Re: [GTALUG] Thinkpad [3]: Aligning size of dm-crypt and partition/filesystem

On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 9:43 AM, Matt Price via talk wrote: > Final question! In order to enable suspend to disk, I ended up shrinking my > root partition (I also added an M.2 SSD, so the whole thing was a bit > complex). In the end I got it to work, but I made some kind of an

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 11:36:09PM -0400, Bob Jonkman via talk wrote: >> A few (10?) years ago I head a Science Friday show with guest George >> Olah where he made a strong case for using hydrogen, but storing

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

On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 7:42 AM, Ivan Avery Frey via talk wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2016, 23:31 William Park via talk wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 12:08:56PM -0400, Michael Galea via talk wrote: >> > PS: A few years ago I noticed an interesting

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 wrote: snip > > If I can't get the white box vendor's ironclad assurance of hardware > compatibility with Linux, I could wind up stuck with a PC I can't use. I > agree it's a small risk. But the advent of "secure

Re: [GTALUG] better than average article on why the federal payroll system is a mess

On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 10:41 AM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > On 08/12/2016 11:13 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > There have been a bunch of headlines about the new federal payroll > system "Phoenix" is screwing up a lot. This article does a reasonable > job of

Re: [GTALUG] Are you on the watch list?

On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 10:51 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson via talk wrote: > On Mon, 18 Jul 2016, ac via talk wrote: > ... >> >> beer? someone say beer? >> >> Seeing as we are polling opinions here (and I know too little to >> contribute much to CA/US/Mexico political discussions) but

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

On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk wrote: > Hello Dee, > > Thanks for your message. > > My comments are inline below. > > Steve > > - Original Message - From: "o1bigtenor" > To: "Steve Petrie, P.Eng."

Re: [GTALUG] War Story: UEFI Boot Failure and Fix

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 10:57 PM, Scott Sullivan via talk wrote: > I was recently issue an new laptop from work. Of course, being in a sysadmin > position, and giving the latitude to use the tools I deem necessary, I > replaced the disk and installed Fedora 25. > > I felt it was

[GTALUG] Info request

Greetings Just looking into how to use a database like Postgresql. On the other side they use front end programs. What is a 'normal' or common approach in the linux world? TIA Dee --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] General Hacker Stuff -Point of Sale and other exploits

On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 3:33 PM, Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > IMHO Here's a link to a must see Defcon 24 video. > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV_0k9Fh590 > > Modern Magstripe hacking & more. > > They're using iron oxide not ammonium dichromate as I related in an earlier >

Re: [GTALUG] overengineering: hostnamectl

On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 8:41 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > How do you set the hostname of a Linux machine? It used to be you just > put it in the file /etc/hostname. >snip > > To be honest, what bothers me is that there seem to be several > different models of what a

Re: [GTALUG] OT - the heuristics of privacy

On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 9:39 AM, Russell Reiter via talk wrote: > Belated thanks for the link. I had thought after the Snowden video which > showed how to disable the mic on a common cell phone, there might be some > hope for project Ara. Alas not, it's been cancelled. > Another

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

On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > On 09/29/2016 11:52 PM, Peter King via talk wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 10:45:09AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: snip > > Not sure why people have a hate on for systemd. > It is a pain to learn a new

[GTALUG] Internet testing

Greetings I have been using www.testmy.net as a non-flash based (its html 5 IIUC) connection tester. My ISP on the other hand believes that only flash based tests like Ookla's are any good. Looking for thoughts and opinions on the differences between the two and which might actually be more

Re: [GTALUG] unexpected firefox "server not found" messages

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 9:32 PM, ac via talk wrote: > On Wed, 23 Nov 2016 09:52:43 -0500 (EST) > "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: >> Once in a while I've been getting "Server not found" errors from >> Firefox that surprise me. The links are to real sites.

