Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread William Park via talk 
On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 05:02:38PM -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson via talk wrote:
> 
> The DVD drive on my Dell Inspiron laptop has died.
> 
> I see three options:
> 
> 1. Get it fixed
> 2. Replace it
> 3. Ignore it and get an external DVD
> 
> Which would you recommend?
> 
> (I'm running Linux Mint.)

I'd think external DVD would be as cheap as getting it fixed or
replacing it.
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Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread Don Tai via talk 
Have you checked on eBay if a replacement is available? It might be very
inexpensive. If not, then how often do you use the DVD? I replaced mine
with an extra disk and rarely miss the DVD.

Don

On 29 September 2017 at 17:14, znoteer--- via talk  wrote:

> > Le 29 septembre 2017 à 17:02, "Chris F.A. Johnson via talk" <
> talk@gtalug.org> a écrit :
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm not an expert, but here are my thoughts:
>
> > The DVD drive on my Dell Inspiron laptop has died.
> >
> > I see three options:
> >
> > 1. Get it fixed
>
> This will likely be the most expensive in both dollars and
> hours-of-downtime
>
> > 2. Replace it
> > 3. Ignore it and get an external DVD
>
> 3 is the easiest and the fastest (cost in time, relative to 2), because
> you don't have to open up your lappy, and you don't have to figure out
> which model of internal drive is compatible with your lappy, and possibly
> wait while it is ordered.  Couldn't say which (between 2 and 3) would cost
> more dollar wise.
>
> But, with 2, you don't have to carry around, and find desk space for,
> another device and cable.
>
> All the best,
>
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Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread Howard Gibson via talk 
On Fri, 29 Sep 2017 17:02:38 -0400 (EDT)
"Chris F.A. Johnson via talk"  wrote:

> 
> The DVD drive on my Dell Inspiron laptop has died.
> 
> I see three options:
> 
> 1. Get it fixed
> 2. Replace it
> 3. Ignore it and get an external DVD

Chris,

   Replace it with a Blu-Ray.  You should be able to manage backups with 25GB.

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Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread Kevin Cozens via talk 

On 2017-09-29 05:14 PM, znoteer--- via talk wrote:

Le 29 septembre 2017 à 17:02, "Chris F.A. Johnson via talk"  a 
écrit :

2. Replace it
3. Ignore it and get an external DVD


3 is the easiest and the fastest (cost in time, relative to 2), because you 
don't have to open up your lappy, and you don't have to figure out which model 
of internal drive is compatible with your lappy, and possibly wait while it is 
ordered.  Couldn't say which (between 2 and 3) would cost more dollar wise.

But, with 2, you don't have to carry around, and find desk space for, another 
device and cable.


The other consideration regarding option 2 vs 3 is how often does the laptop 
get carried to other places? That will tell you how much of pain it might be 
to have an external DVD drive. If you do a lot of travelling with the laptop 
you may be looking at option 2 as your best bet but it might be difficult to 
source a replacement drive and take the laptop apart to replace the drive.


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Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread Mauro Souza via talk 
Ignore it. I don't know how long since I last used my DVD drive. I don't
even know if it's working...
If you want to replace it, replace by an SSD drive.

On Sep 29, 2017 19:30, "Alex Short via talk"  wrote:

> 4. Don't use DVD. Just use a USB stick and iso files instead.
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 29, 2017, at 6:27 PM, znoteer--- via talk  wrote:
>
> Le 29 septembre 2017 à 17:02, "Chris F.A. Johnson via talk" <
> talk@gtalug.org> a écrit :
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm not an expert, but here are my thoughts:
>
> The DVD drive on my Dell Inspiron laptop has died.
>
>
> I see three options:
>
>
> 1. Get it fixed
>
>
> This will likely be the most expensive in both dollars and
> hours-of-downtime
>
> 2. Replace it
>
> 3. Ignore it and get an external DVD
>
>
> 3 is the easiest and the fastest (cost in time, relative to 2), because
> you don't have to open up your lappy, and you don't have to figure out
> which model of internal drive is compatible with your lappy, and possibly
> wait while it is ordered.  Couldn't say which (between 2 and 3) would cost
> more dollar wise.
>
> But, with 2, you don't have to carry around, and find desk space for,
> another device and cable.
>
> All the best,
>
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Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson via talk 

On Fri, 29 Sep 2017, Alex Short via talk wrote:


4. Don't use DVD. Just use a USB stick and iso files instead. 


I can't play DVDs with a USB stick.

