I just upgraded from Fedora 26 to 27, and now a dnfdragora panel indicator
appears on startup. Do I need this? Previously, I had been relying on
Gnome Software to alert me to updates and install them. Gnome Software is
still running in Fedora 27.
I think I figured out how to stop dnfdragora
, Julian Daich <
julian.da...@freecomputerlabs.org> wrote:
> 2017-09-15 16:09 GMT+02:00 Bill Horne <b...@horne.net>:
> > On 9/15/2017 9:31 AM, Will Rico wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm helping a non-profit which has a justifiably higher than typical
> fear
> >>
I'm helping a non-profit which has a justifiably higher than typical fear
of security threats. They need a new wifi router, and I wonder what the
BLU community might recommend? The office is pretty small (2 rooms, maybe
5 connected computers at peak, usually fewer).
Thank you,
Will
Note, address change to 90 Broadway.
On 10/27/2016 10:25 AM, Will Rico wrote:
> When: Wednesday, November 2, 6:30 - 8:30PM
>
> Location
Akamai, 90 Broadway, Cambridge, MA
>
> Directions
> http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
> Also easily access
When: Wednesday, November 2, 6:30 - 8:30PM
Location
Akamai, 150 Broadway (8 Cambridge Center), Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Also easily accessibly by T.
Notes
1) Please note the location
is different from BLU's
standard MIT
When: Wednesday, August 3, 6:30 - 8:30PM
Location
Akamai, 150 Broadway (8 Cambridge Center), Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Also easily accessibly by T.
Notes
1) Please note the location
is different from BLU's
standard MIT
inconvenience.
I'm looking forward to seeing you.
Will Rico
On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Will Rico <willr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> When: Wednesday, April 6, 6:30 - 8:30PM
>
> Location
>
Akamai, 90 Broadway, Cambridge, MA (** new location **)
Directions
> http://www.
When: Wednesday, April 6, 6:30 - 8:30PM
Location
Akamai, 150 Broadway (8 Cambridge Center), Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Also easily accessibly by T.
Notes
1) Please note the location
is different from BLU's
standard MIT
When: Wednesday, November 4, 6:30 - 8:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Also easily accessibly by T.
Notes
1) Please note the location
is different from BLU's
standard MIT meeting
When: Wednesday, March 4, 6:30 - 8:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Also easily accessibly by T.
Notes
1) Please note the location
is different from BLU's
standard MIT meeting location.
the meeting.
Bill Horne
On 2/4/2015 10:42 AM, Will Rico wrote:
*Sorry for the last minute notice. Some extenuating family (health)
issues
have slowed me down as of late. If you plan to attend tonight, please
email me at willr...@gmail.com so I can give a proper headcount to Akamai
and they can
*Sorry for the last minute notice. Some extenuating family (health) issues
have slowed me down as of late. If you plan to attend tonight, please
email me at willr...@gmail.com so I can give a proper headcount to Akamai
and they can order enough food.
When: Wednesday, February 4, 6:30 - 8:30PM
When: Wednesday, January 7, 6:30 - 8:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Also easily accessibly by T.
Cost: Free
Notes
1) Please note the location is different from BLU's
standard MIT
When: Wednesday, November 5, 6:30 - 8:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Also easily accessibly by T.
Cost: Free
Notes
1) Please
to
free software (you don't need
to be a techie)
-- how to make money with free
software.
Beginners, experts and
everyone in between are
welcome to this free event!
Interested in giving a
lightning talk? We'd love to
hear from you. Contact Will
Rico.
More event
On 09/02/2014 02:36 PM, Tom Metro wrote:
Will Rico wrote:
When: Wednesday, September 3, 2014 6:30PM
Location: Akamai, 4 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Summary
Adam Stroud is the author of
Professional Android Sensor
Programming...
In case you have deja vu, Adam Stroud presented
which will affect the rest of your business.
Matt
On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Will Rico willr...@gmail.com
mailto:willr...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello everyone,
As a side effect of my web consulting business, my company has been
hosting websites for 15 years. Over this time
When: Wednesday, Aug 6, 2014 6:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Also easily accessibly by T.
Notes
1) RSVP isn't required, but appreciated
Hello everyone,
As a side effect of my web consulting business, my company has been
hosting websites for 15 years. Over this time, we've transitioned away
from web development/application work to marketing, and it makes little
sense to continue with the technical services related to hosting. We
When: Wednesday, Aug 6, 2014 6:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Also easily accessibly by T.
