Re: [PLUG] a question on "mv" command

2017-10-03 Thread Pete Lancashire
Use to be a good 'test' for a Comp Sci class. Before the class touch a b c mkdir d In the class mv * On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 9:25 AM, VY wrote: > Thanks for all the replies. I completely forgotten about "*" being > interpreted by the shell. > That makes sense now... >

Re: [PLUG] Selecting a SSD

2017-08-22 Thread Pete Lancashire
Rich said all that needs to be said > As long as you back up your /home and data you're covered On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 6:05 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 22 Aug 2017, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > > Samsung was recommended here. I see $150 for their 850 EVO 480G,

Re: [PLUG] ENU,Inc R.I.P.

2017-08-13 Thread Pete Lancashire
Portland Oregon .. the Black Hole of technology On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Chuck Hast wrote: > I was over in Honolulu abt this time last year, needed some parts was > directed to a place not too far from the seafood plant where I was, walked > in and found one of those

Re: [PLUG] Question about header on sent e-mail message

2017-07-26 Thread Pete Lancashire
what are you using to send mail with ? On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 10:54 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: >When I receive a response to an e-mail message I sent (top-posted, > naturally), and the sender includes the header of my message, it often > includes this line: > > From:

Re: [PLUG] Looking for PC/Main board x686 (could be K7) with 2-3 EISA slots

2017-01-17 Thread Pete Lancashire
ice. > > -Denis > > On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Pete Lancashire <p...@petelancashire.com> > wrote: > >> So I emailed FG, a few days later received a reply that basically said >> "you have to be kidding, why the heck should we waste our time, btw we >&

Re: [PLUG] Looking for PC/Main board x686 (could be K7) with 2-3 EISA slots

2017-01-15 Thread Pete Lancashire
t at Goodwill for $20. Old DC-600 tape cartridges marked down to $18 from $25, AS-IS no return. Sure glad I didn't go out of my way. On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 7:25 PM, Pete Lancashire <p...@petelancashire.com> wrote: > I am no longer looking for any, when the contract was completed the > cust

Re: [PLUG] Looking for PC/Main board x686 (could be K7) with 2-3 EISA slots

2017-01-08 Thread Pete Lancashire
t;>On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 4:55 PM, Chuck Hast <wch...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > Dropped two machines with that sort of board in them off at Free Geek a bit >> > over a week ago. >> > >> > On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Pete Lancashire <p...@pe

Re: [PLUG] Looking for PC/Main board x686 (could be K7) with 2-3 EISA slots

2017-01-08 Thread Pete Lancashire
-pete On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 4:55 PM, Chuck Hast <wch...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dropped two machines with that sort of board in them off at Free Geek a bit > over a week ago. > > On Sun, Jan 8, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Pete Lancashire <p...@petelancashire.com> > wrote: > >> A

[PLUG] Looking for PC/Main board x686 (could be K7) with 2-3 EISA slots

2017-01-08 Thread Pete Lancashire
Anyone have an old PC K7 or newer that has at least 2 EISA slots that they no longer want ? -pete ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] 4k displays with video card recommendations?

2016-12-12 Thread Pete Lancashire
I am going to be in the same boat this spring when I put a new desktop together. He just got one of these http://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-27UD58-B-4k-uhd-led-monitor -pete On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 12:28 AM, Russell Senior wrote: > > I have a very early i7 quadcore

Re: [PLUG] Linux job hunting...

2016-11-14 Thread Pete Lancashire
Here's a few of my thoughts First an experience for a PSU CS graduate. He could not and still can not write in a language of his choice a program that outputs the string "Hello World" I hope this does not reflect the typical graduate and also hope the a potential hiring company knows. What are

[PLUG] Suggestions for a tablet

2016-07-23 Thread Pete Lancashire
Hopefully this is not off topic I'm looking for a table that - runs any o/s other then Microsoft, doesn'te even have to be open. - 9 to 12 inches, don't know what resolution - reasonable battery life, say 4 hours but not a show stopper. - can be charged while being used. - connect to

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

2016-03-15 Thread Pete Lancashire
> > 1010... > > 0101 > > 1010... > > I am interested in those. Also looking for lace cards. > > How do I get them from you? > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Pete Lancashire < > p...@petelancashire.com> > > wrote

Re: [PLUG] Considering a new hard drive?

