Re: [GTALUG] Forced off DSL by Bell

On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 01:36:04PM -0500, James Knott via talk wrote: > I use a separate firewall, pfSense, and proper access point.  I have the > modem configured for bridge mode.  It's very easy to do.  It's in the > settings. I guess I will find out eventually what their equipment consists of.

Re: [GTALUG] Forced off DSL by Bell

On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 12:13:51PM -0500, James Knott via talk wrote: > FTTH means you have your own fibre connection, though I don't know the > details, compared to Fibre to the Neighbourhood or curb, where the last  > mile (1.6 Km) is over coax. > > Both companies are moving to fibre, but it's

Re: [GTALUG] Forced off DSL by Bell

On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 11:04:01AM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > At least a few years ago, many developers sold exclusive access to a > development to Bell or Rogers (or perhaps other companies). > Exclusivity was about 5 years. I have no idea whether it would be > economical for

Re: [GTALUG] Forced off DSL by Bell

On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 09:46:47AM -0500, James Knott via talk wrote: > What I'd like to see is some companies, such as Bell, get off their butts > and provide IPv6.  By sticking with IPv4, they are holding the Internet > back, through inadequate address space.  Even on LTE, where IPv6 is >

Re: [GTALUG] flakey laptop power supply [was Re: Laptop made by Intel ?]

On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 10:33:50PM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > I've seen a video that disassembled a Lenovo charger that supplies > more current than USB C allows. > > Apparently Lenovo has its own private protocol for these > beyond-standard power levels. > >

Re: [GTALUG] Forced off DSL by Bell

On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 08:31:14PM -0500, James Knott via talk wrote: > The question becomes how long do you expect the companies to maintain > obsolete plant.  The world has been moving to fibre and IP for years. I am OK with them wanting to upgrade to more reliable and better equipment. The

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

On Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 11:19:32AM -0400, Sammy Lao via talk wrote: > The big advantage with ChromeOS (and running Linux inside ChromeOS) is that > you can use Android apps. Well some Android Apps. I have run into many apps that won't run on the kids's chromebooks so far. Most of them use

Re: [GTALUG] Borked Python setup, please help

On Wed, Nov 09, 2022 at 12:04:44PM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > If I had to guess, Evan's problem (the one that started this thread) stems > from a software package that hasn't been updated in some time and no > longer matches what the distro provides. > > Packages bit-rot. One

Re: [GTALUG] Borked Python setup, please help

On Tue, Nov 08, 2022 at 02:24:03PM -0500, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > That's the problem: no other language has tried to do the rule-from-above > thing. And they are guidelines, right, so they're optional? > > I think you might have a lifetime to spend explaining that at just about >

Re: [GTALUG] Borked Python setup, please help

On Mon, Nov 07, 2022 at 02:53:55PM -0500, Stewart Russell via talk wrote: > You bet! I think it will continue for some time. > > I *think* that systems are only supposed to provide an executable called > "python3" now, but de facto, the executable "python" seems to be a > free-for-all. I only

Re: [GTALUG] Borked Python setup, please help

On Sun, Nov 06, 2022 at 11:59:21PM -0500, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > Did you accidentally install "python-is-python2"? It will break modern > things in a hilarious manner. > > There's python-is-python3 to undo the damage. Well anything that follows the guidelines from python upstream

Re: [GTALUG] exploring the keyboard [was: OK notebook at a good price: $300, refurb / open box]

On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 10:14:35AM -0400, James Knott via talk wrote: > Those are all available on the U.S. International keyboard.  All you have to > do is enable it. Sure, if you remember where they are. :) It would be an improvement if all US keyboards came leveled for that layout. > ° ¿ « »

Re: [GTALUG] exploring the keyboard [was: OK notebook at a good price: $300, refurb / open box]

On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 02:04:26PM -0400, Scott Allen via talk wrote: > The missing key (that should be between left shift and Z) is for right > and left double angle brackets « » and the degree symbol ° > I don't use the double brackets but being able to easily enter the > degree symbol is

