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

Hello William, I think there's an issue with someone trying to span using an old mailman list. So some of the messages might not be delivered until the issue is fully resolved. I'm in contact with linode about this. Alex. On 2021-03-05 2:32 p.m., William Park via talk wrote: Hi, My pos

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

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

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

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 emails. --William --- Post to this mailing list tal

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 09:14:07PM -0500, Znoteer via talk wrote: > There is also a package, reportbug I think it is appropriately named, that > will greatly simplify the process of filing a bug in debian. Yes that is the package providing the reportbug script. -- Len Sorensen --- Post to this m

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

Several others have responded. I've tried to not overlap. | From: o1bigtenor via talk | On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 12:53 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk | wrote: | The kernel report has things at 5.4.99 already. What does that mean? Generally speaking, you can have many versions of the kernel i

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 6:52 PM o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 7:28 PM Lennart Sorensen via talk > wrote: > > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 03:12:49PM -0800, Dhaval Giani via talk wrote: > > > I also imagine you are paying the debian volunteers for their time to > > > help y

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 6:35 PM o1bigtenor wrote: > > > Dhaval > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 5:14 PM Dhaval Giani wrote: > > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 3:09 PM o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 2:17 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > | From: D.

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 6:34 PM o1bigtenor wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 5:13 PM Dhaval Giani wrote: > > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 3:04 PM o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 12:53 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > | From: o1bigtenor v

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 7:28 PM Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 03:12:49PM -0800, Dhaval Giani via talk wrote: > > I also imagine you are paying the debian volunteers for their time to > > help you with a bug you are hitting. You are joining a community, and > > it wou

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

> Dhaval On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 5:14 PM Dhaval Giani wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 3:09 PM o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 2:17 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > > wrote: > > > > > > | From: D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > > > > > > | Each distro has its own way of

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 5:13 PM Dhaval Giani wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 3:04 PM o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 12:53 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > > wrote: > > > > > > | From: o1bigtenor via talk > > > > > > | Kernel 5.4.0-4 was the last kernel where I did

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 08:28:48PM -0500, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 03:12:49PM -0800, Dhaval Giani via talk wrote: > > I also imagine you are paying the debian volunteers for their time to > > help you with a bug you are hitting. You are joining a community, and > >

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 03:12:49PM -0800, Dhaval Giani via talk wrote: > I also imagine you are paying the debian volunteers for their time to > help you with a bug you are hitting. You are joining a community, and > it would be great to respect the rules and processes that community > follows. Ser

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 3:09 PM o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 2:17 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > wrote: > > > > | From: D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > > > > | Each distro has its own way of reporting bugs > > > > I forgot to mention: google a lot first. There may be o

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 3:04 PM o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 12:53 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > wrote: > > > > | From: o1bigtenor via talk > > > > | Kernel 5.4.0-4 was the last kernel where I didn't find my second > > | graphics card not able to move out of sleep. >

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 2:17 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > | From: D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk > > | Each distro has its own way of reporting bugs > > I forgot to mention: google a lot first. There may be others with the > same problem and perhaps even a solution. 1. You're still us

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 12:53 PM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > > | From: o1bigtenor via talk > > | Kernel 5.4.0-4 was the last kernel where I didn't find my second > | graphics card not able to move out of sleep. > > Each distro has its own way of reporting bugs. Here's an unofficial > de

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

| From: D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk | Each distro has its own way of reporting bugs I forgot to mention: google a lot first. There may be others with the same problem and perhaps even a solution. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.or

Re: [GTALUG] question re: bug filing

| From: o1bigtenor via talk | Kernel 5.4.0-4 was the last kernel where I didn't find my second | graphics card not able to move out of sleep. Each distro has its own way of reporting bugs. Here's an unofficial description of the debian process (untested by me -- I don't use debian):

[GTALUG] question re: bug filing

Greetings I'm running a computer on Debian testing trying to stay somewhat current for updates. Setup using nouveau for my graphics running 2 graphics cards. LXQT is my desktop 'environment' (if that's the right word??). I'm also running Opera, Firefox LTS and Vivaldi for browsers. Tend to have l

Re: [GTALUG] question on Debian

On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 9:38 AM Lennart Sorensen wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 01, 2020 at 10:12:59AM -0600, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > Debian has been holding back updates on language updates like GCC for > > some 3 or more months at this point. I had been waiting to update my > > system hoping that

