Re: [GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu?

2019-11-16 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Hi Karen, I'm not sure if I fully understand your requirements. But I myself went through a very long and arduous search for an email hosting service provider a few years ago, when AT shut down their email hosting service, I decided to register my own domain name so that I would never ever

Re: [GTALUG] Samsung router?

2019-08-29 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Consider Asking About Network Gear Options On The DragonFlyBSD OS Email Forum (dfly, dragonflybsd.org) ?? I gave been an entranced lurker on the dfly forum for years. Still have an experimental dfly installation on a hosted virtual server. Not touched it in years, due to other priorities.

Re: [GTALUG] Looking for Someone to Answer some Question

2019-01-17 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
- Original Message - From: "xerofoify via talk" To: "Tim Tisdall via talk" Cc: "xerofoify" Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 11:57 AM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Looking for Someone to Answer some Question On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 10:53 PM William Park via talk wrote: On Tue, Jan 15,

Re: [GTALUG] Looking for Someone to Answer some Question

2019-01-17 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
- Original Message - From: xerofoify via talk To: Tim Tisdall via talk Cc: xerofoify Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 11:57 AM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Looking for Someone to Answer some Question On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 10:53 PM William Park via talk wrote: > > On

Re: [GTALUG] looking for a tool to transform table relationships

2018-07-21 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
You could also consult the PostgreSQL users email forum pgsql-gene...@lists.postgresql.org Needs registration, but when I was receiving the forum messages, I noticed that participants were always promptly helpful to all comers. But sometimes there is a LOT of email traffic. I dropped out from

Re: [GTALUG] Web hosting companies providing Linux shell accounts?

2018-07-19 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
- Original Message - From: "Karen Lewellen via talk" To: Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 8:56 PM Subject: [GTALUG] Web hosting companies providing Linux shell accounts? Hi All, The organization for whom I work presently has a shared hosting account with dreamhost. Recently though

Re: [GTALUG] New Desktop PC -- debian Linux - Proposed 2 TB HDDPartitioning;

2018-04-18 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Perfect timing for continuation of this thread. My new ly builtPC (replacing Windows XP on a ancient Dell) is home and I'm getting acquainted with a simple standard debian Linux installation that is all-in-one-partition except for swap. Now finalizing the partitioning design for the "real"

Re: [GTALUG] New Desktop PC -- debian Linux - Proposed 2 TB HDDPartitioning;

2018-04-12 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Many Thanks To Lennart, Bob, Giles and D. Hugh, All very helpful. Lots to think about. * * * * * * As a result of earlier advice from GTALUG members, I have already prepared two (2) USB memory stcks with bootable images, for verifying that the fresh PC build can indeed (at least): 1. boot

Re: [GTALUG] New Deaktop PC -- To Run debian Linux - PCPartPickerRecipe;

2018-03-29 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Many thanks to so many responders impossible to mention all individually !! Have duly noted around a half-dozen configuration items of the build recipe, for review and no doubt at least some already for revision. All postings greatly appreciated ... Steve --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] New Deaktop PC -- To Run debian Linux - PCPartPicker Recipe;

2018-03-28 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
2018 at 09:08, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: Greetings To GTALUG, At long last I have created a final build recipe for my new desktop PC to run debian Linux. Replacing an ancient Dell PC running WIndows XP: a.. https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/Steve_

Re: [GTALUG] New Deaktop PC -- To Run debian Linux - PCPartPicker Recipe;

2018-03-28 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Lennart, thanks for reply. My remarks below. Steve - Original Message - From: Lennart Sorensen To: Giles Orr ; GTALUG Talk Cc: Steve Petrie, P.Eng. Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2018 12:27 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] New Deaktop PC -- To Run debian Linux - PCPartPicker Recipe;

[GTALUG] New Deaktop PC -- To Run debian Linux - PCPartPicker Recipe;

2018-03-27 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Greetings To GTALUG, At long last I have created a final build recipe for my new desktop PC to run debian Linux. Replacing an ancient Dell PC running WIndows XP: a.. https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/Steve_Petrie/saved/#view=krFNNG The configuration is an Asus LGA1151 socket motherboard with

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

2018-03-06 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Thanks to all who have contributed to the discussion. All comments read with great interest. * * * * * * I have been able to use a public-access workstation at my local public library branch, to download onto my USB hard drive (WD "Elements" model, pre-fomatted with NTFS): a.. the three

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - ShippedTo Canadian Destination ??

