Re: [PLUG] PLUG Hosting

2012-09-20 Thread Chaz Sliger
John! How are you? Long time, no see. It made me smile just seeing your name pop up on my screen. ~chaz c...@bctonline.com -Original Message- From: plug-boun...@lists.pdxlinux.org [mailto:plug-boun...@lists.pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of John Sechrest Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 3:25

Re: [PLUG] PLUG Hosting

2012-09-20 Thread Daniel Johnson
> Can anyone suggest other no-question-they-can-do-it-and-WILL-do-it options? > > Key criteria: > > 1. Free of charge > 2. Staying power > 3. Basic security updates > 4. Multiple humans http://www.networkredux.com/ Sponsors many legion of tech resources, and a few well known free software project

Re: [PLUG] OT: chrome

2012-09-20 Thread Rogan Creswick
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Fred James wrote: > OT: google chrome > (a) Any experience running the chrome browser, good/bad/indifferent? I highly recommend it. It's been my primary browser for close to three years - no significant problems, and I find Firefox frustratingly slow and counter

Re: [PLUG] PLUG Hosting

2012-09-20 Thread John Sechrest
They support mailman, that is where I have my lists. They also have majordomo, but are wishing people would switch. So I believe they have all the tools that you need. I look forward to seeing how it goes. On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Michael Dexter wrote: > > Thanks. I will drop them a l

Re: [PLUG] PLUG Hosting

2012-09-20 Thread Michael Dexter
On 9/20/12 3:37 PM, Russell Senior wrote: > Stephouse is very Portland-y. A small update: Peak sounds just fine, albeit in a Corvallis-y way. :) Integra's PBX dropped my call and a redial gave me a very noisy line. Waited awhile on the third try but gave up. Gotta work on that. Stephouse quick

Re: [PLUG] PLUG Hosting

2012-09-20 Thread Michael Dexter
Thanks. I will drop them a line. I hope you mentioned the mailing lists, our top priority. Michael On 9/20/12 3:24 PM, John Sechrest wrote: > I talked to the folks at Peak Internet Services and they are willing to > sponsor the site. > > > Talk to > > Bobby Samai | Director of Marketing > 541.7

Re: [PLUG] PLUG Hosting

2012-09-20 Thread Russell Senior
> "Michael" == Michael Dexter writes: Michael> Hello all, Michael> Here's an update on the PLUG server/services move: Michael> OSU-OSL is out. PSU is out. Free Geek is out and is Michael> reconsidering their own options. Michael> NYC*BUG (New York City *BSD User's Group) is in, but Micha

Re: [PLUG] PLUG Hosting

2012-09-20 Thread John Sechrest
I talked to the folks at Peak Internet Services and they are willing to sponsor the site. Talk to Bobby Samai | Director of Marketing 541.738.4968 | 800.731.4871 | Fax 541.738.4950 bobby.sa...@peakinternet.com www.peakinternet.com And he will get you set up with a web service for PLUG. Let me

[PLUG] PLUG Hosting

2012-09-20 Thread Michael Dexter
Hello all, Here's an update on the PLUG server/services move: OSU-OSL is out. PSU is out. Free Geek is out and is reconsidering their own options. NYC*BUG (New York City *BSD User's Group) is in, but obviously isn't very Portland-y. Can anyone suggest other no-question-they-can-do-it-and-WILL

Re: [PLUG] OT: chrome

2012-09-20 Thread Michael Dexter
On 9/20/12 12:11 PM, Fred James wrote: > (a) Any experience running the chrome browser, good/bad/indifferent? I, and seemingly others have had it rupture under high load on Mac OS X. Lots of pages, lots of tabs. Not a good practice often necessary. Michael ___

Re: [PLUG] OT: chrome

2012-09-20 Thread wes
(a) I run chrome a lot and am generally happy with it. not enough to make it my exclusive browser. not sure that could ever be the case. (b) those are just examples. (b.1) not _specifically_ specific, but you "should" be able to compile Chrome (or Chromium) to work on pretty much any distro out t

[PLUG] OT: chrome

2012-09-20 Thread Fred James
OT: google chrome (a) Any experience running the chrome browser, good/bad/indifferent? (b) their web site says: "For Linux (Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora/openSUSE)" (b.1) Mandriva and Mageia (so far) seem to be OK with most Red Hat/Fedora/RPM stuff ... any comment specifically as relates those 2 distros a