Re: [GTALUG] How do you send out email?

On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 9:30 PM Slackrat via talk wrote: > > > On 02/05/2021 08:28 AM, Peter King via talk wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 03:20:37PM +, William Park via talk wrote: > > >The solution that worked for Fetchmail is not working for Sendmail. I >guess, it's time for

Re: [GTALUG] The FOSS world's most famous incel is back...

On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 8:46 PM Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > > ... hopefully, not for long. > > https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/03/free-software-advocates-seek-removal-of-richard-stallman-and-entire-fsf-board/ > > I propose that GTALUG as an organization add its name to the

Re: [GTALUG] Has the graphics-card world gone mad?

On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 12:33 AM Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > > Yeah, but it won't be about video cards (thankfully). > > (FWIW, the issues I am having driving two 4K monitors with an RX 550 exist in > both Windows and Linux, suggesting that it's not capable of driving both > monitors at

Re: [GTALUG] Has the graphics-card world gone mad?

On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 8:00 AM Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 1:33 AM Evan Leibovitch via talk, > wrote: Having spent quite a few hours working on things in this area I have found a few things. > > > IMO I think the issue is actually due the display EDID provided

Re: [GTALUG] WSL, threat or boon? [was Re:Surveillance Capitalism [was another thread]]

On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 8:28 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > | From: Russell Reiter via talk > > | I do have an interest in current events tho. What I see most recently is > | that RMS called out canonical for surveillance capitalism and bashed WSL > | for being a ploy to undermine free

Re: [GTALUG] Partitioning Question

On Sat, Mar 27, 2021 at 2:04 PM Jim Ruxton via talk wrote: > > I have a partitioning question I am hoping someone can help with. I have > 2 hard drives in my laptop , a SSD and a standard hard drive. I dual > boot Windows and Ubuntu. Here is an image of my partitions from gparted. > The top is my

Re: [GTALUG] Has the graphics-card world gone mad?

On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 9:21 AM Russell Reiter wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 9:50 AM o1bigtenor via talk, wrote: >> >> On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 8:00 AM Russell Reiter via talk >> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Mar 30, 2021, 1:33 AM Evan Le

Re: [GTALUG] Has the graphics-card world gone mad?

On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 3:24 PM James Knott via talk wrote: > > On 2021-03-30 2:53 p.m., Kevin Cozens via talk wrote: > >> Um, LG is an abbreviation for (and 1995 rebranding of "Lucky Goldstar" > > > > Really? I remember when I first started seeing ads for LG TVs and > > appliances. The ads used

Re: [GTALUG] Has the graphics-card world gone mad?

Mr Russell > > What I am assuming When one works from assumptions - - - - well its very easy to be quite out to lunch. > > Maybe because they already know what to do with information as postulated and > assume their readership does as well. It's not all that farfetched to assume > that people

Re: [GTALUG] Raspberry Pi

On Sun, Mar 7, 2021 at 11:33 PM Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > > On 2021-03-07 11:14 a.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > > > And subsidized shipping. It is often cheaper to mail from China or Hong > > Kong than from within Toronto. > > Canada's mail pricing is iniquitous. I sent a

Re: [GTALUG] ot: headphone jac replacement?

On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 10:14 PM James Knott via talk wrote: > > On 2021-04-20 9:38 p.m., Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > > what is loosekite? > > Loctite is a type of adhesive that is placed on screws or nuts to keep > them from loosening. You put it on after the screw or nut is tightend, > so

[GTALUG] micro controllers

Greetings I'm wanting to use micro controllers in more of an industrial setting. Don't want to spend the $$$ to get the officially hardened etc etc etc models. Looking for information - - - - - there's piles on using Arduino, Raspberry Pi but they're not really developed for serious use

Re: [GTALUG] micro controllers

On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 10:22 AM o1bigtenor wrote: > > Greetings > > I'm wanting to use micro controllers in more of an industrial setting. > Don't want to spend the $$$ to get the officially hardened etc > etc etc models. > > Looking for information - - - - - there's piles on using

[GTALUG] question re: bug filing

Greetings I'm running a computer on Debian testing trying to stay somewhat current for updates. Setup using nouveau for my graphics running 2 graphics cards. LXQT is my desktop 'environment' (if that's the right word??). I'm also running Opera, Firefox LTS and Vivaldi for browsers. Tend to have

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 12:53 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > | From: o1bigtenor via talk > > | Kernel 5.4.0-4 was the last kernel where I didn't find my second > | graphics card not able to move out of sleep. > > Each distro has its own way of reporting bugs.

