Re: [GTALUG] Ongoing war story (currently losing the battle)

2024-01-25 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
for lots of spinning drives.) Thanks for any advice! --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk -- Bob Jonkman Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Sof

Re: [GTALUG] Linux friendly email providers?

2023-11-22 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
- were you wanting your own domain, or is the domain irrelevant? Cheers, rb --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk -- Bob Jonkman Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http

Re: [GTALUG] Debian has suddenly become unstable

2023-10-11 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
BCLUG wrote: > One thought might be to disable cups (`journalctl disable --now cups`) Did you mean 'systemctl disable --now cups' ??? --Bob. On 2023-10-11 20:06, BCLUG via talk wrote: Giles Orr via talk wrote on 2023-10-11 15:30: debugging Linux crashes. The `dmesg` command is useless, as

Re: [GTALUG] Update borked my system

2023-03-27 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
Hi Evan: This is not a fix, and may not even work on KDE (I'm using MATE)... To drag a window without toolbars press ALT and drag the window from its middle. I find this useful for those broken UI modal windows that can't be sized but are too big to fit on my netbook screen (1024x640) and so

Re: [GTALUG] Weird pivot from the Linux Foundation: Overture Maps Foundation

2022-12-19 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
of 201x  Stewart --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk -- Bob Jonkman Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office & Business Automa

Re: [GTALUG] Forced off DSL by Bell

2022-11-26 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
ber. -- Bob Jonkman Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA --- Post to this mailing list talk@gta

Re: [GTALUG] Forced off DSL by Bell

2022-11-22 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
cane obsolete equipment. I mean, where are the wifi ATA adaptors (that are under $500 each)? I don't have ethernet cable everywhere, and don't want it, frankly, anywhere.  Stewart --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [GTALUG] wired headset suggestions?

2022-11-13 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
> > https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B000UXZQ42/ - Logitech H390 I have one of these (rather, my wife owns them, I have permanently borrowed them). They work just fine for me. > The mute button also works but that is a local function, it doesn't > send a "mute" command over USB, so there's no

Re: [GTALUG] every time I log in to google or ebay from Fedora they think that it is the first time

2022-06-22 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
ch are close by. I have to climb a flight of stairs! Any idea why these sites think my desktop is new to them each time? (I don't get this when I log in from an Android device.) --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listin

Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu review on Distrowatch

2022-05-04 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
istinfo/talk> --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk -- Bob Jonkman Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office & Business Automation

Re: [GTALUG] Enlarging /boot

2021-10-13 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
e current partition table? -- Len Sorensen --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk -- Bob Jonkman Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software ---

Re: [GTALUG] GnuPG key signing party over Zoom?

2020-04-26 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
-- Bob Jonkman Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA On April 26, 2020 10:07:35 PM EDT, Rouben via

Re: [GTALUG] Software to draw illustrations?

2019-02-10 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
Bob. (but really, I never considered PS a human-writeable language!) -- Bob Jonkman Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89

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

2019-01-12 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
careful with which one I order. I tried calling ASUS to see how much they'd charge for a repair and they want a whopping $540 to just replace the keyboard. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk -- Bob Jonkman Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC

Re: [GTALUG] Last Ubuntu OS Update Breaks ffmpeg

2018-09-15 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
(I'm not a Ubuntu expert.) > > | From: Stephen via talk > | To: GTALUG Talk > | > | And help and/or advise appreciated. > | > | I am using 18.4 and apply all updates. > | > | I have been using ffmpeg for many years to convert file formats. I am now > | getting errors

Re: [GTALUG] Messages are bouncing

2018-07-26 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
ork fine, >>>>> including lkml which is notorious for hating bouncing emails. >>>>> >>>>> Anyone have any idea what could be going on? >>>>>   >>>> --- >>>> Talk Mailing List >>>> talk@gtalug.org >>>> https

Re: [GTALUG] Thermal paste availability / Raising the dead

2018-07-08 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
al paste? I could wait for > delivery, but it would be great just to get the stuff and move on. > > Thanks for your feedback! > > > > --- > Talk Mailing List > talk@gtalug.org > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > -- Bob Jonkman Phone: +1-51

