Re: [Discuss] [ OT - very ] Whiteboard cleaner vs. Windex

2012-04-09 Thread Jay Burrill
I would go with Windex, myself. You pay a premium for the whiteboard cleaner for no real advantage over the tried and true. For your good quality whiteboard, Windex will cause no problems for you. /Jay Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 09:08:51 -0400 From: g...@blu.org To: discuss@blu.org Subject: [Disc

Re: [Discuss] DIY NAS

2012-04-09 Thread Daniel Barrett
On April 9, 2012, Ben Eisenbraun wrote: >Hmm, I thought one of the selling points for Synology is that they are >just running Linux+md+LVM under the hood, so you can always fall back to >stuffing your hard drives in to $RANDOM_LINUX_BOX and get access to your >data. Thanks, Ben. Fortunately, data

Re: [Discuss] DIY NAS

2012-04-09 Thread Ben Eisenbraun
On Mon, Apr 09, 2012 at 10:54:15AM -0400, Daniel Barrett wrote: > Matthew Kowalski wrote: > >I've had success with the Synology DS1511+ units in the past > > When you say "success," do you mean your Synology has successfully > recovered from RAID drive failures? > > My 5-drive Synology DS508

[Discuss] [OT} Basement cleanout giveaway

2012-04-09 Thread Bill Horne
I'm getting ready to move, so I'm giving away the hardware I've accumulated. I've got some printers, a Cisco 2524 router, a JetDirect card, various video and audio cards, a monitor, speakers, some Windows study guides, and other bric-a-brac. I'm in Sharon: sorry, but I can't deliver. Bill

Re: [Discuss] Legit site to test for Mac flashback infection?

2012-04-09 Thread Rajiv Aaron Manglani
On Mon, 9 Apr 2012, Scott Ehrlich wrote: Is there any legit Apple or other site to test one's Mac for the possible infestation of Flashfake? http://www.macworld.com/article/1166254/what_you_need_to_know_about_the_flashback_trojan.html and how to test for it: http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/tr

[Discuss] Synology grumbles Re: DIY NAS

2012-04-09 Thread Alex Pennace
On Mon, Apr 09, 2012 at 10:54:15AM -0400, Daniel Barrett wrote: > My 5-drive Synology DS508 had a single drive failure last week, its first > in 4 years, and it took everything down with it. The RAID5 volume stayed in > a crashed state, even after replacing the bad drive and SMART-testing all > dri

[Discuss] Legit site to test for Mac flashback infection?

2012-04-09 Thread Scott Ehrlich
Is there any legit Apple or other site to test one's Mac for the possible infestation of Flashfake? Thanks. Scott ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

[Discuss] Splunk server, splunk universal forwarder, snare agent

2012-04-09 Thread Scott Ehrlich
I have 4 VMs on a system for testing - RHEL 5.6, Win 7 64-bit Enterprise, Win Server 2008 R2, and Win XP Pro 32-bit. I have configured Splunk server on the 2008 box. The major issue I am seeing is - With Snare Agent (free version is UDP, which I'm using for testing) - all clients send perfectly-

Re: [Discuss] DIY NAS

2012-04-09 Thread Daniel Barrett
Matthew Kowalski wrote: >I've had success with the Synology DS1511+ units in the past When you say "success," do you mean your Synology has successfully recovered from RAID drive failures? My 5-drive Synology DS508 had a single drive failure last week, its first in 4 years, and it took every

[Discuss] [ OT - very ] Whiteboard cleaner vs. Windex

2012-04-09 Thread Jerry Feldman
I am about to make an office supplies order, and want to know if Windex is ok to use on whiteboards, or shoudl I stick with whiteboard cleaner. -- Jerry Feldman Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:3BC1EB90 PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90 __

Re: [Discuss] Laptop recommendation

2012-04-09 Thread Guy Gold
On Mon, 2012-04-09 at 05:54 -0400, Don Silvia wrote: > Hi, > > > The price range is under $1000. Hardware requirements are pretty basic, > just a big screen with a built-in web cam. Any reasonably modern laptop > should have plenty of CPU and memory for their needs. The software > require

Re: [Discuss] Laptop recommendation

2012-04-09 Thread Jerry Feldman
On 04/09/2012 07:36 AM, Edward Ned Harvey wrote: >> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- >> bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Don Silvia >> >> I've been tasked with finding a large (17") laptop for my parents. I >> can't deal with the Windows support burde

Re: [Discuss] DIY NAS

2012-04-09 Thread Chuck Anderson
On Sun, Apr 08, 2012 at 07:15:53PM -0400, Richard Pieri wrote: > I looked at the options, and I decided to go with a pre-built box. Look for > the HP N40L threads from earlier this year. In a nutshell: what it delivers > for around $275 is hard to beat even compared to BYO. And it is on Shell

Re: [Discuss] Laptop recommendation

2012-04-09 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- > bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Don Silvia > > I've been tasked with finding a large (17") laptop for my parents. I > can't deal with the Windows support burden any more, so on the new > laptop I'm going to insta

Re: [Discuss] DIY NAS

2012-04-09 Thread Edward Ned Harvey
> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- > bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Kowalski > > I've had success with the Synology DS1511+ units in the past, which to > my knowledge run busybox, but I was considering building my own to > reduce the cost.

[Discuss] Laptop recommendation

2012-04-09 Thread Don Silvia
Hi, I've been tasked with finding a large (17") laptop for my parents. I can't deal with the Windows support burden any more, so on the new laptop I'm going to install Linux, probably Mint. I'm looking for recommendations on which brand/model I can get Linux working with the least amount of