[PLUG] RaspberryPie $25 Linux Computer
A $25 ARM/USB/SDcard computer won best-of-show at Arm TechCon: http://www.raspberrypi.org/ 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] Best GIMP Resource / Corel Draw equivalent
On 10/28/2011 09:51 AM, Tim Wescott wrote: > These are two questions, but they're both about graphics programs: > > First: > > I've been using GIMP, gradually getting better at retouching photos with > it and such, but I am nowhere near being able to do the sort of things I > see as example GIMP work. > > What's your best recommendation for a good book or online reference for > thoroughly learning GIMP? > > Second: > > My understanding is that GIMP is a pixel-based program, and that things > like Corel Draw are vector based. I have CAD programs (LibreCad is > pretty good), and those are, indeed, vector based, but they're for > making mechanical drawings -- not for making pretty logos and decals and > whatnot. > > So -- is there a good "make it pretty" sort of vector-based graphics > program that's freely available? > > Thanks. > There are some pretty good web based resources for learning gimp, starting with the gimp tutorials at http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/ As far as vector based drawing programs, inkscape is by far the best for "making pretty logos and decals", etc. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Local server reseller
> "Martin" == Martin A Brown writes: Martin> I have been lurking on this list for more than a year (not Martin> posting very often) and I live in the (southern) Netherlands. Martin> Good Belgian beer available here. [...] Dude! Can you suggest a good spot for our Advanced Topics meeting? Beer selection was one of our prime criteria! And I am sure you have much better public transportation there. ;-) -- Russell Senior, President russ...@personaltelco.net ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma
Thanks Neal, very good to hear Ooma is working well for ya. I think I'm going to switch us to Ooma. Also, that info you sent on using the house phone wiring should come in very handy. Cheers, Elcaset On Sat, Oct 29, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Neal wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:21 PM, C W wrote: > > How expensive and difficult is it to add several phones in the same house > to > > one Ooma line? > > Same as any other VOIP line. > > Use the existing house wiring AFTER disconnecting from the external > telephone network at the NID: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_interface_device > http://www.homephonewiring.com/nid.html > > Open the NID (regular screwdriver required) and unplug what look like > short phone cord loopback cables plugged into "TEST" jacks. This > isolates your inside wiring from the phone company. > > Plug the Ooma / Vonage box into any telephone jack near an internet > feed, hook it up to the internet, plug in the power adapter and there > ya go, at least in theory. > > I've had Ooma since Woot ran a special six months ago. Over this time > it has worked fairly well, at least as well as the Comcast cable modem > service. I think I've only had to power cycle the Ooma box once or > twice when it wasn't a Comcast issue. The taxes-only minimum service > is missing a couple things I really miss but not enough to upgrade to > the $120/year Premier service. The thing I miss most is voicemail > email forwarding. > > NealS > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Free Geek Seattle- Helping The Needy Get Nerdy http://www.freegeekseattle.org/ https://groups.google.com/group/freegeek-seattle/topics?hl=en K Desktop Environment- Experience Freedom & User Friendliness http://kde.org/ Free Lossless Audio Codec https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Flac Protect your digital freedom and privacy, eliminate DRM, learn more at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:21 PM, C W wrote: > How expensive and difficult is it to add several phones in the same house to > one Ooma line? Same as any other VOIP line. Use the existing house wiring AFTER disconnecting from the external telephone network at the NID: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_interface_device http://www.homephonewiring.com/nid.html Open the NID (regular screwdriver required) and unplug what look like short phone cord loopback cables plugged into "TEST" jacks. This isolates your inside wiring from the phone company. Plug the Ooma / Vonage box into any telephone jack near an internet feed, hook it up to the internet, plug in the power adapter and there ya go, at least in theory. I've had Ooma since Woot ran a special six months ago. Over this time it has worked fairly well, at least as well as the Comcast cable modem service. I think I've only had to power cycle the Ooma box once or twice when it wasn't a Comcast issue. The taxes-only minimum service is missing a couple things I really miss but not enough to upgrade to the $120/year Premier service. The thing I miss most is voicemail email forwarding. NealS ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Local server reseller
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011, Martin A. Brown wrote: > What is it about the appeal of Portland? The rain! It grows on you. (Mostly moss, but the occasional mushroom as well.) -- Paul Heinlein <> heinl...@madboa.com <> http://www.madboa.com/ ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Local server reseller
On Sat, 29 Oct 2011, Martin A. Brown wrote: > What is it about the appeal of Portland? It rains a lot. Great microbrew pubs. Within an hour's drive one can be at the Pacific coast, well into the Cascade Mountains, in the high desert, and (of course!) there's the magnificent Columbia River Gorge and its leaf-clearing east winds. > So, a bit of a reach this group has, eh? What I've read from others is the broad and diverse expertise of list subscribers and the willingness of those with answers or advice to provide them makes this group unique. Perhaps it's the combination of location (in the silicon temperate rain forest), friendly and helpful culture, and support/advocacy of F/OSS that keeps us from being insular and isolated. Join in more frequently. I'm sure you have contributions that are worthwhile. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Brother HL-2240D ppd file?