Re: [GTALUG] question on Debian

On Sun, Nov 01, 2020 at 10:12:59AM -0600, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > Debian has been holding back updates on language updates like GCC for > some 3 or more months at this point. I had been waiting to update my > system hoping that I could get things all together as it were. Today I > bit the bull

Re: [GTALUG] question on Debian

On Thu, Nov 05, 2020 at 08:30:03PM -0500, Dev Guy via talk wrote: > Just switch to openSUSE Tumbleweed, you will always be on the latest > path and the releases are solid. I switched away from Ubuntu after so > many years a while back and I am so glad I did. If I wanted something like that I would

Re: [GTALUG] question on Debian

On 2020-11-01 11:12, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > Greetings > > Debian has been holding back updates on language updates like GCC for > some 3 or more months at this point. I had been waiting to update my > system hoping that I could get things all together as it were. Today I > bit the bullet and

Re: [GTALUG] question on Debian

Just switch to openSUSE Tumbleweed, you will always be on the latest path and the releases are solid. I switched away from Ubuntu after so many years a while back and I am so glad I did. If you miss Debian, or need to do some dev work for it, you can always install KVM and run any Linux distro or

[GTALUG] question on Debian

Greetings Debian has been holding back updates on language updates like GCC for some 3 or more months at this point. I had been waiting to update my system hoping that I could get things all together as it were. Today I bit the bullet and upgraded a whole bunch of stuff. Anyone know why this, imh

Re: [GTALUG] (question) GPU + Data center = ?

Thanks, Hugh! Nicely explained. ../Dave On Jul 14, 2020, 10:15 AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk , wrote: > | From: David Mason via talk > > | The short answer is: Machine Learning (and other data-mining-like > applications) > > A much LONGER answer: > > There has been a field of Computing

Re: [GTALUG] (question) GPU + Data center = ?

It has to do with AI. There is a lot more processing going on now where large problems are set up as matrix calculations specifically so they can take advantage of the parallelism of GPUs. NVIDIA has been actively encouraging this - for some reason. getting involved with the research into framework

Re: [GTALUG] (question) GPU + Data center = ?

| From: David Mason via talk | The short answer is: Machine Learning (and other data-mining-like applications) A much LONGER answer: There has been a field of Computing on GPUs for perhaps a dozen years. GPUs have evolved into having a LOT of Floating Point units that can act simultaneously, m

Re: [GTALUG] (question) GPU + Data center = ?

The short answer is: Machine Learning (and other data-mining-like applications) ../Dave On Jul 13, 2020, 11:19 PM -0400, William Park via talk , wrote: > Hi all, > > Perhaps off topics... I keep coming across "GPU in Data Centers", ie. > Nvidia. Exactly what does GPU have ANYTHING do with data cen

Re: [GTALUG] (question) GPU + Data center = ?

On 7/13/20 11:32 PM, Nicholas Krause via talk wrote: On 7/13/20 11:19 PM, William Park via talk wrote: Hi all, Perhaps off topics... I keep coming across "GPU in Data Centers", ie. Nvidia.  Exactly what does GPU have ANYTHING do with data centers?  I can't imagine people setting up a server in

Re: [GTALUG] (question) GPU + Data center = ?

On 7/13/20 11:19 PM, William Park via talk wrote: Hi all, Perhaps off topics... I keep coming across "GPU in Data Centers", ie. Nvidia. Exactly what does GPU have ANYTHING do with data centers? I can't imagine people setting up a server in the cloud, and then using that to process graphics o

[GTALUG] (question) GPU + Data center = ?

Hi all, Perhaps off topics... I keep coming across "GPU in Data Centers", ie. Nvidia. Exactly what does GPU have ANYTHING do with data centers? I can't imagine people setting up a server in the cloud, and then using that to process graphics or play games. -- William Park --- Post to this maili

Re: [GTALUG] Question Fodder: Bcache Filesystem

I was using bcache at one point at World Gaming, with a borrowed flash card, but luckily stopped doing so just before a (possibly different) corruption problem. --dave On 2019-05-14 5:12 p.m., Christopher Browne via talk wrote: I just saw a report of corruption problems with bcache in conjuncti

Re: [GTALUG] Question Fodder: Bcache Filesystem

On 5/14/19 5:12 PM, Christopher Browne via talk wrote: Sounds like it may be the wrong moment in time to be adopting BCache-related stuff ;-) Has anyone been poking at this sort of stuff? A *lng* time ago, I used to follow ReiserFS pretty closely, back when that project was a technical matt

