Re: O/T : Windows WIFI not connecting

2023-08-28 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
will want to go > with Ethernet, which I think might make the fix easier. > > > > > > On 2023-08-28 15:39, Andrew McRobb wrote: > > Dumb question, but does it work when you connect via ethernet cable or > > is it only wifi? > > > > On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 3:33

Re: O/T : Windows WIFI not connecting

2023-08-28 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
Dumb question, but does it work when you connect via ethernet cable or is it only wifi? On Mon, Aug 28, 2023 at 3:33 PM Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Hi, > > Need some help. My wife's computer again. All was well until she tried > to surf the Internet

Re: The end of programming (not the replacement of programmers)

2023-06-06 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
I don't think AI can completely replace programmers. I see it as a tool. Nothing more (at least at this time). It's going to be extremely lacking in any context on what the job entails. A manager can't simply go in and type "please make me a good looking website that's going to replace Facebook. No

Re: web file caching question

2023-05-15 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
My company has been using AWS S3 very successfully for different types of data and it's been extremely cheap. Without knowing much about data/transfers going on I just put together a rough estimate of $10 a month for 100GB for storage and transfer. I'm over estimating (I hope). You can also tell

Re: Time

2023-03-22 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
Sounds like. A: You didn't set up to use network time. (not that it matters much in AZ) B: You didn't set what time it is on your distro. I'm lazy and just use ntpd anyway. ;) https://linuxhint.com/sync-time-ntp-server-linux/ (assuming you are on Ubuntu/Debian variant) On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 1

Re: torrent

2023-03-13 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
You need a torrent client installed like transmission for starters. https://transmissionbt.com/ On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 2:07 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Nevermind. I'm not away from my linux machine. I made a mistake. > > On Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 1:

Re: tryhackme

2023-01-02 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
Sounds like they are asking you to view the "Network" tab in the browser's inspector. Right click -> Inspect On Mon, Jan 2, 2023 at 2:01 PM greg zegan via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Hello, > Where did you get the info on this? > Sounds interesting. > thanks, > Greg

Re: Gimp

2022-09-22 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
Honestly if you are doing batch photos and only doing minor exposure tweaks I would use darktable. https://www.darktable.org/ You can thank me later. On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 8:29 AM T Zack Crawford via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Uh I'm not sure what the ask is, bit

Re: Why is PHP not a "real" language?

2022-08-28 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
Just my take on it, someone who used PHP very heavily from 2015 to 2018 and transfered to Go. My views maybe dated at this point... It has its place in the ecosystem, there is no way around it, but it's always going to be that language for engineering websites, that's it. It was mostly considered

Re: smart tv

2022-08-15 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
To the WiFi or TVs service? (my samsung needed a account) Need some more context here. Password could mean anything these days. If you know the password is correct for a fact you may need to change the wifi connection if your router is dual band. It may not support 5G for instance. On Mon, Aug 15

Re: Should an opensource dev know Linux

2022-04-21 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
As someone who worked with a lot of people in the software/web. A good chunk of people don't know it that well enough. It has many many advantages to understand the ecosystem and the distros available. Linux alone makes an awesome developer environment that I don't think people really try to take a

Re: compromised passwords

2021-02-04 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
Wait, you guys don't write your passwords on notepads you leave everywhere? In all seriousness, KeePass for the win. My only issue is there isn't a good way to automatically migrate new passwords from phone to desktop. I was thinking of writing my own little password manager using some GoLang, Po

Re: C on Linux or all of Java?

2021-01-10 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
Just from my experience in the C job market. It's usually firmware related jobs which means you also need knowledge of MCUs like Microchop/Atmel/ARM, etc. If I was in your shoes I would pick up Go or Rust. (A LOT of projects/companies are going in this direction) Go is basically C and Python. I've

Re: Public DNS Servers

2020-06-25 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
I can't speak much about privacy, but I've used OpenDNS in the past with no problems. I'm sure someone will say something about it. https://www.opendns.com/home-internet-security/ If you want real privacy I would just use VPN service, don't think a DNS service is necessarily going to get a lot of

Re: Good $100 Wifi Router for Apartment and Advanced User?