2016-03-09 Thread Pete Lancashire
how things change A decade ago if one cared, you bought Seagate, not they are near the bottom of the list. On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 7:47 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 9 Mar 2016, Patrick J. Timlick wrote: > > > FWIW: I've had 0 hard drive failures since I

Re: [PLUG] Survey: what make/model router do you use at home?

2015-12-23 Thread Pete Lancashire
1) what is the make/model of the wifi device that you use in your house? none is an acceptable answer. What ever is on the telco provided, it is disabled 2) about how old is it (rough guess is fine)? About 3 years old. My old Cisco Speedrunner finally died 2) is it running firmware from

Re: [PLUG] Print list of folders

2015-12-12 Thread Pete Lancashire
Want: I wish to print a list of directories (but not the files or subdirectories contained in the directories) The short answer find -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d the find program is your friend, but one you will love and hate at the same time, even I have to still do a man or info find.

Re: [PLUG] Print list of folders

2015-12-12 Thread Pete Lancashire
*/' is simpler still for listing all directories in the > > current > directory. > > The problem with this is it adds a trailing slash to the name of the > directory, if one wants to > do something with the output you'll need to get rid of the slash > > > > On Sat, De

Re: [PLUG] Print list of folders

2015-12-12 Thread Pete Lancashire
ame of the directory, if one wants to do something with the output you'll need to get rid of the slash On Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Pete Lancashire <p...@petelancashire.com> wrote: > Want: I wish to print a list of directories (but not the files or > subdirector

[PLUG] Time to build a new PC

2015-12-05 Thread Pete Lancashire
It is time for me to build a new PC. I like having to build one, gives me one of those warm and fuzzy feeling and lets me say to myself I can still use a screwdriver. Looking for a main board, Don't do games but maybe in 2016 I will upgrade to one of the nice high resolution monitors and will

Re: [PLUG] Time to build a new PC

2015-12-05 Thread Pete Lancashire
I might be able to but two of them 'talk' to serial ports. They are for programming PLC's (Programmable Logic Controllers). -pete On Sat, Dec 5, 2015 at 2:30 PM, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: > On Sat, 5 Dec 2015, Pete Lancashire wrote: > > > Here is a crapp

Re: [PLUG] Linux distributions

2015-08-29 Thread Pete Lancashire
What is the intended purpose of you soon to be new Linux box ? -pete On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 7:38 AM, Jim Webb jimwebb...@gmail.com wrote: I'm going to start using Linux again. I'm interested in a run of the mill distribution that works well and isn't cutting edge. What do you suggest?

Re: [PLUG] What CMS to use ?

2015-07-13 Thread Pete Lancashire
If the ISP hosts the software Pete needs only provide the content. They do, and I don't get 'root', its basically use an app they provide, or if everything fits in PHP then you can upload to your document-root. I don't mind going with something that starting off with would be overkill. I hate

Re: [PLUG] What CMS to use ?

2015-07-11 Thread Pete Lancashire
It is time for me to start putting stuff on my website. One section will be litterly 1,000s of scanned magazines, catalogs etc, Then another topics of interest, musings etc. On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Louis Kowolowski lou...@cryptomonkeys.org wrote: If you go with something that is PHP

[PLUG] What CMS to use ?

2015-07-10 Thread Pete Lancashire
It is time for me to start posting 'stuff' on one of my domains. Looking for comments good and bad on a CMS to use. My hosting company provides Wordpress, Drupal and Joomla Other then must be close to 7 years ago I played around with Drupal and Joomla. That is about the limit of my experience

Re: [PLUG] What CMS to use ?

2015-07-10 Thread Pete Lancashire
/easyapp.htmlstype=30 * WebCards https://cp14.ixwebhosting.com/psoft/servlet/psoft.hsphere.CP/C298946/111599_0/psoft.hsphere.CP?template_name=easy_app/easyapp.htmlstype=19 On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Pete Lancashire p...@petelancashire.com wrote: Thanks nice basic comparison On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 10:40

Re: [PLUG] What CMS to use ?

