Re: [PLUG] Your thoughts on this tool would be appreciated

> Your thoughts on this tool would be appreciated. > https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/kvrt-for-linux/51375/ It scans the OS for malware, but not anything else. (Like my collection of obvious malware that I want identified.) ClamAV does a better job scanning a local filesystem. (But it won't store t

Re: [PLUG] No space left on device

> On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:18:47 -0700 > John Jason Jordan dijo: > >>I recently encountered this and it turns out that my / partition was, >>indeed, full. At the last Clinic I added ~50GB of free space on the >>drive to /, making now a total of 84GB. And now it is happening again. >>Something in /

Re: [PLUG] No space left on device

> On Oct 24, 2017 5:07 PM, "John Jason Jordan" wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:23:55 -0700 > a...@clueserver.org dijo: > >>> I used Thunar to check Properties on everything in / and found >>> nothing out of the ordinary. I need some command line tools to find >>> the pig that is using all my sp

Re: [PLUG] No space left on device

> I recently encountered this and it turns out that my / partition was, > indeed, full. At the last Clinic I added ~50GB of free space on the > drive to /, making now a total of 84GB. And now it is happening again. > Something in / has eaten the entire new space. > > Note that ~/ is on the same dr

Re: [PLUG] Kewel tool: MasterPDFEditor

>Thought I'd share this in case you're not aware of MasterPDFEditor. The > non-commercial use version if free and there are linux tarballs for both > 32- and 64-bit systems. I just upgraded to the -4.3.50 version. > >MPE is a really useful tool for accomplishing things that pdf viewers > c

Re: [PLUG] TONIGHT PLUG Meeting: A Philosophy for Reliability: Lessons learned from 40 years of System Administration

On Thu, 2017-09-07 at 10:30 -0700, Michael Dexter wrote: > Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement > > Who: Brian P. Martin > What: A Philosophy for Reliability: Lessons learned from 40 years of > System Administration > Where: PSU, 1930 SW 4th Ave. Room FAB 86-01 (Lower Level) > W

[PLUG] Meeting on Thursday?

Are there actual plans for the PLUG meeting Thursday? ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] The joy of refactoring

the computer lab from then on. > > > On 8/23/2017 6:01 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > On Tue, 22 Aug 2017, Alan wrote: > > > > > Sometimes a rewrite is a useful and needed thing. > > > > Thanks, Alan, for allowing us to share our obscure bug > &g

Re: [PLUG] The joy of refactoring

On Wed, 2017-08-23 at 06:01 -0700, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 22 Aug 2017, Alan wrote: > > > Sometimes a rewrite is a useful and needed thing. > >Thanks, Alan, for allowing us to share our obscure bug experiences > on this > thread. :-) > >In grad schoo

[PLUG] The joy of refactoring

Found an obscure bug in a Perl program that I started over 20 years ago. (I have made changes off and on since then.) Decided to rewrite it. Found even more bugs. (A few of the WTF variety.) Sometimes a rewrite is a useful and needed thing. ___ PLUG mai

Re: [PLUG] Selecting a SSD

On Tue, 2017-08-22 at 21:26 -0500, Cryptomonkeys.org wrote: > I’ve been using a Samsung 840 EVO 1TB in my mac pro for 2yrs. No > issues. Performance is fine. There was a problem with the early version of those drives. It was fixed in firmware. Some of the reviews are old enough that they may have

[PLUG] Operation Status

The heart ablation surgery went very well. A few things need to heal, but I feel a lot better. I have some bruises and a couple of holes that need to heal, but it all went much better than I expected. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://

Re: [PLUG] 16.04.3 VGA Graphic display stopped working

On Fri, 2017-08-04 at 10:04 -0700, Bill Morita wrote: > 16.04.3 VGA Graphic display stopped working. > Even a No-Machine connection does not seem to work. > > Ctrl-Alt-F1 does get me a simple text terminal. > > Anybody else seen this ? > > It has happened on both my systems. > Currently booting

Re: [PLUG] Stupid ISP...