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 3:00 PM, CLIFFORD ILKAY via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > On 12/01/17 08:16 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: >> >> Greetings >> >> Am trying to find (for need in the not to distant future) some of what >> is normally called 'accounti

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 12:28 PM, Jason Shaw via talk wrote: > I feel obligated to point out freshbooks.com as Accounting as a Service > based here in Toronto. I do work there, so I'm a touch biased, but it > provides multiple users, mobile apps (android and iOS), as well as

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 12:26 PM, Alvin Starr via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > On 01/12/2017 01:13 PM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: >> >> On 01/12/2017 08:16 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: >>> >>> Greetings >>> >>> Am trying to

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 10:36 AM, William Park via talk wrote: > This topic is one thing that GTALUG should at least meet and talk about. > It is recurring and prevalent needs in all business. With enough beer, > we'll think of something worth money. > -- Based on what I'm

Re: [GTALUG] router upgrade

On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 3:09 PM, Scott Sullivan via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > On 11/07/17 07:25 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > >> So - - - I should just buy another one? (asus rt-n16) >> >> I'm thinking the one I have might get another 2 years and the nex

[GTALUG] router upgrade

Greetings I've been running an Asus rt-n16 router, using dd-wrt, for about 6.5 years now. On the second one for about 1.5 years and no longer have a spare for the next time the router craters. Am finding it very difficult to determine an update/upgrade for my router. Any suggestions? (Trying

[GTALUG] for any hardware gurus

*working with xrandr 1.5 not finding how to connect second or third gpu* -- Greetings Running debian buster (testing) using lxqt. Have 3 nvidia 570 gpus and 4 1920x1080 monitors. Have had this system now for almost 5.5 years and have had it running the four monitors

Re: [GTALUG] router upgrade; cheap WRT1200ac

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Lennart Sorensen via talk <talk@gtalug.org > wrote: > On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 11:49:31AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > wrote: > > | From: o1bigtenor via talk <talk@gtalug.org> > > > > | I've been running an Asus rt-n16

[GTALUG] Question

Greetings Many companies are now developing equipment for home use that is for the latest buzz in the world - - IoT (more morons them!). There is, as a result, the need to be searching for a cell phone signal (a wireless section that can only be put in airplane mode not an off). This machine

Re: [GTALUG] cheap today: 43 inch UltraHD TV

On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 9:30 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk < talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > tl;dr: if you yearn for monitor resolution, have I got a deal for you! > > rcss-haier-uhd-4k-tv-43-55-298-468-no-tax-june-24th-2096245/> > > I use a

Re: [GTALUG] cheap today: 43 inch UltraHD TV

On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 12:16 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk < talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > | Sounds like a decent idea if you only want 1 (!) monitor. > | Me - - I went for 4 - - 1900 x 1080 IIRC > > I prefer a single monitor with that many pixels: 4 x 1920 x 1080 == > UltraHD. I don't really

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 9:44 PM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > > You can never be paranoid enough. > > What your looking for is a tempest enclosure. > Its basically a Faraday cage but tested to NATO et al standards.( > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_(codename)). > A bunch

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 12:19 AM, ac via talk wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 18:56:27 -0300 > Mauro Souza via talk wrote: > > A Faraday cage is enough. Put the machine inside a grounded metallic > > box, and you are good to go. > > Opening the machine and

Re: [GTALUG] Question [about network security and privacy]

On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 9:07 AM, Kevin Cozens via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > On 2017-06-14 06:49 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > >> don't want the stupid thing to be transmitting. According to the 'idiots' >> selling the thing it will only transmit AF

[GTALUG] touch screens

Greetings Reading of the announcement of 2 new 'smart' phones at the meeting prompts me to ask the question. Am I the only person who finds that touch screens don't work worth a !@#$%^ using my fingers? Thumb, index and third finger take repeated attempts to get a result where the fourth finger

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG Meeting on Tuesday 10 October at 7:30pm

On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 1:09 PM, hi--- via talk wrote: > > > # The State of Mozilla with Mike Hoye > > In November, Mozilla will release Firefox 57, a major update to the > browser with a lot of new technology and features under the hood.

Re: [GTALUG] Firefox memory usage (was GTALUG Meeting on Tuesday 10 October at 7:30pm)

On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 2:56 PM, ted leslie wrote: > two word solution : tab hibernation. vivaldi, chrome and ff all have > different solutions, but as i do, with many tabs open 60+, if you don't TH > your screwed. > With "great suspender" on chrome, you can custom set up

Re: [GTALUG] Firefox memory usage (was GTALUG Meeting on Tuesday 10 October at 7:30pm)

On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 3:00 PM, Myles Braithwaite  <m...@mylesb.ca> wrote: > o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > Am a serious browser user - - - in the past have had up to 18 windows > > open and from 3 to 50+ tabs on any one window. There isn't a browser out > > ther

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG Meeting on Tuesday 10 October at 7:30pm

On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 3:12 PM, Stewart C. Russell via talk < talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > On 2017-09-30 03:15 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > > > … in the past have had up to 18 windows > > open and from 3 to 50+ tabs on any one window. > > Could one do usef

Re: [GTALUG] From BTRFS to what?