Re: [GTALUG] exploring the keyboard [was: OK notebook at a good price: $300, refurb / open box]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 09:56:10PM -0400, Scott Allen via talk wrote: > On Wed, 26 Oct 2022 at 13:36, Lennart Sorensen via talk > wrote: > > Do you have a picture? > > Here's a (hastily taken and cropped) photo of the actual keyboard for > this notebook. > > http

Re: [GTALUG] exploring the keyboard [was: OK notebook at a good price: $300, refurb / open box]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 05:02:36PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > No problem, you cannot even make out the keyboard in the listing I posted. Certainly not with any detail. > Not at all like that. > > No. I could take one but I think that this list scrubs pictures from > messages.

Re: [GTALUG] exploring the keyboard [was: OK notebook at a good price: $300, refurb / open box]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 01:02:52PM -0400, James Knott via talk wrote: > Does the keyboard look something like this?  It's the U.S. International > layout.  My Chromebook uses it and I have long had my keyboards configured > for it.  It's easy enough to do. >

Re: [GTALUG] exploring the keyboard [was: OK notebook at a good price: $300, refurb / open box]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 12:51:35PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > Looking at one of these notebooks, I see: > - a US-style left shift, adjacent to z. > - an enter key that is wide but not tall > - left of enter is a key with 5 inscribed symbols but works as ' and " > So I think that

Re: [GTALUG] OK notebook at a good price: $300, refurb / open box

On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 07:22:44PM -0400, Scott Allen wrote: > But that has nothing to do with its usability from having a Canadian > English/French bilingual layout, unless they change the shape of the > enter and left shift keys for US standard layout keyboards on this > model. Any keyboard

Re: [GTALUG] OK notebook at a good price: $300, refurb / open box

On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 08:30:15AM -0400, Scott Allen via talk wrote: > It actually says "French Bilingual" keyboard, which is likely the > Canadian English/French bilingual layout. If it is, I consider this a > bonus. I have these on my desktop and most used laptop. With Ubuntu > Linux it

Re: [GTALUG] war story: CMOS battery AKA Real Time Clock (RTC) battery in a notebook

On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 10:51:16PM -0400, Don Tai wrote: > 486x wow. 29 year old battery, that's a battery a bunny could really cheer > for. Most of my 20+ year old desktop PCs all arrive with dead batteries. > Thankfully they are easy to change. Yeah I actually popped out the battery and thought

Re: [GTALUG] war story: CMOS battery AKA Real Time Clock (RTC) battery in a notebook

On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 07:58:04PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > Almost all PCs have settings that they want to keep while the computer is > off or even unplugged. Ones that they don't want to keep on disk. Things > you set up from the firmware setup screen. > > Furthermore,

Re: [GTALUG] confusing standards: first USB, now HDMI

On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 02:27:38PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > The USB standardization committee has created layers of naming confusion. > Horrible. > > Now I find out that that is the case for HDMI too. > > See >

Re: [GTALUG] wired headset suggestions?

On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 08:03:38PM -0400, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > the db/nw number is perfectly understandable for me. > Further any sensitivity less than 105 is personally out of the question for > me. > Honestly, while I appreciate your ideas, clearly my hope for general >

Re: [GTALUG] wired headset suggestions?

On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 07:57:13PM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Provide a link. > The jvc ha-44x over ear extreme explotive headphones, have a sensitivity of > 106 db. > and a mono impedance of 32m...so says the link from JVC I have had > bookmarked since 2014..at least. > I need no

Re: [GTALUG] wired headset suggestions?

On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 10:01:15PM -0400, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > auditory processing is not a hearing disorder. > it is not what I hear, but how sound, verbal sound is neurologically > managed from the brain down. > Consumer gear works just fine. > By way of example. > I have a pair of

Re: [GTALUG] odd error when running the screen program?

