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Next WLUG Meeting! Oct 15th NOT the 8th.

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody, I've decided to push the meeting off to the 8th. This is mainly because the second week of October snuck up on me and because I have conflict that night. Hopefully by then I'll have a little project I've been working on ready to show off. Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Oct. 6, 2020

Re: Free Item: Elenco Kids 300 Project Electronics Kit

by Joel

Hi Andrew, You are the first to show interest and #1 on the interested people list. If others are interested, will pick a person at random from those interested. Thank you, Joel On October 5, 2020 12:09:52 PM Andrew Oprea via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Did no one bite? > The closest I've got to a sudtable kid is a soon-to-be 4 year old > niece. If no one else is interested, I'll be passing by Worcester next > weekend. > > - Drew > > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 12:03 PM Joel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: >> >> Hi WLUG, >> >> I have a free item someone's favorite electronics interested kid may love. >> >> Elenco Snap Circuits 300 in 1 Electronics Kit. >> >> Have the 300 projects kit plus an expansion kit for another 100+ projects. >> >> I believe all the parts and manuals are there, but no guarantees. >> >> As a ham radio geek, I will genuinely miss my son building a working AM radio receiver on his own on a random rainy Saturday. >> >> Think electronics building kit, with no wires to connect and with language-free Lego type instructions. >> >> My guess at age range is 6 years old (for simpler builds) to about 13 years old. >> Kids older than 13 may love it, but are more likely to live with a death-grip on their modern data phone device. >> >> If more than one person happens to be interested, I will do a random.org drawing to pick a winner later this week. >> >> Joel >> >> Here is what Amazon lists for a description of the 300 project kit: >> https://www.amazon.com/Snap-Circuits-SC-300-Electronics-Exploration/dp/B000… >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/TD5GU… > _______________________________________________ > 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/2W3F4…

Oct. 5, 2020

Re: Free Item: Elenco Kids 300 Project Electronics Kit

by Andrew Oprea

Did no one bite? The closest I've got to a sudtable kid is a soon-to-be 4 year old niece. If no one else is interested, I'll be passing by Worcester next weekend. - Drew On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 12:03 PM Joel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > Hi WLUG, > > I have a free item someone's favorite electronics interested kid may love. > > Elenco Snap Circuits 300 in 1 Electronics Kit. > > Have the 300 projects kit plus an expansion kit for another 100+ projects. > > I believe all the parts and manuals are there, but no guarantees. > > As a ham radio geek, I will genuinely miss my son building a working AM radio receiver on his own on a random rainy Saturday. > > Think electronics building kit, with no wires to connect and with language-free Lego type instructions. > > My guess at age range is 6 years old (for simpler builds) to about 13 years old. > Kids older than 13 may love it, but are more likely to live with a death-grip on their modern data phone device. > > If more than one person happens to be interested, I will do a random.org drawing to pick a winner later this week. > > Joel > > Here is what Amazon lists for a description of the 300 project kit: > https://www.amazon.com/Snap-Circuits-SC-300-Electronics-Exploration/dp/B000… > > _______________________________________________ > 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/TD5GU…

Oct. 5, 2020

Free Item: Elenco Kids 300 Project Electronics Kit

by Joel

Hi WLUG, I have a free item someone's favorite electronics interested kid may love. Elenco Snap Circuits 300 in 1 Electronics Kit. Have the 300 projects kit plus an expansion kit for another 100+ projects. I believe all the parts and manuals are there, but no guarantees. As a ham radio geek, I will genuinely miss my son building a working AM radio receiver on his own on a random rainy Saturday. Think electronics building kit, with no wires to connect and with language-free Lego type instructions. My guess at age range is 6 years old (for simpler builds) to about 13 years old. Kids older than 13 may love it, but are more likely to live with a death-grip on their modern data phone device. If more than one person happens to be interested, I will do a random.org drawing to pick a winner later this week. Joel Here is what Amazon lists for a description of the 300 project kit: https://www.amazon.com/Snap-Circuits-SC-300-Electronics-Exploration/dp/B000…

