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: 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: 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
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

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: 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 >>

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: O/T : Windows WIFI not connecting

2023-08-28 Thread Andrew McRobb via PLUG-discuss
Ok, let me know. That will at least give some context if it IS a driver issue or something else is wrong with Windows that it cant connect to the internet. I know this is a Linux group so hopefully someone here with a Windows background can chime in and give some better advice. Could also go into W