[nlug] Securing systemd services from https://southeastlinuxfest.org

2024-06-12 Thread Michael L
Hello NLUG, This past weekend was SELF 2024 in Charlotte. One very interesting presentation was on Securing systemd services. I don't see the videos on YouTube yet, but guessing they should be up soon. The same presenter also gave another talk on proper use of hardware keys. Systemd is

[nlug] meetup tonight?

2024-06-11 Thread Michael L
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[nlug] https://opensourcejobhub.com/ .. GitLab opening, LancLUG

2024-04-12 Thread Michael L
Hello NLUG, https://opensourcejobhub.com/ has a link for an opening at GitLab (see below) and other posts. I met Jason Plum from GitLab when he presented at the 2022 Southeast Linux Fest. He and another GitLab employee, Alex Mayer co-organize the LancLUG meetups, all online --->

Re: [nlug] Re: NLUG meetup tonight?

2024-04-09 Thread Michael L
Needing a passcode to connect on Zoom On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 2:10 PM Vincent Brown < vincent.anthony.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > Always look for the links on Meetup. It reduces zoom spam to only provide > the links to registered users who RSVP. > > On Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 7:07:56 PM UTC-5

Re: [nlug] April Meeting Tonight

2024-04-09 Thread Michael L
Hello all, Needing a passcode to connect on Zoom On Tue, Apr 9, 2024 at 2:07 PM Vincent Brown < vincent.anthony.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > Zoom meeting link is posted in Meetup. > https://www.meetup.com/nashville-linux-users-group/events/299761897/ > > Status of in-person options is still zoom

[nlug] NLUG meetup tonight?

2024-03-12 Thread Michael L
Did I miss the link? -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this

Re: [nlug] Is there an in-person option to the 3/12 meetup?

2024-03-11 Thread Michael L
we don't have an in person location currently. The former Vanderbilt location was supposedly available if needed again; not sure what the parking situation is with their east garage and it's somewhat of a navigational maze for first timers. And their University IT required some kind of tracking

Re: [nlug] Capturing a phone call's true origin

2024-02-18 Thread Michael L
(This also isn't an answer for the question, but,) I've used the "Should I Answer" app for the last several years. Its blocking feature has the option to block incoming calls that are not in my contacts so it doesn't ring unless it's in my contact list. I haven't had anyone spoof my contacts ..

Re: [nlug] February NLUG Online Option

2024-02-14 Thread Michael L
It was yesterday evening, about 6 or 7 people attended. On Wed, Feb 14, 2024 at 9:13 PM Kent Perrier wrote: > The meeting moved to Wednesday? > > On Wed, Feb 14, 2024, 7:23 PM John F. Eldredge > wrote: > >> Giving up on the Zoom meeting, as I was the only participant. >> >> On Wed, Feb 14,

[nlug] Lancaster Linux User Group: Dec.2023 meeting (tonight 6pm CST)- online / GitLab, K8s

2023-12-21 Thread Michael L
Hello NLUG members, For anyone interested, below is the meetup notification for Lancaster Linux Users Group from Jason Plum of GitLab; he presented Kubernetes at the 2022 Southeast Linux Fest in Charlotte, NC. One of the other organizers also works for GitLab. Maybe we can get someone there to

Re: [nlug] Question re: ZFS

2023-12-04 Thread Michael L
Can I ask what you mean by "do the magic" to /etc/fstab? On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 8:59 PM Kent Perrier wrote: > That won't work if he is logged in as himself. Log in as root and do the > magic to /etc/fstab. Or do the magic to /etc/fstab, reboot and hope it's > right! :) > > Kent > > > On Mon,

Re: [nlug] Video/audio sync issue

2023-10-04 Thread Michael L
... Just been living with it.) > > On Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 4:57 PM Michael L > wrote: > >> I'm up for it, after this coming Tuesday >> >> On Wed, Oct 4, 2023, 3:29 PM Vincent Brown < >> vincent.anthony.br...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Would an

Re: [nlug] Video/audio sync issue

2023-10-04 Thread Michael L
gt;> The hard part is knowing how far out of sync the audio is from the video, >> but it's a quick change of the command line to experiment. >> >> I generally like to avoid re-encoding the video as Gibson mentioned. >> Assuming you're not doing cinematography, a re-encode

