Re: Bill Sconce obituary and memorial date (February 13th at Boire Field, Nashua, NH)

[Warren Luebkeman]

correction:  a brimmed red hat, rather

On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 10:33 PM, Warren Luebkeman <war...@resara.com>
wrote:

> wish i had seen this earlier.  bill was one of the first people i had met
> when venturing into the Linux community in NH.  he was wearing a red
> brimmed hat at the lug meeting in peterborough, probably around 2007.  had
> a chance to spend some time with him at a conference in maine, he was
> presenting on python.  at the end of the conference he was looking for a
> ride to the local airport to fly himself home.
>
> reading this makes me wish i had gotten to know him more.  seems as though
> he had as full of a life as anyone could hope for.
>
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 2:11 PM, mad...@li.org <jonhal...@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Bill (William Joseph) Sconce, age 72, Lyndeborough, NH, died on January 5,
>> 2016 at Lahey Hospital in Burlington, MA. The cause was a cerebral
>> hemorrhage.  He was a good man.
>>
>>
>> Bill was born April 19, 1943 in Indianapolis, IN, and came home to the
>> House on the Hill in Edinburgh, IN. Bill grew up there with his brother
>> David, who predeceased him. His parents were Eva Mae and Joseph Byce
>> Sconce.  Bill soon became a proficient Spelunker and surveyor in the caves
>> of Indiana and Kentucky, and a motorcycle enthusiast. Graduating from
>> Culver Military Academy, where he earned his Amateur Radio License, he
>> received a Fulbright scholarship and rode his Norton motorcycle to CalTech
>> in San Francisco, CA where he studied Physics and worked in a
>> crystalography laboratory. He was drafted during the Vietnam war protests
>> at that school and served in Taigu Korea, where he studied IBM Cobol and
>> the Korean language, and rode a Honda 90 motorcycle in the mountains. He
>> returned to Louisville, KY and began a long career in computer science and
>> founded his company Industrial Specialities.  He met the love of his life
>> in Louisville, Janet Levy, and with her encouragement he completed his
>> dream of becoming a pilot, holding a Commercial, Instrument, and
>> Instructor
>> license. He continued studies at University of Louisville in linguistics
>> and computer science. Bill & Janet moved to NH in 1979 for Bill to
>> graduate
>> from being Symposium Coordinator for DECUS to assume the position of
>> Product Manager for the RSTS Group at Digital Equipment Corporation. Bill
>> worked for and was layed off from DEC, Compaq, and Hewlett Packard, at
>> which point he revived his corporation, named it In Spec, Inc. and divided
>> his time between software engineering and flight instruction.  Bill was a
>> devoted supporter of GPL and "free" Linux software and the Python
>> programming language. Bill was a member of the Vintage BMW Motorcycle
>> Owners, Ltd., the BMW MOVer Motorcycle Club of Vermont, the Contoocook
>> Valley Radio Club,  a life member of the National Speological Society and
>> the American Radio Relay League. He supported the EAA and was a Regional
>> Judge for aerobatic competitions for IAC for many years. He loved
>> aviation,
>> including hot air ballooning and skydiving.  He participated in Young
>> Eagles at Boire Airport in Nashua, NH and enjoyed teaching young people to
>> fly. He taught spins in his Cessna Aerobat. And he was a Quiet Birdman.
>> He
>> was a member of the Rex Stout Wolfepack Book Club and The Wodehouse
>> Society.   Bill loved theatre, classical and rock music, and especially
>> lately, attending Dr. David Landman's Poetry Nights of medieval poetry in
>> Lexington, MA.
>>
>>
>> He loved fixing things and if there were no parts available for a project
>> he promptly made them himself on his metal lathe, or just used his
>> ingenuity to create something needed.
>>
>>
>> He loved cigars, scotch, butter, reading, airplanes, old test equipment,
>> Paris, BMWs, his red convertible Cabriolet with red earmuffs, and his big
>> black 4 cylinder 4WD truck, bird watching (outwitting squirrels), camping,
>> hiking on Pitcher Mountain, William Blake, and he suffered not fools. One
>> of his favorite lead-ins: "As an engineer..."
>>
>>
>> Bill is survived by his wife, Janet Levy Sconce, his sister-in-law, June
>> Levy and her family, and many dear friends. Bill was a kind and loving
>> "daddy" to Virgil Fox and RDB, the cats of his home. Thanks to "The
>> Committee" and especially Donna Shea, Chris Levin, Ken Hamel, Donna
>> Giovannini, Tom Steger, Michelle Donovan, Simon Hutchings, John & Cathy
>> Gubernat and the surgeons, doctors, and nurse

Re: Bill Sconce obituary and memorial date (February 13th at Boire Field, Nashua, NH)

[Warren Luebkeman]

wish i had seen this earlier.  bill was one of the first people i had met
when venturing into the Linux community in NH.  he was wearing a red
brimmed hat at the lug meeting in peterborough, probably around 2007.  had
a chance to spend some time with him at a conference in maine, he was
presenting on python.  at the end of the conference he was looking for a
ride to the local airport to fly himself home.

reading this makes me wish i had gotten to know him more.  seems as though
he had as full of a life as anyone could hope for.

On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 2:11 PM, mad...@li.org 
wrote:

> Bill (William Joseph) Sconce, age 72, Lyndeborough, NH, died on January 5,
> 2016 at Lahey Hospital in Burlington, MA. The cause was a cerebral
> hemorrhage.  He was a good man.
>
>
> Bill was born April 19, 1943 in Indianapolis, IN, and came home to the
> House on the Hill in Edinburgh, IN. Bill grew up there with his brother
> David, who predeceased him. His parents were Eva Mae and Joseph Byce
> Sconce.  Bill soon became a proficient Spelunker and surveyor in the caves
> of Indiana and Kentucky, and a motorcycle enthusiast. Graduating from
> Culver Military Academy, where he earned his Amateur Radio License, he
> received a Fulbright scholarship and rode his Norton motorcycle to CalTech
> in San Francisco, CA where he studied Physics and worked in a
> crystalography laboratory. He was drafted during the Vietnam war protests
> at that school and served in Taigu Korea, where he studied IBM Cobol and
> the Korean language, and rode a Honda 90 motorcycle in the mountains. He
> returned to Louisville, KY and began a long career in computer science and
> founded his company Industrial Specialities.  He met the love of his life
> in Louisville, Janet Levy, and with her encouragement he completed his
> dream of becoming a pilot, holding a Commercial, Instrument, and Instructor
> license. He continued studies at University of Louisville in linguistics
> and computer science. Bill & Janet moved to NH in 1979 for Bill to graduate
> from being Symposium Coordinator for DECUS to assume the position of
> Product Manager for the RSTS Group at Digital Equipment Corporation. Bill
> worked for and was layed off from DEC, Compaq, and Hewlett Packard, at
> which point he revived his corporation, named it In Spec, Inc. and divided
> his time between software engineering and flight instruction.  Bill was a
> devoted supporter of GPL and "free" Linux software and the Python
> programming language. Bill was a member of the Vintage BMW Motorcycle
> Owners, Ltd., the BMW MOVer Motorcycle Club of Vermont, the Contoocook
> Valley Radio Club,  a life member of the National Speological Society and
> the American Radio Relay League. He supported the EAA and was a Regional
> Judge for aerobatic competitions for IAC for many years. He loved aviation,
> including hot air ballooning and skydiving.  He participated in Young
> Eagles at Boire Airport in Nashua, NH and enjoyed teaching young people to
> fly. He taught spins in his Cessna Aerobat. And he was a Quiet Birdman.  He
> was a member of the Rex Stout Wolfepack Book Club and The Wodehouse
> Society.   Bill loved theatre, classical and rock music, and especially
> lately, attending Dr. David Landman's Poetry Nights of medieval poetry in
> Lexington, MA.
>
>
> He loved fixing things and if there were no parts available for a project
> he promptly made them himself on his metal lathe, or just used his
> ingenuity to create something needed.
>
>
> He loved cigars, scotch, butter, reading, airplanes, old test equipment,
> Paris, BMWs, his red convertible Cabriolet with red earmuffs, and his big
> black 4 cylinder 4WD truck, bird watching (outwitting squirrels), camping,
> hiking on Pitcher Mountain, William Blake, and he suffered not fools. One
> of his favorite lead-ins: "As an engineer..."
>
>
> Bill is survived by his wife, Janet Levy Sconce, his sister-in-law, June
> Levy and her family, and many dear friends. Bill was a kind and loving
> "daddy" to Virgil Fox and RDB, the cats of his home. Thanks to "The
> Committee" and especially Donna Shea, Chris Levin, Ken Hamel, Donna
> Giovannini, Tom Steger, Michelle Donovan, Simon Hutchings, John & Cathy
> Gubernat and the surgeons, doctors, and nurses at Lahey Hospital. The
> family is grateful to all of his many friends who offered support and love.
>
>
> There will be a memorial for Bill on February 13, 11:00-2:00  at Nashua Jet
> Aviation located on Boire Field in Nashua, NH. Call Air Direct Airways,
> (603) 882-5606 for more information.
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Seeking .net/java guy! (or gal)