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

2018-04-11 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
ack and forth between an > "active" version of Linux and the "next" version of Linux, by > switching the roles of partitions (gpt001, gpt002) <==> > (gpt003,gpt004) . > > Note 3: Please be aware that I intend to maintain most of my > user-related content in th

[GTALUG] OT: UEFI and Windows mysteries [was: New Deaktop PC -- To Run debian Linux - PCPartPicker Recipe]

2018-03-28 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
OSes should have no trouble with these > features. > > I recommend using a USB keyboard and mouse. Unless you are a crazy > gamer. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> Phone: +1-519

[GTALUG] Creative Commons Summit 13-15 April 2018 in Toronto ($250)

2018-03-17 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
all conference programming including > sessions & keynotes Breakfast, lunch, snacks Swag bag - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --

Re: [GTALUG] dmesg not reporting the mount point on USB insert

2018-03-16 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Or perhaps 'lsblk' will give you the info you need... - --Bob, who needs to proofread before pressing "send" On 2018-03-16 07:18 AM, Bob Jonkman via talk wrote: > Perhaps 'lslblk' will give you the info you need... > > --Bob. &g

Re: [GTALUG] dmesg not reporting the mount point on USB insert

2018-03-16 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
ug.org > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 7

Re: [GTALUG] Aging Dell monitor (U3011)

2018-03-12 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
I've successfully run two external monitors plus the laptop screen using an IBM docking station and a fairly modern laptop. I don't think the resolution was 1920x1200, more likely 1600x1024. I've also tried running two external monitors on a docking station for my HP ProBook 6560b, but it

Re: [GTALUG] Hello and GnuPG/PGP key signing parties

2018-03-11 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
ification (if you can bring two > pieces, even better). > > We can do the signing either in the classroom or in the pub, > whatever is more convenient. > > Cheers, > > > > --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > - --

Re: [GTALUG] Linux Journal, RIP

2018-03-03 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
st like > holding a book, I do believe this reduces eyestrain by making the > eye constantly refocus more often than when sitting in front of a > monitor. > > IMHO you cant beat a hot bath and a good read. Newspapers have > changed their format somewhat. Traditional folds so y

Re: [GTALUG] Fedora Netinstall

2018-02-14 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
> > I have now updated my website install notes. I state in them that > the documentation sucks, and that all the default values work fine. > I did not fill in the repository window. > - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer

Re: [GTALUG] Fedora Netinstall

2018-02-10 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
then take the useful parts and frankenstein them into other computers. - --Bob. On 2018-02-10 09:46 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > | From: Bob Jonkman via talk <talk@gtalug.org> > > | I have a Toshiba Satellite P200 laptop, 3 GHz dual-core CPU, 2 > GBytes | RAM, 200 GBy

Re: [GTALUG] Fedora Netinstall

2018-02-10 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
for 32-bit. I had to do a Netinstall. >> Netinstall is poorly documented, but the default settings all >> work, I was able to select the software I wanted, and it has all >> worked very well. I think I actually prefer Netinstall to the >> DVD. >> >> Has anyone else

[GTALUG] ServiceNow Developer with Javascript looking for a Contract?

2017-12-13 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
someone who has received messages from it, > however has actually worked with it's source code! The Contracts > close EOD today sorry to rush.. If that's you, please contact Glenn Steinberg <gle...@glennpartners.com> before the end of business day today. - --Bob. - -- Bob Jon

Re: [GTALUG] For those familiar with RFC 1149 ;-)

2017-11-22 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
etf.org/html/rfc1149 --- Talk Mailing List > talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office & Business Automation

Re: [GTALUG] Reminder: Board Elections Today

2017-10-11 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
tention to run to bo...@gtalug.org > > The current list of Candidates (Alphabetical by Lastname): - Gordon > Chillcott - Scott Sullivan > > Potential Candidates are still welcome to announce their intention > to run at the AGM. > - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.co

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

2017-07-24 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
oronto" site:meetup.com > > since I'm sure meetup.com forks over a bunch of cash in order to > be found favourable in the eyes of the Goog. > > cheers, Stewart --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonk..

