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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… >

1 year, 8 months

Re: [EXT] Hierarchical note taking, Joplin, Trilium, browser extensions, etc..

by Krichevsky, Nicholas

It's not open source, but I use Obsidian at work. That said, it stores all the notes as markdown files on disk, so even if the company were to go up in flames, you can still access your notes Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2023 9:31:31 PM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Cc: Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> Subject: [EXT] [WLUG] Hierarchical note taking, Joplin, Trilium, browser extensions, etc.. At last night's meeting, a new attendee brought up a problem she was having and one of the solutions that got bandied about was Joplin. After doing some research, this might be my new note taking app. Another very interesting FOSS tool out there is called "Trilium" https://github.com/zadam/trilium As much as I like google's keep.. I'm fully aware that google capable of just pulling the rug out from under me in a moment's notice. I've spun up U22.04.3 server and I'm going to tinker with Joplin and possibly Trilium and let people know what I think of them. Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

2 years

RE: [Wlug] VNC performance

by Evans, Robert

Try using a registry editor on Windows: (Typically in these places on Windows 2000) C:\WINNT\regedit.exe C:\WINNT\system32\regedt32.exe Robert N. Evans Software Engineer S T R A T U S T E C H N O L O G I E S 111 Powdermill Road, Maynard, MA 01754-3409 U.S.A. * Tel. 978-461-7680 / * Fax. 978-461-3610 robert.evans(a)stratus.com Amateur Radio Call: N1BE -----Original Message----- From: Brad Noyes [mailto:maitre@ccs.neu.edu] Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 2:36 PM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] VNC performance Hi All, I remember some time ago talking with Andy, and others about VNC performance at a wlug meeting. I remember that setting the depth 8 will help performance, as well as disabling the wallpaper. I am running the server on windows, and the client on a linux machine. VNC's site has info for disabling wallpaper, but it seems to involve editing a registry file. When i try to do so, i get an access denied message, because that file is read only. Can someone help me out here? I really know very little about windows. On the client side, the option '-depth 8' doesn't seem to do very much i get '16 bits per pixel'. If anyone knows of any other methods for speeding up VNC, please post. Thanks, --Brad _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

23 years, 8 months

Re: m.2 for pi5!

by Gregory Boyce

Can I ask what method you used for installing Linux on it? I've got an NVMe drive in my pi5 as well, but all of the images I've seen expect to be dd'ed onto the device rather than a traditional install, which makes choosing a different filesystem or using LVM difficult. I've been planning on sitting down and doing a debootstrap based install at some point, but if you've found something easier I'd love to hear it. On Sun, Jul 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM Tim Keller via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> wrote: > I recently got all the bits so that I can stick a 1TB nvme on my pi5! > it almost makes it feel like a "real" server. > I'll probably bring the whole contraption with me for the next wlug > meeting! > > Oh and yes.. I'm using ZFS for the filesystem! > > 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/MKDKR… > -- Greg

1 month, 1 week

Seeking Linux help for area non-profit - compensation potential

by Mike Peckar

Please do not reply to the list or to me. Boylston's public cable access channel (WBAC) is seeking to expand its services and offer Video on Demand and video file upload and download services for its staff and eventually the community. They currently have their web site and email hosted with an ISP and they are happy with that, but the ISP cannot provide them with these new services. They are looking for help in installing and configuring a linux box off their private LAN for this purpose. They also need other general help with their setup including configuring and troubleshooting VPN connections via their netgear VPN/firewall, etc. These folks are sort of windows literate, and they recognize that Linux will provide them with the most secure and cost-effective solution to meet their growing needs at this time. Ideally, they are seeking Boylston residents, but they are willing to bring in help from outside their community. They are also able to reasonably compensate for the above mentioned services and/or barter for access to their fine production equipment. If you are intersted in learning more about video and television production, this may be well worth your effort. To express your interest, please provide a brief summary of your skills, your level of interest in supporting WBAC, and any compensation requirements to: Tom Martiska Staff(a)wbactv.org

