Re: [PLUG] pdf tools?

2020-02-04 Thread Dick Steffens
On 2/4/20 6:58 PM, Robert Citek wrote: +1 for Thomas. Usually for those one-offs, a GUI pdf tool will do the trick just fine. As for qpdf, either of these should work: Thanks. I'll keep those around for my education, but Thomas' recommended approach worked great. -- Regards, Dick

Re: [PLUG] Domain registration transfers to name.com - WTF?

2020-02-04 Thread Nat Taylor
I recommend https://nearlyfreespeech.net or https://gandi.net On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 5:12 PM Keith Lofstrom wrote: > A few weeks ago, I started getting emails from Name.com > telling me my domain registration service was moved from > Dyn.com. No email directly from Dyn ... which used to > be

Re: [PLUG] pdf tools?

2020-02-04 Thread Robert Citek
+1 for Thomas. Usually for those one-offs, a GUI pdf tool will do the trick just fine. As for qpdf, either of these should work: $ qpdf january-27-2020.pdf --pages . 6-7 -- Story.pdf $ qpdf --empty --pages january-27-2020.pdf 6-7 -- Story.pdf A simpler and less feature-rich tool is the

[PLUG] pdf tools?

2020-02-04 Thread Dick Steffens
I remember someone (Rich?) mentioning a program called something like pdftools. I'm having trouble locating same on my Xubuntu system. I've found qpdf installed, and I found some instructions online for using it, but following the instructions did not produce the desired results. I have a long

Re: [PLUG] Saving Impress Presentations

2020-02-04 Thread Tomas Kuchta
It is not normal, in my experience with Impress/LibreOffice. I experience similar lock ups, most likely due to Gnome doing some magic in the background - it locks my email client (evolution) or gui file manager every now and then. If I wait long enough it recovers, usually I end up rebooting

[PLUG] Saving Impress Presentations

2020-02-04 Thread Michael Barnes
I have a Linux Mint 18 desktop, fairly recent and normally quite responsive. I am working on a presentation (currently about 38 slides) in LibreOffice Impress. My issue is, when I try to save my work, it takes 3-4 minutes to save. Doesn't matter whether I click the Save icon, File > Save, or

[PLUG-ANNOUNCE] February PLUG Meeting: Linux, Open Source Silicon, and Crowdfunding

2020-02-04 Thread Michael Dexter
Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement Several years in the making... Who: Josh Lifton, Co-founder & President, Crowd Supply What: Linux, Open Source Silicon, and Crowdfunding Where: PSU, 1900 SW 4th Ave. Room FAB 86-01 (Left Entrance, Lower Level) When: Thursday, February 6th,

[PLUG] February PLUG Meeting: Linux, Open Source Silicon, and Crowdfunding

2020-02-04 Thread Michael Dexter
Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement Several years in the making... Who: Josh Lifton, Co-founder & President, Crowd Supply What: Linux, Open Source Silicon, and Crowdfunding Where: PSU, 1900 SW 4th Ave. Room FAB 86-01 (Left Entrance, Lower Level) When: Thursday, February 6th,