Re: [GTALUG] hoping for help

2017-07-20 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
Being able > to install your own OS is good. It keeps your computer out of the > hands of repair technicians. > > As a note to everybody else, it would be a good thing if we all > posted install instructions. It will be a resource for all the > newbies out there. > - --

Re: [GTALUG] Interest in an IM for TLUG?

2017-07-13 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
gested >> that maybe some situations such as this could benefit from a >> real-time chat system. > > There is (or was) the #toronto-lug IRC channel on freenode. > - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services

Re: [GTALUG] Backing up Windows Machines to Linux NAS,

2017-06-27 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
y the server side backup software. >> >> # Nice to haves: >> >> * In-transit encryption. >> >> # Not an Acceptable Answers: >> >> Open Samba on the windows box, mounting it on the backup server, >> and running rsync regularly. >> &g

Re: [GTALUG] Difference with Git in Windows vs Linux

2017-06-17 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
Jim > > > > > --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office &

Re: [GTALUG] Favourite GUI tool for SQLite?

2017-06-14 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
talk wrote: > I hear pgAdmin is GUI tool of choice for PostgreSQL. > > Is there similar thing for SQLite? I am using "SQLite Manager" > add-on for Firefox, only because that's what co-workers use. But, > I'm curious what the experts use. > - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonk.

Re: [GTALUG] Skype platform connectivity challenge

2017-04-24 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
e comments -- thanks again, all! > > On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> > wrote: > > If you're trying to synchronize singing between different > locations you'll probably find that even the fastest connections > have unacceptable l

Re: [GTALUG] Skype platform connectivity challenge

2017-04-19 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
onthly allotment. Then again, video isn't necessarily > required, and that would cut down the required bandwidth to > 30kbps. > > Are there any alternative products or services that anyone could > suggest for this type of application? > > > > --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalu

Re: [GTALUG] Selectively restoring WordPress posts from old SQL dump

2017-03-30 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
nually run UPDATEs with copy-n-paste, because that seems > rather error-prone. > > Thanks! > > William --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 S

[GTALUG] Hashbang syntax in bash script [was: Watching a network folder: is there a smart way of doing this?\

2017-03-01 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
t; .current ls -l ${WATCHDIR} >> .current > sample_watchdir > > # Every WATCHRATE seconds, make the current file listing our > previous # listing, take a fresh look at WATCHDIR and compare the > changes while sleep ${WATCHRATE}; do sample_watchdir done > > [- watchdir.sh snip

Re: [GTALUG] Bash Problem

2017-01-09 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
extension}.old" > > The braces are not necessary here. This will work fine: > > newName="$oldname-bkp-$filedate.$extension.old" > > Braces would be necessary if you were using underscores instead of > hyphens because they can be part of a variable name: > > ne

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

2016-11-25 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
Mailing List > talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > - -- - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office & Business Automation ---

Re: [GTALUG] Certificate Error On Chrome

2016-11-16 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
fraudulent certificates, and the cell providers certificate vendor does > >not support it. > >Has anyone else seen these sorts of certificate problems, and why now? > >-- >Michael Galea >--- >Talk Mailing List >talk@gtalug.org >https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/tal

Re: [GTALUG] EnterpriseLibre Project Closing

2016-10-01 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
s! Bill > > > > _______ EnterpriseLibre > mailing list enterpriseli...@lists.cirruscomputing.com > http://lists.cirruscomputing.com/listinfo/enterpriselibre > -- -- Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-

Re: [GTALUG] OT - the heuristics of privacy

2016-09-22 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
. I think black hats umm > not so much. > > http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/technology/government-surveillance-rules-rcmp-csis-1.3769014 > > Russell Sent from mobile. > > > > --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >

