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Re: Looking for anti-virus suggestion

by Chris Handwerker

This built in virus protection should catch most obvious malware. I would also recommend Firefox with the uBlock Origin extension. On 11/25/24 16:36, THE HAMMER via WLUG wrote: > I've got a friend who is looking to get a new laptop running Windows for his wife. He's asked me what virus protection should he get. I have no idea what's good nowadays. I would guess Windows Defender is built is, but can anyone advise me as to if he should get something more?

Dec. 2, 2024

Re: Reminder! Meeting tomorrow!! & My plan.

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Wright via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: >> Sorry the presentation didn't work out! Just wondering if you use >> '\slitex' to generate them? > No, that was obsolete and deprecated in 1999. I used \begin{slide} > environment in standard \LaTeXe. The slides and their TeX source > can be seen on my social media: > http://www.free-comp-shop.com/wlug/wlug.html Keith, I just found something for you to use on your website, a LaTeX style CCS sheet! https://latex.vercel.app/ This almost class-less CSS library turns your HTML document into a website that looks like a LaTeX document. Write semantic HTML, add <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://latex.vercel.app/style.css"> to the <head> of your project and you are good to go. The source code can be found on GitHub at https://github.com/vincentdoerig/latex-css.

Dec. 2, 2024

Re: Looking for anti-virus suggestion

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "THE" == THE HAMMER via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > I've got a friend who is looking to get a new laptop running Windows > for his wife. He's asked me what virus protection should he get. I > have no idea what's good nowadays. I would guess Windows Defender > is built is, but can anyone advise me as to if he should get > something more? Does she really need a Windows Laptop? Can she just get by with a Chrombook instead? Then alot of issues just go away... this is what I did for my mother-in-law and it works great. First one lastest 10 years, second one was only bought because she needed at 64bit compatible one. As for Windows Anti-virus, just use Windows Defender. But the key thing to do is to make her an non-admin user account on there. That helps block alot of problems. So if she does need to install new apps or such, she has to type the admin password in to install them. This slows things down from malicious programs. John

Dec. 2, 2024

Looking for anti-virus suggestion

by THE HAMMER

I've got a friend who is looking to get a new laptop running Windows for his wife. He's asked me what virus protection should he get. I have no idea what's good nowadays. I would guess Windows Defender is built is, but can anyone advise me as to if he should get something more?

Nov. 25, 2024

Re: Reminder! Meeting tomorrow!! & My plan.

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> writes: > John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: >> Sorry the presentation didn't work out! Just wondering if you use >> '\slitex' to generate them? > No, that was obsolete and deprecated in 1999. I used \begin{slide} > environment in standard \LaTeXe. The slides and their TeX source > can be seen on my social media: > http://www.free-comp-shop.com/wlug/wlug.html Tells you how old my LaTeX skills are then! :-)

Nov. 24, 2024

Re: Reminder! Meeting tomorrow!! & My plan.

by Keith Wright

John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Sorry the presentation didn't work out! Just wondering if you use > '\slitex' to generate them? No, that was obsolete and deprecated in 1999. I used \begin{slide} environment in standard \LaTeXe. The slides and their TeX source can be seen on my social media: http://www.free-comp-shop.com/wlug/wlug.html -- Keith

Nov. 23, 2024

Re: Reminder! Meeting tomorrow!! & My plan.