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 2:17 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > | From: D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > > | Each distro has its own way of reporting bugs > > I forgot to mention: google a lot first. There may be others with the > same problem and perhaps even a solution. 1. You're still

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 7:28 PM Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 03:12:49PM -0800, Dhaval Giani via talk wrote: > > I also imagine you are paying the debian volunteers for their time to > > help you with a bug you are hitting. You are joining a community, and > > it

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

> Dhaval On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 5:14 PM Dhaval Giani wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 3:09 PM o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 2:17 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > > wrote: > > > > > > | From: D. Hugh Redelmeier via ta

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 5:13 PM Dhaval Giani wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 3:04 PM o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 12:53 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > > wrote: > > > > > > | From: o1bigtenor via talk > > >

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

On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 12:19 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk < talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > Win 11 has requirements that seem to obsolete a bunch of quite recent > processors and devices. > > Windows can be manually updated on these machines but they will feel > obsolete. > > - TPM 2.0 required.

Re: [GTALUG] intel graphics announcement

Greetings 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 or is intel serious? Anyone out there know - - - if so I'm guessing it

Re: [GTALUG] Fedora 34 with EFI boot on Raspberry Pi 4

On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 6:34 AM Stewart Russell via talk wrote: > At last night's Raspberry Pi meetup, Chris Tyler demonstrated Fedora 34 > (aarch64) on Raspberry Pi 4. It's supposed to be a fully supported > distribution, although the documentation hasn't quite caught up. > > It looked pretty

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

On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 9:03 PM hi--- via talk wrote: > https://gtalug.org/meeting/2021-08/ > > The Linux 3D graphics stack with Alyssa Rosenzweig > > GPUs and spinning cubes - what could go wrong? In this talk, we'll learn > how 3D graphics works on Linux, from an OpenGL or Vulkan application

Re: [GTALUG] Today! Re: [GTALUG-Announce] Meeting Tomorrow

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 9:13 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > The actual meeting will be at 7:30 PM on 2021 August 10. > I think that the rest of the message is correct. > Thought that timing was likely but did find the previously listed possibility as 'interesting'. > > We are really

Re: [GTALUG] Firefox 93 now supports PDF XFA forms

On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 8:35 PM Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > via mastodon: > Implementing form filling and accessibility in the Firefox PDF viewer - > Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog — >

[GTALUG] Looking for assistance with Firefox

On Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 3:30 PM o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > Greetings > > Question re: Firefox behavior on a clean shutdown and reboot. > > Firefox is set to reload previous pages and tabs upon a restart. > My system is LOADED with memory - - - - 64 GB in fact. > Am a

[GTALUG] (no subject)

Greetings Question re: Firefox behavior on a clean shutdown and reboot. Firefox is set to reload previous pages and tabs upon a restart. My system is LOADED with memory - - - - 64 GB in fact. Am also running multi-gpu and wanting to run with all 5 of my monitors but nouveau isn't up to running

Re: [GTALUG] Firefox 93 now supports PDF XFA forms

On Sat, Oct 9, 2021 at 2:43 PM Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > On 2021-10-09 7:24 a.m., o1bigtenor wrote: > > > > Now - - - - how long until this hits firefox-esr? - - - - musing. > > Depends what ESR cycle you're on. Debian considers 78.14 their ESR > release (at least in Buster, which I

Re: [GTALUG] Looking for assistance with Firefox

tab' helps longevity (smile). > > Superstition: javascript eats my CPU. Sometimes it makes my coputer's > fans sping up. Sometimes FF tels me FF is taking a lot of CPU.. > Often it is on Globe and Mail pages. > > | From: o1bigtenor via talk > > | > Are there hard limits

[GTALUG] Was Re: Heads up: Ubuntu 21.10 kills your desktop icons now - keyboards

On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 6:59 PM Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > On 2021-10-20 11:03, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > > > snip > I've just switched to xubuntu. I think it uses XFCE. So far (10 minutes > in) it mostly works. It does fail on one thing, though: > > > Let me alt+tab between

[GTALUG] keyboards

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 2:41 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > | From: Evan Leibovitch via talk > > | The emergence of high-end gaming on PCs has led to a quest for > | keyboards that are super-responsive and comfortable for long periods. > > Yeah. That seems like the best place to

Re: [GTALUG] Looking for assistance with Firefox

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 10:24 AM Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > 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

Re: [GTALUG] Looking for assistance with Firefox

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 5:46 PM Stewart Russell via talk wrote: > So my "only one window and if I can't read each tab title, close some" is > well outside the norm here. I think I seldom reach 10 tabs > > > Greetings I suppose that's the expected behavior desired by Mozilla. It must be and

Re: [GTALUG] keyboards

On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 4:05 PM Jason Shaw wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2021, 16:40 o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 2:41 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk < >> talk@gtalug.org> wrote: >> >>> | From: Evan L

Re: [GTALUG] Booting linux from nvme disk?