On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 9:18 PM, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > On 2017-09-03 09:56 PM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > > > > True enough but the project could have been picked up by others. > > Something as complex as a FS needs corporate support, and no company > wishes to

Re: [GTALUG] Request for a talk (or a doc)

On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > Thank you thank you thank you, Blaise. > > The links you offered eventually led me to the 2008 page that actually > explained things most clearly to me >

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

On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 9:25 AM, David Mason via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > On 12 December 2017 at 08:48, o1bigtenor via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > >> A little tidbit for you as you continue your praise of the 'new' ff! (Yes >> I understand >> that ch

[GTALUG] Was Re: [browser bitching] Now: considerations for user controlled browser segmentation

> - 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. Learn ???

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

On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 6:31 PM, Clifford Ilkay via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 8:22 AM, o1bigtenor via talk <talk@gtalug.org> > wrote: > >> >> >> On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 7:32 AM, Alvin Starr via talk <talk@gtalug.org> >&

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

On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 6:15 PM, Jamon Camisso via talk wrote: > On 2017-12-10 06:13 PM, o1bigtenor wrote: > >> I think you'll be surprised at how well the latest Firefox 57 performs. > >> It's their first release featuring core browser components written in > Rust. > >> > >>

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

On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 11:29 PM, Stewart C. Russell via talk < talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > On 2017-12-10 09:50 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > > > 1. You need to set up at least 10 windows in FF. > > 2. You need to find some kind of topics so that you have ranging fro

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

On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 12:06 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk < talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > | From: ted leslie via talk > > snip > > I spend most of my programming time in C. The next language I intend > to use is Rust. I like its ideas but proof of the pudding is in the >

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

On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Jamon Camisso via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > On 2017-12-10 06:28 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > So I know precious little about programming languages. I looked up 'Rust > > programming language'. > > > > Wikipedia (which

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

On Sun, Dec 10, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Jamon Camisso via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > On 2017-12-10 06:28 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > So I know precious little about programming languages. I looked up 'Rust > > programming language'. > > > > Wikipedia (which

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

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 7:32 AM, Alvin Starr via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > On 12/11/2017 12:29 AM, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > >> On 2017-12-10 09:50 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: >> >>> 1. You need to set up at least 10 windows in FF. >>&g

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

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 9:13 AM, David Mason via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > On 11 December 2017 at 07:20, o1bigtenor via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > >> I've tried vivaldi, min, chromium (that's chrome on linux), opera and ff. >> They all crap out. FF fails

Re: [GTALUG] Web hosting questions

Greetings On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 5:54 AM, Mauro Souza wrote: > I've seen renew contracts getting cheaper, not the other way. Moore's law > at work. If your provider is asking for more, change the provider. > > Copy all content from one site to the other, put an entry on

Re: [GTALUG] Web hosting questions

Greetings On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 6:27 AM, Don Tai wrote: > Web hosting can be purchased on the occasional sale, such as Black Friday, > so renewal costs can be much higher. I always compare renewal costs and not > the initial loss leader signup cost. The 2.7 times

[GTALUG] Web hosting questions

Greetings I bought web hosting and registered 2 domains with a company. The domains need to be renewed annually but the hosting is on a three year rotation. The renewal is going to be about 2.7 x the original hosting contract. Is this normal? What do you of those that have a personal or small

Re: [GTALUG] Web hosting questions

On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 7:18 AM, Don Tai wrote: > > I would also council to separate your domains from your hosting provider. > If you have a dispute with your hosting provider you should be able to > easily switch hosts. You cannot do this if your domains and hosting

Re: [GTALUG] Web hosting questions

On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 7:18 AM, Don Tai wrote: > I would also council to separate your domains from your hosting provider. > If you have a dispute with your hosting provider you should be able to > easily switch hosts. You cannot do this if your domains and hosting are

Re: [GTALUG] Aggressive and Underhanded?