Re: [GTALUG] Routing and/or Proxying

2016-09-03 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
m enthusiastic about: I > tackled OpenVPN a few months back, and after a day and a half and > very little progress my brains started to slide out my ears. But > if that's what I need to do, I'll get back on it. > > Thanks! > - -- - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com>

Re: [GTALUG] Neighboring LUGs and Other Computing User Groups in Toronto

2016-08-27 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
, Myles Braithwaite via talk wrote: > Thanks to everyone who contributed to this. I have updated the > page here: <https://gtalug.org/other-groups/>. --- Talk Mailing > List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > - -- - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com>

Re: [GTALUG] GUI for Ubuntu 16.04

2016-08-03 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
at I've been using for many > years. > > You could check to see how you would go about using MATE on > Ubuntu. Since it works in Linux Mint, which is based on Ubuntu, you > should be able to use it. > - -- - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> Phone: +1-5

[GTALUG] Fwd: Toronto Anarchist Bookfair this weekend, Freedombox, raspberry pi

2016-07-22 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 For my Toronto friends, via the LibrePlanet Ontario mailing list. BTW, there's a LibrePlanet Ontario meeting on Mumble this Sunday, 24 July at 9:00pm. Details at https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Ontario#Next_Meeting - --Bob. -

Re: [GTALUG] KWLUG Keysigning on 8 August 2016

2016-07-11 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
https://goo.gl/maps/7rR7Exef8RU2 Getting back is a bit more expensive: It's a VIA train that leaves the train station at 9:42pm and arrives back in Toronto at 11:17pm https://goo.gl/maps/QBrusuDtARA2 - --Bob. On 2016-07-11 11:19 AM, Myles Braithwaite via talk wrote: > Bob Jonkman via talk wro

[GTALUG] KWLUG Keysigning on 8 August 2016

2016-07-10 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
or both participants and for me! See you on 8 August! - --Bob. - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54

Re: [GTALUG] Converting .pptx files to multiple .png

2016-06-20 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
gt;> - Original Message From: Myles Braithwaite via >> talk <talk@gtalug.org> Sent: June 20, 2016 3:25:45 PM EDT To: Bob >> Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com>, GTALUG Talk <talk@gtalug.org> >> Subject: Re: [GTALUG] Converting .pptx files to multipl

[GTALUG] Converting .pptx files to multiple .png

2016-06-20 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
the command line? - --Bob. - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

2016-06-20 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel writes: > That's got to be a rough gig, APC trying to get people to upgrade > their equipment Perhaps not as bad as you think. Most places that need UPSes aren't going to be downsizing their requirements, so having a trade-up program will get

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

2016-06-16 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
ll our current gasoline distribution and storage can be used without a fundamental change in infrastructure. Don't know why this hasn't taken off... - --Bob. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanol_economy - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer S

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

2016-06-15 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Russell writes: > Take a look at a trolly pole then a pantograph array and tell me > the pantograph needs less maintainence till EOL It's not the pantograph that requires less maintenance, it's the overhead wires. A single trolley pole requires the

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

2016-06-14 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
of a UPS is to supply *uninterruptable* power. Even the simplest pass-through UPSes I know about can switch from line to battery in the space of a single waveform (ie. within 1/60th of a second). Not much point in having a UPS if it makes all your equipment reboot when the power goes out. - --Bob.

Re: [GTALUG] mysterious restarts

2016-06-14 Thread Bob Jonkman via talk
n the disk drive so I'd > like to narrow down the problem before calling in HP support. > Asking for a particular replacement part is more convenient that > shipping the computer back to HP. --- Talk Mailing List > talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > - -- B

Re: [GTALUG] We are having DMARC/DKIM troubles ...

