Re: [PLUG] please stop modifying the message body

On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 11:27:43 -0700 Vince Winter wrote: > I got a spam notice on that one from Tom. > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 10:30 AM wes wrote: > > > this came from the same IP as before, 23.92.27.105 > > > > -wes > > > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 8:59

Re: [PLUG] please stop modifying the message body

On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 10:29:21 -0700 wes wrote: > this came from the same IP as before, 23.92.27.105 I know, this mailing list isn't IPv6-enabled so it still goes through a NAT, but it's from a different server internally.

Re: [PLUG] please stop modifying the message body

Testing sending from my other new mail server. This one supports rsa-sha256 and ed25519-sha256 instead of just rsa-sha1.

Re: [PLUG] please stop modifying the message body

On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 21:09:24 -0700 wes wrote: > if they're serious about it, they would sign up for the blacklists > service's feedback loop so they can get automated reports every time > an incident occurs. they can take action on the customers abusing the > system. then they'll be delisted autom

Re: [PLUG] please stop modifying the message body

On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 14:44:21 -0700 wes wrote: > with this, they are basically avoiding responsibility for hosting > spammers. > > the level 3 listing happens when there are a large number of level 1 > or 2 listings. meaning a significant volume of spam was reported from > linode-owned IP space.

Re: [PLUG] please stop modifying the message body

On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 21:51:52 -0400 Tomas Kuchta wrote: > Let me clarify - this was the first Tom's email in a long time which > did not end up with Spam label by gmail. That is why I responded Tomas, What does your screen actually look like when your saying Google says it can't "verify my identity

Re: [PLUG] please stop modifying the message body

Well, Since the footer was disabled I only got 1 dmarc failure email to postmaster instead of the usual two per email. Though, I haven't been sending to this board enough times to really test things as I have been busy. Please leave the footer disabled for a while longer. Perhaps it's not the only

Re: [PLUG] please stop modifying the message body

>Hello, Thanks for reaching out to inform us about this blocklisting. We understand and share your concern regarding the recent listing of our ASN with UCEPROTECT's Level 3 service. After researching the details of the listing, we have determined that the Level 3 service offered by UCEPROTECT is n

Re: [PLUG] please stop modifying the message body

On Mon, 31 May 2021 18:14:17 -0700 "Jason Barbier" wrote: > Just to ask the stupid question, did you file the ticket with them > about running a mail server. I bet they work with a few spam lists > and bulk list and delist stuff? No. I don't have any issues with email elsewhere. -- ___

Re: [PLUG] please stop modifying the message body

On Sun, 30 May 2021 16:25:41 + Ben Koenig wrote: > The thing with the spam list that Tom is on seems odd too. The > description says they ban entire IP ranges known to cause problems. > In this case that is Linode. Is that where you host your email server? Yes, I u

Re: [PLUG] please stop modifying the message body

On Fri, 28 May 2021 16:05:05 -0700 "Jason Barbier" wrote: > no amount of not rewriting your message fixes it sadly because then > the next thing that breaks your dkim signatures after the body > rewrite is stopped is the header rewrite to add reply-to and the mail > list headers which have to be

Re: [PLUG] please stop modifying the message body

e messages. The TLS > handshake succeeds, but a message is added from google claiming > "google could not verify that it actually came from nuegia.net" > > When I click "learn more" it sends me to a generic help page. > > Tom, can you send another reply to this t

Re: [PLUG] please stop modifying the message body

On Wed, 26 May 2021 00:09:14 -0700 wes wrote: > I went through and compared headers from a bunch of different senders > to the list. they all list DKIM as failed, but only yours (Tom's) get > marked as spam routinely. I started looking up source IPs on > mxtoolbox.com, and nuegia's (23.92.27.105)

Re: [PLUG] please stop modifying the message body

On Mon, 24 May 2021 15:45:06 -0700 "Jason Barbier" wrote: > you are part right, the modification of the message body would cause > DKIM failures if you authorized the plug mail servers to send as your > domain. Due to the way most mail list software works DKIM will never > pass. for list messages

