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by albutler33＠netscape.net

Hello Andy, This is the organization I was telling you about Thursday night during the quarterly meeting. Think there might be any interest? You can check out the website at www.lpi-lug.org/. Al Butler LPI-LUG.org - What is it? This site is to promote the certification of Linux users through their LUG's (Linux User Groups). This is a site sponsored by the Open Source Software Institute, the United States Affiliate of LPI. There are two main sections of this site. The first section is devoted to individual Linux users/advocates/etc. The Linux Professionals Exchange is designed for registered individuals of LPI-LUG.org and provides access to employment opportunities that can only be found on LPI-LUG.org. Linux Users Groups are also encouraged to register with LPI-LUG.org. This first step will start communication between LPI-LUG.org and your LUG. Once registered, you are eligible for the benefits associated with being an LPI-LUG. __________________________________________________________________ Switch to the New Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp

21 years, 3 months

Re: [Wlug] OpenWrt

by Karl Hiramoto

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Yes, excellent distro.. I use it on 12 boxes which are a mix of Linksys WRT54G and WRT54GS. I do OLSR mesh networks and hot spots. Beware WRT54G with hardware version 5 does not work. as Cisco cripled the box with only 4M of ram. See info on www.openwrt.org for hardware compatibility. It's definitely not a newbie distro though, you need to know linux and networking. Some people try openwrt and are upset because it requires you to know something about Linux and networking. There are several other distros out there that are more easy, but less configurable and less hackable. :-) Enjoy, - -- - -- Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto jabber.org=karl_hiramoto Mike wrote: >At the last meeting we briefly discussed building a Linux Router from a >single board computer. I was poking around the net and found the OpenWrt >project. I'm curious if anyone has any experience with OpenWrt? > >Happy Holidays, >Mike > >OpenWrt: http://wiki.openwrt.org/FrontPage > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDrCBdi5PWRMgthfERAmEqAJ9PRi6apq32NNX2720sheDVRnXzIgCcDOFm /hSLn2WAqswfmZwedo7pWnk= =WfWm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

19 years, 9 months

Re: [Wlug] Self-Introduction : Markus McLaughlin

by John Stoffel

Aaron> Markus McLaughlin wrote, on Jan 28, 2009 at 13:52 EST: >> Ubuntu is cool but it's not American based like Fedora is. Aaron> Just a comment on this, point. Aaron> Redhat is American-based. Aaron> Fedora is an international community. Aaron> Canonical is England-based. Aaron> Ubuntu is an international community. Yeah, I wanted to chime in on this as well, since Linux was started by someone from Finland (who might be a US citizen now...) so it's not really american made at all. Sorry to jump on you like this, I just think it's a specious arguement to use when picking one distro over another. Now, if you want to compare the speed of yum vs apt, then we've got a discussion. Anyway, I'm a happy Debian/Ubuntu (bleeding edge on both) user. I'm a professional SysAdmin as well, so I use RHEL, Solaris in my work life, along with some CentOS. I hate yum... :] Markus, hopefully we'll see you at the next meeting, and the one in March when I hope to present a little talk on programing the Arduino controller (http://www.arduino.cc) in the Ubuntu/Linux command line. It's quite fun! John

16 years, 8 months

Re: [EXT] Re: Free, viable videoconferencing ?