2020-05-17 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
ls. > > Thanks, > Alexander > > Sent from my Galaxy S10+ > > On Sun, May 17, 2020, 17:12 Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> Ubiquity Edgerouter Lite. No wifi, but really nice and great for the more >>

Good $100 Wifi Router for Apartment and Advanced User?

2020-05-17 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
So after going through 3 Netgear routers in one year. (One died, another got compromised, and the other just couldn't consistently stay online) and sticking with Linksys which seems to be doing the job okay, but can't handle the load at times. Requirements from most important to least important. -

Re: OT: How to make this simple html menu work?

2020-05-09 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
I second this, another option you can do that's much better is simply do this: Just append the download attribute to the link you want the video to download from and make sure VLC is set to open it when it's downloaded. On Sat, May 9, 2020 at 7:18 PM Phil Waclawski via PLUG-discuss < plug-disc

Re: chrome v chromium

2020-05-09 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
Chrome is a more closed source vs Chromium, but essentially Chrome is a rebrand of Chromium. I wouldn't say there are any significant gains/losses comparing one to another off the top of my head. Besides supporting some closed source encoding stuff out of the box, and only whitelisting extensions i

Re: OT: How to make this simple html menu work?

2020-05-09 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
If you want an easy way to develop your website on your local machine, just fire up any simple HTTP server in your favorite programming language or find one that's easy for you to use. There is an endless number of HTTP servers out there. All range that specializes in simplicity for the simple stat

Re: video card for watching videos

2020-04-23 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
I would shoot for any mid-tier Nvidia series card. Something like a 710. https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GT-710-2GD3-LP/dp/B01DOFD0G8/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=NVidia+750&qid=1587684263&sr=8-2 Low power usage, still better then it's the successor for a cheaper price and so far lot of Nvidia cards I

Re: Anyone Have USB wifi adapter or 50ft ethernet cable they want to sell?

2020-03-29 Thread Andrew McRobb
Will do! Thank you for the offer! :) On Sun, Mar 29, 2020, 12:08 AM Phil Waclawski wrote: > Haven't tried office max lately. If you still need the 50ft cable let me > know. > > Phil W > > On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 12:05 AM Andrew McRobb > wrote: > >> Sorry

Re: Anyone Have USB wifi adapter or 50ft ethernet cable they want to sell?

2020-03-29 Thread Andrew McRobb
Waclawski wrote: > I have a 50 ft ethernet cable, how should I get it to you? > Phil W > > On Sat, Mar 28, 2020 at 11:08 PM Andrew McRobb > wrote: > >> Working from home and I dont have a ethernet outlet close enough to my >> work station. Anyone have 50ft ethernet cable

Anyone Have USB wifi adapter or 50ft ethernet cable they want to sell?

2020-03-28 Thread Andrew McRobb
Working from home and I dont have a ethernet outlet close enough to my work station. Anyone have 50ft ethernet cable or wifi adapter that works for Linux? Thanks --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscrib

Re: impress?

2019-09-27 Thread Andrew McRobb
I'm no expert in this, but usually the best way that involves anything like that I use a vector program like Inkscape or Gravit Designer. They usually have templates for this sort of thing pre-installed and it makes resizing or changing anything always look crisp. https://www.designer.io/en/ On F

Re: Printer is missing lines.

2019-09-12 Thread Andrew McRobb
Not an expert, but are the printer heads cleaned? -- Some printers have an option for "self clean" option, not sure how much that would help. May have to go inside the printer it to clean the heads if you are experiencing lines or odd artifact. On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 6:55 PM Michael wrote: > I

Re: What can I do with Cuda?

2019-09-12 Thread Andrew McRobb
l. GPU world is definitely a cool, but yet complicated world. lol On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 12:39 PM Steve B wrote: > Thanks! Is there anything in the cryptography or steganography realm? > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2019, 11:47 AM Andrew McRobb > wrote: > >> Lots of things, sky is the limit. &

Re: What can I do with Cuda?

