Re: [GTALUG] 2 weeks on cell phone and chromebook... never again!

2016-07-19 Thread ted leslie via talk
Nicely put, my beef exactly, and when i had a rim BB back in the day, i think i was better off then now. i hope they put out a priv 2, or if i use a priv 1, the keyboard is suitable to my fingers, as reading this just now reminds next time in a phone store have to give priv a try. I didn't have aut

Re: [GTALUG] 2 weeks on cell phone and chromebook... never again!

2016-07-19 Thread o1bigtenor via talk
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 9:56 PM, William Park via talk wrote: > Where do I begin... First, what's good: >snip > > These are just expensive toys. > -- > William That are making a few companies insanely rich. (Which is the name of the game of course!!) Dee --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org ht

Re: [GTALUG] 2 weeks on cell phone and chromebook... never again!

2016-07-19 Thread William Park via talk
Where do I begin... First, what's good: 1. Calendar. Since it's so tightly integrated with Google Calendar, adding/editing entry is so easy. Of course, assuming that author of the webpage uses Google link. Then, you click, select "Copy to William Park", then I'm on my Google Ca

Re: [GTALUG] 2 weeks on cell phone and chromebook... never again!

2016-07-19 Thread William Park via talk
On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 11:52:36AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > A pattern that I've noticed: people emailing from smart phones don't > read email as carefully nor do they reply as thoughtfully. This may > be a win for them (less effort, more immediacy) but it is a loss for > me as a

Re: [GTALUG] Suggestions: A Book for a Beginner, new to the Linux Shell

2016-07-19 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 07:27:18AM -0400, Stewart Russell via talk wrote: > On Jul 18, 2016 11:03 PM, "Loui Chang" wrote: > > > > What crazy build are you using where texinfo pulls in texlive? > > Various debian-based things like Raspbian and Ubuntu. Particularly galling > on SD-card systems wher

Re: [GTALUG] mutt (was: 2 weeks on cell ...)

2016-07-19 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 10:51:34PM -0400, Loui Chang via talk wrote: > mutt generally follows keybindings similar to vim, less, and the like. > If you don't like those then config keybindings to what your 'standard' > liking. > The ability to configure and customize is part of the power of mutt.

Re: [GTALUG] Suggestions: A Book for a Beginner, new to the Linux Shell

2016-07-19 Thread Ivan Avery Frey via talk
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016, 07:27 Stewart Russell via talk wrote: > On Jul 18, 2016 11:03 PM, "Loui Chang" wrote: > > > > What crazy build are you using where texinfo pulls in texlive? > > Various debian-based things like Raspbian and Ubuntu. Particularly galling > on SD-card systems where TeX snarfs

Re: [GTALUG] Suggestions: A Book for a Beginner, new to the Linux Shell

2016-07-19 Thread Stewart Russell via talk
On Jul 18, 2016 11:03 PM, "Loui Chang" wrote: > > What crazy build are you using where texinfo pulls in texlive? Various debian-based things like Raspbian and Ubuntu. Particularly galling on SD-card systems where TeX snarfs ~15% of your storage. And please, it's rather unkind to call another's s

Re: [GTALUG] Skylake: rocky firmware problem; Note for Asus ZenBook UX305ca owners

2016-07-19 Thread Ivan Avery Frey via talk
On Mon, Jul 18, 2016, 21:01 D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > | From: Evan Leibovitch via talk > > | Is Broadwell also affected? I have an Asus laptop, but it's older model > | (UX305FA). Newest BIOS available is 213. > > Everything written about this problem says "Skylake". So I would be >