Re: cheap co-lo in Phx area?

One of my clients used Ionos and didn't have any issues with them to run phone systems, email, web, and database servers. On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 12:19 PM George Toft via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Wouldn't a Virtual Private Server (VPS) meet your needs? Lots to be

Re: O/T : Windows WIFI not connecting

Not sure if I read this right but if it's a laptop many of them have a switch that turns off Wi-Fi. I've had customers mistakenly put that switch and no matter what they do in software could make it turn on. A work around for that issue if it's a problem with it Wi-Fi hardware is to get a USB dongl

Re: BASH textbook for kids

Python and many other things (but not Bash) here: https://www.w3schools.com/ Bash: - https://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/ - https://linuxconfig.org/bash-scripting-tutorial-for-beginners - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXhiZeXZVWc JD -- J.D AUSTIN TWIN GECKOS TECHNOLOGY SER

Re: Proxmox

According to this page virtualbox is in the repository: https://linuxhint.com/install-setup-virtualbox-ubuntu-22-04/ You need the kernel headers and kernel development packages installed to create the modules it needs to run. Installing the one in the repository will probably do that. https://linux

Re: Oracle's VirtualBox RANT

I was going to reply the same. Set the network to bridged instead of nat, which the default. On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 10:20 AM Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > This sounds more like a network problem than a virtual box problem. > When I set up my virtual mach

Re: my favorite game

9:47 AM Michael wrote: > >> I just looked at the screenshots and all Ican say is wow. >> >> On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 9:44 AM Michael wrote: >> >>> Thanks, I'll check it out. >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 11:55 PM JD Austin wrot

Re: my favorite game

There's a linux clone of Elite: http://www.oolite.org/download/ On Tue, Sep 20, 2022 at 8:26 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > it's called elite and I was wondering how to get it to play on linux. > anyone know? > ... > Well, 'wine newkind.exe' works but no s

Re: are these two modules interchangeable?

It is better to have the same speed ram, but typically you can get different speed ram to work without crashing/etc by placing the slower one in the first slot (eg marked as slot 0). Also you can often set the ram speed in the bios to the slower speed to avoid issues. Faster ram will work at lower

Re: computer for children

I see netbooks/laptops for under $200 with those specs pretty often. Buy another. Here are a few I saw today: - https://computers.woot.com/offers/dell-dell-optiplex-7010-minitower-desktop-pc-intel-c?ref=w_cnt_lnd_cat_pc_3_1 - https://computers.woot.com/offers/dell-19-5-optiplex-3050-

Re: Proprietary Subscription Software: was Photoshop

er time. I'm not a fan of Office 365 or other software that plays this game. I'd rather use Google Docs :) I hope LibreOffice keeps getting better; it's almost there. JD On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 12:09 PM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >

Re: Photoshop

have a link to download css6? > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 11:42 AM JD Austin via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> I run the CS6 suite in Crossover Linux without too many issues; different >> versions have varying results. >> https://

Re: Photoshop

I run the CS6 suite in Crossover Linux without too many issues; different versions have varying results. https://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility?name=Photoshop Same goes for normal Wine: https://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=17 -- J.D AUSTIN TWIN GECKOS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LLC Open Technolo

Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

Does the 5G router allow you to set up port forwarding? Which model did you pick? On Sun, Aug 21, 2022 at 11:30 PM der.hans via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Am 20. Aug, 2022 schwätzte David Schwartz via PLUG-discuss so: > > moin moin, > > > I’m going to guess not. Tha

Re: T-Mobile Home Internet via ethernet connection tip

The Tmobile device is very basic and doesn't have any of the things you'd expect in a wireless router. You can't set port forwarding and a lot of other things you can do normally. That part and the fact that I had to put it on the other side of my house near a window to get a decent signal was a de

Re: Password Protecting a Directory using .htaccess

I just skimmed your email, but make sure selinux isn't causing you problems. The .htaccess file has to have the right context or the web server won't be able to access it. Check to see what context it has eg: *ls -lhZ* If it has a different context than the other files there it is likely the reason

Re: Anyone interested in this...http://www.hercules-390.eu/

I started my IT career, back when it was called 'data processing' on an IBM 4331 that ran VM/370; I have to make time to check this out! On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 8:27 AM greg zegan via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I know. > I love the idea of working with that stuff.