2019-09-12 Thread Andrew McRobb
Lots of things, sky is the limit. Object tracking w/ video, large batches of arithmetic (accounting software for instance), robotics, simulations, image processing. This hacker news forum thread has some interesting stuff: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18119345 On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 11:

Re: anyone on the linuxmint forum?

2019-09-12 Thread Andrew McRobb
https://forums.linuxmint.com/memberlist.php?mode=contactadmin&sid=62038c72a8d936b446c275aeaf5dab8e Maybe a little faster contacting administrator here: ad...@linuxmint.com On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 5:07 PM Michael wrote: > https://forums.linuxmint.com > I'm having difficulties logging in. I keep

Re: OT: Non-Geek wants honest Registrar and Host service

2019-08-30 Thread Andrew McRobb
Sadly a lot of those "button-pressing" hosting services are going to cost a bit more money vs firing up a instance on AWS or Droplet. Plus if all your friend needs is Wordpress and email. What's wrong with firing up an EC2 instance for like 10/20 bucks a month and Namecheap for the DNS? Heck you ca

Re: ot 1099

2019-05-29 Thread Andrew McRobb
ay my taxes I was just hoping I could say I earned it > in July rather than june. > > On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 9:45 AM Andrew McRobb > wrote: > >> Also before I forget. Good thing about 1099 is you can deduct a lot of >> things to not pay so much. E.g: Gas to get to wor

Re: ot 1099

2019-05-29 Thread Andrew McRobb
Also before I forget. Good thing about 1099 is you can deduct a lot of things to not pay so much. E.g: Gas to get to work, supplies, etc... On Wed, May 29, 2019, 6:43 AM Andrew McRobb wrote: > Yes, you still have to report your earnings and pay taxes and I would > assume the feds would ge

Re: ot 1099

2019-05-29 Thread Andrew McRobb
Yes, you still have to report your earnings and pay taxes and I would assume the feds would get idea how much you make on your employers bank account statment. I wouldn't mess around not paying taxes, it could very much royally bite you in the butt by the IRS down the road. I suggest asking around

Bulk Sale of Computers and Supplies - Moving Sale

2019-05-25 Thread Andrew McRobb
Hey guys I'm moving to an apartment June 5th, and I simply wont have time to game or have time and place for all my gear with my 4th month old son and my job promotion. So I want to get rid of everything and simply use the money to fix my good laptop to use anywhere. Stuff I'm Selling: - Gaming P

Re: Help making php display larger

2019-05-24 Thread Andrew McRobb
Plus I would be a little careful with that. I assume their government monitors outbound traffic to other countrys. So you may unknowling, put him on a watch list. On Fri, May 24, 2019, 10:24 PM Andrew McRobb wrote: > I'm a little behind the riots, but cant he use the Tor browser?

Re: Help making php display larger

2019-05-24 Thread Andrew McRobb
omputer and gave her the url. She was able to > download it. I wanted to see if she can send pictures or sounds using this > form. I guess I'll find out later tonight. Thanks for your help. > On 5/24/19 6:50 PM, Andrew McRobb wrote: > > Give this website a good read. This

Re: Help making php display larger

2019-05-24 Thread Andrew McRobb
Give this website a good read. This was my goto when i first started web developement. Even lets you expirement with stuff on their website! https://www.w3schools.com/css/ On Fri, May 24, 2019, 6:45 PM Andrew McRobb wrote: > Swap that 20px to 70px. Sorry, writting it on phone. > > On

Re: Help making php display larger

2019-05-24 Thread Andrew McRobb
Swap that 20px to 70px. Sorry, writting it on phone. On Fri, May 24, 2019, 6:43 PM Andrew McRobb wrote: > That is only going to work for links, not buttons. It would have to look > something like this. > > input[type=submit] { > font-size: 20px; > } > > Notice