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Wright via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: >> >> Hey Gang! >> >> Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland St. Worcester MA. >> Date: November 21st, 2024 >> Time: 7PM >> Topic: Going rogue. >> >> I know, a flashy title to draw you in! Let's be frank, the digital landscape >> is looking a bit bleak right now. More and more, I'm finding myself not that >> interested in posting anything about myself or my family because I don't >> need some AI algorithmically categorizing me. Even this email I'm sure is >> being analyzed by google.. gmail is free for a reason.. >> >> My plan is to show off a pi running mastodon and/or revolt with tailscale. >> I'd love to hear people's thoughts about this. If people even think the >> tailscale stuff is needed. >> >> See you there! >> Tim. > I can't go to Technocopia, but I plan to log in to > https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA > You didn't mention that, but I hope and assume it is still on. > Some people on the mailing list expressed an interest in document > (book) production systems. I have made a few slides and planned a > short presentation of how I use LaTeX. Sorry the presentation didn't work out! Just wondering if you use '\slitex' to generate them? > I wouldn't want to take the whole meeting, but maybe 10 min > depending on how many questions people ask. Take as much time as you like! > I don't know what mastodon, revolt, or tailscale are. Will google. Social meeting tools. I looked at Mastodon myself today quickly, but I think I'll try spinning up a docker container at home inside a VM or something and see how to expose it lightly to the internet. > The problem is not the hardware in our houses, assuming you control > the software (like Linux), and it is not installed and updated by > sinister forces (like MS Window). > The problem is how to communicate through the internet without your > messages going into sinister databases. So there's the issue! If we want to have a productive conversation, then maybe we need to be willing to share our thoughts. Now maybe we limit who can "be in the room" to just those we like. Or just limit people who can write to those we like. But sharing the conversation isn't a terrible thing. > I used to run a smtp mail server on a computer in my basement with a > DSL connection and static IP address. They broke that. Now my > Rogue-ness consists in using a VPS in the cloud to do it. > Theoretically, the VPS provider could monitor everything I do, but I > am reasonably confident that I am not worth the trouble. I very much do the same thing. I'm I'm going nuts getting opendkim and postfix on Debian 12 working together to sign my outgoing emails properly. It's driving me nuts! > If the CIA or DOD use Windows or a cloud server, they have a > problem, because they are worth a lot of trouble. Cloudstrike! :-)

Nov. 23, 2024

Re: Tomorrows meeting will also have a virtual component

by Keith Wright

Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Sorry about that.. Yes, we will also have an online meeting! > At the usual spot as well: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA This has never happened before. It's 2024-11-21(Thu) 19:10:51EST(UTC-0500) and I am waiting for a moderator, checked address -- Keith

Nov. 22, 2024

Re: Reminder! Meeting tomorrow!! & My plan.

by steve＠patternsoft.net

Omg yes please. And can we have seconds and thirds of other services as appropriate. I’m out of town but love this idea! Sorry I can’t be there. > On Nov 20, 2024, at 12:40 PM, Keith Wright via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > > Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: >> >> Hey Gang! >> >> Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland St. Worcester MA. >> Date: November 21st, 2024 >> Time: 7PM >> Topic: Going rogue. >> >> I know, a flashy title to draw you in! Let's be frank, the digital landscape >> is looking a bit bleak right now. More and more, I'm finding myself not that >> interested in posting anything about myself or my family because I don't >> need some AI algorithmically categorizing me. Even this email I'm sure is >> being analyzed by google.. gmail is free for a reason.. >> >> My plan is to show off a pi running mastodon and/or revolt with tailscale. >> I'd love to hear people's thoughts about this. If people even think the >> tailscale stuff is needed. >> >> See you there! >> Tim. > > I can't go to Technocopia, but I plan to log in to > https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA > You didn't mention that, but I hope and assume it is still on. > > Some people on the mailing list expressed an interest in > document (book) production systems. I have made a few > slides and planned a short presentation of how I use LaTeX. > > I wouldn't want to take the whole meeting, but maybe 10 min > depending on how many questions people ask. > > I don't know what mastodon, revolt, or tailscale are. Will google. > > I know what a (rasberry) pi is, but don't see how it helps. > > The problem is not the hardware in our houses, assuming > you control the software (like Linux), and it is not installed > and updated by sinister forces (like MS Window). > > The problem is how to communicate through the internet without > your messages going into sinister databases. > > I used to run a smtp mail server on a computer in my basement > with a DSL connection and static IP address. They broke that. > Now my Rogue-ness consists in using a VPS in the cloud to do it. > Theoretically, the VPS provider could monitor everything I do, > but I am reasonably confident that I am not worth the trouble. > > If the CIA or DOD use Windows or a cloud server, they have > a problem, because they are worth a lot of trouble. > > -- Keith > _______________________________________________ > 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/LYGSQ…

Nov. 20, 2024

Tomorrows meeting will also have a virtual component

by Tim Keller

Hey Everybody, Sorry about that.. Yes, we will also have an online meeting! At the usual spot as well: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Nov. 20, 2024

Re: Reminder! Meeting tomorrow!! & My plan.