Re: Should an opensource dev know Linux

I'd say that's true throughout IT; people are pretty specialized now compared to how it was in the 90s when you had to build the whole stack to do it yourself. Nowadays people can set up on shared hosting and configure things in a web browser and don't have to have a lot of low level knowledge. I'm

Re: : Libre Office pdf fill in form ...

Have you tried Xournal? You can open PDF documents, type on them, draw on them,etc and then save them back to PDF. JD On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 7:22 PM joe--- via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Today, I tried to use Libre Office to fill in > a pdf document form and I man

Re: 5G

I rejected TMobile home Internet after having it on for 15m. The wifi router has none of the configuration options you'd expect... no port forwarding or the other wireless router options you'd expect. The only place with a good signal was too far from my office (might work if you can hook it to a

Re: GNOME or KDE?

You can just install the new window manager to try it out and select it when you login. Typically you can use a small gear icon to switch the window manager on the login page before pressing enter or clicking the button to login. My Fedora desktop has KDE Plasma, Gnome, Mint, and Cinnamon, of whic

Re: ot - gas price

Show them you get your news from only one side without telling them... (I couldn't resist): https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart Looks like you're living in an echo chamber of mostly one bias which is just opposite of Greg's. - https://www.allsides.com/news-source/washington-pos

Re: ot - gas price

t; On Thursday, March 17, 2022, 03:35:25 PM MST, JD Austin > wrote: > > > It hasn't been near $2 a gallon for 1.5 years. > https://gasprices.aaa.com/?state=AZ > https://www.gasbuddy.com/charts > > On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 3:31 PM greg zegan wrote: > > Are you

Re: ot - gas price

in Phoenix in the coming > months? > > On Thursday, March 17, 2022, 03:22:12 PM MST, JD Austin via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > > > I just paid $4.49 at Costco which was only .07/gallon less than > surrounding gas stations :( > I can only

Re: ot - gas price

I just paid $4.49 at Costco which was only .07/gallon less than surrounding gas stations :( I can only hope our national politicians pull their heads from their rectum and open domestic oil production again soon. They're blaming Ukraine, but it was already approaching $4 before Russian invaded. If

Re: Kindle reader for Linux???

You can access https://read.amazon.com in any browser. I run the Windows Kindle Reader app under Crossover Linux without issues; I'm sure it runs in wine too. JD On Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 3:05 PM greg zegan via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Hello, > Is there an easy wa

Re: PDF

I often use Xournal to fill out such forms On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 1:08 PM pademc1 via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I have a 10 page PDF registration form I need to fill out. My problem is > my terrible hand writing. > Is there a way to convert the PDF file to odt(or s

Re: a new Debian 10 install

I couldn't tell from that link if it actually resolved the issue. Usually I try switching to/from Wayland/Xorg to the other when I have display problems. You can have both installed and switch back and forth in the window manager when you login. For the longest time I had Wayland issues on Fedora w

Re: a new Debian 10 install

I remember seeing this issue on a mailing list a while back related to Cinnamon settings causing it; the solution there was to go into the settings and turn off the option to rotate the screen by default. -- [image: eSig Logo] J.D AUSTIN TWIN GECKOS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LLC Open Technology Specialis

Re: running out of room in root

Check /var/log and remove log files to free up space. Consider adding a drive; they're not that expensive now days. JD -- [image: eSig Logo] J.D AUSTIN TWIN GECKOS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LLC Open Technology Specialist P.O. Box 2487 Apache Junction, Az 85117 Web: www.twingeckos.com Work: 480-269-4335 x

Re: New to the List and Linux

I'd say get the most RAM/local storage you can afford. I have a 4G ram 32G ssd model and I've run it out of storage with LInux apps/etc. As a Chromebook with 24/7 Internet access 4G Ram and 16G storage is probably enough but once you add android apps and Linux apps you can burn through that pretty

Re: Raspberry Pi uses on a home network

Retropie is a pretty fun use for the Raspberry Pi. On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 3:32 PM Amit Nepal via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > I Run home assistant with Adguard on a pi, Pi hole may be a good use case > as well ! > > On 9/9/2020 3:22 PM, Steve B via PLUG-discuss wrote:

Re: A lot for CentOS 7, but for 8?