[PLUG] please stop modifying the message body

Hello, I'm having DKIM authentication failures when using this mailing list: Received-SPF: pass (mx220.antispamcloud.com: domain of pdxlinux.org designates 69.168.62.104 as permitted sender) client-ip=69.168.62.104; envelope-from=plug-boun...@pdxlinux.org; helo=plv1.spiretech.com; X-SPF-Result:

Re: [PLUG] Internet providers ziply review

On Wed, 5 May 2021 13:07:22 -0700 Denis Heidtmann wrote: > General Telephone -> GTE-> Contel-> Citizens Communications-> > Verizon-> Frontier-> Wave Division (Ziply Fiber) [Somewhat > abbreviated story] > > Anybody have any experience with Ziply? Yes. Their network is IPv4-only, they make you

Re: [PLUG] Recommended battery UPS?

On Mon, 3 May 2021 17:00:44 -0500 Chuck Hast wrote: > I try to go sine wave, the power co's have really gotten trashy > with the power now since appears that they no longer worry > about keeping clocks and other gear disciplined. > > Electric power ain't what it used to be. That is for sure, tak

Re: [PLUG] Recommended battery UPS?

In my experience, I've had the best luck buying broken rack mounted UPS units from data-centers and utility companies, ignoring all the high voltage/death/no-user-serviceable-parts-inside warnings, safely discharging the capacitors and fixing the units usually by soldering replacements for the brok

Re: [PLUG] Sync sucks, downgrading firefox, then alternatives

Keith, Try my browser. It's the only browser that exists that makes absolutely zero unsolicited requests, telemetry, or other spyware functionality, is compatible with XUL/XPCOM technology and doesn't have a trendy UI. Clone the repository https://git.nuegia.net/webbrowser.git and then follow the

Re: [PLUG] Serial dot-matrix printer replacement

On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 10:53:11 -0700 Michael Barnes wrote: > I have an old piece of equipment that handles monitoring and remote > control for a site. It has an old serial dot matrix printer that > would print out alarms situations and status readings. We want to > keep the basic unit, but the prin

Re: [PLUG] Slackware 15.0 BETA release

On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 21:37:42 -0700 Ben Koenig wrote: > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 9:28 PM wes wrote: > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 9:08 PM Tom > > wrote: > > > I guess I haven't thought of that. Google censors users of this > > > list from recipient'

Re: [PLUG] Alternatives for Atril?

On Mon, 19 Apr 2021 10:04:47 -0700 Dick Steffens wrote: > In Xubuntu 20.04, Atril is the default program for handling pdf > files. There are some nuisances (to me). I'd like to try an > alternative. Which programs do you all use for reading and printing > pdf files? > MuPDF -- __

Re: [PLUG] RedHat flubs, AlmaLinux arrives Re: Is Free Software ...

On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 14:07:57 -0700 Keith Lofstrom wrote: > That said ... I started using RedHat Linux because it was > compatible with the $ integrated circuit design tools > I used for my business. Now that integrated circuits are > incredibly large and expensive, and toolsets cost more > t

Re: [PLUG] Slackware 15.0 BETA release

It's not like we'll ever know. What are you going to do, contact Google support? -- _ / If the meanings of "true" and "false" \ | were switched, then this sentence would | \ not be false. /

Re: [PLUG] Slackware 15.0 BETA release

On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 20:11:14 -0700 Ben Koenig wrote: > Sorry Tom, Google says you aren't trustworthyI just found a nice > big stack of your emails in the automated spam folder. The Great > Cancellation is upon us! > > The error said your identity could not be

Re: [PLUG] Slackware 15.0 BETA release

On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 08:24:59 -0700 Ben Koenig wrote: > This release cycle has already seen over 40,000 package updates. need > more! When it's ready. That's always been the mantra. Anyways, I doubt that there's any cancel culture going on. Mostly likely with corona a lot of people have been out

