Re: [GTALUG] use Window to access SSH server with obsolete ciphers

You might want to consider shellinabox as a more secure option. On Fri, Aug 4, 2023 at 10:16 AM John Sellens via talk wrote: > You can often ssh from newer systems to older systems by telling ssh > that it's allowed to use older options. > > For example, to connect from ubuntu 22 to centos 5,

Re: [GTALUG] Cheap small computers [was Re: DECTalk TTS in source for Linux]

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/292442306475 $20/unit with shipping On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 5:43 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > | From: Ansar Mohammed via talk > | > | Most Thin Clients are SFF x64/x86 PCs. Used Dells/HPs are the most > | prevalent and quite inexpensive. > | The &q

Re: [GTALUG] Cheap small computers [was Re: DECTalk TTS in source for Linux]

; column. > > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-hKAmQahPcEV_h5mwflWGLWCQtqkKOBDbsakv4ee2u0/edit?authkey=CM3vpdoP=en=CM3vpdoP=en#gid=0 > > On Apr 25, 2023, at 11:05, Ansar Mohammed via talk > wrote: > > Get a used Dell Thin client. Amazing tiny boxes. > > On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 2:35 

Re: [GTALUG] Cheap small computers [was Re: DECTalk TTS in source for Linux]

Get a used Dell Thin client. Amazing tiny boxes. On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 2:35 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > | From: Stewart C. Russell via talk > > | * availability of hardware: small Linux computers are in very short > supply > | right now; and > | > | * sound quality: the built-in

Re: [GTALUG] how I sign PDFs

I think you are conflating physically signing a doc, with digital signature. When you use a digital pen to sign a doc, your signature does not matter, it's completely cosmetic. The doc is signed under the hood electronically using PKI with a trusted chain based on how you authenticated to the

Re: [GTALUG] Modems – does it matter?

I strongly suggest you search each model and check the reviews. I can't remember the model, but teksavvy sent me one at the start of the pandemic when I wanted to upgrade to 300M. Different modems have different upper limits of performance. The modem I got was a nightmare and kept dropping out at

Re: [GTALUG] Reminder: General Meeting - Tuesday, March 14th at 7:30 PM

Perhaps might I suggest some decorum for our presenter? While I am personally not a fan of DeFi, the underlying tech including IPFS is quite fascinating. On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 1:03 PM Warren McPherson via talk wrote: > Non Fungible Tokens. > In some circles, also compared to bovine

[GTALUG] Fwd: Helping out a fellow HAM

x-posting -- Forwarded message - From: Ansar Mohammed Date: Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 2:04 PM Subject: Helping out a fellow HAM To: Apologies if you have seen this before >From Peel Amateur Radio Club: " I’ve been helping out Lee ve3bqw in Orangeville relocate. He’s had a stroke

Re: [GTALUG] decent cheap ChromeOS tablet -- can run debian in a container

the wifi recognized. The problem wasn't so much getting it to work, but more of "ok now what? what can I do with this?" On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 11:06 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk < talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > | From: Ansar Mohammed via talk > > | Depending on what you

Re: [GTALUG] decent cheap ChromeOS tablet -- can run debian in a container

Depending on what you want to achieve, IMHO you can get a used HP 10 inch tablet on eBay for $50 running Windows and flatten it with Debian. https://www.ebay.com/itm/324124770651 Windows on 7-10 inch tablets are all over ebay. On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 3:54 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: >

Re: [GTALUG] Comparing XML/JSON files

I don’t mind doing a demo of powershell on Linux. It’s open source of course :) On Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 8:04 AM Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > On Mon, Dec 06, 2021 at 11:06:36PM -0500, William Park via talk wrote: > > PowerShell? I'm reading Microsoft doc site... read... scratch head... >

Re: [GTALUG] Comparing XML/JSON files

you can use powershell for Linux. this capability is built in On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 3:48 PM William Park via talk wrote: > Hi all, > > I know of "xmldiff" and "jsondiff" to compare XML or JSON files. But, > they don't allow me to exclude certain node or keyword. Do you know any > command

Re: [GTALUG] UPS brand recommendations?

APC generally. Are you considering just changing the battery? On Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at 10:28 AM Scott Sullivan via talk wrote: > For the first time in half a decade, I find myself needing a new UPS. My > 1500VA APC UPS gave up the ghost this weekend. > > What brands are folks favoring theses

Re: [GTALUG] Linus Torvalds Responds to Linux Banning University of Minnesota

I know some people may think this is an over-reaction. But FWIW, I agree with the Zero Tolerance approach. On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 12:08 PM Dhaval Giani via talk wrote: > On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 8:32 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > wrote: > > > > | From: Aruna Hewapathirane via talk > > > >

Re: [GTALUG] "dd" in Windows?

This is a HUGE "it depends" situation. If you want to create bootable media from an iso, use rufus. If you want to write a raw image to removable media,, you should use win32dskimager. If you just want to view the archive and copy files out use 7zip On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 4:30 PM Kevin Cozens

Re: [GTALUG] YouTube Page

t; > > Alex. > > On 2020-06-16 1:27 p.m., Ansar Mohammed via talk wrote: > > I was checking out the GTALUG youtube site and was very impressed with the > quality and quantity of videos on some very relevant topics. Is there a > plan for more of these videos?

