[PLUG] VPN anyone?

2016-01-03 Thread Mike C.
Message: 1 Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 12:19:41 -0800 From: Michael Rasmussen Subject: Re: [PLUG] VPN anyone? To: Portland Linux/Unix Group Message-ID: <20160102201941.ga25...@jamhome.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Sat, Jan 02, 2016

Re: [PLUG] VPN anyone?

2016-01-03 Thread Mike C.
> I guess that's a question you have to answer for your self. No one > here is trying to sell you a VPN Service or for that matter even > trying to sell you on the idea of one. OP asked about it and I replied > w. some hopefully relevant and useful information. > > PLUG-TALK would be the

Re: [PLUG] Dual Monitor Mint 17.1 Compiz question

2016-01-03 Thread Chuck Hast
OK, I will look into it. I have used dual monitors on Ubuntu just fine, so per- haps that is the key to it. I am running Mint 17.1. It sure has been a easy install, Compiz works well with it on the machine I got at Free Geek. I put Mate on and brought up compiz, got what I wanted except the

[PLUG] If you could change one thing about PLUG...

2016-01-03 Thread Michael Dexter
Hello again, Thank you for the great list of potential topics from the December meeting. I'll see what I can do. So. As many of you know, I organize PLUG meetings on autopilot and let the mailing list determine its own destiny. This can however result in some of the best open source speakers

[PLUG] THURSDAY: Portland Linux/Unix Group: Rust

2016-01-03 Thread Michael Dexter
Happy New Year Everyone? Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement Who: Jim Blandy What: Rust Where: PSU, 1930 SW 4th Ave. Room FAB 86-01 (Lower Level) When: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 at 7pm Why: The pursuit of technology freedom Stream: http://pdxlinux.org/live Rust is meant to

[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] THURSDAY: Portland Linux/Unix Group: Rust

2016-01-03 Thread Michael Dexter
Happy New Year Everyone? Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement Who: Jim Blandy What: Rust Where: PSU, 1930 SW 4th Ave. Room FAB 86-01 (Lower Level) When: Thursday, January 7th, 2016 at 7pm Why: The pursuit of technology freedom Stream: http://pdxlinux.org/live Rust is meant to

[PLUG] Weather pending, you know.

2016-01-03 Thread Michael Dexter
Hello all, I didn't mention in the announcement that if there is a HIGH PROBABILITY that neither the speaker nor attendees can attend Thursday's PLUG meeting, it may be called off. PPS has just cancelled for tomorrow. In Latvia, it is -17 and school is officially "optional" due to weather.

[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] Weather pending, you know.

2016-01-03 Thread Michael Dexter
Hello all, I didn't mention in the announcement that if there is a HIGH PROBABILITY that neither the speaker nor attendees can attend Thursday's PLUG meeting, it may be called off. PPS has just cancelled for tomorrow. In Latvia, it is -17 and school is officially "optional" due to weather.

Re: [PLUG] VPN anyone?

2016-01-03 Thread Russell Senior
> "Mike" == Mike C writes: Mike> I recently learned about wifi routers from Thinkpenquin that has Mike> hardware that is Respect Your Freedom Certified and ships running Mike> LibreCMC. I'd also like to replace the proprietary BIOS Mike> w. Coreboot. Mike> Corporations