2018-03-04 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Replies below. Steve - Original Message - From: Russell via talk To: Antonio Sun ; GTALUG Talk ; Antonio Sun via talk Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2018 12:26 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - ShippedTo Canadian Destination ?? On March 3,

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

2018-03-04 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
-03-03 09:45 AM, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: > Probably�true that dial-up under Linux will be fiddly as heck ... In my early days of using Linux I had used dial-up for Internet access. I also wrote information in a book about how I had set things up so I could refere

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

2018-03-04 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Pls. see below. Steve Oakville, Ontario, Canada (905) 847-3253 apet...@aspetrie.net - Original Message - From: Antonio Sun via talk To: GTALUG Talk Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2018 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

2018-03-03 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
, 2018 at 10:25:16AM -0500, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: > Many thanks to the many helpful responders !! > > Too many for me to thank individually ... > > 5. Thanks also for the cautionary advice re: dial-up modem on Linux. I did some research earlier

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

2018-03-03 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
To Canadian Destination ?? On March 2, 2018 10:25:16 AM EST, "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: >Many thanks to the many helpful responders !! > >Too many for me to thank individually ... > >* * * >* * * > >Here is

Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

2018-03-02 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
inal Message - From: Giles Orr To: Steve Petrie, P.Eng. ; GTALUG Talk Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2018 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ?? On 1 March 2018 at 09:28, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk <talk@gta

[GTALUG] debian Linux -- Installation DVDs Full Set - Shipped To Canadian Destination ??

2018-03-01 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Greetings To GTALUG, I am starting to order the parts for building a new desktop PC to run debian Linux as primary operating system. Replacing an ancient Dell desktop PC with MS Windows XP. * * * * * * I'm looking for a source for full set of physical debian Linux (LXDE) installation DVDs

[GTALUG] Fw: Meltdown and Spectre on HTTP workload

2018-02-07 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Warm Greetings To GTALUG, FYI. Below is a forward of an email from one of the developers of the DragonFlyBSD (dfly) operating system. The PDF at the link target gives a nice one-page graph showing the performance hits due to fixes for Meltdown and Spectre. Dfly is not LInux but a highly

[GTALUG] Intel Meltdown Bug -- Conundrum For New Desktop PC Build Spec (to run debian Linux) -- Switch From Intel CPU To AMD CPU ??

2018-01-08 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Warm Greetings To GTALUG Members, Just as year 2018 arrived and I prepared to push the Order button, on the various parts for building a new desktop PC to run debian LInux, replacing an ancient Dell Windows XP PC, along comes revelation of the Intel Meltdown CPU bug, to muddy the picture. My

[GTALUG] pnc empower browser;

2017-12-16 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Brief comments below. Steve - Original Message - From: Myles Braithwaite  via talk To: GTALUG Talk Sent: Friday, December 15, 2017 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] [browser bitching] Re: Programming languages (in comparison?) - -was Learn Swift for Apple/iOS. Learn ??? for

[GTALUG] pnc empower browser;

2017-12-16 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
: Myles Braithwaite  To: GTALUG Talk Cc: Steve Petrie, P.Eng. Sent: Friday, December 15, 2017 11:46 AM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] [browser bitching] Re: Programming languages (in comparison?) - -was Learn Swift for Apple/iOS. Learn ??? for Google/Android. Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote

[GTALUG] [browser bitching] Re: Programming languages (in comparison?) - -was Learn Swift for Apple/iOS. Learn ??? for Google/Android.