2016-06-11 Thread Bob Jonkman
intent. As far as I know, only Listserv can do this. Sadly, neither Mailman nor Mercury Mail have that degree of finesse. I'm sure everyone has seen this and the posts leading up to it: http://marc.merlins.org/netrants/reply-to-still-harmful.html - --Bob. [1] http://tools.ietf.org/html/r

Re: [GTALUG] OT: Cisco SP112 Vs Grandstream HT702

2016-06-11 Thread Bob Jonkman
Grandstream is rock steady. Its WebUI looks primitive compared to the Cisco, but the Cisco's WebUI is too Javascripty for my liking, and sometimes just hangs, looking like it's trying to render a page. I'm on the KWVoIP mailing list, feel free to join us: http://kwvoip.ca --Bob -- Bob Jo

Re: [GTALUG] Network down after reboot

2016-05-31 Thread Bob Jonkman
ository... > > This is also what you get when systems have uptimes reaching > hundreds of days, as opposed to needing to reboot every hour or > two. > > Cheers, Mike --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > - -- Bob Jonkman <bjo

Re: [GTALUG] Printers

2016-04-29 Thread Bob Jonkman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I recently (pre-Christmas) bought a Samsung C410 from Staples for around $200. Printed less than 100 pages so far, experienced two largish paper jams (torn paper inside printer), but I'm generally happy with it. A quick look at staples.ca, and I

Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu Release Parties [was: Toronto Homebrew Hosting Club on Thursday at 7:30pm]

2016-04-19 Thread Bob Jonkman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Oh, less than an hour. But I'll be driving, with room for a passenger or two. The less time spent walking, the more time for partying! - --Bob. On 2016-04-19 09:50 PM, William Park wrote: > I plan to attend the Hacklab's Homebrewhosting meeting. >

[GTALUG] Ubuntu Release Parties [was: Toronto Homebrew Hosting Club on Thursday at 7:30pm]

2016-04-19 Thread Bob Jonkman
Waterloo Region mailing list for the latest details. You can read the archives and join the team to subscribe to the list at https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-waterloo-region - --Bob. - -- Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services

Re: [GTALUG] Fedora Partitioning

2016-02-15 Thread Bob Jonkman
on that. Make sure the installer doesn't touch /dev/sda2 or any other extended partition. Once the install is complete you can edit /etc/fstab to mount /dev/sda5 as home (or whatever partition your /home is now) and you should retain all your files. - --Bob. Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.

Re: [GTALUG] Dinner before Meeting on Tuesday at 7:30pm

2016-02-06 Thread Bob Jonkman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Raijin Ramen is good; I've been there several times for lunch. Generous portions (large bowls). Seats about 20 people, about half at a counter that snakes around the room; the rest at tables and chairs along one wall. Sadly I won't be able to join

Re: [GTALUG] KWVoIP meeting, 28 Jan 2016; Linux Conference at Conestoga College, 30 Jan 2016

2016-02-03 Thread Bob Jonkman
to our next meeting, around 25 February 2016. It'll be good to get input from people who are actually working in the industry. - --Bob. bjonk...@sobac.com Mojtaba Moodi moodi2...@gmail.com Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services

Re: [GTALUG] Linux Conference at Conestoga College, 30 Jan 2016

2016-01-18 Thread Bob Jonkman
that number, there must be at least > 99,999 other rooms? It is a maze of twisty little passages, all different. - --Bob. On 17/01/16 10:57 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote: > Hi Everyone: Colin Mills has organized a Linux Conference at Conestoga > College on 30 January 2016 from 9:00am to 4:00pm >

Re: [GTALUG] installing linux while retaining Windows 10

2016-01-04 Thread Bob Jonkman
Bob. On 04/01/16 06:05 PM, Darryl Moore wrote: > > > On 16-01-04 05:20 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote: >> >> I've tried installing Win7 from original DVDs into a VirtualBox >> VM -- now I just get a message that I'm a criminal ("This copy of >> Windows is not genu

Re: [GTALUG] VOIP setup

2016-01-02 Thread Bob Jonkman
ension. This wasn't available with the POTS we had before, so it's not a loss in functionality, but it would be nice to get that working. Any hints? - --Bob. Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software

Re: [GTALUG] best choices for tiny mlinux media centre in 2016?

