Re: [GTALUG] e-reader recommendations

2021-05-12 Thread John Moniz via talk
That looks nice, will definitely have a closer look. John. > -- Original Message -- > From: David Mason via talk > Date: May 11, 2021 at 10:00 PM > > I have a reMarkable https://remarkable.com/ which is great for PDFs, > writing notes, etc. and it will also read. >

Re: [GTALUG] SpaceX Sent NASA Astronauts Into Orbit Using Linux

2020-06-06 Thread John Moniz via talk
It did NOT llook ike Windows, therefore made me think it was Linux - but I didn't see any proof that it was. And since Musk seems to be a Linux guy ...JohnOn Jun 6, 2020 7:22 AM, Scott Allen via talk wrote:On Sat, 6 Jun 2020 at 06:47, James Knott via talk wrote: > those 3 monitors in front of the

Re: [GTALUG] SpaceX Sent NASA Astronauts Into Orbit Using Linux

2020-06-05 Thread John Moniz via talk
Good to know. I've been wondering what the OS is in Crew Dragon and suspected it was Linux.  Elon Musk's Tesla cars also use Linux. On Jun 5, 2020 2:57 PM, James Knott via talk wrote:https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-nasa-astronauts-linux --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscrib

Re: [GTALUG] Continuing Printer Woes

2020-06-01 Thread John Moniz via talk
Thanks for the write-up Stewart, very useful for a non-admin home user like me. John. > > -- Original Message -- > From: "Stewart C. Russell via talk" > Date: June 1, 2020 at 12:20 PM > > > On 2020-06-01 10:14 a.m., Christopher Browne via talk wrote: > > >

Re: [GTALUG] QNX [was Re: Linux servers attacked!]

2020-05-11 Thread John Moniz via talk
> > -- Original Message -- > From: James Knott via talk > Date: May 11, 2020 at 2:02 PM > > > On 2020-05-11 01:55 PM, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > I remember reading an ad in Byte (I think) a long time ago (obviously) > > from QNX (before RIM b

Re: [GTALUG] Linux servers attacked!

2020-05-11 Thread John Moniz via talk
> > -- Original Message -- > From: Lennart Sorensen via talk > Date: May 11, 2020 at 11:08 AM > > > On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 01:41:41PM -0400, Scott Allen via talk wrote: > > On Sun, 10 May 2020 at 13:38, John Moniz via talk >

Re: [GTALUG] Linux servers attacked!

2020-05-10 Thread John Moniz via talk
I have a Blackberry Android phone. Don't think QNX was ever a phone OS.JohnOn May 10, 2020 11:00 AM, James Knott via talk wrote:On 2020-05-10 10:05 AM, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: > Blackberry == QNX these days Didn't they move to Android a few years back, at least for some models? --- Post

[GTALUG] Losing Whoozin

2020-04-06 Thread John Moniz via talk
Hi folks, One of the seniors centres in the GTA has been using Whoozin to send messages to it's members. Tbh, I'm not sure if it's two way communication or they just use it to send out bulletins. I understand that the company that supplies and supports the software is going out of business

Re: [GTALUG] Any good analog phone?

2018-08-29 Thread John Moniz via talk
I second that, nothing beats a Nortel phone. If you can find a used/refurbished one that has the features you want, get it.John.On Aug 28, 2018 10:09 PM, Don Tai via talk wrote:We have a couple of high quality analog/digital phones in the house. I prefer old Nortel Cntempra or Nortel Aastra M8003

Re: [GTALUG] Linux Journal, RIP

2018-02-01 Thread John Moniz via talk
On Feb 1, 2018 5:06 PM, Russell via talk wrote: The first pressing of the Gutenberg bible, as the immutable word of Diety, had the highest lifetime value, others not so much.Diet books go back that far? ☺--- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] touch screens

2017-10-11 Thread John Moniz via talk
On Oct 11, 2017 8:40 AM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: I feel your pain My big fat sausage like fingers make it nearly impossible for me to use the keyboard interface with less than a 50% error rate unless I have a phone with a 7" screen(I actually had one once). The

Re: [GTALUG] Dead DVD drive in laptop

2017-09-29 Thread John Moniz via talk
I would be replace it. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] OT: Solar Designer [Was: NOT: Re: From BTRFS to what?]

2017-09-06 Thread John Moniz via talk
On Sep 6, 2017 8:12 PM, "Stewart C. Russell via talk" wrote: I'm a (sometime) utility solar designer. ...I recently saw the name Stewart Russell associated with some very important solar energy work in Australia. Would that be you Stewart? I've been wondering about it ever since I read the article

Re: [GTALUG] Raspberry PI wifi problem

2017-08-25 Thread John Moniz via talk
On Aug 25, 2017 5:07 AM, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote:Sheesh.Six replies, and only on actually relevant to the question asked.LOL Evan, I've been waiting for your follow-up. You had to know that your comment would solicit replies.>> Making networking run on Linux desktops has always been IMO one

Re: [GTALUG] Linux hardening question

2017-06-29 Thread John Moniz via talk
On Jun 29, 2017 3:20 PM, Lennart Sorensen via talk  I find accidentally changing permissions on /tmp a much better way to get people confused and annoyed at you.LOL! Lennart, once in a while you give us a glimpse of your true sense of humour.John.--- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug

Re: [GTALUG] computer to a good home.

2017-04-06 Thread John Moniz via talk
Thank you Steve, this is very useful information to have.John.On Apr 6, 2017 3:28 AM, "Steve Petrie, P.Eng. via talk" wrote: Warm Greetings To GTALUG,   There is a Toronto-based non-profit ISP -- Toronto Free-Net http://www.torfree.net/ that provides a free limited dial-up ISP

Re: [GTALUG] What Not To Backup

2016-12-23 Thread John Moniz via talk
On 12/23/2016 04:58 PM, William Park via talk wrote: On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 04:13:48PM -0500, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: Yes. I do telinit 1 mount -o remount,ro / before running 'dd'. Remounting read only will work but that is not what you said to do. You will need to make sure a

Re: [GTALUG] What Not To Backup

2016-12-23 Thread John Moniz via talk
On 12/23/2016 04:11 PM, James Knott via talk wrote: On 12/23/2016 12:11 PM, John Moniz via talk wrote: I'd love to exclude things that perhaps one would never use from a backup to rebuild a system after an accidental clean wipe of all data. Well, you could probably pass on /dev/null. ;-

[GTALUG] What Not To Backup

2016-12-23 Thread John Moniz via talk
Hi everyone, I'm backing up my system on a more regular basis and am trying to fine tune the files that I backup. I am looking for advice on what NOT to bother to backup on the /home directory. I am using rsync (took a long time and lots of trials to figure out the man page - and still don't

Re: [GTALUG] Setting up a VM host

2016-08-26 Thread John Moniz via talk
On Aug 26, 2016 2:42 PM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > > If you have the hots to setup a complete server you could download xenserver. > I've never had the hots for any computer, so I guess xenserver is not for me... 😀 --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] Neighboring LUGs and Other Computing User Groups in Toronto

2016-08-23 Thread John Moniz via talk
On 08/23/2016 01:22 PM, Myles Braithwaite via talk wrote: D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: I wonder if putting this on the wiki would be better. My guess: no because nobody would feel responsible to curate the list. Would there be a reasonable way for page to invite contributions WITHOUT gen