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Re: Dec meeting.. not the 14th! 21st or 28th?

by Jon "maddog" Hall

I travel internationally a LOT, and having a VPN host in the USA means I can access websites the same way I can from home for all of the reasons that Chuck mentioned. Recently this has been extended not only to movies, TV shows, etc. that are blocked in foreign countries because the USA advertisers can not get their pound of flesh from foreign viewers, but also because foreign governments may not allow access to those websites for various reasons. Also various financial and medical websites may not allow access from outside the USA even though I have an account on those systems and legitimate reasons for access. Using the VPN all the time means that the sites work the same no matter where my laptop or desktop is located. md md On Fri, Dec 8, 2023 at 9:54 AM Chuck Anderson via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 08, 2023 at 03:13:49AM -0500, Robert Schwein via WLUG wrote: > > On 12/8/2023 12:56 AM, Chuck Anderson via WLUG wrote: > > > (local sports broadcast blackouts). Or trick hotels into giving you > > > a better price--yes, hotels can hike the rates they present to you > > > if they think you are nearby--assuming you need last-minute > > > accomodations while you are away on vacation. > > > You've pretty much hit the high points Chuck. From my own experience > > when going overseas if I'm able to VPN to the country I'm going to, the > > rental car reservation is considerably less in cost to reserve that car > > than if I reserved it from state side. I'm assuming there is a > > difference between a poor native and a rich American. > > Oh right, I had the hotel thing backwards. It may be cheaper if you > appear to be in-country for hotels, rental cars, etc. > _______________________________________________ > 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/C6YTP… >

Dec. 8, 2023

Re: Dec meeting.. not the 14th! 21st or 28th?

by Chuck Anderson

On Fri, Dec 08, 2023 at 03:13:49AM -0500, Robert Schwein via WLUG wrote: > On 12/8/2023 12:56 AM, Chuck Anderson via WLUG wrote: > > (local sports broadcast blackouts). Or trick hotels into giving you > > a better price--yes, hotels can hike the rates they present to you > > if they think you are nearby--assuming you need last-minute > > accomodations while you are away on vacation. > You've pretty much hit the high points Chuck. From my own experience > when going overseas if I'm able to VPN to the country I'm going to, the > rental car reservation is considerably less in cost to reserve that car > than if I reserved it from state side. I'm assuming there is a > difference between a poor native and a rich American. Oh right, I had the hotel thing backwards. It may be cheaper if you appear to be in-country for hotels, rental cars, etc.

Dec. 8, 2023

Re: Dec meeting.. not the 14th! 21st or 28th?

by Robert Schwein

You've pretty much hit the high points Chuck. From my own experience when going overseas if I'm able to VPN to the country I'm going to, the rental car reservation is considerably less in cost to reserve that car than if I reserved it from state side. I'm assuming there is a difference between a poor native and a rich American. Bob On 12/8/2023 12:56 AM, Chuck Anderson via WLUG wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 09:08:00PM -0500, Doug Mildram via WLUG wrote: >> So, maybe or maybe not, that's the kind of VPN I suspect they're selling, >> but I don't see the value for normal folks....or maybe anyone. (educate >> me!) >> Unless their hosted-server-world-route network security is a win. >> Thanks for listening, and my thursday's look better than usual this month, >> so hoping for WLUG virtually dec 14. -doug > Yes. Those "modern" VPNs are used for many reasons. Here are a couple: > > - To appear to servers/services that you are physically located in a > different geographical area. This can help you bypass > geographically restricted content, such as watching sports programs > that content owners don't want you to see based on where you live > (local sports broadcast blackouts). Or trick hotels into giving you > a better price--yes, hotels can hike the rates they present to you > if they think you are nearby--assuming you need last-minute > accomodations while you are away on vacation. > > - To hide your real IP address from servers and/or hide your browsing > from intermediaries (your ISP for example) for privacy. This could > be so you can avoid being tracked and having your browsing habits > sold to advertisers (something your ISP can easily do--SSL does not > hide DNS queries although that is changing with the availability of > DNS-over-HTTPS and similar), to hide from authorities/copyright > enforcers, or for life-and-death reasons (hide from unfriendly > governments.) > _______________________________________________ > 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…