2017-12-15 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Please see my comments below. With apologies for wordiness ... Steve - Original Message - From: o1bigtenor via talk To: Alvin Starr ; GTALUG Talk Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 8:22 AM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Programming languages (in comparison?) - -was Learn Swift for Apple/iOS.

Re: [GTALUG] Programming languages (in comparison?) - -was Learn Swift for Apple/iOS. Learn ??? for Google/Android.

2017-12-11 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Pls. see comments below. - Original Message - From: o1bigtenor via talk To: D. Hugh Redelmeier ; GTALUG Talk Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2017 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Programming languages (in comparison?) - -was Learn Swift for Apple/iOS. Learn ??? for Google/Android.

Re: [GTALUG] Linux Journal, RIP

2017-12-06 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Try LinuxQuestions.org ?? I'm not yet actively using this LQ resource (it's not a journal), but I do plan to use it (in addition to consulting the GTALUG forum :), once I get to installing debian Linux on my build-it-myself PC. The occasional emailed LQ e-newsletter I receive, does seem a bit

Re: [GTALUG] IBM Mainframe and z/OS

2017-12-04 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Greetings To R360, >From someone who worked as independent contract software engineer for 30 >years, retiring early in the year 2002. At that time major financial companies used large IBM mainframes extensively. They simply wouldn't trust anything else. The COBOL language often so disparaged

Re: [GTALUG] Web hosting questions

2017-10-30 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Many awesome tips posted to this thread !! The one about the two-phase TTL change (not included in this reply) has been added to my DNS bag of tricks. * * * * * * My personal experience -- you can go through a lot of pain and anguish on the way to finding good Internet hosting service

Re: [GTALUG] From BTRFS to what?

2017-09-06 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Greetings To GTALUG, - Original Message - From: "Anthony de Boer via talk" To: "Alvin Starr via talk" Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2017 6:33 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] From BTRFS to what? Alvin Starr via talk wrote: On 09/05/2017 09:42 AM,

Re: [GTALUG] Raspberry PI wifi problem

2017-08-23 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Warm greetings to GTALUG, Comments below. (apologies for the messy format -- due to ancient Microsoft Outlook Express...) Steve - Original Message - From: "CLIFFORD ILKAY via talk" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2017 7:04 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [GTALUG] Tutorials on Linux command-line -- any interest?

2017-07-27 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
als on Linux command-line -- any interest? | From: "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> vi skills are pretty basic to using Linux. But I don't have them and I've survived. I've used UNIX and then Linux as my primary OS since before vi existed. Still, I recommend

Re: [GTALUG] Tutorials on Linux command-line -- any interest?

2017-07-24 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Warm Greetings To GTALUG, >From a Windows XP "orphan" and Linux newbie :) Lately I haven't had much to say on this GTALUG email forum. No pressing issues needing help right now. Not pushy enough to waste GTALUG bandwidth with general musings. However, in response to William Park's

Re: [GTALUG] computer to a good home.

2017-04-06 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Warm Greetings To GTALUG, There is a Toronto-based non-profit ISP -- Toronto Free-Net http://www.torfree.net/ that provides a free limited dial-up ISP service, and inexpensive dial-up and faster services. I use torfree as my backup dial-up ISP, in case my paid dial-up ISP has a service

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

2017-02-06 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
I just ordered 2x: WD 1TB Elements Portable Hard Drive USB 3.0 Model WDBUZG0010BBK-EESN Black @ $69.99 each (save $30 off regular price) From www.newegg.ca Sale ends tomorrow. Steve --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

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

2017-02-03 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
On Thu, Feb 2, 2017, at 11:01, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: 6. Includes a custom-designed and compact, easily-attached retro-fit "grip" for the portable HDD, the grip eliminates all cable strain on the USB-A connector, yet is small enough so that the portable HDD, toget

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

2017-02-03 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Please see below. Steve - Original Message - From: "Stewart C. Russell via talk" To: Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Portable Backup Drive Compatible with Linux (and Recommended Backup Software) On 2017-02-02