Re: [PLUG] Why are utility company's support so terrible

Wong video, I meant to send this one: https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=K7gdWIY9R4s ___ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug

[PLUG] Why are utility company's support so terrible

I'm just curious why utility companies such as ISPs and energy companies all seem to have the absolute worst customer experience in terms of contacting them or paying a bill. Especially ISPs, whose job it is to provide a technology service, I'd expect much more from them but unfortunately they are

Re: [PLUG] Guiding friends away from Windows

On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 11:37:38 -0700 Ben Koenig wrote: > Also note that Debian will probably require a significant amount of > extra work to make it function as a true replacement for Windows. If > you want to stay in the world of apt-get, go with one of the desktop > oriented derivatives. Debia

Re: [PLUG] Guiding friends away from Windows

On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 06:34:33 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/24/2021 04:39 PM, James Bertelson wrote: > > Potentially hot take: Office 365 in a browser is basically at > > feature parity with the desktop version. It runs well in Firefox > > and even better in chromium. Give that a spin and se

Re: [PLUG] Auto "Presentation Mode" when watching a video

On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 20:29:33 -0700 John Jason Jordan wrote: > Of course, this means that my screensaver doesn't come on for 300 > minutes, which might be bad for the screen. But I wonder just how > useful screensavers are with modern LCD displays. I remember they > first appeared when color CRTs

Re: [PLUG] Auto "Presentation Mode" when watching a video

I know you said your using XFCE, but the recent version of XFCE switched to gtk3 instead of the old gtk2, which is very GNOME-centric. I'm not 100% sure but I suppose this could be related. The manual seems to suggest writing a small lua script to tick the screensavor program when mpv is running, w

Re: [PLUG] Auto "Presentation Mode" when watching a video

On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 15:13:09 -0700 John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 13:59:58 -0700 > Dick Steffens dijo: > > >Is there a way to tell the computer to suspend power management while > >watching a video that's longer than the set timeout? > > > >OS is Zubuntu 20.04 with XFCE. > >

Re: [PLUG] Auto "Presentation Mode" when watching a video

On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 13:59:58 -0700 Dick Steffens wrote: > Is there a way to tell the computer to suspend power management while > watching a video that's longer than the set timeout? > > OS is Zubuntu 20.04 with XFCE. > I'm not sure. XFCE has it's own weird userspace level power management th

Re: [PLUG] Were we being paranoid?

On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 20:01:45 -0800 Ben Koenig wrote: > These software companies keep making pie-in-the-sky promises and > people blindly trusted them. So I'm gonna go make some popcorn and > watch it all crash and burn. Anyone know a good drink to pair with my > bag of microwaved starch? I agree

Re: [PLUG] Sending notifications from remote equipment

On Tue, 12 Jan 2021 14:43:36 -0800 Tom wrote: > If you have internet you can use a utility like sendxmpp. It's a small > perl script that does what sendmail does, but for XMPP. > https://sendxmpp.hostname.sk/ There are lots of volunteer run open > registration XMPP servers out t

Re: [PLUG] Sending notifications from remote equipment

On Sat, 9 Jan 2021 09:53:00 -0800 Michael Barnes wrote: > Here's an interesting challenge. Another no-budget project. I have > some remote equipment that I need to occasionally receive an alarm > alert from. The equipment provides a contact closure in an alarm > condition. In the past for this ty

Re: [PLUG] GUI app to access files on another Linux computer

On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 22:54:58 -0800 John Jason Jordan wrote: > Right now the other computer (my desktop) basically does that - it > accesses the files via the Synology. It works fine, but sometimes I > want to view a file with the desktop and the file is new and hasn't > been backed up yet. So I ca

Re: [PLUG] GUI app to access files on another Linux computer

On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 21:50:44 -0800 John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 21:23:17 -0800 > Tom dijo: > > >On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 21:04:56 -0800 > >John Jason Jordan wrote: > > > >> Yeah, yeah, NFS. Bah. I've tried to get it to work several times &g

Re: [PLUG] [PLUG-ANNOUNCE] TONIGHT! UnPLUG 2021, The Year That Will Be!