Dec. 8, 2023

Re: Dec meeting.. not the 14th! 21st or 28th?

by Chuck Anderson

On Thu, Dec 07, 2023 at 09:08:00PM -0500, Doug Mildram via WLUG wrote: > So, maybe or maybe not, that's the kind of VPN I suspect they're selling, > but I don't see the value for normal folks....or maybe anyone. (educate > me!) > Unless their hosted-server-world-route network security is a win. > Thanks for listening, and my thursday's look better than usual this month, > so hoping for WLUG virtually dec 14. -doug Yes. Those "modern" VPNs are used for many reasons. Here are a couple: - To appear to servers/services that you are physically located in a different geographical area. This can help you bypass geographically restricted content, such as watching sports programs that content owners don't want you to see based on where you live (local sports broadcast blackouts). Or trick hotels into giving you a better price--yes, hotels can hike the rates they present to you if they think you are nearby--assuming you need last-minute accomodations while you are away on vacation. - To hide your real IP address from servers and/or hide your browsing from intermediaries (your ISP for example) for privacy. This could be so you can avoid being tracked and having your browsing habits sold to advertisers (something your ISP can easily do--SSL does not hide DNS queries although that is changing with the availability of DNS-over-HTTPS and similar), to hide from authorities/copyright enforcers, or for life-and-death reasons (hide from unfriendly governments.)

Dec. 8, 2023

Re: Dec meeting.. not the 14th! 21st or 28th?

by Doug Mildram

cara> I'd also be interested in how people are self-hosting their VPNs (and john stoffel's view may be similar, I can't say, but hi anyways!) me/doug> I'm struggling with what's the benefit/motivation? My take which started long ago: 20-30 yrs ago as a sysadmin supporting remote access/workers, my (very not-genius-level) brain learned that a VPN... a box/product I'd install on "my"/work network, handing out INside-access to outside-workers for a session.... adds (pops up during session) a virtual interface on home-computer network stack, so while in a VPN session the home worker can magically "have an ipaddr on the inside of workplace network" thus allowed into not-public work servers (or drive their work desktop) BUT! on server setup, I+bosses must decide if yes/no allowing split-tunnel (policy set on VPN server which the VPN clients suffer with usually? if "no split") If yes/split-tunnel allowed, client gets a 2nd! default gateway = route to 0.0.0.0 giving best home-computer network performance (mixing work and play works well) BUT smart?/paranoid-workplace setups choose NO split tunnel, and force home-user's (ISP-given) default route to either disappear? or become unused via route metric/preference adjustment? so that, either way "don't let the home worker's unsafe world anywhere to tunnel near/into work network". Thus the downside! When workplace uplink is wimpy/ancient (e.g. T1/56kb then), and all home-user's internet traffic gets tunnelled in+out via WORK network pipe, envision as I had to discover, how that stinks awfully: adding+forcing+slowing-down home/play traffic via busy work pipe/route-to-0.0.0.0! Sorry to ramble, later I joined WPI netops, but not deep into security/VPN. (Frank/Chuck/Ben/John+more: I miss you all bigtime, I learned so much) So (now retired) I see endless TV ads for VPN's preaching the benefits of their secure VPN, and I don't get it, .... assume buyers/sheep are fooled. Real value = ? I may be blind, but lacking a VPN, my outside/web traffic is still https / encrypted, are they selling some enhanced default-gw world featuring bad-guys-blocked-from-hacking-you? I trust my home router, though I'm open minded to how "wide open" that might be, relative to some ideal. =====side rant, but I can tie it in :) One guy at work, long ago not WPI, did inappropriate network/chat/etc things on lunch/etc time, and ALL his internet traffic thru my/work router was directed to/from at a service/server which he subscribed to, with the benefit of anonymizing himself and hiding his uncool chat rooms (appearing to be elsewhere, tunnelling unsafe habits for work desktop whether sysadmin=netadmin=I was blocking them or not) Too bad for him though: cubicle wall height = below boss's eyeball from adjacent cubicle, and he got canned, while I helped his boss figure out what was going on. So, maybe or maybe not, that's the kind of VPN I suspect they're selling, but I don't see the value for normal folks....or maybe anyone. (educate me!) Unless their hosted-server-world-route network security is a win. Thanks for listening, and my thursday's look better than usual this month, so hoping for WLUG virtually dec 14. -doug On Thu, Dec 7, 2023 at 4:01 PM Cara Salter via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > On 12/7/23 15:20, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > > That's true. Though, the 28th is now past xmas and likely people are > > going to be all over the place. > > > > For a topic, I was thinking about what VPN options are there for linux > > at this point? > > Obviously there's NordVPN, but there's also Proton as well. > > > > Something people might be interested in? > > > > I'd also be interested in how people are self-hosting their VPNs, > whether that's Wireguard, Wireguard with shenanigans on top, OpenVPN, or > something else. > > -- > cara > > _______________________________________________ > 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/NUSZZ… >