2015-07-10 Thread Pete Lancashire
Sorry that was meant for different destination On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Pete Lancashire p...@petelancashire.com wrote: You asked for the list, here it is *Blogs* * b2evolution https://cp14.ixwebhosting.com/psoft/servlet/psoft.hsphere.CP/C298946/111599_0/psoft.hsphere.CP

Re: [PLUG] What CMS to use ?

2015-07-10 Thread Pete Lancashire
Thanks nice basic comparison On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 10:40 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote: On Fri, 10 Jul 2015, Mark Phillips wrote: The link did not work for me (it was truncated). Here is the full line - Oops! Thought I captured the entire URL.

Re: [PLUG] gawk: modify field contents [UPDATE]

2015-07-08 Thread Pete Lancashire
Something to keep in mind, initially don't be afraid to make use of the | cat data | sed | awk | sed | awk | cut | sed | awk once you get the results you want you can decide if you want to a reduction into fewer pipes. another thing many look over is instead of doing ... | sed 'sed

Re: [PLUG] Mate vs Gnome Classic with fixes

2015-07-08 Thread Pete Lancashire
Keith I 200% feel the pain. It seems that Gnome, KDE et.al. have been infected by the same virus that engulfs all of Redmond Washington. But I can't really say its origin is from within the halls of Microsoft. But I can say and believe it is predominantly a disease of American origin. Some

Re: [PLUG] gawk: modify field contents

2015-07-08 Thread Pete Lancashire
I did a cut/past of the data but have a question the 9th row does not match any of the others is this correct ? If not, can you attached the sample data as a file vs. pasting it site.code sampdattmp.h2o tmp.air disc.cfs Turb 10321000 1965-10-01 98 10321000 1965-11-01

Re: [PLUG] gawk: modify field contents

2015-07-08 Thread Pete Lancashire
/case (makes it easy to add more logic) do what you want. -pete back to work On Wed, Jul 8, 2015 at 9:28 AM, Pete Lancashire p...@petelancashire.com wrote: I did a cut/past of the data but have a question the 9th row does not match any of the others is this correct ? If not, can you

Re: [PLUG] egrep syntax correction

2015-07-05 Thread Pete Lancashire
Rich, Just out of curiosity can I get a copy of the file, and what version of grep are you using ? -pete On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 7:35 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote: On Sun, 5 Jul 2015, Rich Shepard wrote: station on the mainstem Humboldt River. The first 212 lines of the

Re: [PLUG] egrep syntax correction

2015-07-05 Thread Pete Lancashire
AH ! .. that will do it :-) I still keep forgetting there is the posix regexp's On Sun, Jul 5, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote: On Sun, 5 Jul 2015, Pete Lancashire wrote: Just out of curiosity can I get a copy of the file, and what version of grep are you

Re: [PLUG] egrep syntax correction

2015-07-04 Thread Pete Lancashire
D**M I've got to stop using this F gmail and get back to basics $ cat p | egrep -cE '^P[[:digit:]]{5}' 4 On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Pete Lancashire p...@petelancashire.com wrote: $ cat p P12345 P123 P12 P1 S1 S12 S123 S1234 S12345 P1234 P123456 P1234z P12345a

Re: [PLUG] egrep syntax correction

2015-07-04 Thread Pete Lancashire
Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote: On Sat, 4 Jul 2015, Pete Lancashire wrote: don't forget to end the regexp stop with a non-digit if you dont P12345anything will pass. There is content after the Pn; all I want is a count of the number of lines beginning with Pn. Rich

Re: [PLUG] egrep syntax correction

2015-07-04 Thread Pete Lancashire
To HOT to think don't forget to end the regexp stop with a non-digit if you dont P12345anything will pass. On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Pete Lancashire p...@petelancashire.com wrote: Don't use the back slash, and use single quotes to force all the expression to go to egrep directiy -pete

Re: [PLUG] egrep syntax correction

2015-07-04 Thread Pete Lancashire
Don't use the back slash, and use single quotes to force all the expression to go to egrep directiy -pete happy HOT 4th On Sat, Jul 4, 2015 at 7:09 PM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote: I have an 851 line data file in which certain lines begin with P followed by 5 digits. I

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

2015-06-17 Thread Pete Lancashire
Rich, Give Google a shot /dev/dsp missing I've not had this issue but On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote: Last Monday, for the first time, my server/workstation suddenly locked up; no keyboard or mouse response. Hanged, not resting. So, I

Re: [PLUG] Intel Now Largest Linux Corporate Supporter

2015-02-18 Thread Pete Lancashire
Interesting how low Google is On Feb 18, 2015 10:46 AM, glen e. p. ropella g...@tempusdictum.com wrote: On 02/18/2015 10:00 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: Here's the Oregonian/OregonLive article:

Re: [PLUG] ssh public/private key login authentication?

