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Re: Generic VGA Driver, wireless routers, and Thursday meeting

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Wright via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: Keith> John Stoffel via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: >> Can I tell you to just go and buy a cheap PCIe graphics card made in >> the last 10 years? *grin* Keith> Your advice may be good, but I don't like your attitude. One Keith> of the things I like about Linux is that you are not forced to Keith> buy the latest whiz-bang computer. It runs just fine on old Keith> hardware. Getting it working is half the fun. Sure! I agree that getting it working is half the fun. I've been planning on upgrading my main machine since it's 12 years old now (AMD Phenom II X4 945 running at 800-3000Mhz) but I'd have to find some solution to replace my old Cyclades PCI 8 port serial card that I have in the system. PCIe to PCI adaptor? New PCIe 4 port serial card? USB to Serial hanging off the back? But sometimes, if you go dumpster diving for old hardware, then you're going to be forced to stay with old distributions, because people won't support the older stuff past a certain point. I'm talking core developers here. Especially for older graphics cards. It just gets too painful as the state of the art has changed. Heck, I ran a Matrox G200 card for years! Loved that card, ran great. But eventually it wasn't supported and it was so old and slow it wasn't worth it. Keith> See "Dumpster Diving for Linux" Keith> http://www.free-comp-shop.com/none/dumpster.html Great resource! But realize you're going to be running older distributions. And with the move to https and updated SSL requirements, it's going to be harder to use those older systems, unless you can work through a proxy that will encrypt for you. Keith> Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: >> The meeting is going to be at our usual virtual hang out.. >> https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA @7pm. Keith> I hope to be there. >> I don't have a topic yet, I suspect something natural will emerge. Keith> I don't have a suitable presentation, but I have written something Keith> about my latest Linux project. Maybe it will be a topic. Keith> See "How can a wireless router be added to a wired netork?" Keith> http://www.free-comp-shop.com/none/wireless.html Keith> Your advice is welcome and maybe useful. A few years ago one Keith> of the WLUG memebers (Frank Sweetser?) saved my bacon after Keith> my Idiot Service Provider suddenly decided it would no longer Keith> be convenient for them to continue running a secondary name Keith> server for me. They didn't even reduce my bill by the amount Keith> they had been charging for that service. The price remained Keith> the same, but now it was for extra email addresses that I had not Keith> requested and did not need. Keith> A few years later they quit providing any mailboxes at all. Keith> I think they would really rather just charge me for sending the Keith> invoice. To be fair, that seems to be hard for them. Keith> Frank (?) told me about Hurricane Electric, who run a secondary Keith> name server for free just for good will and advertising. Keith> They are good people, this plug is all I have ever done for them. Keith> https://dns.he.net/ Keith> -- Keith Keith> _______________________________________________ Keith> WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org Keith> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org Keith> Create Account: https://wlug.mailman3.com/accounts/signup/ Keith> Change Settings: https://wlug.mailman3.com/postorius/lists/wlug.lists.wlug.org/ Keith> Web Forum/Archive: https://wlug.mailman3.com/hyperkitty/list/wlug@lists.wlug.org/message/M5DNG…

4 years

WLUG Meeting March 10th 2016!

by Tim Keller

Hey Gang, I put a shout out for topic ideas and got crickets... If Frank would be gracious enough to do a talk bout RPZ security features in bind (even if it's a short one) that would be great. Then I figure we can do a round table and talk about the new Raspberry Pi 3, competitors to the Pi, SQL server for Linux?!?!, ZFS on in ubuntu 16.10, linux gaming, etc. If there's something that someone's interested in talking about, reply to the list and we'll round table it as well... lots of times this turns into a topic. Someone (maybe Chuck) mentioned something about Flask... Afterwards we'll head to Tech Pizza (and if it's warm enough maybe Wooberry!) and keep the conversation going. I'd like to apologize for dropping the ball a bit lately, life's gotten hectic. I'm going to start working on getting some speakers lined up. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

8 years, 10 months

Re: [Wlug] Next meeting day question...

by thinkbrown＠gmail.com

I'm fine with that. If we're going to do it, someone should update the website for that specific day. On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 5:07 PM, Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> wrote: > It looks like the 20th will work for me. > > On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 4:56 PM, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey Gang, >> >> I got talking to my buddy Nick who I'd like to have come and do a talk >> about cryptography. Unfortunately, he can't make it Thursday. Would Tuesday >> the 20th work for everybody? >> >> Thanks, >> Tim. >> >> -- >> I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their >> constituents as "consumers". >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

6 years, 11 months

Re: Meeting next week! March 14th 2024!

