Re: [GTALUG] Suggestions for stopping occasional spurious use of commercial wi-fi

2018-09-17 Thread Howard Gibson via talk
On Sun, 16 Sep 2018 13:50:14 -0400 James Knott via talk wrote: > On 09/16/2018 01:45 PM, David Collier-Brown via talk wrote: > > > > What's a good approach? I have considered > > > > Many people use separate routers, as they're not happy with the Rogers > hardware.  I run pfSense on a refurb com

Re: [GTALUG] Lenovo ThinkPad Compact Bluetooth Keyboard with TrackPoint

2018-09-22 Thread Howard Gibson via talk
On Fri, 21 Sep 2018 23:55:58 -0400 William Park via talk wrote: > I bought one for $60 from lenovo.ca, and just got it this morning. > After using it for 1 full day, I found that its $60 price is reasonable. > Think of it as $30 keyboard and $20 mouse, plus $10 premium for > integrating into one

Re: [GTALUG] Backups with Bacula

2018-10-29 Thread Howard Gibson via talk
On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 15:35:20 -0400 Giles Orr via talk wrote: > I used to use a rotating set of 2TB 2.5" external USB hard drives. None of > them ever failed on me over about three years use, although three out of > four they were generally only accessed every week or two. I've now > switched to

Re: [GTALUG] good deal on netbook; war story: putting Fedora on it

2018-11-21 Thread Howard Gibson via talk
Hugh, I am documenting my Linux installs on my website. I have had some time on my hands recently, so I have tried installing stuff on my old 32-bit Lenovo Thinkpad. http://home.eol.ca/~hgibson/Linux.html#NewUsers Ubuntu and Fedora worked nicely in a beginner installation. We need

Re: [GTALUG] laptop repair in GTA/Markham?

2019-01-09 Thread Howard Gibson via talk
On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 10:19:55 -0500 Tim Tisdall via talk wrote: > > Does anyone know of a good and reputable repair place that would be able to > fix a corroded trace on the board if that's all it is? It's an Asus > Zenbook UX305C. Tim, I do not like the idea of my computer and hard driving b

Re: [GTALUG] How to run script at bootup in Debian

2019-01-22 Thread Howard Gibson via talk
On Tue, 22 Jan 2019 19:46:24 + (UTC) William Park via talk wrote: > Hi all, > I need to run a custom script at the later stage of bootup in Debian 9.5 > (board is BeagleBone Black).  I seem to remember "rc.local" long ago, but > it's gone in the latest Ubuntu and Debian.  Online search says

Re: [GTALUG] Security cams question

2019-02-09 Thread Howard Gibson via talk
On Sat, 9 Feb 2019 07:25:31 -0600 o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > Greetings > > I am looking into using a security cam to observe animal behavior in an area. This is not a direct response to your question, just a handy heads-up. I came walking hone one Thursday evening through a park across

Re: [GTALUG] Software to draw illustrations?

2019-02-10 Thread Howard Gibson via talk
On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 00:51:09 -0500 William Park via talk wrote: > Hi all, > > What software do people use to draw illustrations that you'd see in > textbooks or presentations? Eg. data structure, high school math, block > diagrams, etc. I mean, I see them, but I don't know how to create them.

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung monitor power supply

2019-02-13 Thread Howard Gibson via talk
On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 03:25:07 -0500 Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > If you can't find someone with a donation, you can probably find the one > you are looking for at Above All Electronics on Bloor St for 5$ or so. I > got a micro-pin p/s there last year. I wasn't sure if it was the right one > so

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

2019-03-05 Thread Howard Gibson via talk
On Tue, 5 Mar 2019 14:13:58 -0500 Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > Way too many phones are glued together instead of using screws these days. > Incredibly annoying given often you can buy a new screen or battery for > a decent price, but the work to actually replace it is insane. Lennart, O

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

2019-03-07 Thread Howard Gibson via talk
On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 08:50:35 -0500 "Stewart C. Russell via talk" wrote: > Right to Repair is important. I'm slightly disappointed by the general > reaction on this list. We'll spent lifetimes fiddling with software > configs to keep it running against all odds, but hardware gets short > shrift. I

Re: [GTALUG] Boeing India software engineers

2019-03-12 Thread Howard Gibson via talk
On Tue, 12 Mar 2019 21:25:22 -0400 James Knott via talk wrote: > Several years ago, many companies decided to cut costs by moving help > desks etc. to India.  Many have come to regret that decision, due to the > poor quality "help".  In another thread, I mentioned how many put cost > ahead of valu

Re: [GTALUG] war story: fixing a doc bug can be hard

2019-04-08 Thread Howard Gibson via talk
On Mon, 8 Apr 2019 10:48:59 -0400 (EDT) "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: > I'm reading dnf(8) on Fedora 29 and get irked by the layout of the > options. > --disableexcludes=[all|main|], > --disableexcludepkgs=[all|main|] > > Here's what "man dnf" shows on a terminal that is 80 > columns wide

[GTALUG] Two Things

2019-04-09 Thread Howard Gibson via talk
I promised to mention the Raspberry Pi Meetup. Power-over-Ethernet: One cable to rule them all, without catching fire! https://www.meetup.com/Raspberry-Pi/events/nwgbwqyzgbpb A second thing has come up that may interest somebody. The York Regional Science and Technology Fair is c

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