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Re: Intersection of Open Source and Social Change

by Gregory Boyce

Open Source software in general has facilitated a massive transfer of wealth upwards over the past few decades. There are the tools and their histories, and then there are how we want to use them moving forward. We could certainly choose different software than Lemmy though. On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 4:40 PM Nick Krichevsky via WLUG < wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Lemmy is cool conceptually, but FYI, since you're thinking about social > change, the maintainers of Lemmy are fascist-sympathisers ("tankies" is the > term to Google for). > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2024, 8:19 AM Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > wrote: > >> Awesome. I'll have to try to make it to an upcoming event. >> >> I was thinking about setting up either a Matrix server for chat, or a >> Lemmy server for a reddit-like set of discussion forums. >> >> On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 7:48 PM Kevin Harrington < >> mad.hephaestus(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Count me in! I have been working on a book on the topic for a few years >>> on and off. Fyi just about every meeting of Robot Club turns into one of >>> those sort of discussions. We meet at technocopia Saturdays 1-4. >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 7:34 PM Gregory Boyce via WLUG < >>> wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey folks, >>>> >>>> At dinner after the last meeting we had an interesting conversation >>>> around the intersection of software/technology and big picture social >>>> change. This has been an area of interest of mine for a while now, and I'd >>>> love to connect with other people who would be interested in talking about >>>> ways to make meaningful change. >>>> >>>> Would anyone be interested in joining a discussion on something like >>>> Discord, Slack, or maybe an open source alternative? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Greg Boyce >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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/BNJIS… >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> Greg >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ERVCY… >> > _______________________________________________ > 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/PGMMM… > -- Greg

Sept. 28, 2024

Re: Intersection of Open Source and Social Change

by Tim Keller

Greg, Sorry your reply took so long, for whatever reason the wlug mail server decided to hold the mail.. Thanks, Tim. On Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 4:39 PM Nick Krichevsky via WLUG < wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > Lemmy is cool conceptually, but FYI, since you're thinking about social > change, the maintainers of Lemmy are fascist-sympathisers ("tankies" is the > term to Google for). > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2024, 8:19 AM Gregory Boyce via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > wrote: > >> Awesome. I'll have to try to make it to an upcoming event. >> >> I was thinking about setting up either a Matrix server for chat, or a >> Lemmy server for a reddit-like set of discussion forums. >> >> On Sun, Aug 11, 2024 at 7:48 PM Kevin Harrington < >> mad.hephaestus(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Count me in! I have been working on a book on the topic for a few years >>> on and off. Fyi just about every meeting of Robot Club turns into one of >>> those sort of discussions. We meet at technocopia Saturdays 1-4. >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 11, 2024, 7:34 PM Gregory Boyce via WLUG < >>> wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey folks, >>>> >>>> At dinner after the last meeting we had an interesting conversation >>>> around the intersection of software/technology and big picture social >>>> change. This has been an area of interest of mine for a while now, and I'd >>>> love to connect with other people who would be interested in talking about >>>> ways to make meaningful change. >>>> >>>> Would anyone be interested in joining a discussion on something like >>>> Discord, Slack, or maybe an open source alternative? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Greg Boyce >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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/BNJIS… >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> Greg >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ERVCY… >> > _______________________________________________ > 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/PGMMM… > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Sept. 28, 2024

Re: Testing?

by Keith Wright

Keith Wright via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: >> Patch your CUPS if you haven't already! > > Why do you care if my BRA is torn? Nick Krichevsky via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > the maintainers of Lemmy are fascist-sympathisers ("tankies" is > the term to Google for). Did that. Got the T-shirt. Now I understand: https://getsprints.com/collections/womens-tankie

Sept. 28, 2024

Re: Testing?

by Keith Wright

Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Just making sure that people are getting my emails.. Is there a reason to doubt it? You send two or three every month. > Patch your CUPS if you haven't already! Why do you care if my BRA is torn? -- Keith

Sept. 28, 2024

Re: Testing?

by hammerron

Loud and clear On September 27, 2024 4:35:40 PM EDT, Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: >Just making sure that people are getting my emails.. > >Patch your CUPS if you haven't already! > >-- >I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their >constituents as "consumers".