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

2017-02-03 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Please see below. Steve - Original Message - From: "Michael Galea via talk" To: Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 6:16 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Portable Backup Drive Compatible with Linux (and Recommended Backup Software) On 02/02/17 16:54,

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

2017-02-02 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Warm Greetings To The GTALUG Community, Portable Backup Drive -- A deeply interesting subject !! * * * * * * I would suggest a NAS box just because you can stick it in a corner and just about everything you will want to backup will connect to the network. Or even backup over wifi. Sounds

Re: [GTALUG] looking for a secondary mx service

2016-10-30 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Hello Dave, - Original Message - From: "Dave Cramer via talk" To: "GTALUG" Sent: Friday, October 28, 2016 8:04 PM Subject: [GTALUG] looking for a secondary mx service I have 4 domains that I need a secondary mx service for. Suggestions? Not

Re: [GTALUG] curious... Linux vs BSD ?

2016-09-30 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Greetings To GTALUG Talk, - Original Message - From: "Christopher Browne via talk" To: ; "Myles Braithwaite" ; "GTALUG Talk" Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 4:14 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] curious...

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-08-11 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Greetings To GTALUG Members, Having gratefully received an avalanche of helpful postings from GTALUG members, and based on that advice, I provide below a summary of the revisions to the original specification of components, for the new desktop PC. Please find attached a PDF summary of the

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-08-10 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Hello Alvin, Please see my comments inline below. Steve apet...@aspetrie.net - Original Message - From: "Alvin Starr via talk" To: "James Knott" ; "GTALUG Talk" Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2016 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG]

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-08-09 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
It may be worth looking into getting the drive fixed. I believe that Memofix(http://www.memofix.com/) will repair tape drives. Thanks for the tip !! I see they are a Canadian firm, so no border-crossing complications. I will investigate further. On 08/09/2016 09:35 AM, Steve Petrie, P.E

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-08-09 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Greetings To GTALUG Members, A setback has occurred in my project to acquire a new Linux PC. On the Windows XP PC that is going to be replaced by the new Linux PC, the DDS-3 DAT SCSI tape drive has died, that does backup duty for the HDD. Died too soon by only a couple of months -- !@#$%^&*(!!

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-08-01 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Hello Hugh, Thanks for your message. My comments are inline below. Steve - Original Message - From: "D. Hugh Redelmeier" To: "Russell Reiter" ; "GTALUG Talk" Cc: "Steve Petrie, P.Eng." Sent: Saturday,

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-08-01 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Hello Russell, Thanks for your message. My comments are inline below. Steve - Original Message - From: "Russell Reiter" To: "GTALUG Talk" ; "Steve Petrie, P.Eng." Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2016 4:53 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-08-01 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
rday, July 30, 2016 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC; On Mon 25 Jul 2016 10:47 -0400, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: I have almost no Linux / Unix experience. After reading this thread for awhile I feel like I need to be some kind of

Re: [GTALUG] GTALUG - BUILDING DEBIAN 8 PC TO REPLACE WIN XP PC

2016-08-01 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
rday, July 30, 2016 1:54 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] GTALUG - BUILDING DEBIAN 8 PC TO REPLACE WIN XP PC On Sat 30 Jul 2016 01:26 -0400, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: Maybe I'm just a Nervous Nellie, but I would rather try first to get the Linux PC to work with a dial-up modem, so I can continue t

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-08-01 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Hello Christopher, Thanks for your message. My comments are inline below. Steve - Original Message - From: "Christopher Browne" To: "GTALUG Talk" ; "Steve Petrie, P.Eng." Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2016 1:06 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-08-01 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
rday, July 30, 2016 8:03 AM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC; On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 12:24 AM, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: snip I cannot speak to whether or not it is actually supported but I can tell you that you can i

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-07-29 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
sday, July 28, 2016 7:56 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC; On Thu 28 Jul 2016 13:51 -0400, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: I would need two portable backup hard drives (one on-site and one off-site). I estimate a cost of $375 for a SCSI controller ca