[Warren Luebkeman]

A friend of mine indicated a company she's working with in the monadnock
area needs someone for a .net to java or java to .net migration project of
some kind.  So if you have or know someone with relevant experience, send
an email with a resume or work experience to shan...@workbeast.com. Some
on-site presence is required.

Cheerio!

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Resara on Linux.com!

[Warren Luebkeman]

https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/579308-weekend-project-replace-active-directory-with-resara-server-and-samba4

A local Linux company getting some notice from Linux.com

Thought you guys might be interested if you haven't seen the article
already.

Cheerio!
https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/579308-weekend-project-replace-active-directory-with-resara-server-and-samba4
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Re: Linux Domain Controller/Resara Server

[Warren Luebkeman]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 6:26 PM, Warren Luebkeman war...@resara.com
 wrote:
  Just wanted to let you guys know that we just released Resara Server 1.1,
  which now features multi-server support and load balancing, among other
 new
  features.  For those who may not remember, Resara Server is a an Active
  Directory PDC and file server solution based on Samba4, and its
 completely
  free and open source.


Yes, its an Active Directory DC, and can host FSMO roles.  Once you have
the domain setup, you can create/manage standard AD group policies via
Microsoft's group policy tools.  There are links in the FAQ on the website
for the downloads.


  Very interesting.

  I presume you mean Active Directory DC?  (The PDC distinction
 hasn't existed since NT 4.x.)  Can it host the FSMO roles?  Can I use
 it to host Group Policy Objects?  (I know GPOs would only be editable
 from, or applicable to, MS Windows clients, but hosting them on a
 Linux backend would be nice.)

 -- Ben

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Re: Linux Domain Controller/Resara Server

[Warren Luebkeman]

Back to Resara, does it handle Likewise or Centrify? 

Yes, we are using Likewise at several locations.  Works like a charm!

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Tom Buskey t...@buskey.name wrote:



 On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Warren Luebkeman war...@resara.com
 wrote:
  Yes, its an Active Directory DC, and can host FSMO roles.  Once you
 have the
  domain setup, you can create/manage standard AD group policies via
  Microsoft's group policy tools.

   *Very* impressive.  You can bet I'll be checking this out.  Thanks
 for the info.


 The Samba folks have been trying to do this for a long time too.  I have
 been in the middle of a migration from AD on Win 2000 to Win 2003 to Win
 2008 and implementing GPOs.  It's worth having them.



  For those *nix-heads on the list wondering what all this
 gobbledygook is about:

  Active Directory (AD) is Microsoft's directory service.  It manages
 things like users, groups, email addresses, passwords, computers, etc.
  It's vaguely LDAP based.  A Domain Controller (DC) is a server
 hosting the AD services.  In order to do just about anything with
 MS-Windows on a network at a business, you need AD.



 It is LDAP with Kerberos wrapped in (in a proprietary way).  I have to
 admin AD and a Solaris LDAP server.  As a Unix bigot (like most of us here
 :-) I wish I could get off the LDAP and use AD where it has been done right.

 AD also does DNS (static and dynamic) and DHCP very well.  We use it and
 not BIND with all our Unix boxes.


  DCs are mostly peers.  The FSMO roles (Flexible Single Master
 Operation) are a handful of special tasks which need to be assigned to
 a single DC.  One is responsible for generating unique IDs, for
 example.


 Replication and redundancy (only one needs to be up).  Again, AD does this
 easily with a few clicks.



  Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are how Windows computers are managed.
 Pretty much everything about Windows management starts there.


 With our GPOs, we've going from hours configuring a PC (300+ files need
 specific permissions and auditing set) to minutes.  If it gets out of spec,
 the GPO resets it.

 I'm looking to puppet/CFengine/chef to do something similar for the Unix
 boxes.  If it works 1/2 as well as the GPOs to, I'll be happy.



  The ability to do the above means a Linux server can handle the
 proper care and feeding of Windows clients.


 AD is a case where MS really did things right.

 Back to Resara, does it handle Likewise or Centrify?  These are products
 that allow a Unix client (Linux, Solaris, MacOSX) to use AD for its
 authentication.  If you have an AD environment, it's more secure for
 authenticating then NIS and.



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Linux Domain Controller/Resara Server

[Warren Luebkeman]

Just wanted to let you guys know that we just released Resara Server 1.1,
which now features multi-server support and load balancing, among other new
features.  For those who may not remember, Resara Server is a an Active
Directory PDC and file server solution based on Samba4, and its completely
free and open source.  I imagine it could be quite useful for any of you
doing general IT consulting.  You can download the new ISO at www.resara.org

Anyway, we are always looking for new users/contributors.

Hope everyone is well!

~warren
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commodores commodores commodores!

[Warren Luebkeman]

I have a bunch of old commodores and boxes of software for anyone that
wants to come by the office and pick them up.  You have to take it
all, and you can't throw it away!  Let me know if your interested.

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Resara Server VMs

[Warren Luebkeman]

We discovered a couple hours after the announcement yesterday that the
compression we were using for our zip files was not compatible with the
unzip program in Windows.  If you downloaded the VM and were unable to
extract it, we recommend downloading it again.  We have resolved the issue.

If you were using Linux, there does not appear to be a problem unzipping the
archive.

http://www.resara.org

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Resara Server release

[Warren Luebkeman]

Hello All,

Some many months ago, I posted to this list that we were building a new
product related to small business IT.  We are now ready to unveil the first
beta version of what we have created, and its completely free and open
source.

Resara has developed a turn-key, easy-to-use, open source Linux small
business server.  A Linux server is by no means an original idea, but
getting one that is a practical alternative to a Windows Server for a small
business is something that hasn't existed, except for those with the
know-how and motivation to put together a custom Linux server.  After years
of looking for such a solution, we decided to build one for ourselves!

Today, after over a year of full time development, we are launching Resara
Server Beta 1, which features:

An Active Directory Compatible Domain with Samba 4
User and PC Management
File Serving
Automatic Drive Mapping
DNS/DHCP Management
Local/Remote Backup System (coming next month)

As I said before, this product is open source and we would like you to
download it, test it, and use it!  We have had 4 beta sites running the
system since late November, including one with over a 1,000 users and 500
computers, and the system has been rock solid.  There will be a commercial
version coming out next month with a few additional features and technical
support, as well as a Resara Server Appliance.

I think you will find this solution to be a very useful tool, and unlike any
other Linux server you have used before.  We would be happy to do
presentations on Resara Server at your respective LUG meetings, just get in
touch and we can set something up!

