[PLUG] VGA still useful?

2015-11-03 Thread Michael Rasmussen
I'm (again) toying with the idea of a new laptop. As I look at models I see ... VGA? Is VGA still needed for projectors? If not I see no need for it. -- Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity We have become so frightened of terrorism since

Re: [PLUG] VGA still useful?

2015-11-03 Thread neil
I'm glad that you asked. some new laptops come with full size HDMI and some with micro HDMI. I like mine because it has a full size HDMI. If you are giving talks, most places will have an HDMI cable that you can use to plug into their projectors. But if you get a micro HDMI, you'll need to

Re: [PLUG] VGA still useful?

2015-11-03 Thread Rich Shepard
On Tue, 3 Nov 2015, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > I'm (again) toying with the idea of a new laptop. As I look at models I > see ... VGA? Is VGA still needed for projectors? If not I see no need for > it. Michael, I don't know if the laptops you're considering have dual video modes (VGA and DVI,

[PLUG] s.p.a.m with no to field

2015-11-03 Thread Dick Steffens
Lately I've been getting s.p.a.m that comes with a from, but no to field. It only matters because this account gets e-mail forwarded to it from my old Comcast account. Some of the s.p.a.m I get from the old account comes with the old address in the to field. As far as I know, I don't get much,

[PLUG] Thursday's meeting

2015-11-03 Thread Michael Dexter
Hello all, I have been busy with the FreeBSD DevSummit in Sunnyvale and have not heard back from some potential speakers. 1. Does anyone have a topic they want to present, even if an open discussion? 2. Any requests that I or some familiar faces could cover? Thanks! Michael Dexter PLUG

[PLUG] THURSDAY PLUG Meeting: Kelsey Hightower on Kubernetes!

2015-11-03 Thread Michael Dexter
Portland Linux/Unix Group pre-announcement: Kelsey Hightower on Kubernetes Manage a cluster of Linux containers as a single system to accelerate Dev and simplify Ops... Full description to come! Michael Dexter PLUG Volunteer ___ PLUG mailing list