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Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread Alex Short via talk 
4. Don't use DVD. Just use a USB stick and iso files instead.


Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 29, 2017, at 6:27 PM, znoteer--- via talk 
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Le 29 septembre 2017 ? 17:02, "Chris F.A. Johnson via talk" 
mailto:talk@gtalug.org>> a ?crit :


Hi,

I'm not an expert, but here are my thoughts:

The DVD drive on my Dell Inspiron laptop has died.

I see three options:

1. Get it fixed

This will likely be the most expensive in both dollars and hours-of-downtime

2. Replace it
3. Ignore it and get an external DVD

3 is the easiest and the fastest (cost in time, relative to 2), because you 
don't have to open up your lappy, and you don't have to figure out which model 
of internal drive is compatible with your lappy, and possibly wait while it is 
ordered.  Couldn't say which (between 2 and 3) would cost more dollar wise.

But, with 2, you don't have to carry around, and find desk space for, another 
device and cable.

All the best,

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Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread znoteer--- via talk 
> Le 29 septembre 2017 à 17:02, "Chris F.A. Johnson via talk"  
> a écrit :
> 

Hi,

I'm not an expert, but here are my thoughts:

> The DVD drive on my Dell Inspiron laptop has died.
> 
> I see three options:
> 
> 1. Get it fixed

This will likely be the most expensive in both dollars and hours-of-downtime

> 2. Replace it
> 3. Ignore it and get an external DVD

3 is the easiest and the fastest (cost in time, relative to 2), because you 
don't have to open up your lappy, and you don't have to figure out which model 
of internal drive is compatible with your lappy, and possibly wait while it is 
ordered.  Couldn't say which (between 2 and 3) would cost more dollar wise.

But, with 2, you don't have to carry around, and find desk space for, another 
device and cable.

All the best,

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Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread John Moniz via talk 
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Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk 
On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 05:02:38PM -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson via talk wrote:
> 
> The DVD drive on my Dell Inspiron laptop has died.
> 
> I see three options:
> 
> 1. Get it fixed
> 2. Replace it
> 3. Ignore it and get an external DVD
> 
> Which would you recommend?
> 
> (I'm running Linux Mint.)

If you go for option 3 then you already have a drive for your next
machine, which will most likely not come with one since that seems to
be the way things are going.

My wife replaced her DVD with a second hard disk in her laptop.
She thought it was a better use of the space.

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[GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread Chris F.A. Johnson via talk 


The DVD drive on my Dell Inspiron laptop has died.

I see three options:

1. Get it fixed
2. Replace it
3. Ignore it and get an external DVD

Which would you recommend?

(I'm running Linux Mint.)

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Re: [GTALUG] Programming Atmel Microprocessor from Linux

2017-09-29 Thread Scott Elcomb via talk 
On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 1:47 PM, Peter Hiscocks via talk
 wrote:
> Thanks, Kevin. Noted.
>
> If you give me a URL, I'll have a look at it.

Going out on a limb I'm going to guess it's this one... First result
in my search for "Raspberry Atmel" turned up this project (by "Kevin"
from Canada): 

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[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG Meeting on Tuesday 10 October at 7:30pm

2017-09-29 Thread hi--- via talk 


# The State of Mozilla with Mike Hoye

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### Annual General Meeting

After Mike's talk GTALUG will be doing it's annual general meeting.

*   **GTALUG Update** -- 5 minutes
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Re: [GTALUG] Programming Atmel Microprocessor from Linux

2017-09-29 Thread Peter Hiscocks via talk 
Thanks, Kevin. Noted.

If you give me a URL, I'll have a look at it.

Cheers -
Peter

> On 2017-09-22 04:22 PM, Peter Hiscocks via talk wrote:
>> I'm currently developing a program in assembly language, using a Linux
>> platform to host the development. The development environment is very
>> simple. My notes on this are now on my academic web page
>
> If you wanted to update your paper you can add information about using a
> Raspberry Pi with simple interface to develop software for, and program,
> ATMEL AVR microprocessors. I have a project up on the hackaday.io site
> where
> I do that. A Pi Zero W is my current development platform. I ssh in to the
> Zero from a Pi 3 that has a keyboard and monitor attached.
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