Let us know what you think

http://www.resara.com

Click here for Demo Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od4MRRSBmUU

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Re: Resara Server release

[Warren Luebkeman]

Alan,

We plan to provide integration with Google Apps in the next few months, so
you would just enable Google apps on users you wanted to have
email/groupware, hosted through Google. We also want to provide a local
email server option with Zimbra, which would be installed on the Resara
Server.  This appears to be an attractive feature for law/financial firms
with confidentiality concerns about hosted email.

Most things are stored in normal config files, but you have to tell the
server that they have been updated when a change is made.





On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com wrote:

  Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Warren Luebkeman war...@resara.com wrote:

 Today, after over a year of full time development, we are launching Resara
 Server Beta 1, which features:

 An Active Directory Compatible Domain with Samba 4
 User and PC Management
 File Serving
 Automatic Drive Mapping
 DNS/DHCP Management
 Local/Remote Backup System (coming next month)


 I love this idea.  Is replacing Exchange on the road map?  Does it have
 it's own config database, or does it store all config info in the standard
 files, allowing compatibility with other config editors like webmin, ebox,
 or vim/emacs/nano/sed/ed/cat/butterflies http://xkcd.com/378/?





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your thoughts in exchange for beer

[Warren Luebkeman]

Hey there, hi there, ho there,

Our company is working on a new product related to small business IT 
infrastructure, and we don't have too much experience working this space.  We 
have been tapping on shoulders of people we know in the IT service business to 
talk shop and gain input on the project, and we would like to brainstorm with 
others working in the field as well.  

Ideally, we would like to talk to consultants that provide IT/computer services 
to small businesses (3-30 PCs), experience with Windows Servers, etc.  If you 
are looking for something to do during lunch/dinner, or interested in grabbing 
a beer/coffee sometime, I would be happy to pick up the tab in exchange for 
learning more about the business and your thoughts on our project.   

Let me know, email is best.  

Cheerio!


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Fwd: Purchase order # CII0675

[Warren Luebkeman]

Does anyone else get these sort of spams?  I seem to get them all the time 
lately.  They are obviously geared toward technology companies...I'm not quite 
sure how the scam is supposed to work.  Its interesting to me that they provide 
local contact info.  

warren

- Forwarded Message -
From: Alexis Brooks inside-cables...@earthlink.net
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 1:35:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Purchase order # CII0675

Attention: Sales Department

Here is a Request from  Cable Inside Inc, Located Billerica, MA. Cable Inside, 
Inc is a wholesale distributor of Tel/Data  Control Cable, Logistics,  Mgmt. 
and also printer repairs.
We are currently upgrading our desktop computers/printers and need to order 
from you computer supplies and parts so we would like you to provide a quote 
for the following items.

Hewlett Packard Request:
1. Original HP C6578DN Tricolor Inkjet Cartridge
2. Original HP Q7583A Color Sphere magenta laser toner cartridge

Memory  Processor Request:
1. 2GB Kit 333MHZ DDR3 PC2700 (Any Brand).
2. BX80546PG3400E- 3.40E GHz 800 MHz 90 nm C0 1 MB 478 pin PPGA.

Kindly Provide a PDF quote with pricing , availability either by email or fax 
and we would get back to you with our upon acceptance and approval of quotes.
I will be faxing a hardcopy of Purchase order # CII0675  for shipping of the 
order. Payment Terms: Cashier's check on Delivery (COD)


We look forward to doing business with you.

Thanks.

Alexis Brooks
Cable Inside, Inc
Address: 85 Rangeway Road, Floor #1
Billerica MA 01862-
FEDERAL TAX ID #: 32-0006394
DUNS NUMBER: 04-664-9278
Email:cablesinside...@hotmail.com
Fax Number:  206-426-1606 
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Re: [OT] CableInside possible spam/scam? (was: Purchase order # CII0675)

[Warren Luebkeman]

Actually I have seen this before...They are using a legit company and posing as 
employees of the organization.  I saw one like this a while ago where they 
actually cloned a businesses website on a slightly different domain.  Clever 
clever..

Or I am missing out on a huge opportunity...


Warren Luebkeman
Partner, COO
888.357.9195
www.resara.com

- Original Message -
From: Michael ODonnell michael.odonn...@comcast.net
To: Warren Luebkeman war...@resara.com
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 2:28:18 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [OT] CableInside possible spam/scam? (was: Purchase order # 
CII0675)



What fun!  Let us know what you find out.  And you're apparently
not the first:

   http://radialmonster.com/blog/archives/2009/07/06/332/

???

   http://www.inside-cable.net/broadstimulusDEB1009.pdf

   http://www.inside-cable.net/index.htm
 
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Proudly announcing the Open 1to1 initiative!

[Warren Luebkeman]

GNHLUG,

Please forward this message to anyone who might be interested!  Exciting work 
going on for open source in Maine and New England.  This organization hopes to 
bring Linux and open source to schools, and is looking for volunteers, 
publicity, and support!  Read below:

** 

Welcome to Open 1-to-1!  

Mission:  To establish a support framework for 1-to-1 computing that is
focused on the needs of education.

The founding members of Open 1-to-1 include passionate educators and
technicians dedicated to the cause of educational technology.

There is a major need in Maine, and the rest of the world, for a framework
that enables schools to not only take ownership of their computing
initiatives, but to work together as a united body to transform learning
through technology.  Open 1-to-1 will serve as the arbiter of this effort
by establishing and identifying a comprehensive set of technical
solutions, professional development and training resources, and support
services to make Open 1-to-1 the best solution for schools.  
  
The necessary elements are readily available. The recent advent of
netbooks and low cost laptops has greatly reduced the cost of computing
hardware. The open source community has created a plethora of powerful,
high quality software solutions that can be implemented by schools and
students without the hassle of proprietary licensing or high price tags.  
 These Open Source programs provide the same skills while, more
importantly, allow for greater accessibility to all students. 
Professional services and support for these open source solutions have
been developed to provide the needed infrastructure to implement and
maintain open source computing. 

The advantages of joining Open 1-to-1 are numerous and exciting:
  • The possibility of using netbooks/low cost laptops reduces the cost of
deployment
The operating system and software used  will be open source allowing
schools to gain tremendous functionality, and be able to share it with
students, educators, and the community at large without licensing
constraints.  
Professional development and training will be open to everyone, so
teachers with a great idea will be able to share and train others, and
be reimbursed for their time.  
And there will be no vendor lock-in:  Choose your hardware, your support
services, your training resources for what best fits your schools
needs and budget.  

The Open 1-to-1 board is working hard to put all the finishing touches on
this solution.   They are pulling together all the elements:   the
software, the netbooks, the technology, the training resources, and the
support.  Open 1-to-1 will provide a streamlined, comprehensive set of
solutions.  

An outline of the Open 1-to-1 solution is available online, and more
details are being added every day.  The first technical and professional
development training will be kicked off at FOSSED in late June, followed
up by other training/workshops over the summer.  From now until then, Open
1-to-1 will be hosting bi-weekly webinars for interested parties to learn
about new developments and ask questions.  You can subscribe to a  mailing
list for more frequent updates  and a forum where Open 1-to-1 will be
answering questions.

Most importantly, if you are interested in getting involved with Open
1-to-1, join us!  We want you to be involved!We are looking for people
that would like to assist in technical development and support, teachers
interested in providing training/development, and anyone else that might
have something to offer.  

Sincerely,

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re: iPhone/Smartphone stuff

[Warren Luebkeman]

Does anyone on the list have an iPhone?  We need to renew our cell phone 
contract and want to get new smart phones, and the iPhone by far seems to be 
the most capable device for the price.  I am also curious to know if you have 
any recommendations on other smartphones worth considering, and why.

What do people think about their cell phone coverage area?  We have Sprint now 
and it seems to be alright, but ATT seems to have better coverage, as well as 
Verizon, especially for roaming.  

Any wisdom you can provide would be greatly appreciated!

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Re: iPhone/Smartphone stuff

[Warren Luebkeman]

The requirements are really just a cool phone, with lots of features (Email, 
GPS, SSH, VNC/rdp client, etc) and good Internet browsing.  We were looking at 
some Windows Mobile based phones (Sprint Mogul, ATT Tilt, etc) but Windows 
mobile seems pretty cloodgy, like 3.1 for your phone.  From what I have heard 
about the Blackberry, its Internet browser is not so great.