by Keith Wright

Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > > Hey Gang! > > Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland St. Worcester MA. > Date: November 21st, 2024 > Time: 7PM > Topic: Going rogue. > > I know, a flashy title to draw you in! Let's be frank, the digital landscape > is looking a bit bleak right now. More and more, I'm finding myself not that > interested in posting anything about myself or my family because I don't > need some AI algorithmically categorizing me. Even this email I'm sure is > being analyzed by google.. gmail is free for a reason.. > > My plan is to show off a pi running mastodon and/or revolt with tailscale. > I'd love to hear people's thoughts about this. If people even think the > tailscale stuff is needed. > > See you there! > Tim. I can't go to Technocopia, but I plan to log in to https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA You didn't mention that, but I hope and assume it is still on. Some people on the mailing list expressed an interest in document (book) production systems. I have made a few slides and planned a short presentation of how I use LaTeX. I wouldn't want to take the whole meeting, but maybe 10 min depending on how many questions people ask. I don't know what mastodon, revolt, or tailscale are. Will google. I know what a (rasberry) pi is, but don't see how it helps. The problem is not the hardware in our houses, assuming you control the software (like Linux), and it is not installed and updated by sinister forces (like MS Window). The problem is how to communicate through the internet without your messages going into sinister databases. I used to run a smtp mail server on a computer in my basement with a DSL connection and static IP address. They broke that. Now my Rogue-ness consists in using a VPS in the cloud to do it. Theoretically, the VPS provider could monitor everything I do, but I am reasonably confident that I am not worth the trouble. If the CIA or DOD use Windows or a cloud server, they have a problem, because they are worth a lot of trouble. -- Keith

Nov. 20, 2024

Reminder! Meeting tomorrow!! Location: Technocopia, Topic: Going rogue.

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang! Location: Technocopia, 44 Portland St. Worcester MA. Date: November 21st, 2024 Time: 7PM Topic: Going rogue. I know, a flashy title to draw you in! Let's be frank, the digital landscape is looking a bit bleak right now. More and more, I'm finding myself not that interested in posting anything about myself or my family because I don't need some AI algorithmically categorizing me. Even this email I'm sure is being analyzed by google.. gmail is free for a reason.. I had an idea and that was this. Would people be interested in a mastodon server running inside a tailscale mesh? Or some other service, like IRC or https://revolt.chat/ or I'm sure other people have other great ideas. My plan is to show off a pi running mastodon and/or revolt with tailscale. I'd love to hear people's thoughts about this. If people even think the tailscale stuff is needed. So that's my thought for what we might talk about. As usual, there will be dinner afterwards and I'm sure we'll keep talking. See you there! Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Nov. 20, 2024

Reminder! WLUG meeting next week!!

by Tim Keller

Just in case people forgot.. WLUG will be on the 21st! I hope to see you there!! Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Nov. 14, 2024

Does Poxmox Virtualize H.264 encoding

by Kevin Stratton

I occasionally use OBS studio as a screen recorder in my main OS and my CPU is a little light for CPU encoding of video. I have been considering using Proxmox as my hypervisor in place of Virtualbox on my single desktop. Does anyone have any idea if proxmox provides virtual H.264 hardware encoder support like there is a virtual device for keyboard and mouse? From what I have been able to determine, I can not use a pass-through unless I get a second video card, and I suspect there will be other limitations. Right now, I can not get another video card due to a shortage of PCIe slots, $$ and power supply capacity .

Nov. 10, 2024

Re: Software to write books

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "hammerron" == hammerron via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Thank you all for the great responses. I'm pretty sure that LaTex > was the software that I was trying to remember the name of. I have > been currently using Libre Office. I think I will stay with it for > now and will also keep notes on the others mentioned. The responses > are so helpful, as it gives me new ideas, such as having some of my > longer personal items printed by a print shop. I also find the idea > of Sigil editing epubs as interesting. > At the rate I'm going it could be a few years, I'll see what > happens. It's on mineralogy. The writing is very slow moving with > my time constraints. It's only at 34 pages currently. When it > grows to sufficient content I was thinking of self-publishing with > Lulu or something similar. I asked about the writing software in > case moving away Libre Office was necessary. So this type of document, where you have figures, equations, cross references, etc is where LaTeX shines. You can also use LyX which is the WYSIWYG version of TeX/LaTeX editor. The nice part is you can break things into chapters, and have a makefile assemble it all for you into a book and create an index automatically, along with Table of Contents, etc. And since you can just use plain text, it keeps you from agonizing over the look over the paper at first, letting you concentrate on the content. In any case, good luck! I know how terrible a writer I am, and how slow it would take me as well. John

Oct. 28, 2024

Remote management dongle

by John Stoffel

Guys, I'm posting this for Tim, who texted me this kickstarter link earlier today: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jetkvm/jetkvm Which looks interesting, and I'm certainly tempted to spend $70 bucks on a whim. I _am_ worried about how slick the presentation is, and the talk about the "Jetkvm Cloud" for remote access. No thank you. What do other people think? John