Re: [nlug] Video/audio sync issue

2023-09-19 Thread Michael L
ned. Assuming you're not doing cinematography, a re-encode may give you more options. On Tue, Sep 19, 2023 at 9:32 PM Michael L wrote: > I do video editing as part of my job. > Suggestion #1: The Shotcut video editor allows you to separate the audio > from video and add audio delay by

Re: [nlug] Video/audio sync issue

2023-09-19 Thread Michael L
I do video editing as part of my job. Suggestion #1: The Shotcut video editor allows you to separate the audio from video and add audio delay by moving the audio down the timeline from the video by 1 frame at a time or more. That's a tough and potentially time consuming way to get it exact, but

[nlug] Fwd: Franklin Developer Lunch & Learn: Looking for our next speaker - Franklin Dev Meetup

2023-09-18 Thread Michael L
Hello NLUG, Franklin Developer Lunch and Learn is hosted by Williamson Inc, the Franklin / Williamson County chamber of commerce the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 1145am to 1pm and network after; lunch provided (Chick Fil A). There are at least 5 Linux users in the group and I've considered

[nlug] Shotcut Video Editor on Fedora, pretty good.

2023-07-14 Thread Michael L
Hello NLUG, I was in dire need of a video editor on Fedora this week. I've tried Kdenlive, probably didn't try hard enough, never got very far with it. Fedora magazine mentioned Shotcut. As the name suggests, I wasn't needing much more than cutting and dragging and laying out on a timeline and

[nlug] Optimizing Linux for Gaming

2023-06-20 Thread Michael L
d updated the display drivers to an > appropriate Nvidia package. Fingers crossed, things appear to be working > better than with the generic driver. > > I have been able to run Steam Beta, and can now run the Windows games I > bought many years back under Linux! > > On Wed, May 31,

Re: [nlug] Re: Graphene OS- deGoogle your phone (from SELF 2023)

2023-06-15 Thread Michael L
The Graphene OS video by tuxsudo is up now, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EP24r61lkA=PLvG1nXgsl22EzbF9yjaOacne0eOGyJNUe=9 This is the conference YouTube page with soon to be all (or most) of the videos, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvG1nXgsl22EzbF9yjaOacne0eOGyJNUe On Thu, Jun 15,

[nlug] Graphene OS- deGoogle your phone (from SELF 2023)

2023-06-14 Thread Michael L
Hello NLUG, One presentation at the Southeast Linux Fest in Charlotte last weekend was on using Graphene OS to deGoogle your phone. I only caught part of it, but what I did hear made sense. Some of the videos are up already; not seeing that one yet, but here's the website:

Re: [nlug] Re: Gaming on Linux

2023-05-31 Thread Michael L
I see the steam deck dock was previously discussed; sorry to be redundant. I don't remember much of gaming presentation on recent meetups; wouldn't mind seeing recording. On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 4:30 PM Thomas Bartkus wrote: > Really regret I missed the talk on linux gaming. > For what it's

Re: [nlug] Gaming on Linux

2023-05-30 Thread Michael L
I haven't tried it out (because I'm not a gamer) or spent hours reviewing, BUT adding the steam deck dock for $89 adds the following: - HDMI 2.0 - DisplayPort 1.4 - USB-C power delivery pass through - Gigabit ethernet port - 3x USB-A 3.1 Gen1 Ports - - I haven't run video

[nlug] Security Researcher Finds Coldplay Lyrics in Kingston SSD Firmware

2023-05-11 Thread Michael L
I've wondered in the past if we're able to edit firmware. Supposedly a hex editor makes that possible. I'm guessing there's a portion of firmware hidden in hardware for certain eyes only, https://www.tomshardware.com/news/security-researcher-finds-coldplay-lyrics-in-kingston-ssd-firmware --

Re: [nlug] March Meeting Tonight

2023-05-09 Thread Michael L
found it finally On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 6:41 PM Michael L wrote: > trying to find link for meeting > > > On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 10:51 AM Vincent Brown < > vincent.anthony.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello All. >> We're meeting online as well as i

Re: [nlug] March Meeting Tonight

2023-05-09 Thread Michael L
trying to find link for meeting On Tue, May 9, 2023 at 10:51 AM Vincent Brown < vincent.anthony.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello All. > We're meeting online as well as in person. See Meetup for your choice of > address or zoom link. > Any last-minute topic suggestions? > >