Re: Help making php display larger

2019-05-24 Thread Andrew McRobb
That is only going to work for links, not buttons. It would have to look something like this. input[type=submit] { font-size: 20px; } Notice the select statement, is refering to any inputs with type submit. On Fri, May 24, 2019, 6:17 PM Jim wrote: > Before any of the code, I put this. > >

Re: Help making php display larger

2019-05-24 Thread Andrew McRobb
PHP has nothing to do with styling, its backend logic. Anything display wise is HTML/CSS. When you understand how those work, it should give a really good idea how to connect all 3 together, just to give you some more context. On Fri, May 24, 2019, 5:39 PM Andrew McRobb wrote: > Thats a

Re: Help making php display larger

2019-05-24 Thread Andrew McRobb
Thats a CSS problem buddy. Pick up CSS beginner tutorials or a framework like Bulma or Bootstrap. On Fri, May 24, 2019, 5:35 PM Jim wrote: > I've got a php script to enable users to upload files to a server. It > works, but when testing it on my android phone, I saw the text is really > small.

Re: I just got a ransomware email--what to do?

2019-04-24 Thread Andrew McRobb
Forgot to attach this: https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/ On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 11:44 AM Andrew McRobb wrote: > I don't know how Microsoft handles emails, but in Gmail we have a "Show > Original" option on every email received. That will show every everything > from doma

Re: I just got a ransomware email--what to do?

2019-04-24 Thread Andrew McRobb
I don't know how Microsoft handles emails, but in Gmail we have a "Show Original" option on every email received. That will show every everything from domains, IPs, authentication, timestamps. This will give every possible detailed needed by someone from the FBI that can use this as a good referenc

Re: Port 80/443 router conflict

2019-03-11 Thread Andrew McRobb
To add to the conversation a little. Namecheap is great, and so is anger if you need a dynamic dns on the cheap. https://freedns.afraid.org/ On Mon, Mar 11, 2019, 8:09 PM Joseph Sinclair wrote: > I would second both Stephen and Dhruva with a slight expansion. > 1) Setting up a HTTP (or Layer 7

Re: How to migrate Ubuntu to new computer?

2019-02-25 Thread Andrew McRobb
IHMO, you are better off doing a fresh install to save yourself the headaches and time. Especially if you have SSD drives. Just 7zip your home directory, and use the many ways of transferring files today to the new computer. USB, Google Drive, rysnc, netcat, DVD. On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 3:37 PM Bo

Re: OT : Screen Recording and Editing Software

2019-02-07 Thread Andrew McRobb
Can vouch for SimpleScreenRecorder, just used it yesterday. Pretty simple and easy to use and doesn't pull off harassment methods like some other screen recording software that get pretty annoying. On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 9:46 PM Dhruva Lokegaonkar wrote: > If you just need to record your screen,

Re: Plug

2019-01-30 Thread Andrew McRobb
As long as the messages don't say something along the lines of "How do computer?" or they get repetitive I'm sure it's not trolling. Plus I agree with Enrique, Michael has responded to some threads he fixed it himself after a while. Pretty sure lot of us had the same kind of questions when first s

Re: no sound

2019-01-17 Thread Andrew McRobb
For reference. When this happens you need to open your audio mixer and change the browser to the correct output device. On Wed, Jan 16, 2019, 6:30 PM Michael I restart the system and it now works > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 8:25 PM Michael wrote: > >> anyone know how to fix this? >> >> On Wed, J

Re: system freezes sometimes

2018-12-14 Thread Andrew McRobb
Might be trail and error at this point. Let us know if the 3 to 4 kernels you tried still dont work. Again maybe case of faulty hardware somewhere you may need to consider with the video card or the hard drive. On Fri, Dec 14, 2018, 8:24 PM Michael I'll do that after we find a kernell that is rig

Re: system freezes sometimes

2018-12-14 Thread Andrew McRobb
id! I updated the kernel with apt. >> >> On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 8:24 PM Andrew McRobb >> wrote: >> >>> My mistake, if you can scan the hard drive without it freezing, and see >>> everything is ok, and you know for sure your card attached isn't