by Chris Thompson

I know it's been mentioned, but wanted to point to two instances of it I use frequently and offer some additional feedback. There's the "premier" one, which is at https://meet.jit.si/ and is very often running the very latest version. The Mayfirst COOP also hosts an instance at https://meet.mayfirst.org/ This doesn't tend to be upgraded quite so frequently, so unless it lands on a poor version, it's a great one to use. Usually "just works" on phone/desktop fine. It can be a little glitchy, and has not often performed very well for my coop more than about 10 participants or so. Desktop sharing, video, audio, and chat as well as other features all function well on GNU/Linux save for some difficulty I had with Sway WM/Wayland (which may well have been my shortcoming). I'm not sure how dependent the limits we've seen are dependent upon the infrastructure available, but I'm told it's not terribly difficult to deploy an instance, but have yet to try myself. FWIW, nearly every time, a quick page refresh (or two) for whomever is having issues gets things working. TBH, it's best to have a backup connection when using Jitsi (i.e. text msg, etherpad, or IRC or whatever), or else to work with more experienced users - e.g. those that will notice a message/open the chat pane to read that they cannot be heard and to either un-mute or else refresh their page. --Chris On 3/25/20 11:53 AM, Bradley Noyes via WLUG wrote: > I have never used this software, but apparently nextcloud can do some > kind of video conferencing with their package call “spreed" > > https://github.com/nextcloud/spreed > > > > >> On Mar 25, 2020, at 10:55, Krichevsky, Nicholas J. via WLUG >> <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org <mailto:wlug@lists.wlug.org>> wrote: >> >> How much do you care about it being *VIDEO* by the way? If it's not >> important, there's always Mumble... >> >> Get Outlook for Android <https://aka.ms/ghei36> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From:* Michael Voorhis via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org >> <mailto:wlug@lists.wlug.org>> >> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 25, 2020 10:53:52 AM >> *To:* Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion >> <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org <mailto:wlug@lists.wlug.org>> >> *Cc:* Voorhis, Michael C <mvoorhis(a)wpi.edu >> <mailto:mvoorhis@wpi.edu>>; Joshua Stone <joshua.gage.stone(a)gmail.com >> <mailto:joshua.gage.stone@gmail.com>> >> *Subject:* [EXT] [WLUG] Re: Free, viable videoconferencing ? >> >> On 3/25/20 10:38 AM, Joshua Stone via WLUG wrote: >> > Zoom is a good option if using a Pro subscription. >> >> We're digressing a bit from the discussion-topic which is *free* >> videoconferencing. My email was in retrospect ambiguous; I made >> assumptions based on the listenership of my email. >> >> I was asking about FOSS videoconferencing. Jitsi appears to be the only >> answer at this point. >> >> Thanks all, >> >> --MCV. >> _______________________________________________ >> WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org <mailto:wlug@lists.wlug.org> >> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >> <mailto:wlug-leave@lists.wlug.org> >> Create Account: >> https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail… >> Change Settings: >> https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail… >> Web Forum/Archive: >> https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwlug.mail… >> _______________________________________________ >> WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org <mailto:wlug@lists.wlug.org> >> To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org >> <mailto:wlug-leave@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/4ER6X… > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/UH6HX…

5 years, 6 months

Re: [Wlug] Anybody want a really cheap computer?

by Jamie Guinan

On Fri, 27 Jul 2007, Andy Stewart wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > HI everybody, > > Check this link: > http://www.dataevolution.com/dectop%20info%202.htm > > This company bought the assets to the AMD PIC (personal internet > computer). They're selling it for $99, or three for $299. > > Yes, it runs Linux. Here is one person's experience: > http://jsco.org/dectop/ > > I wonder if this machine would make a good LTSP thin client...hummmmm. > Perhaps a topic for a future WLUG meeting? > > See ya later, > > Andy I remember reading about this when it came out a few years ago. It was intended for the same market that OLPC is now aiming for. Hence the rugged "big mac" case. :) Of course it lacks a monitor. A few others to consider, Nicer form factor, but slower CPU (166MHz), no HD: http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS6828123924.html http://www.norhtec.com/products/mcjr/index.html USB 2.0, but pricier (price listed in Euros): http://www.linutop.com/ Consumer variant of OLPC XO1, whenever it comes out. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC Not to discourage you - the PIC looks like a fun little box! -Jamie

18 years, 2 months

Website updated...upcoming activity

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi everybody, I've finally gotten around to updating the WLUG website - my apologies for the delay. o slides from June talk are available (bootsplash and gfxboot) o slides from John Rulnick's talk about Bay Path College linux courses Also, an early reminder about the annual WLUG BBQ , which will be held in Shrewsbury, MA USA at Doug Waud's house on Wednesday, July 21st at 6:00 PM (yes, that's 6:00 PM and its not a misprint (is it Doug??)). We will not have a meeting at WPI on this date - we'll all be at Doug's house. Oh, BTW, in years past, Doug has allowed us to use the pool, but for some reason, nobody has ever taken the plunge! This year, we need to change that. :-) No, I don't mean that Doug won't allow us to use the pool, but that we should actually *avail ourselves* of the opportunity. If you have wearable computing, be sure its waterproof. Have a great July 4th weekend ! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA4NGQHl0iXDssISsRAnYpAJ9ukXIUrkLypzdb4MEpzf/KGDHtnACfWCOr djcvaFmFf0/yaElqz6AmVx8= =KurN -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

