Re: [PLUG] Best Selling Laptop on Amazon runs ... Linux

2013-01-08 Thread Michael M. Moore
I bought one of those, from Amazon. It doesn't feel much like any Linux distro I've ever used, but I guess that's one of the advantages of a Linux/BSD ecosystem -- it can be tailored to lots of purposes. The Chromebook delivers exactly what it promises out of the box and comes with 100 GB of

Re: [PLUG] Lenovo X1 Carbon - anyone have one?

2013-01-08 Thread Michael Dexter
On 1/6/13 9:52 AM, Scott Garman wrote: The main reason is that I found the T430S (note the 'S') which is only a pound more, but doesn't require dongles, has a DVD-R drive I can remove and put in another HD if I want, still has the same high-res screen and great keyboard, and is significantly

Re: [PLUG] Laptop keyboards, new or used

2013-01-08 Thread jgw
So ... Are there other places in town that sell used laptop keyboards over the counter? Does anyone have a broken T30 with a good keyboard? Any reputable online stores that sell new keyboards for ancient laptops? You could try Green Century[1] on SW Macadam in John's Landing. Mostly they

[PLUG] Ruby on Rails exploit

2013-01-08 Thread Keith Lofstrom
Via my ISP: http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/01/extremely-crtical-ruby-on-rails-bug-threatens-more-than-20-sites/ https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/rubyonrails-security/61bkgvnSGTQ/discussion I don't run Rails, but a lot of sites do. I wonder if my bank does? Keith -- Keith

Re: [PLUG] Lenovo X1 Carbon - anyone have one?

2013-01-08 Thread John Jason Jordan
On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:44:36 -0800 Michael Dexter dex...@ambidexter.com dijo: I recently became a ThinkPad dork (and reseller) after years of considering it and much recent research. You are a Thinkpad reseller? ___ PLUG mailing list