On Mon, Nov 22, 2021 at 5:34 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > | From: Peter King via talk > > | Anyone had success with getting linux to boot from an nvme disk? > > Installation just worked for me (Fedora). But I've only installed > them in recent computers. Mind you, I might be using

[GTALUG] Looking users of the Kenisis Advantage keyboards

Greetings In the thread re: keyboards the Kenisis Advantage keyboards have come up in discussing ergonomic keyboards. Wondering - - - is there anyone out there that was a quite proficient user of a regular keyboard that moved to the Kenisis Advantage? I keep hearing about how it takes a month

Re: [GTALUG] keyboards

On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 11:24 AM Giles Orr via talk wrote: > On Thu, 21 Oct 2021 at 16:40, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > snip (trying to keep the length somewhat reasonable!) > >> > >> There are many web pages that describe the colours of switches. > >> <

Re: [GTALUG] Index Exchange is hiring (a lot), and I can recommend it

On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 5:36 AM William Park via talk wrote: > Thanks. Perl -> Go is big jump. I'm currently dabbling in Dart, > because few guys here are dabbling in Flutter. Go is next on my list. > I was an early adopter of Python but it went sour after awhile. Looking > for something

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] January Meeting Reminder

On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 12:27 AM Alan Heighway via talk wrote: > *Speaker:* Chris Sullivan > *Topic:* Radio Direction Finding with the Raspberry Pi > *Date/time:* 2022-01-11 T19:30:00 > *Location:* Virtual - Big Blue Button (link below) > > *Topic description:* > > > Home-brew pseudo Doppler

Re: [GTALUG] Sane Email System?

On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 7:25 PM Howard Gibson via talk wrote: > > On Thu, 3 Mar 2022 20:18:14 -0500 > Peter King via talk wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > I've just been informed that "legacy authentication" is going to be > > disabled at the University of Toronto for my email account. Well, I > >

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

On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 11:06 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > | From: James Knott via talk > | > | I borrowed one from the Mississauga Library and wasn't impressed. You pretty > | much had to do everything in the "cloud", though having Linux built in would > | improve on that. > > The

Re: [GTALUG] ot: perhaps, headphones?

On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 4:34 PM Erica Peterson via talk wrote: > > Karen, if this is for a reader (not music), maybe you could visit (or email) > Radioworld and talk with them about their headphones and headsets? > Unfortunately there don't seem to be good product filtering options on the >

Re: [GTALUG] installing Windows is uselessly worse than installing Linux

On Sat, Sep 16, 2023 at 3:13 PM Giles Orr via talk wrote: > > On Fri, 15 Sept 2023 at 14:35, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > wrote: > > > > [Always do backups before such drastic measures.] > > > > The best way to install Windows is to go to another Windows box and use > > the the Window Media

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 1:19 PM James Knott via talk wrote: > > On 2023-09-07 13:27, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > > Forgive me for insisting that technical curiosity take a back seat to the > real-world medical needs of people. But I will insist. This is a real > problem, not an experiment

Re: [GTALUG] USB to Ethernet Dongles WAS: Debian Linux as-a-router Guide

On Sat, Sep 9, 2023 at 10:20 AM Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 9, 2023 at 9:56 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > wrote: > >> >> Notebooks are almost supplanting "regular" PCs. > > > IMO we're well beyond the "almost" in that statement. > COVID led to work-from-home which

Re: [GTALUG] (very off topic) torque spec of impact wrench

On Fri, Nov 3, 2023 at 2:07 AM William Park via talk wrote: > > Hi (another very off topic), > > Wheel bolts on my VW are seized pretty hard. Standing on 24in breaker > bar doesn't help, and that's 300ft-lb torque. So, I'm thinking about > getting an impact wrench. Those with greater than

Re: [GTALUG] (very off topic) torque spec of impact wrench

On Fri, Nov 3, 2023 at 10:03 AM William Park via talk wrote: > > This is what happened after getting 4 new brakes and 2 new calipers at > the dealership. They over-tightened it! This would get me to take it back to said dealer with the instructions to 'fix it' . If they refuse there would be

Re: [GTALUG] (very off topic) where to buy old AM/FM receiver?

