[PLUG] clinic from dec. 15 named.conf question

2019-12-17 Thread OR Linux Jobs
Hi PLUG Someone at the clinic had a question about configuring a private nameserver that was not responding to requests. The basic troubleshooting step, if you have access to the dig utility, is to use the dig utility as shown below. dig @8.8.8.8 google.com replace IP address with the IP address

Re: [PLUG] skypeforlinux alternative...

2019-12-16 Thread OR Linux Jobs
*Michael* *My reply may not be relevant to your question. But I'm taking a chance in case it may be useful in some way.* *Team Viewer, a paid service, appears to offer video calling features. *https://www.teamviewer.com/en-us/download/linux/ I have never used Lin Phone but it looks interesting fr

Re: [PLUG] clinic question

2019-12-16 Thread OR Linux Jobs
ot advocate getting one if not readily > available. > > I do remember, though, that the ASUS laptop was probably the last time I > used > the DVD drive to boot anything. Still use it to read music CDs every now > and > then. > > > I assume this is a machine that does no

Re: [PLUG] clinic question

2019-12-02 Thread OR Linux Jobs
r one tiny complaint about e-mail aliases). Sincerely Neil On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 12:54 PM Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 2 Dec 2019, OR Linux Jobs wrote: > > > Thanks for the answers > > Neil, > > While you tried to boot a distro from a USB flash drive for installati

Re: [PLUG] clinic question

2019-12-02 Thread OR Linux Jobs
r brand of USB drive (the no-name > > bamboo-cased $5 8GB drives available from MultCoLib), but switching to > > random swag from OSCON worked. Even in the failing case, I got some > > messages though. I dd'd the image to the usb drive's block device (CHECK > >

Re: [PLUG] clinic question

2019-12-02 Thread OR Linux Jobs
es though. I dd'd the image to the usb drive's block device (CHECK > CAREFULLY). > > On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 8:56 AM OR Linux Jobs > wrote: > > > Hello PLUG Happy Holidays > > > > This question is for the clinic staff > > I have a laptop that I wou

[PLUG] clinic question

2019-12-02 Thread OR Linux Jobs
Hello PLUG Happy Holidays This question is for the clinic staff I have a laptop that I would like to get Clear Linux OS on, and I've been unable to do that by booting from USB. Does the clinic offer help with installing a different way? i'm imagining that you would be able to open up my laptop and

Re: [PLUG] Linux Mint System Restore question

2019-11-11 Thread OR Linux Jobs
Hi Tom Thank you for answering my question. This was extremely helpful. You're absolutely right. On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 1:14 PM Tom wrote: > With Linux It's really pointless to make disk image backups. What you > really want is something to backup your virtual filesystem that is > attribute-a

Re: [PLUG] Linux Mint System Restore question

2019-10-16 Thread OR Linux Jobs
*Thank you to everyone who answered. This was very helpful.* *Paul, yes I could do exactly what you suggested as a stop-gap, but, if it ever becomes feasible, I think that I will work on developing an application that will do what remastersys used to do. I think that I would like to get it working

[PLUG] Linux Mint System Restore question

2019-10-15 Thread OR Linux Jobs
Hi Portland I'm not in immediate need of an answer to this question. I'm only researching this for future possible needs. Usually, Windows PC's offer a way to create system restore DVD discs. These are created by a utility that comes with the PC, and the first disc is bootable, with a utility to

Re: [PLUG] Linux "Lockdown" feature?

2019-10-02 Thread OR Linux Jobs
I'm not sure if my comment is relevant but taking a chance. If you are referring to linux servers for web hosting. Most web hosting services use containers that don't offer any access to the kernel. They use a shared kernel managed by the host. For example, OpenVZ and Virtuozzo containers. There i

Re: [PLUG] USB 3.1 Gen 2

2019-09-27 Thread OR Linux Jobs
tween windows > and Linux using network file systems. Depending on the use case. > > - Tomas > > On Fri, Sep 27, 2019, 09:38 OR Linux Jobs > wrote: > > > Hello Portland > > > > If I understand correctly, USB 3.1 Gen 2 refers to the protocol that > >

[PLUG] USB 3.1 Gen 2

2019-09-27 Thread OR Linux Jobs
Hello Portland If I understand correctly, USB 3.1 Gen 2 refers to the protocol that supports 10 Gbps and the USB type C connector. (please correct me if I am mistaken) Is there an existing Linux distribution that supports this? If not, does anyone have a recommendation or tips for how to proceed

Re: [PLUG] Search techniques - FOSS diet tracking software for Linux

2019-05-14 Thread OR Linux Jobs
I'm sorry I misunderstood your question, please disregard. On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 8:00 AM Richard Owlett wrote: > I used have fun searching for answers others couldn't find. > Suggestions for reviving my search skills. > Current goal is simple food diary tracking only calories, protein, fat, >

Re: [PLUG] Search techniques - FOSS diet tracking software for Linux

2019-05-14 Thread OR Linux Jobs
If I were you, I would consider Apache Lucene Apache Lucene is software that implements the vector space model, if I understand correctly, for natural language processing. The best explanation I have seen is on wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_space_model On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 8