Re: [GTALUG] Question Fodder - RISC-V

Though I couldn't make tonight's session, I know that the ST-Link programmer appears as a /dev/St.? (stlink0, maybe?). It's not a TTY or storage device. There are many clones available for pennies. Yeah, I've had the misfortune of being stuck with some "Blue Pill" controller boards that have bad U

[GTALUG] Question Fodder: Bcache Filesystem

I just saw a report of corruption problems with bcache in conjunction with GCC 9, and realized I had never actually heard of bcache before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bcache - a layer in the kernel for using fast storage (e.g. - NAND, SSD) as a cache for spinning rust That's pretty cool; I don

Re: [GTALUG] Question [about network security and privacy]

I stumbled across a project called pihole that makes a pi a hygiene proxy. I ripped from it the logic that does the "bad guy" list maintenance which includes some windows and apple spyware address ranges. A dynamic blacklist would be the way to go in my opinion. The system blackholes the dns entri

Re: [GTALUG] Question [about network security and privacy]

On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 9:07 AM, Kevin Cozens via talk wrote: > On 2017-06-14 06:49 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > >> don't want the stupid thing to be transmitting. According to the 'idiots' >> selling the thing it will only transmit AFTER its been logged onto the >> companies 'cloud' (like I'

Re: [GTALUG] Question [about network security and privacy]

On 2017-06-14 06:49 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: don't want the stupid thing to be transmitting. According to the 'idiots' selling the thing it will only transmit AFTER its been logged onto the companies 'cloud' (like I'm going to pay for insecurity!!). There seems to be no understanding that 1

Re: [GTALUG] Question [about network security and privacy]

You could short out the antenna but that could burn out the transmitter and things around it. You could change the software on the phone and remove the code to start up the cell transceiver. If you remove the sim card then the phone will not login to any carriers network and will not contact

Re: [GTALUG] Question [about network security and privacy]

On June 14, 2017 6:49:07 AM EDT, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: >On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 11:21 PM, ac via talk wrote: > >> On Tue, 13 Jun 2017 13:25:28 -0400 (EDT) >> "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: >> >> > | That way the control is what I chose and the information I share >is >> > my own | se

Re: [GTALUG] Question [about network security and privacy]

On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 11:21 PM, ac via talk wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jun 2017 13:25:28 -0400 (EDT) > "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: > > > | That way the control is what I chose and the information I share is > > my own | security/privacy trade-off. > > > +1 > > > All systems other than Linux

Re: [GTALUG] Question [about network security and privacy]

On Tue, 13 Jun 2017 13:25:28 -0400 (EDT) "D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk" wrote: > | That way the control is what I chose and the information I share is > my own | security/privacy trade-off. > +1 > All systems other than Linux and other open source OSes (BSD, > FreeDOS...) seem to have migrated t

Re: [GTALUG] Question

Can't help much with the security, but IoT security is typically hilarious. I have a potentially nice Linux/MIPS-based Onion Omega 2+ IoT board. When it's on a wireless network, I can't find a way to turn off its access point. As the AP has a trivially-guessable default password, it would open a ni

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 09:13:19AM -0400, David Collier-Brown via talk wrote: > And to add injury to insult, the machine only passed the "C" level exam, > which is about equivalent to getting a C on a math exam. I prefer at least > a "B", and once ran an "A"-rated device (a blacker box Sun used to

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 07:17:38AM -0400, James Knott via talk wrote: > Many years ago, Microsoft claimed Windows NT had "Orange Book" > security. Problem was, to meet that the computer couldn't be connected > to a network and removable media was prohibited. ;-) Well according to their website,

Re: [GTALUG] Question [about network security and privacy]

| From: Alvin Starr via talk | You can have either security or usability but almost never both. Not always a direct tradeoff, but certainly often. | I like devices that I can control from inside the perimiter of my own somewhat | secured network. I'e concluded that you need multiple internal n

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On 13/06/17 07:17 AM, James Knott via talk wrote: On 06/13/2017 06:57 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: So to keep completely safe. 1) remove the battery 2) wrap it in aluminum foil 3) wrap it in copper foil 4) solder the edges. Greetings Why - - - I do believe that that

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On June 13, 2017 7:33:55 AM EDT, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: >On 06/13/2017 06:57 AM, o1bigtenor wrote: > >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 9:44 PM, Alvin Starr via talk >> > wrote: >> >> >> You can never be paranoid enough. >> >> What your looking for is a tempest e