On Sun, Oct 02, 2022 at 11:33:36AM -0400, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > Hi folks, > Both shellworld, and dreamhost, use Ubuntu as the basis for their shell > workspaces. > Sharing that up front, as this may be tied to Ubuntu. > There is a program called screen, apparently common across some

Re: [GTALUG] war story: power failure makes CentOS system unbootable

On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 09:32:19PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: > Interesting. I never knew that. I didn't either. I thought atime was only one better filesystems. > But the dirty bit could/should be cleared whenever the FS is in a > consistent state. Like: after a sync AND no files are

Re: [GTALUG] war story: power failure makes CentOS system unbootable

On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 06:11:29PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > It seems to correct thing to do is get the kernel fixed. > > https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b88a105802e9aeb6e234e8106659f5d1271081bb > clearly states that windows only sets the dirty bit o

Re: [GTALUG] war story: power failure makes CentOS system unbootable

On Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 12:22:08PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > I'm continuing a very old thread of mine. > Because of the age, I'm top-posting. > > Summary up until now: > > - system fails to reboot after power failure > > - problem seems to be firmware distaste for dirty bit on

Re: [GTALUG] speaking of Ipod data recovery.

On Sat, Sep 24, 2022 at 01:10:35AM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote: > The IPod is an IPod classic. which is the 6th generation. > As for paying the $60, I still have no written confirmation on the details > price wise or process. > certainly open to other companies if some may exist in town. It looks

Re: [GTALUG] speaking of Ipod data recovery.

On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 11:38:31PM -0400, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > ..okay perhaps we were not speaking of it yet, but why not start? smiles. > Seriously, here is the situation. > While I did indeed manage to properly charge this iPod, my visit to > Irepair.ca, location around the corner on

Re: [GTALUG] couple of unrelated electronics questions?

On Sat, Sep 10, 2022 at 07:00:16PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > So that must be the 30 pin apple dock connector. Canada computers does > sell those cables by various makers, although as far as I can tell they > are not currently in stock at any of their stores. > &g

Re: [GTALUG] couple of unrelated electronics questions?

On Fri, Sep 09, 2022 at 11:17:16PM -0400, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > Hi, > This is a good description of the connector, my IPod is either a 6th or 7th > generation classic. The cable is one of the newer ones, not requiring the > squeeze to be removed. > However, part of the cable wire is

Re: [GTALUG] couple of unrelated electronics questions?

On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 11:28:32PM -0400, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > As in, not related to each other smiles > First, what was the name of the still existing Toronto electronics surplus > type store, now that above all electronics is gone? > Need to replace the charger for an older apple

Re: [GTALUG] List was down

On Tue, Aug 02, 2022 at 10:41:06AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > Thanks, Stewart, for asking. > > I don't know what was wrong. I did updates and rebooted and it seems to > work. It did seem unusually quiet. -- Len Sorensen --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org

[GTALUG] Did this week's meeting even get announced here?

Is the announcement list being moderated again and messages left behind? I don't recall seeing any messages this week about the meeting that I think happened 3 days ago. My procmail log also agrees it didn't see any such emails. -- Len Sorensen --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] Old DOS NFS client won't talk to Linux NFS server

On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 04:11:57PM -0400, Kevin Cozens via talk wrote: > Greetings, all. > > I'm wondering if someone may have some insight in to an NFS related problem. > > I have an embedded system running Linux. I set it as an NFS server. I have > been able to have the server mount its own

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] May Meeting

On Mon, May 02, 2022 at 05:13:12PM -0400, Alan Heighway via talk wrote: > Linux on RISC-V with Drew Fustini > > > 10 May, 2022 at 07:30 PM > > It is an exciting time for Linux on RISC-V, the open instruction set (ISA) > that is quickly

Re: [GTALUG] every time I log in to google or ebay from Fedora they think that it is the first time

