[PLUG] CentOS gpsd and ntpd

2019-05-27 Thread Michael Barnes
Okay, got my machine up and running and trying to get the server stuff set up. First, I'm working on the NTP server part of things. This is a field network with no Internet access, so I am providing time synchronization via ntp with a GPS USB puck. Basically, I have it all working when I run

Re: [PLUG] Is Ubuntu as popular as it deserves to be?

2019-05-27 Thread Tomas Kuchta
Christopher, What is this about? Are you honestly asking question about someone elses opinion? Are you willing to accept the answers? What ever they may be? Obviously, the answer to your question - what is the best Linux distro - is 42. 42 - Because it depends on what is the the question and

Re: [PLUG] Fwd: Re: Is Ubuntu as popular as it deserves to be?

2019-05-27 Thread Russell Senior
Ubuntu has made some dubious user interface choices (e.g. the Unity debacle, eventually abandoned), but luckily there are many options to choose from, and it is possible to find something that suits you. I don't have problems with packages breaking, certainly not within a release, at least not

Re: [PLUG] Fwd: Re: Is Ubuntu as popular as it deserves to be?

2019-05-27 Thread Michael Christopher Robinson
On Mon, 2019-05-27 at 21:16 -0500, Michael Christopher Robinson wrote: > On Mon, 2019-05-27 at 18:56 -0700, John Meissen wrote: > > This got sent to Michael instead of the list. So I'm forwarding it. > > > > I recently switched from MH to a more "normal" IMAP configuration. > > Apparently

Re: [PLUG] Fwd: Re: Is Ubuntu as popular as it deserves to be?

2019-05-27 Thread Michael Christopher Robinson
On Mon, 2019-05-27 at 18:56 -0700, John Meissen wrote: > This got sent to Michael instead of the list. So I'm forwarding it. > > I recently switched from MH to a more "normal" IMAP configuration. > Apparently Thunderbird ignores the Reply-To: header, at least by > default. One more thing to

Re: [PLUG] Is Ubuntu as popular as it deserves to be?

2019-05-27 Thread Michael Christopher Robinson
I would like to see Debian, Redhat, Slackware, Arch, Mandrake, PCLINUXOS, and Ubuntu push each other in a positive competition to be better than they currently are. I feel that every major Linux distribution has strong pros and probably, hard to say this, some major cons. Slackware does just

[PLUG] Fwd: Re: Is Ubuntu as popular as it deserves to be?

2019-05-27 Thread John Meissen
This got sent to Michael instead of the list. So I'm forwarding it. I recently switched from MH to a more "normal" IMAP configuration. Apparently Thunderbird ignores the Reply-To: header, at least by default. One more thing to track down and fix. :-( Forwarded Message

Re: [PLUG] Is Ubuntu as popular as it deserves to be?

2019-05-27 Thread Russell Senior
On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 6:01 PM Michael Christopher Robinson < mich...@robinson-west.com> wrote: > A lot of people seem to favor Ubuntu over all other flavors of Linux. > I don't. I have heard that in the Ubuntu world something considered > important today can disappear tomorrow. Example? I

Re: [PLUG] HP G62 AMD Dual Core laptop...

2019-05-27 Thread Erik Lane
You know, I bet that the best place to ask about a vendor to purchase a pre-installed Linux laptop with Labview would simply be National Instruments themselves. They might not sell it themself, but I bet they have a handle on their main customers and would have heard through support of who is

Re: [PLUG] Is Ubuntu as popular as it deserves to be?

2019-05-27 Thread King Beowulf
On 5/27/19 5:59 PM, Michael Christopher Robinson wrote: > A lot of people seem to favor Ubuntu over all other flavors of Linux. > I don't. I have heard that in the Ubuntu world something considered > important today can disappear tomorrow. Is this a problem? Yes, > especially if there is a

[PLUG] Is Ubuntu as popular as it deserves to be?

