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Re: So about that Pi5..

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Joe" == Joe Sherman via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: So this ZimaBoard is just an Intel Celeron, and looking at their site (https://zimaboard.com/) it's not always easy to get specs or info. Not that impressed so far. Now the ZimaBlade is a little more interesting, though you have to buy your own RAM, but maybe building a small CEPH cluster would be possible with this? Probably needs more than just 1 x 1gb ethernet though, since you'd like to keep the cluster traffic isolated. I've got the OrangePi 3 LTS, which has been working fine for me, though I admit I don't do much with it. And the one I have setup remotely seems to flake out on reboots at times and not come back up cleanly, which is annoying since it's a 30 minute drive to fix it. Sigh... > I keep hearing less than stellar reviews for the Pi5 so not that > interested myself. I keep hearing a lot about the Zima SBCs, both > tue ZimaBoard and the ZimaBlade. And I hear they are kickstarting a > ZimaCube which will be a NAS box. interesting for sure. > On Fri, Nov 3, 2023, 2:04 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > I went to microcenter on the 23rd of October and they said sorry and said the 3rd of November, > and today before I even left the house they say "sold out." > I can only speculate on how before they were even on the shelves they were sold out.. but > there we are.. > With that said, the orange pi 5 keeps looking even more interesting, though it completely > blows the price point out of the water at $100.. > Tim. > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as > "consumers". > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/MXZVL… > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/TRBM2…

Nov. 8, 2023

Re: Reminder: Next Meeting Nov 9th, 2023! Location: Technocopia

by Kevin Stratton

I am interested in the tool path. Perhaps you can discuss how the tool path flows and provide some idea of your experience with set up to work with the CNC machine. 1) What do you use for CAD?. Do you use STL files as an output? 2) What do you use as an equivalent to a slicer (to generate G-code from the STL file, select bits, etc..). 3) Anything else related to tool path tools or terminology. 4) General impressions, what works, what does not, etc.... On 11/6/2023 4:33 PM, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > Hey Everybody! > > We've got a wlug meeting at Technocopia on Thursday Nov 9th, 2023. > I had hoped to have a pi5 and be using it as my daily driver, but I've > been foiled in that attempt. > Another option if people would be interested in it, I could bring my > desktop cnc mill. > My whole goal has been to use as much FOSS as possible in the entire > toolpath so I'm not entangled with a particular company that might go > out of business. > > If this is something people might be interested in, let me know. > > Thanks, > Tim. > > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list --wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email towlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account:https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings:https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive:https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org…

Nov. 7, 2023

Reminder: Next Meeting Nov 9th, 2023! Location: Technocopia

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody! We've got a wlug meeting at Technocopia on Thursday Nov 9th, 2023. I had hoped to have a pi5 and be using it as my daily driver, but I've been foiled in that attempt. Another option if people would be interested in it, I could bring my desktop cnc mill. My whole goal has been to use as much FOSS as possible in the entire toolpath so I'm not entangled with a particular company that might go out of business. If this is something people might be interested in, let me know. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Nov. 6, 2023

Re: So about that Pi5..

by Joe Sherman

I keep hearing less than stellar reviews for the Pi5 so not that interested myself. I keep hearing a lot about the Zima SBCs, both tue ZimaBoard and the ZimaBlade. And I hear they are kickstarting a ZimaCube which will be a NAS box. interesting for sure. On Fri, Nov 3, 2023, 2:04 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > I went to microcenter on the 23rd of October and they said sorry and said > the 3rd of November, and today before I even left the house they say "sold > out." > > I can only speculate on how before they were even on the shelves they were > sold out.. but there we are.. > > With that said, the orange pi 5 keeps looking even more interesting, > though it completely blows the price point out of the water at $100.. > > Tim. > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/MXZVL… >

Nov. 3, 2023

So about that Pi5..

by Tim Keller

I went to microcenter on the 23rd of October and they said sorry and said the 3rd of November, and today before I even left the house they say "sold out." I can only speculate on how before they were even on the shelves they were sold out.. but there we are.. With that said, the orange pi 5 keeps looking even more interesting, though it completely blows the price point out of the water at $100.. Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Nov. 3, 2023