On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 1:37 AM Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 31, 2023 at 1:31 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > wrote: > >> >> I don't know if this phono pre-amp is any good, but its from an OK brand. >> It currently costs $29.99. There is a newer model with two vacuum >>

Re: [GTALUG] looking for a general purpose boot media to keep in case of distasters

On Wed, Sep 20, 2023 at 1:56 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > 1. I use what I'm used to. That's Fedora. > > 2. I don't plan ahead, so I just use the Fedora live installation medium > > 3. Your distro is probably as good as Fedora. > > 4. Yes, you can install to a USB drive and have that

Re: [GTALUG] Raspberry Pi 5 announced (shipping starting near the end of October)

On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 10:39 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > For me the huge question would be availability. If I can only buy them one at a time the freight costs are absolutely stupid - - - its one of the reasons I've

Re: [GTALUG] internet service speed test tip

On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 10:06 AM David Mason wrote: > > Speedtest (the app) gives consistent results for a variety of test sites, > including UofToronto, Bell Canada, Primus. All are significantly higher > numbers than testmy.net (320Down, 450Up versus 190Down, 215Up on testmy.net > Toronto

Re: [GTALUG] internet service speed test tip

On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 7:39 AM Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > > On 2023-08-24 10:50, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > Rogers and Bell have web sites for testing your internet speed. The > > advantage of using one should be that it is a pretty pure test of the > > ISP's infrastructure. > >

Re: [GTALUG] From Slackware to which distro?

On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 11:37 PM William Park via talk wrote: > > Hi All, > > 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. > > -

Re: [GTALUG] desktops [was Default VNC in GNOME?]

On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 10:19 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > This is an interesting thread. It is great to hear what works for other > people. Ditto! > > | From: Lennart Sorensen via talk > > | And given all I want a linux desktop to do is display windows, let me > | minimize,

Re: [GTALUG] Google Gsuite Legacy domain replacement

On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 2:50 PM Andrew Heagle via talk wrote: > > > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 2:22 PM Kevin Cozens via talk wrote: >> >> On 2022-04-13 13:40, Andrew Heagle via talk wrote: >> > But the pricing they are asking for is a bit high for use. $7.80 (Plus >> > tax I assume) per user per

Re: [GTALUG] Linux on Chromebook

On Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 11:00 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > A dirt cheap Windows netbook. Not very good (screen is TN 1366 x 768). > Should easily run Linux. > > https://www.lenovo.com/ca/en/p/laptops/lenovo/windows-edu-laptops/lenovo-100e-2nd-gen-(amd)/len101l0021 > Managed to get

Re: [GTALUG] Forced off DSL by Bell

On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 5:35 PM Michael Galea via talk wrote: > > On 2022-11-21 17:51, Tom Low-Shang via talk wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 21, 2022 at 04:13:28PM -0500, Michael Galea via talk wrote: > >> Hi, Bell notified me that they will soon be shutting down my copper > >> telephone service, no

Re: [GTALUG] Mail server Problems?: Re: Tonight's meeting announcement?

On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 10:58 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > | From: Znoteer via talk > | Never having set foot in a local meeting (the commute from Montreal is too > | long :) ) I'm not known to any of you except through my rare contributions > | to this list. But, it's a job that

Re: [GTALUG] Forced off DSL by Bell

On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 1:29 PM Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > > 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 > >

Re: [GTALUG] Forced off DSL by Bell

On Sat, Nov 26, 2022 at 6:13 AM James Knott via talk wrote: > > On 2022-11-26 06:53, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > I'm in a similar situation - - - they're dragging in fiber out in the > > country. > > Its being worked on at this point so I'm not connected yet but so

Re: [GTALUG] At the GTALUG AGM: How we handle Internet services

On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 6:50 PM Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: snip > There's a good reason for that ;-). > > Let's face it. Email discussion lists are legacy. They're cumbersome and > fighting a never-ending battle with spammers and phishers. The main server > software choices in current use

Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu Pro - a new, non-optional walled garden from Canonical

On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 8:22 AM Stewart Russell via talk wrote: > > I should really stop running Ubuntu for the good of my health. This morning, > my various Ubuntu systems announced that a whole bunch of packages would be > unavailable unless I registered for Ubuntu Pro —

Re: [GTALUG] New WiFi router?