On Sat, 09 Jan 2021 20:13:41 +0900 "J. Hart" wrote: > Mine arrived about an hour and a half before the meeting. > I missed it as a result. > > On 01/09/2021 05:58 PM, Tomas Kuchta wrote: > > Strange, I just received the meeting announcement - 1.5 day late. > > > > Judging by the responses, I am

Re: [PLUG] GUI app to access files on another Linux computer

On Fri, 8 Jan 2021 21:04:56 -0800 John Jason Jordan wrote: > Yeah, yeah, NFS. Bah. I've tried to get it to work several times over > the years, and I've always failed. > > What would be really cool would be a GUI application that would do > this for me. No list of half a dozen scripts that proba

Re: [PLUG] Fw: DMARC Forensic Report for nuegia.net from IP 54.245.45.210

On Thu, 24 Dec 2020 17:51:38 -0800 "Jason Barbier" wrote: > this is normal and expected for most mail list software and has been > the bane of most mail authentication schemes. It's not a > misconfiguration perse on either side, just an artifact of the mail > list bifurcating and spoofing message

[PLUG] Fw: DMARC Forensic Report for nuegia.net from IP 54.245.45.210

2020 11:10:27 + (UTC) Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 03:10:56 -0800 From: Tom To: plug@pdxlinux.org Message-ID: <20201224031056.30069b0e@viridi> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.6 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [PLUG] Transplanting hard-

Re: [PLUG] Transplanting hard-disk

Perhaps you could remove the nvidia card and use the built in intel graphics to finish setting the machine up. I've had a similar experience in the past with Linux and Nvidia cards, specifically the gtx 1070. all you have to do is setup the partition table on the new hard drive, mount the target p

Re: [PLUG] OpenWRT and http routing by host

You can move the luci management to a different port and install a webserver of some kind that can act as a reverse proxy. To not have problems with updating after installing additional things just compile the image yourself with the sdk containing the features you need. Or just ssh in after upgrad

Re: [PLUG] With 8G RAM would RPI4 be a decent QEMU host?

> NetBSD 9.x also works great on the RPIs. That's what I run on mine. > Perhaps you could just swap out the sdcard from one with NetBSD > aarch64 to try it bare metal? Being with how cheap RPI computers and > sdcards are. > https://wiki.netbsd.org/ports/aarch64/ Just an update for everyone else her

Re: [PLUG] CentOS going away, viva Rocky?

On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 12:42:37 -0800 Keith Lofstrom wrote: > I've used Redhat flavor distros since the dawn of time. > I moved to Scientific Linux because of the focus on > ultra-long-term support (10y+) and extra scientific > packages. Fermilabs stopped supporting the Scientific > Linux variant,

Re: [PLUG] Driver question

On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 22:08:08 -0800 Ken Stephens wrote: > I subscribe to a monthly electronic surprise box > . This month's > surprise is a Propeller 2 8x32bit processor on a circuit board that > connects to a computer with USB. The circuit bo

Re: [PLUG] With 8G RAM would RPI4 be a decent QEMU host?

On Sat, 5 Dec 2020 08:57:35 +0530 Mayuresh wrote: > I have just ordered RPI4B 8G model, for desktop usage. Initially I > might use the stock OS (Raspberry OS - erstwhile Raspbian). But > wonder with good amount of RAM what all the device can do for me. > > - What sort of virtualization accelerat

Re: [PLUG] Free Geek Remote Volunteer & Internship

On Fri, 4 Dec 2020 15:49:26 -0800 Vince Winter wrote: > Hello Everyone, > > I am posting to see if anyone knows someone who is interested in > interning or volunteering with Free Geek's technical support > department. We are struggling ,like many are during this pandemic, to > recruiting enough

Re: [PLUG] Raspi, Zoom, cameras, incompatibilities

On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 15:30:02 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 30 Sep 2020, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > > > I found RasPi user forums bemoaning the lack of Arm/Raspbian modules > > necessary to run the Zoom app native on the PasPi4. > > Keith, > > I was considering a RPI for an applicati

