there is a more technical way to

Re: [PLUG] Question on Zoombombin

Current best practices for hosting zoom meetings is to require a password, and have all users wait in a "waiting room" until the host allows them in. I think you can set it so Audio and Video is disabled too until the host allows it. On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 1:44 PM Ben Koenig wrote: > On Thu,

Re: [PLUG] nextcloud talk test server

Testing jami between local Machines now. It’s peer to peer On Tue, Apr 7, 2020 at 6:17 PM Tom wrote: > Hello, > > I have been testing out various self-hosted video conferencing software > and have mainly been using Nextcloud Talk. I've gone ahead and setup a > turn server like the

Re: [PLUG] Zoom and Debian Buster...

I know 8.8.8.8 is google's dns, as is 8.8.4.4 so I assume 8.8.8.4 is too? What is all that at the end of network/interfaces? On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 3:03 PM Louis Kowolowski wrote: > I’m not actually familiar with IPtables any more (haven’t used it since > early 2000). > I don’t know if it has

Re: [PLUG] BASH script make a backup...

Have you considered using rsync? On Sat, Apr 4, 2020 at 5:36 PM King Beowulf wrote: > On 4/4/20 4:06 PM, mich...@robinson-west.com wrote: > > tar: > root/web_safety/build/squid/squid-4.9/debian/.debhelper/squid/dbgsym-root/usr/share/doc/squid-dbgsym: > File removed before we read it > > tar: >

Re: [PLUG] Free Conference Call => "Spotting a a fake web service"

How about Jami ? https://jami.net/ On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 1:28 PM Ben Koenig wrote: > On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 1:07 PM Mike C. wrote: > > > > > > > One option that was mentioned was FreeConferenceCall.com. > > > > > > Out of curiosity, I casually looked this up via an online search and > was >

Re: [PLUG] Free Conference Call => "Spotting a a fake web service"

P2P FTW! (hopefully) On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 3:01 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 2 Apr 2020, Nat Taylor wrote: > > > How about Jami ? > > https://jami.net/ > > Nat, > > Looks promising. Thanks for the pointer. > > Rich >

Re: [PLUG] Xubuntu 18.04 -- Software Updater Problem

sudo apt -f install helps sometimes On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 11:44 AM Tomas Kuchta wrote: > On Sun, Apr 26, 2020, 07:41 Dick Steffens wrote: > > > On 4/26/20 1:22 AM, Tomas Kuchta wrote: > > > For what it is worth it, dist-upgrade is used to upgrade your > > distribution > > > from 18.04.2 to

Re: [PLUG] Auto start HTOP in tty.

I like byobu as a tmux "wrapper" (is that the right term?) (I think it defaults to tmux now?) On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 8:10 AM Chuck Hast wrote: > That finished nailing it. I am going to work on it this afternoon, but > that data brought it all back. Funny, my searches all brought up > doing

Re: [PLUG] Recording non-downloadable videos

kdenlive edits video fairly easily https://kdenlive.org/en/ I've also successfully used openshot https://www.openshot.org/ pitivi is another one http://www.pitivi.org/ On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 11:28 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 22 Sep 2020, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > I would use VLC to

Re: [PLUG] Recording non-downloadable videos

nearest Key frame to 30 seconds, not the nearest frame independent of encoding format. On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 12:15 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 22 Sep 2020, Nat Taylor wrote: > > > kdenlive edits video fairly easily https://kdenlive.org/en/ > > Nat, > > Ye

Re: [PLUG] PinePhone

Maybe this is your privacy option? https://copperhead.co/android/ On Sun, Aug 9, 2020 at 5:41 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sat, 8 Aug 2020, Mike C. wrote: > > > Rich, if you dig a lil' bit deeper into and get a bit clearer about this, > > you can do a lot to mitigate Google's or any other

Re: [PLUG] A minimalist oriented Debian derivative?

antiX is a small footprint live CD based on Debian. I know it has an installer, but think it kind of keeps running a static filesystem on your hard drive then and runs like a live cd that has been installed. Not sure if there is a regular installer. They merged with Mepis to make MX Linux,

Re: [PLUG] A minimalist oriented Debian derivative?

Richard Owlett, I hope it works for you. It is #1 on Distrowatch.com currently. https://distrowatch.com/ I wonder if something like MX-Fluxbox would work as a window manager for you? https://mxlinux.org/blog/4585/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluxbox

Re: [PLUG] Any current Arch users?

I upgrade my Arch with yay https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/yay/ You type yay That's it! (ok, you have to approve all the AUR (Arch User Repository, which has like everything not baked into the main release)) Love it, been running since forever. It's not that hard to install official Arch, and

Re: [PLUG] doxy.me, meet.jit.si, facebook, FaceTime, etc.

Jami works as a peer to peer encrypted messaging/video/audio conferencing app. You can use it from an app on your phone or computer. It is open source. On Sun, Jun 7, 2020 at 12:45 PM Tomas Kuchta wrote: > I do it all the time. Phone screen is big enough for this application - you > can view

Re: [PLUG] Ad free Plex?