Oct. 28, 2024

Re: Software to write books

by hammerron

Thank you all for the great responses. I'm pretty sure that LaTex was the software that I was trying to remember the name of. I have been currently using Libre Office. I think I will stay with it for now and will also keep notes on the others mentioned. The responses are so helpful, as it gives me new ideas, such as having some of my longer personal items printed by a print shop. I also find the idea of Sigil editing epubs as interesting. At the rate I'm going it could be a few years, I'll see what happens. It's on mineralogy. The writing is very slow moving with my time constraints. It's only at 34 pages currently. When it grows to sufficient content I was thinking of self-publishing with Lulu or something similar. I asked about the writing software in case moving away Libre Office was necessary. Ron On 10/20/24 13:44, hammerron via WLUG wrote: > Probably a couple years back, I think Tim might have mentioned a > software program that was used by many people to write and edit books > with. I think the perk was that it was easier to work with the font > types than it was in Microsoft Word or Libre Office. > > Would anyone recall what software that was? > > 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/YE2EM…

Oct. 26, 2024

Re: Software to write books

by Keith Wright

hammerron via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Probably a couple years back, I think Tim might have mentioned a > software program that was used by many people to write and edit books It depends on what kind of "book". If you want to get it published or accepted as a dissertation, the deciding factor is what the publisher or school wants. If you just mean you want to write many pages and get them bound for personal use, I have gone to Park/Print in Worcester (very near my house) with a *.pdf file containing a math book, a Scheme report, or my own notes. They print it two sided 8.5x11 and bind it in a soft plastic cover and "comb" binding for short money. https://www.parkprintonline.com/ I have also gotten hard cover binding with title on the spine (back). I did this twice, once for my dissertation, once for some of my grandmother's writing. They cut it to the size you want. There was a place in Newton that did that, I don't know if they are still there. Chuck Anderson via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Maybe you are thinking of LaTeX (pronounced La-Tech)? In my bombastic opinion, if you need to write mathematics, you would be crazy to use anything else. I use emacs, LaTeX, and evince every day. Last meeting I tried the share-screen feature of jit.si and it worked. Tim asked "What's an idempotent monad?" or something like that. (It was in the title of the document on my screen.) I was not prepared to summarize a decade of grad school in a few seconds, and so did not answer. But if you promise not to ask too much about what it means, I could put together a few slides and demonstrations to show what it can do and how I use it. I would not want to take up the whole meeting, but maybe a few other people could do the same with their own favorite document production systems. -- Keith

Oct. 24, 2024

Shifting next meeting down a Thursday.

by Tim Keller

I have a conflict on the 14th so I'm shifting the meeting down to the 21st. For topics, I was thinking about talking about searx, the self hosted search aggregator. Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Oct. 23, 2024

Re: Software to write books

by Dennis Payne

For writing I like plume creator. You can't do formatting in it but it has allows you to organize a lot of information like character bios, important locations, etc. You can break chapters into scenes. On Sun, 2024-10-20 at 13:44 -0400, hammerron via WLUG wrote: > Probably a couple years back, I think Tim might have mentioned a > software program that was used by many people to write and edit books > with. I think the perk was that it was easier to work with the font > types than it was in Microsoft Word or Libre Office. > > Would anyone recall what software that was? > > 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/YE2EM…