Dec. 8, 2023

Re: Dec meeting.. not the 14th! 21st or 28th?

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Tim" == Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> writes: > That's true. Though, the 28th is now past xmas and likely people are > going to be all over the place. > For a topic, I was thinking about what VPN options are there for > linux at this point? Obviously there's NordVPN, but there's also > Proton as well. > Something people might be interested in? I'd also be interested in a talk about Wireguard and how to implement it in a couple of cases: 1. one end on home router/firewall, other end on remote device. - can I go from internal host to remote device? 2. just a pair of devices, seperated by a firewall - this is simpler, but more complicated than step 1. I've done SSH tunnels in the past, looking more for a generic way to do backups of a device in the cloud from my home backup server. WireGuard should be the ticket, but it's being annoying. John

Dec. 7, 2023

Re: Dec meeting.. not the 14th! 21st or 28th?

by Cara Salter

On 12/7/23 15:20, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > That's true. Though, the 28th is now past xmas and likely people are > going to be all over the place. > > For a topic, I was thinking about what VPN options are there for linux > at this point? > Obviously there's NordVPN, but there's also Proton as well. > > Something people might be interested in? > I'd also be interested in how people are self-hosting their VPNs, whether that's Wireguard, Wireguard with shenanigans on top, OpenVPN, or something else. -- cara

Dec. 7, 2023

Re: Dec meeting.. not the 14th! 21st or 28th?

by Tim Keller

That's true. Though, the 28th is now past xmas and likely people are going to be all over the place. For a topic, I was thinking about what VPN options are there for linux at this point? Obviously there's NordVPN, but there's also Proton as well. Something people might be interested in? On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 4:17 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > > I've got a conflict on the 14th. > > > Does the 21st or the 28th work for people? > > I think the 21st *might* be possible, but it's getting late in the > year. It would be lovely to see more people, and to get more feedback > on how the new meeting location is working out, especially for those > of you on Jitsi. > > Technocopia is a louder space, so it's hard for us to give good remote > meetings. > > > John > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Dec. 7, 2023

Re: Dec meeting.. not the 14th! 21st or 28th?

by John Stoffel

> I've got a conflict on the 14th. > Does the 21st or the 28th work for people? I think the 21st *might* be possible, but it's getting late in the year. It would be lovely to see more people, and to get more feedback on how the new meeting location is working out, especially for those of you on Jitsi. Technocopia is a louder space, so it's hard for us to give good remote meetings. John

Nov. 27, 2023

Dec meeting.. not the 14th! 21st or 28th?

by Tim Keller

Hey wlug folk, I've got a conflict on the 14th. Does the 21st or the 28th work for people? Thanks, Tim.

Nov. 25, 2023

Great meeting last night!

by Tim Keller

Last night we had a great meeting! I spoke about my trials and tribulations in using FOSS to run my mini mill. I was good to get back to the presentation format! We talked about cad and cam, controllers, gcode and degrees of freedom, closed loop vs open loop. I then showed off the mill making a wlug logo! Saw dust everywhere!! See you at the next meeting! Tim.