2014-07-06 Thread Pete Lancashire
If your granting him limited access lock him from going outside his home directory tree. Enable auditing, look at the logs from time to time. Recent versions of sshd can restrict to a IP/range. A few to.start with. On Jul 4, 2014 6:35 PM, Keith Lofstrom kei...@gate.kl-ic.com wrote: Question?

[PLUG] CoreOS

2014-05-23 Thread Pete Lancashire
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/05/23/google_loads_coreos_onto_its_cloud/ ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Need a new laptop

2014-05-09 Thread Pete Lancashire
the X200 look like a nice box. thanks I have also been looking for something to do just the basics on. -pete On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Chuck Hast wch...@gmail.com wrote: I run Ubuntu on a Thinkpad X200, I whooped it up with 8g of ram and a 500G HD. I have compiz on it so I can run

[PLUG] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2014-05-04 Thread Pete Lancashire
LinkedIn I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - Pete Pete Lancashire TBD at PDX Engineering Portland, Oregon Area Confirm that you know Pete Lancashire: https://www.linkedin.com/e/-hg7q5k-husopzg7-4m/isd/5868791087648235520/pHIeU8Xj/?hs=falsetok

Re: [PLUG] Finding RHCSA jobs

2014-03-05 Thread Pete Lancashire
This should be moved to plug-jobs so this is all I'll say here www.indeed.com is what I use for broad general searches if your just getting into the admin world add plug-jobs There's others places but these will get you started As far as Temp Agencies and just about any other job outfit (I

Re: [PLUG] just what will happen if you su; cd; rm -rf * ?

2014-02-19 Thread Pete Lancashire
quora sign up with google account this app would like to manage your contacts nice ... -pete On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 6:47 PM, Michael Rasmussen mich...@jamhome.uswrote: Stories to read:

Re: [PLUG] Using a SSD

2014-01-09 Thread Pete Lancashire
What's the chances of two SSD's ? Today I pretty much do a RAID mirror by default. My call keep swap off the SSD, it may be faster but keeping writes down is important. My 39 Cents -pete On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.comwrote: I'm finishing (finally)

[PLUG] Anyone have a couple 30 Pin SIMMs ...

2013-08-03 Thread Pete Lancashire
4 MB (remember Megabytes for memory ?), Parity, 70 nS -pete ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

[PLUG] Mother board with 'lots of PCI'

2013-03-23 Thread Pete Lancashire
Any suggestions for a MB that (still) has more the 4 or 5 PCI connectors ? Has to be dual bootable, XPSP3+Linux SATA for at lest 2 disks Optionally a built in 1 Gbs NIC and Firewire And a preference for AMD Other then that does not have to be a screamer, 1 Ghz would be just fine Use is for

Re: [PLUG] Mother board with 'lots of PCI'

2013-03-23 Thread Pete Lancashire
It looks like what I need is a MB from about 6-7 years ago :-( The curse of a product life cycle of 1 year -pete On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Galen Seitz gal...@seitzassoc.com wrote: On 03/23/13 09:10, Pete Lancashire wrote: Any suggestions for a MB that (still) has more the 4 or 5 PCI

[PLUG] why not Ubuntu 12 ?

2012-06-23 Thread Pete Lancashire
I'm setting up a PC for someone who is pretty computer illiterate, almost all Windoz. The PC will be the focal point for selling online. Initially EBay and eventually a hosted 'shopping cart' Input will be a couple camera's, scanner, etc. Output will be a old LJ5M and over time a thermal label

Re: [PLUG] perl question

2012-03-05 Thread Pete Lancashire
Consulting b...@bnf.net 503-313-5379 @pdxstump on twitter On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Pete Lancashire p...@petelancashire.comwrote: my brain this morning is blocked on this one I have a data file cpu01  value value value cpu02  value value value cpu03  value value value ... cpu01

Re: [PLUG] Recommendations for 3 TB USB 3.0 external drive

2011-11-12 Thread Pete Lancashire
and like any single drive 'system' where you only have you data on that drive, consider getting two and like others have said, wait till our spring time. On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 7:42 PM, John Jason Jordan joh...@comcast.net wrote: I just started shopping. Does anyone have any recommendations?