On Wed, 2017-08-02 at 16:47 -0500, Chuck Hast wrote: > Folks, > I have moved from SW WA to Oklahoma City. Miss the area up there but > got to > go where the $$ is. > > I have run into a problem, it is with the ISP. Seems that they no > longer > allow you > to plug in your prefered DNS. I was havin

Re: [PLUG] TONIGHT PLUG General meeting: An Introduction to Data Protection

On Thu, 2017-08-03 at 09:07 -0700, Michael Dexter wrote: > Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement > > Who: Michael "you break it you bought it" Dexter > What: An Introduction to Data Protection Will it cover protection from excess heat? __

Re: [PLUG] Advanced Topics

On Thu, 2017-07-27 at 11:14 -0700, Alan wrote: > On Tue, 2017-07-25 at 18:34 -0700, Michael Dexter wrote: > > On 7/25/17 4:24 PM, wes wrote: > > > I think the much tougher obstacles are scheduling topics and > > > speakers, and > > > being able to be presen

Re: [PLUG] Advanced Topics

On Tue, 2017-07-25 at 18:34 -0700, Michael Dexter wrote: > On 7/25/17 4:24 PM, wes wrote: > > I think the much tougher obstacles are scheduling topics and > > speakers, and > > being able to be present for all the meetings. > > YEP > You think I don't know that? I spent 8 years scheduling speak

Re: [PLUG] Open Source Licenses

On Sun, 2017-07-23 at 13:10 -0700, Brian P. Martin wrote: > > My suggestion: GPL v.3 or later. > > What about the so-called "viral" component of GPL? If someone take a > script of mine and grows it into something bigger and better and > amazing, I don't think I'm concerned about how they license

[PLUG] Epson V600 Photo scanner on Fedora 26 -- HowTo

I have gotten the Epson v600 Photo scanner working on Fedora 26. It is not that hard once you know the one secret step. First, download the rpm packages. (There are also debian packages and a similar trick will work for Debian based distros as well.) First make sure you have libtool and libtool-l

[PLUG] Advanced Topics

Looks like Advanced Topics is not being run anymore. Do people want me to start it up again? I am going to try and get to the next meeting. We can discuss it there. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [PLUG] Changing password

> On Fri, 31 Mar 2017 10:26:33 -0700 > John Jason Jordan dijo: > >>>From the command line I tried passwd, but it refused because it said >>the new password was too similar to the old one. OK, passwd program, I >>don't disagree, but just do it, and I mean it, 'k? > > Never mind. I finally succeede

Re: [PLUG] scp issue

> On Fri, 24 Feb 2017, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> debug1: Connecting to salmo [192.168.55.1] port <>. >> debug1: Connection established. > >The two hosts can communicate. > >> debug1: key_load_public: No such file or directory >> debug1: identity file /home/rshepard/.ssh/id_rsa type -1 >> debug1

Re: [PLUG] Embedded Linux Conference comes to Portland on Feb 21-23

> Am I the last person to find out about this? > > No. I am. perl -pe 's/^\s+//g' *.py ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Clinic

> I just realized that tomorrow is the third Sunday of January. According > to the weather people the snow is not going to melt until Monday night. > > Comments? The buses are running. Hard to transport hardware that way though. perl -pe 's/^\s+//g' *.py

Re: [PLUG] Identifying network interfaces and their status

> On 1/14/2017 10:07 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: >> I deleted Richard's message and cannot respond in that thread to his >> question of what network interfaces are available on his portables. >> >> All this information is available when, as root, you issue the >> command >> ifconfig -a (the -a

Re: [PLUG] Word List

> I feel a need for some concentrated word play. > > Is there a word list (i.e., a spelling dictionary or similar) that would > (A) be found in most standard Linux distributions (or at least Ubuntu), > and (B) be in plain text format or some other easy-to-parse format? > > I'd like to be able to do

Re: [PLUG] Looking for all-in-one printer-scanner device

> On 2016-07-18 16:59, John Bartley K7AAY j...@503bartley.com wrote: >> Looking for a printer-scanner, as my brother's Canon has given up the >> ghost, and his HP flatbed only scanner has a flourescent tube which is >> fading. Sure would like to find one supported by Mint 18 (Ubuntu 16) >> with >>

Re: [PLUG] NAS System suggestions

>> >> >> >> I do not see too many positives for using SMB on linux, without real >> samba >> user space mount option available. >> >> > As much as I hesitate to spend any time advocating for M$-originated > technologies, I must say I do not see the challenge here. I mount SMB > shares (from all wal

Re: [PLUG] Kernel panic?