On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 10:56 AM James Knott via talk wrote: > > On 2023-03-08 11:34, William Park via talk wrote: > > I'm paying for 100M/30M and I want 100M/30M. Nowadays, everything is > > AC or AX something. I don't need all that on wireless side, but I > > want 100M+ on the wired switch

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

On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 7:45 AM Alan Heighway via talk wrote: > NFTs: seizing the memes of production > with Warren McPherson > > > 14 March, 2023 at 7:30 PM > > Warren will lead a discussion about NFTs. > > > Please pardon the

Re: [GTALUG] Canadian hosting?

On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 1:01 AM Kevin Cozens via talk wrote: > > On 2023-04-11 09:13, Stewart Russell via talk wrote: > > US ownership is fine: > > There was a big fuss some years ago about the US government being able to > force ISPs to provide access to users accounts, or something like that. I

[GTALUG] how many addresses possible

Greetings (My head is swimming with all the explanations on IP routing - - - have spent about 3 hours now looking at various documents - - - - I just can't find a clear answer. The first statement is my present network - - - I'm trying to figure out how to move beyond the access of only 254

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

On Sun, Apr 30, 2023 at 9:52 AM James Knott via talk wrote: > > On 2023-04-30 10:40, o1bigtenor wrote: > > You seem to have this mastered - - - - then: > > Yep. I also had some courses when I was at IBM, in the late 90s, and > also went for my CCNA a few years ago. > > > > How do I write more

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

On Sun, Apr 30, 2023 at 5:21 PM James Knott via talk wrote: > > On 2023-04-30 17:55, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > I just spent over 1/2 hour looking at a number of SoCs (3) and > > microcontrollers > > (also 3) and I can't find one where I can give it this 'class

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

On Sat, Apr 29, 2023 at 8:20 PM James Knott via talk wrote: > > On 2023-04-29 17:48, Scott Allen wrote: > > On Sat, 29 Apr 2023 at 17:39, James Knott wrote: > >> That's only true because people have learned a lot of bad habits with IPv4. > > No, it's because IPv4 addresses are annotated as

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

On Sat, Apr 29, 2023 at 3:31 PM James Knott via talk wrote: > > On 2023-04-29 16:04, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > If I set up a router using the 192.168.1.1 I can access some 254 > > distinct IP addresses from my router. > > > > If I set up a router using the 1

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

On Sat, Apr 29, 2023 at 8:28 PM James Knott via talk wrote: > > On 2023-04-29 21:18, Kevin Cozens via talk wrote: > > On 2023-04-29 16:04, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > >> (My head is swimming with all the explanations on IP routing - - - > >> have spent about

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

On Sun, Apr 30, 2023 at 6:32 PM Scott Allen wrote: > > On Sun, 30 Apr 2023 at 18:53, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > PasberryPi Pico w lan 8720 module (I lprefer wired communications - - > > security) > > I found this article: > https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/how-t

Re: [GTALUG] war story: gtalug.org's filled up

On Wed, Apr 5, 2023 at 12:23 PM Kevin Cozens via talk wrote: > > On 2023-04-04 17:50, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > GTALUG's server's filesystem filled up: little disk space left. > > I've had that happen to me in the past where the disk space on a server > suddenly runs out. One of the

Re: [GTALUG] computer hardware testing tools.

On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 12:09 PM Scott Allen via talk wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Jul 2023 at 12:49, Karen Lewellen wrote: > > That means one for each room? or one for each outlet where a power strip > > will be run? > > Think of a UPS as a power bar. If you can power all of the equipment > you'd

Re: [GTALUG] Red Hat Paywall...

On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 10:01 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > | From: Giles Orr via talk > > Thank you and others for telling us about your experience. > > | If I need something newer, I can "pin" a > | package, getting it either from testing or backports. This is > | admittedly a

Re: [GTALUG] Red Hat Paywall...

On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 10:22 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > This Red Hat change concerns me. >snip > > It feels as if RH steers the future of Linux by making so many > contributions. > > - Ubuntu LTS + fresh Ubuntu has been pretty good. I've had more > problems with package

Re: [GTALUG] computer hardware testing tools.

On Thu, Jul 13, 2023 at 11:26 AM Scott Allen via talk wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 at 10:56, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > > for example the fridge is on an outlet with other items > > The Canadian and Ontario electrical codes require a fridge to have its > own dedicated circuit.

Re: [GTALUG] Favorite desktop manager?

On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 7:30 PM Robert Brockway via talk wrote: > > On Wed, 26 Jul 2023, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > > I hate investing in customization because in the long term, it all gets > > washed away. > > That's one of the reasons I stuck with a window manager rather than moving

Re: [GTALUG] Favorite desktop manager?

