Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Membership Dues

Just sent in my dues! Do I get a shiny membership card now? /returns to lurking On 2022-11-24 11:43 p.m., Warren McPherson wrote: With the agm coming up, now is a great time to renew membership and make a small twenty dollar contribution to the organization. For those looking forward to the

[GTALUG] Flatpak: Anyone with Experience or Opinions on It?

Hello, I've seen this new technology (or not new...I'm not sure...it appears to be a new name for xdg-app) pop up on various forums. I had a look at their web site (http://flatpak.org/index.html#page-top) but haven't really investigated it with any rigour. It looks like it may have been developed

Re: [GTALUG] Portable Backup Drive Compatible with Linux (and Recommended Backup Software)

On 01/02/17 12:06 PM, William Park via talk wrote: > You have 2 options here: > - buy preassembled external drive (I recommend this) > - get drive and enclosure separately and assemble yourself. William, Do you recommend any particular brands/models of pre-assembled external drives

Re: [GTALUG] Portable Backup Drive Compatible with Linux (and Recommended Backup Software)

On 01/02/17 11:51 AM, Mauro Souza via talk wrote: > Good software is not the problem. Good procedures are the point. GitLab > had 5 different backup procedures, and were offline this morning when > they could not recover lost data... This Stack Exchange thread seems to be useful:

Re: [GTALUG] Portable Backup Drive Compatible with Linux (and Recommended Backup Software)

On 01/02/17 11:51 AM, Mauro Souza via talk wrote: > Good software is not the problem. Good procedures are the point. GitLab > had 5 different backup procedures, and were offline this morning when > they could not recover lost data... Good point! I guess I should verify what I should be backing

[GTALUG] Portable Backup Drive Compatible with Linux (and Recommended Backup Software)

Hello! I am in the market for a new portable hard drive in order back up my files on my Linux system (running Mageia 5.1). My requirements are: - Reliable - Portable - Price Under $100 - at least 500 GB in size - USB-powered (I don't want to have to deal with plugging it in) - no additional

[GTALUG] EverNote Alternatives for the Linux User

Hello! I'm sure members of this forum have heard of this but I just found out that Evernote has updated their privacy policy () to allow "some Evernote employees to exercise oversight of machine learning technologies applied to account

Re: [GTALUG] Recommendation for a Good VPN and a PGP on Email Tutorial.

On Sat, 5 Nov 2016 at 16:04 Myles Braithwaite wrote: > For VPN I use [Private Internet Access][0] it has access points in ~20 > countries (include multiple in Canada). They also provided amazing > documentation on how to setup in virtual every environment. There is >