> I might have different or same experience - you be the judge of that > > I recall this happening in the past on certain DVDs with copy protection - > they would insert real disk bit error on the disk at the beginning of the > stream, later even in TOC. When the disk was in PC - that would sta

Re: [PLUG] Universality of USB Cables

> On 2016-05-18 13:32, Rich Shepard wrote: >> Am I correct in assuming that if I buy a USB cable with the >> appropriately >> sized plugs on each end it can be used with any device and a computer? > > Yep, that's the idear. And you can get 'em from at the dollar store. Actually not always... Dep

Re: [PLUG] Subject matter for a talk?

> Everyone, > > Was the next talk Tuesday the 17th @ Free Geek? > >I can see that Michael D. does many of the talks and its difficult > to find subject matter. What about a round table about non-traditional > methods of installing Linux & BSD? > > If you've seen my posts on installing OpenB

Re: [PLUG] anyone interested in some tty paper tape?

> For anyone interested in a sample 80 col card, I have a "deck' of reader > test cards, they are punched > with alternating ones / zeros > > > 0101 > 1010... > 0101 > 1010... > 0101 > 1010... > 0101 > 1010... > 0101 > 1010... > 0101 > 1010... I am interested in those. Als

Re: [PLUG] A Linux Tool To Compare Files of Different Sizes

> I think you want to look at the "diff" > > http://www.computerhope.com/unix/udiff.htm > > which is different than "cmp" > > http://www.computerhope.com/unix/ucmp.htm > > which is more for hunting for missing bits and bytes than for looking at > lines. uniq also might work. > > > > On Fri, Feb 5

Re: [PLUG] Xsane Does Not Find Scanner

>Web searches and the Xsane documentation pages do not have the answer > to > a new issue here. > >Using a laptop (Slackware-14.1_x64 fully up-to-date) with a built-in > camera in the lid and the external flatbed scanner turned on and connected > via a USB port, Xsane sees only the camera a

Re: [PLUG] Sound works for root, not for user

>Last Monday, for the first time, my server/workstation suddenly locked > up; > no keyboard or mouse response. Hanged, not resting. So, I shut off the > system, waited a few seconds, powered on again. Got everything running > again > ... except for sound. > >Alsamixer uses the correct sound

Re: [PLUG] Forced to update into TWENTIETH century

> One of this group once referred to me saying "He lives out > past Estacada, even." > > I've happily been on dial-up for decades. > I fondly remember upgrade to 1200 BAUD ;) > My ISP is terminating dial-up connectivity in ~ 6 weeks. > I'm flatout not interested in $%$!$#^ providers who think

Re: [PLUG] Dual boot Windoze 8.1, Linux Mint 17.1 64 bit

> Wayne, > > I would take a different approach. I would load the system with the > Linux distribution of your choice and use the Virtual Machine Manager, > powered by libvirt and load your windows into that. That way when > it blue screens you still have a system that is up. Can you do a bios o

Re: [PLUG] Dual boot Windoze 8.1, Linux Mint 17.1 64 bit

> On 05/15/2015 02:03 PM, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote: > >> >> The situation is that my brother bought a new laptop with Windows 8.1. >> He used to have a laptop (that was stolen a few days ago) that I had set >> up dual boot for him. That machine was a legacy (non EUFI) machine. I >> have tried se

Re: [PLUG] Need new Java

> On Sun, 2015-04-12 at 10:40 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote: >> I have downloaded a Java application from here: >> >> http://www.cognitial.com/flashpap/flashpap.htm >> >> But when I try to run it from the command line with java -jar I get a >> popup that says I need a newer version of Java runtime

Re: [PLUG] Need new Java

> I have downloaded a Java application from here: > > http://www.cognitial.com/flashpap/flashpap.htm > > But when I try to run it from the command line with java -jar I get a > popup that says I need a newer version of Java runtime. My Xubuntu > 14.04.1 is up to date with everything that showed up

Re: [PLUG] Configuring /etc/ssh/sshd_config

>Some time in the past I lost key authentication when connecting from my > laptop to my server. Password works, but that's sent clear text so I want > to > get the server's /etc/ssh/sshd_config correct. > >When I try to connect to my server this is the output: > > [rshepard@caddis ~]$ ssh -

Re: [PLUG] Two factor hardware authentication on Linux

On Fri, 2014-10-24 at 14:32 -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 11:36:37AM -0700, a...@clueserver.org wrote: > > I am considering doing a talk on two factor authentication using hardware > > tokens as a talk for PLUG. > > > > Are people interested in that? Should I gear this for