[nlug] fail2ban alternative for CentOS 7

2023-05-03 Thread Michael L
Hello again, The last I checked, we had 170,000+ failed login attempts; 1 every 10 seconds on our CentOS 7 web server on Digital Ocean. I tried installing fail2ban, but the install failed; google search yielded: "By default, fail2ban works with iptables. However, *this has been deprecated in

Re: [nlug] Re: Time it takes to Brute Force passwords in 2023

2023-05-03 Thread Michael L
I'm humbled by all the expertise on this email thread. I have a CentOS 7 website server needing fail2ban, but it's failing on install, so I'll post another question in a separate thread. On Wed, May 3, 2023 at 2:50 PM Paul Boniol wrote: > What Csaba is saying is that, in some cases, the hashed

[nlug] Time it takes to Brute Force passwords in 2023

2023-04-19 Thread Michael L
I'm interested in learning more about this: https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/12qmk1r/i_updated_our_famous_password_table_for_2023/ -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: [nlug] Re: February Online Meeting Option

2023-02-15 Thread Michael L
Sign me up On Wed, Feb 15, 2023, 6:33 PM Thomas Bartkus wrote: > I might suggest a discussion topic that would be in my wheelhouse. By this > I mean something I might give a short and informal presentation about. I > could show and tell over zoom. > > linux script programming mechanics. > >

Re: [nlug] Recording TOS

2023-02-14 Thread Michael L
What is the stream again and is it by chance also on YouTube? If it's on YouTube, then maybe it's downloadable from there as lots of YouTube content is. I'm guessing you already thought of all that though. Something else I'd attempt is if software recording doesn't work, maybe feeding audio

[nlug] topic of last Tuesday's meeting?

2023-01-13 Thread Michael L
Hello NLUG, I had to miss Tuesday to tend to a suffering cat. I'll gladly see the recording of what I missed. Thanks- M -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe

Re: [nlug] Ubuntu & Brother printer freeze up / Kubuntu & HP better?

2022-12-02 Thread Michael L
rompt, unless you've set up other users to > be admins. This is a little more involved, and it would probably be a > good future NLUG presentation. > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 2:02 AM Michael L > wrote: > > > > Hello again NLUG IT therapists, > > I have one (computer h

[nlug] Ubuntu & Brother printer freeze up / Kubuntu & HP better?

2022-12-02 Thread Michael L
Hello again NLUG IT therapists, I have one (computer hater) user who had 3 years of overall good results with Kubuntu; the HP M203DW network printer seems to have just worked as far as communicating with Kubuntu which is incidentally on an old 8GB RAM i5 Win8 HP computer (sans Win8). I have

Re: [nlug] Debian as CentOS replacement?

2022-12-01 Thread Michael L
h that. There are no contracts or anything. > > At the least, you could spin up a simple instance and kick the tires. If > it doesn't work, just kill the instance and you get prorated billing for > the amount of time you actually had the instance. > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 6:

[nlug] Debian as CentOS replacement?

2022-11-28 Thread Michael L
Hello NLUG, I'm contemplating trying a Debian LAMP stack or LEMP with Nginx instead of Apache. Linode leases Debian VM's for that purpose, so I take that to mean it's a viable option instead of CentOS. I plan to attempt the install on a physical machine first. The reason is so I can see about

Re: [nlug] Fwd: New blockchain Study Group starts November 14 (RECORDED)

2022-11-17 Thread Michael L
valuable input back. Much appreciated. On Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 6:21 PM Greg Donald wrote: > On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 5:40 PM Michael L > wrote: > > For anyone interested in Blockchain, Wolfram Research is doing a webinar > series on the > > topic. Even though Wolfram makes

[nlug] Fwd: New blockchain Study Group starts November 14 (RECORDED)

2022-11-16 Thread Michael L
For anyone interested in Blockchain, Wolfram Research is doing a webinar series on the topic. Even though Wolfram makes proprietary software, this is very informative, particularly on cryptocurrency. Day 4 starts tomorrow, but the recordings are available from the start .. details below

Re: [nlug] Re: NLUG meeting 11-8-22 / online / Lancaster PA LUG (K8s) Nov.17 & Dec.15

2022-11-14 Thread Michael L
I have a couple servers available with 64GB RAM .. model# & details at 11, unless Howard cares to provide said details sooner. On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 2:03 PM Vincent Brown < vincent.anthony.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Michael, > Rather than paying for Linode, we should have access to some