On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 08:08:59PM -0400, Scott Allen via talk wrote: > On Tue, 21 Jun 2022 at 20:04, Lennart Sorensen via talk > wrote: > > After all without a cookie, there is no way to remember anything in the > > browser. > > Sure there is. > > https://bette

Re: [GTALUG] every time I log in to google or ebay from Fedora they think that it is the first time

On Tue, Jun 21, 2022 at 04:01:40PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > When I log into google or ebay from my desktop, they think that I'm > logging in for the first time from that device. > > For ebay.ca, it is painless: I get a warning message in email "if this > wasn't you...". > >

Re: [GTALUG] cheap netbook: Lenovo IdeaPad 1

On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 04:21:41PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > Lenovo.com is reputable. Sure, some things are imperfect (like > delivery dates). > > All mailings from them should include methods of unsubscribing. I > trust such links for companies I trust. Yes a clearance model

Re: [GTALUG] Making RPM from directory tree?

On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 10:49:54PM -0400, John Sellens via talk wrote: > I've long found that making linux packages seems to be more > complicated than I might have hoped. > > To build RPMs, you typically use rpmbuild(8) which uses a set pf > diretories (SOURCES, SPECS, BUILDROOT, RPMS, ...) to

Re: [GTALUG] Default VNC in XFCE?

On Fri, Jun 10, 2022 at 01:07:27AM -0400, William Park via talk wrote: > OK, how about in XFCE? What's the builtin or recommended VNC server in > XFCE? > > For VNC client, I tried Remmina on Xubuntu 22.04. Easy as "krdc" on KDE. No idea. As I said, I forward applications, not desktops. I

Re: [GTALUG] Default VNC in GNOME?

On Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 02:22:01PM -0400, Michael Hill via talk wrote: > Just kidding, I knew all that. I thought you might know some arcane > reason Debian still ships vino. > > If you're ever inclined to investigate whether GNOME is still > "ruined," Fedora provides a pretty pure experience. I

Re: [GTALUG] Default VNC in GNOME?

On Thu, Jun 09, 2022 at 11:00:07AM -0400, Michael Hill via talk wrote: > Debian bookworm/sid has vino *and* gnome-remote-desktop, just to be on > the safe side. (Both are optional.) Lennart can possibly comment on > how this bears on his workflow. I don't use gnome (since they totally ruined it),

Re: [GTALUG] Serializing download in Firefox?

On Wed, Jun 08, 2022 at 02:15:59AM -0400, William Park via talk wrote: > What add-on do you use to serialize downloads in Firefox? > > Right now, I'm using KGet (download manager in KDE) with queue of 1. But, if > there is Firefox add-on, then it's one less window.

Re: [GTALUG] Sharing EFI partition for multiple distro?

On Sun, May 15, 2022 at 02:57:56AM -0400, William Park via talk wrote: > Can you use the same EFI partition for multiple distros? > > Eg. Can you have > /dev/sda1 -- /boot/efi > /dev/sda2 -- Slackware / > /dev/sda3 -- Ubuntu / > /dev/sda4 -- Fedora / > where /dev/sda1

Re: [GTALUG] Removing snapd from Ubuntu

On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 06:36:43PM -0400, Dave Collier-Brown via talk wrote: > In a life long ago, we'd have made /usr/bin/python a shell script, containing > > echo "please run /usr/bin/python3" I like it. :) -- Len Sorensen --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this

Re: [GTALUG] Removing snapd from Ubuntu

On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 06:04:43PM -0400, Giles Orr via talk wrote: > That actually makes sense. Then the next one can be 'python4' without > causing problems. But many distros - and many system administrators > will probably just make it 'python'. > > Yup. Here's Fedora 35: > > $ which

Re: [GTALUG] Removing snapd from Ubuntu

On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 09:30:41AM -0400, Stewart Russell via talk wrote: > I just did the 22.04 upgrade thing, and it seems that Firefox will be held > at v 99 if you don't have snapd. So beware of old/held packages as you > update. > > Another delightful thing I found is that Ubuntu took its