[PLUG] Two factor hardware authentication on Linux

I am considering doing a talk on two factor authentication using hardware tokens as a talk for PLUG. Are people interested in that? Should I gear this for Advanced Topics or a regular meeting? I have a couple of Yubi hardware tokens I will be using for the demo. __

Re: [PLUG] No mail

> I subscribe to several e-lists with my Comcast account which deliver > many e-mails daily. In the morning there are always some, usually 15-30, > but this morning there are none. Claws Mail produces no error messages > and its log is clean. The fetching mail dialog box appears briefly, > checks f

Re: [PLUG] Torrent issues {more info]

>>> There are new versions of PCLinuxOS (2014.05) which I have been trying >>> to download via torrent with Ktorrent. PCLinuxOS uses Linuxtracker to >>> host their torrent files. When I open any of the torrent files in >>> Ktorrent nothing happens for a long time. Looking at the torrent in the >>>

Re: [PLUG] Torrent issues

>> There are new versions of PCLinuxOS (2014.05) which I have been trying >> to download via torrent with Ktorrent. PCLinuxOS uses Linuxtracker to >> host their torrent files. When I open any of the torrent files in >> Ktorrent nothing happens for a long time. Looking at the torrent in the >> Track

Re: [PLUG] Torrent issues

> There are new versions of PCLinuxOS (2014.05) which I have been trying > to download via torrent with Ktorrent. PCLinuxOS uses Linuxtracker to > host their torrent files. When I open any of the torrent files in > Ktorrent nothing happens for a long time. Looking at the torrent in the > Trackers t

Re: [PLUG] Torrent issues

> There are new versions of PCLinuxOS (2014.05) which I have been trying > to download via torrent with Ktorrent. PCLinuxOS uses Linuxtracker to > host their torrent files. When I open any of the torrent files in > Ktorrent nothing happens for a long time. Looking at the torrent in the > Trackers t

Re: [PLUG] Books, and more books

> > Hello, > > In order to stir the OSCON pass review-a-book contest up, the kind > people at O'Reilly have a few titles headed our way: > > AngularJS, High Performance JavaScript, Time Management for System > Administrators, Learning PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS & HTML5 > > I will bring some others

Re: [PLUG] Network is unreachable

> My laptop is working fine with its eth0 connection (wireless not > enabled while at home), so I know there is no problem with the router or > cable modem. But my desktop suddenly can't go anywhere, not even local > pings (printers, other devices). > > The desktop is a six year old ASUS M2NPV-VM w

Re: [PLUG] Need a new laptop

> they also appear to have almost completely replaced the IBM style > keyboard/pad/stick. there's only one current model I looked at with an IBM > style kb. not sure how the new ones hold up but there are apparently some > issues with the new trackpads, so I was hesitant. anyone with a newer > mode

Re: [PLUG] Help! Can't log in!

> On Wed, 23 Apr 2014 17:29:38 -0700 (PDT) > a...@clueserver.org dijo: > >>If you have a Live System DVD you can boot off of that and then mount >>the file system. Take the password hash out of /etc/shadow, then >>reboot. You should have no password and you can just re-add it. > > Even easier than

Re: [PLUG] Help! Can't log in!

> An hour ago I applied a number of updates to my Xubunu 13.10 laptop, but > deferred rebooting until I finished typing something in Greek. Having > done so I shut down LO Writer and rebooted. When the login screen came > back up it would not take my password, presumably because the keyboard > was

Re: [PLUG] Clinic! (And new *buntus)

> Rich Shepard wrote: >> On Fri, 18 Apr 2014, Galen Seitz wrote: >> >>> ... but here's how I have outbound mail configured. I'm relaying >>> through easydns.com >>> using sasl. >>> main.cf: >>> ... >>> relayhost = [mailout.easymail.ca]:submission >>> smtp_sasl_auth_enable = yes >>> smtp_sasl_passwo

Re: [PLUG] Who's after Linus?

> > Hello all, > > I have a few candidates for the May General meeting but have yet to > receive a confirmation for April Advanced Topics on the 15th at Free Geek. > > Drop me a line if you are interested in giving a talk. Vague ideas that > need refinement are okay! I have a couple ideas. Not cer

[PLUG] A quick summary of Open Source Bridge in Portland

ource would understand and embody the principles that by working together we can build and fix the things we need an make a better world. At some point here will be videos of all the main session available on the Open Source Bridge <http://opensourcebridge.org/events/2013/schedule> site.