Re: [PLUG] Off Topic: Victor is looking for a silent no light programmable thermostat

2011-11-04 Thread Pete Lancashire
At least it does not have a pin point size blue super bright LED that one can see from 100' away smile On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote: Victor, I suggest you go to your local ACE, Home Depot, or Lowes, and talk to the folks there about the type

Re: [PLUG] Group Meeting Sites?

2011-10-19 Thread Pete Lancashire
Give this place a call Round Table Pizza 10150 SW Beaverton Hillsdale Beaverton, OR 97005-3203 phone: 503-646-6168 Some of the TERAC http://terac.org/?page_id=2 members has a Friday night get together. They have a walled in meeting room. Don't think they charge. They also use a couple places

Re: [PLUG] Solaris Uptime

2011-10-19 Thread Pete Lancashire
In a past life (Solaris vs AIX admin) I had a couple servers with over 1,000 days uptime and no issues. I would now but one has to keep the uSofties happy, I reboot most every 100-150 days. -pete On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Daniel Herrington herd...@gmail.com wrote: All, We're working

[PLUG] RIP - Dennis Ritchie

2011-10-13 Thread Pete Lancashire
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/10/dennis-ritchie/ ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] HP all-in-one printer issue

2011-07-19 Thread Pete Lancashire
Any inkjet is not going to like going for a long time without printing. BTW a 970 is a great work horse, and comes apart so one can clean the 'drip pan'. I have two of them. I have a little init job that checks to see if the printer has done anything i a week and if not prints a little test line

Re: [PLUG] HP all-in-one printer issue

2011-07-19 Thread Pete Lancashire
always put the activity-page back in the feed tray whenever you see it in the output tray. I really like this idea. any chance you would be willing to share your script? -wes On Tue, Jul 19, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Pete Lancashire p...@petelancashire.comwrote: Any inkjet is not going to like

Re: [PLUG] Good PDF Editor

2011-05-31 Thread Pete Lancashire
ditto on the xournal .. nice little app -pete On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Mike Connors mconno...@gmail.com wrote: @Mark - Ah, thanks for the info. @John - Yes, xournal works quickly and easily! It's so great not to have to go frantically searching for a way to enter simple text into a

Re: [PLUG] Scanner For Color Photographs?

2011-05-07 Thread Pete Lancashire
largest size ? -pete On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Michael Rasmussen mich...@jamhome.us wrote: On Sat, May 07, 2011 at 12:20:44PM -0700, Rich Shepard wrote:    Can anyone here recommend a scanner for color photographic prints that doesn't cost a fortune? This would be for archival

Re: [PLUG] Alternative to using split / cat for FTPing large file to remote location?

2011-04-27 Thread Pete Lancashire
Give rsync a try. If you don't want the overhead of SSL I believe you can still have rsync use the r commands for the transfer. Can't remember been a long time. Rsync options can also take care of the file's deletion when successfully transfered. As a success check may want to look at the option

[PLUG] Linux and VXI

2011-03-16 Thread Pete Lancashire
Before asking world wide I may soon have a VXI based instrument to play with. Anyone locally have experience with running Linux on a VXI CPU, and or know what choices are there for using Linux vs the dreaded Windoz ? CPUs that are affordable are x86, 68000, and Sparc based. The VXI

Re: [PLUG] Radeon HD5450 PCI-E card broken...

2011-03-02 Thread Pete Lancashire
in the past I extracted the conf file from the rpm -pete On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Dale Snell ddsn...@frontier.com wrote: On Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:00:16 -0800 Michael C. Robinson plu...@robinson-west.com wrote: =%- snip! -%= The card has been removed and I am trying to

Re: [PLUG] Qwest the Qwerst.