by John Stoffel

>>>>> "Keith" == Keith Wright via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: >> >> We've got a meeting next week! > I hope to tune in via jit.si >> I think it's really worth talking about Self hosting. > I'm not quite sure what you mean by "Self". For twenty years I had a > DSL connection with a static routable IPv4 address. I had an intenet > host with Tandy Monitor that ran a name server, mail server, and web > server. That's all broken now because the ISP no longer does DSL. That's certainly a definite form of self hosting! When you run your own internet infrastructure (http, mail, ftp, ssh) that's you doing the work and keeping the control. > Instead I pay $10 month for a VPS (Virtual Private Server) from > AfterBurst, which comes with an IP address. Pretty much everything > that used to be in my basement is now in "the cloud". It's not > "Self" because its not my computer, but almost everything else is > the same. AfterBurst does not do anything, just let me use their > computer to do it myself. I do this too with a Linode Droplet ($5/mo) but I'm thinking I should upgrade to something with more CPU and Memory so I can run some better anti-spam tools. > The main problem I am dealing with now is that the internal (in home) > network is notwork. I have been keeping notes and put them here: That sucks! > http://www.free-comp-shop.com/none/ipv6.html > I am trying to use IPv6, which I have never done before. If anybody > has any suggestions... I've tried as well in the past, with the big issue for me being getting from IPv6 internally to a (mostly) IPv4 network outside. I think IPv6 probably works better as a gateway to your home, since you can then assign multiple distinct IPs to your own block of 64 (or whatever the count it) of internal IPs and make them visible to the outside. So it removes NATing and such. But IPv6 just is a pain to do. I keep reading that Charter/Spectrum offers IPv6 IPs, but I haven't made the leap. Still working on my wireguard setup, which has falled to the side lately.

9 months, 3 weeks

Re: [Wlug] Announce: WLUG Meeting TODAY Wed 1/9 7PM

by Chuck Anderson

On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 06:07:31PM -0500, Aaron Haviland wrote: > Chuck Anderson wrote, on Jan 09, 2013 at 10:09 EST: > > [-- PGP output follows (current time: Wed 09 Jan 2013 06:04:44 PM EST) --] > > gpg: Signature made Wed 09 Jan 2013 10:09:05 AM EST using DSA key ID 49BB5886 > > gpg: Good signature from "Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu>" > > gpg: aka "Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)alum.wpi.edu>" > > gpg: aka "Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)fedoraproject.org>" > > gpg: Note: This key has expired! > > Primary key fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886 > > [-- End of PGP output --] > > Anyone else notice that "This key has expired!" bit? :) I didn't notice since either I forgot to push to subkeys.pgp.net when I extended it last year, or you (and others) forgot to pull it down again...probably the former. I just pushed it now, so if you pull it should be good. Thanks for noticing.

12 years

Re: [Wlug] Upcoming meeting: Jan 13th

by Brian Waite

On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 10:04:34 -0500, Brian Waite <linwoes(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 09:23:58 -0500, Chuck Haines <chaines(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I wouldn't mind seeing some stuff on embedded linux development. > > Maybe get anyone who has done some to talk about it's pros and cons. > > I know I've done a bit of embedded programming with Arcom Linux and > > QNX. > I'd love to see some embedded Linux devel. I do embedded Linux > development at home and at the office and I'd like to see others who > do it. I'd might be willing to talk a bit about it, but I have to > check my availability. If any one else wants to step up for this or > another topic, I'll step back with no worries what so ever. I'll see > if I am available and get back ASAP. > Ok so I am available to talk if there is enough intereset in the subject. Thanks Brian

19 years, 11 months

Seeking someone to install SuSE Linux

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI everybody, Mel Korman came to his first WLUG meeting this past Wednesday asking for our help to get Linux installed on his laptop. Those of us who attended the meeting thought that his RedHat 9.0 might be too old for its installer to comprehend the external USB hard drive on which he had hoped to copy Linux, so I gave Mel the SuSE 9.3 Pro CDs which I had at the time, in the hope that he'd have a better time with the installation. Mel gave it a try at home but things are not working. Mel has offered to pay someone who would be willing to get Linux installed on his Thinkpad laptop (where Windows is also installed). If you are interested in helping Mel, please contact him directly at finkor(a)verizon.net. Thanks! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDSHK/Hl0iXDssISsRArRmAJ0Un4pgNxJiSyTCuZxUe+nwZUwXYACcDfCM h5XKfY0Z2l6BDNMDEiPuTwQ= =ja0u -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

19 years, 3 months

Re: [Wlug] Wlug Meeting Nov. 10th Key Signing!