On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 1:05 AM, ac via talk wrote: > Hey Everyone, > > I was wondering whether I am the only one noticing that Google and > Microsoft has become increasingly aggressive and underhanded in their > email operations? > > I noticed the trend a few years ago already and have been

[GTALUG] server questions - - help needed

Greetings I am quite new at running a server so hopefully the question isn't too out there. My server has been operational for about a year and I am working on a number of different projects on it. Twice now (this last friday and 5 weeks early I came into the office to find that the server has

Re: [GTALUG] server questions - - help needed

On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 5:54 PM, William Park via talk wrote: > On Sun, Jun 03, 2018 at 02:47:13PM -0500, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: >> Greetings >> >> I am quite new at running a server so hopefully the question isn't too >> out there. >> >> My server has

Re: [GTALUG] server questions - - help needed

On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 7:18 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > | From: o1bigtenor via talk > > | My server has been operational for about a year and I am working on a > | number of different projects on it. Twice now (this last friday and 5 > | weeks early I came into the

Re: [GTALUG] server questions - - help needed

On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 7:50 AM, David Collier-Brown via talk wrote: > On 03/06/18 10:57 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 5:54 PM, William Park via talk >> wrote: >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 03, 2018 at 02:47:13PM -0500, o1bigte

Re: [GTALUG] server questions - - help needed

On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 7:13 AM, Jamon Camisso via talk wrote: > On 03/06/18 15:47, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: >> So I am trying to determine what may have caused the system to do a >> reboot, whilst I have my suspicions I want to figure out exactly what >> is happeni

Re: [GTALUG] (OT) home renovation courses for home owner?

On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 3:16 PM, Peter Hiscocks via talk wrote: > I did a major reno on my house a few years ago. The deal with my wife was > that I could buy any power tools that I needed, and I now have a nice > collection. > > This was the front of the house including a large livingroom, hall,

Re: [GTALUG] Meltdown performance hit.

On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 11:52 PM, ac via talk wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 23:35:23 -0500 > Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > > > >> A bit of searching shows that others are complaining about the same > > >> problem. > > > That does look like a substantial hit.

Re: [GTALUG] Meltdown performance hit.

On Thu, Jan 11, 2018 at 3:59 PM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > I cannot prove this yet but I believe there has been a big performance hit > in the cloud providers. > > I use amazon for a couple of lightly loaded servers > > Attached is the traffic graph from the last 2 weeks. >

Re: [GTALUG] Linux Journal, RIP

On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 1:46 AM, Stewart Russell via talk wrote: > > On Jan 31, 2018 18:01, "Tim Carroll via talk" wrote: > > They are back. > with new funding. > linuxjournal2 > http://www.linuxjournal.com/ > > > I wish them good luck trying to refactor their

Re: [GTALUG] Seen in passing: PDF to epub/docx converter for windows

On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 9:35 AM, James Knott via talk wrote: > On 02/04/2018 10:20 AM, David Collier-Brown via talk wrote: > > > > https://www.lightenpdf.com/pdf-converter.html > > > > $29.99, with a free trial if you have a windows emulator handy > > > > How much is it, if you

Re: [GTALUG] Linux Journal, RIP

On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 7:38 AM, James Knott via talk wrote: > On 02/02/2018 12:39 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > I haven't put my money where my mouth is. For example, LWN.net seems > > deserving but I haven't thrown any money their way. But I do value > > the

Re: [GTALUG] Apache Traffic Server HA

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 9:21 AM, Greg Martyn via talk wrote: > > Has anyone run Apache Traffic Server in production? I've used it for a > proof-of-concept before, and I like it overall, but I'm about to recommend > its use and would like to hear any horror stories. > > I'm

Re: [GTALUG] browsers

On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 6:48 PM, Charles Philip Chan via talk wrote: > o1bigtenor via talk writes: > >> To have some privacy I run Noscript and only give limited approval >> for access. Firefox seems to be only set up to run on M$ systems. The >> sometimes 5 and

[GTALUG] browsers

Greetings I am not asking about how to solve Firefox issues (IMO the best way would be to get rid of the garbage) but am looking for some input. Firefox dies on me - - - and often. Am running a Debian testing box with 2 gpus and 4 monitors (and more than 20 GM of RAM) so I run the proprietary

Re: [GTALUG] browsers

On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 8:43 PM, Jason Shaw via talk wrote: > Another Firefox (nightly at that) + noscript user here, running stretch/sid > and not having any crashes. I don't have the beast of a machine that you > do, so I usually have <20 tabs open at a time, but I also run them in > Firefox

[GTALUG] knotty problem

Greetings Had some issues with my system and although I didn't need to, in retrospect, re-install - - - well I did. Running, as previously, on Debian testing (10 or buster) with a pile of ram and and and , with what may be more unusual is 2 graphics cards and 4 monitors set up as 2 x-screens.

