Re: [PLUG] Android Tablets, Kindle Fire?
Whatever you decide on, please, please, please make sure it keeps the data encrypted and a strong password used! I love to see technology help to make companies and services more efficient, but the implementation often overlooks security. A cheap tablet, hacked to do what you need will likely not be secure. Even if you get one with Android AND with the data encrypted, it will likely be painfully slow due to the encryption unless it has a dedicated chip to encrypt/decrypt the data on the fly. I have yet to see such a tablet, not saying they don't exist, but I haven't seen one. Remember, whatever conveniences the technology provides, must not be at the expense of the patent's privacy. Jason On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 09:01:25AM -0700, Mike Cherba wrote: > > What size tablet are you looking for? 7" ish? or 10/11" ish? it > would > > help narrow down the choices a fair amount. > > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Keith Lofstrom > wrote: > > > > > In a few months, after we get the web-based electronic medical > > > records systems running at my wife's new office, we will deploy > > > a few tablet computers. I would like a camera (for scanning > > > QR codes and photographing skin conditions), some kind of text > > > data entry, secure communications, and some form of authentication > > > and time-out, so that if the tablet is left lying about without > > > activity it will lock, awaiting a password or some kind of > > > biometric to unlock. Wifi, locked to a single encrypted > > > access point, no phone. > > > > > > Probably some kind of Android tablet. Amazon just announced > > > the $200 Kindle Fire, based on Android - while that probably > > > has the appropriate hardware, it may be locked as a walled > > > garden media platform. > > > > > > Probably too early to say what the Fire will permit. If dear > > > reader learns more about the implementation and linux usability > > > of this device, please share your discoveries on this list. > > > Other suggestions welcome - spending a few hundred dollars > > > extra for something that is Just Right would be fine. > > I imagine a 7 inch tablet would be fine. We are dealing with older > eyes, but I assume we can reduce the amount data displayed rather > than show a regular webpage scrunched to teeny-tiny. But if we > can't reformat the data, we may need 11 inch. That helps not so > much. > > Keith > > -- > Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com Voice (503)-520-1993 > KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" > Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] question on moving Gnome menus to Ubuntu Oneiric
On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 15:53, website reader wrote: > Is there an easier way to move the panels and menu drop downs from the > old Gnome desktop in Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid) to the new Ubuntu 11.10 > (oneiric) than doing it all manually? > Not that I have heard of. Although, what I know of, those who have successfully gotten the panels and menu drop downs added to Gnome3 experience nothing problems with the panels and programs launched from the menu drop downs. I have talked to some of the Gnome developers and there is work to implement similar features into Gnome3, but since they were trying to make a "clean" break with Gnome3 code wise to improve desktop performance, several of the previous features willing not work correctly or generate exceptions/hangs if ported. I personally have not tried to yet because of the issues I have seen others experience. > While I have Gnome 3 functioning, it is missing lots of the drop downs > and panel items and I would like to transfer the old over, as > painlessly as possible. That has been one of the major complaints that I have heard and seen. > > Any suggestions? > > - Randall > > p.s. The unity desktop is missing some icons and I am not sure how to > restore them either. > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Cheers, Jeff ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
[PLUG] question on moving Gnome menus to Ubuntu Oneiric
Is there an easier way to move the panels and menu drop downs from the old Gnome desktop in Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid) to the new Ubuntu 11.10 (oneiric) than doing it all manually? While I have Gnome 3 functioning, it is missing lots of the drop downs and panel items and I would like to transfer the old over, as painlessly as possible. Any suggestions? - Randall p.s. The unity desktop is missing some icons and I am not sure how to restore them either. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] I really do need help with Asterisk...blacklists
On 9/28/11 8:13 AM, MJang wrote: > > "The nobel peace prize should not go to an atheist period." > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/pipermail/plug/2009-November/066037.html I wasn't going to join in this general fracas until I was reminded of the above statement. It's too late, the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Linus Pauling. semi-topical - I use dovecot + procmail to filter email quite effectively. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Android Tablets, Kindle Fire?
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 09:01:25AM -0700, Mike Cherba wrote: > What size tablet are you looking for? 7" ish? or 10/11" ish? it would > help narrow down the choices a fair amount. > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > > > In a few months, after we get the web-based electronic medical > > records systems running at my wife's new office, we will deploy > > a few tablet computers. I would like a camera (for scanning > > QR codes and photographing skin conditions), some kind of text > > data entry, secure communications, and some form of authentication > > and time-out, so that if the tablet is left lying about without > > activity it will lock, awaiting a password or some kind of > > biometric to unlock. Wifi, locked to a single encrypted > > access point, no phone. > > > > Probably some kind of Android tablet. Amazon just announced > > the $200 Kindle Fire, based on Android - while that probably > > has the appropriate hardware, it may be locked as a walled > > garden media platform. > > > > Probably too early to say what the Fire will permit. If dear > > reader learns more about the implementation and linux usability > > of this device, please share your discoveries on this list. > > Other suggestions welcome - spending a few hundred dollars > > extra for something that is Just Right would be fine. I imagine a 7 inch tablet would be fine. We are dealing with older eyes, but I assume we can reduce the amount data displayed rather than show a regular webpage scrunched to teeny-tiny. But if we can't reformat the data, we may need 11 inch. That helps not so much. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com Voice (503)-520-1993 KLIC --- Keith Lofstrom Integrated Circuits --- "Your Ideas in Silicon" Design Contracting in Bipolar and CMOS - Analog, Digital, and Scan ICs ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Mail Filters
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Fri, 30 Sep 2011, Eric Wilhelm wrote: > >> Meanwhile, my sieve rules are now running up against some kind of 32KB >> limit in cyrus? Time to move on to some mail filtering tech which is a >> bit more modern? > > dovecot? > > Rich > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > +1 for Dovecot. Mix in Exim for good measure :) -- Brent Jones br...@servuhome.net ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