I agree they didn't put much up for CentOS 8 ( https://docs.centos.org/en-US/8-docs/) But there is plenty of documentation on RHEL 8's documentation site. https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/ On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 8:53 PM Seabass wrote: > So, I’ve noticed

Re: New Router Purchase

I'm rather fond of DD-WRT compatible routers since they give you so much bang for the buck, are very capable, and highly configurable. https://www.forbes.com/sites/anthonykarcz/2019/07/11/the-best-dd-wrt-routers-of-2019/#5fb84d571559 -- [image: eSig Logo] J.D AUSTIN TWIN GECKOS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES

Re: OT: YouTube ... Thanks!

I use Kdenlive to create the video, render for 1080p, and then upload to YouTube. Virus-free. www.avast.com

Re: windows advice

If you paid for Ubuntu and they sent you windows then send it back. Alternately you could buy an SSD that is the same size or larger, use Clonezilla to make a copy of the existing drive, and then you can safely do whatever you want knowing you can simply put the original drive back in and have a fa

Re: OT: Google Voice problem

> > Only one number shows up and I cannot find a way to > > access and check and make possible adjustments to the > > second number. Google voice numbers as far as I know is tied to a specific account (one per account). There's no option that I know of to add a google voice number so likely you u

Re: OT: Need expert telecom advice

Not an expert but have you logged into the associated account ( https://google.com/voice) to check settings? If you can't log in https://www.google.com/voice/account/recovery or https://www.google.com/accounts/recovery/forgotusername I had an issue for a while when I 'upgraded' to hangouts with one

Re: Write on PDFs

Xournal is easier than Gimp. -- [image: eSig Logo] J.D AUSTIN TWIN GECKOS TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LLC Open Technology Specialist P.O. Box 2487 Apache Junction, Az 85117 Web: www.twingeckos.com Work: 480-269-4335 x10004 Fax: 480-907-1433 Cell: 480-288-8195 On Tue, Jun 5, 2018 at 2:30 PM, Brien Dieter

Re: why is system getting stuck ...

at 8:53 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > turning off hardware acceleration seems counterproductive to reducing CPU > load. That is supposed to allow the GPU to offset load from the CPU. > > On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 8:38 AM, JD Austin wrote: > >> Rather than forcibly kill browser pr

Re: why is system getting stuck ...

Rather than forcibly kill browser processes for chrome you can just install the 'One Tab' plugin (https://www.one-tab.com/); the other issue with chrome I've had is that I have to turn off hardware acceleration or chrome is a royal CPU hog. The two together solved my Chrome issues. -- [image: eS

Anyone else having issues with Chrome on Fedora (maybe others) and Amazon Music?

o Flash because after installing the flash plugin from adobe I can play it in firefox; anyone else have this issue? I'm on Chrome Version 61.0.3163.100 (Official Build) (64-bit). JD -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com

Re: Cheap Domain Renewals

I don't let them expire :) I move them just before. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 12:49 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > JD, > > I just read this in the "fine print". Not sure if you were aware of this > IC

Re: Cheap Domain Renewals

Namecheap has been great for me. I don't use any of the 'value added' features from Godaddy so I don't know. As they come up to expire I'm migrating my domains away from Godaddy. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 a

Re: video editor

able to use it to mix sound and video pretty easily. JD -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 9:51 AM, Aaron Jones wrote: > Kdenlive is good but it crashes a lot for me. I have to save like every > few seconds. Living in fear of datal

Re: Guy Spent $11,000 On A Coding 'Bootcamp' And Doubled His Salary

opers can think about problems and find a simple solution within the current constraints; bad developers overly obfuscate everything they do out of fear that we'll find out what we already know. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 2