Re: [GTALUG] Installing Linux: Still a PITA, continued

On Sat, May 07, 2022 at 11:04:00PM -0400, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > Or maybe I'm not keeping track of chapters. > > As some of you know, I've been on a quest to upgrade my daily desktop from > Windows to a dual-boot Linux system (and eventually, I hope, to eliminate > Windows). As some of

Re: [GTALUG] Happy ending (was Re: Installing Linux: Still a PITA, continued)

On Sun, May 08, 2022 at 09:50:45PM -0400, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > Sigh. Fingers not attached to brain. Must be the mental exhaustion of > spending multiple hours downloading ISOs, burning USB sticks and fighting > with "you can't get there from here" installs. I finished at 5am this >

Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu review on Distrowatch

On Wed, May 04, 2022 at 02:32:41AM -0400, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > Steam installation simply should not be this much of a PITA > . That is significantly simpler than I had expected it to be. Make sure you have your graphics drivers setup (that makes sense)

Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu review on Distrowatch

On Mon, May 02, 2022 at 04:32:01PM -0400, Michael Galea via talk wrote: > Why wouldn't you consider Debian? I run it on a firewall, my personal > computer, our media center and two music server rasberry PIs. > > I run some stations KDE, some XFCE and some headless. > There is no requirement to

Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu review on Distrowatch

On Mon, May 02, 2022 at 03:21:54PM +, gs via talk wrote: > I think Fedora is on its way to becoming the replacement for Ubuntu as the > default recommended desktop distro based on the opinions of various linux > podcasts, youtubers and linux reddit communities. > > I'm happy with Manjaro

Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu review on Distrowatch

On Mon, May 02, 2022 at 04:36:34AM -0400, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > Thanks. Ugh. > > Your timing is perfect, because I'm just about to do a fresh install and > this would be the time to decide on something else. > > I'm looking for an alternative that will offer support for a KDE version

Re: [GTALUG] Back to basics: upgrading from Windows to Linux

On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 01:35:38AM -0400, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > Hi all. > > This topic is one I hope will be on many peoples' minds as they encounter > frustration (and in some cases a dead end) moving their Windows 10 systems > to Windows 11. This may soon become the source of a

Re: [GTALUG] From Slackware to which distro?

On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 05:33:23AM -0500, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > Suggest Devuan - - - I'm working on moving more of my systems that way > over time. My impression so far is that they have so few people actually working on it that it will probably not manage to get very far. But I may just

Re: [GTALUG] From Slackware to which distro?

On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 12:37:21AM -0400, William Park via talk wrote: > I've been running Slackware since forever. It's time to grow up and see the > world. Which distro would you recommend that I move to? Yes, I know it's > personal, and reasons will be varied and educational. > > - Ubuntu

Re: [GTALUG] OT: NYT article "How To Construct a Chip Factory

On Fri, Apr 08, 2022 at 07:46:08PM -0400, William Park via talk wrote: > Why do cars need 2nm chips? I could understand desktop, laptop, smartphones > needing such. But, even Arduino would be overkill in cars, no? (Apparently > not) My understanding is that cars don't want the newest chips.

Re: [GTALUG] supply chain risks: a real example

On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 12:53:06PM -0400, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > This is not just an open source issue since anybody can inject bad code into > a project. > Open source being more open has fewer people working to hide issues. > > This is defiantly an example of someone taking an action

Re: [GTALUG] two or three tricks for installing Linux as a second OS on a Windows box

On Wed, Mar 09, 2022 at 09:57:09AM -0500, Warren McPherson wrote: > I have no experience with WSL but I've been reading up on it as I think my > main computer should probably be less than ten years old. With Windows 11 > it sounds like WSL now has a full kernel. So I guess that would take disk >

Re: [GTALUG] two or three tricks for installing Linux as a second OS on a Windows box

