WLUG April 2017

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word perfect

by donald vitkus

can not install word perfect 8.0 on united linux any ideas

1 year, 8 months

Charter Telephone reviews, boylston?

by John Stoffel

Hi, Anyone on here using Charter Telephone VOIP service? I've currently got Verizon, but the wife hates it because our phone lines get flaky all the time, esp when it rains. So I'm thinking to save money and combine all my stuff onto Charter. I've already got High Speed internet and regular old cable. Not wild about Digital Cable since I'm happy with Tivo and I don't want yet another set top box to have to deal with... So, any horror stories about Charter Phone VOIP quality and service? Thanks, John

2 years, 10 months

Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting

by Richard Klein

I use Plex and would love to learn more about it, and about similar things, such as Kodi. I'm also interested in Bitcoin, though, mostly, I want a way to recover the Bitcoin wallet I created (and lost all info for) a couple years ago. However, I realized at the time of the last meeting, that Thursday nights are also open shop night at Worcester Earn-a-bike, which creates a conflict for me. On Apr 25, 2017 2:35 PM, "Tim Keller" <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a topic, > is there something that people are burning to know about? > > We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested > people are. > Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. > > Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always > found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love > to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and > storing bitcoins. > > Thanks, > Tim. > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

4 years, 3 months

Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting

by THE HAMMER

I'd be very curious to hear about Kodi. ________________________________ From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org <wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org> on behalf of Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2017 2:32 PM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a topic, is there something that people are burning to know about? We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested people are. Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and storing bitcoins. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

4 years, 3 months

Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller)

by Keith Wright

"Sweetser, Frank E" <fs(a)WPI.EDU> writes: > I won't have time to put anything together for this > upcoming meeting, but if there's interest I could do > something on DNSSEC at a future one. Yes please. I need to know about that. For those who know even less than I, that is Domain Name System SECurity extensions. -- Keith

4 years, 3 months

Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller)

by Higgins, Benjamin J

I love both topics... but due to baseball commitments for my son, I can't make the May meeting :( --ben From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Sweetser, Frank E Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 1:46 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller) I won't have time to put anything together for this upcoming meeting, but if there's interest I could do something on DNSSEC at a future one. Frank Sweetser Director of Network Operations Worcester Polytechnic Institute "For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong." - HL Mencken ________________________________ From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org<mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org> <wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org<mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org>> on behalf of joel d <joelgroup(a)gmail.com<mailto:joelgroup@gmail.com>> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 1:01 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org<mailto:wlug@mail.wlug.org> Subject: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller) All three topics are interesting. Plex holds more interest for me currently as I plan to soon build a new home NAS for professional, personal and entertainment data. Would want to include Plex in those plans. RetroPie is interesting too. Built one with my 10 year old son. He learned a lot. Dad can still win at Atari Combat. I could bring it and talk about it, but would likely be a relatively short discussion. BitCoin for me has less interest. Technically it's harder to mine for BitCoin prime numbers every month. As a financial currency it is not very strong, not quite taking the world by storm. I like it's government independence, but prepper friends prefer precious metals. Joel ------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:32:50 -0400 From: Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com<mailto:turbofx@gmail.com>> Subject: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org<mailto:wlug@mail.wlug.org>> Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a topic, is there something that people are burning to know about? We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested people are. Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and storing bitcoins. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers". -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20170425/de6643a1/attachmen… ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org<mailto:Wlug@mail.wlug.org> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug End of Wlug Digest, Vol 162, Issue 7 ************************************ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org<mailto:Wlug@mail.wlug.org> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

4 years, 3 months

Re: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller)

by Sweetser, Frank E

I won't have time to put anything together for this upcoming meeting, but if there's interest I could do something on DNSSEC at a future one. Frank Sweetser Director of Network Operations Worcester Polytechnic Institute "For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong." - HL Mencken ________________________________ From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org <wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org> on behalf of joel d <joelgroup(a)gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 1:01 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller) All three topics are interesting. Plex holds more interest for me currently as I plan to soon build a new home NAS for professional, personal and entertainment data. Would want to include Plex in those plans. RetroPie is interesting too. Built one with my 10 year old son. He learned a lot. Dad can still win at Atari Combat. I could bring it and talk about it, but would likely be a relatively short discussion. BitCoin for me has less interest. Technically it's harder to mine for BitCoin prime numbers every month. As a financial currency it is not very strong, not quite taking the world by storm. I like it's government independence, but prepper friends prefer precious metals. Joel ------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:32:50 -0400 From: Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a topic, is there something that people are burning to know about? We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested people are. Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and storing bitcoins. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers". -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.wlug.org/pipermail/wlug/attachments/20170425/de6643a1/attachmen… ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug End of Wlug Digest, Vol 162, Issue 7 ************************************ _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

4 years, 3 months

Topics for next meeting (Tim Keller)

by joel d

All three topics are interesting. Plex holds more interest for me currently as I plan to soon build a new home NAS for professional, personal and entertainment data. Would want to include Plex in those plans. RetroPie is interesting too. Built one with my 10 year old son. He learned a lot. Dad can still win at Atari Combat. I could bring it and talk about it, but would likely be a relatively short discussion. BitCoin for me has less interest. Technically it's harder to mine for BitCoin prime numbers every month. As a financial currency it is not very strong, not quite taking the world by storm. I like it's government independence, but prepper friends prefer precious metals. Joel ------------------- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2017 14:32:50 -0400 From: Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Wlug] Topics for next meeting To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a topic, is there something that people are burning to know about? We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested people are. Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and storing bitcoins. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

4 years, 3 months

Topics for next meeting

by Tim Keller

Before the next meeting suddenly appears and we're scrambling for a topic, is there something that people are burning to know about? We talked about doing a talk about plex, I'm not sure how interested people are. Another topic that came up was a talk about setting up a RetroPi system. Another topic that came up later was BitCoin. Personally I've always found bitcoin an enigma. If anybody in the group understands it I'd love to learn about it and possibly what tools there are on linux for mining and storing bitcoins. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

4 years, 3 months

Humble Book Bundle: Python presented by No Starch Press (pay what you want and help charity)

by Eric Martin

I figured some of you might find some use for this. It has some great books in it, including black hat python and teaching your kids to program. $15 for a bunch of DRM free books is hard to beat. https://www.humblebundle.com/books/python-book-bundle -- Eric

4 years, 3 months

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