Re: [PLUG] Virtualbox, Android

> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 05:15:37PM -0800, Ronald Chmara wrote: >> http://www.kirsle.net/blog/kirsle/android-4-0-in-virtualbox notes >> problems >> with sound, video, screen rotation, apps that are optimized for ARM >> chips... >> >> Interesting find. > > Great link! The Android X86 port appears

Re: [PLUG] Linux(ubuntu) Motherboard

> Looking for motherboard recommendations and a good place to buy. Don't >>> care about gaming or whizzy graphics. This will be used for financial >>> analysis and database operations. Need connections for 6 disks (3 sets >>> of >>> mirrors). Need at least 16 Gb of ram. Mostly interested in getting

Re: [PLUG] Any problems with Quest / Centurylink / Centurytel for Linux Users?

> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 05:47:12AM -0700, Guy Letourneau wrote: >> Are folks here using CenturyLink or Centurytel (which used to be Qwest.) >> How is there dervice to Linux users? I have a fixed IP with CenturyLink. Getting a fixed IP was a bitch, but using Linux actually helped get to the righ

Re: [PLUG] PDF Security (WAS Asterisk, Fax, Faxmodem)

> Russell, > > No, you are not being paranoid, but we do have to accept that PDFs are > not going anywhere (and you can encrypt if you desire) > > As a printshop with a full PDF workflow, we open hundreds of files daily > and see this constantly. > > Worse though, are the Excel mailing lists send t

[PLUG] Netgear GS116 warranty

My GS116 switch just died 5-days ago, altho I had a similar Netgear giga switch die about 6-months ago. Not to mention the power supply to my Infrant-Netgear NV+ file server going up in smoke about 2-months ago. Netgear does a great job of making it hard to use there warranty, but eventually co

Re: [PLUG] RHEL, CentOS, SL

> I run Scientific Linux, "SL", a Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone. > The most widely used clone of RHEL is CentOS, but there may be > troubles in that community. We are getting about 5 refugees a > day from CentOS showing up on our mailing list and forums. > > Any CentOS users here? I'm hoping the

Re: [PLUG] Favorite Linux Netbook specific distro?

I no longer have a netbook, but when I did I tried several distros on it (Asus eeePC 701). The ones that ran best were Cruncheee, Puppeee, Salix, Peppermint, and Linux Mint XFCE edition. On 04/27/2011 09:24 PM, Ken Stephens wrote: > Darren Couch wrote: >> as an aside, ive been running arch soli

Re: [PLUG] MaxMySpeed

On Tue, 26 Apr 2011, John pdx wrote: > You could watch logging in realtime and see where the proggie tries to > "reachout"? Run wireshark and see what packets go across the net. Sounds pretty bogus. > On Apr 26, 2011 10:30 PM, "Robert Kopp" wrote: >> I didn't expect it to work, but I was wonder

Re: [PLUG] IBM T60

On Wed, 2011-02-16 at 19:28 -0800, Marvin Kosmal wrote: > I can get this for $350.. Is that a good price and will Linux fit well?? > > IBM ThinkPad T60 14" Laptop w/ Intel Core Duo T2400 1.83 GHz (Centrino > Duo), 2GB DDR, 60GB, DVD / CDRW Combo, 802.11g, Windows XP > Professional I have a T61

Re: [PLUG] Qwest the Qwerst.

On Sat, 2011-02-12 at 14:52 -0800, Ken Stephens wrote: > Looks like Qwest has blocked outgoing port 25 so if you are not sending > email (;-)), change your outgoing mail port to 587, at least if you > are going to aracnet/spiritone mail servers. YMMV with other ISPs. QWest blocks port 25 if y

Re: [PLUG] upgrading a redhat 7 kernel

On Thu, 28 Oct 2010, Daniel B. Herrington wrote: > I've got to build a sybase 12- server on redhat 7. ASE requires 2.4.9 or > greater though. > > I built a redhat 7.2, but maybe should do a 7.3 as that seems to be the > easier route. Why are you using a Linux distrobution that has not been suppor

Re: [PLUG] Free Geek approved for AT!