Nov. 10, 2023

Re: Video Conference, WLUG meeting?

by Tim Keller

Things were initially working, then I managed to close chrome.. I think in that intervening time the birthday party happened. Tim. On Thu, Nov 9, 2023, 7:11 PM Kevin Stratton via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > I did not see the video conference at https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA. If > there is different link, please let me know. > > > On 11/8/2023 5:28 PM, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > > We've got a meeting tomorrow! > > Location: Technocopia <https://technocopia.org/> 44 Porland St 6th Floor. > Worcester MA 01604 > Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA > Time: 7pm > Date: 11/9/2023 > > Topic: FOSS for desktop manufacturing. > For my birthday last year I bought myself a cheap desktop CNC machine so I > could learn about subtractive manufacturing. > The goals were to use as much FOSS software as possible to run the machine. > This talk will be a high level presentation about additive vs subtractive > manufacturing, and from there we'll get into the nitty gritty. If things > going well, it'll finish with the machine doing some milling. > > Snacks and refreshments will be provided and we'll head off for dinner > afterwards. > 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 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/HHFKC… > > _______________________________________________ > 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/RAB35… >

Nov. 10, 2023

Video Conference, WLUG meeting?

by Kevin Stratton

I did not see the video conference at https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA. If there is different link, please let me know. On 11/8/2023 5:28 PM, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > We've got a meeting tomorrow! > > Location: Technocopia <https://technocopia.org/> 44 Porland St 6th > Floor. Worcester MA 01604 > Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA > Time: 7pm > Date: 11/9/2023 > > Topic: FOSS for desktop manufacturing. > For my birthday last year I bought myself a cheap desktop CNC machine > so I could learn about subtractive manufacturing. > The goals were to use as much FOSS software as possible to run the > machine. > This talk will be a high level presentation about additive vs > subtractive manufacturing, and from there we'll get into the > nitty gritty. If things going well, it'll finish with the machine > doing some milling. > > Snacks and refreshments will be provided and we'll head off for dinner > afterwards. > 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. 10, 2023

WLUG Meeting tonight! Topic: FOSS for desktop manufacturing! Location: Technocopia

by Tim Keller

We've got a meeting Tonight!!! Location: Technocopia <https://technocopia.org/> 44 Porland St 6th Floor. Worcester MA 01604 Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA Time: 7pm Date: 11/9/2023 Topic: FOSS for desktop manufacturing. For my birthday last year I bought myself a cheap desktop CNC machine so I could learn about subtractive manufacturing. The goals were to use as much FOSS software as possible to run the machine. This talk will be a high level presentation about additive vs subtractive manufacturing, and from there we'll get into the nitty gritty. If things are going well, it'll finish with the machine doing some milling. Snacks and refreshments will be provided and we'll head off for dinner afterwards. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Nov. 9, 2023

Reminder: We've got a meeting tomorrow! (11/9/2023) Location: Technocopia

by Tim Keller

We've got a meeting tomorrow! Location: Technocopia <https://technocopia.org/> 44 Porland St 6th Floor. Worcester MA 01604 Virtual Location: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA Time: 7pm Date: 11/9/2023 Topic: FOSS for desktop manufacturing. For my birthday last year I bought myself a cheap desktop CNC machine so I could learn about subtractive manufacturing. The goals were to use as much FOSS software as possible to run the machine. This talk will be a high level presentation about additive vs subtractive manufacturing, and from there we'll get into the nitty gritty. If things going well, it'll finish with the machine doing some milling. Snacks and refreshments will be provided and we'll head off for dinner afterwards. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Nov. 8, 2023

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

by Tim Keller

This morning I started working on a side deck! I'm going to have my little 3018 CNC mill and the laptop I use as the DRO. I'm going to talk about Additive manufacturing vs. Subtractive, the general toolchain I use and what software I've messed around with and what things I've found along the way. Tim. On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 3:53 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > > 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. > > Please do! I'd love to see it in action! > > > 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. > > Absolutely. Though will Technocopia allow us to spin it up and let it > rip? :-) > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Nov. 8, 2023

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

by John Stoffel

> 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. Please do! I'd love to see it in action! > 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. Absolutely. Though will Technocopia allow us to spin it up and let it rip? :-)

Nov. 8, 2023

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