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On 06/13/2017 06:57 AM, o1bigtenor wrote: On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 9:44 PM, Alvin Starr via talk > wrote: You can never be paranoid enough. What your looking for is a tempest enclosure. Its basically a Faraday cage but tested to NATO et al standards.(

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On 06/13/2017 06:57 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > So to keep completely safe. > 1) remove the battery > 2) wrap it in aluminum foil > 3) wrap it in copper foil > 4) solder the edges. > > > Greetings > > Why - - - I do believe that that would work - - - except then the > dev

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 9:44 PM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > > You can never be paranoid enough. > > What your looking for is a tempest enclosure. > Its basically a Faraday cage but tested to NATO et al standards.( > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_(codename)). > A bunch of years ago I wa

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 12:19 AM, ac via talk wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 18:56:27 -0300 > Mauro Souza via talk wrote: > > A Faraday cage is enough. Put the machine inside a grounded metallic > > box, and you are good to go. > > Opening the machine and removing the wireless modules, or cutting

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Mon, 12 Jun 2017 18:56:27 -0300 Mauro Souza via talk wrote: > A Faraday cage is enough. Put the machine inside a grounded metallic > box, and you are good to go. > Opening the machine and removing the wireless modules, or cutting > traces giving power to the wireless module would be more perman

Re: [GTALUG] Question

You can never be paranoid enough. What your looking for is a tempest enclosure. Its basically a Faraday cage but tested to NATO et al standards.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_(codename)). A bunch of years ago I was dealing with CSE and got to learn that you can read a CRT screen from a

Re: [GTALUG] Question

A Faraday cage is enough. Put the machine inside a grounded metallic box, and you are good to go. Opening the machine and removing the wireless modules, or cutting traces giving power to the wireless module would be more permanent, but a Faraday cage is faster to deploy and "undeploy." On Jun 12

[GTALUG] Question

Greetings Many companies are now developing equipment for home use that is for the latest buzz in the world - - IoT (more morons them!). There is, as a result, the need to be searching for a cell phone signal (a wireless section that can only be put in airplane mode not an off). This machine beha

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On 01/12/2017 08:15 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 3:00 PM, CLIFFORD ILKAY via talk wrote: On 12/01/17 08:16 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: Greetings Am trying to find (for need in the not to distant future) some of what is normally called 'accounting' software (its

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 3:00 PM, CLIFFORD ILKAY via talk wrote: > On 12/01/17 08:16 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: >> >> Greetings >> >> Am trying to find (for need in the not to distant future) some of what >> is normally called 'accounting' software (its really record keeping >> software but tha

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Jan 12, 2017 4:42 PM, "Christopher Browne via talk" wrote: On 12 January 2017 at 16:26, William Park via talk wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 04:00:50PM -0500, CLIFFORD ILKAY via talk wrote: >> On 12/01/17 08:16 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: >> > Greetings >> > >> > Am trying to find (for n

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On 12 January 2017 at 16:26, William Park via talk wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 04:00:50PM -0500, CLIFFORD ILKAY via talk wrote: >> On 12/01/17 08:16 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: >> > Greetings >> > >> > Am trying to find (for need in the not to distant future) some of what >> > is normally

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 04:00:50PM -0500, CLIFFORD ILKAY via talk wrote: > On 12/01/17 08:16 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > > Greetings > > > > Am trying to find (for need in the not to distant future) some of what > > is normally called 'accounting' software (its really record keeping > > softw

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On 12/01/17 08:16 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: Greetings Am trying to find (for need in the not to distant future) some of what is normally called 'accounting' software (its really record keeping software but that's a different argument!). What are you using that is, or could be, multi-user a

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On 01/12/2017 03:28 PM, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: On 12 January 2017 at 14:50, Lennart Sorensen via talk mailto:talk@gtalug.org>>wrote: On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 02:30:06PM -0500, Dhaval Giani via talk wrote: > I feel obligated to point out here that it is more often the case th

Re: [GTALUG] Question

> So is the cloud service safer than what lots of companies do themselves? > Sure. Is it safer than doing it right? Almost certainly not. > ​In the real world​. "right" (and other options) are subject to cost-benefit analysis, with helpings of inertia and emotion tossed in for good measure. ​-

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On 12 January 2017 at 14:50, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 02:30:06PM -0500, Dhaval Giani via talk wrote: > > I feel obligated to point out here that it is more often the case that > > a cloud provider is more secure than a standalone solution. If only > > because the