Re: system freezes sometimes

2018-12-14 Thread Andrew McRobb
at 1:19 AM Michael wrote: > it only crashed once a few days ago. > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 8:17 PM Andrew McRobb > wrote: > >> hardware or cabling I mean. >> >> On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 1:13 AM Andrew McRobb >> wrote: >> >>> Hmm another thing I

Re: system freezes sometimes

2018-12-14 Thread Andrew McRobb
hardware or cabling I mean. On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 1:13 AM Andrew McRobb wrote: > Hmm another thing I would try too is also seeking out any hard drive bad > sectors. -- I had a few cases were bad hard drive would cause my computer > run at a crawl, but if it's randomly freezing

Re: system freezes sometimes

2018-12-14 Thread Andrew McRobb
that point, would be my guess. On Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at 1:02 AM Michael wrote: > run from the boot menu. no errors oh I forgot to mention that it > crashed once since this freezing thing started.. > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 4:32 PM Andrew McRobb > wrote: > >> I wou

Re: system freezes sometimes

2018-12-14 Thread Andrew McRobb
I would run Memtest and see whats going on first. Random freezes can be a sign of bad RAM, especially if you are using older computer parts. I would first run Memtest from the boot menu of your OS and test the sticks and see if any errors throw up. On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 9:18 PM Michael wrote:

Re: resolv.conf problem

2018-12-07 Thread Andrew McRobb
I should mention too resolve.conf is mostly for DNS of your host machine. If resolve.conf was screwed up. You wouldn't be able to type in google.com into your browser, unless you typed out the server's ip address. On Fri, Dec 7, 2018 at 8:28 PM Andrew McRobb wrote: > ping comma

Re: resolv.conf problem

2018-12-07 Thread Andrew McRobb
ping command won't mean anything sometimes. Some servers can have those ping protocols blocked for security/performance reasons. After running a quick netcat command to the port 143, I get data responded. Are you sure you configured Thunderbird correctly? https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/s

Re: Computer

2018-11-06 Thread Andrew McRobb
I don't know the full specs of a 360 image and your PC, but I would at least recommend upgrading to a 550 or 560 Radeon. (50-80 bucks at Fry's Electronic). Seems to play the latest games fine even on Proton/Steam and it seems to manipulate images very quickly. Try that out and see how it goes first

Re: OT: Looking for Good Headhunter

2018-10-15 Thread Andrew McRobb
Not to offend anyone, but I find a lot of staffing agencies a double edge sword. e.g: If a company wants to keep you and get you on full time. Buyouts can be anywhere between 50~20k USD and they take a good chunk out of your paycheck if it's contract. Go in contact with direct managers if possible

Re: How to fix "no route to host" problem

2018-10-05 Thread Andrew McRobb
If I can make a random guess. It's more than likely a firewall issue with the router or said computer. -- I'm betting it's the router. Especially if the computers you are attempting to rsync is on different wlan and lan. Without knowing too much about your network setup, and what you tried so far.

Re: Laptop for compiling.

2018-05-12 Thread Andrew McRobb
Without Really knowing much about your laptop, if it has replaceable parts, hard drive, Ram, sometimes just sticking in a new SSD or newer/better Ram does the trick without breaking the bank. In my honest opinion, I wouldn't mind getting my hands little dirty fixing up the hardware, if I had a bac

Re: ChromeBook Growing up

2018-05-09 Thread Andrew McRobb
are a joke from my experience. Like, they belong to a 10 year old. So getting a sort of meaty piece of machine with some real functionality sounds perfect. Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer mcrobb.info On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 6:49 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > That

Re: Change Twitter password

2018-05-03 Thread Andrew McRobb
Every time I hear someone say they have a good password when ever there is a password leak. https://youtu.be/a6iW-8xPw3k On Thu, May 3, 2018, 4:34 PM Matthew Crews wrote: > Clearly a case of ID10T. Some PEBKAC is gonna get a stern talking-to. > > On a side note, today is Password Day. > > ...co

Re: VPN for Ubuntu?

