Re: [GTALUG] ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 Intel (14”) -- good deal?

2023-03-01 Thread Warren McPherson via talk
I love the idea of the Framework Laptop. On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 2:36 PM Dave Collier-Brown via talk wrote: > On 3/1/23 13:27, William Park via talk wrote: > > A new machine makes more sense, now. Up to now, I've always built one > myself. Maybe, I should try brand name, this time... > > You

Re: [GTALUG] ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 Intel (14”) -- good deal?

2023-03-01 Thread Dave Collier-Brown via talk
On 3/1/23 13:27, William Park via talk wrote: A new machine makes more sense, now. Up to now, I've always built one myself. Maybe, I should try brand name, this time... You might look at a Framework laptop, as it's not all glued and soldered together

Re: [GTALUG] ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 Intel (14”) -- good deal?

2023-03-01 Thread James Knott via talk
On 2023-03-01 13:27, William Park via talk wrote: I've been postponing upgrades.  If I start to upgrade, it would be new big monitor, new graphic card to match, more ram, faster ssd, external hard disk "raid" box, etc.  Strangely, I don't care about CPU, as long as it's fast enough.  I would

Re: [GTALUG] ppp inside private network, but no DNS returned?

2023-03-01 Thread James Knott via talk
On 2023-03-01 13:24, Stewart Russell via talk wrote: I was slightly surprised how the old scripts I used for dialup over 20 years (and a different country) ago were still used for LTE modem connections, complete with an even larger set of AT commands to control the device. I still think of AT

Re: [GTALUG] ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 Intel (14”) -- good deal?

2023-03-01 Thread William Park via talk
I've been postponing upgrades. If I start to upgrade, it would be new big monitor, new graphic card to match, more ram, faster ssd, external hard disk "raid" box, etc. Strangely, I don't care about CPU, as long as it's fast enough. I would be satisfied with fast single core. A new machine

Re: [GTALUG] ppp inside private network, but no DNS returned?

2023-03-01 Thread Stewart Russell via talk
On Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 1:08 AM William Park via talk wrote: > I don't do dialup anymore. But, looking at my old PPP setup (I'm > surprised I still have it), 'dns-addr' is assigned in /etc/ppp/options. > Yeah, there's a lot going on in ppp systems. I was slightly surprised how the old scripts

Re: [GTALUG] ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 Intel (14”) -- good deal?

2023-03-01 Thread David Collier-Brown via talk
On 3/1/23 12:43, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: | From: William Park via talk | I decided against buying it. It doesn't have builtin ethernet port, Current laptops rarely have Ethernet ports. Wireless is good enough for most purposes and ethernet sockets add thickness. Agreed, but

Re: [GTALUG] ThinkPad T14s Gen 2 Intel (14”) -- good deal?

2023-03-01 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
| From: William Park via talk | I decided against buying it. It doesn't have builtin ethernet port, Current laptops rarely have Ethernet ports. Wireless is good enough for most purposes and ethernet sockets add thickness. You can always add a dongle (USB 3.x and Thunderbolt are plenty fast