[nlug] NLUG meeting 11-8-22 / online / Lancaster PA LUG (K8s) Nov.17 & Dec.15

2022-11-10 Thread Michael L
One thing mentioned in Tuesday's NLUG meeting: possible *future online community (and our former Meetup hijack). Howard mentioned "somebody" running a NLUG server. (With sysadmin guidance) I may be able to help there .. maybe by paying for an online Linode machine .. just a thought for now.*

Re: [nlug] Single printer shows up as two printers in Ubuntu

2022-11-01 Thread Michael L
I installed a brother printer via USB instead of via ethernet and ran into the same issue and the printer also seemed to "stop responding" multiple times. I recently connected the same printer via ethernet .. the double printer issue cleared up and the not responding issue also seems to have

Re: [nlug] Open Positions at Vandy

2022-11-01 Thread Michael L
I seem to benefit from just about every NLUG email. Good insight in case I ever need a different job. On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 6:32 PM Greg Donald wrote: > On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 2:43 PM Kent Perrier > wrote: > > Based on my 7 years working for VUMC being a unix/linux sysadmin that > never

[nlug] Re: MariaDB access on CentOS 7 LAMP ($$)

2022-09-23 Thread Michael L
I did find out how to change MariaDB PW, but am going a different route for the moment. I'll report back if I still can't get it to work. I'm thankful for getting to be on this email list. On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 1:43 AM Michael L wrote: > Hello NLUG, > If this happens to be to

[nlug] MariaDB access on CentOS 7 LAMP ($$)

2022-09-23 Thread Michael L
Hello NLUG, If this happens to be too much to communicate via email, we're willing to pay to fix this. Our Joomla CMS website is running on a CentOS 7 LAMP stack on Digital Ocean. We're trying to recreate the site on a different platform and the web dev needs access to the MariaDB (I know our

Re: [nlug] Ubuntu 22, (Brother) USB printer "stopped"

2022-09-02 Thread Michael L
The model is MFC-L8900CDW .. I got the printer restarted for now; don't expect that to last. I'll deal with it next time it acts up. On Thu, Sep 1, 2022, 4:46 PM Michael L wrote: > this is a 8900 series; 8900dw I think. Will verify soon. It seemed to be > the biggest one I coul

Re: [nlug] Ubuntu 22, (Brother) USB printer "stopped"

2022-09-01 Thread Michael L
g... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all > damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG > episode "The Drumhead" > - Alex Smith > - Lacey, Washington (Olympia, WA metropolitan area) > > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2022 at 2:31 P

[nlug] Ubuntu 22, (Brother) USB printer "stopped"

2022-09-01 Thread Michael L
Hello NLUG, I've seen it once maybe twice before where the printer stopped according to the settings pane .. and I would get it easily restarted (can't remember exactly) somehow. It happened a couple weeks ago again but now I'm not succeeding in a reliable restart. It's (currently) a USB

Re: [nlug] [SOLVED] Re: DNF certificates for Rocky 8.6

2022-08-21 Thread Michael L
I'll go ahead and say again: thanks to NLUG for getting to be on this email list, I get to learn priceless IT skills that I have no idea where else I would learn. I first attended NLUG in 2013, then finally in 2018 Howard helped get me started actually using Linux .. 4 years later we've saved

Re: [nlug] DNF certificates for Rocky 8.6

2022-08-19 Thread Michael L
Let me ask about Alma Linux. It's supposedly a CentOS replacement. On Fri, Aug 19, 2022, 10:03 AM Tilghman Lesher wrote: > That's not beyond the license terms. They say that you can use the > developer license on up to 16 machines, which include "small > production servers". They don't

Re: [nlug] Brave Browser and Mouse Problem

2022-08-15 Thread Michael L
(Just observing) I'm glad you pointed it out. I had no idea Brave was causing this; instead I assumed I had too many apps running. I'm on Fedora 36 on an Acer Laptop with an AMD A9 processor with 12GB RAM. I often have a dozen tabs open on Firefox, 2 tabs on Brave, several Writer docs, a Calc

[nlug] Re: Job Post: Pen-Testing Open Source Databases (MySQL & PostgreSQL)

2022-06-19 Thread Michael L
ue, Jun 14, 2022 at 7:30 PM Michael L wrote: > At the Southeast Linux Fest on Saturday June 11th Alexander Rubin gave a > presentation on > Pen-Testing Open Source Databases (MySQL & PostgreSQL) > > He mentioned an opening for joining his team at AWS. > > His info appe

