October 2020 - Roundtable

How does on get the date function to work in Libre Office spreadsheet?
by eh＠eduardhiebert.com 08 May '23

08 May '23

Hi, I've formatted the cells as date mm/dd/yy and entered the values as is. Also tried by preceeding with equal sign in case deemed to be a formula but neither works. I assume a difference between two days yields the difference in days, correct? Or are the formula different than plain math? Eduard the Osborne guy at last meeting

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I'm looking for an all-in-one
by Glen Ditchfield 12 Nov '20

12 Nov '20

I'm looking for a color printer/scanner/copier, suitable for printing a few pages every few weeks. My current device is connected by USB to a Mac that serves as a CUPS host and runs the scanner software, and that's just fine. I look at most of the modern features being offered and rate them somewhere between "meh" and "get off my lawn" (Alexa voice-enabled printing? Seriously?) but might be willing to grant access to the local Wi-Fi. Do you have any opinions on Linux-friendly, non-abusive devices?

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Skullspace presents, Hax weekend (virtual) hackerspace festival
by Mark Jenkins 17 Oct '20

17 Oct '20

Hey fellow MUUG members, I wanted to share the following live event I'm running for Skullspace today (Saturday) and tomorrow. Hax weekend (virtual) hackerspace festival https://hax.skullspace.ca/ There's a few other MUUG personalities on the presenter list. I would have mentioned this at RoundTable this past Tuesday, but I was running a tech rehearsal with my best devices and made the mistake of trying to come on to the Jitsi with an ill-suited device. My failed pitch to Hackaday.com covers some of how I put this event together: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/markjenkins/3002879c32602dce2df7a746f284… Happy Hacking! Mark Jenkins

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Reminder: MUUG Online Meeting, Tonight, Oct 13, 7:30pm -- OpenBSD Firewall Setup
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 13 Oct '20

13 Oct '20

A reminder that the MUUG online meeting will be on Jitsi this evening... The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting online, on Tuesday, October 13th, at 7:30pm: OpenBSD Traffic Shaping and Firewall Setup Alberto Abrao will show how to set up an OpenBSD box as a router, with a basic firewall, DHCP server etc., and as a bridging firewall, where it behaves like a transparent barrier. Alberto plans to touch on subjects such as the reasons for doing so, the motivation for the choices made, the hardware needed, OS installation and basic configuration. Then, he will give an overview of both scenarios aforementioned, and how to accomplish them. Door Prizes On top of the usual assortment of e-books on offer this month, we'll have fifteen new AI & Machine Learning titles from O'Reilly added to the batch (subjects such as Data Science, PyTorch, R, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, SQL, SAP). Join the meeting: https://jitsi.merlin.mb.ca/muug.2020.10 The group holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://muug.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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Re: [RndTbl] Ubuntu package errors
by Trevor Cordes 07 Oct '20

07 Oct '20

On 2020-10-06 Kevin K. wrote: > > Well, except for the lingering error report with "nfs-kernel-server" > or "nfs-utils", which is a confirmed bug here: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nfs-utils/+bug/1867031 (if > you have a solution to this--even if confirming that it's totally > safe to delete, I'm all ears!) Most people aren't using nfs, so you can probably just remove those packages. If you are using nfs, obviously don't remove them (well, you can remove the -server one if you're not a server). If you aren't sure if you're using nfs, you almost certainly aren't.

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MUUG Online Meeting, Tuesday, Oct 13, 7:30pm -- OpenBSD Firewall Setup
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 06 Oct '20

06 Oct '20

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting online, on Tuesday, October 13th, at 7:30pm: OpenBSD Traffic Shaping and Firewall Setup Alberto Abrao will show how to set up an OpenBSD box as a router, with a basic firewall, DHCP server etc., and as a bridging firewall, where it behaves like a transparent barrier. Alberto plans to touch on subjects such as the reasons for doing so, the motivation for the choices made, the hardware needed, OS installation and basic configuration. Then, he will give an overview of both scenarios aforementioned, and how to accomplish them. Door Prizes On top of the usual assortment of e-books on offer this month, we'll have fifteen new AI & Machine Learning titles from O'Reilly added to the batch (subjects such as Data Science, PyTorch, R, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, SQL, SAP). Join the meeting: https://jitsi.merlin.mb.ca/muug.2020.09 The group holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board, or linking to it on social media: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://muug.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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