18 years, 2 months

Re: [Wlug] Possible Printer discussion

by Wes Allen

Above my head, but it sounds interesting. Scanners would be a neat topic as well in that vein... On Friday 06 December 2002 9:58 pm, Andy Stewart wrote: > HI everybody, > > If it were possible for me to get a person to speak to WLUG regarding > printers and printer drivers, would that be of interest? (Hint: say > "yes"). > > I'm thinking of a programmer's talk here, not a user level talk. > > For example, what does the skeleton of a printer driver look like? > > What functions must it provide to user level software, and what does it > pass to a queueing system or perhaps directly to the printer? > > How are JPG pictures converted to dots of ink that appear on your printer > paper? > > What's the deal with these different dithering algorithms? What is > dithering, and why do it? > > These are just some ideas to get the creative juices flowing. Let me know > what topics in this realm would be of interest at a future WLUG meeting. > > Once I have that information, I'll see if I can find a speaker to address > these topics. > > Thanks, > > Andy -- ------ This message may be signed using GPG, for my public key please send me a message with "Key Request" in the subject line.

22 years, 8 months

Re: [Wlug] Information for Linux newbies?

by Eric Martin

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Kevin Harrington wrote: > As i mentioned at the meeting this past week I am going to be > giving a seminar for linux newbies and would like to pull from > people that know better then i do on what i should teach people. > What i would like to know is: What are some things that you wish > you had known as a newbie? Think back to your very first linux > install and any short-cuts, tips, tricks, and gatcha's that would > make peoples first experience easier. There is a lot of windows > resentment after the slow trainwreck that is vista, so lets see if > we can get a few new converts! My biggest thing would be to explain to people (at all levels) how to do what they are currently doing. Firefox for browsing, OO.o for Office stuff, gimp for photoshop, etc. I also agree with Tim in pitching to your audience, and Andy has a great point with making sure stuff works via LiveCDs. When I was a newbie I just wanted to read books on all the stuff. If you have some people like that, I'd point them to their distro docs / google. HTH Eric -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHSPXDaiVxdKlBO58RAp4RAJ9l/162tA/6wqSYrRMx+kbdCh9ipACfYrM8 3gkLyp8yT/viUpXknRVdgy8= =PshY -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

17 years, 9 months

Re: Questions on Technocopia

by THE HAMMER

Kevin, Thanks much for the info. I don't usually bring a laptop, but figure it's a nice option. Good to know that you have such good battery support. It would make a trilobite smile 🙂 Ron ________________________________ From: Kevin Harrington <mad.hephaestus(a)gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 8:25 AM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Cc: hammerron <hammerron(a)hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [WLUG] Questions on Technocopia Yes food and drink are allowed. The class room has lots of plugs along the walls, although bringing out some extra power strips can also happen. We support back to Cambrian era, so Mezozoic is no problem ;). Precambrian however you are going to need to bring your own microscope. On Tue, Aug 1, 2023, 7:32 AM hammerron via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org<mailto:wlug@lists.wlug.org>> wrote: These questions may be more directed at Tim, or Kevin (if he gets these emails): Does Technopia allow food and drink? Would rooms for any future WLUG meetings there have access to AC outlets for laptops with Mesozoic age batteries that won't hold a charge? Ron _______________________________________________ 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/YMYH4…

2 years

Re: [Wlug] Re: Does the WPI Linux Association exist?

by Mike Frysinger

i too would like to see it reborn ... if only to provide better local mirror support for many of the more popular Linux distros ... *cough* *gentoo* *cough* there also is the issue of wpila.org ... i noticed that when it expired no one local picked it up ... i say local because it was picked up by a pr0n site for sometime ... -mike On Thursday 02 October 2003 00:37, Ryan Caron wrote: > There's no reason not to restart the WPILA, especially since it > provides meeting space here on campus. I'm sure it will be closely tied > to WLUG, of course. > > Ryan Caron > > On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Chuck Haines wrote: > > The club has indeed falled through the cracks. As far as I know, WPI > > still recognizes us as a club, but we might need to get some paperwork in > > to continue that (possibly a revised constitution). I would definitely > > be interested in restarting up the club, since I've got tons more time > > this year than last. > > > > As for reserving rooms, any WPI Alum if I remember correctly can reserve > > a room. I know there are a ton of WPI alum's in WLUG so it shouldn't be > > a problem. > > > > Chuck