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:00:21 -0700 "Wayne E. Van Loon Sr." dijo: >> Have you considered setting it up as a generic PCL6 or PCL5e >> printer? You could probably use a PPD for a duplexing LaserJet >> model (e.g. 5D). >Not only had I not considered it, I wasn't even aware such a >possibility existed. I chose a HP driver with a d suffix, >usr/share/cups/model/HP/hp-laserjet_p2015d_series-hpijs.ppd.gz, and it >prints, even duplex. A very long time ago I had a Laserjet 4MV, which came with Postscript, but no PPD file. I used the PPD file for a Linotronic 300 and it worked fine. The Linotronic PPD file offered features that I couldn't use, but it was otherwise perfectly functional. My point is that if you need a PPD file, just find one for the most similar printer and it will work. For that matter, a PPD file is just a plain text file, usually only a couple pages long. You can just roll your own. I have not created my own PPD file, but once I had to edit one, and it was trivial. That is, it is trivial once you figure out the syntax. And even that is usually pretty simple. For example, suppose your printer can do 600 dpi or 1200 dpi, but the PPD file only offers 600 dpi. You open the PPD file and find a line that says (I am making this up) "DPI=600." So you add a space plus "1200" at the end and try it. If it doesn't work, add a comma. Or get several PPD files and open them up to see how they are written. And once you have a good PPD file for the HL2240D, upload it to the CUPS folks so that everyone can share. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Local server reseller
[Apologies in advance for a bit of off-topic...] Hello, : > Snicker. And not only that I'm on dial-up except for trips to local : > library. I once asked about a Linux users group and was referred here. : : That's great, Richard. We've had members from the Philipines, : Belgium, eastern Canada, and other far away places such as : Boulder. I have been lurking on this list for more than a year (not posting very often) and I live in the (southern) Netherlands. Good Belgian beer available here. I believe that at least one of the members of this crowd also lurked in this forum from Melbourne, Australia before moving to Portland. What is it about the appeal of Portland? So, a bit of a reach this group has, eh? -Martin -- Martin A. Brown http://linux-ip.net/ ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Local server reseller
On Fri, 28 Oct 2011, Richard Owlett wrote: > Snicker. And not only that I'm on dial-up except for trips to local > library. I once asked about a Linux users group and was referred here. That's great, Richard. We've had members from the Philipines, Belgium, eastern Canada, and other far away places such as Boulder. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] usefulness of Cisco 186/188 ATA phone adapters, & Ooma
We've had & continue to have a lot of Comcast service outages where we lose internet, telly, & phone. The internet goes out most often, then comes the telly, then the phone service. When we call Comcast about it, they act as if that's normal, & want to charge us extra to come fix it! On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Tom Sharples wrote: > > We used Vonage for years and years, but the quality and reliability got > really bad so I switched to Comcast VOIP. They use a separate dedicated > network, and it's best voice service I've ever had. > > Tom S. > > > On 10/28/2011 9:21 PM, C W wrote: > > Scott, > > Thanks for the feedback. Ooma's service sounds like it's better quality > > than mobile phone service, so I can live with that. Especially since > Ooma's > > monthly charge is extremely low. > > > > How expensive and difficult is it to add several phones in the same house > to > > one Ooma line? > > > > Cheers, > > Elcaset > > > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Scott Garman > wrote: > > > >> On 10/28/2011 07:12 PM, C W wrote: > >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooma > >>>Anybody here familiar with Ooma? > >> I switched from Vonage to Ooma this year. Never had any issues with > >> Vonage, but with Ooma I have occasionally had audio quality issues, and > >> even dropped calls. Not fun when I work from home most days and am > >> dropping from a conference call. > >> > >> About a month ago I was considering going back to Vonage, but things > >> have been stable since then, so I'm willing to take the risk until I run > >> into problems again. > >> > >> Scott > >> > >> ___ > >> PLUG mailing list > >> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> > > > > > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 9.0.920 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3981 - Release Date: 10/28/11 > 11:44:00 > > > > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Free Geek Seattle- Helping The Needy Get Nerdy http://www.freegeekseattle.org/ https://groups.google.com/group/freegeek-seattle/topics?hl=en K Desktop Environment- Experience Freedom & User Friendliness http://kde.org/ Free Lossless Audio Codec https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Flac Protect your digital freedom and privacy, eliminate DRM, learn more at http://www.defectivebydesign.org/what_is_drm ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