2015-12-29 Thread Bob Jonkman
org/node/1014 Refurbished laptops sell for anywhere between $15 to $60, as-is. - --Bob. http://www.theworkingcentre.org/computer-recycling/2318-computer-recycling Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.

Re: [GTALUG] hobbyist web hosting recommendations?

2015-12-21 Thread Bob Jonkman
hough it might be too much for my >> skill level. >> >> >> Most distros have a webserver installed, if not by default, then >> selectable through whatever package management tool you use. >> >> I have Apache running on the laptop I'm currently usin

Re: [GTALUG] Seeking help with a unique Linux project?

2015-12-16 Thread Bob Jonkman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 +1 I'd come back to Toronto for that! (but February or later) - --Bob. On 16/12/15 11:37 AM, Blaise Alleyne wrote: > On 11/12/15 05:53 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote: >> At Software Freedom Day we had a great presentation on using Free &g

Re: [GTALUG] Seeking help with a unique Linux project?

2015-12-15 Thread Bob Jonkman
personally >>> interested in at least some command line tools for doing some >>> of the things I currently do in GUIs. >>> >>> I don't think I fully understand what you're trying to do (both >>> musically, or with the SSH component), but hopefully I can be

Re: [GTALUG] Seeking help with a unique Linux project?

2015-12-11 Thread Bob Jonkman
musical performance tools too. I'll ping him with this message. I wonder what it would take to convince Blaise to haul his studio equipment up to the room at Ryerson to do his presentation for GTALUG... :) - --Bob. SFDToronto: http://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2015/Canada/Toronto/LibrePlanet Bob

[GTALUG] OnePlus flakey? [was: (off topic) unlocked phones]

2015-10-22 Thread Bob Jonkman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 22/10/15 05:56 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote: > And don't even mention the Oneplus; nice phone, supremely flaky > company. Could you clarify? I've been thinking of a OnePlus Two as my next phone... Bob Jonkman <bjonk...@sobac.com>

Re: [GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] Meeting Tomorrow at 7:30pm (Samba Progress Over the Last Six Years with William Murrithy)

2015-09-08 Thread Bob Jonkman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Oh, there's interest, just inability to take advantage. I would have gladly acquired one of your books, but I'm not going to be there tonight. - --Bob. On 08/09/15 04:24 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: > On Mon, 7 Sep 2015, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:

[GTALUG] Software Freedom Day Toronto, Saturday 19 September 2015

2015-09-08 Thread Bob Jonkman
Software (Bob Jonkman) 3:00pm - GnuPG/PGP Keysigning SFD presentations are free of charge. For lunch we're ordering out from Panago's Pizza -- $5.00 to get yours! SFDToronto is organized by members of LibrePlanet Ontario; the venue has been provided by our sponsor Alleyne, Inc. https

Re: [GTALUG] Please add to list

2015-08-30 Thread Bob Jonkman
-computer-recycling http://kwlug.org - join the mailing list if you're in the Kitchener-Waterloo area! Bob Jonkman bjonk...@sobac.com Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software --- Office Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG

Re: [GTALUG] Poweredger server question

2015-08-17 Thread Bob Jonkman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 If there's a hardware RAID controller it may need its battery changed (if it has one). Some RAID controllers keep the config in NVRAM, so /dev/zero may not help that much. If the drives are recognized by the OS it may be better to use OS RAID, and

[GTALUG] Fwd: PyCon Canada November 7-8

2015-08-16 Thread Bob Jonkman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 For those of you who are interested in Python (the programming language). Albert O'Connor is the organizer of the Waterloo Region Python Users Group, previous PyCons, and the Government Open Data conferences. - --Bob. - Forwarded Message

Re: [GTALUG] Linux in the Park 2015 is this Saturday at 2pm

2015-07-24 Thread Bob Jonkman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 We are using a Trello board to organize everything: https://trello.com/b/JNHsDwys/linux-in-the-park-2015. Doesn't work without requiring yet more of my digital DNA, and I'm running short on both that and patience. I'm bringing people and

Re: [GTALUG] PanAm games online steaming -how?