Re: Guy Spent $11,000 On A Coding 'Bootcamp' And Doubled His Salary

The 'know it all' developer is the worst kind because once you know it all things are already changing. I usually say knowing where to look it up when I need it is sufficient; if it's something I do every day I know it cold but even then it's wise to see what changes are co

Re: Bitlocker and Linux - Visio

I run visio in crossover linux without issues. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Michael Butash wrote: > I hadn't, but just did... Doesn't look too bad, but I really need > bi-directional import and export

Re: Bitlocker and Linux

albox-vm.html -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 10:14 PM, Nathan England wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 2016-10-17 20:23, Brien Dieterle wrote: > > I don't see anything there about

Re: using PHP 5.6 and PHP 7 on same web server

HP to version 7, fix whatever issues you have to, have your firewall port forward to each VM. JD -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 5:56 PM, Keith Smith wrote: > > Interesting approach!! Thank you for your feedback!! > > &

Re: How to get around a maximum email size limit.

the client. JD -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 8:42 PM, David Schwartz wrote: > > > On Sep 12, 2016, at 8:00 PM, Michael wrote: > > The whole video will fit on an sd card and that will fit in an envelope. > Stick

Re: Have we discussed Symple?

You could do a 100 'computer' this way https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RaspberryPi -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 12:14 PM, Brian Cluff wrote: > I didn't say I couldn't get to the website. I said that the webs

Re: suggestions for good wiki?

Not something I've set up but there seems to be a lot of them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wikis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wiki_software -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 8:06 AM, rustyca...@descomp.com <

Re: Self signed cert

a.crt /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt cp ca.key /etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key cp ca.csr /etc/pki/tls/private/ca.csr -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 8:17 PM, Keith Smith wrote: > It was easier to just start over - 20 min and the

Re: OT: How to send an email anonymously ...

I think Victor is on the right track.. "Hey.. I heard through the grapevine that someone already complained to the the HOA and they're just waiting for you to FINISH what you're doing in the backyard before they come down on you along with the city code enforcement people. I wanted you to know bef

Re: OT: img size width question ...

Can't you use GIMP or some other imaging editing program to resize the actual image? Browser implementations will vary but if the image is actually that size it will be the same regardless. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 9:

Re: HTTP_REFERER problem

You could try something like this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/165975/determining-referer-in-php -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 6:23 PM, Daniel Stasinski wrote: > I won't do registration and login systems for the c

Re: HTTP_REFERER problem

Require registration and login; then they can't be anonymous. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 5:51 PM, Daniel Stasinski wrote: > In the last couple of days, someone has been pasting the address of my > disabilities support

Re: How to set older file dates? correction

Dates are set from epoch time.. 0 is Jan 1, 1970 00:00:00 GMT You can play with it using the date command: date -d @0 +"%d-%m-%Y %T %z" -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > doesn't that h

Re: Test

I saw it yesterday I think. Question - why not use something like Jungledisk (it is pretty flexible) instead of rolling your own? -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Keith Smith wrote: > I sent a project request to the l

Re: Laptop Woes

Plug an external monitor into it to confirm it is just the screen. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: > My daughter's Dell D620 seems to be dying. I think the screen is > dead...the splash scr

Re: Bind Configuration

If all of this is new to you install webmin (but don't allow it outside of your firewall):http://www.webmin.com/ -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Keith Smith wrote: > > Sorry guys. I should have given more info

Re: Why have HackFests been Dropped from the PLUG Schedule?

becoming a gatekeeper or being disruptive by continually bringing up the same issue. That's all I have to say about the issue :) -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.ph

Re: Why have HackFests been Dropped from the PLUG Schedule?

Not sure if you're trying to flame bait me John J. but whatever :) -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:33 AM, John J. Macey wrote: > Jd, > > I think your thinking is out dated. And, specious. From 10+ year

Re: Why have HackFests been Dropped from the PLUG Schedule?

ds of issues destroy groups before; I'm sure I'm not the only person that has no desire to be a group that discriminates against women or any other body of people. Linux is for everyone and has the most diversity of any operating system I know. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY

Re: VirtualBox

The virtualbox modules in Linux have to match the kernel; if you run an update that changes the kernel it has to re-compile the related modules. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Stephen M wrote: > It happened the same

Re: How to open, view, or convert a fax.scr file?

