Re: [GTALUG] Favorite desktop manager?

The only window manager I've found that allows me to configure my desktop the way I want it is WindowMaker. -- Chris F.A. Johnson --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] From Slackware to which distro?

On Wed, 27 Apr 2022, William Park via talk wrote: Hi All, I've been running Slackware since forever. It's time to grow up and see the world. Which distro would you recommend that I move to? Yes, I know it's personal, and reasons will be varied and educational. - Ubuntu -- OK. I use it

Re: [GTALUG] Heads up: Ubuntu 21.10 kills your desktop icons

On Tue, 19 Oct 2021, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: GNOME have finally made good on their threat to remove all support for icons on the Desktop. Any files in ~/Desktop no longer produce icons on the screen. The GNOME Shell plugin that was the last thing that allowed it is no longer

Re: [GTALUG] You may already have a Windows licence and not know it …

On Tue, 13 Apr 2021, Giles Orr via talk wrote: On Tue, 13 Apr 2021 at 19:48, Znoteer via talk wrote: ... # cat /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/MSDM MSDMU:_ASUS_Notebook ASUS-K--K-K# (License string obfuscated.) 'strings' not required. My current maching, a Dell

Re: [GTALUG] Laptop recommendations?

On Mon, 27 Apr 2020, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 07:07:29PM -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson via talk wrote: I bought a used Dell Inspiron 3720 about 7 years ago. It has been my main (and only) computer for the last 6 years. I have had no issues other than the internal DVD drive

Re: [GTALUG] Laptop recommendations?

On Wed, 22 Apr 2020, Mauro Souza via talk wrote: My current 2 laptops are Thinkpads, T430 and T460. My previous ones were Thinkpads too, and they are heavy like a brick, look like a brick, and sturdy as a brick. Never had a problem with them. But I had Dell and HP notebooks and all failed

Re: [GTALUG] Script to show HTTP(S) and TLS details for a website

On Sat, 14 Sep 2019, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: | From: William Park via talk | Hmm, minor personal irritant about variable assigment: | var=$(...) | is enough. You don't need to do | var="$(...)" I think that getting quotes right in sh is hard. I support the simplest rule

Re: [GTALUG] your desktop too boring?

On Mon, 19 Aug 2019, Alex Volkov via talk wrote: Hey Hugh, Just a quick note while wearing a moderator hat on this mailing list. You may not be aware of it, but 'Rice it' is a pejorative term, please avoid using it here. See -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_burner "In some cases

Re: [GTALUG] your desktop too boring? Rice it!

On Mon, 19 Aug 2019, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: Personally, I like a boring desktop. Same here. Any desktop showing is wasted space. Here's mine (from a workspace not curently in use): http://cfaj.ca/images/desktop.jpg -- Chris F.A.

Re: [GTALUG] For Chris: Commodore BASIC as a scripting language

On Wed, 14 Aug 2019, Chris F.A. Johnson via talk wrote: On Wed, 14 Aug 2019, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: | From: Stewart Russell via talk | This is not a place of honour:. | | https://github.com/mist64/cbmbasic This doesn't have the Waterloo BASIC extensions to Commodore BASIC

Re: [GTALUG] For Chris: Commodore BASIC as a scripting language

On Wed, 14 Aug 2019, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: | From: Stewart Russell via talk | This is not a place of honour:. | | https://github.com/mist64/cbmbasic This doesn't have the Waterloo BASIC extensions to Commodore BASIC. Too bad. That was my first thought, too, although I used

Re: [GTALUG] Script to show HTTP(S) and TLS details for a website

On Mon, 12 Aug 2019, Giles Orr via talk wrote: Well damn.? That's a lot of very good suggestions. I will dispute one of them: you said (more than once I think) that I don't need to quote variables.? You are technically correct ... right up until a variable value has a space in it.? Then

Re: [GTALUG] Script to show HTTP(S) and TLS details for a website

On Sun, 11 Aug 2019, Giles Orr via talk wrote: On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 at 11:46, Giles Orr wrote: ...https://www.gilesorr.com/blog/tls-https-details.html Any suggestions to improve the script would be most welcome. Jason: You are of course correct: '#!/usr/bin/env bash' is more

Re: [GTALUG] War Story: Asus UX305ca SSD failures

On Fri, 2 Aug 2019, James Knott via talk wrote: Remember. You only get what you pay for That's something a lot of people have never learned. Because much of the time it isn't true. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list

Re: [GTALUG] POP3 vs IMAP

On Sat, 8 Jun 2019, James Knott via talk wrote: On 2019-06-08 08:36 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson via talk wrote: POP is download only. ?? But, once it's downloaded, you can do anything you like with it. Now, try to keep multiple devices in sync, including sent mail. Not interested

Re: [GTALUG] POP3 vs IMAP

On Sat, 8 Jun 2019, Loui Chang via talk wrote: On Sat 08 Jun 2019 12:20 -0400, Stephen via talk wrote: IMAP Allows multiple devices to access you emails Keeps messages on server IMAP also allows to preserve some kind of folder structure on the server and synch (upload/download) those folders

Re: [GTALUG] war story: fixing an LCD TV

On Fri, 31 May 2019, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: How viable Is it to use a TV as monitor, ignore the "smart" crap and just plug in the HDMI? Are there features or specs needed for a TV to make it usable for close viewing? I use a 49" LG 1080p smart TV for a monitor via HDMI. I love

Re: [GTALUG] Software to draw illustrations?