Re: [GTALUG] Any Debian User Groups in the GTA?

On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 3:11 PM, Sergio Durigan Junior via talk wrote: > Hi there, > > Do we have any Debian User Groups in the GTA? I've been living in > Toronto for the past 4 years and never even heard of one, which is a > bummer. I'd like to do something this weekend to celebrate Debian Day

Re: [GTALUG] Any Debian User Groups in the GTA?

On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 6:47 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > | From: Sergio Durigan Junior via talk > > | Do we have any Debian User Groups in the GTA? > > Is there a reason to separate Linux users into distros? I'm pretty > sure we share most thing and can learn from each other. > >

Re: [GTALUG] Any Debian User Groups in the GTA?

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 9:13 AM, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > On Tue, Sep 04, 2018 at 04:44:07PM -0400, Sergio Durigan Junior wrote: >> Funny, it's one of the first things I missed. But I guess it depends on >> how you interact with the GTALUG, among other things. >> >> Actually, I'd like

Re: [GTALUG] Any Debian User Groups in the GTA?

On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 11:31 AM, Alex Volkov via talk wrote: > I don't think just pointing to a very long page with mailing list with no > other explanation is very helpful. > > Olbigtenor, if you have a problem with particular package, you can go to > https://www.debian.org/Bugs/ look for that

Re: [GTALUG] Anyone here using Manjaro or OpenSUSE?

On Sun, Sep 9, 2018 at 11:32 AM, Jamon Camisso via talk wrote: > On 09/09/18 00:14, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: >> Hi all. >> >> I'm looking to install a new distro, after using Mint and Kubuntu for a >> long time. >> I'm trying to choose whether to try Manjaro or OpenSUSE. >> >> Sure, I can

Re: [GTALUG] Swappiness

On Tue, Sep 4, 2018 at 11:16 PM, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: > On Tue, Sep 4, 2018, 10:40 PM John Weintraub, > wrote: >> >> Is your swap equal to twice the amount of RAM? That's the default; I am >> not sure where you came up with the number "60"; > > > I was referring to this: > >

Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu -- Disabling Ping

On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 10:58 PM, Howard Gibson via talk wrote: > On Wed, 29 Aug 2018 22:03:52 -0400 > Alvin Starr via talk wrote: >> you could also do the following: >> >> sudo sysctl net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all=1 > > Alvin, > >That's it. I saw instructions on the internet to update

Re: [GTALUG] fail2ban problem

On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 4:13 AM, ac via talk wrote: > > yeah, this is the reason why I do not usually respond to this type of > post... security is a wide and varying topic. and opinions are held by > all and sundry. > > just for the record though: what i said was: fail2ban is not the right tool

Re: [GTALUG] (OT) admin fee on BMO RRSP?

On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 9:40 AM, James Knott via talk wrote: > On 07/08/2018 10:30 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: >> On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 8:55 AM, Ivan Avery Frey via talk >> wrote: >>> Hi William >>> >>> My father and my sister both pay an admin f

Re: [GTALUG] (OT) admin fee on BMO RRSP?

On Sat, Jul 7, 2018 at 11:01 PM, William Park via talk wrote: > Another very off-topic post... > > Recently, I found out Bank of Montreal is charging me $10 + tax > administration fee for RRSP account. I can't believe it. Maybe some > option got turned on/off by mistake. Anyone here with RRSP

Re: [GTALUG] (OT) admin fee on BMO RRSP?

On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 8:55 AM, Ivan Avery Frey via talk wrote: > Hi William > > My father and my sister both pay an admin fee on their CIBC Wood Gundy > registered accounts. > > I think it's at the discretion of the financial institution. > I think its to increase the profit of the financial

Re: [GTALUG] Extending EOL by modding intel power attributes

On Tue, Mar 6, 2018 at 7:44 AM, Russell via talk wrote: > I came across this while looking around at spectre side channels and > cache fences. > > Apparently Coffee Lake CPU's power attributes can be reset by overriding > the management engine on Skylake MB's. > >

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

On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 8:44 AM, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk < talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > 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 >

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

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 2:18 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk < talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > | From: "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" > > | 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:

