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Re: [Wlug] Hardware Vendor Search (a bit off list)
by Mike Leo June 8, 2007

June 8, 2007

Expert Server Group in Bedford NH. http://www.expertserver.com/ Worked with them for years and they are awesome. Jenn Heiberg is our current rep, but Amy Fournier is cool, too. They are a var, too. VMWare experts and such. ----- Original Message ---- From: Tal Cohen <wlug(a)cohen123.com> To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Sent: Friday, June 8, 2007 3:20:36 PM Subject: [Wlug] Hardware Vendor Search (a bit off list)  Does anyone know a good, reliable, hardware vendor that they can recommend? I need to purchase 4-7 2U servers and our existing vendor is dragging his feet. Thanks, Tal _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Re: [Wlug] Hardware Vendor Search (a bit off list)
by Jamie Guinan June 8, 2007

June 8, 2007

I had a really bad experience trying to buy a 1U server from a vendor I saw in Linux Journal, thinking I'd support a "linux-friendly" company. Well, after they charged my CC, it took them 3 *weeks* to start the system burn-in, the system *failed* burn-in, they said it would take at least another week... so I finally told them to screw off and got my money back. I ended up buying a dirt-cheap 1U Celeron (Cybertron) from TigerDirect, which I colo'd with a Level3 reseller in Cambridge. Its been humming along for 2 years so far. So if you're willing forego the "value add" (pronounced with dripping sarcasm and doing the "quotes" motion with my fingers) that some vendors might provide, and you can install and configure your own Linux distro, you might try TigerDirect or another generic online vendor. -Jamie On Fri, 8 Jun 2007, Tal Cohen wrote: > Does anyone know a good, reliable, hardware vendor that they can recommend? > I need to purchase 4-7 2U servers and our existing vendor is dragging his > feet. > > > > Thanks, > Tal

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Hardware Vendor Search (a bit off list)
by Tal Cohen June 8, 2007

June 8, 2007

Does anyone know a good, reliable, hardware vendor that they can recommend? I need to purchase 4-7 2U servers and our existing vendor is dragging his feet. Thanks, Tal

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Seeking Linux help for area non-profit - compensation potential
by Mike Peckar June 5, 2007

June 5, 2007

Please do not reply to the list or to me. Boylston's public cable access channel (WBAC) is seeking to expand its services and offer Video on Demand and video file upload and download services for its staff and eventually the community. They currently have their web site and email hosted with an ISP and they are happy with that, but the ISP cannot provide them with these new services. They are looking for help in installing and configuring a linux box off their private LAN for this purpose. They also need other general help with their setup including configuring and troubleshooting VPN connections via their netgear VPN/firewall, etc. These folks are sort of windows literate, and they recognize that Linux will provide them with the most secure and cost-effective solution to meet their growing needs at this time. Ideally, they are seeking Boylston residents, but they are willing to bring in help from outside their community. They are also able to reasonably compensate for the above mentioned services and/or barter for access to their fine production equipment. If you are intersted in learning more about video and television production, this may be well worth your effort. To express your interest, please provide a brief summary of your skills, your level of interest in supporting WBAC, and any compensation requirements to: Tom Martiska Staff(a)wbactv.org

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Followup [Re: Follow-Up to Key Signing Party]
by Jamie Guinan May 31, 2007

May 31, 2007

Ok, so I did, gpg --recv-keys ... [everyone's ID from the meeting ] gpg --fingerprint ... [ confirm fingerprints ] for key in ... ; do gpg --sign-key $key; done for key in ... ; do gpg --send-key $key; done Now "gpg --list-keys" shows all the keys I expected to see. And just now I did a "gpg --recv-keys <my ID>" and it said I had 6 new signatures, gpg: requesting key 103BA0B0 from hkp server pgp.mit.edu gpg: key 103BA0B0: "Jamie Guinan <guinan(a)bluebutton.com>" 6 new signatures gpg: 3 marginal(s) needed, 1 complete(s) needed, PGP trust model gpg: depth: 0 valid: 1 signed: 12 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u gpg: depth: 1 valid: 12 signed: 1 trust: 12-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 0u gpg: next trustdb check due at 2009-04-16 gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: new signatures: 6 I think that looks good. At some point I'll look into using it for email and other things, but at least the basics are there. -Jamie