Re: [PLUG] Raspi, Zoom, cameras, incompatibilities

On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 14:46:14 -0700 Tom wrote: > On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 14:35:11 -0700 > Keith Lofstrom wrote: > > > I bought a Raspberry PI 4 and a CSI-port camera for a standalone > > multi-application video teleconferencing system. > > > > The goal is a seco

Re: [PLUG] Raspi, Zoom, cameras, incompatibilities

On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 14:35:11 -0700 Keith Lofstrom wrote: > I bought a Raspberry PI 4 and a CSI-port camera for a standalone > multi-application video teleconferencing system. > > The goal is a second standalone "appliance" that my MD wife can > use for patient televisits while using her main (l

Re: [PLUG] Xfig vs Dia

On Tue, 29 Sep 2020 08:57:50 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard wrote: > I've used both in the past but it's been a while since I've used > either. I'm curious if anyone has used both and will share their > reasons for preferring one over the other. My immediate need is an > E-R database schema diagram and

Re: [PLUG] Whether to host one's own email these days?

On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 12:19:43 -0700 Tom wrote: > > Everything went well until Spamhouse, or whatever their spelling > > blocked me. It turns out that Spamhouse gets mad at you if you use > > and IPv6 address on Linode because Linode gives each of us one Ipv6 > > addre

Re: [PLUG] Whether to host one's own email these days?

On Mon, 21 Sep 2020 10:54:19 -0700 (PDT) Mark Allyn wrote: > Folk: > > I have a server on Linode for my web server, which is www.allyn.com > > I then rented another Linode server to try to do my own email (just > me, al...@allyn.com) no one else as this is for me, not a business or > group. I u

Re: [PLUG] Whether to host one's own email these days?

On Sun, 20 Sep 2020 15:20:42 -0700 Eric House wrote: > I've used a personal domain for years, and the email address attached > to it is the one I care about most, though of course I have a few > gmail and other addresses. For years I ran my own email server. But > when my ISP crashed and burned (

[PLUG] what is that 'wchast file' thing?

Is it spam? If so why does it keep coming back? I'd think somebody would have filtered it by now -- ___ / To do two things at once is to do \ | neither. | | | \ -- Publilius Syrus/ --

[PLUG] what is that 'wchast file' thing?

Is it spam? If so why does it keep coming back? I'd think somebody would have filtered it by now. -- ___ / To do two things at once is to do \ | neither. | | | \ -- Publilius Syrus/ -

Re: [PLUG] GUI sudo prompt

On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 18:28:04 -0700 Tomas Kuchta wrote: > Point taken - I am lazy on isolated machines when mounting attack by > su on the localhost myself. > > I appreciate the 109% valid comment, stil it feels little bit like in > primary school - not offering solution - letting me to come back

Re: [PLUG] GUI sudo prompt

On Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:53:47 -0700 tomas.kuchta.li...@gmail.com wrote: > I still use X, so I use: > su > command & > > when it does not work, usualy duoing: xhost + > before: su > works > > Tomas > Tomas, Using xhost + is a very bad idea. It's opening up your graphical session for anybody

Re: [PLUG] Auto start HTOP in tty.

Hey, It may just be easier to use a similar distribution without the systemd mumbo jumbo. You said your using Ubuntu. I would recommend Devuan (https://devuan.org/) which is Binary compatible with Debian which is what Ubuntu is based off of. Devuan is solid engineering and I can vouch for it. All

Re: [PLUG] GUI sudo prompt

On Mon, 31 Aug 2020 17:07:44 -0700 Vince Winter wrote: > I am looking for an alternative to gksu/gksudo (they are no longer > supported) or to pkexec (getting it setup for the gui is annoying, > i.e. editing policy). > > I am trying to make a cinnamon desktop launch that asks for a > password, k

Re: [PLUG] Does anyone here use GNU Recutils?