I have plex pass too and don't get ads. Jellyfin is an open source alternative. Kodi is another alternative, that takes a different setup (a box or raspberry pi instead of streaming to a chromecast or appletv) On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 7:20 PM Tyrell Jentink wrote: > I have a Lifetime Plex

Re: [PLUG] Ad free Plex?

If you're lazy, https://jellyfin.org/ On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 7:24 PM Nat Taylor wrote: > I have plex pass too and don't get ads. Jellyfin is an open source > alternative. Kodi is another alternative, that takes a different setup (a > box or raspberry pi instead of streaming to a c

Re: [PLUG] HDMI

Boot into safe mode or single user mode, so you get a command prompt. Then you could try checking your dmesg / syslog etc, and maybe uninstalling any nvidia drivers? On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 8:05 AM Bruce wrote: > > On 7/20/20 12:00 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > > On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 21:22:49

Re: [PLUG] Midnight Commander display borked

in the xfce4-terminal I had inadvertently launched. Unless me installing advcpmv locally to test somehow borked it just for xfce4-terminal On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 9:33 AM Paul Heinlein wrote: > On Mon, 28 Dec 2020, Nat Taylor wrote: > > > My midnight commander's output is all weird,

[PLUG] Midnight Commander display borked

My midnight commander's output is all weird, it's framed with diamonds with question marks in them, The file listings on the left hand side have their beginnings obscured due to this. I recently installed progress, pv, and rsync. I uninstalled progress, thinking that it may have had something to

Re: [PLUG] running (ancient) .BAS file with linux

https://www.qb64.org/portal/ On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 7:51 PM Nat Taylor wrote: > You could try an apple ][ emulator like gsplus. Or a C64 emulator (here > is an online one: > https://c64online.com/c64-online-emulator/ ) > Those both have native BASIC right? > > You guys a

Re: [PLUG] running (ancient) .BAS file with linux

You could try an apple ][ emulator like gsplus. Or a C64 emulator (here is an online one: https://c64online.com/c64-online-emulator/ ) Those both have native BASIC right? You guys are all like, “Back in the day, when I was a teenager, before I had status before I had a pager…”

Re: [PLUG] Audacity .aup3

Snap has Audacity 3.0.2, if snapdragon isn’t automatically installed with XUbuntu, it’s in the base repos. https://snapcraft.io/audacity And 3.0.4 is available in Flatpak https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.audacityteam.Audacity On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 8:59 PM Tomas Kuchta wrote: > Here is

Re: [PLUG] Audacity .aup3

Oops, snapd not snapdragon! On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 9:24 PM Nat Taylor wrote: > Snap has Audacity 3.0.2, if snapdragon isn’t automatically installed with > XUbuntu, it’s in the base repos. > https://snapcraft.io/audacity > And 3.0.4 is available in Flatpak > https://flathub.o

Re: [PLUG] Computer electronics looking for a good home

I could use a graphics card if you still have? Better the better? 9800? On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 7:12 PM King Beowulf wrote: > On 7/20/21 6:10 PM, Ben Koenig wrote: > > Yo the nvidia 550 and 950 were on loan for special projects, remember? > > > > If you dont want them then ill take em back...

Re: [PLUG] Replacement laptop

How about an X1 Carbon or an XPS 13? On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 9:31 AM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 25 Feb 2022, Randy Bush wrote: > > >> What company makes a laptop named FrameWork? > > > > https://frame.work/ :) > > Randy, > > Of course. :-) > > Above my budget (for the DIY) but looks really

Re: [PLUG] Replacement laptop

, 2022 at 10:58 AM Nat Taylor wrote: > How about an X1 Carbon or an XPS 13? > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2022 at 9:31 AM Rich Shepard > wrote: > >> On Fri, 25 Feb 2022, Randy Bush wrote: >> >> >> What company makes a laptop named FrameWork? >> > >>

Re: [PLUG] Replacement laptop

I have had good luck with used laptops. You have to assume that you're gonna buy a new battery, and maybe a hard drive. Run a bunch of tests on it, and use the keyboard and trackpad a bunch before you buy it in person, or get a trial period. They are cheap enough on ebay you could fix a lot.

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu LTS upgrade timing

If you don’t have a lot of weird stuff installed, the upgrades should be painless, and are usually more painless if you do them relatively soon, late enough for the kinks to be found, but not long enough for stuff to get too old, that’s when the real issues come up, often a case of key servers and

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu LTS upgrade timing

, and I will recommend an x series any time! On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 11:43 AM Tomas Kuchta wrote: > On Thu, Apr 14, 2022, 13:47 Nat Taylor wrote: > > > Of some relevance may be Rolling Rhino coming up, and another > > alternative that has kept my 20 year old Lenovo x

Re: [PLUG] Debian 12 on VirtualBox

Another option might be to install Gnome Boxes https://help.gnome.org/users/gnome-boxes/stable/ On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 12:12 PM John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Thu, 14 Sep 2023 14:01:09 -0400 > Tomas Kuchta dijo: > > >On Thu, Sep 14, 2023, 13:13 John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > >> ... snip