by Eric Martin

Hey all, Sorry for the (amazingly) late details on this. I will be hosting a key signing party tomorrow for WLUG. What is a key signing party you ask? A key signing party is where people get together in the real world and verify each other's identities so we may communicate securely in the digital world. *What do I need to do beforehand* Before the party, please email me your *FULL* PGP KeyID (gpg --fingerprint ${EMAIL} ) gpg --fingerprint ejmartin2(a)wpi.edu pub 4096R/C704B30F 2013-06-29 [expires: 2017-09-22] Key fingerprint = C74F 1EBF 2E80 7984 8CB5 064E BF17 D34C C704 B30F uid [ultimate] Eric J. Martin <eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com> uid [ultimate] Eric J. Martin <ejmartin2(a)wpi.edu> uid [ultimate] [jpeg image of size 32747] sub 4096R/A294DC22 2016-04-16 [expires: 2018-04-16] sub 4096R/E8F5A237 2016-04-16 [expires: 2018-04-16] sub 4096R/B1892A10 2016-05-11 [expires: 2018-05-11] and I will include you in the listing. Please also send your key to If you aren't able to send me this, please bring 10-20 copies of your full fingerprint to hand out to people. * If you do not have a key already, *you can create one. There are plenty of GUI tools for Windows, Mac and Linux, I prefer the CLI though. *gpg --gen-key* will get you started. I prefer RSA keys 4096 bits long, but you can do otherwise. Do not use anything under 2048 bits in length. *What do I need to bring* 1. Yourself 2. A copy of your key's fingerprint to confirm the copy we'll be distributing 3. A government issued photo ID You can find details at http://wlug.org/keysigning/ (just send the keys to eric.joshua.martin(a)gmail.com) If you come out to dinner tomorrow, ask me about RAID 6 arrays losing 4 drives at a time ;) On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Gang, > > Our next meeting is going to be Nov. 10th. > > Location: Somewhere at WPI (TBD) > Time: 7pm > Topic: Key Signing > Speaker: Eric Martin > > Eric Martin is going to be organizing a key signing. > > When we get more details I'll send out a more detailed email! > > Thanks, > Tim. > > -- > I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their > constituents as "consumers". > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- Eric Martin

8 years, 2 months

Re: WLUG Meeting Feb 11th 2021! Topic: Good question!

by Tim Keller

John, My perspective was from working at Stratus. Continuum at the time was our flagship line of servers that ran on PA-RISC and with Itanium it was clear the end of the line for PA-RISC was coming. Bob Evans and others who were more intimately involved can probably explain it better, but I remember Stratus getting a couple Itanium development workstations and my recollection was that the engineers weren't impressed. It wasn't a fundamental improvement on PA-RISC as far as they could tell. Ultimately VOS was ported to Xeon and the rest is history. I'm *sure* someone somewhere is still happily running PA-RISC based Stratus servers, but I have to imagine that number dwindles each year. Personally I have a hypothesis that Intel had really put it's bets on Xeon and wasn't really that invested in Itanium. What it did do was get HP out of the HPC market. It's fair to say that Xeon based systems running Linux pretty much put the coffin nails in MIPS, PA-RISC and ultimately Sparc and likely a few others I don't know about and with it the various operating systems that didn't get ported to Xeon. On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 11:44 AM Jon "maddog" Hall <jon.maddog.hall(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I still vividly remember my boss showing me the plans for support of > Intel's Itanium processor. > > As someone who taught operating systems and compiler design for a number > of years I still remember my shock that THIS was the answer for Intel's > 64-bit chip....an Ultra-Wide Instruction set. > > I wailed away about how all of this was WRONG, WRONG, WRONG.....mostly > because I had spent the past six months proving why even a regular CISC > system was the wrong answer, and here Intel was going in the opposite > direction. > > After twenty minutes of me fuming my boss simply grinned, shrugged his > shoulders and left my office. > > While I was proud of the fact that the Alpha processor was so prominent in > the production of the movie "Titanic"......now I had to deal with a real > life "Itanic"....watching it sink. > > md > > P.S. It was only a month or so after, I think, that AMD came out with a > reasonable extension to the i86 architecture....which (although it was not > RISC) I was reasonably happy with. > > On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 7:24 AM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> > wrote: > >> Hey Everybody, >> >> We've got a meeting next week on the 11th at our same time (7pm) >> >> As for a topic, if somebody would like to present something, I'd be >> up for it. >> I figure we'd all toast the depreciation of Itanium in the linux kernel. >> Good riddance! >> >> We'll definitely be talking about the PI4 Nano!! >> >> As usual, I'm sure other topics will organically surface. >> >> Location: Our usual Jitsu haunt: https://meet.jit.si/WlugMA >> >> Later, >> 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/BJNCC… >> > -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

3 years, 11 months

Re: [Wlug] Wlug Digest, Vol 32, Issue 16

by d.maly＠ieee.org

Thanks Andy. Please send me a link to "Night Life." I did a google search on that and "Worcester" but got a ton of stuff about bars! Doug > Hi Doug, > > Since you cc'd the list, it should appear in the digest shortly. If it > does not, please let me know and I'll investigate. > > I believe that the Night Life program in Worcester offers a class in > Linux, taught by a WLUG member. However, I don't know what Night Life's > policy is regarding a student's age. In addition, The Town of > Chelmsford has a Community Education program which offers Linux classes > (taught by another WLUG member), but that's probably too far away for you. > > Finally, you're always welcome to attend a WLUG meeting in Worcester. > We're open to all ages and ability levels. Keep an eye on the meeting > postings in case something of interest comes along. > > Later, > > Andy >

18 years, 6 months

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