On Thu, 2010-09-16 at 11:34 -0700, Michael Dexter wrote: > Hello, > > Free Geek has approved us for the PLUG Advance Topics meeting. Let's > give this venue a try with a new food model. The new food model will be Randal covered in cold meat. He will do the Dance of the Seven Veals. ___

Re: [PLUG] Tech republic: 10 ways to dodge Linux hardware issues

On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Word Wizard wrote: Donÿÿt use very old hardware? I thought one of Linux' selling points was that unlike Windoze Linux supported legacy hardware. In the Linux world "very old hardware" are things like MFM and RLL drives. In the Windows world it is any hardware that is ol

Re: [PLUG] DSL options in Portland

On Mon, 17 May 2010, John Jason Jordan wrote: > Comcast just raised my rates. The increase is trivial, but far more > annoying is that the service is decreasing. Six months ago > speedtest.net reported a high of 3 MB/s. Now it is just over 2 MB/s. > The new rate is 55.59/month, which includes 11.4

Re: [PLUG] Linux clinic Sun - kernel hacking?

> Mike Connors wrote: >> Alan wrote: >>> What do you need to know? >>> >>> I guess I know more than most. (I am the Linux kernel maintainer for >>> Intel's Ultra Mobility Group.) >> I guess I'd just like to get a general understandi

Re: [PLUG] Linux clinic Sun - kernel hacking?

> Is anyone planning on attending Sun who knows alot about building, > patching, and modifying kernels? What do you need to know? I guess I know more than most. (I am the Linux kernel maintainer for Intel's Ultra Mobility Group.) ___ PLUG mailing list

Re: [PLUG] [ANNOUNCEMENT] PLUG Advanced Topics Meeting *Wednesday* December 16th, 2009

>> I didn't actually speak to her. I normally leave her an email. I >> didn't >> realize she wasn't there, but communicating with her was haphazard at >> best >> when she was. I'll find out if they have another event coordinator, or >> whether or not there is an events contact. > > Simply talk

[PLUG] [ANNOUNCEMENT] PLUG Advanced Topics Meeting *Wednesday* December 16th, 2009

NOTE: The meeting time and location has changed again. PLUG Advanced Topics December 16th, 2009 7pm - 9pm Roots Organic Brewing 1520 Southeast 7th Avenue Portland, OR 97214-3568 (503) 235-7668 Using DRBD to Build High-Availability Clusters on Commodity Hardware Charlie Schluting of LINBIT will

[PLUG] [ANNOUNCEMENT] PLUG Advanced Topics November 19th, 2009 **NEW NIGHT and LOCATION**

- 9pm Location: Club 915 915 SW 2nd Portland, OR Club 915 is a block south and across the street from where Jax used to be. Big stone building. Can't miss it. Topic: Backporting Linux kernel Drivers with Git Speaker: Alan Olsen Intel Corp. Description: The ta

Re: [PLUG] Dell Zino

> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Robert Citek > wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Matt McKenzie >> wrote: >> > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:16 PM, VY wrote: >> > BTW, as for the Ubuntu support on the Dell, if you click on the Tech >> Specs >> > tab on the Dell page, it shows Ubuntu Lin

Re: [PLUG] Advanced Topics Weds 18th?

>> > "Keith" == Keith Lofstrom writes: >> Keith> Will we be having an advanced topics meeting next week, on the >> Keith> previously-usual 3rd Wednesday (18th)? > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 03:49:14PM -0800, Russell Senior wrote: >> Consider this a personal plea to move it to either Tuesday or

Re: [PLUG] PLUG AT talk this Thursday?

I would have gotten something moving on this but I have been arguing with the flu for the last week. The AT meeting will best be served in November. On Oct 22, 2009 1:10 PM, "Michael Dexter" wrote: >> Would anyone want THIS topic THIS Thursday? > > I would. Is this still happening? No meeting to

Re: [PLUG] No Advanced Topics tonight?