2011-02-12 Thread Pete Lancashire
looks ok from here did a telnet from withing qwest to gmail -pete On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Ken Stephens k...@cad2cam.com 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

Re: [PLUG] Qwest the Qwerst.

2011-02-12 Thread Pete Lancashire
, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Ken Stephens k...@cad2cam.com wrote: Pete Lancashire wrote: looks ok from here did a telnet from withing qwest to gmail -pete On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Ken Stephensk...@cad2cam.com  wrote: Looks like Qwest has blocked outgoing port 25 so if you are not sending

Re: [PLUG] Looking for Cheap Calling to/from Canada

2011-01-05 Thread Pete Lancashire
look to see if any Canadian carriers have reciprocal agreements when I stay in Toronto one of the carriers has a one with my carrier Verizonwireless. -pete On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote: I need to spend a few days in Canada, and I was looking

[PLUG] SPARC pizza boxes

2010-11-30 Thread Pete Lancashire
Before I put them on Craigslist or turn them into PCB scrap, is there anyone interested in old SMI Sparc's, 5s, 10s, etc ? -pete ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

[PLUG] anyone have a couple 5 1/4 floppy drives ?

2010-11-29 Thread Pete Lancashire
-pete ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] anyone have a couple 5 1/4 floppy drives ?

2010-11-29 Thread Pete Lancashire
yea will call them tomorrow, bet they toss them out, that is if the get them anymore On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 7:52 PM, Marvin Kosmal mkos...@gmail.com wrote: Free Geek??? HTH Marvin On 11/29/10, Pete Lancashire p...@petelancashire.com wrote: -pete

Re: [PLUG] Identifying Device UUID

2010-10-29 Thread Pete Lancashire
check the /dev/disk entries for example ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid -pete On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote:   I've searched with Google but despite headings that imply how to find the UUID of a specific device, the page contents do not really tell me

Re: [PLUG] Financial security on the net

2010-08-18 Thread Pete Lancashire
One thing I do is I keep only a small amount in the account I do any Debit Card transactions with. Most of the time it only has $300-400 in it. It is a hassle but I look at it as a sacrificial line of defense. -pete On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. w...@pacifier.com wrote:

[PLUG] Not Linux but ...

2010-08-08 Thread Pete Lancashire
http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/integration/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=226500202 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Building a $200 Linux PC

2010-07-26 Thread Pete Lancashire
maybe not so much news, but a well written article without trying to impress anyone. -pete On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 10:59 PM, Mike Connors mconno...@gmail.com wrote: I realize this is not news to most people on this list, however well all have friends and family that might benefit from it. I

Re: [PLUG] Roots closes - need new venue for AT

2010-07-14 Thread Pete Lancashire
Jordan joh...@comcast.net wrote: On Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:14:02 -0700 Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net dijo: Pete == Pete Lancashire p...@petelancashire.com writes: Pete The new Lucky Lab on Killingsworth ? A block from MAX -pete Do they have a room suitable for meetings? As much

Re: [PLUG] Roots closes - need new venue for AT

2010-07-13 Thread Pete Lancashire
The new Lucky Lab on Killingsworth ? A block from MAX -pete On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:58 PM, Keith Lofstrom kei...@kl-ic.com wrote: Yikes!  Russell Senior noticed this: http://blog.oregonlive.com/thebeerhere/2010/07/craig_nicholls_closes_the_door.html Roots Organic Brewing is closed. We

Re: [PLUG] Roots closes - need new venue for AT

2010-07-13 Thread Pete Lancashire
On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Russell Senior russ...@personaltelco.net wrote: Pete == Pete Lancashire p...@petelancashire.com writes: Pete The new Lucky Lab on Killingsworth ? A block from MAX -pete Do they have a room suitable for meetings? -- Russell Senior, President russ

[PLUG] It is about time - Novell

2010-06-10 Thread Pete Lancashire
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20100610161411160 ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

[PLUG] VERY small embedded server

2010-06-07 Thread Pete Lancashire
http://www.lantronix.com/device-networking/embedded-device-servers/xport-pro.html ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

[PLUG] Six Tech Companies Join Up to Boost Linux

2010-06-06 Thread Pete Lancashire
http://www.linaro.org/press/ ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

[PLUG] open source bike gadget

2010-03-15 Thread Pete Lancashire
what no battery charger when riding ? ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] Fedora 12

2010-03-10 Thread Pete Lancashire
I do on two machines On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Marvin Kosmal mkos...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings from Fedora 12.. Anyone else run this?? Marvin ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] random question: how do you think newbies select their distributions?