Oct. 23, 2024

Re: Software to write books

by Tim Keller

Ron, While I definitely have an interest in using something like LaTeX to format my books, I've been using a couple other pieces of software. 1. I've been writing in LibreOffice and then exporting as an epub / pdf / odf. 2. To so some specialized stuff I've been importing the epub into "Sigll" ( https://sigil-ebook.com/) to look at the indexes and create tables of contents. I've then been using github as an off machine backup solution so if this laptop was to cook off I wouldn't lose tons of work. It's also a pretty good medium to self publish stuff that you don't care if people see. Hope that helps! Tim. On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 2:31 PM Chuck Anderson via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Maybe you are thinking of LaTeX (pronounced La-Tech)? It is a "What You > See Is What You Mean" (WYSIWYM) markup language, rather than "What You See > Is What You Get" (WYSIWYG) like most word processor software. You write > your document using a text editor, mark it up using specific LaTeX language > elements, then "compile" it into your final document (PDF, etc.) There is > a GUI for LaTeX too, called LyX (and apparently some newer ones: > https://beebom.com/best-latex-editors/) > > Or are you thinking of trofff/nroff which predates LaTeX? Speaking of > which, would WLUG members be interested in Maddog giving a talk about the > latter? I'm sure Maddog wouldn't mind me reposting his Facebook post about > talks he gave on troff/nroff in 1984: > > "In 1984 I wrote some troff macros that would allow me to easily update > and format my resume. I wrote these macros to help illustrate one of three > talks I gave at DECUS. > > The three talks were: > > o "nroff(1) for beginners: All I want to do is write a simple letter" > o "troff(1) for nroff(1)ers" All I want to do is write a simple resume" > o "macro writing for nroff(1)ers and troff(1)ers: All I want to do is help > someone else write a simple resume" > > The talks were very successful, with the first talk attracting 30 people, > the second talk attracting 150 and the third talk had standing room only > with people in the hallway trying to hear. Over the years I changed the > engine from AT&T troff(1) which was really only good for a certain type of > typesetter, to device independent troff (ditroff) to GNU troff (groff) > which produced PostScript. In all that time I did not have to change my > macros in the least, nor the input to the macros. Two days ago someone > asked me for a copy of my resume, and I realized that I had not updated it > since the year 2000, and that was also the last time I had used my macros > or groff(1). I tried to take the PDF of my last resume and update it with > Libre Office Writer, but that would take a VERY long time just to update > it, and even longer to get the formatting right. Then I went into vim(1) > and just added a page or two to the sources for my year 2000 resume, typed > in the one command line I needed and created a pdf of my updated resume. > Total time: two hours. Not bad for forty year old "code". > " > On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 01:44:56PM GMT, hammerron via WLUG wrote: > > Probably a couple years back, I think Tim might have mentioned a > > software program that was used by many people to write and edit books > > with. I think the perk was that it was easier to work with the font > > types than it was in Microsoft Word or Libre Office. > > > > Would anyone recall what software that was? > > > > 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/7RS2T… > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Oct. 22, 2024

Re: Software to write books

by Chuck Anderson

Maybe you are thinking of LaTeX (pronounced La-Tech)? It is a "What You See Is What You Mean" (WYSIWYM) markup language, rather than "What You See Is What You Get" (WYSIWYG) like most word processor software. You write your document using a text editor, mark it up using specific LaTeX language elements, then "compile" it into your final document (PDF, etc.) There is a GUI for LaTeX too, called LyX (and apparently some newer ones: https://beebom.com/best-latex-editors/) Or are you thinking of trofff/nroff which predates LaTeX? Speaking of which, would WLUG members be interested in Maddog giving a talk about the latter? I'm sure Maddog wouldn't mind me reposting his Facebook post about talks he gave on troff/nroff in 1984: "In 1984 I wrote some troff macros that would allow me to easily update and format my resume. I wrote these macros to help illustrate one of three talks I gave at DECUS. The three talks were: o "nroff(1) for beginners: All I want to do is write a simple letter" o "troff(1) for nroff(1)ers" All I want to do is write a simple resume" o "macro writing for nroff(1)ers and troff(1)ers: All I want to do is help someone else write a simple resume" The talks were very successful, with the first talk attracting 30 people, the second talk attracting 150 and the third talk had standing room only with people in the hallway trying to hear. Over the years I changed the engine from AT&T troff(1) which was really only good for a certain type of typesetter, to device independent troff (ditroff) to GNU troff (groff) which produced PostScript. In all that time I did not have to change my macros in the least, nor the input to the macros. Two days ago someone asked me for a copy of my resume, and I realized that I had not updated it since the year 2000, and that was also the last time I had used my macros or groff(1). I tried to take the PDF of my last resume and update it with Libre Office Writer, but that would take a VERY long time just to update it, and even longer to get the formatting right. Then I went into vim(1) and just added a page or two to the sources for my year 2000 resume, typed in the one command line I needed and created a pdf of my updated resume. Total time: two hours. Not bad for forty year old "code". " On Sun, Oct 20, 2024 at 01:44:56PM GMT, hammerron via WLUG wrote: > Probably a couple years back, I think Tim might have mentioned a > software program that was used by many people to write and edit books > with. I think the perk was that it was easier to work with the font > types than it was in Microsoft Word or Libre Office. > > Would anyone recall what software that was? > > Ron

Oct. 20, 2024

Software to write books

by hammerron

Probably a couple years back, I think Tim might have mentioned a software program that was used by many people to write and edit books with. I think the perk was that it was easier to work with the font types than it was in Microsoft Word or Libre Office. Would anyone recall what software that was? Ron

