[linux] Linux OS - Made in Canada?

2023-03-05 Thread Allan Fields
Complete newbie looking for advise.. I want to use a Linux OS, but I want to use a Linux distribution that is "Made in Canada". I have not any recent experience installing such at home. Would anybody have any pointers, or wish headlong to do this? (Perhaps forcing them to make in the academics

Re: [linux] Linux-Ottawa Board meeting announcement and proposed agenda

2022-04-22 Thread Allan Fields
Hmm.. if only there was something Open Source that bridged multiple chat services and allowed someone to talk on IRC and messages to appear in slack or another software. I found this link the other day: https://nextcloud.com/blog/bridging-chat-services-in-talk/ - Allan Fields - Original

[linux] Fate of og-wifi project

2021-09-05 Thread Allan Fields
link) * https://www.mail-archive.com/wsfii-discuss@lists.okfn.org/msg01026.html - Haiti (good idea) Thanks, Allan Fields FYI: "pip install xkcdpass" - https://github.com/redacted/XKCD-password-generator To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscr...@linux-ottawa.org To get

Re: [linux] Ottawa lack of IXP peering

2021-02-13 Thread Allan Fields
I can confirm here that my traffic to this site is routed through Toronto then Chicago - does synclive use a local P2P connection pool to other participants when it's not going to the main site? I can't see why if it's going to Chicago, then it would stay in Ottawa otherwise. However, paradoxic

Re: [linux] Ottawa lack of IXP peering

2021-02-13 Thread Allan Fields
hawkesbury?trk=similar-pages_result-card_full-click - https://ca.linkedin.com/company/storm-internet?trk=similar-pages_result-card_full-click The question might be is there a way to confirm ping times across multiple member ISP (Bell to Rogers, TekSavvy to Storm, etc.) Thanks, Allan Fields