Re: [GTALUG] cheap netbook: Lenovo IdeaPad 1

2022-06-16 Thread Slackrat via talk
William Park via talk writes: > > Yeah, but builtin keyboard, screen, case, UPS, wifi, eMMC. > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Leave That baby alone. It seems to be a scam to get your email address. I ordered one when someone posted he deal a few months back I Got lots of emai

Re: [GTALUG] Ubuntu review on Distrowatch

2022-05-02 Thread Slackrat via talk
So long as It still permits Flux I don't re ally see much difference -- William Henderson aka Slackrat http://billh.sdf.org/slackware.jpg 9HS5203 ON HamSphere Ham Radio --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

[GTALUG] MySQL v. MariaDB

2021-10-09 Thread Slackrat via talk
It looks like Slackware is swtching. Any comments?i -- William Henderson aka Slackrat http://billh.sdf.org/slackware.jpg 9HS5203 ON HamSphere Ham Radio --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] ThinkPad P15 -- crap?

2021-06-28 Thread Slackrat via talk
lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen) writes: > On Sat, Jun 26, 2021 at 12:58:19AM -0600, Slackrat via talk wrote: >> I don't know about ThinkPads, but their IdeaPad 330 is Junk > > The ideapads have always been junk. Thanks for the confirmation Len. The specs

Re: [GTALUG] ThinkPad P15 -- crap?

2021-06-25 Thread Slackrat via talk
William Park via talk writes: > Hi guys, > > I'm using ThinkPad P15 Gen 1 at work.  The keyboard, touchpad, and > trackpoint are not what I expected.  They feel cheap.  My old T450 is > better. > > Is it just me?  Or, has anyone notice this also? > I don't know about ThinkPads, but their IdeaPa

Re: [GTALUG] The FOSS world's most famous incel is back...

2021-03-24 Thread Slackrat via talk
William Park via talk writes: > Just find alternatives to Emacs and GNU, and be done with. What's all > the fuss? +1 I Recommed that GTALUG not add their name to any such petitions -- William Henderson aka Slackrat http://billh.sdf.org/slackware.jpg 9HS5203 ON HamSphere Ham Radio --- Post t

Re: [GTALUG] what MUA do people like? Use?

2021-03-21 Thread Slackrat via talk
"D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" writes: > I'm interested in improving my email routines. I spend a lot of time > with email so any improvement would be useful. > > So: what do you use? Why? I have two Lappys plus a Desktop all running Gnu-Linux, an IPhone and a Mac which runs Apple OS plus a S

Re: [GTALUG] question about To: and Cc: in GTALUG posts

2021-03-05 Thread Slackrat via talk
William Park via talk writes: > Hi, > > My posts to shows up as > To: talk@gtalug.org > Cc: William Park > > Since I'm subscribed, I should get 2 emails, one sent to To: and > another sent to Cc:. But, I'm only getting 1 email. > > Is this feature? If not, something is eating my email

Re: [GTALUG] How do you send out email?

2021-02-07 Thread Slackrat via talk
On 02/05/2021 08:28 AM, Peter King via talk wrote: On Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 03:20:37PM +, William Park via talk wrote: The solution that worked for Fetchmail is not working for Sendmail. I guess, it's time for upgrade to Postfix. But, I suspect, I'll have the same problem.

Re: [GTALUG] How do you send out email?

2021-02-04 Thread Slackrat via talk
On 02/04/2021 08:42 AM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: Nearly all mail providers require a login. That is often username/password but it can be things like username/auth-key. So your mail sender will require the ability to do SMTP-Auth. After that most providers limit the email sent to be fro

[GTALUG] Membership Card??

2021-01-24 Thread Slackrat via talk
By the way, what happened to the Membership Cards, or do I not remember correctly? -- William Henderson aka Slackrat http://billh.sdf.org/slackware.jpg 9HS5203 ON HamSphere Ham Radio --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listin

Re: [GTALUG] time is running out for gtalug.org

2021-01-24 Thread Slackrat via talk
"D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" writes: > I would like to facilitate transferring control of the site from Chris to > the GTALUG. Note: I do not have control. I have no authority to request > it. Sounds like a smart move -- William Henderson aka Slackrat http://billh.sdf.org/slackware.jpg 9

Re: [GTALUG] Updating my mailserver

2020-09-01 Thread Slackrat via talk
William Witteman via talk writes: > I have run a mailserver for my domains for a long time. I have not > thought about its ability to send outbound mail for a while though, > and my logs tell me what my experience already suggested - it cannot > send email to Gmail (and probably lots of other pl

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

2020-06-05 Thread Slackrat via talk
James Knott via talk writes: > https://futurism.com/the-byte/spacex-nasa-astronauts-linux Well Bully for Elon Musk. That's a truly momentous achievement. But if he can repeat the feat on a reasonably frequent basis, RosCosmos will really be crying because they made untold billions the last 9 ye

Re: [GTALUG] [OT] Phishing is no mirage...

2019-12-16 Thread Slackrat via talk
Alvin Starr via talk writes: > I got a message from someone phishing as UPS. > The interesting thing was that I was expecting a package on the same day from > Amazon. > I do not get a lot of UPS tagged spam and this one was written to slide > through as a plain text message with a word document

Re: [GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu?

2019-11-15 Thread Slackrat via talk
James Knott via talk writes: > > I prefer using an email client such as Seamonkey or Thunderbird, to a > browser.  They work fine. > I tried Blunderbird - once Went back to Emacss/Gnus -- William Henderson aka Slackrat http://billh.sdf.org/slackware.jpg --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtal

Re: [GTALUG] alternatives to gmail working well in Ubintu?

2019-11-15 Thread Slackrat via talk
Karen Lewellen via talk writes: > Hi folks, > I was going to just ask for alternatives to consider, but want to keep > the Linux element here as I mainly use a Ubuntu shell. > Now that google is making it profoundly difficult reaching basic html > in low graphics environments, I may need a new h

Re: [GTALUG] nmcli is rather pleasant with tab completion

2019-01-20 Thread slackrat via talk
On 20/01/2019 09:59, Scott Sullivan via talk wrote: [Much snipping] nmcli device wifi connect YOURnet password YOURpass  And that worked! It also works like a charm on a Dell Latitude 6410 running what, before much modification, was Slack64 v14.2 My question though is: After having given u