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

[D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk]

| From: Ansar Mohammed via talk 
| Do'h
| wrong link
| 
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/125888386765?mkcid=16=1=711-127632-2357-0=tpIqUIMdSAS=2047675=_ver=artemis=COPY

That's different.

Better:

- five for US$69 + US$39.90 shipping.  Close to $150.

- Atom N2807 processor (launched Q1 2014, much later than the Via C7).


- one USB 3.1 port

- 4G eMMC (cannot be expanded, so not good enough)

- 2G RAM (soldered so it cannot be expanded)

- for the very ambitious: there is an unpopulated mSATA area on the PCB.

Still not capable enough for me to play with.  I already have more
powerful devices getting lonely on my shelves.  For example, a couple
of these:

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

[Stewart Russell via talk]

On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 3:16 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk 
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>
> This one is described here.  It is the best one listed on this page.
> 
>
>
Note, though, that parkytowers doesn't seem to have been updated in several
years, and didn't typically review machines that cost the author more than
about $50. Any of the more powerful/recent/expensive articles seem to come
from third parties.

It was a curse of the Raspberry Pi 4 that, just as it started to dominate
the thin client market, the chip shortage did for its supply
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Re: [GTALUG] Cheap small computers [was Re: DECTalk TTS in source for Linux]

[D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk]

| From: Stewart Russell via talk 

| On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 10:53 AM Ansar Mohammed via talk 
| wrote:
| 
| > https://www.ebay.ca/itm/292442306475
| >
| > $20/unit with shipping

Interesting.

The listing says US$84.94 + US43.97 shipping.  A little more that
$200.  Much worse that two M93p units!

But I know that one can stumble on much better deals for these.
You've got to know what you are buying too.

| That's got a VIA C7 inside. It's a very slow 32-bit processor that was
| superseded 15 years ago.

This one is described here.  It is the best one listed on this page.


I don't remember for sure, but I think that the C7 is missing some
instructions that current kernels require.  CMOV?  I might be wrong:
it could be that most distros compile kernels this way but that the C7
is still supported upstream

Is the video controller supported by X or Wayland?

No USB 3.x

1G of RAM is tight these days.
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Re: [GTALUG] bell home hub 3000?

[Don Tai via talk]

I've had a HH3000 from Bell since 2017, 6 years and 3 months. At the time I
looked for a manual, for firmware updates, but could not find one. If you
find one, please let me know.

Don

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> Hi  wise folks,
>
> in the latest chapter of  troubleshooting  the situation with Internet
> here, my landlord and I have a question.
> well, I have a question, my landlord freely owns he knows absolutely
> nothing about the workings of his technology.
> which is why I am seeking a manual for the bell home hub 3000, or anyone
> here who might have this particular modem?
> Thanks profoundly,
> Kare
>
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Re: [GTALUG] Cheap small computers [was Re: DECTalk TTS in source for Linux]

[Stewart Russell via talk]

On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 10:53 AM Ansar Mohammed via talk 
wrote:

> https://www.ebay.ca/itm/292442306475
>
> $20/unit with shipping
>

That's got a VIA C7 inside. It's a very slow 32-bit processor that was
superseded 15 years ago.

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

[Ansar Mohammed via talk]

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 "modern" ones i.e. the ones that have been manufactured over the last
> | 10 years come with 1080p and premium sound.
> | Parkytowers is a pretty good repository
> | https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/10zig/
>
> Where are they quite inexpensive?
>
> A quick search for "thin client" on ebay.ca didn't seem to result in
> anything seemed cheaper and better than the M93p Tiny.
>
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Re: [GTALUG] Cheap small computers [was Re: DECTalk TTS in source for Linux]

[Ijaaz A. Ullah via talk]

Take a look at: https://www.dellrefurbished.ca/desktop-computers

I actually use 10zig thin clients at work as Teradici (HP Anyware) clients,
but we've since swapped to these <$200 SFF machines that work just as well.

On Tue, Apr 25, 2023 at 5:43 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk 
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 "modern" ones i.e. the ones that have been manufactured over the last
> | 10 years come with 1080p and premium sound.
> | Parkytowers is a pretty good repository
> | https://www.parkytowers.me.uk/thin/10zig/
>
> Where are they quite inexpensive?
>
> A quick search for "thin client" on ebay.ca didn't seem to result in
> anything seemed cheaper and better than the M93p Tiny.
>
> I know some people have found treasures but I didn't notice any.---
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[GTALUG] Checking TLS certificates across multiple machines

[Giles Orr via talk]

Three weeks ago I mentioned to a couple people on this mailing list
that I'd written a script at work that live-checks TLS certificates
across multiple machines.  This is a very useful thing to have when
one of my jobs is maintaining multiple small websites.  One of these
people responded that I should give a short talk about this project,
and added "Most of us do a little sys-admining and can learn from the
pros."  At which point I burst out laughing ... and realized Imposter
Syndrome had reared its ugly head once again.  A "professional" is
someone who gets paid to do a job, and I am that.  Doesn't mean I feel
like a "professional sys-admin," even though I am - more of a
professional jack-of-all-trades ...  But "Imposter Syndrome" is
another huge discussion ... we now return you to our irregularly
scheduled programming.

That message prompted me to talk to my bosses, one of whom not only
endorsed my idea of publicly releasing this code, but did so
enthusiastically.  My thanks to Toronto Public Library for that.  And
so I give you:

https://github.com/gilesorr/robotface-utils

(The naming is a weird story - explanation in the README if you're curious.)

Given a list of fully qualified domain names, the 'chkcertexpiry'
script goes to each one, retrieves the TLS certificate, and lists the
expiry date and issuer.  If the expiry date is soon (number of days
settable by a command line switch) the date is colour-highlighted.  If
there are connection problems, those are noted.

At work, I run this once a week against all the sites I'm responsible
for.  I don't think we've had an expired cert on any of those domains
in the 5-7 years I've been using this script.

I hope people will use this.  I welcome comments and suggestions.  I'm
a little scared of PRs because I've never had to deal with them before
...

Please feel free to share as you think appropriate.

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https://www.gilesorr.com/
giles...@gmail.com
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Re: [GTALUG] bell home hub 3000?

[Alex Kink via talk]

I don't think Bell provides a manual as such for HH3000.
They have a support page with tutorials and instructions: 
https://support.bell.ca/internet/products/home-hub-3000-modem

> On Apr 26, 2023, at 01:23, Karen Lewellen via talk  wrote:
> 
> Hi  wise folks,
> 
> in the latest chapter of  troubleshooting  the situation with Internet here, 
> my landlord and I have a question.
> well, I have a question, my landlord freely owns he knows absolutely nothing 
> about the workings of his technology.
> which is why I am seeking a manual for the bell home hub 3000, or anyone here 
> who might have this particular modem?
> Thanks profoundly,
> Kare
> 
> 
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