Notes
1) Please note the location is different from BLU's
standard MIT meeting location.
2)
When: Wednesday, May 7, 2014 6:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Also easily accessibly by T.
Notes
1) To kickstart the meeting, we'll have a brief talk on DRM
by FSF
Sounds like Eric's solution and https://civicrm.org/ (which I believe the
FSF uses) would be good places to start investigating. Since Eric is
offering assistance, that makes his software even more compelling.
Will
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 10:56 AM, Eric Chadbourne eric.chadbou...@gmail.com
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Tom Metro tmetro+...@gmail.com wrote:
Eric Chadbourne wrote:
I was checking out the site. Looks much better than it used to. Easier
to find stuff too. Good job. :)
Yes, John Abreau spiffed up the appearance in the past few months...
Looks great John!
The speaker list and schedule for the FSF's annual conference, LibrePlanet,
is available here:
http://libreplanet.org/2014/
This year's theme is Free Software Free Society.
I'm impressed with the mix of social, cultural, technological, ethical or
legal aspects of free and open source software
I recently came across an Indiegogo campaign aimed at giving people in
third-world nations their own personal computers on USB drives.
They would have their own O/S, apps, data on the USB drive and could
plug it in at public terminals.
The project is called Keepod Unite:
Our company has a MediaWiki installation under a directory, protected at
the Apache level, from access, i.e. requiring a user login. We've had this
setup for many years and it has worked well. Everyone in the company can
view and edit the Wiki without the restriction, but barring a breach of the
DATE CHANGE: Due to the snow forecast, the date of this meetup has been
changed to Wednesday, February 12. Sorry for any inconvenience.
When: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 6:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
When: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 6:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Also easily accessibly by T.
Notes
1) Please note the location is different from BLU's
standard MIT
When: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 6:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Also easily accessibly by T.
Notes
1) Please note the location is different from BLU's
standard MIT
When: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 6:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Also easily accessibly by T.
Notes
1) Please note the location is different from BLU's
standard MIT
When: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 6:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Also easily accessibly by T.
Notes
1) Please note the location is different from BLU's
standard MIT
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Joseph Guarino
jguar...@evolutionaryit.com wrote:
Great to see you posting here. =) You have been doing great work over
at the desktop SIG and it is awesome to see people enthusiastically
embracing the Linux desktop. Your SEO/SEM knowlege is vast so I'm happy
When: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 6:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Also easily accessibly by T.
Notes
1) Please note the location is different from BLU's
standard MIT
Looks like I'm late to the party on this thread, but as the organizer for
the desktop SIG and someone who does SEO professionally, I should probably
chime in.
There is nothing intrinsically ethical or non-ethical about SEO. Google
isn't the arbiter of ethics and deciding whether or not to comply
- 11:00 Protect Your Privacy in the Digital Age
Presenter: Steve Revilak, Massachusetts Pirate Party
11:15 - 12:15 A Post-Prism Journey Outside the Big Twelve
Social Media Platforms
Presenter: Will Rico, BLU LibrePlanet Boston
12:30 - 2:00 Tables: Hacker/Maker show
Does anyone here have a contact at Best Practical (bestpractical.com)?
I'd like to invite them to Software Freedom Day.
In fact, if you are aware of any other local companies, organizations
or individuals that contribute to, support or use free software,
please pass along an invitation to them
Social Media Platforms
Presenter: Will Rico, BLU LibrePlanet Boston
12:30 - 2:00 Tables: Hacker/Maker show and tell, User groups
Plus lunch on your own
2:00 - 2:30 Cake for the GNU 30th Anniversary
2:30 - 3:00 GNU 30 Years
Presenter: Libby Reinish
I have a friend who will be attending the Installfest this Saturday
and is looking for help with the following issues: I am using Ubuntu
studio for audio purposes and it seems to me that my Tascam sound card
will not function as a Usb interfacer. Another issue that I would
like to get some input
The Lavabit email service abruptly shut down citing government
interference, possibly because the US government thinks Edward Snowden uses
the service.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/08/lavabit-email-shut-down-edward-snowden
___
Discuss
When: Wednesday, August 7, 2013 6:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Also easily accessibly by T.