I guess I would like to know what people think is the best IT guys phone, vs. 
flashy consumer product.  Also, texting is a concern for me.  Do any iPhone 
users have any problems with the onscreen keyboard?

- Original Message -
From: Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Greater NH Linux User Group gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org
Sent: Monday, August 4, 2008 3:09:44 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
Subject: Re: iPhone/Smartphone stuff

On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Warren Luebkeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I am also curious to know if you have any recommendations
 on other smartphones worth considering, and why.

  What are your requirements?  Just a phone that plays MP3's?  Casual
web browsing?  Wireless sync of mail, contacts, and calendar to MSFT
Exchange, plus compatibility with existing business applications?
Something else?  The answer will be hugely different depending on what
you need.

 What do people think about their cell phone coverage area?

  Mobile phone coverage is a hugely personal thing.  I can't emphasize
this enough.  Your neighbor may have great coverage while you have
nothing.  Or vice versa.  And nobody really cares what their neighbor
has for coverage; all anyone cares about is if they have coverage.

  What I recommend doing is obtaining a phone for testing.  Bring it
to all the areas you usually frequently.  If you've got coverage
there, you'll be happy most of the time.  You can still factor in
overall coverage reports to your decision, but the biggest factor
should be coverage where you routinely are.

  And ignore carrier coverage maps; they routinely lie.

  We have Sprint now and it seems to be alright, but ATT
 seems to have better coverage, as well as Verizon, especially
 for roaming.

  Avoid anything Nextel (iDEN) like the plague.  It's a dead-end
technology.  Sprint is the only US iDEN carrier, and they're trying to
get rid of it.

  Both Sprint and VZW are CDMA networks.  In theory, their phones
should be compatible with each other's towers.  In practice, they
don't always have roaming agreements everywhere.

  VZW prolly has the best coverage inside North America.  Leave the
continent and you're in rough shape.

  ATT is a GSM carrier.  Outside of the US, it's basically GSM
everywhere (with a few notable exceptions (such as Japan, where they
have their own standard incompatible with everybody)).  So if world
travel is something you do a lot of, ATT is probably the best choice.

  As Bill McGonigle can attest, get far enough away from major
population centers, and you'll have crap for coverage no matter who
you have.  Most carriers regard the northern half of NH as a foreign
country.  Actually, worse; if it was another country, GSM would
probably work.  I hear Iridium is still in operation ;-)

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re: looking for vt100 or older

[Warren Luebkeman]

Does anyone have, or know of anyone, that would be willing to part with a VT100 
(or older) DEC terminal?  Ideally I would like to get my hands on a VT05 or a 
VT52, or something comparable.  We want to hook it up and use it as a unix 
terminal in the office...

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re: eee mania!

[Warren Luebkeman]

I thought you might be interested to know that the Jaffrey/Rindge school 
district is deploying 24 eee PCs to a group of students next week.  The plan is 
that this is a proof of concept for a 1-to-1 computing initiative for their 
middle school, which potentially could happen in the next year or so.  The 
eee's are running our new laptop OS based on Ubuntu, not the stock Xandros OS 
thats installed on them from the factory.  

I'll keep you posted on any interesting developments!

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Re: server uptime

[Warren Luebkeman]

I guess a better question at this point is then, how much uptime does it take 
before a server begins to ask, What am I?, and wishes to meet its creator

Thanks for all the discussion about server uptime.  The novelty of having a 
server with 2 years of uptime is much less significant now, and I think I can 
bring myself to power it down.  ;-)


- Original Message -
From: Dave Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 12:04:40 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
Subject: re:  server uptime

Warren Luebkeman writes:
 I am curious how common it is for peoples servers to go extremely
 long periods of time without crashing/reboot.  Our server, running
 Debian Sarge, which serves our email/web/backups/dns/etc has been
 running 733 days (two years) without a reboot.  Its in an 4U IBM
 chassis with dual power supplies, which was old when we fired it up
 (PIII Server).
 
 Does anyone have similar uptime on their mission critical servers?
 Whats the longest uptime someone has had with Windows?   

I have a Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 PDA that's been accumulating a rather
impressive uptime sitting unused in it's cradle.

Just checked and it's now up to 1594 days, however the openzaurus
kernel it's running has a 32bit jiffies counter so it's wrapped it's
uptime 3 times so far and only shows 103 days, the other 3*497 days
are there but hidden :(

It's survived many power outages by simply auto-suspending itself if
power is lost, just resume back on after the outage and uptime picks up
where it left off.  I think there's probably another month of missed
uptime due to forgetting to resume it after power outages.

If only I could find a more useful purpose for it besides accumulating
uptime. 

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Re: server uptime

[Warren Luebkeman]

Nah, we are not vulnerable to that exploit.  We do keep tabs on important 
security issues when they come up.  We plan to retire that server pretty soon, 
although I may leave it running behind the firewall, just to see how long it 
goes... ;-)

- Original Message -
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To: Warren Luebkeman [EMAIL PROTECTED], Benjamin Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Greater NH Linux User Group gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 1:41:25 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
Subject: Re: server uptime

On Mar 19, 2008, at 15:36, Ben Scott wrote:

   You're obviously not installing all your security updates, then.
 Both the 2.4 and 2.6 Debian kernels have had security advisories
 posted within the past two years.

Hey, it's possible that Warren's kernel is so old that he doesn't  
suffer from the vmslice() exploit. :)

Seriously, though - check.  If `uname -r` = 2.6.17,  vmsplice() plus  
one (e.g.) PHP bug = remote root exploit.  That's bad, mmmkay?

Perhaps more importantly you're not picking up ext3 bugfixes, the CQF  
elevator, etc.

And somebody around here actually found an old Netware box running in  
a closet that had been drywalled over 5 years before.  It was  
apparently still serving files and print jobs (they traced the  
ethernet cable).

-Bill

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re: server uptime

[Warren Luebkeman]

I am curious how common it is for peoples servers to go extremely long periods 
of time without crashing/reboot.  Our server, running Debian Sarge, which 
serves our email/web/backups/dns/etc has been running 733 days (two years) 
without a reboot.  Its in an 4U IBM chassis with dual power supplies, which was 
old when we fired it up (PIII Server).

Does anyone have similar uptime on their mission critical servers?  Whats the 
longest uptime someone has had with Windows?  
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Re: server uptime

[Warren Luebkeman]

Sounds like someone is insecure about their uptime... ;-)

I do understand your point thought.


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To: Greater NH Linux User Group gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 3:36:59 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
Subject: Re: server uptime

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Warren Luebkeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Our server, running Debian Sarge, which serves our email/web/backups/dns/etc
 has been running 733 days (two years) without a reboot.

  You're obviously not installing all your security updates, then.
Both the 2.4 and 2.6 Debian kernels have had security advisories
posted within the past two years.

  In my experience, discussions about uptime typically involve
approximately the same mentality as a penis-length competition.
Especially since nobody really cares about what uptime(1) shows --
it's service level availability that counts.  Who cares if your kernel
hasn't been restarted but the email service was down for a month, or
slow, or if your company's data is being harvested by a cracker who
used some unpatched security holes to break in.

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Re: server uptime

[Warren Luebkeman]

There is no question continuity of service is more important than uptime 
alone.  I guess I'm just being a rube, addmittantly so, because I'm impressed 
that a system could run for two years straight without failing, notwithstanding 
the big picture of service availability.  

I guess my only point is, I just think its cool...  
  
 


- Original Message -
From: David J Berube [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: GNHLUG mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 4:46:24 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York
Subject: Re: server uptime

Got to agree with Ben here. While it's bad if a server can't go 24 hours 
due to an OS-level problem, it's also inaccurate to say that a long 
uptime implies high service availability. This is doubly so if you are 
hosting software: not only does your service need to be available, but 
it needs to respond to changing business demands and other technical 
issues - including OS and application level security threats - and you 
need to be able to change it respond quickly. If you cannot do that, 
then you have a technical failure resulting in what is effectively 
downtime for your service: if your users can't use your service in a way 
that works for them, then you have an outage.