[GTALUG] YouTube Page

I was checking out the GTALUG youtube site and was very impressed with the quality and quantity of videos on some very relevant topics. Is there a plan for more of these videos? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCM4tvQ_GLEJiJ1OKzW81Bew --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe

[GTALUG] Free Linux VMs

So just an update to my earlier email, you can get 2 free Linux instances on Oracle's Cloud platform and 1 free instance on Google's Cloud platform. These are not time restricted. If you do take up the offer, I strongly suggest you leave ssh password auth disabled and use a key. These systems get

[GTALUG] Google GCP

It’s not as mature as AWS or Azure, but you can get a free (no time restriction) Linux VM in GCP. You need a credit card to sign up, but there is no charge on the card if you don’t use anything else. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list

Re: [GTALUG] Oculus Quest now available

I noticed it’s between in and out of stock on a weekly basis. Does anyone know why? Is BB only getting limited supply? On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 7:00 PM Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > Hi all. > > For those of you experimenting with Virtual Reality: > > The $550 Oculus Quest, best VR headset

Re: [GTALUG] "Atom Pi"

That review was golden “ The Atomic Pi fills a market need for guys who think the ability to install Kali Linux constitutes a personality. “ On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 8:55 PM Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > On 2019-09-16 2:08 p.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > > > Interesting.

Re: [GTALUG] "Atom Pi"

It seems that power is supplied through GPIO. So some soldering is required. I love these boards, but they need to realize that not everyone feels comfortable firing up a soldering iron. On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 12:30 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk < talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > This is an

Re: [GTALUG] Ontario Bill 72: "Right to Repair"

Officially dead after Industry groups including Apple lobbied saying that consumers can hurt themselves doing repairs.

Re: [GTALUG] Ontario Bill 72: "Right to Repair"

An iPad battery service from Apple is $129 + taxes. When you walk in they will immediately try to up-sell you to a new iPad. The mall around the corner from my house has a store that will replace the battery for around $50. Please don't confuse this issue with the maker community or "tinkerers".

Re: [GTALUG] Ontario Bill 72: "Right to Repair"

IMHO, this is a very important issue that the entire community needs to stand behind. Please have a look at the CBC documentary to get an idea of what is at stake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FImwMpA9ENg On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 7:29 PM Mauro Souza via talk wrote: > Not you, not me, but

Re: [GTALUG] Co-op Issues

Send me your resume Nic On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 7:03 PM nick via talk wrote: > Greetings All, > > I don't know if someone would be willing to give some advice on finding > Co-op. > For the last two semesters including semester I've been looking and found > very > little for my skills. Don't

Re: [GTALUG] Wyse Cx0

> > I just picked up 3 NIB Wyse Cx0x (2GB Flash/1GB RAM) on ebay for $5 each. > Great toys as they have a tiny form factor and run Debian quite well. > If anyone is interested I will send the link of the seller. > --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] The current state of NFS

If the primary purpose is backup, why not just use Rsync? On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 4:33 PM, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 03:25:49PM -0500, Giles Orr via talk wrote: > > I used to use NFS back in 2000 - back when we still thought unsecured > local >

Re: [GTALUG] IBM Mainframe and z/OS

Hello, You can join IBM partner world and get access to VMs running IBMs operating system for free. I used it a few years ago to test AIX and Active Directory integration https://www-356.ibm.com/partnerworld/wps/pub/systems/technical/hardware/linuxdrive On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 12:44 AM David

Re: [GTALUG] Linux hardening question

Actually James, incompetence would be opening up a high security system to additional attack vectors without a good business or technical reason (which you really haven't provided). On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 6:33 PM James Knott via talk wrote: > I have worked with

Re: [GTALUG] Linux hardening question

It's not a matter of being afraid of anything. Security 101 tells you to reduce your attack surface area. I would not increase my attack surface area just for the sake of being an early adopter of IPv6. To be clear the conversation is about hardening. This is the right thing to do. On Thu, Jun

Re: [GTALUG] Linux hardening question

IMHO if you are looking for a hardened system you should not start with Ubuntu. Ubuntu is what l like to call 'kitchen sink Linux' Start with a minimal Debian install, then add the packages you need incrementally. Package removal is never an exact rollback of package installation. Then add your

Re: [GTALUG] computer to a good home.

I also have a DELL 2950 with 500GB of SCSI disks and dual gigE. It can't run either VMWare or Hyper-V, but its great for disk IO. On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > I was using this system as a file server for a number of years. > > The motherboard

Re: [GTALUG] curious... Linux vs BSD ?

I have been using Linux (Debian primarily),FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Solaris for about 15 years now. IMHO with Linux, generally things just work, drivers, dependencies, X etc. The kernel comes with more features and capabilities and is generally more useful and practical. In contrast, FreeBSD and

Re: [GTALUG] Small Linux Compatible systems to a new home

wrote: > | From: Ansar Mohammed via talk <talk@gtalug.org> > > | I have a number of DT166, Wyse SX0, ad Wyse Vx0 systems up for grabs. > > A good site about these thin clients: > <http://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/index.shtml> > > <http://park