21 years, 3 months

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

by Jon "maddog" Hall

John, I read what Linus wrote and I think the most important paragraph is the last two. This "deficiency" in the Alpha design was not that consequential to anyone but a very small number of people, and still allowed the Alpha to be the world's fastest microprocessor for (if I remember correctly) eight years in a row according to the Guinness Book of Records. As to the little vs big endian issues, the worst part was in reading undefined data across the network. What do I mean by "undefined data"? o The union statement in "C" o The equivalence statement in FORTRAN o The Linkage section in Cobol All statements that allow you to write the same data looking at it in different ways. If you write out a "block" of Integers into a file, there is no way that a system reading that file some time later could tell if those integers were written by a little endian system or a big endian system, so the Integers would be read incorrectly. NFS made it worse....much worse, but it was bad before NFS. md On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 5:37 PM John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > >>>>> "Jon" == Jon \"maddog\" Hall <jon.maddog.hall(a)gmail.com> writes: > > Jon> John, > >> Yes, but I don't properly recall if the Itanium design was started > >> before AMD64 came or as a reaction to the AMD64. Haven't done any > >> research for the real timelines. > > Jon> Two single-line searches found that the Itanium was launched in > Jon> 2001 and the AMD x64 was launched in 2003. > > Been neck deep in SFLT tape restore wrangling today. Whee!!! > > >> It's a shame the Alpha architecture didn't make it, even though it did > >> have some bad design decisions inside it's ISA and internal > >> architecture. It was still a pretty nice and clean 64-bit design. As > >> I recall, it's mostly the memory ordering around byte accesses that > >> are the problem. > > Jon> This is the first I have heard of these bad decisions. Would you > care to elaborate? > > It's in regards to memory ordering. See this LKML post by Linus on > the topic. This is what I'm talking about mostly. > > https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/2/1/521 > > > Jon> The memory ordering around byte accesses might have been because > Jon> the Alpha was designed to be both little endian and big endian. > Jon> So were the MIPS chips. While many vendors supported only big > Jon> endian (Motorola, SPARC, etc.) DEC had been supporting little > Jon> endian in their PDP-11s, VAX, MIPS and Alphas for data > Jon> compatibility. DEC supported little endian because it was > Jon> cheaper electronically to have the data held in that fashion. > > Very much could be that is the reason. I don't know. > > Jon> Sun made much fun of DEC for years having Unix systems that were > Jon> little endian instead of big endian like "real workstations". I > Jon> kept asking them about these "Intel things" which were little > Jon> endian too. Sun sneered at me and told me that "Intel chips > Jon> were not used in real computers".....that is until they ported > Jon> Solaris to Intel and tried to mix them into their network. Then > Jon> I took real glee in asking them how they had data compatibility > Jon> across NFS between SPARC and Intel. > > Gah, all the problems with writing socket code and having to do > translations from Network Byte Ordering to Host Byte Ordering. > hton[ls]() and the inverse. > > Jon> As I said, you are the first to mention to me these bad > Jon> decisions. I am curious to know what they are. > > It's in terms of memory ordering on access. See the above link. >

4 years, 8 months

dual PII/PIII motherboard of questionable origin up for grabs

by Brian J. Conway

The WPI Linux Association received a donation of a SuperMicro SUPER P6DBE dual PII/PIII 440BX motherboard (http://www.supermicro.com/PRODUCT/MotherBoards/440BX/p6dbe.htm) The original owner upgraded because it was flaky and thought the parallel port was bad, but upon buying a new motherboard found that it was his fubared sound card causing flakiness, so I'm under the assumption that this motherboard should be good or at least workable, but of course there are NO GUARANTEES. As we currently have no use for it and I'd hate to see it go to waste, get back to me if you'd like it, but please only do so if you'll put it to good use, I'd hate to see something like this go to waste. I'll bring it to the next WLUG meeting to hand off. Brian J. Conway dogbert(a)clue4all.net Geek for hire: http://clue4all.net/resume Power Mac G4 Cube. Some of us are getting laid tonight. (http://www.pvponline.com/archive.php3?archive=20010509) P.S. I'm also told the screen at POST looks a little garbled, but that's due to the latest BIOS update and performance should be unaffected.