Oct. 5, 2020

Re: Free Item: Elenco Kids 300 Project Electronics Kit

by Jim Dibb

Hi, Actually, I retract my interest. Went to look at what we do have and the kit you have would be redundant. Thanks for offering it. I'm sure it will find a good home. Regards, Jim On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 10:54 AM joel d via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hi WLUG, > > I have a free item someone's favorite electronics interested kid may love. > > Elenco Snap Circuits 300 in 1 Electronics Kit. > > Have the 300 projects kit plus an expansion kit for another 100+ projects. > > I believe all the parts and manuals are there, but no guarantees. > > As a ham radio geek, I will genuinely miss my son building a working AM > radio receiver on his own on a random rainy Saturday. > > Think electronics building kit, with no wires to connect and with > language-free Lego type instructions. > > My guess at age range is 6 years old (for simpler builds) to about 13 > years old. > Kids older than 13 may love it, but are more likely to live with a > death-grip on their modern data phone device. > > If more than one person happens to be interested, I will do a random.org > drawing to pick a winner later this week. > > Joel > > Here is what Amazon lists for a description of the 300 project kit: > > https://www.amazon.com/Snap-Circuits-SC-300-Electronics-Exploration/dp/B000… > _______________________________________________ > 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/BVGIH… >

Oct. 5, 2020

Re: Free Item: Elenco Kids 300 Project Electronics Kit

by Jim Dibb

Hi, my daughter, now 15, has a few smaller snap circuits kits. She's a math fan and is learning python on her own from the python for kids book. She'd love it. Jim On Mon, Oct 5, 2020 at 10:54 AM joel d via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Hi WLUG, > > I have a free item someone's favorite electronics interested kid may love. > > Elenco Snap Circuits 300 in 1 Electronics Kit. > > Have the 300 projects kit plus an expansion kit for another 100+ projects. > > I believe all the parts and manuals are there, but no guarantees. > > As a ham radio geek, I will genuinely miss my son building a working AM > radio receiver on his own on a random rainy Saturday. > > Think electronics building kit, with no wires to connect and with > language-free Lego type instructions. > > My guess at age range is 6 years old (for simpler builds) to about 13 > years old. > Kids older than 13 may love it, but are more likely to live with a > death-grip on their modern data phone device. > > If more than one person happens to be interested, I will do a random.org > drawing to pick a winner later this week. > > Joel > > Here is what Amazon lists for a description of the 300 project kit: > > https://www.amazon.com/Snap-Circuits-SC-300-Electronics-Exploration/dp/B000… > _______________________________________________ > 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/BVGIH… >

Oct. 5, 2020

Free Item: Elenco Kids 300 Project Electronics Kit

by joel d

Hi WLUG, I have a free item someone's favorite electronics interested kid may love. Elenco Snap Circuits 300 in 1 Electronics Kit. Have the 300 projects kit plus an expansion kit for another 100+ projects. I believe all the parts and manuals are there, but no guarantees. As a ham radio geek, I will genuinely miss my son building a working AM radio receiver on his own on a random rainy Saturday. Think electronics building kit, with no wires to connect and with language-free Lego type instructions. My guess at age range is 6 years old (for simpler builds) to about 13 years old. Kids older than 13 may love it, but are more likely to live with a death-grip on their modern data phone device. If more than one person happens to be interested, I will do a random.org drawing to pick a winner later this week. Joel Here is what Amazon lists for a description of the 300 project kit: https://www.amazon.com/Snap-Circuits-SC-300-Electronics-Exploration/dp/B000…

Oct. 5, 2020

Re: Ubuntu update question

by Tim Keller

Ron, I hear you on the quality aspect. When you get near the sub 1k desktops, they're really trying to hit a price point and they'll do that shaving off any corner they don't think you'll need. My wife's desktop is nearing the end of its life and while I haven't had any issues with her prefab desktop, it's basically not upgradeable except for ram. I'm glad to hear everything is going well with the desktop! Tim. On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 11:30 PM John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > THE> Thank again for all the recent advice. I have one question. I > THE> installed Ubuntu (from a 20.04 flash drive I did a while back) > THE> and checked the option to download additional software. It was > THE> then up and running. I then had updates available. They were > THE> installing, and then the computer said a restart was needed. I > THE> clicked restart and rather than restart as expected it went to > THE> what I think was a grub menu. Ubuntu was highlighted, I hit the > THE> enter key. It said "unpacking failed" (forget if before or > THE> after) and started up. Everything seems to be fine, but I am > THE> sending this email in case if anyone knows if I will have > THE> problems. > > Did you remember to remove the USB stick? Just making sure you > weren't booting off that. The next thing to check is to just reboot > and not touch anything. Does it boot on it's own? If it does, then > you're just seeing the message during the timeout phase it gives you > to select different boot options. > > If it does NOT boot properly, then we're going to need more details. > Basically, when you get to the grub menu and Ubuntu is highlighted, > just don't do anything and see if it boots on it's own. > > THE> I tried googling "Ubuntu unpacking failed" and se references to > THE> initramfs, but can't say if my message said this. It flashed > THE> quickly. I'm confused on what I read there anyway. > > THE> FYI on the bios to make things work I changed: > THE> PTT to off > THE> Secure Boot Enable to off > THE> Changed RAID to AHCHI > > What happens if you change these one by one? With 3 changes, you have > 8 different combinations. But the last one, RAID to AHCI, I agree > with. Not sure what the PTT means, I associate it with Push To Talk > myself. > > > THE> The machine seems blazing fast compared to the previous one. > THE> Materials much more cheaply made, though. Surprised me that > THE> there was no Windows CD or label with license number. > > Most systems these days just come with a Windows10 restore partition. > But you can also just install windows 10 from an image you download > from MS and it just works. For some value of works. :-) > _______________________________________________ > 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/MBHBW… > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Sept. 21, 2020