On Sun, 10 Feb 2019, Bob Jonkman via talk wrote: On 2019-02-10 2:51 a.m., Chris F.A. Johnson via talk wrote: > I use emacs to write PostScript programs and convert them to JPG or GIF or PNG with ImageMagick. I use a horseshoe magnet to manipulate the bits directly on a floppy d

Re: [GTALUG] Software to draw illustrations?

On Sun, 10 Feb 2019, William Park via talk wrote: Hi all, What software do people use to draw illustrations that you'd see in textbooks or presentations? Eg. data structure, high school math, block diagrams, etc. I mean, I see them, but I don't know how to create them. I use emacs to write

Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

On Tue, 3 Oct 2017, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 12:44:17PM -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: I can play movies from a USB stick. I cannot play DVDs with one. A DVD is not a file; it holds files. A DVD contains multiple files. Placing all those files in a directory works

Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

On Mon, 2 Oct 2017, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 07:29:38PM -0400, Chris F.A. Johnson via talk wrote: On Fri, 29 Sep 2017, Alex Short via talk wrote: 4. Don't use DVD. Just use a USB stick and iso files instead.  I can't play DVDs with a USB stick. Sure you can. vlc

Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

On Fri, 29 Sep 2017, Alex Short via talk wrote: 4. Don't use DVD. Just use a USB stick and iso files instead.  I can't play DVDs with a USB stick. -- Chris F.A. Johnson, --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

[GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

The DVD drive on my Dell Inspiron laptop has died. I see three options: 1. Get it fixed 2. Replace it 3. Ignore it and get an external DVD Which would you recommend? (I'm running Linux Mint.) -- Chris F.A. Johnson, --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] Bash Problem

On Mon, 9 Jan 2017, Bob Jonkman via talk wrote: Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: newName="${oldname}-bkp-${filedate}.${extension}.old" The braces are not necessary here. Are braced incorrect here? I've been putting braces around all variable names, so that there are fewer syntax exceptions for

Re: [GTALUG] Bash Problem

On Sun, 8 Jan 2017, Mauro Souza via talk wrote: Or nFname="${base}.mp4" Using brackets you can mix variables and text and create something like this: newName="${oldname}-bkp-${filedate}.${extension}.old" The braces are not necessary here. This will work fine:

Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu

On Tue, 22 Nov 2016, Chris F.A. Johnson via talk wrote: On Tue, 22 Nov 2016, ted leslie via talk wrote: You may want to approach this the other way. I you go to newegg.ca for example, i see the cheapest chrome book at about 400$, instead, do search on 8GB portable (4GB is cutting it close

Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu

On Tue, 22 Nov 2016, ted leslie via talk wrote: You may want to approach this the other way. I you go to newegg.ca for example, i see the cheapest chrome book at about 400$, instead, do search on 8GB portable (4GB is cutting it close), I've been using Mint on a Dell Inspiron i3 with 4GB for a

Re: [GTALUG] Going to FSOSS 2016... route question

On Sun, 2 Oct 2016, William Park via talk wrote: I'm thinking about taking public transit to FSOSS2016. I can get to Go Union Station easy. From there, Trip planner says - Union -> University Subway line -> Downsview -> York U - Union -> Yonge Subway line -> Finch -> York U For those

Re: [GTALUG] Are you on the watch list?

On Mon, 18 Jul 2016, ac via talk wrote: ... beer? someone say beer? Seeing as we are polling opinions here (and I know too little to contribute much to CA/US/Mexico political discussions) but I know a lot about beer! Who makes the best beer? The beer situation is Toronto is excellent these

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

On Sun, 17 Jul 2016, David Thornton via talk wrote: If anyone says you need a man(1) just tell them you have better info(1). "Info" is a documentation system that ships with most uni* and often has actual examples. I much prefer the man pages to info. The man page is more (or at

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

On Sun, 17 Jul 2016, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: A discussion came up in the Toronto Raspberry Pi Meetup* about suggestions for learning to work in bash. We didn't come up with anything much, but if you have any suggestions, I'd be grateful to hear them. My recommendation is, of