Notes
1) We have one attendee who has requested help
with Ubuntu Studio and
I appreciate the great insight and suggestions from everyone. I will
pass these along to my colleague.
Thanks!
Will
On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 9:22 PM, Rich Braun ri...@pioneer.ci.net wrote:
Ditto Dan Ritter. If you have a Mac, just connect to Linux via ssh through
Terminal. If you want X,
When: Wednesday, August 7, 2013 6:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Also easily accessibly by T.
Notes
1) Please note the location is different from our
standard MIT meeting
Anyone have thoughts to share on the new Massachusetts tax on software
services for prewritten software consulting or what it covers?
I just came across an article on Slashdot, which links to a blog post
about this. Seems like a reason to be alarmed.
Slashdot:
The ICCA (may it rest in peace) used to have a deal with Small
Business Insurance Agency (SBIA) for these types of insurances. When
I needed insurance several years ago, I did some research with a
couple of agents and SBIA (with the ICCA discount) had the best deal
by far.
I get fairly confused
I have the inside word that there will be free as in food provided
for the volunteers. If you'd like to attend and have a special
request, please email Chrissie at the address provided below...
-- Forwarded message --
From: pe...@fsf.org
Date: Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 9:12 AM
Any BLU'ers planning on attending PirateCon this Saturday (6/29)?
http://masspirates.org/blog/conference/
Looks like an interesting cross-section of free open source
software, social justice, and politics. The speakers include Wendy
Seltzer (of W3C and Tor) and David House, and others. The
When: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 6:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Easily accessibly by T.
Notes
1) Please note the location is different from our
standard MIT meeting
When: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 6:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Also easily accessibly by T.
Notes
1) Please note the location is different from our
standard MIT meeting
When: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 6:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Notes
1) Please note the location is different from our
standard MIT meeting location.
2) Akamai has
When: Wednesday, May 1, 2013 6:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Notes
1) Please note the location is different from our
standard MIT meeting location.
2) Akamai has
Last night, Adam Stroud, spoke to BLU Desktop SIG on the topic of How
Why to Root Your Android Device and/or Install ROMs/Radios. Adam
has generously shared his slides with us:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1aTNy73nbu4-rT9OiVuvLPUfgq_n1EyrjBweIrbFqiec/edit?usp=sharing
We have an audio
When: Wednesday, April 3, 2013 6:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
*Important* Notes
1) The location is different from our
standard MIT meeting location.
2) To ensure we
When: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 6:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Notes
1) Please note the location is different from our
standard MIT meeting location.
2) Akamai has
When: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 6:30PM
Location: Akamai, 8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
Directions
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
http://www.akamai.com/html/about/driving_directions.html
Notes
1) Please note the location is different from our
I have a New York State LLC and I still need to pay $500/year to the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts to file an annual report. My personal
experience is that you don't make life any easier for yourself by
getting multiple states involved, but I'm not an accountant and haven't
researched this too
When: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 6:30PM
Location: MIT Building E51, Room 372
Updates
1) Room confirmed (Room 372).
2) Additional presenter, Stan Livitski, will demonstrate
a free as in freedom alternative to cloud services like
Dropbox and Google Drive, called
Hi Eric,
Congratulations on the releasing the software! I don't have a
particular need at the moment, but will keep it in mind. The
screenshots look nice.
Will
On 12/29/2012 12:22 PM, Eric Chadbourne wrote:
Hi All,
I've been hacking away on some software and have released it today. We
When: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 6:30PM
Location: MIT Building E51, Room TBD
Summary
Learn how to build a home/media server with GNU/Linux.
Abstract
Brendan Kidwell will show us how to use our favorite
GNU/Linux distribution to build a personal home server
On 12/13/2012 02:40 PM, Derek Martin wrote:
Turn it off. It's very easy to do.
True. But once bitten, twice shy. There's the worry that it will turn
itself back on in some future update, or another similar feature will
be introduced.
It's annoying that an organization prominent in the
home
partitions. I just noticed really bizarre stuff with my settings and
permissions.
Oh well. I think there's another thread where I'm advocating trust for
user intelligence ;-)
Will
On 12/12/2012 10:38 PM, Will Rico wrote:
Jerry, that's a good suggestion (to try this as root). I think
I'm sure most people on this list have read or heard about Richard
Stallman's blog post from Friday entitled Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do?
