Re: [PLUG] System 76 laptops w/ Skylake pocessors

On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 17:08:40 -0700 Denis Heidtmann dijo: >Their latest have Skylake processors. The come with Ubuntu 14.04 >(LTS) or 15.10. They anticipate some possible delay in offering 16.04 >(LTS) after 16.04 is released. Is there any reason to be concerned

[PLUG] IPT Hosting

I just found a charge on my credit card bill from IPT Hosting, about which I know nothing. There are numerous complaints about unauthorized charges here: http://www.bizapedia.com/mt/IPT-HOSTING-LLC.html ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org

Re: [PLUG] Happy Code Day

v1.0.0 vs v0.whatever On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 09:38:29AM -0400, Fred James wrote: > I thought that was 1991? > > Michael Rasmussen wrote: > > This day in 1994: Linux kernel 1.0.0 was released with 176,250 lines of > > code. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel > > > >

Re: [PLUG] Happy Code Day

On 03/16/2016 08:16 AM, Russell Senior wrote: >> "Fred" == Fred James writes: > > Michael> This day in 1994: Linux kernel 1.0.0 was released with 176,250 > Michael> lines of code. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel > > Fred> I thought that was 1991? > >

Re: [PLUG] Happy Code Day

> "Fred" == Fred James writes: Michael> This day in 1994: Linux kernel 1.0.0 was released with 176,250 Michael> lines of code. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel Fred> I thought that was 1991? There were lots of pre 1.0 releases. -- Russell Senior,

[PLUG] Broadcom APIs / FBOSS / Wedge

At my talk about linux-based network switches a few weeks ago, the topic of hardware openness came up and I mentioned that the Broadcom ASICs were all closed. There is hope! I recently came across Broadcome code for API access to the hardware: https://github.com/Broadcom-Switch/OpenNSL Looks

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu 16.04 LTS RC + updates vs. Release?

On 2016-03-15 14:43, Neal wrote: > With Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) due out in April I'm wondering how > risky it would be to use the latest RC for now and then update+upgrade > the > normal way whenever the release comes out. Virtually no risk. And then you don't get any "it was this way

Re: [PLUG] Acroread Changes Typeface

On Wed, 16 Mar 2016 16:00:58 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: >On occasion I receive (or download) pdf files that display with the >correct serif typeface using mupdf. But, when viewed with acroread the >typeface is changed to a thin stroked, san-serif one that's

[PLUG] Use of Symbolic C++

To the best of my knowledge Symbolic C++, an add-on library for C++, may no longer be maintained, but a large amount of code has been written that uses it, so I have tried to get it working on 64-bit Ubuntu (15.10). I have attempted to compile an example program, but the output suggests that