Tackling Tech Debt tomorrow
moin moin, Tomorrow's topic is "Tackling Tech Debt" Tech debt is necessary infrastructure that is insufficiently supported. Tech debt can come due at any time. Unnecessary infrastructure can suddenly be necessary. Join PLUG's general meeting Thursday night to chat about types of tech debt and how to tackle them. #BigBlueButton at 19:00 AZ (UTC -7) https://lufthans.bigbluemeeting.com/plu-yuk-7xx https://gettogether.community/events/55007/east-valley-meeting/ FLOSS_Stammtisch is in person Tuesday at Boulders on Southern in Mesa, AZ. Stammtisch also starts at 19:00 Physical location - Boulders on Southern, 1010 W Southern Ave, Mesa, AZ For July we need someone else to run both events. ciao, der.hans -- # https://www.SpiralArray.com https://www.PhxLinux.org # The key to making programs fast is to make them do practically # nothing. ;-) -- Mike Haertel, 2011Aug21 --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: printer
Assuming your PC and printer are on the same network, Windows and Linux should be able to find it fairly simply. What distro and version are you using? Include a link to the instructions you're confused by and I'll try help. -- Thanks, Alexander Sent from my Google Pixel 7 Pro On Wed, Jun 12, 2024, 18:47 Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > How do I connect my printer via wifi. Their directions are kinda screwy. > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
printer
How do I connect my printer via wifi. Their directions are kinda screwy. -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: chrome problem
look for and purge all Chrome profiles in @home. better yet, you can create a new user profile for yourself give it access to use sudo, and then purge the old profile after saving anything you find relevant. This will literally blow away anything that was theirs and allow you to focus on yours. On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 9:24 AM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I thought this might be a job for AI. > > I asked AI "How can i remove the password on chrome on linux" > > AI said: > > To remove the saved passwords in Google Chrome on Linux, you need to > follow these steps: > > Open Google Chrome. > Click on the three-dot menu icon in the top-right corner of the > browser window. > Select "Settings" from the dropdown menu. > Scroll down and click on "Passwords" under the "Autofill" section. > Here, you'll see a list of saved passwords. Click on the three-dot > menu icon next to the password you want to remove. > Select "Remove" from the dropdown menu. > Confirm the removal when prompted. > > If you want to remove the password for your Chrome profile altogether, > you'll need to reset Chrome settings. Here's how: > > Close Google Chrome if it's open. > Open a terminal window. > Enter the following command and press Enter: > > bash > > rm -rf ~/.config/google-chrome > > This command will remove the entire Chrome configuration directory, > including all settings and passwords. > Restart Google Chrome. > > Please note that resetting Chrome settings will remove all your > customizations, bookmarks, saved passwords, and other settings. So make > sure to back up any important data before proceeding. > > - - - - -- > > I have not verified if this is correct so precede with caution. > > Keith > > > > On 2024-06-12 06:07, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > I gots a little problem. I gots a computer with Linux on it. It has > > chrome on it. It asks for a password everytime I start it. The > > password WAS the previous owners password (I knew what it was). I > > uninstalled chrome in hopes it would reset the password. I was wrong. > > Now it won't accept either his nor my password. NOw I just click > > cancel when it asks for a password (a few times) and it just starts > > chrome. > > 1- Can we just start chrome without it asking for a password? > > if not > > 2- How do we set a password up? > > > > -- > > > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: Modular laptop concept
"I haven't yet tried it in an airplane seat. Driver's seat of a car was annoying due to steering wheel, but passenger and back seats were fine." those pesky steering wheels getting in the way of real work, On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 10:14 PM der.hans via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Am 09. Jun, 2024 schwätzte Ryan Petris via PLUG-discuss so: > > moin moin, > > > I have several Framework (both AMD and Intel) laptops including the > > Framework 16 and they're great. Yeah there's some small fit an finish > > issues that some have pointed out but IMO is an acceptable tradeoff for > > being repairable and upgradable. > > How's the 16 for heft and mobility? > > I have the 13 and it's quite dainty. It's light and easy to use pretty > well anywhere. > > I haven't yet tried it in an airplane seat. Driver's seat of a car was > annoying due to steering wheel, but passenger and back seats were fine. > > It's also been fine for all the desktop stuff I've done on it. Haven't > gone up over a few instances of Firefox running at the same time and have > kept them all under 20 tabs, so it's been pretty light for browsing. > > I haven't yet started putting containers or databases on it, so haven't > exercised it much that way either. > > > If anything, the ability to change out the ports is great. Imagine the > > situation where you're sitting at a table, plugged in, and someone comes > > by and kicks your power cable ripping it out of the computer. In a lot > > of cases with other laptops, you're now going to have to replace that > > port as it's going to at the very least break the solder joints; and > > you're not going to be able to replace just that port as it's soldered > > to the motherboard. Now you have a $500+ repair minimum to replace the > > motherboard in your laptop. > > > > With the Framework, you likely just damaged the $10 expansion card. So > > you pull it out, replace it with another one, and move on with your day. > > Yeah, extra layer of protection. > > I just went for 4 USB C ports and the USB C hubs I always carry with me > anyway. If the network port didn't stick out I'd get one of those. > > ciao, > > der.hans > > > On Sun, Jun 9, 2024, at 4:54 PM, Arun Khan via PLUG-discuss wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 9:27 PM Matthew Crews via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >>> On 2021-02-27 00:03, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: > >>> > This actually looks rather cool, thought I'd share with fellow geeks. > >>> > > >>> > https://frame.work/ > >>> > > >>> > Might look at one of these if/when they come about. > >>> > > >>> > -mb > >>> > >>> How time flies. Three years later and Framework Computer Inc still > seems > >>> to be going strong. > >> > >> A friend of mine has bought it and swears by the hardware flexibility > (mix and match). > >> I am contemplating it for my next laptop, although my 6-year-old > Thinkpad is still going strong :) > >> > >> -- > >> Arun Khan > >> --- > >> PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > >> > > > > -- > # https://www.SpiralArray.com https://www.PhxLinux.org > # "No software design or plan survives contact with reality." > # -- Lars Wirzenius, 2012Feb19 http://identi.ca/notice/90842065 > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: chrome problem