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-07-29 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
sday, July 28, 2016 6:29 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC; | From: "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> | - Original Message - From: "Russell Reiter" <rreite...@gmail.com> | > The hylafax si

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-07-29 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
To Replace Win XP PC; On 28/07/16 01:50 PM, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: Interesting. And encouraging. Maybe I can hold out a while longer, and keep using dial-up with the new Linux PC, postponing the extra expense of DSL versus dial-up. I pay today $15 / mo. (+taxes) for dial-up ac

Re: [GTALUG] GTALUG - BUILDING DEBIAN 8 PC TO REPLACE WIN XP PC

2016-07-29 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
; Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 3:40 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] GTALUG - BUILDING DEBIAN 8 PC TO REPLACE WIN XP PC On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 01:50:00PM -0400, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: Mainly because I use dial-upon the Win XP system, and I don't want the hassle of changing it to use

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-07-29 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
; Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 3:32 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC; On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 01:51:33PM -0400, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: "Easy, fast, reliable" sounds pretty tempting to me. I thought all modern t

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-07-29 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
; Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 3:36 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC; On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 01:49:29PM -0400, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: The first big porting task will be to convert my Outlook Express mail folders (2.38 GB) to Thunder

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-07-29 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
ent: Thursday, July 28, 2016 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC; On Jul 28, 2016 1:48 PM, "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: However, I received (26 July 2016) a very disappointing quotation from NCIX. Hugely

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-07-29 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Thanks to GTALUG Members, for the last series of emails I fetched on this thread. Many useful ideas and much interesting info. Copious snippets have been carefully collected into a text file. * * * * * * I have reviewed the quotation I received from NCIX, and can report: 1. Contrary to my

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-07-28 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
uot;Steve Petrie, P.Eng." <apet...@aspetrie.net> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 8:32 AM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC; On Jul 26, 2016 9:27 PM, "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: | From: "Steve Petrie, P

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-07-28 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
sday, July 26, 2016 9:27 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC; | From: "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> | I donlt really have a few weeks to spare. I need to get the Linux PC up | and running, so I can get back to the

Re: [GTALUG] GTALUG - BUILDING DEBIAN 8 PC TO REPLACE WIN XP PC

2016-07-28 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Hello Stan, Thanks for your response. My comments are inline below. Steve - Original Message - From: "Stan Witkowski" To: "Steve Petrie, P.Eng." Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 12:02 AM Subject: GTALUG - BUILDING DEBIAN 8 PC TO REPLACE

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-07-28 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
sday, July 26, 2016 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC; On Jul 26, 2016 9:39 AM, "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: Hello Russel, I get nervous when I read "standoofs, odd screws, little odds and en

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-07-28 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Hello Lennart, Thanks for your response. My comments are inline below. Steve - Original Message - From: "Lennart Sorensen via talk" To: "Loui Chang" Cc: "GTALUG Talk" Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 10:35 AM Subject: Re:

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-07-28 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
t; Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2016 10:32 AM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC; On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 09:39:25AM -0400, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: I get nervous when I read "standoofs, odd screws, little odds and ends" In my experien

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-07-28 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
sday, July 26, 2016 9:57 AM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC; Sent from mobile. On Jul 26, 2016 9:41 AM, "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: Hello Loui, Thanks for your response. Perhaps for a modest pr

Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-07-26 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
day, July 25, 2016 12:15 PM Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC; On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: Warm Greetings To GTALUG, BACKGROUND -- BUILDING DEBIAN 8 PC TO REPLACE WIN XP PC I'm working to replac

[GTALUG] Advice -- Building Debian 8 PC To Replace Win XP PC;

2016-07-25 Thread Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk
Warm Greetings To GTALUG, Please forgive the long email. -- have to provide some background. BACKGROUND -- BUILDING DEBIAN 8 PC TO REPLACE WIN XP PC I'm working to replace an old Dell Windows XP SP3 PC with a new PC, booting Debian Linux 8 as the primary OS, with Win 7 set up to run under