On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 1:09 PM BCLUG via talk wrote: > > o1bigtenor via talk wrote on 2023-07-27 03:50: > > >> In my view computers should change to suit humans, not the other way > >> around. > >> > >> > > So thankful that I'm not the only on

Re: [GTALUG] Favorite desktop manager?

On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 5:07 PM BCLUG via talk wrote: > > o1bigtenor wrote on 2023-07-27 14:23: > > In my view computers should change to suit humans, not the > other way around. > > > >>> So thankful that I'm not the only one who thinks this way. Is > >>> there any way to

Re: [GTALUG] war story: Brother printer won't turn on

On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 11:26 AM Don Tai via talk wrote: > > "I'd like to say that soldering is a basic life-skill, but it isn't. " I > think it is. > > If you do any kind of electronics repair or hacking, then you must know how > to solder. It isn't difficult. You just need practice. Tutorials

Re: [GTALUG] "AI" on getting correct technical answers

On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 3:06 AM ac via talk wrote: > snip > > And, it's just a generic LLM. I've heard experienced developers > > saying surprisingly positive things about GitHub's Copilot for quite > > a while now. > > As for the SQL issue - all search queries on Qwant / DDG / Google > > lead

Re: [GTALUG] "AI" on getting correct technical answers

On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 7:14 AM Don Tai wrote: > > The current social assumption made by companies is that all people have a > cellphone, all people know how to use them, and all people are almost always > connected. This is not the case for much of our society, but from the > viewpoint of

Re: [GTALUG] "AI" on getting correct technical answers

On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 3:03 PM Evan Leibovitch wrote: > > > > On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 7:20 AM o1bigtenor via talk wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 3:06 AM ac via talk wrote: >> > >> snip >> >> > > And, it's just a generic LLM. I'v

Re: [GTALUG] "AI" on getting correct technical answers

On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 2:46 PM Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > > On 2024-01-15 13:53, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > [snip] > > FWIW, much of my most important supplemental authentication -- including a > number of government accounts -- is done through an authenticator app whic

Re: [GTALUG] "AI" on getting correct technical answers

On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 1:08 PM Alex Kink wrote: > > Not trying to be a smartypants. Genuinely curious regarding the following: > > Sending a secure email to my secure email account would be a start. > > > What is the definition of secure email or secure email account in the above > sentence?

Re: [GTALUG] "AI" on getting correct technical answers

On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 11:38 AM Evan Leibovitch wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 7:37 AM o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > >> One doesn't use a cell phone (well I wouldn't) but a cellphone number is >> demanded to verify one's identity. Without a working cellphone connec

Re: [GTALUG] "AI" on getting correct technical answers

On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 12:21 PM Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > > On 2024-01-15 11:47, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 8:56 AM Alvin Starr via talk > > wrote: > >> On 2024-01-15 07:35, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > >> [snip] > >&g

Re: [GTALUG] "AI" on getting correct technical answers

On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 4:23 PM Kevin Cozens via talk wrote: > > On 2024-01-15 18:15, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > In rural Canada (more accurately in rural Manitoba) - - - that this is > > surprising > > is actually quite astounding to me. Service is this bad in

Re: [GTALUG] Linux friendly email providers?

On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 8:25 PM Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > > Hi folks, > let me be more specific..some of you tech wizards run your own mail > servers laughs. > for context, although google is removing access to basic html in January, > they pulled my access to it early..and without warning

Re: [GTALUG] Browsers (and Thorium to be specific)

On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 2:56 PM Ron / BCLUG via talk wrote: > > Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote on 2023-11-23 11:38: > > > It is pretty annoying that chrome has become the new IE. Lots of web > > developers only use chrome and don't care that their javascript or html > > doesn't work on other

Re: [GTALUG] "AI" on getting correct technical answers

On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 8:56 AM Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > > On 2024-01-15 07:35, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > [snip] > > One doesn't use a cell phone (well I wouldn't) but a cellphone number > > is demanded to > > verify one's identity. Without a working cellphone

Re: [GTALUG] Windows in Boxes was Re: preliminary adventures with RDP / Remmina / Flatpak

On Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 6:10 PM Michael Hill via talk wrote: > So The Day Job has required that I upgrade to Windows 11 in order to > RDP because Windows 10 isn't secure. I purchased an upgrade license > from my installed Windows 10, secure in the belief that one of the > strategies in this

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