On Tue, Mar 08, 2022 at 09:53:14AM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > Without checking, I would guess that WinSCP is a few megabytes of disk > space but WSL is a few gigabytes. > > I think that for the few times I use it, scp on PowerShell is OK, > saving disk space over WSL. > > I do

Re: [GTALUG] two or three tricks for installing Linux as a second OS on a Windows box

On Mon, Mar 07, 2022 at 11:28:15AM -0500, Kevin Cozens via talk wrote: > On 2022-03-07 07:39, William Park via talk wrote: > > I used to dual-boot, but now I use separate Linux computer.  If I need > > to copy files, I use ssh/scp in WSL Ubuntu. > > For those times when you need to copy files and

Re: [GTALUG] Sane Email System?

On Sun, Mar 06, 2022 at 12:48:50PM -0500, Peter King via talk wrote: > Thanks. The revamped version is packaged as "getmail6" on Arch Linux, and > that's the one installed on my system. I have seen some notes about using > an external oauth2 program with Charles's version, but, as someone noted,

Re: [GTALUG] Can anyone recommend a source for Laptop batteries..

On Fri, Feb 04, 2022 at 07:56:19PM -0500, Dave Collier-Brown via talk wrote: > I bought a low-cost replacement, but have to clean it's contacts every time I > power up, sometimes several times. I recommend genuine Lenovo replacements I have just got batteries from amazon. They don't have quite

Re: [GTALUG] OT Raspberry Pi 4 Powered Rubik's Cube Solver

On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 12:52:07AM -0500, Ivan Avery Frey via talk wrote: > https://www.tomshardware.com/news/raspberry-pi-bot-solves-rubiks-cube Nice simple design. Only 3 axis as far as I can tell. Not like this beast from a decade ago but totally different speed:

Re: [GTALUG] ot: perhaps, headphones?

On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 07:45:05PM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Actually, if I can search by brand it would help. > For example, there seems to be a JvC series that replaced the one I am using > right now...for one working ear at least. > I have a soft spot for Sony as well, with the spec

Re: [GTALUG] cortex-m instruction set

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 09:37:45PM -0500, Trevor Woerner via talk wrote: > i couldn't answer Hugh's question at this evening's meeting off the top of > my head, but wikipedia to the rescue: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_Cortex-M#Instruction_sets > > "All Cortex-M cores implement a common

Re: [GTALUG] ot: perhaps, headphones?

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 08:34:39PM -0500, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > Hi folks, > or more specifically, a local store site where I can shop by details? > Granted, some of this is tied to poor website design and accessibility. > but I need to filter out what I do not need to reach what I do

Re: [GTALUG] ot: perhaps, headphones?

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 09:02:23PM -0500, Gron Arthur via talk wrote: > A pair of David Clark's off of Kijiji? > https://www.kijiji.ca/b-gta-greater-toronto-area/david-clark/k0l1700272?rb=true=true > Apparently these are what pilots use, so might be worth a try? The impedance is way too high for

Re: [GTALUG] OT RISC-V

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 06:54:15PM -0500, Ivan Avery Frey via talk wrote: > I think it stands for European Processor Initiative Compiler. I suspect so, but that doesn't mean picking such a name couldn't be a curse. Looks pretty neat though. -- Len Sorensen --- Post to this mailing list

Re: [GTALUG] OT RISC-V

On Tue, Jan 11, 2022 at 01:44:51PM -0500, Ivan Avery Frey via talk wrote: > Thought I would mention in the context of RISC-V, that the European > Processor Initiative has created a Compiler Explorer website: > > https://repo.hca.bsc.es/epic > > There are two windows. The left window has the C

Re: [GTALUG] Comparing XML/JSON files

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... > read... few 4 letter words... lots of 4 letter words... Supposedly very powerful, but looks like someone took the windows api and made it a CLI.