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

On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 5:35 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk < talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > | From: o1bigtenor via talk <talk@gtalug.org> > > | Not the OP but - - - - one issue I'm seeing - - - my main system (its > over > | 6 years old) > | has 8 slots for ram. Almos

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

On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 10:31 PM, Clifford Ilkay via talk wrote: > On Sun, Mar 4, 2018 at 8:53 AM, Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk < > talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > >> I likely will be building the new PC at my friend's place. Before I teke >> the new PC home with me, to do all the

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

On Mon, Mar 5, 2018 at 3:30 PM, Antonio Sun via talk wrote: > Remember Lennart's comment? > > Debian is not 3 DVD images. It is 14 DVD images or 3 BD images. >> About 60GB total for the images. > > > The installation disk *might *be 3 DVD images, then you'll face the > massive

Re: [GTALUG] (OT) home renovation courses for home owner?

On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 7:01 AM, Russell Reiter wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 6:28 PM, o1bigtenor via talk > wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 3:16 PM, Peter Hiscocks via talk >> wrote: >> > I did a major reno on my house a few years ago. The

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 9:53 AM Jamon Camisso via talk wrote: > > On 11/10/18 10:37, David Mason via talk wrote: > > Electron is probably the easiest way to move a web app to an > > application. See: > > https://electronjs.org/ > > > > It uses html, javascript, css and should be able to

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 9:32 AM David Thornton via talk wrote: > > This is a chance for me to test my understanding by trying to explain it > myself. > > Monte Carlo is where you randomly choose solutions from a solution space and > then try to make the results better for each choice. > >

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

Wow - - - - a pile of ideas - - - - wonderful! Thank you very much for your ideas! On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 8:19 AM ac via talk wrote: > > On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 07:53:18 -0500 > o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > Greetings > > > Hello :) > > > I have been usin

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 8:54 AM ac via talk wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 07:38:00 -0500 > o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 6:32 AM Stewart C. Russell via talk > > wrote: > > > If you're storing a large amount of information and doing >

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 12:10 PM Jamon Camisso via talk wrote: > > On 11/10/18 12:59, o1bigtenor wrote: > > And what does one do when the web is down? > > A framework like react is built with this in mind - serviceworkers > handle offline actions until there's connectivity. > > I'm sure others

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 2:59 AM ac via talk wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 10:44:45 -0500 > o1bigtenor wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 8:54 AM ac via talk wrote: > > > > sheepbytes.ca is cool, the local code looks neat and tidy. I am not > > > sure about the security thereof. And just imho

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 12:17 AM ac via talk wrote: > > On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 19:59:29 -0500 > o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 12:10 PM Jamon Camisso via talk > > wrote: > > > On 11/10/18 12:59, o1bigtenor wrote: > > > >

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 3:06 AM Russell Reiter wrote: snip >> > >> > If I understand he/she wants to recreate an app. Does that mean reverse >> > engineer? Are you trying to recreate someone else's app without direct >> > access to that app? >> > >> > Are you trying to examine interactions

Re: [GTALUG] programming system questions

On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 6:32 AM Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > > If you're storing a large amount of information and doing statistical > work on it, you should at least consider learning R. It's very strong > for Monte Carlo simulation. Thanks - - - already on the order paper. > > Also, if

[GTALUG] programming system questions

Greetings I have been using a web application for one of my business functions. Besides the limitation of it being a web application (the web is NOT as consistent nor as quick as is considered 'normal' for those that like in rural areas) there are to many areas where I need to tweak the results.

[GTALUG] Questions on wireguard and networking

Greetings Found what looks to be a quite interesting vpn 'system' called wireguard. The dev team is still saying, after a couple years of what looks to be some very active development, don't run this as solid software. From the chatter that I've read the quality of the software is maybe like

Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu -- Disabling Ping

On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 7:48 AM, James Knott via talk wrote: > On 08/30/2018 06:11 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: >> I have ping disabled directly on my router so none of the machines My router software asks me if I want to allow or disallow pings from the www. I have that box marked

Re: [GTALUG] Boot setup issues

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 9:53 AM, D. Joe via talk wrote: > On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 09:22:20AM -0500, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: >> Greetings >> >> I want to have two different copies of debian on one box with the >> choice of which when I boot in. > >

[GTALUG] Boot setup issues

Greetings I have had it working before but I can't seem to get things right this time. I want to have two different copies of debian on one box with the choice of which when I boot in. Wanting to have available both debian stable (9.5 at present) and debian testing (10). This is so I can

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