There are other issues as well, of course: one of my clients recently 
had severe trouble with upstream providers of bandwidth; on a 100mbps 
connection, we were getting under 1mbps throughput. While this wasn't a 
hardware problem, and it wasn't a software problem, and it wasn't even a 
network problem at the host level, it nonetheless resulted in a 
substandard level of service, which was, in effect, an outage for 
effected users.

In short, uptimes of individual components are not especially relevant; 
if a machine can be occasionally brought down for repair or maintenance 
without resulting in an effective lack of availability for end users, 
then an extremely uptime figure is meaningless - an extremely short 
uptime figure, of course, still has relevance.

If an individual component cannot at any time afford downtime, then the 
problem is not with the component: the problem is with your 
architecture, as all components fail occasionally, and if it is truly 
important that that component never goes down, you need more redundancy, 
which should be sufficient to, again, allow a brief period of 
maintenance for any given component.

Take it easy,

David Berube
Berube Consulting
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Ben Scott wrote:
 On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Warren Luebkeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Our server, running Debian Sarge, which serves our email/web/backups/dns/etc
 has been running 733 days (two years) without a reboot.
 
   You're obviously not installing all your security updates, then.
 Both the 2.4 and 2.6 Debian kernels have had security advisories
 posted within the past two years.
 
   In my experience, discussions about uptime typically involve
 approximately the same mentality as a penis-length competition.
 Especially since nobody really cares about what uptime(1) shows --
 it's service level availability that counts.  Who cares if your kernel
 hasn't been restarted but the email service was down for a month, or
 slow, or if your company's data is being harvested by a cracker who
 used some unpatched security holes to break in.
 
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Re: Eee PC hands on?

[Warren Luebkeman]

I have been using an eee PC and love it.  Highly recommend it to anyone 
looking for a more portable laptop.  

On Wednesday 09 January 2008 3:03 pm, Shawn O'Shea wrote:
 On 12/17/07, Shawn O'Shea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   Any scuttlebutt about updates for Eee PC? I don't need this right away
   and can wait if something better is in the pipeline.
 
  The only other thing I've seen in the pipe that I'm considering is the
  Cloudbook. This is supposed to be Everex's laptop followup to their
  200$ Walmart-sold desktop gPC. Also running Google's Linux variant, it's
  supposed to have a VIA chip, a 30GB HDD, and DVI out (as opposed to the
  Eee's Celeron, 4 or 8 GB SSD and VGA out). Supposedly this will be
  announced at CES in January [ source:
  http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/10/everexs-nanobook-becomes-the-cloudbook
 -gets-gos/]

 Resurrecting an old thread here to followup on my own comments :)

 Now, that CES has rolled around, more details on the Cloudbook I mentioned
 when this thread first made the rounds have come out.

 Engadget got a chance to play with the system a little at:
 http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/08/hands-on-with-the-packard-bell-easynote-
xs-nanobook/ They are also now reporting that the systems will be available
 in Wal-Mart stores as of Jan 25:
 http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/everexs-cloudbook-coming-to-wal-mart-by-
months-end/

 Quick cut-n-paste of details from above post: 1.2GHz VIA C7-M CPU, 512MB
 of RAM, a 30GB hard drive, and a 800 x 480 display for the extra-affordable
 price of $399

 -Shawn

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Re: Linux on Pentium era systems

[Warren Luebkeman]

I got Xubuntu installed (took a LONG time), and it worked!  A little on the 
heavy side though, at least for this laptop.  I had to stop gdm from 
launching because it brought the laptop to its knees, but I installed the 
blackbox window manager (which i believe is what DSL uses) and that worked 
pretty well.  

Firefox was not happy, and is pretty much unusable.  Gaim works great though, 
and Dillo (really low resource Internet Browser) worked for some basic 
websites, but is otherwise pretty much useless.  

The good news is I got my wireless card working, which allowed me to rdesktop 
into my desktop computer.  This works great! 

I'll look at SLAX.  DSL was able to run in about 20 MBs of RAM, whereas 
Xubuntu is using up all my memory and helping itself to swap.  

The most compelling thing about this little project is that the laptops 
battery appears to still be good.  I ran it for a little over an hour last 
night and the battery LED was still green (which means good).  I'm going to 
run it today to see how long it will go.  Considering its an 11 year old 
laptop, it seems a little bizarre that the battery could still be good.  So 
either they truly dont' make them like they use to, or someone replaced the 
battery recently (although I can't imagine IBM would still sell that battery, 
but maybe). 


On Thursday 16 August 2007 11:43 pm, Bill McGonigle wrote:
 On Aug 16, 2007, at 09:39, Warren Luebkeman wrote:
  So, I need to find
  a lightweight Linux distro with a modern Kernel.

 If Xubuntu doesn't work out or is too heavy, you might look at SLAX.
 The v6 release candidate is pretty good, though the lack of a package
 manager is driving me moderately nuts.

 Mixing new and old hardware and kernels can also be frustrating.  I
 have a Compaq server here I just took out of mothballs and it's
 running RedHat 6.2 just fine, but apparently the 2.6 kernel doesn't
 support its memory controller at all.  Maybe DSL would do it - thanks
 for the reminder :)

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re: Linux on Pentium era systems

[Warren Luebkeman]

I'm trying to install Linux on an old IBM laptop.  Its got a Pentium 166mhz 
processor, and about 50 mb's of RAM.  I installed Damn Small Linux on it, but 
the 2.4 kernel does not support my PCMCIA wireless card.  So, I need to find 
a lightweight Linux distro with a modern Kernel.

My objective is to turn this into a simple Internet browsing/IM computer. All 
I need is for my wireless card to work, and a basic window manager so I can 
run Firefox and Gaim.  Do you guys have an recommendations/pointers on what 
distro I should try?  I think my next option is to try Puppy Linux.

Why am I doing this?  Absolutely no good reason.  I just think it would be 
hilarious to use this old, big, clunker laptop in an Internet cafe somewhere.  
It also has a nice keyboard and the battery works.  Oh yeah, and it doesn't 
boot off the CDROM.  I had to use a boot floppy to get it to boot Damn Small 
Linux. :-P

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Re: Linux on Pentium era systems

[Warren Luebkeman]

I have decided to try Xubuntu.  To get it to boot off the CDROM I used a cool 
little program called Super Boot Manager, which enabled me to boot off a 
number of devices.  It was a pain to get the Debian installer to run on such 
little RAM, but fortunately it gives you enough configuration options that 
you can get the memory overhead for the installer low enough so that it will 
run.  

Xubuntu is supposed to be a lower resource hog, more efficient version of 
Ubuntu, or in other words, does not use Gnome or KDE.  I'll let you know what 
happens.  

On Thursday 16 August 2007 3:25 pm, Tom Buskey wrote:
 On 8/16/07, Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  On 8/16/07, Tom Buskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
   ... whey do you need a modern kernel?
 
A lot of wireless chipsets only work with the latest kernels.  Or so
  I understand.  Maybe backported drivers are available.

 Sure.  I had to upgrade Mandrake to get my wireless card back then.  And
 RedHat 7 didn't work either.  That's basically the sticking point here.


   There's also the question of security updates, which can be an issue

  for things like web browsing.  But one could always download the
  stand-alone binary of Firefox from the Mozilla site.

 Sure.  It might be that a current version doesn't work with the older
 libraries w/o a recompile.  IIRC there was a change somewhere around RH 6
 - 7.
 Another GUI browser that doesn't have the security issues might be possible
 too.

 There's also the issue of flash, java, etc.

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re: office space/colocation

[Warren Luebkeman]

Our company currently occupies an office space of about 1200 square feet.  For 
the three of us its really way too much space, and all it serves to do is 
give us more room to hoard computer junk.