2018-04-19 Thread Andrew McRobb
I liked www.privateinternetaccess.com if that's what your asking. Good client and good price. On Thu, Apr 19, 2018, 8:38 PM kevin wrote: > VPN client or server? > > Kevin > > > > Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note8, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone > > Original message > From: mike enri

Re: laptop

2018-03-26 Thread Andrew McRobb
our mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer mcrobb.info --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscri

Re: Distros for Web Serving

2018-03-20 Thread Andrew McRobb
s jails. That's just my two cents. Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer mcrobb.info On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 12:12 PM, Nathan O'Brennan wrote: > > I've been using RedHat/Centos for 20 years now and generally don't look > much else for my s

Does anyone have a switch they want to get rid of?

2018-02-02 Thread Andrew McRobb
. Thanks for your time! -- Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer mcrobb.info --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org

Re: hardware error

2018-01-27 Thread Andrew McRobb
Hard to say. What sort of laptop are we talking about? -- Are you able to get into BIOs at least? Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer mcrobb.info On Sat, Jan 27, 2018 at 8:01 AM, Michael wrote: > well... when I try to type things the key gets stuck or the mouse

Re: Installing and Updating Programs from Source

2018-01-24 Thread Andrew McRobb
eb wouldn't be a bad idea, since it would save you time in the long run. Someone may have a better answer to these, but this is just from my experience. Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer mcrobb.info On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 4:17 PM, Matthew Crews wrote: > He

Re: Learning to compile

2018-01-24 Thread Andrew McRobb
at the time getting a server you can run your own software wasn't cheap. And a lot of software/programs these days require you to know how to set stuff like this up, since it's in way more demand. Node.js, Erlang, Go to name a few that are very server/networking oriented languages. And

Re: Learning to compile

2018-01-24 Thread Andrew McRobb
ill interests you: https://www.amazon.com/Compilers-Principles-Techniques-Tools-2nd/dp/0321486811/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1516817947&sr=8-2&keywords=compiler Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer mcrobb.info On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 6:39 PM, trent shipley wrote: > S

Re: Computer Freezes When Waking Up [Linux Mint 18.3]

2018-01-23 Thread Andrew McRobb
7;ll see if disabling it would solve my problem. Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer mcrobb.info On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 12:24 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > Sounds like an acpi bug in the bios, or kernel toward your bios - see if > there's an update for it. Any

Computer Freezes When Waking Up [Linux Mint 18.3]

2018-01-21 Thread Andrew McRobb
them? -- I disabled the power saving option to avoid this at the moment. *Specs* *Linux Mint:* 18.3 64x *uname -a:* Linux andrew-desktop 4.13.0-26-generic #29~16.04.2-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 9 22:00:44 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time

Re: HTML5 as JS

2018-01-05 Thread Andrew McRobb
til all this stuff has been resolved, since some apps don't look like they can get a patch until near the end of the month. Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer mcrobb.info On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 1:45 AM, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. < herminio.hernande...@gmail.com>

Re: HTML5 as JS

2018-01-04 Thread Andrew McRobb
JavaScript being the Raccoon? heh Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer mcrobb.info On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 8:46 PM, Ed wrote: > More like raccoons to oranges... > 8) > > On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 4:59 PM, der.hans wrote: > > Am 04. Jan, 2018 schwätzt

Re: HTML5 as JS

2018-01-04 Thread Andrew McRobb
l app with CSS alone. Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer mcrobb.info On Thu, Jan 4, 2018 at 10:21 AM, der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > > I haven't paid much attention to HTML and CSS standards for many years. > > As I understand it, HTML5 is script-like to

Re: Is it safe to dd two drives, if you want to simply transfer data?

2017-12-30 Thread Andrew McRobb
Hi Todd, thanks for the feedback! I'll give it a go if bigger or same. Clonezilla sounds good, worst case. I'll report back here if something caches fire. Thanks! Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer mcrobb.info On Sat, Dec 30, 2017 at 5:12 PM, Todd C

Is it safe to dd two drives, if you want to simply transfer data?