Re: [nlug] Re: [ontopic] General questions, Linux related

2022-06-16 Thread Michael L
Ubuntu for my 83 year old pastor, Kubuntu for his 79 year old wife. I've still got Ubuntu for OBS and daily browsing. Been using Fedora for 18 months too, updated to version 36. Fedora desktop 12GB RAM vs Ubuntu 20 desktop 128GB RAM For running Mathematica and daily browsing with Firefox (a

[nlug] Job Post: Pen-Testing Open Source Databases (MySQL & PostgreSQL)

2022-06-14 Thread Michael L
At the Southeast Linux Fest on Saturday June 11th Alexander Rubin gave a presentation on Pen-Testing Open Source Databases (MySQL & PostgreSQL) He mentioned an opening for joining his team at AWS. His info appears to be on LinkedIn. I'm sorry I don't have the QR code and info he handed out at

[nlug] Southeast Linux Fest, June 10th-12th, Charlotte

2022-05-12 Thread Michael L
Hello NLUG, I attended this in 2019- two thumbs up; well worth the trip. https://southeastlinuxfest.org/ Real Life Event June 10-12, 2022 Sheraton Charlotte Airport Charlotte, NC -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this

Re: [nlug] multi-media linux question

2022-04-06 Thread Michael L
I've streamed close to a thousand hours of 720p mp4 video on OBS running on Ubuntu 18&20 LTS ---> NOT ONE CRASH YET <<--- (*very unlike Win10 which has frozen up on me at least half a dozen times and taken 18 minutes to reboot*). I suspect Kubuntu LTS would perform the same and look more like

[nlug] Franklin Developer Lunch & Learn: Meetup -Sharing your topic / Linux & DevOps?

2022-03-23 Thread Michael L
Hello NLUG, This is for 1145am the same day as our next NLUG meeting. If any of you in the mid-TN area are developers or work in DevOps and you feel like presenting .. please do. If you're not in the mid-TN area but can present remotely, (not sure, but) maybe that's workable. Marvin Johnson's

[nlug] Re: Anyone use Square Space web platform? / backups, exports?

2022-02-14 Thread Michael L
from NLUG is golden .. will take any other suggestions .. thankful I didn't wait any longer to go to NLUG. On Sun, Feb 13, 2022 at 10:18 PM Michael L wrote: > Hello NLUG, > We are in a situation with our Joomla website and have a Square Space web > designer offering to rebuild the en

[nlug] Anyone use Square Space web platform? / backups, exports?

2022-02-13 Thread Michael L
Hello NLUG, We are in a situation with our Joomla website and have a Square Space web designer offering to rebuild the entire site instead of waste time fixing the broken Joomla situation. I do want to move away from Joomla, but online review of Square Space mentions backups not being a feature

Re: [nlug] Traceroute / Uploading TV Video to Comcast SLOW

2022-01-27 Thread Michael L
;> fault tolerant option. Also command line access gives you options for >> automation if desired. >> >> >> >> Paul >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 1:09 AM Michael L >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> I tried

Re: [nlug] Traceroute / Uploading TV Video to Comcast SLOW

2022-01-26 Thread Michael L
may be possible > to set a parameter to automatically rerty. > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022, 8:50 AM Michael L wrote: > >> AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU ALL FOR THE EXCELLENT INFO. >> I did upload a lot from our 10Mbps Comcast Business connection in the >> past, generally slow

Re: [nlug] Traceroute / Uploading TV Video to Comcast SLOW

2022-01-26 Thread Michael L
ither site. > > Good luck. > > Gibson Prichard > Nashville, TN > gib...@prichard.tv > > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 2:44 AM Michael L > wrote: > > > > Hello NLUG, > > Do I need a file transfer service? Insight and suggestions will be much > appr

[nlug] Traceroute / Uploading TV Video to Comcast SLOW

2022-01-26 Thread Michael L
Hello NLUG, *Do I need a file transfer service? Insight and suggestions will be much appreciated as always* I upload 22GB to 31GB of video weekly to Comcast and lesser amounts to Cox Media and Charter- For Comcast I have to upload at this URL: https://connect.telvue.com / IP 35.224.46.35 By

Re: [nlug] (Converting to) Static Website, topic4tomorrow?