I am trying to get speakers for July. Depends on if the events in my personal life don't go totally south. On Jun 17, 2009 4:12 PM, "glen e. p. ropella" wrote: Just to confirm, there's no AT meeting tonight, right? -- glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://tempusdictum.com _

[PLUG] Suggested list - plug-forsale

I think we need a plug-forsale list. It will move the forsale postings off to its own area and might get some people to clean out their hardware backlogs. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] classroom space

Cubespace closes forever Friday June 12th. (Tomorrow.) They could not work out their problems with US Bank. (Their landlord.) On Jun 5, 2009 3:03 PM, "Rich Shepard" wrote: On Fri, 5 Jun 2009, Jason Dagit wrote: > Have you looked at cubespace? Jason, Did they resolve the rent issue? I know the

[PLUG] I need someone to take over Advanced Topics

I have been organizing Advanced Topics for over eight years now. I have a whole bunch of things that are eating my time and my brain. I just realized that the meeting is this Wednesday and I had not gotten a speaker. My commute is 2 hours each way to and from work. Other parts of my life are co

Re: [PLUG] AT this month, Roots?

Go ahead and do it for now. I have not heard anything frokm Keith on relocating. On May 1, 2009 9:09 AM, "Tony Rick" wrote: I haven't reserved the event space at Roots for this month. I'll go ahead and do it for planning purposes, unless anyone advises me otherwise. I seem to recall something

Re: [PLUG] Light in fiber, electrons in copper

Damn Marxists... Off to get some Duck Soup. On Apr 21, 2009 1:14 PM, "Tony Rick" wrote: On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:02 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 21 Apr 2009, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > > > Thus, this post is vaguely relevant to Linux. Ho... My aunts live in Texas, and the never bug me. Ho

Re: [PLUG] News from beta testing land

On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 23:34 -0700, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > I've been playing with it for a week or so. It seems to be in > reasonable shape -- not too many crashes, no data loss (yet). But I > can't get past the hideous color scheme ... Ubuntu brown and orange. > So I'm sticking with openSU

Re: [PLUG] ANNOUNCEMENT: PLUG Advanced Topics April 15th 2009

On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 17:47 -0700, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote: > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Alan wrote: > > I am working on a speaker for May. I have been talking to the > > "department of speakers" for Intel. > > > > Any particular topics peopl

Re: [PLUG] ANNOUNCEMENT: PLUG Advanced Topics April 15th 2009

On Tue, 2009-04-14 at 14:45 -0700, Tony Rick wrote: > On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 2:14 PM, Alan wrote: > > > Advanced Topics > > April 15th, 2009 7pm - 9pm-ish > > > > Location: Roots Organic Brewery > >1520 SE 7TH > >Portland, Or

[PLUG] ANNOUNCEMENT: PLUG Advanced Topics April 15th 2009

Advanced Topics April 15th, 2009 7pm - 9pm-ish Location: Roots Organic Brewery 1520 SE 7TH Portland, Oregon Topic: Server Sky - Data Centers in Orbit Speaker:Keith Lofstrom Large data may soon consume 50MW or more of electrical energy. The EPA estimated US dat

Re: [PLUG] Clear WiMax

I will check the support at work, which just happens to be Intel. On Mar 26, 2009 5:21 PM, "Russell Senior" wrote: >>>>> "Alan" == Alan Olsen writes: Alan> The WiMax drivers have been added to 2.6.29 according to the Alan> release notes. Intel has b

Re: [PLUG] Clear WiMax

The WiMax drivers have been added to 2.6.29 according to the release notes. Intel has been pretty aggresive on getting them into mainline. On Mar 26, 2009 10:11 AM, "Russell Senior" wrote: > "John" == John Jason Jordan writes: John> [...] I have had Comcast at home for internet and basic t

Re: [PLUG] Alternate Advanced Topics Location - Verilan??

On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 13:56 -0700, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > Back in January, I got a helpful email from a fellow at Verilan > who offered their conference room for Advanced Topics. Of > course I forgot the name, and now I can't find the email ... > > To our kind benefactor -

Re: [PLUG] March AT location?

ber, Roots is unavaila... Tue 3/17 and Thu 3/19 are out. Tue is St Patty's day, 'nuff said. We got offered Monday, and I guess the following Wednesday is still on the table. I'm gonna need some guidance here. Alan, anything in the works for the next AT? - tony

Re: [PLUG] AT at Roots followup and schedule glitch

Is another night available? Tuesday or Thursday? On Mar 4, 2009 11:58 AM, "Tony Rick" wrote: Roots is going to have their anniversary party in the meeting room on 3/18, so the AT meeting can't be there then. Reschedule or relocate? Bowling Alley, anyone? I asked Sarah (Roots Event Coordinator