24 years, 4 months

Re: [Wlug] Power Supply Needed

by Mike Leo

Ill disassemble what I got and bring in the PS's...you can take what you want. Will you be at the next meeting? --- John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > > Mike> I'm about to jetison 10 old Pc's that have > PS's. none of them > Mike> are great machines, and some of them have > issues, but you are > Mike> welcome to any parts i have. > > Thanks, that would be great. > > Mike> Non are eMachines, however. Are they very > particular as to the > Mike> PS requirements? > > Mostly in terms of the size of the PS itself. > Otherwise it's just the > standard 4pin disk drive connectors (three minimum), > one floppy drive > connector and one motherboard connector. > > I can see about finding the dimensions, it's at home > and I'm at work > now. Here are the dimensions I need to fit in: > > 4.9 W x 2.5 H x 3.9 D - Inches > > http://www.affordablesurplus.com/ilssan_isp120_power_supply.asp#SPECIFICATI… > > Has full details. > > Thanks! > John > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

20 years

Re: [Wlug] [Fwd: Re: Tutor / irc / newbie]

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 d.maly(a)ieee.org wrote: > Andy, > > I also sent this message to WLUG but didn't see it in the Digest. Would > like to see it included because it has more detailed info. > > Thanks, > 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 > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: Tutor / irc / newbie > Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:07:10 -0400 > From: d.maly(a)ieee.org <d_maly(a)charter.net> > To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > References: <mailman.1.1150819203.28678.wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > > > The tutor is for my son. I have managed to keep our two computers up to > date -- am now running Ubuntu 6.04. I want to teach more to my son, but > am getting beyond my abilities. I have some administrative work ... I > need to share resources, find some drivers ... then move onto setting up > an email server. From there I have some applications I want to start > setting up, like a video editor and ham radio apps. > > Thanks for the links, they are new to me. > > I had problems with IRC, which I have not used before. I made it to > http://freenode.net/faq.shtml > I got NickServ to look like it was alive in GAIM. However, in the > previous link, the section about registering said this: > Register your IRC nick: > > */msg nickserv register <your-password>* > > and I don't know what to do with this. Can you send this to NickServ > through GAIM?? Also, the command seems to be registering a nickname ... > but the register command is followed only by a password ... no mention > of username/nickname. > > Thanks, > Doug > > > > > > >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 2 >>Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 11:32:17 -0700 (PDT) >>From: Mike Leo <mleo963(a)yahoo.com> >>Subject: Re: [Wlug] Tutor for Teenager >>To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> >>Message-ID: <20060619183217.36816.qmail(a)web51309.mail.yahoo.com> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >> >>are you the newbie? >> >>not sure what you are looking for, but > > http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz is a good read. > >>I also hang out at www.justlinux.com, and irc.freenode.net #justlinux > > and irc.oftc.net > >>#penguinslair. >> >>many people will also stear you towards www.google.com/linux as well as > > http://forums.gentoo.org/ > >>are you looking for an actual linux class to attend, or just advise on > > how to get started? > >>let use know more specifically what you are looking for and I'm sure > > someone here can help you > >>out. >> >>mike >> >> >> >>--- "d.maly(a)ieee.org" <d_maly(a)charter.net> wrote: >> >> >>--------------------------------- >> Can anyone recommend alinux tutor for a teenager newbie? >>Doug Maly >> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Wlug mailing list >>>Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >>>http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >>> >> >> > > - -- 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 iD8DBQFEmdM0Hl0iXDssISsRAiO5AJ45asXzt+HpjFffEncD1V9KqJT6FgCdHH1u EM+1cdQOAPtufxnlklR0Y0U= =cqLU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

19 years, 3 months

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