Beware: http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewThreatOutbreakAlert.x?alertId=30914 -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 3:19 PM, wrote: > Today, I received an email containing a document with this name: > > _efax_msg1110.scr

Re: Co-Location providers in Phoenix.

Ed the one you're thinking of is FastQ -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Ed wrote: > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Lisa Kachold > wrote: > > Here's Some Alternatives for Colocation in Phoenix: > &g

Re: fail2ban VS. denyhost

eny to block access. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 2:05 PM, wrote: > > > I use IPTable to protect ssh. Should I be using hosts.allow instead? How > does host.allow differ from using IPTables to deny all IP's to a sp

Re: StartUp Scripts

Not sure which way you have services running... chkconfig --list sudo systemctl -a| grep service -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 5:20 PM, Stephen M wrote: > Hi Everybody, > This is a problem that keeps bothering me. I hav

Re: Configuring a test box with multiple VM's

Proxmox is free by the way; you don't have to do their subscriptions and having a nag telling you that you're not registered on login hasn't been a big deal for me :) -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Sean Ro

Re: Configuring a test box with multiple VM's

Proxmox, your preferred Linux OS with Virtualbox, or using your preferred Linux OS's KVM/Qemu virtualization will all work about as well. Proxmox gives you a nice interface to manage it all; there are some 'free' VMWare versions you can use as well. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.433

Re: Installfest matters

it it dies regardless of whether it is a non profit or not and people in Plug set whatever the 'rules' are. http://www.azcc.gov/Divisions/Corporations/where-do-i-start.asp#nonprofit_corp -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 10:10 AM,

Re: see newly attached devices

Try lsusb -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > On 2014-08-05 12:30, Michael Havens wrote: > >> something on th hard drive I need though. I have an IDE to USB >> adapter. I connect every

Re: OT- What I got today

;t a bad thing. The next time my inner voice speaks I'll listen! -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 12:00 PM, George Toft wrote: > Too funny - getting spam from a country that doesn't even exist. > > Regards, > &g

Re: Linux on USB

e same usb port and set it as the first disk device in bios. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 8:58 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 4:36 PM, AZ Pete wrote: >>> >>>> This PC doesn't ha

Re: Computer Down Need Help!!

​Be sure to actually test the power supply. I've had servers that 'powered up' that didn't really. ​ -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 6:01 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > I have had very poor experience with

Re:

unetbootin is the easiest way to create a ubuntu flash drive. http://gangplankhq.com/ -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Scott Davis wrote: > do you guys still have Gangplank? > > I am trying to create a bootable fl

Re: What are the $%& boxes waiting for? :(

Also modern Processors throttle themselves to cool down when they get too hot. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:32 AM, wrote: > My guess based on nothing is that you have the ACPI stuff turned on in the >> bios and have

Re: What are the $%& boxes waiting for? :(

My guess based on nothing is that you have the ACPI stuff turned on in the bios and have the power management features enabled. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > the second coming? > > >

Re: looking for some project advice for a startup

it in a work breakdown structure. It should be 100% clear on what is required, what all the parts are, and who will do them (even if it's some un-named entity you'll hire). Vague projects never finish and instead scope creep to death. Put a box around what you're goin

Re: Digital Ocean VPS

Consider changing your name servers in /etc/resolv.conf I use: Google's DNS 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 Open DNS's DNS: 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 1:22 PM, keith smith wrote: > > Hi, > >

Re: Removable HDD mounting blues... Hand me my harmonica

Give it a label and mount it by drive label. http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/rhel-centos-debian-fedora-mount-partition-label/ -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Wayne Davis wrote: > I cannot get the system to NOT care whe

Re: any ideas how to opt out of all this c$%^P google is tossing

Filters are your friend... unless you actively use google+... Google+ -> skip inbox -> delete -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 5:44 AM, Stephen Partington wrote: > Yes, a bit buried but there are some opt-outs if you look. &