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a) UPS talk? b) APC-w-USB ?
by Doug Mildram May 29, 2007

May 29, 2007

doug> I got an idea for a WLUG talk, having trolled the SW-devel-mail-list and used sparingly the excellent APC-UPS free sw at http://www.apcupsd.com I've got a small-enough APC SmartUPS and a laptop or 2 I could do this on. What I don't have (or can't yank out of the lab here at work) COULD USE....dont really NEED: ....an APC UPS with the more modern USB port....reasonably small. (the SW supports serial/"COM1" cable/interface, or USB/HID... I'm very weak on the HID stuff, but it probably just works.) So this lure is to see who does have apc w/usb... and wants to try-and-or-demo this. and When's the june meeting ? (I forget what month the party is.)

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Free stuff - please reply off list
by Adam Keck May 28, 2007

May 28, 2007

Hello All, I have some free items that I can bring to the next meeting, if anyone wants them. 2x Serial Cable 6ft: DB-25 Female to DB-25 Male 1x Serial Cable 6ft: DB-25 Male to DB-25 Male 1x Sun 13W3 to VGA Adapter 4x SCSI 2 to SCSI 3 - DB50P Male to DB68P Male 6ft 1x DB-9 Male to DB-25 Female Serial Adapter 1x SCSI 2: DB-50 Male to DB-50 Male 3ft 1x SCSI 3: DB-68 Male to Male 1ft 1x Sun 13W3 to Mac DB-15 graphics cable 1x Centronix to DB-25 SCSI 1 1x @Home Network (there's a blast from the past ;) USB Ethernet Adapter 1x SCSI 3: DB-68 Male to DB-68 Male 3ft 1x DB-68 Male to 50-pin Male 1x SCSI 3: DB-68 Male to DB-68 Male 6ft 1x 8-port 3-Com 10/100 hub 1x DLT-4 tape 1x Male to Male VGA cable 6ft 2x DB-9 Male to DB-9 Female 6ft 1x Mammoth Cleaning Tape 8mm 1x ATA-100 internal IDE cable 1x DB-15 VGA Male to Male gender changer 1x Synoptics LattisNet Model 508 10Base-T Transceiver -Adam

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2 free 17" CRT monitors (D1028L)
by Mike Frysinger May 27, 2007

May 27, 2007

ive got two spare 17" CRT monitors here ... they're D1028L (the good shit: Triniton). ive got no use for them and dont want to be bothered with selling them, so if anyone wants one, lemme know ... i'm in the WPI area -mike

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Re: [Wlug] FW: gv & resource file in ubuntu feisty fox
by Jamie Guinan May 25, 2007

May 25, 2007

On Fri, 25 May 2007, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > I've searched and have not found the answer to this issue. > > gv in the Ubuntu feisty fox distro does not seem to observe the > resource file. In particular the auto-refresh and reverse scroll do > not work. > > My resource file is ~/.gv and contains: > > GV.reverseScrolling: TRUE > GV.watchFile: TRUE > GV.autoResize: FALSE > > > This did work on Red Hat FC4, but the same file does not work in > Ubuntu. > > Am I doing something wrong or have I found a bug? I think resource settings "reside" in the X server at run-time, so you could try manually adding those particular ones like so, (with queries before and after for testing), $ xrdb -query $ xrdb -merge ~/.gv $ xrdb -query Then run gv again. If it works, maybe you could add it to your X startup, however that works on your $DISTRO+$DESKTOP+etc... In the past I've also used ggv, which is gnome-ified gv. -Jamie

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FW: gv & resource file in ubuntu feisty fox
by Bill Mills-Curran May 25, 2007

May 25, 2007

I've searched and have not found the answer to this issue. gv in the Ubuntu feisty fox distro does not seem to observe the resource file. In particular the auto-refresh and reverse scroll do not work. My resource file is ~/.gv and contains: GV.reverseScrolling: TRUE GV.watchFile: TRUE GV.autoResize: FALSE This did work on Red Hat FC4, but the same file does not work in Ubuntu. Am I doing something wrong or have I found a bug? TIA, Bill

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