I wrote up my reaction/opinions on the blog for BLU's Desktop SIG. I
include six ideas for how Ubuntu (Canonical) can be profitable without
spying.
I installed Linux Mint Cinnamon 14 on Sunday. Everything looked good
except for an odd display problem. As I typed in LibreWriter or gmail
(via a Web browser) it would sometimes whiteout the sentence ahead of
where I was typing. The text was still there, but just not shown.
I realized I
Thanks for the tips guys! I tried to recreate the problem and ran into
a couple of new ones, lol...
(1) I couldn't figure out how to switch to the Gallium driver. After
searching online to no avail, I tried switching the Driver line in
xorg.conf to gallium. That didn't seem to work. When
I've been trying to following the UEFI / Secure Boot conversation on
this list and can't say I'm successfully following it. Here are a
couple of observations / questions:
1. If very smart and experienced people on this list are saying things
like What follows is my understanding of Secure
On 12/10/2012 01:10 PM, Chuck Anderson wrote:
Because the uninformed user will always answer Y. Any security
system that requires a user to answer a question like that is doomed
to failure.
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither
I received this query from someone who isn't on this mailing list, but
interested in attending Saturday's Installfest. Any suggestions for how to
reply to him? See below:
Do you know if anyone at the next install fest knows LDAP?
If so, would it be acceptable for me to bring a server and a
When: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 6:30PM
Topic: Free (Software) for the Holidays
Location: MIT Building E51, Room 151
Summary
As the holidays approach, let's celebrate free
open source software, and the community it fosters.
Abstract
This is going to be a casual
When: Wednesday, December 5, 2012 6:30PM
Topic: Free (Software) for the Holidays
Location: MIT Building E51, Room 151
Summary
As the holidays approach, let's celebrate free
open source software, and the community it fosters.
Abstract
This is going to be a casual
://desktop-sig.blu.org/2012/11/gnulinux-desktop-election-2012.html
If you see any issues with my notes, including incorrect or missing
attributions, please let me know.
Best,
Will
On 11/07/2012 09:19 AM, Will Rico wrote:
We'll have a scribe and I'll publish the notes to the BLU site. I'll
post
We'll have a scribe and I'll publish the notes to the BLU site. I'll
post a message to this list when they're up.
Best,
Will
On 11/07/2012 07:14 AM, David Kramer wrote:
On 11/06/2012 12:13 PM, Will Rico wrote:
When: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 6:30PM
Topic: GNU/Linux Desktop Election 2012
When: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 6:30PM
Topic: GNU/Linux Desktop Election 2012
Location: MIT Building E51, Room 372
Summary
The night after that other election, we'll vote for our
favorite GNU/Linux desktop.
Abstract
What's your favorite GNU/Linux distribution for the
On Weds (Nov 7) at 6:30p, the desktop SIG is meeting at MIT. We are
holding a vote for the best distro in order to bring some lightness to
the election season and spark some discussion.
We don't have anyone to make the case for SuSE or RedHat/Fedora as a
desktop OS. Any aficionados out there
When: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 6:30PM
Topic: GNU/Linux Desktop Election 2012
Location: MIT Building E51, Room 372
Summary
The night after that other election, we'll vote for our
favorite GNU/Linux desktop.
Abstract
What's your favorite GNU/Linux distribution for the
When: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 6:30PM
Topic: GNU/Linux Desktop Election 2012
Location: MIT Building E51, Room 372
Summary
The night after that other election, we'll vote for our
favorite GNU/Linux desktop.
Abstract
What's your favorite GNU/Linux distribution for the
UPDATE: We will be awarding prizes for the top 3 tips/tricks shared.
Another reason to join us on Thursday!
When: Thursday, July 12, 2012 6:30PM
Topic: Best Desktop GNU/Linux Tricks Tips
Location: MIT Building E51, Room 335
Summary
Are you currently using GNU/Linux as your desktop
When: Thursday, July 13, 2012 6:30PM
Topic: Best Desktop GNU/Linux Tricks Tips
Location: MIT Building E51, Room 335
Summary
Are you currently using GNU/Linux as your desktop operating
system? Come to our next meeting of BLU's Desktop GNU/Linux
SIG and share your favorite
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