> > > >Did a test search. It _ *IS* _ much better than either Duckduckgo or > >Google in that respect. Glad I could help > OK, I tried it, but it produced a couple of questions. > > First, I did a search on 'shop insulin syringes' and all the sites > that came up gave me prices in either £ or

Re: [PLUG] Does anyone here use GNU Recutils?

While no a response to your first question, https://searx.pussthecat.org may respect your boolean queries more. You may want to try searching there. -- < YOW!! Up ahead! It's a DONUT HUT!! > \ \ /\ /\ //\\_//\

Re: [PLUG] Auto start HTOP in tty.

On Fri, 28 Aug 2020 18:41:20 -0500 Chuck Hast wrote: > There that brought a bunch of stuff back (old sux) and I > started seeing light flashes, as I knew I had done it in the > past but just could not remember how. > > This is a server box so there is no X on it. I will take a > look at screen/

Re: [PLUG] Ids 0.82

> What is "ids"? Is it a project or something that might be found on > another mirror?  If it's something that is commonly included in > various repos then you can probably find another download but > searching for ids is going to yield a lot of results... > Here's the main page for ids with info

Re: [PLUG] Ids 0.82

On Thu, 27 Aug 2020 21:07:31 -0700 Jason Barnett wrote: > The download worked fine for me. I've attached the file in case you > still have issues. Thank you. It appears it was just a transient error and the site is back up now. However, Really makes me think about the fragility of the whole thin

[PLUG] Ids 0.82

Does anybody have a copy of this file? http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/ids/ids-0.82.tar.gz or any other variants? tried downloading it but I get errors saying sourceforge is in disaster recovery mode. I try switching to https and it fails to connect. I also tried searching the Internet Archive

Re: [PLUG] YouTube spam filter

On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 11:19:58 -0700 Tom wrote: > Hello Keith, > > Perhaps Invidious is what your looking for. It scrapes Youtube and > provides a non-bloated standard HTML web interface for Youtube. This > also has the effect of no ads not even video ads. Sometimes Google > blo

Re: [PLUG] YouTube spam filter

on embeds. // ==UserScript== // @nameClientside_Invidious_loadbalance // @namespace efegtrhrhtj // @author Tom // @description Redirects youtube links to Invidious // @include *://www.youtube.com/* // @include *://www.youtube-nocookie.com/* // @version 1.0.0 // @run-at document-

Re: [PLUG] NetAngel verses WebSafety...

> Any thoughts on how NetAngel does or doesn't work are appreciated > from anyone who has used it. Thoughts on how to improve WebSafety and > make it work better are also appreciated. > > -- Michael C. Robinson Hello Michael One thing that strikes me right away is that the method where your us

Re: [PLUG] question on converting ext3/ext4 file systems to btrfs

Would you mind sharing your experience if you go this route? I tried btrfs a few years back in my testing did not find it to be mature or reliable enough to trust my data with and continued using OpenZFS. I don't know if much has changed but I think the raid write-hole is still a problem for btrfs.

Re: [PLUG] Is There Anyone Here Who Is Familiar with Jack and Alsa and Pulse Audio?

On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 18:28:30 -0700 (PDT) Mark Allyn wrote: > Folks: > > I am getting stuck on an issue involving Pulseaudio, Jackd, and Also > on a Ubuntu environment, but before I go into the details, I want to > know if there is anyone here who is familiar with all three of these? > > Thanks

[PLUG] Linux chemistry software

Hello, I wanted to ask if anybody knew of some Linux software like Kalzium, except for dealing with compounds. It would also be really nice if it could simulate reactions, emphasis on electronegativity and be able to accurately simulate compound reactions above 13ph (so called superbases) and be a

Re: [PLUG] monitoring camera

On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 18:22:00 -0700 Erik Lane wrote: > I saw a review of the Wyze security camera that was pretty positive > on it. It's dirt cheap ~$26 at Amazon. I was impressed because of all > it packed in for that price, but I'm not really in the market, so I > didn't pay a ton of attention.