I thought this might be a job for AI. I asked AI "How can i remove the password on chrome on linux" AI said: To remove the saved passwords in Google Chrome on Linux, you need to follow these steps: Open Google Chrome. Click on the three-dot menu icon in the top-right corner of the browser window. Select "Settings" from the dropdown menu. Scroll down and click on "Passwords" under the "Autofill" section. Here, you'll see a list of saved passwords. Click on the three-dot menu icon next to the password you want to remove. Select "Remove" from the dropdown menu. Confirm the removal when prompted. If you want to remove the password for your Chrome profile altogether, you'll need to reset Chrome settings. Here's how: Close Google Chrome if it's open. Open a terminal window. Enter the following command and press Enter: bash rm -rf ~/.config/google-chrome This command will remove the entire Chrome configuration directory, including all settings and passwords. Restart Google Chrome. Please note that resetting Chrome settings will remove all your customizations, bookmarks, saved passwords, and other settings. So make sure to back up any important data before proceeding. - - - - -- I have not verified if this is correct so precede with caution. Keith On 2024-06-12 06:07, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: I gots a little problem. I gots a computer with Linux on it. It has chrome on it. It asks for a password everytime I start it. The password WAS the previous owners password (I knew what it was). I uninstalled chrome in hopes it would reset the password. I was wrong. Now it won't accept either his nor my password. NOw I just click cancel when it asks for a password (a few times) and it just starts chrome. 1- Can we just start chrome without it asking for a password? if not 2- How do we set a password up? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
chrome problem
I gots a little problem. I gots a computer with Linux on it. It has chrome on it. It asks for a password everytime I start it. The password WAS the previous owners password (I knew what it was). I uninstalled chrome in hopes it would reset the password. I was wrong. Now it won't accept either his nor my password. NOw I just click cancel when it asks for a password (a few times) and it just starts chrome. 1- Can we just start chrome without it asking for a password? if not 2- How do we set a password up? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
Re: is there any way to fix this drive?
thank you so much for the brain-trust of the PLUG group. I've figured out what is wrong with the USB drive that is giving me trouble. the problem is totally hardware related. If I pull it out a little the drive will connect for a little while. And I have discovered that I lost my pictures forever:( And you've been as focused on the issue as well as i could possibly ask you to be. Thanks again guys! On Wed, Jun 12, 2024 at 1:50 AM Rusty Carruth via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Hmm. I could have sworn that the NTFS utilities in Linux had a chkdsk > function. Yeah: > > ntfsfix (8) - fix common errors and force Windows to check NTFS > > > (found using 'man -k ntfs') > > > Man page for ntfsfix says, in part: > > DESCRIPTION > ntfsfix is a utility that fixes some common NTFS problems. > ntfsfix is NOT a Linux version of chkdsk. It only re‐ > pairs some fundamental NTFS inconsistencies, resets the NTFS > journal file and schedules an NTFS consistency check > for the first boot into Windows. > > You may run ntfsfix on an NTFS volume if you think it was > damaged by Windows or some other way and it cannot be > mounted. > > > So, ntfsfix might help. There is also an ntfsclone that says: > > ntfsclone (8)- Efficiently clone, image, restore or rescue an NTFS > > > Can Linux mount your ntfs stick? (You might have to do it readonly. and > you've probably said something about this, but it has been a while and > I've not been as focused on the issue as I probably should be...) > > > On 6/11/24 10:30, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > Thanks for trying! > > > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 12:53 PM Arun Khan wrote: > > > >> > >> On Tue, Jun 11, 2024 at 8:59 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss < > >> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> > >>> well, the drive may be ntfs but the files written were jpg written > from a > >>> linux machine h. I guess it should be able to read from windows > >>> seeing as it us a JPG and not some exotic open source file:!) I guess > it > >>> just got corrupted. The question still remains, is there a way to > recover > >>> the files on the drive? I hope so, There were pictures on that drive. > My > >>> entire south carolina trip! > >>> > >>> The directions that were given were to run: > >>> > >>> chkdsk /f > >>> > >>> on the drive. Have two problems with those directions though: 1. that > >>> requires admin privileges and I don't know how to do that. 2. when I > stick > >>> the drive in it gives me the insert drive tone and then the disconnect > >>> drive tone and never assigns a drive letter to it. Then it repeats that > >>> until I pull the drive. And if I've kept the drive in there long > enough it > >>> keeps doing that after I've pulled the drive. 3. > >>> > >> Based on the responses so far, you have the following options (IMO): > >> > >> 1. Keep plugging for a solution. There is no way around it; you will > need > >> a Windows desktop to repair the NTFS file system. I suggest that you > lean > >> on your family/friends who have Windows admin privileges on their > systems. > >> 2. Seek professional help to recover your files (e.g. Data Doctors have > >> retail stores in many shopping malls) > >> > >> Regardless of what you do, to avoid future mishaps, invest in a couple > of > >> high-capacity storage and backup your important files to *two* different > >> drives (rsync -aP does the job for me). > >> > >> HTH > >> -- > >> Arun Khan > >> > > > > > > --- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