Re: Ubuntu with SSSD

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Harrington via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > I have a lab full of Ubuntu 22.04 machines and have (finally) set > them all up with AD login via SSSD You should post your details on how you did this! I use AD at home but my docs (with a client of Linux Mint <recent>) are way way way out of date. It just works though. > As i was testing, new SSSD users were added to the Gnome3 Greeter > bage. Somewhere along the way with testing, new users stopped being > added to the greeter page. The ones added previously automatically > are still there, but new ones are not being added. I think they need to know their username and type it into the list, and then it just keeps the most recent N number of names in the dropdown. I ran into this myself at one point at home. I think you minght need to poke around in here: https://help.gnome.org/admin/gdm/3.12/configuration.html.en and see what you find. How many logins do you want to show? Look in /etc/gdm/custom.conf and add this to the [greeter] section: [greeter] IncludeAll=true It might do the trick. > I was wondering what configurations effects this behavior? I want > the little kids names added to the list so they can just click on > their name and enter their password. > Here is my setup script: https://github.com/BancroftSchoolOpenSource/UbuntuSetupScript Looks ok, though I see some wierd chmod 777 ... ; do some stuff; chmod 755 ... ; things in there which strike me as odd.

Oct. 20, 2023

Re: Ubuntu with SSSD

by Tim Keller

Can the kids still log in? I wonder if the issue is with the gdm3 list limiting how many users it'll show or something. Tim. On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 5:45 PM Kevin Harrington via WLUG < wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > I have a lab full of Ubuntu 22.04 machines and have (finally) set them all > up with AD login via SSSD > > As i was testing, new SSSD users were added to the Gnome3 Greeter bage. > Somewhere along the way with testing, new users stopped being added to the > greeter page. The ones added previously automatically are still there, but > new ones are not being added. > > I was wondering what configurations effects this behavior? I want the > little kids names added to the list so they can just click on their name > and enter their password. > > Here is my setup script: > https://github.com/BancroftSchoolOpenSource/UbuntuSetupScript > > Any tips would be helpful! > > > Bancroft School > 110 Shore Dr, Worcester, MA 01605 > *T:* 508-853-2640 | *F*: 508-853-7824 > www.bancroftschool.org > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org > Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ > Change Settings: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ > Web Forum/Archive: > https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/CFOYF… > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Oct. 18, 2023

Re: Zimma Board

by Tim Keller

https://hackaday.io/project/175094-raspberry-pi-ceph-cluster It's definitely a situation where you'd really want your ansible skills dialed in. On Tue, Oct 17, 2023, 12:43 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > >>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Stratton via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > > This might be old news and off the Raspberry 5 topic. > > I have been looking at the Zimma Board for a SBC to mess with. > > I have a couple of OrangePi3 LTS boards and I could bring one to > compare with the RPi5 > > > It is a different type of board for a different use case. I am mostly > > focused on the performance and SATA port(s). I do not like burning out > > SD cards. > > How well would this board work to use to build a home ceph cluster? I > used to think I wanted to get a bunch of Odriod H2 with the SATA ports > and setup my own distributed filesystem. > > > > 1) open media vault 2 drive NAS > > > 2) Low end (low power, low budget) web page server > > > 3) pihole with a firewall (x86 build) > > I tried doing this myself once, but in a VM and it was terrible. They > are *so* tied into the RPi for setup and install that it's not funny. > > > John >

Oct. 17, 2023

Re: Zimma Board

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Stratton via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > This might be old news and off the Raspberry 5 topic. > I have been looking at the Zimma Board for a SBC to mess with. I have a couple of OrangePi3 LTS boards and I could bring one to compare with the RPi5 > It is a different type of board for a different use case. I am mostly > focused on the performance and SATA port(s). I do not like burning out > SD cards. How well would this board work to use to build a home ceph cluster? I used to think I wanted to get a bunch of Odriod H2 with the SATA ports and setup my own distributed filesystem. > 1) open media vault 2 drive NAS > 2) Low end (low power, low budget) web page server > 3) pihole with a firewall (x86 build) I tried doing this myself once, but in a VM and it was terrible. They are *so* tied into the RPi for setup and install that it's not funny. John

Oct. 17, 2023

Re: Reminder! Meeting tomorrow @ 7pm @ Technocopia!

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Last night's meeting was great! Bummed I missed it! > We got Matt setup with a macbook running Ubuntu, got into the weeds > talking about SSSD and rounded it out with some talk about the pi5. > Kevin then showed off the Eagle file browser. Neat! > Hopefully next month we'll have a pi5 to do some hands on screwing around with! John

Oct. 17, 2023