Re: [PLUG] Points on a map

On Sun, 12 Jul 2020 19:56:19 -0700 Michael Barnes wrote: > Here's an interesting challenge. First, I am not a programmer, but I > can sometimes piece stuff together and modify to make it work. > > I have seen these on other web pages and they seem like they should be > simple enough. I have a do

Re: [PLUG] A minimalist oriented Debian derivative?

On Tue, 30 Jun 2020 06:10:14 -0500 Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/29/2020 12:22 PM, Mike C. wrote: > >> > >>> When you start the installer if you choose the Expert > >>> installation (I believe under advanced section) or if you press > >>> the Escape key and type expert at the boot prompt you ca

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu 20.04 ZFS swap

On Wed, 1 Jul 2020 14:59:43 -0700 (PDT) Paul Heinlein wrote: > On Wed, 1 Jul 2020, Robert Kopp wrote: > > > I wanted to try this amazing new file system, which is now one of > > the installation options for Focal. Unfortunately, I did not set up > > enough swap space for hibernation, which I wou

Re: [PLUG] Accountability OSS...

On Sun, 28 Jun 2020 11:52:57 -0700 "Mike C." wrote: > On Sun, Jun 28, 2020 at 11:09 AM Bill Barry > wrote: > > > On Sun, Jun 28, 2020, 11:43 AM wrote: > > > > > I want to bring open source high quality accountability software > > > to Linux and I want the software to be supported for an extend

Re: [PLUG] Web servers, browsers, and OSes

On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 14:34:19 -0700 Ben Koenig wrote: > On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 12:35 PM Rich Shepard > wrote: > > > On Tue, 9 Jun 2020, Ben Koenig wrote: > > > > > Browsers typically provide a "user agent" string to the web > > > server when making requests. This is a human-readable string that

Re: [PLUG] Web servers, browsers, and OSes

On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 14:40:05 -0700 wes wrote: > On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 12:38 PM Rich Shepard > wrote: > > > On Tue, 9 Jun 2020, Ben Koenig wrote: > > > > > Browsers typically provide a "user agent" string to the web > > > server when making requests. This is a human-readable string that > > >

Re: [PLUG] Covid-19 Tech Handbook

On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 21:08:53 -0700 "Mike C." wrote: > I stumbled across this resource in my Internet travels and thought I'd > share it. There's some interesting resources such as hardware, > software, data science, privacy & security tech collectives / working > groups and funding sources for in

Re: [PLUG] nextcloud talk test server

On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 00:09:49 -0700 Tomas Kuchta wrote: > I have good experience with Nextcloud talk, thought I cannot say how > it scales with many attendees. I was not able to solicit more than > two more guinea pigs. > > So, if you get to try it with many more, let us know. > > -T It seems to

[PLUG] nextcloud talk test server

Hello, I have been testing out various self-hosted video conferencing software and have mainly been using Nextcloud Talk. I've gone ahead and setup a turn server like the documentation said. It seems like there is still one more component for reliable calling which is the 'dedicated signaling serv

Re: [PLUG] Remote video conferencing [RESOLVED]

On Wed, 25 Mar 2020 14:32:57 -0700 Galen Seitz wrote: > On 3/25/20 1:04 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > I was just part of a Zoom call where one of the participants used > > just his phone and he seemed to be able to see all of us. > > Was that a Princess phone or just the standard desktop Model

Re: [PLUG] GANDI SAS Won't do something like that

If your looking for a domain registrar with they won't pull shady crap like that I wholly recommend Gandi. They put their own customers first and even host the Electronic Frontier Foundation. https://www.gandi.net/en/no-bullshit ___ PLUG mailing list PLU

Re: [PLUG] Rsync advice needed

On Fri, 24 Jan 2020 19:57:06 -0800 John Jason Jordan wrote: > Today the adapter to use my 1TB SSD in my new laptop arrove, and I > have it installed and mounted. So now I want to make some changes to > the way I do backups. A little preliminary info re my motivations > will be helpful. > > I bou

Re: [PLUG] Anyone using OwnCloud or NextCloud?