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 01:24:58PM -0600, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 12:28 PM, Jason Shaw via talk wrote: > > I feel obligated to point out freshbooks.com as Accounting as a Service > > based here in Toronto. I do work there, so I'm a touch biased, but it > > provides mu

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Jan 12, 2017 2:30 PM, "Dhaval Giani via talk" wrote: Hi, On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 2:24 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 12:28 PM, Jason Shaw via talk wrote: >> I feel obligated to point out freshbooks.com as Accounting as a Service >> based here in Toronto. I do work

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 02:30:06PM -0500, Dhaval Giani via talk wrote: > I feel obligated to point out here that it is more often the case that > a cloud provider is more secure than a standalone solution. If only > because they can afford to spend more on hiring people to work on > security full t

Re: [GTALUG] Question

Hi, On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 2:24 PM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 12:28 PM, Jason Shaw via talk wrote: >> I feel obligated to point out freshbooks.com as Accounting as a Service >> based here in Toronto. I do work there, so I'm a touch biased, but it >> provides multiple

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 12:28 PM, Jason Shaw via talk wrote: > I feel obligated to point out freshbooks.com as Accounting as a Service > based here in Toronto. I do work there, so I'm a touch biased, but it > provides multiple users, mobile apps (android and iOS), as well as browser > based ui. >

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 12:26 PM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: > On 01/12/2017 01:13 PM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: >> >> On 01/12/2017 08:16 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: >>> >>> Greetings >>> >>> Am trying to find (for need in the not to distant future) some of what >>> is normally called 'acco

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 10:36 AM, William Park via talk wrote: > This topic is one thing that GTALUG should at least meet and talk about. > It is recurring and prevalent needs in all business. With enough beer, > we'll think of something worth money. > -- Based on what I'm finding it would a LOT

Re: [GTALUG] Question

I feel obligated to point out freshbooks.com as Accounting as a Service based here in Toronto. I do work there, so I'm a touch biased, but it provides multiple users, mobile apps (android and iOS), as well as browser based ui. -jason On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote:

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On 01/12/2017 01:13 PM, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: On 01/12/2017 08:16 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: Greetings Am trying to find (for need in the not to distant future) some of what is normally called 'accounting' software (its really record keeping software but that's a different argument!).

Re: [GTALUG] Question

On 01/12/2017 08:16 AM, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: Greetings Am trying to find (for need in the not to distant future) some of what is normally called 'accounting' software (its really record keeping software but that's a different argument!). What are you using that is, or could be, multi-user

Re: [GTALUG] Question

This topic is one thing that GTALUG should at least meet and talk about. It is recurring and prevalent needs in all business. With enough beer, we'll think of something worth money. -- William On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 07:16:56AM -0600, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: > Greetings > > Am trying to find

Re: [GTALUG] Question

Oh I clearly knew that but the older people in the company were always pushing back. "Why do we need something new, we have this and it works" clearly it didn't work. it was amazing how it actually did work, the 'access db' didn't use keys. The guy that dev'ed it linked tables with text and not a u

Re: [GTALUG] Question

Odoo can be tailored, but at a cost (oftentimes underestimated by the customer). However, it's the best solution for those who need a custom-fit system -short of building one from scratch of course :-) On 2017-01-12 09:29 AM, Digiital aka David wrote: Could have used that meetup a few yrs ago.

Re: [GTALUG] Question

Could have used that meetup a few yrs ago. I was working with a manufacture in Mississauga that wanted to replace the homebrew ERP system(access?? Bl) and I was in the stages of rebuilding it using OpenERP(Odoo) but they didn't like the flow because they had been doing the biz the same way for

Re: [GTALUG] Question

For business uses, we use Odoo. It's open source and simple enough to get started with a couple business functions like accounting. We actually launched the Odoo Toronto meetup group with another Odoo service provider (OERP). See https://www.meetup.com/Odoo-Toronto/ (slow right now) For perso

[GTALUG] Question

Greetings Am trying to find (for need in the not to distant future) some of what is normally called 'accounting' software (its really record keeping software but that's a different argument!). What are you using that is, or could be, multi-user and has room for some complexity? (I am presently us

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 12:21:47PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 12:15:52PM -0400, James Knott via talk wrote: > > FWIW, I run Windows 10 in a VirtualBox virtual machine on Linux, with my > > ThinkPad. I run the VM in bridge mode, not NAT. It gets it's own DHCP