2010-03-10 Thread Pete Lancashire
my 3/4-baked theory is that many people new to linux use what their friends suggest I'll raise that to 4/5ths. I am soon going to convert one of friends M$ boxs to Linux. I am considering both Fedora and or Ubuntu. Fedora because I have been using RH since their 5.1. I dont want to get into any

Re: [PLUG] How about this for a tuner?

2010-02-05 Thread Pete Lancashire
There is a write up about this and Silicon Dust (love the company name!) in one of the Electronic Rags I get in the mail. If interested at that level I could see if still have the issue -pete On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Larry Brigman larry.brig...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at

Re: [PLUG] Step away from the PHP

2010-01-27 Thread Pete Lancashire
alternatives ? On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 9:04 AM, Ronald Chmara rona...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote: On Mon, 25 Jan 2010, Tim wrote: A warning for those PHP developers and app maintainers who aren't on the security mailing

Re: [PLUG] London Stock Exchange - $Soft out, Linux/Solaris in

2009-10-12 Thread Pete Lancashire
In fact, OSS has already moved to the next level. The battle for the kernel is raging between better latency and better batch throughput. I suspect he just needs to recompile his kernels ... Maybe, but in a recent discussion in a (near) real time list and from Linus's own recent rant the

Re: [PLUG] London Stock Exchange - $Soft out, Linux/Solaris in

2009-10-12 Thread Pete Lancashire
On Mon, 12 Oct 2009, Denis Heidtmann wrote: I detect considerable derision toward all non-programers. Too bad the world cannot not be run exclusively by assembly language programers. Think how wonderful life would be. Denis, One does not need a CS degree to be a competent coder. PJ

[PLUG] Netgear OSS router - again

2009-10-07 Thread Pete Lancashire
http://tinyurl.com/yd5j3mh A light review: http://tinyurl.com/ydcrqbm ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

Re: [PLUG] more lies about Linux

2009-09-10 Thread Pete Lancashire
http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/09/09/microsoft-yep-we-teach-best-buy-to-trash-linux/ ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

[PLUG] linux based SBC

2009-08-31 Thread Pete Lancashire
HP 8401C Network analyzer make that an HP 8410C ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

[PLUG] linux based SBC

2009-08-31 Thread Pete Lancashire
I'm sending this a 2nd time since for some reason the 1st time I never saw it show up [ping test it is now 2:50] I'm going to upgrade an old HP instruments this winter and am looking for recommendations on a SBC that will run Linux. For those that are curious, the instrument is a HP 8401C

[PLUG] linux based SBC

2009-08-31 Thread Pete Lancashire
I'm going to upgrade an old HP instruments this winter and am looking for recommendations on a SBC that will run Linux. For those that are curious, the instrument is a HP 8401C Network analyzer. This instrument predated even GPIB and initially did not have any computer interfaces. Even when it

Re: [PLUG] Suggested list - plug-forsale

2009-06-19 Thread Pete Lancashire
i would find it useful as well. As long it was a forsale/trade/wanted I could use a dozen old COAX 10Mbs NIC's that don't even have to work and this I bet would be the place to ask :-) -pete On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 09:59, Alan Olsenalan.ol...@gmail.com wrote: I think we need a plug-forsale

[PLUG] wanted old coax based NICs

2009-06-19 Thread Pete Lancashire
10:25:54 -0700 Pete Lancashire p...@petelancashire.com dijo: i would find it useful as well. As long it was a forsale/trade/wanted I could use a dozen old COAX 10Mbs NIC's that don't even have to work and this I bet would be the place to ask :-) I have three of them - two are ISA with RJ45

[PLUG] $50 linux server .. interesting device

2009-02-25 Thread Pete Lancashire
... targeting an eventual $49 price tag for the device, with a $99 developer version, both of which are reportedly immediately available on Marvell's website. Early devices will fall in the $79 to $99 price range, ... http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-41525-136.html