On Thu, 9 Jan 2020 11:28:16 -0800 "Mike C." wrote: > I'll replace Google Drive with one of these. Based on Thomas' > statement that OwnCloud & NextCloud are akin to OpenOffice & > LibreOffice, I lean more towards NextCloud. > > But Nextcloud, according to their web site, has blossomed into a ful

Re: [PLUG] Big Data Surplus (Surveillance Capitalism)

On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 12:08:10 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard wrote: > On Wed, 8 Jan 2020, Mike C. wrote: > > > I'd be interested in a PLUG-Talk about this topic. But honestly, > > what I feel like I really need is a support group to help me > > completely move off the Google platform. > > Mike, > >

Re: [PLUG] Fwd: email list provider

Something I want to post here so that everyone can benefit from the information as well. I've removed any personal details from the private reply. > If your not the one hosting the actual server but using a third party > email hosting service with your own domain you still need to setup > your DNS

Re: [PLUG] Fwd: email list provider

On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 14:39:01 -0800 John Sechrest wrote: > Is there any detailed outline of how to do each of these steps? > > > > When running your own MTA a basic checklist to ensure > > deliver-ability consists of these basics: > > > > Dedicate an entire /64 netmask to the mailserver > > Deplo

Re: [PLUG] Fwd: email list provider

On Tue, 7 Jan 2020 14:00:49 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard wrote: > On Tue, 7 Jan 2020, Russell Senior wrote: > > > Gmail takes my mail server's mail, last I checked. > > +1 > > I run the postfix MTA for my own domains (business and personal) and > have had only 2-3 clients using gmail who did not

Re: [PLUG] font rendering Re: gnome2-like behavior ...

On Sun, 29 Dec 2019 13:55:12 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 29 Dec 2019, Tom wrote: > > > However, if urxvt fits your needs I'd highly suggest taking a look > > at st. It looks pretty much the same except with a puny codebase > > and rocksolid code quali

Re: [PLUG] DNS over HTTPS, Why it's worse

On Sun, 29 Dec 2019 06:55:09 -0800 "Mike C." wrote: > > > > normal DNS queries are decentralized and with DNSSEC tamper > > resistant. > > > > No. DNSSEC is a set of extensions to designed to protect applications > from using forged or manipulated DNS data. It does this by > authentication of DN

Re: [PLUG] font rendering Re: gnome2-like behavior ...

On Sun, 29 Dec 2019 05:48:34 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sat, 28 Dec 2019, Tom wrote: > > > So I set out to find a non-gtk3 non-vte based terminal emulator. > > Konsole (KDE's terminal) works very well and includes some > > convenient features. However It

Re: [PLUG] DNS over HTTPS

On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 19:48:16 -0800 Russell Senior wrote: > I can see one way: often your DNS is going through a local resolver. > The off-site traffic is combined with other client devices before the > ISP gets a gander at it. The application making the choice of who to > ask (often without the u

Re: [PLUG] DNS over HTTPS

meant to provide privacy from your ISP > and traffic observation along the way to the DNS. It should not make > anything else worse/better. > > Thanks, > Tomas > > On Sun, Dec 29, 2019, 03:01 Tom wrote: > > > On Wed, 25 Dec 2019 20:14:00 -0800 > > "Mike C

Re: [PLUG] DNS over HTTPS

ider back to your ISP is you do not like cloudfare > or where ever you are sending it at the moment. > > I still see no negatives versus vanilla DNS. > > Tomas > > On Sun, Dec 29, 2019, 09:04 Tom wrote: > > > On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 21:03:21 -0800 > > "Mike

Re: [PLUG] DNS over HTTPS

On Sat, 28 Dec 2019 21:03:21 -0800 "Mike C." wrote: > > > > I would not recommend using it. It's just a way for data-mining > > companies to suck up more of your private life. There's no security > > or reliability to it over normal DNS. In fact, the security and > > reliability is worse. > > >

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