If any of you are one person shops that would like an office in Keene, we 
might be interested in subrenting the space to make it more economical for 
us.  Office Perks Include:

High Speed Internets Connection
Your own desk and/or office
Kitchen/Dinette Area/Private meeting room
5 Enormous White Boards
A conference table
Projector
Server Rack Space
Storage Room
Limited Access to Brendan (Oracle of computer/programming knowledge)

I think we would be looking at a couple hundred bucks for one person, 
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Re: [OT] Looking for ancient boot media

[Warren Luebkeman]

This reminds me of a discussion I had with Maddog and Bill Sconce earlier this 
week, regarding the possibility of a show-and-tell of some of these ancient 
computers.  I'm sure others would be very curious to see some of these things 
in working condition, I know I would.  Especially a paper tape reader or 
something along those lines.  

On Thursday 12 July 2007 8:19 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  -- Original message --
 From: Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED]

  Dan Jenkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
   A quick Google found Linux tools to do the formatting and presumably
   copying, so a working TRS-80 is not needed, just a 5.25 floppy drive
   (and Linux, the wonder tool, to bring it On Topic).
 
  Oh interesting!  Hmmm, I'm sure I can dig up the proper hardware.  The
  larger problem is 5.25 disks :)  I must have some around here
  somewhere...

 If I remember correctly, you can use a casette tape to boot the TRS-80.
 Now, if you can just find a way to make the TRS-80 emulators for Linux
 output to a casette tape, you're all set :-)

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Dual Core or Quad Core?

[Warren Luebkeman]

I asked for a quote on a server yesterday from our hardware provider, and the 
sales guy told me about a great new deal.  For the same price as a Dual Core, 
2 Ghz Xeon processor, I can get a Quad Core 1.6ghz Xeon processor.  My first 
impression was four must be better than two, but is it really?

The server is supposed to be a 50 user Linux terminal server.  Our current 
specs for this system are:

Dual Processor Dual Core (4 Processors)
6 GB Ram
15K SAS Hard Drives

So now I can build the same system, but with 8 processors vs. 4, for the same 
price.  My thought is because its a terminal server, the speed of the 
processors is less critical to the number of processors you have, because you 
need to distribute the load of 50 users across one server.  I can't imagine a 
word processor running at 1.6 Ghz vs. 2 Ghz should perform any differently.  
So by moving to more processors, I should have less processes running on each 
processor, which according to my very rudimentary logic suggests that the 
performance should be better, or at least, more efficient.

What do you think?  Aside from the cool factor of having 8 processors, I would 
like to make the RIGHT decision regarding what server I buy.  

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Re: Dual Core or Quad Core?

[Warren Luebkeman]

On Friday 29 June 2007 10:08 am, Tom Buskey wrote:
 On 6/29/07, Warren Luebkeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  I asked for a quote on a server yesterday from our hardware provider, and
  the
  sales guy told me about a great new deal.  For the same price as a Dual
  Core,
  2 Ghz Xeon processor, I can get a Quad Core 1.6ghz Xeon processor.  My
  first
  impression was four must be better than two, but is it really?
 
  The server is supposed to be a 50 user Linux terminal server.  Our
  current specs for this system are:
 
  Dual Processor Dual Core (4 Processors)
  6 GB Ram
  15K SAS Hard Drives
 
  So now I can build the same system, but with 8 processors vs. 4, for the
  same
  price.  My thought is because its a terminal server, the speed of the
  processors is less critical to the number of processors you have, because
  you
  need to distribute the load of 50 users across one server.  I can't
  imagine a
  word processor running at 1.6 Ghz vs. 2 Ghz should perform any
  differently.
  So by moving to more processors, I should have less processes running on
  each
  processor, which according to my very rudimentary logic suggests that the
  performance should be better, or at least, more efficient.
 
  What do you think?  Aside from the cool factor of having 8 processors, I
  would
  like to make the RIGHT decision regarding what server I buy.

 A few points:

 The Macintosh community had debates in the past about SMP vs single.
 Generally they think a dual 500 MHz is roughly like a single 700MHz.  From
 that subjective information, I'd say more cores that are slightly slower
 are better.

 I've felt that dual CPUs have lower latency when multitasking.  The OS runs
 on one CPU, software raid (why spend more for a dedicated hardware raid
 card?), your App on another, etc.  IMHO latency is more important then
 throughput for interactive use.

We use Adaptec RAID Cards for Driver/Support purposes.  Because its a terminal 
server will only configure RAID 1, because all we want to do is ensure that 
the server keeps running.  Data is stored on a dedicated file server.


 I've been looking at a VMware ESX server.  it's licensed per 2 CPUs.  A 4
 core is the same as a single or dual core in their licensing.  I'm finding
 with that, a dual quad core is cheaper then adding ram + 1 cpu to 2 systems
 with 3 single core cpus between them.

 Those 1.6GHz CPUs might use less power  generate less heat.

 The real limit on your application will likely be I/O.  Bus speed (FSB),
 network, disk speed, memory speed, etc.  How much data are they moving
 around?  More RAM will help more then CPU GHz also.

The servers are going into schools, so typically what happens is, a class 
comes in, logs into the system (all at the same time), and they launch 
Firefox or OpenOffice (at the same time).  There isn't really much data 
moving around.  Documents are stored on a file server, and we map the 
students drives when the login.  

So the biggest load on the servers is launching 30 OpenOffice or Firefox 
processes at the same time, which is why it would seem having more processes 
available would make sense.  We have noticed from our own experience that 
disk speed and RAM is more important, which is why we use 15K SAS drives, and 
put more RAM in the servers than is needed.  

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Re: Dual Core or Quad Core?

[Warren Luebkeman]

On Friday 29 June 2007 1:27 pm, Jerry Feldman wrote:
 On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:53:05 -0400

 Warren Luebkeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  I asked for a quote on a server yesterday from our hardware provider, and
  the sales guy told me about a great new deal.  For the same price as a
  Dual Core, 2 Ghz Xeon processor, I can get a Quad Core 1.6ghz Xeon
  processor.  My first impression was four must be better than two, but is
  it really?
 
  The server is supposed to be a 50 user Linux terminal server.  Our
  current specs for this system are:
 
  Dual Processor Dual Core (4 Processors)
  6 GB Ram
  15K SAS Hard Drives
 
  So now I can build the same system, but with 8 processors vs. 4, for the
  same price.  My thought is because its a terminal server, the speed of
  the processors is less critical to the number of processors you have,
  because you need to distribute the load of 50 users across one server.  I
  can't imagine a word processor running at 1.6 Ghz vs. 2 Ghz should
  perform any differently. So by moving to more processors, I should have
  less processes running on each processor, which according to my very
  rudimentary logic suggests that the performance should be better, or at
  least, more efficient.
 
  What do you think?  Aside from the cool factor of having 8 processors, I
  would like to make the RIGHT decision regarding what server I buy.
 
  I defer to the wisdom of the LUG to show me the way!

 Most of the previous posts have pretty well answered most everything.
 As Maddog points out, Linux scales well up to 8 CPUs, but much work is
 being done with 32, 64, and 128 by IBM, HP, and SGI.  In your case,
 it's not so much that you are going to stress the CPUs, it is more the
 I/O of loading the applications. Fortunately, Linux and Unix
 applications do a good job of mapping files to memory. So, as others
 have stated, quad core is definitely a win in your case.  The other
 thing to look closely at is the cache sizes. The 1.6Ghz vs. 2.0 Ghz is
 minuscule, but make sure you don't get less cache.

According to the salesman the Quad Core has more cache, so I guess I'm good 
there.

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Re: Dual Core or Quad Core?

[Warren Luebkeman]

On Friday 29 June 2007 11:58 am, Christopher Chisholm wrote:
 Derek Atkins wrote:
  Tom Buskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
  A few points:
 
  The Macintosh community had debates in the past about SMP vs single.
  Generally they think a dual 500 MHz is roughly like a single 700MHz. 
  From that subjective information, I'd say more cores that are slightly
  slower are better.
 