2021-12-13 Thread Michael L
PM Michael L > wrote: > > If anyone has experience using other tools to convert dynamic > (particularly Joomla) sites to static sites, I'm all ears. Maybe > tomorrow's meeting can cover some of this. > > wget -m > > can mirror an entire site recursively, the resu

[nlug] (Converting to) Static Website, topic4tomorrow?

2021-12-13 Thread Michael L
Hello NLUG, In Admin magazine I found a write-up on static website generators. It mentioned a Python based one I really like called Pelican. I was able to put together a static website in minutes, but I have a more involving task; needing to convert a Joomla site to a static site, if possible.

Re: [nlug] NTP Bug to Hit Sunday

2021-10-21 Thread Michael L
Assuming usually gets me in trouble, but may I assume that running standard Linux updates should / would / could / will include necessary NTP updates if needed? On Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 2:27 PM Paul Boniol wrote: > I hadn't seen anything about this before. If you're running NTP based on > GPSD,

Re: [nlug] CentOS replacement?OpenSUSE? Ubu20?

2021-10-19 Thread Michael L
And supposedly Oracle () Linux bills itself as a CentOS fill in. I temporarily started down the path of CentOS 7 since it's supported for another couple of years. I'll look more into what I can contribute with my beginner skills, which brings me to another NLUG related topic that I'll post

[nlug] last Tuesday meetup?

2021-10-18 Thread Michael L
It's probably me, ... wasn't able to connect to the last meetup, would have had to watch recording anyway- where can I find it? The September meeting was interesting and informative for me ... -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To

[nlug] CentOS replacement?OpenSUSE? Ubu20?

2021-10-18 Thread Michael L
This article mentions OpenSUSE Leap as a possible CentOS replacement: https://linuxiac.com/centos-replacements-for-your-production-linux-servers/ If anyone has had experience with this (or not), any input would be appreciated- need to / want to move web hosts. Based on what I've read, I'm

Re: [nlug] No meeting link?

2021-10-12 Thread Michael L
Resolved? In progress? On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 6:39 PM John F. Eldredge wrote: > I signed up on Meetup, saying I was coming, but haven't received a meeting > link. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group,

Re: [nlug] Restore point / Rollback for Ubuntu 20.04 / browser bookmark file?

2021-10-11 Thread Michael L
ay. I've found that > some systems will come up that way when the graphics driver is screwed > up after an update. > > On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 1:18 PM Michael L > wrote: > > > > I have an Ubuntu 20.04 system that's not booting; appears to boot but > stops at a black scre

Re: [nlug] Restore point / Rollback for Ubuntu 20.04 / browser bookmark file?

2021-10-10 Thread Michael L
Scratch the 8.3GB thing, read that wrong  On Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 14:39 Michael L wrote: > And I should have mentione earlier that I did explore Advanced boot > options to no avail. > > "Computer" shows 8.3GB of 8.4GB available. Maybe that's part of > the problem. >

Re: [nlug] Restore point / Rollback for Ubuntu 20.04 / browser bookmark file?

2021-10-10 Thread Michael L
And I should have mentione earlier that I did explore Advanced boot options to no avail. "Computer" shows 8.3GB of 8.4GB available. Maybe that's part of the problem. On Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 14:35 Michael L wrote: > The file / folder I want most is the Chromium HTML bookmar

Re: [nlug] Restore point / Rollback for Ubuntu 20.04 / browser bookmark file?

2021-10-10 Thread Michael L
The file / folder I want most is the Chromium HTML bookmark file is one with permission issues On Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 14:31 Michael L wrote: > I did boot from Ubu20 DVD and can see the files and am trying to copy home > folder off HDD- permission issues. > > On Sun, Oct 10, 2021,

Re: [nlug] Restore point / Rollback for Ubuntu 20.04 / browser bookmark file?

2021-10-10 Thread Michael L
exciting. > > Howard > > On 10/10/21 1:17 PM, Michael L wrote: > > I have an Ubuntu 20.04 system that's not booting; appears to boot but > > stops at a black screen. It was running fine till I ran (delayed) > > updates; wasn't able to update for 7 weeks- a Ku

[nlug] Restore point / Rollback for Ubuntu 20.04 / browser bookmark file?