2017-12-30 Thread Andrew McRobb
but I was planning on using dd on my main machine to simply copy all the data into the newer drive from the bad one, plus also I don't have Win8 cd key laying around. (gf wants to play games on it primarily) Is there anything I need to watch out for when doing this? or should I be using another

Re: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

2017-12-28 Thread Andrew McRobb
Happy New Years! I thought I should give everyone cookies this year, if that's cool. All of you would just need to get the ingredients and bake them. ;) Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer mcrobb.info On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: >

Re: chrome

2017-12-26 Thread Andrew McRobb
No problem, cheers! Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer mcrobb.info On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 11:34 AM, Michael wrote: > that fixed it! I also got rid of two other extensions, Thanks for you > christmas miracle! > > > On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 1:33 PM

Re: chrome

2017-12-26 Thread Andrew McRobb
same with Google Docs w/ out having to download anything and worry about malicious intent. Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer mcrobb.info On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Andrew McRobb wrote: > Oh, I love it when a malicious extension take control of the browser.

Re: chrome

2017-12-26 Thread Andrew McRobb
Oh, I love it when a malicious extension take control of the browser. Anyway, try this. 3 dots > More Tools > Extensions. See if you can remove it from there or see anything you don't use appear or looks fishy. Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer mcrobb.i

Re: chrome

2017-12-26 Thread Andrew McRobb
Click the 3 dots on the top right > Settings > Click "Open the New Tab Page" checkbox. Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer mcrobb.info On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Michael wrote: > whenever I would open a new tab it used to give me the option

Re: smartphone question

2017-12-20 Thread Andrew McRobb
Of course, I should say, use someone's tool/script with some degree of discretion. E.g: Make sure the code/tool is on github, and has some degree of credit on the Internet, before blindly using anything. Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer On Wed, Dec 20, 2017

Re: smartphone question

2017-12-20 Thread Andrew McRobb
I'm no smart phone expert, but lot of times it's better 'doing it yourself' then going to a service. If you know how to Google and search around on /r/hacking /r/HowToHack/ on Reddit. Lot of the times people have already made xyz tool to do what you need to. Andrew McRob

Re: Anyone here run their own email server for personal use?

2017-12-16 Thread Andrew McRobb
gt; I run this. I have helped six people set this up. I have used it for two > years now myself. I love it. Takes most of the work out of administration. > > On Dec 16, 2017, at 9:45 AM, Matt Graham wrote: > > On 2017-12-16 09:24, Andrew McRobb wrote: > > I was thinking of r

Re: Cox Gigablast

2017-12-16 Thread Andrew McRobb
*Cryptocurrences. Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Andrew McRobb wrote: > > I am also giving serious thought to bit coin mining here. About all I need >> is a Rasberry Pie, a linux image for BT mining and some US

Re: Cox Gigablast

2017-12-16 Thread Andrew McRobb
s using an old Dell 32bit Debian distro running 2 nodes inside of it. Great cheap way to get into concurrences. Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer On Sat, Dec 16, 2017 at 9:57 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > I will definitely check with my contact in cox biz. > > so

Anyone here run their own email server for personal use?

2017-12-16 Thread Andrew McRobb
already made or throw something together in Erlang. -- Just like the ability to control every aspect of the server, IMHO. Anyone have experience in this department, that could give me any tips? Thanks, Andrew Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer

Re: Hello Phoenix Linux Users Group! What Goes On at Installfest?

2017-12-15 Thread Andrew McRobb
As far as I can tell, yes. :) Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 9:30 AM, wrote: > > Is this an event where one can go to to learn about stuff like installing > a driver and maybe discovering what one does not know? > > >

Re: Hello Phoenix Linux Users Group! What Goes On at Installfest?