Re: More "update" problems ...

problem I followed Linus Torvald's advice... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYWzMvlj2RQ :) -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Shawn Badger wrote: > I haven't had to tweak my kernel for such for any device. I am curiou

Re:

VMWare and Virtualbox should both work well. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 9:38 AM, keith smith wrote: > Hi, > > As you might recall I had ordered an HP laptop and after the input from > the PLUG list I decided to

Re:

Look in the other error log (https). I've seen Apache refuse to start if there was a mis-match in the certificate. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 8:05 AM, keith smith wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm run a web server

Re: Display feedback while typing password in terminal.

value="$value$ichr"doneIFS="$oifs" stty -raw echoecho echo $value | *passwd --stdin* -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Brian Cluff wrote: > You could always wrap your passwd command with a shell sc

Re: Replace image attachments with resized versions

Instead of sending out the images have them stored on the web server and referenced in the HTML email. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Jason Poulter wrote: > Dump the customer :) > > Brian Cluff wrote: >>

Re: Slackware vs Kubuntu

On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Robert Holtzm wrote: > On Wed, Sep 04, 2013 at 11:56:41PM -0700, Derek Trotter wrote: > > I've spent the last week going through the kernel parameters for the > > 3.8 kernel and trying different options. So far this beast still > > locks up. I recall several mon

Re: First Job

You can also do man -P cat less to just dump out the man page for less. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 4:16 PM, JD Austin wrote: > You can change the man pager with the man -P directive. > eg: man -P more less > > Find a file reader in linux you like better and then alias it to man: >

Re: First Job

You can change the man pager with the man -P directive. eg: man -P more less Find a file reader in linux you like better and then alias it to man: alias man='man -P more' On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 4:07 PM, eric oyen wrote: > such ideas are often born of necessity. In my case, I need to be able

Re: like a kompozer-like program..... totally!

The Composer HTML editor in Sea Monkey isn't bad. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Derek Trotter wrote: > Try Bluegriffon > > On 08/03/2013 07:19 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > > has anyone resurrected kom

Re: Switched off Ubuntu

istence in April. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Paul Mooring wrote: > Not sure what I started here, but to clarify I didn't mean my comment as > a knock against Ubuntu, it's a distro that works hard to achi

Re: Switched off Ubuntu

Yes I know... I HATE IT. Every time my mouse hits the edge my desktop flies away. It only makes sense if you're using a touch screen device AND I'M NOT. So.. bye bye gnome/unity/etc.. hello Cinnamon/KDE. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On T

Re: Switched off Ubuntu

e about equivalent and both can get you into dependency hell but they work for the most part. I haven't liked the changes in Fedora with Gnome lately either... switched my desktop to cinnamon instead. I want my start menu and virtual desktops... I don't want a desktop that wants t

Re: I got a zip file from the government but it won't unzip properly

I could also open it after unzipping it. I ran dos2unix on it and Gedit choked on it with a message about character encoding but vi and nedit can open it fine. It is a fixed length non-delimited data file. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Thu, Jul 25

Re: Need some sed help

miter such as |,#,etc. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 11:18 AM, Dazed_75 wrote: > Thanks guys. I must not be doing what you suggest correctly or maybe I > did not describe the problem well (to edit the chosen lines in place

Re: HELP: My System Died After an Update/Upgrade

Try installing a different window manager such as cinnamon or kde and choose that instead when you login. -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Sun, Jun 30, 2013 at 6:21 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > I run Debian testing on my laptop. It was OK until I

Re: OT: Ping

Dos emulator :) -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Eric Cope wrote: > virtual machine! > > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Paul Mooring wrote: > >> Seeing as isn't even 25 years old, I'm

Re: /usr/local/bin/search ??

maybe this? sphinx-0.9.9-1.el6.rf.i686 : Free open-source SQL full-text search engine Filename: /usr/bin/search -- JD Austin Voice: 480.269.4335 (480 2MY Geek) j...@twingeckos.com On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 3:37 PM, wrote: > What is this and how might one use it? > > I found t

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