21 years, 10 months

Re: [Wlug] Converting an iPAQ

by maitre＠ccs.neu.edu

On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 03:05:08PM -0400, Wesley Allen wrote: > On Thu, 2002-09-12 at 14:41, maitre(a)ccs.neu.edu wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2002 at 01:31:27PM -0400, Wesley Allen wrote: > > > For the last few months I've been hoping to save up some money and get a > > > Zaurus, I don't think that it's going to happen any time soon. So, I've > > > got an iPAQ that I can't sync, or even connect, with my linux laptop and > > > it's beginning to get on my nerves. So, even though I've got some > > > software on my iPAQ that I'll miss (a Bible Reader with the Greek Text > > > and SimCity 2000), I'm thinking that it's time to take the plunge and > > > get Linux and Qtopia on my 3835. > > I would recommend OPIE over Qtopia. Its the fork of Qtopia. It seems to > > making very good process. Qtopia has been quiet lately. (lately - meaning > > the last 6 months or so) > > > > Bible Reader - i'm not sure there is an alternate app for that, yet > > SimCity 2000 - There's always xbill! > > I know of an alternative app for a BibleReader, it's the modules I'll > miss. What's xbill? xbill is a game that has come with every linux disto that i've tried. It's kind of a classic linux game. Try typing 'xbill' in a shell (while in X), and take a look > > > Three Questions, > > > 1. Has anyone on the list done this, especially with this model? > > i haven't. Mine is a 36xx. But i have gone through the install before. > > I know the process is the same, so... > > > > > > 2. Has anyone who has done this used any of theKompany's embedded apps? > > i have not used theKompany's apps. Which ones were you thinking of > > using? > > Their ogg player for one, and a couple of other things that Shawn Gordon > says SHOULD run on an iPAQ. I want tKc to stay in business, so I don't > mind paying some money, for stuff like that. I like their Calendar > better than Qtopia's or Opie's for example. Though Opie's got the > "today" screen, great touch! Will qtopia apps run in Opie, how "forked" > is it? ahhh, i see. I would like to see theKompany to stay in business as well. Good point. There are a couple of calendar programs, - theKompany's (never seen/used it) - OPIE's and Qtopia's (believe they are pretty simaler) - korganizer (it was ported to QTe, it has the same code base as korganizer for KDE So they both look very similar, one is just smaller than the other). Yeah, the ogg player would be nice. One of OPIE's goals is to be binary compatable with Qtopia, as well as the sharp zaurus. So you should be able to run any on either Qtopia, or OPIE the apps. > > > 3. Is there anyone willing to help me do this face to face? I could do > > > this on my own, but the idea of potentially owning a $599 paperweight > > > dims my enthusiasm when I think of going it alone. (I'll buy the > > > coffee) > > Perhaps, i don't know if i can make it to the next meeting or not. I > > will be in boston that day. It's hard to say at this point whether i > > can be back in time. > > Actually, I was thinking of just setting up shop in a local coffee house > with laptop, iPAQ, and mug. How long does the install take? It might I'm a tea drinker ;) ... I don't remember how long it takes exacly. It takes a few minutes to transfer all that data through a serial port. Also i seem to remember that i took a while to make a backup image of WinCE (16Mb of files for me, probably 32Mb of files for you). > make a good meeting topic though, an "embedded linux installfest!" > (Imagine trying THAT outside a bestbuy! heh, intersting idea. -brad WARNING: this was not checked for spelling errors.

22 years, 11 months

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