2017-12-14 Thread Andrew McRobb
Wow, no idea a place like this existed. Would save me a lot of time garage sell hunting. They wouldn't happen to sell graphics cards now and then too? Thanks Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Todd Cole wrote: > Andrew whi

Re: OT: Thinkpad Laptop for Sale

2017-12-14 Thread Andrew McRobb
I forgot to ask, when did you get the laptop? Andrew McRobb Full-time Software Developer Part-time Freelancer On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 3:46 PM, Andrew McRobb wrote: > Hi Peter, > > I just may take that off your hands. :) The misses wants me to throw away > my dinosaur Dell laptop

Re: OT: Thinkpad Laptop for Sale

2017-12-14 Thread Andrew McRobb
Hi Peter, I just may take that off your hands. :) The misses wants me to throw away my dinosaur Dell laptop anyway. hah Is the hard drive new? I thought it came with 250GB. Doesn't matter since I have a 500GB HD I maybe able to swap in anyway, just wondering. Thanks Andrew McRobb Full

Re: Hello Phoenix Linux Users Group! What Goes On at Installfest?

2017-12-14 Thread Andrew McRobb
pment. Thanks, Andrew On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Todd Cole wrote: > regarding router mods see > https://dd-wrt.com > https://openwrt.org/ > https://advancedtomato.com > Or I prefer to start with a old pc with two network cards and a switch one > can or could also use a

Re: Hello Phoenix Linux Users Group! What Goes On at Installfest?

2017-12-14 Thread Andrew McRobb
Process of going to a sr. living and upgrading the machines to add more context to my last message since it’s a little out of sync. On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 10:16 AM Andrew McRobb wrote: > Funny enough I was just thinking doing this for the holidays. What’s the > process of doing this?

Re: Hello Phoenix Linux Users Group! What Goes On at Installfest?

2017-12-14 Thread Andrew McRobb
apping their degrading > XP install for something that does the job with less fuss. > > On Thu, Dec 14, 2017 at 10:09 AM, wrote: > >> >> Interesting... is this 10 - 25 new Linux users or people that gather >> together to learn Linux? >> >> >> >> O

Re: Hello Phoenix Linux Users Group! What Goes On at Installfest?

2017-12-14 Thread Andrew McRobb
Sounds cool! The router mods sound very interesting. What edge case would someone need to mod a router? Special firewall configuration? I’m building a mini server farm next month, idk if that would benefit me some way. On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 9:04 PM Todd Cole wrote: > Hi Andrew > We u

Hello Phoenix Linux Users Group! What Goes On at Installfest?

2017-12-13 Thread Andrew McRobb
t to help out any? I have a healthy amount of cables, DVDs (Debian 9 32bit, Linux Mint 18.3 32bit, FreeBSD 32bit), and some USB thumbs, and some networking gear. Thanks, hope to meet any of you there! Andrew --- PLUG-discuss mailing

Re: Adding Firewire to Mythbuntu

2016-03-18 Thread Andrew Cowles
According to this link https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FireWire it looks like the drivers in the kernel changed around 2010. So I'm beginning to believe any quality card should work? As far as communicating with the cable box, I'm going to use a program someone created called mythchanger. Acco

Re: Remotes for Kodi/XBMC

2015-04-15 Thread Andrew
Thanks for the suggestions guys. I found a decent arc-1100 remote on eBay so I'll order that after work. While we're kinda on the subject of kodi, has anyone gotten an Amazon prime plug-in to work? I've tried a few with little success in getting video to play Thanks! Andrew C

Re: Compiling a Driver for a PCI-e Serial Card

2014-12-13 Thread Andrew C.
ll: > modprobe -r 99xx > rm /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/kernel/drivers/serial/99xx.* > depmod -A > rm -f /etc/init.d/mcs99xx > rm -f /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/Smcs99xx > rm -f /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/Smcs99xx > > clean: > $(RM) *.mod.c *.o *.ko .*.cmd *.symvers > rm -rf .

Re: IPTable interfering with email.

2013-03-30 Thread Andrew Harris
What do the bounce messages say? On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 4:12 PM, keith smith wrote: > > Hi, > > I am puzzled. > > I cannot receive or send email when I have IP table on, except to > Yahoo.com. I get bounded emails when trying to send. > > As soon as I stop IPTables I start receiving emails. >

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