2015-07-19 Thread Bob Jonkman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ken Heard wrote: What we need now is an open source equivalent of the latest flashplayer No, what we need is to educate the mass media outlets et. al. that free software exists that does not require them to spend $$$ on licenses for proprietary

Re: [GTALUG] Request for printer recommendations

2015-06-25 Thread Bob Jonkman
laser printer (preferably USB-wired) that would work smoothly with Ubuntu. As I discovered, my Lexmark E232 (that works beautifully with my Macs) is not (at all) Ubuntu-liked... With many thanks in advance, Malgosia Askanas Bob Jonkman bjonk...@sobac.com Phone: +1-519-669-0388

Re: [GTALUG] [OT] Unlocking Phone Samsung Galaxy S3

2015-06-15 Thread Bob Jonkman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On the KWLUG mailing list we just had this discussion. Khalid Baheyeldin wrote: If you own the phone (e.g. you bought it outright, or got it used from Kijiji), you can unlock it for anywhere between $10 to $30 depending on the model and carrier

[GTALUG] KWLUG podcast on BTRFS [was: Myths and misunderstandings about ZFS]

2015-04-22 Thread Bob Jonkman
Bob Jonkman bjonk...@sobac.com Phone: +1-519-669-0388 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ http://bob.jonkman.ca/blogs/http://sn.jonkman.ca/bobjonkman/ Software --- Office Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115

[GTALUG] Libregraphics Meeting, Toronto, 29 Apr to 2 May 2015

2015-04-22 Thread Bob Jonkman
at the University of Toronto http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2015/program/ - --Bob. - -- Bob Jonkman bjonk...@sobac.com Phone: +1-519-669-0388 SOBAC Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ http://bob.jonkman.ca/blogs/http://sn.jonkman.ca/bobjonkman/ Software

Re: [GTALUG] Toronto Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet Release Party

2015-04-22 Thread Bob Jonkman
:00pm -- Mike is supplying the coffee and cupcakes! - --Bob. On 13/04/15 12:37 AM, Bob Jonkman wrote: Hi all: There are a number of significant Linux distribution releases happening -- Linux Mint Debian Edition 2 Betsy just came out this past Friday, Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet is coming out

Re: [GTALUG] NTP's Fate Hinges On 'Father Time' - InformationWeek

2015-03-20 Thread Bob Jonkman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 As an aside, I would love to see a presentation on keeping time in sync on Linuxen, with a deep dive into the innards of NTP. Sounds like GTALUG has the talent pool for such a presentation... - --Bob. On 16/03/15 12:33 PM, Mike wrote: PTP at IP

Re: [GTALUG] Any interested in doing a GPG Keysigning before February's GTALUG meeting?

2015-02-02 Thread Bob Jonkman
. government issued ID required) this month and an Informal[1] next month. [1]: http://sobac.com/wiki/index.php/Informal_Keysigning --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk -- Bob Jonkman bjonk...@sobac.com http://bob.jonkman.ca/blogs/bobjonkman --- Talk Mailing

Re: [GTALUG] Upgrade from Ubuntu 12.10

2015-01-18 Thread Bob Jonkman
, the bigfoot logo for Gnome), but the MATE desktop just has a blank circle. - --Bob. On 14/01/15 08:22 PM, Mr Chris Aitken wrote: On 15-01-03 03:44 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote: On 03/01/15 03:04 PM, Chris Aitken wrote: Will there be any possibility of choosing the old GNOME interface, so I don't end

Re: [GTALUG] [OT] Full Stack Toronto

2014-11-21 Thread Bob Jonkman
@psema4 http://psema4.com/pubkey.txt http://www.pirateparty.ca/ --- GTALUG Talk Mailing List - talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk -- Bob Jonkman bjonk...@sobac.com http://bob.jonkman.ca/blogs/bobjonkman --- GTALUG Talk Mailing List - talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org