Oct. 20, 2024

Re: Stuck in traffic

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Althea" == Althea Shaheen <lists(a)altheashaheen.com> writes: > I would love to hear more from you John about what your experience > is with TrueNAS Enterprise versus NetApp, as I am looking at the > same options myself. We have used NetApp for longer than I have been > around but the cost of it is a whole different level than what I > imagine TrueNAS would be. I've used Scale personally and Core for > backup systems at work, but the HA/failover is what I am most > curious about if we went the route of Enterprise. With Netapp... it's solid. Rock solid. It just works. Failover works, no interrupptions with clients. It's really really really solid. I love them. And you can split things up and add tons of VLANs, volumes, etc. Snapshots, ESX integration if you want to go that route, etc. But it's not cheap. You pay for what you get. It's annoying that they now do capacity based licensing. TrueNAS. It's easy enough to use (though the CLI sucks, I've got a bunch of scripts to pull data out using the API with python). I'm using the legacy 13.0 Enterprise BSD based stuff. TrueNAS recently moved to the linux based SCALE edition, but I have no experience with it. So far performance is good, it's ZFS, and it just runs. But we're not putting it under huge performance stress, so I can't talk to how well it scales or performs. I've used Netapps for 26+) years now. Super solid systems. I love how you can grow/shrink volumes (NFS/CIFS) on the fly. No hassles. TrueNAS is fixed volumes you can expand only. So you need to look at Scale Enterprise and see what they will quote you for support, and maybe you can get in a test system to see how failover works. In my case, since TrueNAS Enterprise is Active/Passive, failover takes too long in my book. Sorry, this reply is all over the place as I free associate my reply. > On Fri, Oct 11, 2024, at 09:36, John Stoffel via WLUG wrote: >>>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: >> >>> I'm currently stuck in traffic I should be there for about 7:10 >> >> So how did the meeting go? Any comments or thoughts on ZFS and how >> it's useful and how it can be abused? >> >> I'm using ZFS on a TrueNAS Enterprise cluster, which works, but has >> it's issues, mostly around failover speed. Been spoiled by Netapps >> for too many years. >> >> I've also managed to make Oracle branded ZFS appliances fall over due >> to load, so I have reservations about ZFS to this day. >> >> I do like the *ideas* behind it, and some of the powerful features it >> has. But the layering violations make me worry. >> >> Just go look at the problems btrfs has had trying to do it's own RAID5 >> instead of just layering on top of MD RAID5 (which I also admit has had >> problems too! Nothing is perfect...). >> >> The goals of ZFS in terms of file content checksums are awesome, I >> really like that. I just wish there was a better way to actually >> shrink ZFS filesystems (even if done as any offline process) without >> jumping through all kinds of hoops. >> >> Anyway, I hope to see you all at the next meeting! >> John >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/SQAQ6…

Oct. 11, 2024

Re: Stuck in traffic

by Althea Shaheen

I would love to hear more from you John about what your experience is with TrueNAS Enterprise versus NetApp, as I am looking at the same options myself. We have used NetApp for longer than I have been around but the cost of it is a whole different level than what I imagine TrueNAS would be. I've used Scale personally and Core for backup systems at work, but the HA/failover is what I am most curious about if we went the route of Enterprise. -Althea On Fri, Oct 11, 2024, at 09:36, John Stoffel via WLUG wrote: >>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > >> I'm currently stuck in traffic I should be there for about 7:10 > > So how did the meeting go? Any comments or thoughts on ZFS and how > it's useful and how it can be abused? > > I'm using ZFS on a TrueNAS Enterprise cluster, which works, but has > it's issues, mostly around failover speed. Been spoiled by Netapps > for too many years. > > I've also managed to make Oracle branded ZFS appliances fall over due > to load, so I have reservations about ZFS to this day. > > I do like the *ideas* behind it, and some of the powerful features it > has. But the layering violations make me worry. > > Just go look at the problems btrfs has had trying to do it's own RAID5 > instead of just layering on top of MD RAID5 (which I also admit has had > problems too! Nothing is perfect...). > > The goals of ZFS in terms of file content checksums are awesome, I > really like that. I just wish there was a better way to actually > shrink ZFS filesystems (even if done as any offline process) without > jumping through all kinds of hoops. > > Anyway, I hope to see you all at the next meeting! > John > _______________________________________________ > 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/SQAQ6…

Oct. 11, 2024