Re: [GTALUG] a solved problem unsolved itself: WordPress, MySQL, UTF-8

On Thu, Dec 02, 2021 at 09:11:38AM -0500, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > I haven't had a chance to try them yet, but your note about the > transformation being reversible gives me hope that it can be fixed. Here is someone that hit problems latin1 vs utf8 encoding for wordpress this year

Re: [GTALUG] Swapping ThinkPad drive

On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 10:17:34AM -0500, William Park via talk wrote: > For /, /home, ... it's simple copy. Since you're using external USB, don't > use "dd". "cp -a" should be good enough. Or, "tar -cf -". > Never used "cpio". > > For /boot, it's different can of worm. You can copy over the

Re: [GTALUG] Swapping SSD Drives

On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 03:59:34AM +, Daniel Villarreal via talk wrote: > Might go a lot quicker if you just plug both the ssd drives directly to the > motherboard. Not all boards have slots for two NVMe drives though. -- Len Sorensen --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] Swapping SSD Drives

On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 12:58:17PM -0500, Jim Ruxton wrote: > Thanks Lennart, so just to be clear did you clone the old drive to a USB > key? Pretty sure I used an external 3TB USB hard drive as temporary storage. -- Len Sorensen --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from

Re: [GTALUG] Swapping SSD Drives

On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 12:33:13PM -0500, Jim Ruxton via talk wrote: > I am currently booting off an SSD drive that boots both Linux (Ubuntu 20.04) > and Windows. The partition scheme is shown here: > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zED6cbDncGz-fd1KF2bMjYEf5v3VWSOn/view?usp=sharing > >

Re: [GTALUG] Booting linux from nvme disk?

On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 09:09:53PM -0500, Peter King via talk wrote: > Anyone had success with getting linux to boot from an nvme disk? I've > been fighting with UEFI and Arch Linux all day now, trying to get a new > computer to even recognize the nvme disk as a boot device. (Last time I >

Re: [GTALUG] UPS brand recommendations?

On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 12:28:05PM -0500, Stewart Russell via talk wrote: > This is probably not what Scott's looking for, but A-1 Electronics (the > weird surplus place near Canada Computers Etobicoke) refurbishes APC UPSs > and sells them at a reasonable price. No idea of current availability,

Re: [GTALUG] UPS brand recommendations?

On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 11:21:07AM -0500, Scott Sullivan via talk wrote: > The UPS was deliberately tripped while I was flipping breakers. But it locked > up with a vague F04 error, which is some internal circuit fault. The internet > 'wisdom' on resetting UPS has not resolved the fault. The

Re: [GTALUG] Heads up: Ubuntu 21.10 kills your desktop icons

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 07:59:49PM -0400, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > Yup. The main reason for Gnome removing desktop icons was that the code was > buggy. They didn't ask the users whether they wanted the bugs fixed or the > icons gone. They picked the latter. TBH, I'm still mad at Gnome

Re: [GTALUG] Heads up: Ubuntu 21.10 kills your desktop icons

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 10:47:30AM -0400, Michael Hill via talk wrote: > I prefer the elegant design and centralized vision of the GNOME > desktop, but the whininess of the GNOME hatred here never gets old. When a desktop going from version 2 to 3 throws away everything users are used to, and the

Re: [GTALUG] Do people have opinions about the Framework modular laptop

On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 12:43:03PM -0400, Giles Orr via talk wrote: > Cory is good Toronto content, and among his many achievements, I think > excessive honesty is one of them so yes, I'll trust his review. On > the other hand, reading it is a bit more than a review of the > Framework, as he lays

Re: [GTALUG] Enlarging /boot

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 06:07:58PM -0400, Bob Jonkman via talk wrote: > Hm. I have plenty of computers where the disks have one RAID partition, and > the RAID volume has only LVM on it, with either a separate LV=boot or just > booting from LV=/ This has worked since at least GRUB2 came out. > >