2021-10-10 Thread Michael L
I have an Ubuntu 20.04 system that's not booting; appears to boot but stops at a black screen. It was running fine till I ran (delayed) updates; wasn't able to update for 7 weeks- a Kubuntu 20.04 system took the delayed updates without problem. On Fedora it seems I was easily able to roll back

Re: [nlug] Meetup Group

2021-08-24 Thread Michael L
If a non-officer can at least handle it in the interim, I nominate Marvin Johnson. On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 5:40 PM Paul Boniol wrote: > JonnyX replied in the thread. Not sure, but he appears to own the > meetings. I'll message Vincent and John OMalley, but they have both had > things

Re: [nlug] (DIY) USB Security Keys?

2021-08-24 Thread Michael L
gt; >>> All that said, you also want to avoid using SMS as your second factor >>> authentication, because the telecom network is not secure. If an >>> attacker knows your phone number, they could attempt to steal your >>> number and receive your SMS codes. While t

Re: [nlug] (DIY) USB Security Keys?

2021-08-24 Thread Michael L
hey could attempt to steal your > number and receive your SMS codes. While the telecoms have tried to > close this security hole, in many cases, it's an insider attack, which > can't be easily stopped without completely destroying number > portability. > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at

Re: [nlug] (DIY) USB Security Keys?

2021-08-24 Thread Michael L
sure that you only > put it on devices that you can keep secure. > > https://hackertarget.com/ssh-two-factor-google-authenticator/ > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2021 at 6:09 AM Michael L > wrote: > > > > I have a couple of sensitive logins which I need to keep secure online >

Re: [nlug] (DIY) USB Security Keys?

2021-08-24 Thread Michael L
1 at 6:09 AM Michael L > wrote: > >> I have a couple of sensitive logins which I need to keep secure online >> and offline. I see multiple USB devices from about $10 and up. I also see >> Google OpenSK and Predator DIY results. >> >> Does any

Re: [nlug] Meetup Group

2021-08-24 Thread Michael L
(If there's a fee, I can contribute or pay the whole thing) If the meetup is essential to the online meetings, then I'd say lets keep it going. As much money, time and headaches Linux has saved me ($50k so far in 3 years thanks to Howard, NLUG and Linus), I of course think everyone should use

[nlug] (DIY) USB Security Keys?

2021-08-24 Thread Michael L
I have a couple of sensitive logins which I need to keep secure online and offline. I see multiple USB devices from about $10 and up. I also see Google OpenSK and Predator DIY results. Does anyone have a recommendation? Thanks everyone -- -- You received this message because you are

Re: [nlug] Audio out on Kubuntu 20.04 (work around / not a fix)

2021-07-13 Thread Michael L
in why root and a new user > with the default configuration works. > > On Fri, Jul 9, 2021 at 4:04 PM Michael L > wrote: > >> Hello NLUG, >> The audio stopped working on a 78 year old (non sudo) computer hater's >> Kubuntu user account. I switched to the admin logi

[nlug] Audio out on Kubuntu 20.04 (work around / not a fix)

2021-07-09 Thread Michael L
Hello NLUG, The audio stopped working on a 78 year old (non sudo) computer hater's Kubuntu user account. I switched to the admin login and audio worked fine. So I added another (non sudo) user account for which the audio also worked fine and switched her over to the new login. I could not find

Re: [nlug] Meeting Tonight

2021-05-11 Thread Michael L
I can't find the link to save my life; can't stay long anyway so I'll look for recording later. Thanks. On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 12:17 PM Paul Boniol wrote: > We have our monthly meeting scheduled for tonight. I have a Zoom link > created. It will be posted to MeetUp shortly before the meeting,

Re: [nlug] costly Pixel phone (4a) repair / Linux Pine phone

2021-04-25 Thread Michael L
gt; Don't buy Tesla for the same reason (just in case if you are thinking of an > EV) and don't buy any John Deere either. > > What's that $600/mo save? > > On Sun, Apr 25, 2021, 1:26 AM Michael L wrote: > >> I'd like to know if anyone on this list has had any success with the P

[nlug] costly Pixel phone (4a) repair / Linux Pine phone

2021-04-25 Thread Michael L
I'd like to know if anyone on this list has had any success with the Pine phone or another Linux phone, if you're able to make calls, send texts and emails and do internet searches. Wondering if I can at least use it as a back up phone. (If u own a Pixel) I replaced my old (still working) phone

