Re: [PLUG] Need some advice on how to mirror synchronize folders across multiple Linux, Windows machines

2014-03-21 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 12:13:43PM -0700, Robert Miesen wrote: Hi. I have several machines---two Linux machines, one Windows 7 machine, and one Windows 7 Virtual Machine hosted on one of the two Linux machines in the setup. I am wanting to mirror a set of folders on all of these machines

[PLUG] Nostalgia - Clustering presentation from the early 2000s

2014-03-21 Thread Michael Rasmussen
In its original static HTML glory: http://www.michaelsnet.us/talks/clustering/ -- Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon Be Appropriate Follow Your Curiosity I'm predicting spirited competition for Lanterne Rouge. Don't take it for granted. ~ Mark Thomas

Re: [PLUG] Are dependences obsolete?

2014-03-21 Thread Darren Couch
That seems like a great reason to run a virtual machine and sandbox a more modern linux to run those specific apps. On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 8:58 PM, Keith Lofstrom kei...@gate.kl-ic.comwrote: On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 04:43:53PM -0700, Tim wrote: Your software distribution does you a grand

Re: [PLUG] Are dependences obsolete?

2014-03-21 Thread Tim
Yeah, it seems to me that running a VM for legacy incompatible stuff is far easier. I typically stay away from distros that are very task-specific. While it's convenient and all to have a certain set of software installed and configured by default, the folks managing those distros have very

Re: [PLUG] Need some advice on how to mirror synchronize folders across multiple Linux, Windows machines

2014-03-21 Thread Paul Mullen
On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 11:29:03PM -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: I'm considering Unison (www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/) for this same job (more machines, though!). But I haven't had time to study it or set it up. If somebody here has Unison working, let us know, and consider presenting

[PLUG] Have security background? I've some questions.

2014-03-21 Thread Michael Rasmussen
this is a **cough**job**cough** related query. -- Michael Rasmussen Be Appropriate Follow Your Curiosity ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Need some advice on how to mirror synchronize folders across multiple Linux, Windows machines

2014-03-21 Thread Patrick J. Timlick
A personal anecdote about owncloud. A few months back, I had a mild interest in a synchronized set of files shared between my Android phone, Ubuntu Desktop and Laptop . I tried owncloud because it was opensource, I could install on my own (rented) server, and not involve any more parties. It

Re: [PLUG] Are dependences obsolete?

2014-03-21 Thread Ali Corbin
I run a Red Hat Enterprise clone, Scientific Linux 6.5 . It is stodgy (equivalent to Fedora 12, a 4 year old base kernel) - but it will get security updates until 2023, supported by Fermilabs even if Red Hat goes away (or worse, gets bought by Larry Ellison). The problem is, almost all

Re: [PLUG] Are dependences obsolete?

2014-03-21 Thread Galen Seitz
On 03/21/14 14:45, Ali Corbin wrote: I run a Red Hat Enterprise clone, Scientific Linux 6.5 . It is stodgy (equivalent to Fedora 12, a 4 year old base kernel) - but it will get security updates until 2023, supported by Fermilabs even if Red Hat goes away (or worse, gets bought by Larry

Re: [PLUG] Announcement: 20th Anniversary Meeting: QA with Linus Torvalds

2014-03-21 Thread MJang
On Thu, 2014-03-20 at 16:26 -0700, Michael Dexter wrote: On 3/20/14 4:12 PM, Russell Senior wrote: Seems like the regulars should get preferential seating ;-) JJJ raised the point that we may fill the venue. I am waiting to hear from Dennis what the official capacity is. I would prefer

[PLUG] Announcement: 20th Anniversary Meeting: QA with Linus Torvalds

2014-03-21 Thread Mark Wattier
I have been a mostly-regular attendee of the PLUG meetings for about 10 years, but I subscribed to the list so I can RSVP in this informal manner. I have always just read the list through the archives. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Are dependences obsolete?

2014-03-21 Thread Keith Lofstrom
Keith wrote: ... The problem is, almost all recent third party not-in- the-standard-distro packages want later major revs of libraries with new features; I can't compile or run those because the dependencies collide. On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 02:45:34PM -0700, Ali Corbin wrote: Are the

Re: [PLUG] Are dependences obsolete?

2014-03-21 Thread chris (fool) mccraw
I meant to sound off earlier about many things in this thread, such as: - not all dependencies are libraries (need gnome = 2.0 because its settings manager is how you change the color scheme in program Z or must have an MTA so that the disk-health-checker can notify you of impending failures) -

Re: [PLUG] Announcement: 20th Anniversary Meeting: QA with Linus Torvalds

2014-03-21 Thread benjamin barber
I could bang out a django/php site, I looked at calagator.org and feel like someone else could probably do a better job at modifying it than me. On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 6:46 PM, MJang m...@linuxexam.com wrote: On Thu, 2014-03-20 at 16:26 -0700, Michael Dexter wrote: On 3/20/14 4:12 PM,

Re: [PLUG] Are dependences obsolete?

2014-03-21 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 11:52 PM, Keith Lofstrom kei...@gate.kl-ic.com wrote: ... For the big, slow stuff, I'll have to keep tweaking C code, sigh. On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 12:03:02AM -0500, chris (fool) mccraw wrote: ... If you run code for days on end, maybe this makes sense. if your runs