Re: Ubuntu update question

by John Stoffel

THE> Thank again for all the recent advice. I have one question. I THE> installed Ubuntu (from a 20.04 flash drive I did a while back) THE> and checked the option to download additional software. It was THE> then up and running. I then had updates available. They were THE> installing, and then the computer said a restart was needed. I THE> clicked restart and rather than restart as expected it went to THE> what I think was a grub menu. Ubuntu was highlighted, I hit the THE> enter key. It said "unpacking failed" (forget if before or THE> after) and started up. Everything seems to be fine, but I am THE> sending this email in case if anyone knows if I will have THE> problems. Did you remember to remove the USB stick? Just making sure you weren't booting off that. The next thing to check is to just reboot and not touch anything. Does it boot on it's own? If it does, then you're just seeing the message during the timeout phase it gives you to select different boot options. If it does NOT boot properly, then we're going to need more details. Basically, when you get to the grub menu and Ubuntu is highlighted, just don't do anything and see if it boots on it's own. THE> I tried googling "Ubuntu unpacking failed" and se references to THE> initramfs, but can't say if my message said this. It flashed THE> quickly. I'm confused on what I read there anyway. THE> FYI on the bios to make things work I changed: THE> PTT to off THE> Secure Boot Enable to off THE> Changed RAID to AHCHI What happens if you change these one by one? With 3 changes, you have 8 different combinations. But the last one, RAID to AHCI, I agree with. Not sure what the PTT means, I associate it with Push To Talk myself. THE> The machine seems blazing fast compared to the previous one. THE> Materials much more cheaply made, though. Surprised me that THE> there was no Windows CD or label with license number. Most systems these days just come with a Windows10 restore partition. But you can also just install windows 10 from an image you download from MS and it just works. For some value of works. :-)

Sept. 20, 2020

Re: Ubuntu update question

by joshua.gage.stone＠gmail.com

Ron, Is this the latest point release of 20.04 LTS? 20.04.1 LTS came out last month, which would probably have some bugfixes for this unexpected behavior. https://releases.ubuntu.com/20.04.1/ Alternatively, Fedora has frequent respins (for Workstation and other supported flavors) which package the latest stable kernel to ensure your hardware is supported OOTB and has bugfixes for broken updates. https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/live-respins/ I don't think disabling Secure Boot is necessary; it's generally going to work OOTB in a modern distro like Ubuntu if you don't need additional drivers, and provides some security since only trusted kernel modules can be loaded. You may have to defer additional updates when reinstalling (that is if you plan on upgrading the OS drive from HDD to SSD), as it's a bit concerning that there are boot errors are happening right from the start. You'll be able to more easily see log output when running `apt update && apt full-upgrade` in a terminal window too. Josh On Sat, 2020-09-19 at 14:05 +0000, THE HAMMER via WLUG wrote: > Hello everyone. > > > > > > > > Thank again for all the recent advice. I have one question. I > installed Ubuntu (from a 20.04 flash drive I did a while back) and > checked the option to download additional software. It was then up > and running. I then had updates available. They were installing, > and then the computer said a restart was needed. I clicked restart > and rather than restart as expected it went to what I think was a > grub menu. Ubuntu was highlighted, I hit the enter key. It said > "unpacking failed" (forget if before or after) and started > up. Everything seems to be fine, but I am sending this email in case > if anyone knows if I will have problems. > > > > > > > > I tried googling "Ubuntu unpacking failed" and se references to > initramfs, but can't say if my message said this. It flashed > quickly. I'm confused on what I read there anyway. > > > > > > > > > > FYI on the bios to make things work I changed: > > PTT to off > > Secure Boot Enable to off > > Changed RAID to AHCHI > > > > > > > > The machine seems blazing fast compared to the previous one. > > Materials much more cheaply made, though. > > Surprised me that there was no Windows CD or label with license > number. > > > > cheers > > > > > > > > > > Ron > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________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/NOGNS…

Sept. 19, 2020