Re: [nlug] API's Can't Be Copyrighted / ABI / related / web server

2021-04-05 Thread Michael L
Court decision works for me. Rhetorical comment here: When Tilghman mentioned ABI in recent email, it was the first I ever heard of ABI. I know the acronym API, but I probably don't understand much past the acronym what an API actually is or how programmers use one. It astounds me how much I

Re: [nlug] Tonight's meeting

2021-03-09 Thread Michael L
I forgot where the meeting link is On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 3:56 PM John F. Eldredge wrote: > I won't be able to make it tonight. Another organization, in which I am a > board member, has scheduled a board meeting at the same time as tonight's > NLUG meeting. > > -- > -- > You received this

[nlug] Cryptotech / Blockchain / get paid to learn

2021-02-01 Thread Michael L
Just for everyone's info, Since NLUG is mainly about FOSS (and for many other reasons) I don't want to get off topic by talking about cryptocurrencies, but I'm finding the tech extremely interesting and I believe it will benefit everyone to be informed. For anyone interested, one thing I learned

[nlug] Tue.01-12-21 NLUG meeting- Excellent

2021-01-14 Thread Michael L
The presentation was very informative for me. I'd be interested in more presentations on similar topics. Thanks again to everyone who's kept NLUG going over the years. Michael -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this

Re: [nlug] Email Alternatives

2021-01-10 Thread Michael L
I thought about Protonmail and went with Tutanota instead, but may switch over: A couple search results- proton vs tutanota Both offer end-to-end encryption that even they don't have the keys to decrypt. *Tutanota* encrypts more spaces within its ecosystem, but we give a slight edge to ProtonMail.

[nlug] crypto and crypto tools

2020-12-11 Thread Michael L
the user > group: exploring the wonders of GNU Linux. However the mechanics of > cryptography security are fascinating and it would be cool to see other > practical applications you guys are into. > > On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 1:45 PM Michael L > wrote: > >> This

[nlug] (update- slightly off topic) cryptocurrencies?

2020-12-10 Thread Michael L
This may be off topic from Linux directly- I mentioned during the last big run up of bitcoin why I would not invest in crypto; the reason at the time was lots of retail investors getting in for fear of missing out (FOMO). Then the big meltdown came. Anyone that understands something about how

[nlug] DeveloperWeek Austin 2020 IN PROGRESS (online)

2020-11-17 Thread Michael L
Cloud pen testing and lots of other topics presented; pretty informative (at least for me). May be of interest to some of you. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To

[nlug] 4uFoneNerds: Five reasons XDA loves LineageOS

2020-11-01 Thread Michael L
If anyone gets to tinker with this, I'd like to hear about it, https://www.xda-developers.com/five-reasons-xda-loves-lineageos/ -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To

[nlug] These Xfce Versus KDE Numbers Reveal A Shocking Surprise About Linux Desktop Environments

2020-10-28 Thread Michael L
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/10/23/bold-prediction-kde-will-steal-the-lightweight-linux-desktop-crown-in-2020/amp/ -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com

[nlug] Re: Ubuntu 20.04 upgrade bugs

2020-10-17 Thread Michael L
Im being told by a reliable knowlegeable source that there are other problems, SO- u may want to avoid U20 for now On Sat, Oct 17, 2020, 10:12 Michael L wrote: > Since I saw good results with Ubuntu 20.04 clean install (Howard did that > for us), I thought upgrade from 18.04.2 would be g

[nlug] Ubuntu 20.04 upgrade bugs

2020-10-17 Thread Michael L
Since I saw good results with Ubuntu 20.04 clean install (Howard did that for us), I thought upgrade from 18.04.2 would be good (I did the upgrade); that wasn't quite the case. The file browser program (Nautilus?) won't stay open longer than 1 second. That's just the first problem I saw. -- --

Re: [nlug] Recording of Tonight's Meeting

2020-10-14 Thread Michael L
I suggest YouTube, each video can be set to private and changed to public anytime, can be unlisted too (similar to private). I use S3 and can make a folder available for NLUG On Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 10:25 PM Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote: > Either Amazon S3 or GitHub (if GitHub works for this), if

[nlug] 4NLUG: Ansiblefest2020 Virtual Experience starts today

2020-10-14 Thread Michael L
I should have forwarded this sooner, but the presentations should all be recorded. Hope this benefits someone: -- Forwarded message - From: AnsibleFest 2020 Date: Tue, Oct 13, 2020 at 7:12 AM Subject: Ansiblefest2020 Virtual Experience starts today To: Email not displaying

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