2019-05-27 Thread Michael Christopher Robinson
A lot of people seem to favor Ubuntu over all other flavors of Linux. I don't. I have heard that in the Ubuntu world something considered important today can disappear tomorrow. Is this a problem? Yes, especially if there is a high learning curve to the software program. Specifically, I have

Re: [PLUG] downloading the ubuntu 18.04.2 iso trouble

2019-05-27 Thread Denis Heidtmann
Thanks. I just figured that out. I now have a bootable flash drive. -Denis On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 5:19 PM Dick Steffens wrote: > On 5/27/19 5:14 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > I went t*o *https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop and got: > > ubuntu-18.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso.part > > > >

Re: [PLUG] downloading the ubuntu 18.04.2 iso trouble

2019-05-27 Thread Dick Steffens
On 5/27/19 5:14 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: I went t*o *https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop and got: ubuntu-18.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso.part repeating I get various sizes--MB to 1.l1GB. Does this indicate that I am not waiting long enough? What is this .part thing? I want to burn a flash

[PLUG] downloading the ubuntu 18.04.2 iso trouble

2019-05-27 Thread Denis Heidtmann
I went t*o *https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop and got: ubuntu-18.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso.part repeating I get various sizes--MB to 1.l1GB. Does this indicate that I am not waiting long enough? What is this .part thing? I want to burn a flash drive for installing. Please excuse the

Re: [PLUG] HP G62 AMD Dual Core laptop...

2019-05-27 Thread Michael Christopher Robinson
On Mon, 2019-05-27 at 14:04 -0700, Ben Koenig wrote: > First, you can't upgrade the CPU on a laptop the way you expect. It > is > NOT a standard AM3+ socket. Check HP's documentation for that, I > can't > speak for their upgradeability. > > Second, you are grossly overthinking your question. > >

Re: [PLUG] HP G62 AMD Dual Core laptop...

2019-05-27 Thread Ben Koenig
First, you can't upgrade the CPU on a laptop the way you expect. It is NOT a standard AM3+ socket. Check HP's documentation for that, I can't speak for their upgradeability. Second, you are grossly overthinking your question. I don't know what Labview is. So I take the following steps: Q: Does

Re: [PLUG] HP G62 AMD Dual Core laptop...

2019-05-27 Thread Michael Christopher Robinson
On Sun, 2019-05-26 at 18:27 -0700, Ben Koenig wrote: > If nomodeset resolves your problems then you can assume that > everything will work. > > What you did was disable Kernel ModeSetting ( or KMS ) which allows > the radeon driver to kick in and enable full hardware acceleration > without X11.

Re: [PLUG] Shifting DNS

2019-05-27 Thread tomas . kuchta . lists
Not to cause confusion - just adding/rephrasing to what was already stated. WAP is really just like ethernet socket in the wall - you connect to it trough it using your Wi-Fi adapter as if by ethernet cable to your LAN. On your LAN (assuming that there is a router between your network and the

Re: [PLUG] Shifting DNS

2019-05-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 27 May 2019, Ben Koenig wrote: If wicd reconnects the network at any point after then it will not re-run your workaround, so you will need to reboot the computer to fix your DNS. What you did is called a "work-around" and is not even close to qualifying as a solution. Ben, As far as

Re: [PLUG] Shifting DNS

2019-05-27 Thread Ben Koenig
rc.local only gets run at boot. If wicd reconnects the network at any point after then it will not re-run your workaround, so you will need to reboot the computer to fix your DNS. What you did is called a "work-around" and is not even close to qualifying as a solution. In your first post you

Re: [PLUG] Shifting DNS

2019-05-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sun, 26 May 2019, Ben Koenig wrote: You keep saying you have a WAP and a router - is this 2 devices? We should only care about 1. The Wireless Access Point (WAP) is the device to ... - which of these devices does your laptop connect to? and, as the name suggests the laptop and WAP