Sept. 28, 2024

Testing?

by Tim Keller

Just making sure that people are getting my emails.. Patch your CUPS if you haven't already! -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

Sept. 27, 2024

Python with Braces

by John Stoffel

Python with Braces, my prayers have been answered! https://github.com/mathialo/bython

Sept. 24, 2024

Re: Ubuntu 24.04.1 annoyance (thunderbird)

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Stratton via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > I am porting my (limited) stuff to Ubuntu 24.0.1 You mean you're upgrading your system to Ubuntu 24.0.1 with 'do-release-upgrade'? > My ram had another failure and Ubuntu 22.04 entered into a state > where I could not install or uninstall any thing. I did different > things to repair this. I had no luck in fixing this. Post some errors, but I suspect you need to fix your apt package database. I usually use the CLI, so if you can open an xterm, it would be helpful to get the output of the following commands sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get dist-upgrade And if you get reports of problems, you might do: sudo apt-get install --fix-broken to see if that helps. > I decided to get thundebird Email working and I hit a suprise. So if you can't install packages, how did you get this installed? > I do not get a visible Thunderbird icon when I installed > thunderbird. It also seems to be already installed (In installed > the optional ëxtras¨when I installed Ubuntu). > I had to fix the desktop icon by commenting out NoDisplay=true in > a copy of the file thunderbird.desktop that I moved to > ~/local/share/applications. Funky... > I wonder if this is partly due to this being the type of application > that would be supported by the subscription service. Has nothing to do with subscription service, I just suspect you have an old old old install which needs to be cleaned up. As I recall, you were upgrading from ubuntu 18.04 right? So I suspect you might have some old packages installed which are holding you back. If you can, do: dpkg-query -l > /tmp/packages.txt and then email me or the list the file as an attachement. I can look it over and give you suggestions on what you maybe remove. Good luck! John

Sept. 23, 2024

Ubuntu 24.04.1 annoyance (thunderbird)

by Kevin Stratton

I am porting my (limited) stuff to Ubuntu 24.0.1 My ram had another failure and Ubuntu 22.04 entered into a state where I could not install or uninstall any thing. I did different things to repair this. I had no luck in fixing this. I decided to get thundebird Email working and I hit a suprise. I do not get a visible Thunderbird icon when I installed thunderbird. It also seems to be already installed (In installed the optional ëxtras¨when I installed Ubuntu). I had to fix the desktop icon by commenting out NoDisplay=true in a copy of the file thunderbird.desktop that I moved to ~/local/share/applications. I wonder if this is partly due to this being the type of application that would be supported by the subscription service.

Sept. 23, 2024

Re: old equipment - update

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Pete" == Pete Wason via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Hi, again -- Tried to make it to the last meeting but was abducted, again. Bummers, it was a good meeting! > Most of the old equipment I had at work is gone. I was told to clear > out the room and they found a STEM teacher at a local school who > took it. This is what's left: > (3) Dell PER805 2U rackmount servers (dual opteron) - w/ 1 set of > rails, several new 2.5" SAS spares How loud is this, and can you give more technical details? Speed, core count, memory, etc? > Dell PER415 1U rackmount server (opteron) - w/ separate H700 > HBA+cables, may have 8TB SATA HDD pulls installed (?) (I was unable > to figure out how to make this thing do RAID10; the adaptor itself > is worth something) Maybe, if you can get it to run in pass-thru mode without using the builtin PERC RAID controller. They're usually a pain, and I never trust them. > (3) Dell monitor stands w/o panels Can you give more details on this? Are these VESA mounts? I could use one at my local theatre to mount a monitor onto a wall/desk arm to make some space. I'm also happy to make a run to pickup stuff at pretty much any time. John

Sept. 22, 2024