  This is probably true, as each core can be working on a separate
  process so you have less context switching.
 
  I've felt that dual CPUs have lower latency when multitasking.  The OS
  runs on one CPU, software raid (why spend more for a dedicated hardware
  raid card?), your App on another, etc.  IMHO latency is more important
  then throughput for interactive use.
 
  This is probably related to fewer context switches, but keep in mind
  the memory bandwidth.
 
  I've been looking at a VMware ESX server.  it's licensed per 2 CPUs.  A
  4 core is the same as a single or dual core in their licensing.  I'm
  finding with that, a dual quad core is cheaper then adding ram + 1 cpu
  to 2 systems with 3 single core cpus between them.
 
  Those 1.6GHz CPUs might use less power  generate less heat.
 
  might being the key operative word here.  Check the specs.
 
  The real limit on your application will likely be I/O.  Bus speed (FSB),
  network, disk speed, memory speed, etc.  How much data are they moving
  around? More RAM will help more then CPU GHz also.
 
  Keep in mind the memory bus issues.  In particular looking at Intel vs
  AMD Quad-cores, the Intel quads are effectively two Dual-cores in a
  single package and they share a memory controller, whereas the AMD
  quads will theoretically each have a memory controller.  What this
  means is that you get higher memory throughput (and lower latency) on
  AMDs than Intels.  I just don't know which applications this effects.

 I've always liked the AMD architecture because of their hypertransport
 bus, which is basically a fancy way of saying that certain things a
 dedicated bus.  Intel's architecture (unless something has recently
 changed) still has everything going through the front side bus.  AMD's
 processors have a memory controller integrated on each processor itself,
 along with a dedicated bus to the memory it uses.  So, you may need more
 sticks of ram, but in theory the bus architecture is highly optimized
 (the memory bus won't be affected by what's going on with the network,
 HDDs, etc).

 For a single-user environment, it seems like benchmarks more or less
 prove that the different isn't huge, but i could see how with 50 users
 each doing their own thing AMD's approach may work better.  That's
 purely a (somewhat) educated guess, it might not be true.

 As a side note, i know xeon heatsinks are screwed into the motherboard
 for a nice solid connection, but all the other intel chips use what i
 think is the worst idea ever conceived for a heatsink clip.  AMD's
 heatsink fastening system feels so solid when you clamp it down, whereas
 all the non-xeon heatsinks are kind of screwed in with cheap plastic
 gadgets that everyone seems to have problems with.  This doesn't really
 pertain to this issue since we're talking xeon, but i've never quite
 been able to get over that... :-)

Unfortunately the company I'm doing business with only works with Intel 
products.  We used to be an AMD only shop, but I really like doing business 
with this particular company.  The customer support is the most important 
thing at the end of the day!

  -derek

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Re: Dual Core or Quad Core?

[Warren Luebkeman]

This is the motherboard I'm looking at: 
http://www.intel.com/design/servers/boards/s5000PSL/index.htm

Here is the info on the front side bus.  It says 1066 / 1333¹ MHz dual 
independent buses, which sounds pretty good.  What do you guys think?
http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/5000p/index.htm






On Friday 29 June 2007 2:20 pm, Warren Luebkeman wrote:
 On Friday 29 June 2007 11:58 am, Christopher Chisholm wrote:
  Derek Atkins wrote:
   Tom Buskey [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
   A few points:
  
   The Macintosh community had debates in the past about SMP vs single.
   Generally they think a dual 500 MHz is roughly like a single 700MHz.
   From that subjective information, I'd say more cores that are slightly
   slower are better.
  
   This is probably true, as each core can be working on a separate
   process so you have less context switching.
  
   I've felt that dual CPUs have lower latency when multitasking.  The OS
   runs on one CPU, software raid (why spend more for a dedicated
   hardware raid card?), your App on another, etc.  IMHO latency is more
   important then throughput for interactive use.
  
   This is probably related to fewer context switches, but keep in mind
   the memory bandwidth.
  
   I've been looking at a VMware ESX server.  it's licensed per 2 CPUs. 
   A 4 core is the same as a single or dual core in their licensing.  I'm
   finding with that, a dual quad core is cheaper then adding ram + 1 cpu
   to 2 systems with 3 single core cpus between them.
  
   Those 1.6GHz CPUs might use less power  generate less heat.
  
   might being the key operative word here.  Check the specs.
  
   The real limit on your application will likely be I/O.  Bus speed
   (FSB), network, disk speed, memory speed, etc.  How much data are they
   moving around? More RAM will help more then CPU GHz also.
  
   Keep in mind the memory bus issues.  In particular looking at Intel vs
   AMD Quad-cores, the Intel quads are effectively two Dual-cores in a
   single package and they share a memory controller, whereas the AMD
   quads will theoretically each have a memory controller.  What this
   means is that you get higher memory throughput (and lower latency) on
   AMDs than Intels.  I just don't know which applications this effects.
 
  I've always liked the AMD architecture because of their hypertransport
  bus, which is basically a fancy way of saying that certain things a
  dedicated bus.  Intel's architecture (unless something has recently
  changed) still has everything going through the front side bus.  AMD's
  processors have a memory controller integrated on each processor itself,
  along with a dedicated bus to the memory it uses.  So, you may need more
  sticks of ram, but in theory the bus architecture is highly optimized
  (the memory bus won't be affected by what's going on with the network,
  HDDs, etc).
 
  For a single-user environment, it seems like benchmarks more or less
  prove that the different isn't huge, but i could see how with 50 users
  each doing their own thing AMD's approach may work better.  That's
  purely a (somewhat) educated guess, it might not be true.
 
  As a side note, i know xeon heatsinks are screwed into the motherboard
  for a nice solid connection, but all the other intel chips use what i
  think is the worst idea ever conceived for a heatsink clip.  AMD's
  heatsink fastening system feels so solid when you clamp it down, whereas
  all the non-xeon heatsinks are kind of screwed in with cheap plastic
  gadgets that everyone seems to have problems with.  This doesn't really
  pertain to this issue since we're talking xeon, but i've never quite
  been able to get over that... :-)

 Unfortunately the company I'm doing business with only works with Intel
 products.  We used to be an AMD only shop, but I really like doing business
 with this particular company.  The customer support is the most important
 thing at the end of the day!

   -derek
 
  -chris
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re: RAID Controllers and Linux: Ugh!

[Warren Luebkeman]

Since we are on the subject of servers, I am now dealing with an issue that I 
always face when using a new server configuration:  Is the RAID Card 
supported in Linux?  I usually like to go with Adaptec RAID cards because 
they provide Linux driver sources so we can compile the driver ourselves.  

This Intel board I'm looking at has a very impressive RAID controller built 
right into it.  However, they only provide drivers for Redhat and Suse.  Our 
system is based on Debian/Ubuntu, and we use a different kernel.  So it would 
seem I cannot use this RAID controller, even though it has Linux support.

I guess this is more of a frustrated rant rather than a question.  It looks 
like I will have to use the Adaptec card, which I have no problem with, 
except that its about $400.  Just seems silly (and incredibly annoying) to 
me.

I'm wondering if you know of any hardware companies that sell server 
configurations that have REAL Linux support, which basically means all the 
hardware will work with any Linux distro, vs. just Redhat and Suse?  It would 
be great to be able to order a server and not have to spend hours determining 
if all the hardware is actually supported.  






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Re: RAID Controllers and Linux: Ugh!

[Warren Luebkeman]

Coincidently I have ordered servers from Thinkmate before, they are who I used 
to use.  I may just switch back for that reason.  

It doesn't look like 3Ware has an SAS RAID card for sale yet.  However, from 
Thinkmate I can still buy SCSI cards (Bytespeed doesn't sell them anymore), 
so I could just go that route.  

Do you know if there are any significant performance differences between SCSI 
and SAS?