Re: [GTALUG] MySQL v. MariaDB

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 01:40:28PM -0400, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > I wonder how long before Oracle starts suing people using MariaDB now that > they own MySQL? > Kind of like they did with Google over using the Java published interfaces. Well mariadb exists because Oracle bought mysql. It

Re: [GTALUG] Looking for assistance with Firefox

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 11:49:08AM -0400, Howard Gibson via talk wrote: >If you have five hundred tabs open, how do you find anything? Tab search works quite well, but most of the tabs are things I opened to look at and haven't got to yet. I am sure I have tabs tabs open from a couple of

Re: [GTALUG] Looking for assistance with Firefox

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 10:11:47AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > I have an urge, that I'm resisting, to see what happens with 500 tabs > in one window. > > If you get more tabs than can fit in the tab bar (is that the right > name?), the list can scroll. Scrolling through 500 would

Re: [GTALUG] Looking for assistance with Firefox

On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 01:54:31PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > Not keeping my quantity of tabs down. Hmm, just noticed my tab count (in the main window) of my firefox says 503 tabs (not counting tabs in other windows although those have a lot less). I think I better do some

Re: [GTALUG] MySQL v. MariaDB

On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 12:17:59PM -0400, Glen Strom via talk wrote: > Slackware switched to MariaDB in 2013 with version 14.1. Well then they were keeping up it seems. -- Len Sorensen --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list

Re: [GTALUG] MySQL v. MariaDB

On Sat, Oct 09, 2021 at 08:12:50AM -0600, Slackrat via talk wrote: > It looks like Slackware is swtching. You mean there are distributions that haven't switched yet? I thought they all had. Maybe someone was slacking off. :) -- Len Sorensen --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] Enlarging /boot

On Thu, Oct 07, 2021 at 10:45:57PM -0400, William Witteman via talk wrote: > When I installed Debian on my current computer, I (foolishly) let the > install script partition my disk. Now I have a /boot partition that is too > small. > > The system is using lvm, and I have enough free space on

Re: [GTALUG] Has anybody used the windowsfx linux distrio?

On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 10:52:10AM -0400, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > It does not run on windows but is a Linux distro that emulates windows and > allows for easy(ish) WINE  installation. > > The claim is that it can run windows apps. I completely misunderstood their description and confused

Re: [GTALUG] Has anybody used the windowsfx linux distrio?

On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 07:18:34PM -0400, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > It looks kind of interesting for those who are comfortable with Windows and > are afraid of Linux. > > Comments, hints and/or warnings would be appreciated. I am not sure what the point of a linux distribution that only runs

Re: [GTALUG] Vaccination Receipts on Linux

On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 12:06:29PM -0400, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > Backing  up the discussion a bit. > > The Ontario government has the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities > Act (AODA) https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/05a11 > > I know that at least a number of government

Re: [GTALUG] old computer / new computer

On Thu, Sep 02, 2021 at 12:04:51PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > When I started playing with computers (1967) mainframes were the thing (we > called them computers). > > The University of Waterloo got an IBM SYSTEM/360-75, the biggest computer > in Canada, in 1967 or 1968. It

Re: [GTALUG] Win 11 requirements may be windfall for cheapskate Linux users

On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 01:19:15AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > Win 11 has requirements that seem to obsolete a bunch of quite recent > processors and devices. Well Windows 10 still has about 4 years of support left, so no one has to urgently do anything even if their hardware

Re: [GTALUG] intel graphics announcement

On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 06:20:45PM -0400, Scott Sullivan via talk wrote: > The physical hardware is already out there. The DG1 is a spun out version of > the Xe graphics in the 11th Gen CPU/iGPUs, and is already shipping in OEM > systems. > A low end card that meets the bottom tier of dGPU from

Re: [GTALUG] intel graphics announcement

On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 03:49:08PM -0500, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > Found an announcement from INtel that they are getting back, I think, into > graphics cards - - - in a big way. > > Did some searching - - - - all I can find is 'purdy pitchers' and swag for > sale. > > Is this some more fud

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