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

On 16 August 2016 at 15:35, James Knott via talk wrote: > On 08/16/2016 01:57 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: >> It could. DHCP servers are allowed to use more than one parameter, >> such as mac, hostname, etc. It could cause trouble with many dhcp >> servers though. > > I'm using the DHCP server in

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

On 08/16/2016 01:57 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > It could. DHCP servers are allowed to use more than one parameter, > such as mac, hostname, etc. It could cause trouble with many dhcp > servers though. I'm using the DHCP server in my pfSense firewall. The only identifier is the MAC address. --

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 12:25:48PM -0400, James Knott via talk wrote: > Yes, it has it's own MAC. I wouldn't be able to configure the DHCP > server for it otherwise. It could. DHCP servers are allowed to use more than one parameter, such as mac, hostname, etc. It could cause trouble with many d

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

On 08/16/2016 12:21 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > Does virtualbox use the same MAC as the host system, or it's own MAC? > That would make a difference I would think. Yes, it has it's own MAC. I wouldn't be able to configure the DHCP server for it otherwise. > > Which wifi adapter is in that machi

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 12:15:52PM -0400, James Knott via talk wrote: > FWIW, I run Windows 10 in a VirtualBox virtual machine on Linux, with my > ThinkPad. I run the VM in bridge mode, not NAT. It gets it's own DHCP > IPv4 address, along with SLAAC addresses on IPv6. I even have an > assigned I

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

On 08/16/2016 11:40 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 09:59:53AM -0400, James Knott via talk wrote: >> I've also wondered exactly what he wants. If he wants a WiFi "bridge", >> that is a device that extends WiFi range, then this device won't do it. >> My home access point, the

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

On 08/16/2016 11:38 AM, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > This is the same thing that is preventing running a VM in bridged mode > on a laptop with a wifi link. If you do full NAT you are fine, but if > you are trying to run a VM as a server and make it accessible to the > network you are out of

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 09:59:53AM -0400, James Knott via talk wrote: > I've also wondered exactly what he wants. If he wants a WiFi "bridge", > that is a device that extends WiFi range, then this device won't do it. > My home access point, the TL-WA901ND will, as will my Asus wl-330ge > portable

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 11:52:57PM -0400, William Park via talk wrote: > Anyone have this one? > > http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=27_1046_365&item_id=087761 > http://www.tplink.ca/en/products/details/TL-WR802N.html > If so, have you ever used its "Client Mode" and ca

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My apology... James is right. I got confused after reading TP-LINK TL-WR802N manual where it says "DHCP server". DAP-1350 manual says "DHCP" only. -- William On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 10:30:59PM -0400, William Park via talk wrote: > On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 08:59:46PM -0400, James Knott via talk w

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

Depending on your intended use, there is also this: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01CVOLGOG/ref=pe_386430_202053160_TE_item TP-Link TL-WR810N 300 Mbps Wireless N Mini Router $35 It has a built-in power supply, 2 ethernet ports, and a USB port. It can operate in several modes: 1. Router 2. Hotsp

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 08:59:46PM -0400, James Knott via talk wrote: > That is exactly what that D-Link will do in Client mode. It will > connect one or more Ethernet devices via WiFi to the router. James, since you have this DAP-1350... Suppose Device-A is connected to your DAP, which is in "c

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

On 12 August 2016 at 20:48, William Park via talk wrote: > Yes, scenario 1 is what I meant and want. Correct term (and operation) > is "client bridge". It looks like there isn't just one standard for connecting two routers via a wireless link and creating a single bridged network. Which protocol

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

On 08/12/2016 08:48 PM, William Park via talk wrote: >> From what I understand so far, William can correct me, he wants Scenario 1, >> > where its a transparent bridge. I've been re-acquainting myself with this >> > all morning. > Yes, scenario 1 is what I meant and want. Correct term (and operati

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 09:46:10AM -0400, Scott Sullivan via talk wrote: > William, is correct in that 'client mode' is not what he's seeking, although > he's not hit on the correct term yet. > > From what I understand so far, William can correct me, he wants Scenario 1, > where its a transparent

Re: [GTALUG] (question) TP-Link TL-WR802N 300Mbps Wireless-N Nano Router

On 08/12/2016 09:46 AM, Scott Sullivan via talk wrote: > From what I understand so far, William can correct me, he wants > Scenario 1, where its a transparent bridge. I've been re-acquainting > myself with this all morning. > > While it can still be called confusingly 'bridged client mode', the > s

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