On Friday 29 June 2007 5:08 pm, Sarunas wrote:
 Warren Luebkeman wrote:
  Since we are on the subject of servers, I am now dealing with an issue
  that I always face when using a new server configuration:  Is the RAID
  Card supported in Linux?  I usually like to go with Adaptec RAID cards
  because they provide Linux driver sources so we can compile the driver
  ourselves.
 
  This Intel board I'm looking at has a very impressive RAID controller
  built right into it.  However, they only provide drivers for Redhat and
  Suse.  Our system is based on Debian/Ubuntu, and we use a different
  kernel.  So it would seem I cannot use this RAID controller, even though
  it has Linux support.
 
  I guess this is more of a frustrated rant rather than a question.  It
  looks like I will have to use the Adaptec card, which I have no problem
  with, except that its about $400.  Just seems silly (and incredibly
  annoying) to me.
 
  I'm wondering if you know of any hardware companies that sell server
  configurations that have REAL Linux support, which basically means all
  the hardware will work with any Linux distro, vs. just Redhat and Suse? 
  It would be great to be able to order a server and not have to spend
  hours determining if all the hardware is actually supported.

 Thinkmate has always agreed to test their systems with whatever Linux
 distro we asked, for example Debian unstable and Ubuntu pre-release.

 3WARE controllers are true hardware RAID and the drivers are in Linux
 kernel.

 HTH,
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Re: Commodore Extravaganza!

[Warren Luebkeman]

Gentlemen and ladies,

I have several boxes of Commodore equipment, ranging from VIC-20's to 64's, 
assorted software, peripherals such as cassette and floppy drives, new mice, 
etc.  that might make a nice collectable item for your garage/closet/mantle 
piece.  Its free to a good home.  I just don't have the heart to throw this 
stuff away.

Let me know if anyone is interested.  I can bring the lot to a Linux user 
group meeting if someone wants to pick through it.

Thanks, 


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re: KDE memory abnormalities

[Warren Luebkeman]

I am having a problem with KDE processes using about three times as much
memory as normal. I have four identical servers with identical operating
systems, two of them are running as they should, but the other two are
having this KDE problem.  This does not seem to be affecting any other
processes except KDE.  My options at this point are to reinstall KDE,
but if that does not work I will need to rebuild the servers.  I would
much rather fix the problem, but at this point we are unable to figure
out what is going on.  

Does anyone have any ideas?  I would be willing to pay for some
consulting if it looked like there is a solution to this problem other
than reinstalling the servers.  

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Re: KDE memory abnormalities

[Warren Luebkeman]

The distribution is Debian Sarge, with a backported verison of KDE version 
3.5.0, running kernel 2.6.17.11.  All four servers are using identical 
packages.  

Here is an example of the resource difference between both servers for the 
kicker process.  This is the output of ps aux .

(bad server)
shawnbe  12297  0.0  3.8 737008 160824 ? SNov03   0:01 kicker 
[kdeinit]

(normal server)
michael  26999  0.0  0.3 30024 16420 ?   SNov03   0:02 kicker 
[kdeinit]

As you can see, ps aux is showing that the kicker on the normal server is 
using about 1/10 the memory as the bad server.  This is true of all kde 
processes.  I realize that ps aux isn't really telling us how much memory the 
process is using, but either way there really is no question that the bad 
server is using substantially more resources.  Are there any tools I can use 
to get more information on what is going on?

On Sunday 05 November 2006 12:57 pm, Ben Scott wrote:
 On 11/5/06, Warren Luebkeman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  I am having a problem with KDE processes using about three times as much
  memory as normal.

   Distribution?  Version?  KDE version?  Kernel version?

   Are you sure they're actually using more memory?  Sometimes threads
 and shared memory and other magic can make the output of ps and the
 like counter-intuitive.

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Re: DLSLUG May 4th

[Warren Luebkeman]

This presentation will be about adoption of desktop Linux in the enterprise, 
and how our system meets the challenges.  The issues we will be discussing 
are broadly applicable to any Linux distribution and organization that wishes 
to adopt desktop Linux.  The primary topics we will be addressing are:

Installation/Migration
Integration with legacy applications
Network Management
Useability
OSS Alternatives

Why should you go?  This is an opportunity to see and ask questions of how 
Linux on the desktop can be made practical for the corporate desktop.  You 
will get to see integration with Active Directory, Windows Terminal Services, 
advanced thin client technology, and other open source desktop management 
tools and applications.  

We will also be showcasing 3D accelerated graphics on a thin client (Unreal 
Tournament), which to our knowledge is an industry first!  The practical 
application of this technology would be 3D CAD in a thin client environment, 
but Unreal Tournament is much cooler.  

Hope to see you there!

Warren Luebkeman

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Re: Presentation for Monad LUG

[Warren Luebkeman]

Greetings All:

The Monadnock LUG meeting this week will be a demonstration of Resara 
Enterprise Linux.  REL is a Linux terminal server/thin client system, but is 
not based on LTSP.  More info about REL can be found at www.resara.com 

This will be a live, hands on demonstration, no powerpoints, and we will try 
to keep the sales pitches to a minimum.  In other words, it should be pretty 
interesting! We look forward to your questions, comments, and/or critisysms!  

Please bring your laptops for the best demonstration experience!

Thanks,
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On Tuesday 11 April 2006 9:38 am, Charles Farinella wrote:
 On Mon, 2006-04-10 at 16:23, Warren Luebkeman wrote:
  If you want a presenter this thursday, we might be able to bang something
  together!  Take at look at our website, www.resara.com

 Since Guy has put me in charge of this particular meeting, I am going to
 say yes please, that would be terrific.

 Thank you.  :-)

 --charlie

  Warren L
 
  On Monday 10 April 2006 2:48 pm, guy Pardoe wrote:
   The next meeting of the Monadnock Linux User Group (MonadLUG) will be
   this Thursday, April 13th, 7:00pm, at the SAU 1 Superintendent's Office
   behind South Meadow School in Peterborough.
  
   For directions, visit
http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Www/OurChapters#monadlug
  
  
  
    AGENDA 
  
   1.  Announcements.
  
   2.  Due to some unavoidable issues, the presentation that was planned
   for this meeting is being postponed.  So there is no formal speaker
   this month. Bring your questions  problems for some open discussion.
  
  
   *
  
  
   We're also looking for topics for future meetings.  If you have a
   suggestion or would like to present a topic yourself, please contact me
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Re: Monadnock Linux User Group - April 13th

[Warren Luebkeman]

If you want a presenter this thursday, we might be able to bang something 
together!  Take at look at our website, www.resara.com

Warren L

On Monday 10 April 2006 2:48 pm, guy Pardoe wrote:
 The next meeting of the Monadnock Linux User Group (MonadLUG) will be this
 Thursday, April 13th, 7:00pm, at the SAU 1 Superintendent's Office behind
 South Meadow School in Peterborough.

 For directions, visit
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  AGENDA 

 1.  Announcements.

 2.  Due to some unavoidable issues, the presentation that was planned for
 this meeting is being postponed.  So there is no formal speaker this month.
 Bring your questions  problems for some open discussion.


 *


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Re: Job Availability

[Warren Luebkeman]

Hi there,

We are a startup software company creating a plug-and-play Linux desktop
product.  We are looking for people fluent in a derivative of c/c++,
preferably C#/.NET, and an in depth understanding of Linux.  You can
check out our website at www.resara.com , although it needs to be
updated and completed (we are also looking for a good web development
person).  Resara provides an informal, comfortable working environment
and flexible hours (for those of us who don't like to get up early in
the morning). 

We are also looking for VARS (Value added resellers) to provide services
and support of our products.  So if your a network solution company
looking for a niche, give us a call!

If your interested in potentially working with us, or have questions,
comments, or complaints, please contact us via phone or email!

Phone #:  1-888-357-9195 
Email:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]


Thanks,
Warren Luebkeman
Resara Networks

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